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Table of Contents for Volume 23 International directory of company histories

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Preface              page  vii
List of Abbreviations ... ix

    
    

	
 Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc .  3
	
 Abrams Industries Inc  6
	
 Air Canada  9
	
 Analogic Corporation  13
	
 Anam Group  17
	
 AR Accessories Group, Inc .  20
	
 Atari Corporation  23
	
 Atlanta Gas Light Company  27
	
 The Atlantic Group  31
	
 Azcon Corporation  34
	
 Bank Austria AG  37
	
 Battle Mountain Gold Company  40
	
 Bayernwerk AG  43
	
 Beckett Papers  48
	
 Best Buy Co., Inc  51
	
 BIC Corporation  54
	
 The Bon March6, Inc .  58
	
 Bowne & Co., Inc .  61
	
 Brazos Sportswear, Inc .  65
	
 Brenntag AG  68
	
 Bristol Hotel Company  71
	
 Broadcast Music Inc  74
	
 Brown & Haley  78
	
 Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co  81
	
 Burda Holding GmbH. & Co .  85
	
 The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc  90
	
 Burelle S.A  94
	
 Butterick Co., Inc  97
	
 Cadmus Communications Corporation  100
	
 Carolina Power & Light Company  104
	
 Central Garden & Pet Company  108
	
 Central Independent Television  111
	
 Chick-fil-A Inc  115
	
 The Chronicle Publishing Company, Inc. 119
	
 Cineplex Odeon Corporation  123
	
 Cinnabon Inc  127
	
 Clear Channel Communications, Inc  130
	
 Comsat Corporation  133
	
 Comshare Inc  137
	
 Continental General Tire Corp  140
	
 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company  143
	
 Copart Inc  147
	
 The Copley Press, Inc .  150
	
 Corrections Corporation of America  153
	
 Cowles Media Company  156
	
 Cunard Line Ltd  159
	
 Del Monte Foods Company  163
	
 DeMoulas / Market Basket Inc .  167
	
 Desc, S.A. de C.V .  170
	
 The Dial Corp .  173
	
 Dollar Tree Stores, Inc  176
	
 Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc .  179
	
 El Al Israel Airlines Ltd .  184
	
 Ethicon, Inc  188
	
 Fieldale Farms Corporation  191
	
 Fisons plc  194
	
 Florida Progress Corporation  198
	
 FoodBrands America, Inc  201
	
 Foster Wheeler Corporation  205
	
 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc  209
	
 Fred's, Inc  214
	
 Fromageries Bel  217
	
 Galeries Lafayette S.A  220
	
 Giant Cement Holding, Inc  224
	
 Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky N.V  227
	
 Groupe Castorama-Dubois Investissements . .230
	
 Groupe Legris Industries  233
	
 Groupe Yves Saint Laurent  236
	
 Guerlain  240
	
 The Gunlocke Company  243
	
 Guyenne et Gascogne  246
	
 Handy & Harman  249
	
 Hankyu Corporation  253
	
 Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Inc  257
	
 Harris Teeter Inc .  260
	
 Harry's Farmers Market Inc .  263
	
 Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc  267
	
 N.V. Holdingmaatschappij De Telegraaf  271
	
 Home Box Office Inc .  274
	
 Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd .  278
	
 IDEXX Laboratories, Inc .  282
	
 Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc .  285
	
 Isuzu Motors, Ltd  288
	
 Jacor Communications, Inc  292
	
 JacuzziInc .  296
	
 Jason Incorporated  299
	
 The Jim Henson Company  302
	
 Johnstown America Industries, Inc  305
	
 Jordache Enterprises, Inc .  308
	
 Kaufhof Warenhaus AG  311
	
 King & Spalding  315
	
 Lamb Weston, Inc  319
	
 LeaRonal, Inc  322
	
 Lehigh Portland Cement Company  325
	
 LensCrafters Inc  328
	
 L'Entreprise Jean Lefebvre  331
	
 Margarete Steiff GmbH  334
	
 Mazda Motor Corporation  338
	
 McClatchy Newspapers, Inc .  342
	
 Meier & Frank Co .  345
	
 Mirror Group Newspapers plc  348
	
 Mitsubishi Motors Corporation  352
	
 Nash Finch Company  356
	
 Novell, Inc .  359
	
 Office Depot Incorporated  363
	
 Papeteries de Lancey  366
	
 Pathmark Stores, Inc  369
	
 P.C. Richard & Son Corp  372
	
 Perdue Farms Inc .  375
	
 Philippine Airlines, Inc .  379
	
 Pilgrim's Pride Corporation  383
	
 Playmates Toys  386
	
 PolyGram N.V  389
	
 Publishers Clearing House  3993
	
 Putt-Putt Golf Courses of America, Inc  396
	
 R. Griggs Group Limited  399
	
 Rainier Brewing Company  403
	
 Red Apple Group, Inc  406
	
 Reno Air Inc .  409
	
 Rhodes Inc .  412
	
 Rodale Press, Inc .  415
	
 Royal Crown Company, Inc.  418
	
 S&K Famous Brands, Inc  421
	
 Seita  424
	
 ServiceMaster Inc  428
	
 Sheldahl Inc  432
	
 Shoney's, Inc  436
	
 SilverPlatter Information Inc  440
	
 Southwire Company, Inc .  444
	
 Sport Supply Group, Inc .  448
	
 Stinnes AG  .............. 448
	
 SunTrust Banks Inc  455
	
 Suzuki Motor Corporation  459
	
 Swisher International Group Inc .  463
	
 Taco Cabana, Inc.  466
	
 Tatung Co  469
	
 Taylor Made Golf Co .  472
	
 Télévision Française-1 475
	
 True North Communications Inc .  478
	
 Trump Organization  481
	
 The Turner Corporation  455
	
 Tyler Corporation  489
	
 Valeo  492
	
 Varta AG  495
	
 Viacom Inc .  500
	
 Wendy's International, Inc .  504
	
 Westwood One, Inc  508
	
 William Morris Agency, Inc  512
	
 Wolverine Tube Inc .  515
	
 Wood-Mode, Inc  518 


    Index to Companies .....521
    Index to Industries ......667
    Notes on Contributors ....689
    

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