PUTTING HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MIND IS LEONARD FLORENCE KEEPS ON GIVING

The Boston Globe;  November 23, 2003 ;   Bridget Samburg;   787 words ...For the record, Leonard Florence is not retiring. Despite what some...announcing that I'm not," he says. Florence has just stepped down as chairman...giftware and seasonal products. But Florence plans to devote most of his time to...

FLORENCE A TRUE CROSSROADS CITY.(Living)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  October 22, 2007 ;     787 words ...Byline: Laurie Wilcox Florence is the largest and most industrialized...city in 1958. The 2000 population of Florence was 23,551; in 2004, it was 25,449...force in the development of the city. Florence was first called Crossroads because...

Finally, it's Florence/ Class 3A state title is first since 1983

The Gazette;  December 1, 2002 ;   MARK FITZHENRY; THE GAZETTE;   555 words ...FLORENCE - Zach Crofoot had impeccable timing Saturday, whether...championship football game. His instincts continued after Florence had beaten Palisade, 27- 21, to win the trophy in front...Seconds after Karpilo began walking toward hardware that Florence had not won since 1983, Crofoot raced ahead of him, ...

Forever Florence

New Straits Times;  March 16, 2002 ;   Umah Papachan;   787 words ......Straits Times 03-16-2002 Forever Florence Byline: Umah Papachan Edition: The...PAPACHAN had an awesome time savouring Florence's historically rich culture and dazzling shopping during a brief visit. FLORENCE is an Italian city of monumental...

FLORENCE Y'ALL FESTIVAL MARKS ITS 24TH YEAR.(News)

The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  September 2, 2003 ;     499 words ...Byline: Post staff report In Florence, Labor Day means Florence Y'All. The city's 24th festival was held Friday through...daughter, Holly Biss, 26, won the Little Mr. And Miss Florence pageant when she was 10 and then Miss Florence as a...

Florence masters raging waters to claim canoeing silver medal

The Independent - London;  August 13, 2008 ;     787 words ...David Florence reached for the stars but found heaven...failed to reach the kayak slalom final, Florence might even have gone one better. He was...been my goal for the last four years," Florence said. "I'm certainly not disappointed...

LEONARD FLORENCE, 74, FOUNDER OF SYRATECH, LEADING PHILANTHROPIST

The Boston Globe;  June 28, 2006 ;   Gloria Negri, Globe Staff;   787 words ......poor Russian-Jewish immigrants, Leonard Florence shined shoes at the Chelsea Soldiers...Soldiers Home would be named for Mr. Florence's parents, and he would become a member...Commander of the Knights of St. Gregory. Mr. Florence, who used his entrepreneurial skills...

They came for the art Ian Thomson on the lure of Florence for would-be...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  May 26, 2002 ;   IAN THOMSON;   515 words ...Florence, A Delicate Case by David Leavitt Bloomsbury, pounds 9.99, 176 pp pounds 9.99 ( pounds 1.99 p&p) 0870 155 7222 FLORENCE, THE glittering birthplace of the Renaissance, is dying...Harold Acton, the self-styled aesthete who lived outside Florence, deplored the "atmosphere of weekend Surrey" that had...

Immaculate consumption ; Whether it's food, fashion or football, Italians...

The Independent - London;  May 5, 2007 ;   Rory Ross;   787 words ...It was April in Florence and the entire city was basking in...their arch-rivals to the south. In Florence - the cradle of Italian civilisation...of the Villa San Michele high above Florence in Fiesole, sipping a canaletto (prosecco...

Striking out amid the art of Florence

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 15, 1990 ;   MARVIN WEINSTEIN;   787 words ...FLORENCE, Italy With apologies to W. C. Fields, I was in Florence a few weeks ago, but it was closed. Well, not totally...by its millenium's worth of art treasures. A handful of Florence's innumerable collections and churches tower above the...

All poetic roads lead to Florence; A Golden Ring. By Charles Hobday (Peter...

The Birmingham Post (England);  May 2, 1998 ;   Edmonds, Richard;   787 words ......this splendid book on English poets in Florence, which ranges from the 14th century to...probably more British poets and novelists in Florence during the 1850s than at any other time...they would have been notori ous but in Florence with its siestas, laissez-faire attitudes...

Grab a piazza the action in Florence; THE Big Brother house-mate is used...

Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  April 21, 2002 ;     787 words ......BACK in the 15th century, the streets of Florence were full of tall, elegant buildings...and bustle of a wealthy merchant town. Florence today is much the same - the only difference...piazzas and bridges. I loved being in Florence. It is truly beautiful, nestled in a...

Florence A. Koceja.(Obituaries)(Obituary)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  October 10, 2007 ;     289 words ...Florence A. Koceja Florence A. Koceja, 90, of Escanaba, Mich., died Friday Oct. 5, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba following a brief illness. Florence was born April 7, 1917, in Chicago, the daughter of Edward and Pauline...

FLORENCE REVIVES AS TOURIST MECCA

The Boston Globe;  January 18, 1987 ;   Jeff Griffin, Associated Press;   633 words ...FLORENCE - Smarting from a sharp decline in tourism last year...Mattioli, superintendent of tourism for the province of Florence. After a series of terrorist attacks in Italy, including...bottom fell out of the American tourist market. Hotels in Florence were hit by a wave of reservation cancellations as ...

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY FLORENCE LAUNCHES NEW BOOK SERIES WITH DRAMATIC...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 26, 2006 ;     591 words ......following press release: On Nov. 4, 1966, Florence, Italy, experienced the most devastating...26-year-old American artist living in Florence, went out into the flooded streets and...now teaches at Syracuse University in Florence (SUF). "I got dressed and with my camera...