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In 1919, the Standaard group was created, mainly consisting of a chain of bookshops (Standaard Boekhandel), a newspaper (De Standaard) and a publishing house, the Standaard Uitgeverij. By the 1930s, the different branches became more and more independent, but only in the 1980s was the group finally disbanded.
Texas is a 1985 novel by American writer James A. Michener (1907–1997), based on the history of Texas.Characters include real and fictional characters spanning hundreds of years, such as explorers, Spanish colonists, American immigrants, German Texan settlers, ranchers, oil men, aristocrats, Chicanos, and others, all based on extensive historical research.
[3] [4] In 2003, it was sold to Weltbild, Holtzbrinck Networks and T-Online Venture Funds. [5] From 2009 until 2012 the company was managed by Cyrte Investments, part of Delta Lloyd . [ 6 ] On 9 May 2012 the Dutch Koninklijke Ahold N.V. acquired Bol.com. [ 7 ]
The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the TSHA moved its offices from Austin to the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas.
Texas Monthly takes as its premise that Texas began as a distinctive place and remains so. It is the self-appointed arbiter of all things culturally Texan, with past articles on Texas BBQ, the Texas Rangers (including Joaquin Jackson's famous 1994 cover appearance), and Texas musicians.
De Standaard (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈstɑndaːrt], lit. ' The Standard ' ) is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Mediahuis (formerly Corelio and VUM). It was traditionally a Christian-Democratic paper, associated with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish Party, and in opposition to the Socialist Flemish daily De Morgen .
Hoover was born on December 11, 1979, [5] in Sulphur Springs, Texas, to Vannoy Fite [1] and Eddie Fennell. She grew up in Saltillo, Texas, [6] and she graduated from Saltillo High School in 1998. [7] She married Heath Hoover in 2000, [8] and they have three sons. [9] She graduated from Texas A&M-Commerce with a degree in social work. [10]
The Republic of Texas (Spanish: República de Tejas), or simply Texas, was a country in North America. [3] It existed for close to 10 years, from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. Texas shared borders with Mexico, the Republic of the Rio Grande, and the United States. The Republic had engaged in some complex relations with various countries.