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	War of the Oranges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The War of the Oranges was a brief conflict in 1801 in which France and Spain fought against Portugal.
		Following his victory, Godoy picked oranges at nearby Elvas and sent them to the Queen of Spain with the message that he would proceed to Lisbon.
		Thus, the conflict became known as the War of the Oranges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/War_of_the_Oranges (276 words)

	Oranges - Facts & Tips
		Oranges are highly valued for their vitamin C content.
		Orange trees are evergreens, seldom exceeding 30 ft in height.
		The principal varieties of the sweet orange cultivated by orange growers of the eastern United States are the Hamlin and Parson Brown, both early-maturing, seedy varieties with thin, russet skin and juicy pulp.
	www.recipes2go4.com /fruit-articles/oranges.html (759 words)

	Encyclopedia: War of the Oranges
		The Peninsular War (1808-1814) was a major conflict during the Napoleonic Wars.
		The war was brought about by Portugal's refusal in 1800 to accept Napoleon's demands to become a political and economic extension of France and to cede to France the major part of its national territory.
		In April 1801, French troops arrived in Portugal, and on May 20 they were bolstered by Spanish troops under the command of Manuel de Godoy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/War-of-the-Oranges (677 words)

	Encyclopedia: Black War
		The Black War refers to a period of conflict between the British colonists and Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in the early years of the 1800s.
		Black War Poster Poster issued by the Government in tasmania in picture form explaining equal justice for settlers and aboriginies This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright.
		The war was named for Black Hawk, the leader of a band of Sauk and Fox Indians, who fought against the U.S. Army and Illinois militia for possession of lands in the region.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Black-War (937 words)

	The Oranges Page 1227 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Oranges are year round though the bulk of the domestic crop appears in the colder months starting in october and running through late march or early april.
		Sweet oranges are native to northeastern india are the most widely grown species of citrus.
		Americans consume most of their oranges in the form of juice which provides 140% of the current suggested daily intake of vitamin C. Nutrition should continue at about one cup of ammonium sulfate per year of tree age annually in splitapplications in February May and September i.
	www.kidbebop.com /oranges/1227.html (672 words)

	And Oranges Page 1275
		California navel oranges are considered by many to be the best oranges in the world for eating out of hand.
		Oranges are grown throughout the world in tropical and subtropical areas but they achieve the best quality undersubtropical conditions.
		Putting 2 apples and 5 oranges into a single bag does not amount to addition but may be suggestive that the objects at hand are not so distant from each other as to make the concept of counting them together completely incomprehensible.
	www.kidbebop.com /oranges/1275.html (593 words)

	Food Wars: Apples vs. Oranges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sorry oranges, your juice is sweeter but you bake like crap.
		Oranges bring juice and zest to the party, and then there's marmelade, blood oranges, tangerines, clementines.
		I was raised in Orange County CA, and everyone had orange trees in their yard, so I'm a bit biased.
	www.amateurgourmet.com /food_wars/2005/06/apples_vs_orang.html (493 words)

	War of the Oranges -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The deeper issue underlying the war was the balance of power between the rival Bourbon and Habsburg dynasties.
		national flag consisting of a blue field with diagonal stripes of orange and white that increase in width toward the fly end; in the upper hoist corner is a large white star.
		Focuses on the mysterious illnesses reported by thousands of Gulf War veterans and on the adverse ecological and health effects of dioxin, an ingredient in the herbicide Agent Orange, which was used extensively during the Vietnam War.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9057272 (943 words)

	Irish Times Article - In Baghdad a desperate 'what can we do?' But there is time to stop war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The oranges and other fruit are placed on the stalls at the crack of light.
		If a war happens 500,000 tons of food will have to be moved, five times the largest amount ever in human history.
		They require that children not be the object of attack; soldiers must distinguish between children and combatants; and facilities essential for the survival of children must not be the subject of attack.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/opinion/2003/0205/1551626105OPMDH.html (1407 words)

	5 A Day: Fruit and Vegetable of the Month: Oranges \| DNPA \| CDC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Oranges can be stored at room temperature, in the refrigerator without plastic bags or in the crisper drawer for up to 2 weeks.
		Stir in orange segments, grapefruit segments, and chicken, and simmer for 5 minutes until all ingredients are heated throughout.
		Because orange juice concentrate replaces part of the oil included in a vinaigrette, these vinaigrettes have only 2 g of fat and 34 calories per tbsp.
	www.cdc.gov /NCCDPHP/DNPA/5ADay/month/orange.htm (1492 words)

