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  Neon Survey: Frontier Hotel and Casino
The surface if the Frontier is reserved, not holding too many exterior references to a western theme, besides the actual script of the logo, and wood paneling of the overhangs, little else is there to support the theme.
Just south of the parking lot and on the west side of the strip, the Frontier is separated from the sidewalk with a large section of green lawn, and a guard of tall palm trees against the east face of the building.
Frontier is spelled in the properties font on both the southeast, and western sides.
www.unlv.edu /centers/gaming/v_museum/neon_survey/surveys/frontier.html   (2260 words)

  
 Treaty concerning the Frontier and Neighbourly relations between Iran and Iraq
The High Contracting Parties confirm that the State frontier in the Shatt Al Arab shall be that which has been delimited on the basis of and in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol concerning the delimitation of the river frontier, and the annexes thereto, attached to this Treaty.
Where new frontier marks are constructed, the competent authorities of the two States shall check the frontier marks and their co-ordinates against the relevant maps and documents referred to in Article 1 of this Protocol.
The authorities shall then position the frontier marks under the supervision of the Mixed Commission, which shall prepare a record of the operation and submit it to the competent authorities of each of the two States so that it may be annexed to the documents referred to in Article 1 of this Protocol.
www.parstimes.com /history/iran_iraq_1975.html   (3783 words)

  
 HeraldNet: Frontier's fit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
And in the process, Frontier has maintained its position as one of Washington's most-profitable community banks, as judged by its efficiency ratio - the money it spends to bring in each dollar of revenue - which is one of the best in the region.
Frontier is not in a league with the multistate megabanks such as Washington Mutual or Bank of America.
Frontier has long offered stock options or grants to all employees who've been with the bank more than five years, and other long-term employees - regardless of pay grade - also participate in profit-sharing.
www.heraldnet.com /stories/06/05/29/100bus_frontier001.cfm   (1046 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: New Frontier Strike - Strike City part 2
Many Frontier workers had walked off their jobs in protest of management's alleged unfair labor practices and refusal to renew the union contract.
The Frontier's parent company, Unbelievable Inc., was so named because Elardi found it "unbelievable" that she finally owned a Strip property, she once told gaming officials.
Frontier management is accused of responding to the union harassment in kind.
www.lasvegassun.com /dossier/misc/strike/strikecity2.html   (918 words)

  
 Frontier Strip - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frontier Strip refers to the six U.S. states from North Dakota south to Texas.
These states form a nearly straight line from north to south and roughly correspond to the Great Plains region of the United States.
The term Frontier Strip is probably an allusion to the days of the American Wild West, when the states (some of which were territories at that point) on the Strip were considered to be rugged outposts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frontier_Strip   (116 words)

  
 frontier airlines
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surfto.enthro.net /frontier-airlines.html   (238 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: New Frontier Strike - Timeline
Frontier co-owner John Elardi testifies that there was no videotape of an alleged 1992 beating of a California man at the Strip resort.
Sweeney, head of the nation's largest labor group, calls the strike-ridden Frontier hotel-casino is "one of the biggest corporate criminals" in history and announces announce a campaign to focus national attention on the strike.
Feburary, 1996 - James T. Boyd Jr., a union organizer and picket at the strike-plagued Frontier hotel-casino, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the hotel charging that he was beaten and disabled with stun guns by a swarm of armed guards who joined in the original altercation.
www.lasvegassun.com /dossier/misc/strike/timeline.html   (1198 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Solitude is the last frontier, whose chain of command ends leagues away in a populous center, the metropolis.
A doorkeeper is an urban counterpart to the frontier guard.
To the emperor, the frontier is a distant outpost of questionable value that tests the extent of his almost weakened will.
www.chronogram.com /issue/1996/11/nov5.htm   (2214 words)

  
 EJGI:3:Research:Ambient FrontiersThe El Rancho Vegas and Hotel Last Frontier: Strip Pioneers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Since the late 1940s pushing the frontiers of "the newest with the mostest" in casino design has encouraged operators on the Strip to build regenerative expansions, additions, and renovations, often sacrificing their existing physical plants.
Indeed, this is how the Strip has been promoted, officially and unofficially, throughout its history; although, the success of retail and other tourist adjuncts on the Strip has, since the early 1990s, challenged and ultimately weakened this former iron law of casino economics.
In 1955, the Last Frontier was replaced by the space-age New Frontier, which in turn was demolished and replaced by the adjective-less Frontier in 1967.
www.camh.net /egambling/issue3/research/research_schwartz.html   (4424 words)

  
 Fort Clark > Battles for the Nueces Strip
The term, "Nueces Strip," describes that portion of the area between the Rio Grande and the Nueces where the two rivers flow parallel to each other before the Nueces makes a bend to the east.
The Nueces Strip marked the confluence of the army's first two frontier assignments in Texas: maintaining the integrity of the nation's new southern border and defending the western settlements from Indian attack.
William J. Hardee, renowned Indian fighter and one of 16 officers who served on the Texas frontier with the 2nd Cavalry and later attained the rank of general during the Civil War.
www.texasbeyondhistory.net /forts/clark/battles.html   (3868 words)

