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5 unusual facts about Purchase


A. W. Tillinghast

Tillinghast was also the uncredited co-designer of several green complexes at Century Country Club in Purchase.

Charles Hugh Alison

Another endearing Colt-Alison design is Century Country Club (1927) in Purchase, New York.

Dick Siderowf

Siderowf still plays golf regularly, mostly at Century Country Club in Purchase, New York, where he won the club championship in 1978 in his only attempt, and at Seminole Golf Club, the renowned Donald Ross design in Juno Beach, Florida.

Larry Thompson

In August 2003 Thompson left the Justice Department and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution for a year before accepting the position of senior vice-president for government affairs and general counsel at Pepsico in Purchase, New York.

Mel Edwards

A 30-year retrospective of his sculpture was held in 1993 at the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, New York.


2006–07 Pittsburgh Penguins season

After Jim Balsillie had agreed to purchase the franchise for $175 million and to keep it in Pittsburgh, the situation seemed settled.

2011 Iranian embezzlement scandal

3,000 billion Toman embezzlement in Iran (also 2,800 billion embezzlement, approximately $2.6 billion USD) was a fraud involving the use of forged documents to obtain credit from at least seven Iranian state and private banks to purchase state-owned companies.

Arabic hip hop

Abdullah Dahman of Desert Heat offers an example of west coast rapper Snoop Dogg, whose records are available for purchase in Jiddah in Saudi Arabia.

Aston Martin Owners Club

Having been fired with enthusiasm by winning an automobile race at age twenty and by his first meeting with 'Bert' Bertelli shortly after, his success led to the purchase of the team car LM7 and an invitation to drive “under works control’’ at Le Mans in 1933.

Bobrowniki castle

Bobrowniki castle was erected at the turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, after the purchase of Bobrowniki village by the Teutonic Knights in 1392, possibly as an extention of an earlier fortress.

Calvin Crest

In the early fifties, the San Joaquin Presbytery began looking for a property to purchase to establish a camping program.

Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg

In the following years, Queen Margaret acquired large parts of Schleswig as security (Tønder fief, Frisland, episcopal manors in Svabsted and Stubbe) and by purchase (Trøjborg, Skinkelborg and Grødersby); King Erik took over Haderslev fief as security from the fiefholder Helene Ahlefeldt, and the queen, Flensborg.

Coral Sun Airways

It is considering the purchase of one new, larger aircraft, capable of flying to the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands.

CORE Media Group

With the purchase, the company acquired a majority share of the rights to the Idol series, including American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance, as well as Pop Idol in Great Britain and numerous other international versions.

Creative Loafing

In 2007 it doubled its circulation with the purchase of the Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper; the $40 million debt it incurred, along with an economic recession, forced the company into bankruptcy one year later.

Davie Yards Incorporated

In early 2011, Davie announced a bid by Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani of Italy and Fincantieri subsidiary DRS Technologies Canada to purchase the shipyard from TECO.

Dean Kruse

Dean was responsible for negotiating the purchase of his auction company in 1999 by online auctioneer eBay which paid $275 million for Kruse International and Billpoint.

Diana and Callisto

Certainly, on Bridgewater's death five years after the purchase, he bequeathed the Titians and the rest of his collection to Gower, who put it on display to the public in his Bridgewater House in London where it would remain on public display for the next century and a half.

Economic history of Somalia

In Galole near Hargeysa, for example, a government team established a cooperative in 1973, and government funds helped purchase a tractor, a cooperative center, and a grain storage tank.

Eola, Texas

After the turn of the new century, James Mark Cannon (born circa 1967) relocated from Portland, Oregon, to purchase the abandoned school building and to turn it into a seven-day restaurant known as "Eola School Restaurant".

George R. Hutchinson

In 1930, Hutchinson bought a Lockheed Sirius monoplane he named Richmond, Virginia after his home town, trading in his smaller Stinson Junior as part of the purchase.

Hans Heysen

In 1912 Hans Heysen had earned enough from his art to purchase a property called "The Cedars" near Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills, which remained as his home until his death in 1968 aged 90.

Healing the Wounds

Since Healing the Wounds' foundation, the charity campaigned to raise funds to purchase and maintain a convalescent home based at Golden Grove Mansion in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire.

Henri Deterding

He led Royal Dutch to several major mergers and acquisitions, including a merger with Samuel's "Shell" Transport and Trading Company in 1907 and the purchase of Azerbaijan oil fields from the Rothschild family in 1911.

How Few Remain

After the Confederate purchase of the northern Mexican provinces of Sonora and Chihuahua, which extends the CSA-USA border and gives the Confederates a Pacific port (Guaymas), the United States declares war on the Confederacy.

Irish nationalism

O'Brien's attainment of the 1903 Wyndham Land Act (the culmination of land agitation since the 1880s) abolished landlordism, and made it easier for tenant farmers to purchase lands, financed and guaranteed by the government.

Irwin Molasky

He also participated in locating McCarran International Airport at its current site and assisted with the land purchase for the Las Vegas Convention Center.

