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  WildWNC.org : Trees : American Holly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hollies are dioecious; male (staminate) and female (pistillate) flowers, similar in appearance, with four to six small white petals, are produced on separate plants on the current season's growth.
The "national champion" American holly, in the Congaree Swamp of South Carolina, is 30.2 m (99 ft) tall, with a circumference of 248 cm (98 in), a trunk diameter of 79 cm (31 in), and a crown diameter of 12.2 m (40 ft) (2).
Hollies 30 to 90 cm (24 to 36 in) in diameter measured near the ground are common in the Mississippi River Delta (24).
wildwnc.org /trees/Ilex_opaca.html   (2940 words)

  
 Holly Miles
Holly Miles first made her appearance on Casualty in 1999 at the beginning of series 14.
Holly tried reasoning with the police, but it was no good and they were all in tears as Joanne was taken away.
Holly admits to Adam it was her, and he walks out.
www.angelfire.com /grrl/janeswebpage/hollymiles.html   (1069 words)

  
 BUDDY HOLLY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Buddy Holly was unique, his legendary status and his impact on popular music all the more extraordinary for having been achieved in barely 18 months.
Holly followed the advice, and with the help of some friends formed his own band, "The Crickets." Holly was the group's guitarist and vocalist.
Holly’s music figured in it, of course, and as people listened they also heard about the man behind it - even Rolling Stone magazine, then the arbiter of taste for the counter-culture, went out of its way to remind people of who Holly was.
fender.demonweb.co.uk /players/BUDDYHOLLY.asp   (839 words)

  
 OTHERZINE : vol 7 : Holly Wink – "A View to a Woo-Woo"
Holly was taken by a secretary down and across several floors to another area of the building, with a white domed ceiling and walls festooned with giant, semi-transparent photos of Groucho Marx in "You Bet Your Life", Lucille Ball, Raymond Burr, Andy Griffith, Mary Tyler Moore, Bill Cosby, and Garry Shandling.
Holly took one elevator up and over several floors to the lobby of the television division, where she was greeted by a tall, striking woman whose face looked like a cross between Faye Dunaway in "Chinatown" and Edith Scob with the mask on in Franju's "Eyes Without a Face".
Holly tried to keep from breaking out laughing: obviously, she was the only one who knew who he truly was.
www.othercinema.com /otherzine/otherzine07/vol07_avery_holly.html   (3013 words)

  
 Imperial Holly, Irish firm cut deal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Imperial Holly on Friday reported net income for the quarter more than tripled from a year ago, a sharp improvement over its recent performance.
The Imperial Holly board of directors has approved the sale of 3.8 million new shares of common stock to be priced at $13.25, producing approximately $50.35 million in new capital.
Imperial Holly, which holds an estimated national market share of 16 percent, produces beet sugar at eight plants in Texas, Montana and Wyoming.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/business/96/07/27/imp-holly.2-0.html   (378 words)

  
 Mesmerised » Fanfics » "Picture Perfect"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Holly was the only person that he really wanted to act friendly towards and yet never could.
This was the Holly he saw everyday - she wasn't in uniform, but she had the same air about her.
Holly was sitting on a sofa, rocking backwards with laughter.
www15.brinkster.com /kittyrainbow/af/perfect.htm   (897 words)

  
 Buddy Holly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Holly's upbeat, pop sound became the transition between the raw rockabilly of Sun Records and the sophisticated pop rock music that would follow in the decades to come.
Holly and his band were thought to be fl by those who only heard them.
Holly's music was a major influence for such rock music legends as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen, and Elvis Costello.
www.famoustexans.com /buddyholly.htm   (1172 words)

  
 [No title]
HOLLY: (A still picture of HOLLY comes up on the monitor) This is a recording.
HOLLY: (His face on the monitor is sort of mosaic-ing in and out of focus) I can't do it.
HOLLY: I'm afraid it can't cope with the influx of data at lightspeed, Dave, could you hook it up to the drive computer for me? LISTER picks up a small computer and carries it over to the main console, which is malfunctioning badly, spitting out showers of sparks.
www.ladyofthecake.com /rdscripts/season1/Futureec.txt   (4084 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: 'Buddy' up to Holly as a touring tribute to the legendary rocker debuts
More telling, Holly inspired an entire generation of musicians and songwriters; the Beatles, the Everly Brothers, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Grateful Dead, Carlos Santana, Linda Rondstadt, John Denver, James Taylor and John Cougar Mellencamp are among the artists to cover Holly tunes.
Holly was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
Some music critics argue that Holly would never have survived the rock 'n' roll explosion of the '60s and would have drifted from the limelight as the Beatles, Rolling Stones and the Who dramatically altered the musical landscape.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2000/feb/22/509883533.html   (1198 words)

