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Ames,

city (1990 pop. 47,198), Story co., central Iowa, on the Skunk River; inc. 1870. Its chief manufactures are electronic, water-analysis, and water-treatment equipment; motor vehicles; construction materials; and machinery. Iowa State Univ. is located in Ames and contributes significantly to the economy. The National Animal Disease Laboratory and the Iowa State Center, a large cultural, educational, and athletic complex, are also in the city.
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Founded in 1774, the AMES brand is the third oldest in the country, and its tools literally helped build America, playing a prominent role in shaping the infrastructure and foundation of the country for more than 200 years.
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Often rebuffed by the federal government, surrounded by whites who either actively or implicitly supported violent defiance, Ames gloomily retired to the governor's mansion in Jackson in the mid-1870s, reading Trollope's The Way We Live Now and mulling whether he could invent a new kind of ladder.
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Monday and Tuesday at Ames Auctioneers, 16705 Roscoe Blvd, North Hills.
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The locals are the people who really drive our business," says Ames, noting many of Timberwolf's group sales come from Elliot Lake, Timmins and Mattawa.
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Other, smaller wind tunnels at NASA Ames, some equipped for supersonic wind velocities, are heavily used for testing aircraft components or scaled-down models.
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Ames was Director of Acquisitions and Sales of the Film Division of the Image Bank, the largest global sales and marketing organization for stock film, stills and illustrations.
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Headquartered in Stone Mountain, Georgia, AMES Taping Tools is the industry's leading provider of drywall finishing tools, supplies, and training.
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Unlike Ames, a plodding intelligence officer, Nicholson was regarded as a top-flight intelligence officer and had exhibited few signs that he planned to sell CIA secrets to the Russians.
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It was around this time that Ames began to show signs that he had been turned.
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On these grounds, Ennever says, the Ames test would not surpass the other three assays in the SCIENCE paper.
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AMES Color-File also offers an extensive line of standard CD mailer designs.
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Ames is taking part in this trend by encouraging coaches of Little League(R) to contact the store manager at their local Ames store to set up a date for their team's signup.
Ames Gives Discount to Little League(R) Players*

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