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The Gods' Grandson.(Book Review)
Martin Boyd: A Life, by Brenda Niall (second edition); Melbourne University Press, 2004, $34.95.
ON HIS DEATHBED in Rome, Martin Boyd converted to Catholicism. But at his request, they buried him in Rome's English Protestant cemetery. In its small way, this story may serve as an emblem of the opposing impulses that kept Boyd restless all his life. He was drawn to the romantic mystery of antique ritual, but attracted to the simpler optimism of youth.
For Boyd, these opposing impulses had geographical co-ordinates. He spent his childhood in Australia longing for the splendour of English tradition, and much of his middle age in England missing the ...
- Boyd set to vie for Clemson QB spot.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot July 19, 2009 700+ words
...a new home. Freshman quarterback Tajh Boyd, though, has bigger things planned for...often take a year or more to recover, Boyd says he's ready to contend for the Tigers...as good a shot as any of those guys," Boyd said this week. "I'm just trying to...
- Boyd deal looks better.
- Newspaper article from: Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) February 10, 2005 700+ words
...Byline: Howard Stutz Feb. 10--When Boyd Gaming Corp. completed its $1.3 billion...Just how valuable that acquisition was to Boyd's earnings became clear Wednesday. Fueled...the Borgata in the Atlantic City market, Boyd Gaming reported a 75 percent increase in...
- Boyd Coffee Company
- Reference information from: International Directory of Company Histories January 1, 2003 700+ words
Boyd Coffee Company 19730 Northeast Sandy Boulevard...site: Private Company Incorporated: 1900 as Boyd Importing Tea Company Employees: 500 Sales...811412 Appliance Repair and Maintenance Boyd Coffee Company is a leading distributor of...
- Boyd Bros. Transportation Announces Management Changes.
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 17, 2000 700+ words
...BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000 Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:BOYD) today announced that its Board of Directors...the Company's senior management team. Gail Boyd Cooper (age 49), formerly Vice President...
- Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc.
- Reference information from: International Directory of Company Histories January 1, 2001 700+ words
Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc. 3275 Highway 30 Clayton...2000) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ Ticker Symbol: BOYD NAIC: 484121 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc. is a flatbed trucking...
- Boyd's Coffee has a finger in just about every pie. (sales of coffee and coffee...
- Magazine article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal Moore, Wendy Rasmussen June 1, 1992 700+ words
My introduction to Boyd's Coffee of Portland, Oregon was at...Exhibition last month in Seattle. At the Boyd's booth I discovered their sweet chocolaty...business after the show I decided to call Boyd's up and call their bluff, or so I thought...
- Boyd Gaming Announces Agreement to Sell Barbary Coast to Harrah's Entertainment.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 2, 2006 700+ words
...Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boyd Gaming Corporation today announced that...acquire from third parties. The land that Boyd Gaming is to receive in the exchange is...acre Echelon Place development site. Boyd Gaming expects to recognize a non-cash...
- BOYD TAKES THE MONEY.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) September 3, 1996 700+ words
...BUZZ GRAY Staff writer ALBANY -- Travis Boyd may have earned a tidy $4,800 for about...was with an appreciative awareness that Boyd embraced one of those rare moments in the...superiority. ``I was very surprised,'' Boyd said of his relatively easy triumph on...
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