Encyclopedia entry: roach

Encyclopedia entry: Park Avenue boom
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea;      455 words ...Park Avenue boom, a main boom, first fitted to the American J-class yacht Enterprise ... into holes on the rails. These stops allowed the foot of the sail, or roach , to take up a gentle curve to obtain a better aerodynamic flow as the wind ...

Article: Court orders shareholder to produce unpaid charges. (Manhattan ...
Real Estate Weekly;  June 9, 1993 ;     700 words ... ... unpaid maintenance and special assessment charges on his luxury Park Avenue apartment. The court found that the co-op shareholder had ... alleged conditions he later cited -- excess heat, foul odors, roaches and rodents, and a lack of window guards -- as grounds for ...

Article: Robert S. Roach, 53.(DEATHS)
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  July 1, 2007 ;     405 words ... ... born in Worcester, the son of Thomas J. Roach Jr. and Mary C. (Gimbel) Roach. Mr. Roach owned and operated Bobs TV and Electronics ... 01605. OCONNOR BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME, 592 Park Avenue, is directing arrangements. oconnorbrothers ...

Article: Straton, John Roach 1874-1929
American Decades;      700+ words ...STRATON, JOHN ROACH 1874-1929 Minister Major Fundamentalists John Roach Straton was born into a Baptist preacher's home ... assume the pastorate of the new sanctuary of the Park Avenue Baptist Church, Straton was incensed. Hebecame ...

Article: Marie Roach
Courier News (Elgin, IL);  December 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... including Black taking the corporate jet to French Polynesia for a vacation with his wife in 2001, obtaining two apartments on Park Avenue in New York City and spending $42,000 in company money on a surprise birthday party for his wife in 2000 at a posh New ...

Article: Park Avenue retailers battle back.
The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... PARK -- With its boutiques and cafes, Park Avenue is still a shopping and dining mecca ... presented to city officials this week. Park Avenue merchants are preparing to respond with ... People still have a love affair with Park Avenue," said John Blexrud of Market Soundings ...

Article: Park Avenue distinctive
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 15, 1990 ;     700+ words ...Buick's svelte 1991 Park Avenue shows how General Motors is dumping ... automaker's top models, such as the Park Avenue, Cadillac Sedan De Ville and Oldsmobile ... Ninety Eight. No longer. The 1991 Park Avenue four-door sedan has genuinely ...