  
 Frontier Publishing - Submission Guidelines
The writer has the right at any time to ask that their series be removed from the Frontier Publishing website for any reason.
We only ask that a formal request of the removal be sent to both The Webmaster and the appropriate editor, and that they are allowed 10 business days to remove said series/story.
If a writer finds that they cannot meet the schedule, nobody is going to take you out back of the barn and horsewhip you…but you should get in touch with your editor and inform them that that your series/story will be late.
www.frontierpublishing.net /submit.html   (415 words)

  
 Stegmeier Corp. 1-800-382-5430
Plumb Strips are PVC corner strips used to square the top edge of a fiberglass pool (one piece) in preparation for setting a cantilever form.
Plumb strips are also useful in adapting prefabricated swimming pool steps during liner pool construction.
Strips are installed using the self-tapping screws provided.
www.stegmeier.com /plumb_strip.htm   (86 words)

  
 Vegas4Visitors Hotels - The New Frontier
The Frontier was one of the first hotels on the Vegas Strip, and now after more than 50 years, its days are numbered.
The chief architect behind the Frontier, replacement Montreux gave a virtual tour of the planned resort to media types and it looks like despite the fact that it is named after a famous town in Switzerland, this will not be another theme resort.
The front of the hotel facing The Strip will be lined with boutiques, restaurants, and clubs (some Jazz themed to honor the hotel’s namesake festival) while the southern edge of the property along Fashion Show Drive will get a Rodeo Drive strip of high-end stores facing the Fashion Show Mall.
www.vegas4visitors.com /hotels/detail/frontier.htm   (1440 words)

  
 Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Most often the term refers to the late 19th century, between the American Civil War and the 1890 closing of the frontier.
While this terminology could logically place the setting as far back as the American colonial period, it is usually meant to signify, the late 19th century, the area from the "Frontier Strip" (i.e., the six U.S. states from North Dakota south to Texas) west to the Pacific Ocean.
Sometimes the tier of states east of the Frontier strip (Minnesota to Louisiana) is also seen as the "Wild West" because of their stance as gateways.
thewildfrontier.org   (288 words)

  
 Learn Strip Blackjack plus Free Online Roulette > How to Play and Win!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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 Maps, Pictures, Miscellaneous
Even though the Strip part of the map states 1952, I have a feeling that it was probably issued in very late 1952 or early 1953 as the Sahara (opened 10/7/52) and Sands (opened 12/15/52) are both there.
Aerial photograph of the Strip approximately 1960 (notice that the main building of the El Rancho Vegas is gone).
Photographs of the Strip going south on February 6, 2000, from the walkway between Bally's & Bellagio.
www.lvstriphistory.com /atemp/Vegas.htm   (1578 words)

  
 PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California
Though no official announcement has been made, the long-anticipated redevelopment of the Strip's New Frontier appears to be in the works.
The existing New Frontier wouldn't close until next year, with a projected re-opening date in 2009 or 2010.
Another monster Ferris wheel has been shopped around the Strip by a group called Voyager Entertainment, which is reportedly well into talks to bring the project to the site of the now-closed Westward Ho.
www.pe.com /columns/curtis/stories/PE_Fea_Travel_D_lva129.5de7f1d.html   (330 words)

  
 Frontier: News & Updates -- Thru November 1996
Frontier people who are running 2.0, please check out this and this.
Frontier tip of the day: You can call an OSAX from an AppleScript without loading the OSAX into the object database.
In the meantime, if you're new to Frontier, you can start with 4.0.1, but be aware that the docs on this website are for Frontier 4.1.
www.scripting.com /frontier/admin/oldNewsPages/archives96/nov.html   (617 words)

  
 Early Vegas Strip Swimming Pools   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In 1942 this building became a central part of the Last Frontier until the mid-fifties.
Earlier view of the Last Frontier's first pool directly on the edge of the Route 91-Los Angeles Highway.
The 1946 Flamingo had the Strip's largest pool area when it first opened.
www.earlyvegas.com /old_las_vegas_pools.html   (234 words)

  
 Stegmeier Corp. 1-800-382-5430
Re-Cover Strip II can be used when the old joints have been edged.
The Re-Cover Strip is pressed into place closing the saw cut.
The silicone sealant bonds the Re-Cover Strip in place for a permanent installation.
www.stegmeier.com /recover_strip.htm   (80 words)

  
 Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state with a rich history, including its days as a frontier state, it being a destination of recently freed slaves looking for opportunity and equality, and being at the heart of the oil boom in the early 20th Century.
Oklahoma is one of the six states on the Frontier Strip.
The Cherokee Outlet was part of the lands ceded to the government in the 1866 treaty, but the Cherokees retained access to the area and had leased it to several Chicago meat-packing plants for huge cattle ranches.
articles.gourt.com /en/Oklahoma   (4866 words)