  
 Maple Lake: The Freeway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Holly was both intimidated by the CalArts tuition, the freeways and inspired by The Beatles.
As much fun as Holly was having after a few months of animation classes she realized she'd never finish both THE FREEWAY and her thesis film OUT OF THIS WORK.
When Holly graduated CalArts and launched OUT OF THIS WORK onto the international scene she was eager to resume THE FREEWAY A home computer seemed like the best way to proceed.
www.maplelake.mb.ca /holly.html   (460 words)

  
 ABC 7 News - Buddy Holly's Omega Watch to Be Auctioned   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Holly wore a diamond-and-white gold Omega wristwatch, a gift from his wife, "the day the music died" on Feb. 3, 1959, when he and singers Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash in Iowa.
The watch is inscribed "Buddy Holly 12-1-58," the date she gave it to him as an early Christmas present, and was recovered at the crash site.
Despite his short career, Holly wrote several legendary songs, including "Peggy Sue,""That'll Be The Day" and "Maybe Baby." A rock 'n' roll pioneer, he influenced a generation of artists, such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
www.wjla.com /news/stories/0206/299979.html   (484 words)

  
 The Holly Jones Memorial Website
Memories of the slain west-end youngster hung heavy in the air yesterday as a sun-dappled garden outside her school was dedicated to her all-too-short life.
They'll see her in the butterflies that will be drawn to the blooms, in much the same way they were drawn to craft butterflies from paper and pipe cleaners that they hung in an evergreen or taped to the brick wall of St. Luigi Catholic School.
Holly's mother, Maria Jones, fought her own emotions, placing a hand on the knee of her other daughter, 17-year-old Natasha.
www.hollyjones.ca /treeplanting.asp   (758 words)

  
 The Artemis Fowl Files - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It contains two short stories, one about Captain Holly Short joining LEPrecon, and the other one about Mulch Diggums and Artemis Fowl working together to find a hidden treasure.
It contains interviews with Artemis Fowl, Domovoi Butler, Holly Short, Foaly, Julius Root, Mulch Diggums and Eoin Colfer.
It also comes with a fairy quiz, (are you an elf, dwarf, etc.), a spotter's guide to fairies, Artemis Fowl's report card, fairy transport locations, a guide to Foaly's inventions, a crossword puzzle, and a word search.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Artemis_Fowl_Files   (326 words)

  
 Proposed Land Use Plan Amendment
The unresolved area between Holly Springs and Cary (Areas C and D in Attachment 3) should be designated as Holly Springs Short Range Urban Services Area, reflecting the recent agreement between the two municipalities.
Delineation of Short Range Urban Services Areas is based on including those portions of the "sewersheds" of municipal sewer system extensions projected to occur in the next 10 years that lie within approximately 1 mile of the extension.
The designation of Short Range Urban Services Areas is based on including those portions of the “sewersheds” of municipal sewer system extensions projected to occur in the next 10 years that lie within approximately 1 mile of the extension.
www.wakegov.com /agendas/july12/9/staffreport.htm   (3618 words)

  
 Julius Root - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He often acts annoyed and impatient with many members of his staff, including Foaly the centaur (whom he cannot fire, as Foaly's knowledge of technology is irreplacable) and, at first, Captain Holly Short, although he and Holly eventually grow close.
In the second book, he and Holly accompany Artemis and Butler to the Arctic to save Artemis's father.
In the third book, however, Root is inactive, the role of whom is replaced by Butler's little sister, Juliet Butler.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Julius_Root   (341 words)

  
 Holly Garland
A sprig of holly is so varied in color and shape that it needs nothing else to be interesting.
To form a garland out of holly or other lightweight materials, simply wire the sprigs to each other, overlapping the stems and wrapping wire where they intersect.
Select a large holly sprig to begin and attach a length of wire to the stem.
www.americanbaby.com /bhg/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/hollygarlands_10292001.xml&catref=cat840017   (333 words)

  
 Mesmerised » Fanfics » "Personal Truths"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
There was only Holly Short herself standing in the doorway, her face more red than Root's had ever been seen to be.
Holly slapped her palms against the door she had just reached.
Or do you see Holly Short, the prettiest member of Recon?" She loosened her grip on the rail and turned to face him.
www15.brinkster.com /kittyrainbow/af/truths.htm   (839 words)

  
 Read Hot: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
That fairy happens to be Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon unit.
But when he takes Captain Holly Short for ransom, he was taking on more than he bargained for.
Holly Short is a LEPrecon(lower elements police) captain and the only female one at that..
english.unitecnology.ac.nz /readhot/book_review.php?book_id=15&view_all=1   (856 words)