	The War of the Worlds (1953)
		Firstly the Martian war machines were changed from walking tripods to sleek flying manta rays.
		The manta ray-like war machines have a sinister elegance and come accompanied by a particularly memorable series of sound effects.
		The Martians come across as the most ruthless and thorough invaders of the whole period - coldly crisping the self-appointed diplomatic corps who come waving a white flag, and bringing the whole of humanity to its knees quite literally in a potent series of images that show the blasted remains of world landmarks.
	www.moria.co.nz /sf/waroftheworlds.htm (1410 words)

	Chapter 19: A History of Spain and Portugal, vol. 2
		The War of Independence was in the long run a struggle of attrition in which the French were ground down by constant harassment and, from 1812, by the commitment of Napoleon's main strength to eastern and central Europe.
		The seat of Spanish government during the greater part of the War of Independence was Cádiz, the country's leading Atlantic port, separated from the mainland by a narrow peninsula easily defended from French assault, protected and provisioned by the British and Spanish fleets.
		That the civil war lasted nearly seven years was due in large measure to the disarray of the nascent liberal regime, unable to generate the considerable resources of money, manpower, and material needed to fight campaigns of attrition against regional forces.
	libro.uca.edu /payne2/payne19.htm (15693 words)

	The History Guy: Anglo-French Wars
		This is a pretty watered-down, basic description of this rivalry, but these two nations have fought many, many wars, and William's conquest of England was the starting point for many of the earlier ones.
		This war was preceded by years of border combat short of all-out war.
		Thus, this series of wars are known as the Wars of the Coalitions.
	www.historyguy.com /anglo_french.html (1244 words)

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		The War of the Holy League (1510 - 1513) ---------------------------------------- [WL] Marignano (1515 - 1516) ----------------------- [WL] French war in Italy.
		The Opium Wars (1839 - 1842) ---------------------------- http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/19th_Century/Military_History/Opium_Wars/ Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848) ---------------------------------- Revolution of 1848 (1848 - 1849) -------------------------------- [WL] Austrian government and Russia against anti-monarchist rebels and Czech and Hungarian nationalist rebels.
		The Persian Gulf War of 1991 -- from January 16 to February 28 -- was fought to expel Iraq and restore Kuwaiti independence.
	tomas.nocrew.org /grow/short.txt (1186 words)

	PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly - Summer 2002
		War is “politics by other means” with the aim to determine how territory and people are governed, and to what ends rulers direct their resources.
		Airpower did play a major role in the wars that followed, but as part of a larger war effort that aimed at the destruction of enemy regimes by conquest, and the remaking of their societies in the image of the liberating armies.
		There may be the temptation to group the Afghan war with the Balkan interventions of the 1990s, but it would be a case of mixing apples and oranges, as the war aims were different.
	carlisle-www.army.mil /usawc/parameters/02summer/hawkins.htm (3705 words)

	Godoy, Manuel de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Godoy joined (1793) the war of the First Coaltion (1793) against revolutionary France, but in 1795 he made peace (the second Treaty of Basel) and was awarded the title príncipe de la Paz [prince of the peace].
		After a brief eclipse, Godoy returned to power in 1801 and commanded the victorious Spanish army in the War of the Oranges against Portugal.
		His alliance with Napoleon I involved Spain in renewed war with England in 1804 and led to the Franco-Spanish defeat at Trafalgar (1805).
	www.bartleby.com /65/go/Godoy-Ma.html (277 words)

	Washington Week . Student Voices \| PBS
		Weapons of mass destruction and the threat of terrorism were not to blame for this war.
		This is where the trade war, or war of tariffs on each other's exported goods, began to emerge.
		Bush didn't want to have to explain to voters in politically critical states that he felt the steel industry's sustainability was worth the lost revenue their states would incur from the tariffs the EU was threatening to put on exported goods.
	www.pbs.org /weta/washingtonweek/voices/200312/1205struggle.html (794 words)

	iraqometer.com iraq war cost
		Another economist, James Galbraith of the University of Texas, predicts that while war spending may boost the economy initially, over the long term it is likely to bring a decade of economic troubles, including an expanded trade deficit and high inflation.
		As in previous wars, many soldiers are likely to have received ailments that will not be detected for years to come.
		Many scientists blame the far smaller amount of DU weapons used in the Persian Gulf War for illnesses among U.S. soldiers, as well as a sevenfold increase in child birth defects in Basra in southern Iraq.
	www.iraqometer.com (2161 words)

	Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit [1990] - Compare prices
		Jess eventually understands that the only way to survive is to escape, and she sets her sights on a place at Oxford.
		Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is both a broad comedy and a moving coming-of-age story.
		Charlotte Coleman is perfect as the teenage Jess, attempting to reconcile her religious devotion and her adolescent passion, but the film belongs to Geraldine McEwan as Jess' mother.
	www.priceclash.co.uk /oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit-670 (301 words)