  
 Maria Starnawska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
This plans, if ever existed, was different from the customs used in Palestine and Spain, because the centres which might to be involved in the action were localized in the centre of the country, not near the frontier.
The first locality which was probable to fulfil such a task was the monastery of Knights Hospitallers of St. John in Stargard GdaƄski, founded about 1198 in the frontier strip of Eastern Pomerania and Prussia.
n in the Pruthenian frontier strip was a creation of a Knights of Christ local congregation.
www.ceu.hu /medstud/events/ev004/starnaw.htm   (583 words)

  
 [No title]
The group, part of an exodus of sub-Saharan illegal migrants trying to reach Europe in open fishing boats, were stranded on the frontier strip between Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara and Mauritania after neither country would let them in.
Relief workers sent to their aid on the sun-blasted Kandahar frontier strip said on Monday one Malian national had died while two other members of the group had suffered extreme dehydration.
Wandering camels and the occasional wreck of a stolen car are all that puncture the horizon in the lawless strip.
today.reuters.com /News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L01694712   (513 words)

  
 Wordwizard Clubhouse - The Wild West   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
This American slang term, coined to describe the characteristics of the country’s early western frontier, became extremely popular during the late 19th century.
One theory is that the wool of sheep allowed to graze on the open range grows coarse and rough—thus furnishing a parallel to the rough, coarse life of the frontier.
The chief trouble with this theory is that the cattelmen who opened up the West held sheepherders in the same low regard that Kentucky moonshiners reserve for ‘revenooers.’ So, it is hardly likely that Western cattlemen would have rejoiced in a description which involved their pet hate, the sheep.
www.wordwizard.com /ch_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19091   (1765 words)

  
 Development: The next wave
A collection of hotel-casinos, residential high-rise and mixed-use developments have been proposed along the Strip, from the boulevard's far southern reaches to 16 miles north just south of Sahara Avenue.
Plans for a redevelopment of the New Frontier by owner Phil Ruffin have evolved over the years from a San Francisco-themed project to a $2 billion hotel-casino that would resemble a resort in Switzerland.
Deutsche Bank gaming analyst Bill Lerner called the New Frontier's center Strip site across from Wynn Las Vegas an "enviable location." But he doesn't believe the project will be completed in the manner that has been announced.
www.casinocitytimes.com /news/article.cfm?contentID=161817   (1738 words)

  
 JTA - Breaking News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Israeli forces are scouring the Gaza Strip frontier for tunnels dug by Palestinian militants.
The army ordered a full-scale hunt for tunnels after Palestinian gunmen used a passage to attack an Israeli military position outside southern Gaza on Sunday.
Palestinian tunneling expertise is believed to have been honed for years in Rafah, a town on Gaza’s border with Egypt that has seen heavy smuggling of arms and drugs.
jta.org /page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=3285   (85 words)

  
 Frontier Design Group
Frontier Design Group’s new AlphaTrack™ combines a set of intuitive tactile controls in a compact and attractive package.
One of AlphaTrack’s greatest innovations is its touch-sensitive jog and shuttle strip.
Drop a second finger onto the strip, and now your fingers control the timeline’s shuttle speed.
frontierdesign.com /Products/AlphaTrack   (494 words)

  
 Interpretive Essay Assignment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The two stories are written almost two centuries apart from each other, but, nonetheless, contain a similar aspect of women figures overcoming the intense hazards of frontier life.
About two centuries later in "Circumstance," Spofford's unnamed woman protagonist, like Rowlandson, also encounters brutal hazards of frontier life when she is 'taken captive' by a cougar in the woods.+ In these stories, Rowlandson and Spofford's protagonist gain their sense of selfhood by experiencing these hazards.
They show heroism and piety which strengthen throughout their experience and allows them to overcome the hardships in the end.
www.dpo.uab.edu /~mwdevoll/model_introduction.html   (297 words)

  
 WYNN ENCORE
The Encore location is left of the Wynn Hotel, across from the Frontier.
This prime location is one of the most historically important spots on the Las Vegas Strip.
The Stardust sign was once the tallest structure on the Strip.
www.westvegas.com /wynn_encore.html   (432 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Strip: Music: Adam Ant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
That is saying a lot because I know I must have listened to it a lot back in the day but none of the other cuts stuck with me. When I listened to the sound samples it jogged my memory as to why I didn't remeber any of the songs.
If you are interested in hearing classic Adam, get any of the other c.d.s in his collection prior to the release of this ("Kings of the Wild Frontier", "Prince Charming" or "Friend or Foe") or the best of "Antics in the Forbidden Zone" but defintely skip this one.
There are very few albums that I like most every song on and this is one of them, even though only a couple of the songs ever made it to the radio, "Strip" was the biggest and "Puss N Boots" got some airtime.
www.amazon.com /Strip-Adam-Ant/dp/B0000025XT   (1635 words)

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