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Licata
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Licata (lēkä`tä), city (1991 pop. 41,300), S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea at the mouth of the Salso River. Licata is a seaport, seaside resort, and commercial and industrial center. Sulfur and asphalt are shipped through its port. It was founded in the early 3d cent. B.C. as a refuge for the inhabitants of Gela Gela , city (1991 pop. 61,319), S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is a port, industrial center, and seaside resort. Petrochemicals are produced nearby, and petroleum is refined in the city. Much cotton is grown in Gela's hinterland. The city was founded c.
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 after that city's destruction and was called Phintias after the tyrant of Acragas. Off nearby Cape Economus (now Poggio di Sant' Angelo), the Roman consul Regulus won (256 B.C.) a decisive battle in the first of the Punic Wars Punic Wars, three distinct conflicts between Carthage and Rome. When they began, Rome had nearly completed the conquest of Italy, while Carthage controlled NW Africa and the islands and the commerce of the W Mediterranean.
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Alicata, chairman of the Industrial Technology Department at Fitchburg State College, which certifies and licenses teachers according to state curriculum frameworks.
10) Giuseppe De Santis and Antonio Pietrangeli were assistant directors; Visconti, Mario Alicata, Gianni Puccini, and De Santis worked on the screenplay.
Winner's Summary NAME CITY AMOUNT ---- ---- ------ Jesus Zendejas La Quinta $ 100,000 Jesus Segura San Juan Capistrano $ 40,000 Armando Ramirez Los Angeles $ 5,000 Jessie Osman Ontario $ 4,000 Take Yanovitch San Diego $ 2,500 Janna Golosinsky Van Nuys $ 2,000 Larry Brandon Long Beach $ 2,000 Diana Ngo-Vuong San Gabriel $ 1,750 Jose Zaragoza Riverside $ 1,750 Brian Dickerson Cypress $ 1,750 Richie Alicata Encino $ 1,750 TOTAL $ 162,500
 
 
 
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