  
 Flashback - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
For nearly half a century‚ Holly's work has influenced millions of musicians‚ 99 percent of whom have been blessed with more natural talent than me. Four lads from Liverpool‚ for example‚ christened themselves the Beatles partially to pay tribute to Holly and his band‚ the Crickets.
That is‚ until the bespectacled Holly dared to perform behind his large fl frames.
Holly's death in a 1959 plane crash‚ coupled with Presley's induction into the Army‚ left rock fans wondering if the popular teen genre had perished along with him.
media.www.westerncourier.com /media/storage/paper650/news/2003/11/21/News/Flashback-565618.shtml?sourcedomain=www.westerncourier.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com   (528 words)

  
 FanFiction.Net : Profile : Holly Rox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
But I am writing two new fics, an Artemis Fowl one (based around Holly and the lower elements once more, I'm predictable, I know) and a Pirates of the Caribbean one.
Because I haven't updated in so long, I'm going to upload the (very short) prologue of my Artemis Fowl fic, and the first couple of chapters of me PotC one.
Holly punched him playfully on the chest, although if it wasn’t for a faint blue spark meandering across his torso, Trouble was sure he’d have had a bruise the next morning.
www.fanfiction.net /~hollyrox   (358 words)

  
 Fatherly Pride
Holly suddenly seemed to remember that she had just dashed into her commanding officer's room without even knocking, and straightened up.
Holly rushed to the doorway, but then caught hold of the frame and swung herself around.
Holly, with her chatty yet sincere nature, had made herself a lot of friends in the short time she had been with Recon.
home.sailormoon.com /kittyrainbow/af/pride.htm   (684 words)

  
 Artemis Fowl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He encounters a fairy soldier who is bound on erasing all his memory of fairies and storming his house and taking away all proof of fairies that he has ever known.
The name of this fairy is Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit.
Artemis believes he has the fairies right where he wants them and thinks he is about to be a multi-million success but what he doesn’t know is Captain Holly Short has more up her sleeves than what Artemis expects.
www.greenwichschools.org /ems/bookclub05/ColferFantasyAI   (429 words)

  
 Artemis Fowl - The Opal Deception
Holly Short races to rescue Artemis but they are captured by Opal and left to die in a troll-infested amusement park.
As Holly notes to herself somewhere in the middle of this book, all her adventures with Artemis Fowl up to now have been happily-ever-after stories: a few people got bruised but everyone lived to tell the tale.
In a move which may be inspired by the increasing grittiness of the Harry Potter series, Eoin Colfer has raised the height bar on his most popular series and let loose the gloating and psycopathic figure of Opal Koboi.
goodtoread.org /books.cgi/whatsnew/artemis-fowl-the-opal-deception   (459 words)

  
 Obsessed With Artemis
Holly is constantly getting into messes and disobeying orders, but is nevertheless one of the best people the LEP's got.
He is good friends with Holly, though is constantly roaring at her for her insubordination.
Holly is based on a dertermined and extremely talkative past student.
artemisfowllover.tripod.com   (1975 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: M: McNarland, Holly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ectophiles' Guide - Holly McNarland - Information and comments about Holly and her albums.
Holly's Stuff is too hot too handle - Review of the album "Stuff" by Eric Moore.
Holly McNarland struts her stuff - Review of the album "Stuff" by Scott Wood.
dmoz.org /Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/M/McNarland,_Holly   (264 words)

  
 Book Andrew King   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As we all know he thinks he is God’s gift to women, He was supervising the flight practice, when Captain Holly Short flew in on her new set of wings.
So, of course, Holly went to save his sorry butt for the 599th time this century.
Holly got a new 90 inch plasma T.V., and, last but not least, Foaly got a swift kick in the behind from Root.
www.davidson.k12.nc.us /sdm/LintorChristmas/Andrew2ndMoore.htm   (406 words)

  
 Response-O-Matic Form
The story has many surprising twists as Artemis attempts to outsmart the elf, Holly Short, a captain in the LEPrecon unit.
Captain Holly Short is a member of the LEPrecon unit.
When Holly was locked in her cell, she kept banging her bed on the cement floor.
www.avondale.k12.mi.us /meadows/yoda/forms/ArtemisFowl.html   (126 words)

  
 Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer - A Book Excerpt
Then there's Captain Holly Short, the officer whose reputation is under fire.
Holly was the fairy at the centre of all the Artemis Fowl incidents.
That is if she ever recovered from the coma that claimed the pixie when Holly Short foiled her plan.
www.bookbrowse.com /excerpts/index.cfm?book_number=1629&page_number=2   (470 words)

  
 Booktalks Quick and Simple
He seems to be almost completely evil, but maybe he does care about his crazy mother who is locked in a bedroom upstairs in the family mansion.
Yes, he is rich, but he wants more, so he kidnaps the leprechaun, Holly Short.
He plans to exchange her for fairy gold, lots of it, but he is up against armed and dangerous fairies, trolls, and centaurs, not to mention Holly Short herself.
nancykeane.com /booktalks/colfer_artemis.htm   (379 words)

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