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sierra
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sierra
a range of mountains with jagged peaks, esp in Spain or America
sierra [sē′er·ə]
(geography)
A high range of hills or mountains with irregular peaks that give a sawtooth profile.
(company, games)Sierra - (Or "Sierra On-Line") A computer game developer founded in the early 1980s by Ken and Roberta Willams in the small mountain town of Oakhurst California. Sierra was named after the local mountian range, 15 miles from the famous Yosemite National Park.

In 1997 Sierra was purchased by CUC and its main office is now in Seattle, WA, USA.

Products include Kings Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, Quest for Glory, Robin Hood, Phantasmagoria, Leisure Suit Larry, Eco Quest and many more.

http://sierra.com /.


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After the first GLBT Sierran chapter started in San Francisco in 1986, queer branches sprouted up nationwide, including the Denver-based Rocky Mountain Gay and Lesbian Sierrans, who are planning a nighttime hike on May 21 along Dinosaur Ridge, a spine of rock where the bones of creatures much older than Whitman reside.
Take a hike! by The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
In November, Fleishman-Hillard billed the district $1,295 to meet with Daily News higher-education reporter Lisa Sodders, as well as discuss an article idea with Southern Sierran magazine.
HOT AIR, COLD CASH GLITZY SCHMOOZE CAMPAIGNS HARD TO STOMACH by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Non-native fish, such as trout, are thriving, while some natives, such as Chinook salmon, "are now nearly extinct from Sierran rivers.
A plan for the struggling Sierra Nevada by Adler, Tina / Science News
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