	Political and social repercussions of the war (from Israel) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Egypt'' Sadat persuaded U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that his country was ready to abandon both its Soviet and Syrian allies for a fresh start with the United States; only Washington, in Sadat's view, could effectively influence Israel to return the Sinai without further bloodshed.
		Despite the threat of war between the two superpowers, however, it soon became apparent that the...
		One meaning of the Greek word politeia is “government.” The word was used in ancient Greece as a general term to describe the way city-states were ruled, and it is derived from the word polis, which means “city-state.” Today the word politics refers to all aspects and types of government.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-219433 (928 words)

	Congress must declare Iraq war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A war against Iraq seems to me to be unrelated to the campaign against al Qaeda and, at worst, it could undermine it by intensifying Arab hatred of Americans and jeopardizing the intelligence cooperation we need to successfully wage a multifaceted war against international terrorism.
		Declaring war in light of an attack of war is apples and oranges.
		Limbaugh's argument is that the Sepember 4 declaration is the declaration of war.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/743928/posts (2663 words)

	rings.gif (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At the end, the children making the arch chop their arms up and down and trap the last child who is underneath.
		That child is asked 'Orange or Lemon?' and they join behind the appropriate child.
		At the end there is a tug of war.
	www.firebirdtrust.sagenet.co.uk /singingrings/rings.html (403 words)

	Amazon.com: Oranges: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Oranges was conceived as a short magazine piece, but thanks to his unparalleled investigative skills, became a slim, fact-filled book.
		THE custom of drinking orange juice with breakfast is not very widespread, taking the world as a whole, and it is thought by many peoples to be a distinctly American habit.
		Oranges shows in a succinct format the beauty and creativity possible in natural history writing, especially when nature is so entertwined with culture.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374226881?v=glance (1646 words)

	Education \| War of the words
		In a distant quarter of the university galaxy a little war is going on.
		On the first floor, during term, there are now two competing bins: exactly the same size, although one is considerably glitzier than the other.
		This is not a Hertz-Avis thing - or two ice-cream vans fighting for the same pitch; it's apples and oranges.
	education.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5210422-108228,00.html (859 words)

	The Spanish-Portuguese War, 1801
		Since 1661, Portugal had been a British ally; in effect, Portugal was incapable to defend her vast colonial empire by herself; the British alliance permitted her to hold on to it.
		Spanish minister Godoy reported to Madrid that he had picked Oranges near Olivenza; thus the expression "War of the Oranges"; his announcement that he would march on Lisbon next, was not executed.
		In 1807, Spain and France, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, agreed to invade and partition Portugal.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/napwars/spanport18001801.html (343 words)

	NBC 15 :: Close to Home - It's about time: Orange becomes Florida's official fruit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After all, Florida orange juice is hawked worldwide, the Orange Bowl brings thousands to the state every New Year's Day and the fruit's image is on the state's license plates.
		The orange blossom is the official state flower, and orange juice is the official Florida beverage.
		Shapiro's class discovered the orange omission a year ago when they were 4th graders reading about kids in New Jersey who made blueberries that state's official fruit.
	www.wpmi.com /news/regional/story.aspx?content_id=74B1EBA3-6D54-44FE-8802-A0101ECDA7A1 (678 words)

	Monday Night War Update Between USA & SpikeTV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As we reported previously, UFC is already faced with the strong possibility that one of their top draws scheduled for the card will have to be replaced or just cancelled, as Stephan Bonnar was injured during training.
		This is looking more and more like something that shouldn't be billed as a "war", because it doesn't seem like Spike TV is even trying to put up much of a fight lately.
		More to the point this a beat up about a war between apples and oranges.....I'm not sure what the viewing situation is in the US but I can tell you that just in my persoanl circle of friends and acquaintances there is wrestling viewers and MMA viewers and they rarely cross over.
	forums.livingwithstyle.com /archive/index.php/monday-night-war-update-t208026p1.html (1583 words)

	Oranges in the Revolutionary War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Orange enlisted on February 12, 1778 and was shown as sick in
		William Orange enlisted in the Revolutionary War in Montfort's Company from July 20,1778 for nine months as a private.
		William was given a Revolutionary War land grant from North Carolina on September 15, 1787.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~orange/Rev_War.html (198 words)

	Manuel de Godoy -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		War was soon declared, and Spain suffered a major naval defeat off Cape St. Vincent.
		When Godoy was reinstated in 1801, the war with England still raged and Napoleon was dictator of France.
		Godoy yielded to French pressure and collaborated in an invasion of Portugal, England's ally, commanding Spanish forces in the three-week War of the Oranges.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9037177 (1200 words)

	orange juice in England - expatforums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Orange juice was fairly readily available as a concentrate in Britain during
		the war tho' fresh oranges were not always available.
		AFAIK or remember, was not available to the general populace during the war.
	expatforums.com /tno2587.html (1110 words)

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