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A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.

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Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.

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Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.

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A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.

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A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.

The bridge was constructed in 1888 by the Phoenix Bridge Company, and was erected on staging.

From ' At Yuma, Phoenix and Tucson, the records of twenty-six, eighteen and fifteen years respectively show a rate of evaporation 35.2, 12.7, and 7.7 times as great as the mean annual rainfall, which was 2.84 in., 7.06 in.

Among other buildings are the modern "Phoenix" club-house of the students; the hospital, containing some anatomical pictures, including one by the two Mierevelts.

The dragon and phoenix symbolizes a happy couple.

We nicknamed him the Phoenix, which is notorious for not only rising from ashes but also for taking down everyone and everything around them in flames.

The relationship between Cash and Carter was the subject of the 2005 movie Walk the Line, starring Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix.

The two met in 1987 at Paris' Lycee Carnot secondary school, where they formed a band with schoolmate Laurent Brancowitz (who would later go on to find fame with Phoenix).

With the threat of Harry being expelled from Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore and his followers, the Order of the Phoenix, swoop in to help.

Jean became the Phoenix when she absorbed the Phoenix Force.

In the meantime we have Phoenix House, their beautifully understated contribution to London's ever growing number of serviced apartments.

Savvy savers know where to hunt down Phoenix Zoo coupons, so they can mingle with monkeys, talk to tigers and chat with chimps, without burning a hole in their budget.

She claims to have a second personality - Phoenix - who is responsible for her bad behavior.

Screaming around the loop of the roller coaster that is J.K. Rowling's series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix plunges into the dark tunnel that will lead the readers to the next incline.

Date sugar is a valuable commercial product of the East Indies, obtained from the sap or toddy of Phoenix sylvestris, the toddy palm, a tree so closely allied to the date palm that it has been supposed to be the parent stock of all the cultivated varieties.

Here the sweet song is first mentioned - a song which, according to the poem on the phoenix ascribed to.

Joaquin Phoenix is the talented star of movies such as Signs, The Village and most recently the Johnny cash biopic Walk The Line.

The DSC 204 Phoenix differential scanning calorimeter can be equipped with an automatic sample changer for up to 64 samples.

The Worthing women had a full minute in hand over reigning champions Arena 80 in the senior womenâs race with Phoenix taking third spot.

This omnipotent level power eventually drove her half-mad, leading to her rise as Dark Phoenix and subsequent death.

While Jean eventually returned, her actions as Phoenix and Dark Phoenix rippled through the Marvel world for more than three decades.

Dumbledore's death demoralized the Order of the Phoenix and polarized the wizarding world in preparation for the final battles to come.

Phoenix was then disallowed a goal as the referee deemed our player to have impeded the goalkeeper.

Doncaster Phoenix stay second, but lost again, 19-18 at Moortown, who go fourth.

The meeting with Phoenix Venture Holding's Deputy Chairman was very fruitful, with the company offering their full support for the event.

Itâs a wonder how Phoenix didnât join his co-star in scooping the top gong at the Oscars.

Interests include playing and umpiring hockey and she co-founded the Phoenix Blues Ladies Hockey Club.

Some hours later the Phoenix landed on a low hummock amidst the swamps of the northeastern corner of Roister Island.

Phoenix (i) - formerly the university mainframe computing service.

The Imperial Dragon is cavorting with his consort the Imperial Phoenix around this paper parasol.

Who could not fail to be amazed at the imposing beauty of Angkor Wat, rising phoenix like from its jungle setting.

It's great to see the phoenix rising yet again in the form of a website.

See Peter Mandelson who just like the mythical phoenix keeps rising back.

The storyline mixes two of the most crucial series in x-men history together, the war with magneto and dark phoenix.

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Phoenix were keen to complete their first âhomeâ win of the season and in so doing complete back-to-back wins over last seasons playoff champions.

With great prescience Linde renamed the cellars the Phoenix Distillery, and from the ashes of one industry another emerged.

Cinema Projection Team The Phoenix's most famous figure is without a doubt Peter Bayley MBE, our chief projectionist.

In Western legend, the phoenix, or Red Bird, rises from the ashes of its own funeral pyre to live again.

It would have cost Phoenix in excess of £ 25,000 to achieve this level of 4-week quitters through the mainstream service.

I went to a lot of places like Silks and The Phoenix which were more rockabilly as well.

Thanks to reconstructive surgery carried out by Mr Cheng, she is already back singing with the Phoenix Singers.

Phoenix Tooling and Development is a well established and privately owned precision press toolmaker.

Phoenix Rising yoga Therapy Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy is a combination of classical yoga and elements of contemporary client-centered and body-mind psychology.

The various minor groups to the north of these (Ellice, Phoenix, Union, Manihiki and the America Islands) are coral islands.

To the west of the city lies the Phoenix Park.

The roc is hardly different from the Arabian `anka (see Phoenix); it is also identified with the Persian simurgh, the bird which figures in Firdausi's epic as the foster-father of the hero Zal, father of Rustam.

He continues to work in rehab based at Phoenix House in the Gorbals in Glasgow.

The phoenix represents the new Boro rising from the ashes of the old Urban District.

He also said that the republic had " risen like a phoenix from the ashes of despair ".