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sequoia

si kwoy uh

  • n  either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae

  • It feeds off rotting organic matter and tree roots, and has been doing so for 1,500 years, making it at least half as old as a mature sequoia tree.
  • Harrison Ford, who at 66 is, in movie years, practically a sequoia, looked at least as vigorous as the Indiana Jones film he headlined.
  • Smoking sequoia-sized cigars, he waddled like an exiled giant through Europe, looking gloomily for a future and nostalgically at the past.
News & Articles

  • Consumer Health Experts Attack 'Calcified Hairball' System of Care
    Tuesday?s Consumer Health and Wellness Summit in San Francisco, chaired by VC Lisa ?Venture Valkyrie? Suennen, brought together an unusually wide range of participants and stakeholders, from payors like Aetna and United Health to consumer goods companies like Pepsico and Nike to investors like Sequoia Capital and Interwest to emerging digital health companies like MC10, Curious, and Zipongo to ...
    June 12, 2013 - Forbes
  • Kingsburg High athletics wins CSL Supremacy Award
    The Kingsburg High School athletic program took home the Central Sequoia League Athletic Supremacy Award given annually to the school that accumalates the highest point total, based on how the…
    June 12, 2013 - The Kingsburg Recorder
  • Fitch Publishes New Issue Report on Sequoia Mortgage Trust
    Fitch Ratings has published a new issue report on Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-7. The report titled 'Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-7', is available on the Fitch Ratings web site at 'w
    June 10, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Quotes

  • Michael Moritz in Business Wire (press release)
    Larry and Sergey's originality and the remarkable accomplishments of Eric and the Google management have generated substantial returns for Sequoia Capital's limited partners - almost all of which are charities,said Moritz. "I'm delighted...
  • Jim Moran in Forbes
    The Sequoia National Monument is a sacred resource that the Forest Service has an obligation to protect for future generations,said Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va.

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