Article: Quast, Pieter

Article: Adriaen van Ostade
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      167 words ......his fellow student Adriaen Brouwer . Van Ostade created good-humored depictions of village...addition to his more than 1,000 oils, van Ostade executed about 50 graphic works and supplied...Metropolitan Mus.). His brother and pupil, Isaak van Ostade, 1621-49, painted at first in close ...

Article: Amsterdam: Europe's gay mecca.(excerpted from 'Damron Amsterdam')(includes related travel information on Amsterdam)
The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine);  August 18, 1998 ;     700+ words ...The gay and lesbian capital of Europe, Amsterdam has a long history of tolerance. At the...in a time before water filters. It was Amsterdam that opened its doors to the Sephardic...brought with them another building block of Amsterdam's prosperity: the diamond industry. The...

Article: Adriaen Van Ostade
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      3 words ...see Ostade, Adriaen van .

Article: Anti-gay violence is a problem in Amsterdam
AP Worldstream;  November 20, 2008 ;     434 words ...Amsterdam faces an ingrained problem of violence against gay men...Thursday. Town councilman Freek Ossel said the University of Amsterdam study, which was commissioned by the city, said the Dutch...and encourage reporting of discriminatory incidents. Amsterdam's title as a gay capital, according to some ...

Article: 2010 Giro to start in Amsterdam
AP Worldstream;  May 31, 2009 ;     63 words ...Next year's Giro d'Italia will start in Amsterdam and the first three stages will be contested in the Netherlands...organizers announced Sunday. The 2010 race will begin May 8 in Amsterdam. The next stage will go through Utrecht and the third leg...

Article: China Southern Expands European Amsterdam Service; New Daily 777 Service from Amsterdam to Guangzhou.
Business Wire;  May 17, 2006 ;     224 words ...AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- China Southern Airlines (NYSE:ZNH)(HKSE...announce that it will be launching daily Boeing 777 from Amsterdam to Guangzhou with a stop in Beijing. China Southern currently operates four times weekly from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport to Beijing -- continuing onward to...

Article: Holland America Line: Amsterdam: the fleet's co-flagship is a refined world traveller. (Ship of the Month).(Cover Story)
Cruise Travel;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......moved first to New York then Seattle. But Amsterdam as a ship name has appeared only twice...date back to the late 19th century Nieuw Amsterdam referring to the Dutch North American...most famous being the beautiful Nieuw Amsterdam of 1938. So it was a bit of a surprise...

Article: Amsterdam
Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names;      90 words ...Amsterdam, France, The Netherlands, USA 1. The Netherlands: founded in 1270 as a small fishing village in a marshy area at the...Kingdom of the Netherlands since 1806, but not the seat of government.2. USA (New York): named by a Dutch settler after the Amsterdam in The Netherlands. It originated in 1783 as ...

Article: Amsterdam resists marijuana crackdown
AP Worldstream;  December 5, 2008 ;     94 words ...Amsterdam's mayor says he will seek alternatives to closing a fifth of the city's famed...says he will lobby the Justice Ministry on Friday to make an exception for Amsterdam as part of a new law banning the cafes near schools. A large majority in Amsterdam's municipal assembly demanded a change in the ...

Article: Enhanced "Amsterdam Super Stay'' packages this winter.
Business Wire;  September 11, 1996 ;     336 words ......again will be offering the ever popular Amsterdam Super Stay package, between Nov. 1, 1996...cities throughout the United States to Amsterdam via KLM and Northwest's 11 gateways...nights accommodations at deluxe hotels in Amsterdam, hotel service charges and taxes, plus...

Article: Heineken `Experience' reopens in Amsterdam
AP Worldstream;  January 1, 2009 ;     583 words ......this the Heineken Experience. One of Amsterdam's most popular attractions among young...site of Heineken's former brewery in Amsterdam, was mostly a way to drink unlimited...cheesy Dutch classic song Tulips from Amsterdam against a backdrop of canals _ and instantly...

Article: IBC agrees to continue its partnership with RAI, Amsterdam.
Business Wire;  October 16, 2008 ;     434 words ......announced that it has chosen the RAI in Amsterdam as its venue for the foreseeable future...venue options for the future. IBC2008 in Amsterdam was the most successful ever and also...process. To be clear, IBC's contract with Amsterdam is always dependent on good performance...

Article: Orc Software Expands European Presence with New Office in Amsterdam.
Business Wire;  September 24, 2007 ;     347 words ...AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Orc Software (STO:ORC), the leading global...connectivity, has opened an office in the Netherlands' capital, Amsterdam, in direct response to increased local demand for Orc...presence in Continental Europe with an additional office in Amsterdam is further evidence of our commitment ...

Article: Amsterdam.(Brief Article)
International Railway Journal;  July 1, 1999 ;     56 words ...An Adtranz Incentro low-floor LRV from Duisburg was being tested in Amsterdam last month as the city public transport authority prepares to order LRVs...Adtranz test, a Siemens Combino and an Alstom LRV from Magdeburg also ran in Amsterdam.