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1 West Bank
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2 West Bank Arts Quarter
Theatre: WBAQУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West Bank Arts Quarter
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3 West Bank Cancer Unit
Oncology: WBCUУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West Bank Cancer Unit
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4 West Bank Motorcycle Club
Hobby: WBMCУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West Bank Motorcycle Club
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5 West Bank Office Building
Trademark term: WBOBУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West Bank Office Building
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6 West Bank Office Building, University of Minnesota
University: WBOBУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West Bank Office Building, University of Minnesota
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7 West Bank School of Music
School: WBSMУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West Bank School of Music
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8 Bank West Financial Corporation
NASDAQ: BWFCУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Bank West Financial Corporation
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9 West African Bank for Development
Banking: WABDУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West African Bank for Development
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10 West Alabama Food Bank
Non-profit-making organization: WAFBУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West Alabama Food Bank
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11 West Coast Bank
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12 West Gate Bank
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13 West Georgia National Bank
Trademark term: WGNBУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West Georgia National Bank
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14 West Michigan Community Bank
Trademark term: WMCBУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West Michigan Community Bank
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15 West Seattle Food Bank
Non-profit-making organization: WSFBУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West Seattle Food Bank
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16 West Texas National Bank
Trademark term: WTNBУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West Texas National Bank
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17 West View Savings Bank
Trademark term: WVSBУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > West View Savings Bank
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18 Field, Cyrus West
SUBJECT AREA: Telecommunications[br]b. 30 November 1819 Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USAd. 12 July 1892 New York City, New York, USA[br]American financier and entrepreneur noted for his successful promotion of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.[br]At the age of 15 Field left home to seek his fortune in New York, starting work on Broadway as an errand boy for $1 per week. Returning to Massachusetts, in 1838 he became an assistant to his brother Matthew, a paper-maker, leaving to set up his own business two years later. By the age of 21 he was also a partner in a New York firm of paper wholesalers, but this firm collapsed because of large debts. Out of the wreckage he set up Cyrus W.Field \& Co., and by 1852 he had paid off all the debts. With $250,000 in the bank he therefore retired and travelled in South America. Returning to the USA, he then became involved with the construction of a telegraph line in Newfoundland by an English engineer, F.N. Osborne. Although the company collapsed, he had been fired by the dream of a transatlantic cable and in 1854 was one of the founders of the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company. He began to promote surveys and hold discussions with British telegraph pioneers and with Isambard Brunel, who was then building the Great Eastern steamship. In 1856 he helped to set up the Atlantic Telegraph Company in Britain and, as a result of his efforts and those of the British physicist and inventor Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), work began in 1857 on the laying of the first transatlantic cable from Newfoundland to Ireland. After many tribulations the cable was completed on 5 August 1857, but it failed after barely a month. Following several unsuccessful attempts to repair and replace it, the cable was finally completed on 27 July 1866. Building upon his success, Field expanded his business interests. In 1877 he bought a controlling interest in and was President of the New York Elevated Railroad Company. He also helped develop the Wabash Railroad and became owner of the New York Mail and Express newspaper; however, he subsequently suffered large financial losses.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsCongressional Gold Medal.Further ReadingA.C.Clarke, 1958, Voice Across the Sea, London: Frederick Muller (describes the development of the transatlantic telegraph).H.M.Field, 1893, Story of the Atlantic Telegraph (also describes the transatlantic telegraph development).L.J.Judson (ed.), 1893, Cyrus W.Field: His Life and Work (a complete biography).KF -
19 (сокр . West African Development Bank) Западно-африканский банк развития
Finances: BOADУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > (сокр . West African Development Bank) Западно-африканский банк развития
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20 Central Bank of West African States
General subject: BCEAOУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Central Bank of West African States
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