stand

The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English;      445 words ...stand • verb   1. ask the children to stand synonyms : be upright, be erect, rise, rise to one's feet...stood there synonyms : be situated, be located.   3. stand the ladder against the wall synonyms : set, place, put, position...

Mirror Works: Just the job; FIRMS MAKE A STAND FOR RECRUITING.(Features)

The Mirror (London, England);  April 26, 2001 ;     460 words ......on offer at the Mirror show. The Army (stand 119) is looking to recruit 15,000 people...communications/IT trainees. Barclays Bank (stand 101) has numerous vacancies in sales and...sales environment. Coral Cay Conservation (stand 22) has vacancies for expedition leaders...

COUNTY TAKES A STAND

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  July 18, 2001 ;     572 words ......to revoke the permit for the Fireking fireworks stand. Located at 3115 W. College, the stand is owned by Frank Elliott, who lives in Colorado...that fireworks were being discharged near the stand. He drove out to verify the complaint. Cleveland...

DON'T STAND BY AND LET THEFT CONTINUE

Roanoke Times & World News;  August 24, 2003 ;     590 words ......darkness, picking his way to his selected stand location for that morning's bow hunt. When he reached the tree that held his stand, he readied his safety belt, prepared to...His heart sank. "Someone had stolen my stand," said Hornby, who lives in Roanoke. To...

Taking a stand for safety.(Safety First)

LP/Gas;  March 1, 2004 ;     561 words ...We all admire those who take a stand, as long as they're not in our way. Life is...sure to sink. I say it's time we all make a stand. American history has many examples of people who made a stand. We had Jack Kennedy and his commitment to...

Family fruit stand part of tradition.(AGRI-BUSINESS)

Wenatchee Business Journal;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......and Lyle Hamon sell fruit from a little stand on Western Avenue in Wenatchee. Their business...roadside station in Wenatchee. The fruit stand started as a wagon in the driveway of their...a new house in Wenatchee and set up the stand at 1701 Western Ave., on property owned...

VETERAN COACH IS A STAND-UP GUY

The Boston Globe;  June 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ...WORCESTER - After 32 years on the job, Charlie Stand knows the drill - cold. Stand, who has spent his adult life coaching baseball...ballgames. Coaches just help. "For me it's gratifying," Stand said after his surprising Scarlet Hawks scored a...

Lehighton may save judges' stand: Unique structure once graced fairground,...

Morning Call (Allentown, PA);  August 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Time hasn't been kind to the old judges' stand from the former Carbon County Fairground in Lehighton. For nearly 100 years, the stand was the centerpiece of the grounds' track...1990s to build a new high school, and the stand found an inglorious resting spot in the...

THE STAND HAS TO COPE WITH THE ARDUOUS LOCAL CLIMATE

The Architects' Journal;  July 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The new 3Ws stand for Barbados' Kensington Oval cricket ground...commentator likened the curvaceous new main stand at Barbados' Kensington Oval to that of...UK conditions, Arup Associates' new 3Ws stand in Barbados has to withstand the much more...

Stand For Children Day 2000.(Brief Article)

Nation's Cities Weekly;  May 22, 2000 ;     260 words ......year thousands of communities celebrate Stand for Children Day 2000 by organizing local events on or around June 1. The theme for Stand For Children Day 2000 is Building Safer...Children. This year, on the fifth annual Stand For Children Day, 2,000 communities are...

Stand for children in our own communities

Tri-State Defender;  April 30, 1997 ;     431 words ...Tri-State Defender 04-30-1997 Stand for children in our own communities Last...co-sponsored by 3,700-plus other organizations, "Stand for Children" showed that Americans do...ildren's Defense Fund is once again sponsoring "Stand for Children" on June 1, but this year...

1,700 Communities Across America Take a Stand for Children

U.S. Newswire;  June 1, 1999 ;     485 words ......Tuesday, June 1, for the fourth annual Stand For Children Day. In an effort to get every...immediate improvements in children's lives. Stand For Children Day '99: Ready to Learn, Ready...people all over the world via a "Cyber-Stand For Children" on the Stand For Children...

Stand for Children '97 Kicks Off With Local Events

U.S. Newswire;  May 31, 1997 ;     602 words ......S. Newswire/ -- On the eve of national Stand For Children Day, 70 local communities...awareness about children's health. In addition, Stand For Children Founder and Children's Defense...Approximately 4,000 people waved green "I Stand For Children" fans in the heat of a glorious...

Stand to offer more than cool lemonade

Winnetka Talk (IL);  September 2, 2004 ;     497 words ...Elise Kapnick-Warsaw wants her lemonade stand, constructed of wood, some hardware and...says there's a deeper meaning here. The stand wasn't built strictly for commerce or to...fund. Kapnick-Warsaw said the lemonade stand, built in August by a group of Glencoe...

Stand meant for more than lemonade

Northbrook Star (IL);  September 9, 2004 ;     497 words ...Elise Kapnick-Warsaw wants her lemonade stand, constructed of wood, some hardware and...says there's a deeper meaning here. The stand wasn't built strictly for commerce or to...fund. Kapnick-Warsaw said the lemonade stand, built in August by a group of Glencoe...