John H. McConnell

As a young steel salesman, he founded Worthington Industries in 1955, using his car as collateral to purchase his first load of steel for custom processing.

John Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore

Another important purchase was ‘The Leslie Conversation Piece’ by J.H. Mortimer, which had previously been at Castle Leslie in Glaslough, a village in the north-east corner of County Monaghan.

KATH-LD

On November 9, 2012, GCI, through subsidiary Denali Media Holdings, announced plans to purchase KATH and KSCT from Dan Etulain's North Star Television Network, along with KTVA in Anchorage from MediaNews Group.

Landmark College

All students are required to purchase a Landmark-supported laptop, text-reader (Kurzweill 3000), speech-to-text (Dragon NaturallySpeaking), and other software is mandatory for all incoming students, regardless of psycho-educational evaluations and recommendations.

Lickey Hills

The final stage in restoring public access to the area was the purchase of the Rose Hill Estate from the Cadbury family in 1923.

Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence

Fed up with her dead-end job with a Minneapolis car rental agency, Martha quits, cashes her final paycheck, and uses the money to purchase an airline ticket to the least expensive international destination she can find - London.

Maryland Route 195

The street itself was named for Samuel S. Carroll, the owner of the land around present day Takoma Junction prior to its purchase by Benjamin Franklin Gilbert in 1883 to create his planned suburb of Takoma Park.

McKenzie River Corporation

On August 14, 2006, Miller Brewing announced it had completed the purchase of Sparks and Steel Reserve brands from McKenzie River Corp. for $215 million.

Midland F1 Racing

The team was created by the renaming of Jordan Grand Prix after its purchase by Canadian businessman, and owner of the Midland Group, Alex Shnaider.

MTC MQ-17 SpyHawk

The SpyHawk purchase was canceled in January 2008, after MTC Technologies was purchased by BAE Systems.

Nintendo 64 accessories

This device was used for final matches at the Pokémon League Summer Training Tour '99. It was not a consumer product as only developers and magazines could purchase one from Nintendo at a cost of $1400 USD a piece. The Canadian children's game show Video & Arcade Top 10 used Wide-Boy 64 adapters so contestants could play Game Boy titles on some later episodes.

No Pigeons

In 2007 California indie band Brighten covered the song for a Warped Tour compilation album entitled "Yo! Indie Rocks Raps," which was never released via retail outlets but was available for purchase at tour stops.

Oselce

Prince-Bishop, Prince Abbot Heinrich von Bibra’s nephew, Philipp Anton von Bibra (1751-1826 ) purchased it in 1808 from Prof. Antonin Zürchauer who himself purchase it a year earlier from František Dominik Janovský.

Pequaming, Michigan

In 1923, the Hebards were approached by Ford Motor Company, who wanted to purchase their timber stands only.

Reino Aventura

In March 1999, Premier Parks, the holding company for all the Six Flags theme parks, announced the purchase of Reino Aventura for an estimated $59 million.

Selhurst Park

Chairman Simon Jordan took out a ten-year lease on the ground upon his purchase of the club in 2000 and Noades received rent from Palace.

Shahid Khan

Khan's first attempt to purchase a National Football League team came in February 11, 2010, when he entered into an agreement to acquire 60 percent of the St. Louis Rams from Chip Rosenbloom and Lucia Rodriguez, subject to approval by other NFL owners.

Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone

On July 10, 2012 when discussing Sikorsky missing another delivery deadline in June 2012 Defence Minister Peter MacKay called the Cyclone purchase "the worst procurement in the history of Canada".

Standard Athletic Club

In 1922, the historic decision to ensure a permanent home for the Club led to the purchase of the present grounds in Meudon.

Sydney Cricket Club

Following the decision to merge with the SCG Trust the club has experienced a significant financial windfall, allowing them to assemble one of the better squads in the competition, including the purchase of recently de-listed players Dominic Thornley and Daniel Smith and English representatives Joe Denly and Sam Northeast.

The Australiana Fund

The Australiana Fund is an independent fundraising organisation responsible for the purchase and maintenance of artworks in the four Official Residences of the Governor-General of Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia.

The Constitution is not a suicide pact

In 1803, Jefferson's ambassadors to France arranged the purchase of the Louisiana territory in conflict with Jefferson's personal belief that the Constitution did not bestow upon the federal government the right to acquire or possess foreign territory.

The Way Out Is Broken

Fans could purchase a download card from Armor for Sleep during the later dates of the 2008 Projekt Revolution tour, allowing them to download the EP on the day of its release.

Tribute in Light

The beams were clearly visible from the terrace at Century Country Club in Purchase, New York, from at least as far west as western Morris County, in Flanders, New Jersey, at least as far as the barrier beach of Fire Island in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island, and as far south near Trenton, New Jersey in nearby Hamilton.

Twycross Zoo

After the purchase of the Grange, Badham and Evans converted the 12 acres of gardens, outbuildings, stables and farm buildings into a zoo.

Workspace.com

In March 2001, Citrix Systems agreed to purchase Sequoia Software for $185 million.

Yoonew

If a fan believes his favorite team will reach the championship game, he can purchase ticket futures months in advance at a low prices which are market-based.


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