Tappan


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Noun1.Tappan - United States abolitionist (1786-1865)
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In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St.
The wide bosom of the Tappan Zee lay motionless and glassy, excepting that here and there a gentle undulation waved and prolonged the blue shallow of the distant mountain.
Far below him the Tappan Zee spread its dusky and indistinct waste of waters, with here and there the tall mast of a sloop, riding quietly at anchor under the land.
Big at the box office: Drop Dead Gorgeous 1989 FEDERAL grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert Tappan Morris for releasing a computer virus, making him the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Current and recent projects for LiRo, which has more than 950 employees, include the $10.2 billion East Side Access Long Island Rail Road expansion; $180 million worth of projects at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, including the National Synchrotron Light Source II; the $228.5 million High Line Park; and the new $3.8 billion Tappan Zee Bridge.
Also, Skanska will add 6,500 square metres to the school's existing STEM Wing that will accommodate new biology and chemistry classrooms and labs; collaboration and maker spaces; a culinary arts kitchen and student restaurant with seating and a 300-square-metre lobby and Community Wellness Room in the existing Tappan Athletic Complex.
Makan Delrahim, the assistant attorney-general for antitrust in the justice department, has lost two senior advisers to technology companies with Bryson Bachman moving to Amazon and Brinkley Tappan to AT&T and in addition, Kate Patchen, who previously led the justice department's antitrust office in San Francisco, has joined Facebook as an associate general counsel on litigation matters.
Cuomo Bridge opened last month, linking New York and New Jersey over the Hudson River and succeeding the Tappan Zee Bridge.
On May 31st, more than 1,000 tons of recycled materials, including girders from I the former Tappan Zee Bridge near Tarrytown, were strategically placed at the Shinnecock Reef, significantly expanding this artificial reef.
Chunks of the old Tappan Zee Bridge will be reborn in an artificial reef being created around Long Island.
Tappan, an ordained minister and author of the book University Education.