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• n  a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries
• n  a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
• n  a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean

• Typically, prices run about 20% cheaper per acre than traditional waterfront properties in the same locale--a discount reflecting the extra hassle it takes to get to one--but that .
• In Milwaukee, a 1-acre (0.
• Harris also has a 2,000-acre cotton patch near Fresno and a 1,000-acre field near Phoenix, both eligible for full price supports.

• Acre
• Akko
• Akka
• Accho

News & Articles

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• A fire burns about 1/4 acre in Carneros
  A fire of unknown origin burned about 1/4 of an acre Wednesday off Highway 12/121 near the Napa-Sonoma county border in Carneros, according to CalFire/Napa County Fire.
  June 13, 2013 - Napa Valley Register
• UPDATED: 3-acre grass fire quickly contained off Viking Way
  A two-acre vegetation fire is burning just outside Redding this afternoon in the area of Old Oregon Trail and Viking Way.
  June 11, 2013 - The Record Searchlight
• 2-acre fire reported on west side of Rocky Mountain National Park (updated)
  A Rocky Mountain National Park crew is assessing a 2-acre fire that has been confirmed on the north end of Big Meadows on the west side of the park.
  June 11, 2013 - Loveland Reporter-Herald

Quotes

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• Haley Barbour in FOXNews
  After weeks of bad news about the economy that had hurt McCain, Barbour said he didn't expect crowds at McCain events in Virginia to be as large or loud as they were _ "stronger than an acre of garlic," as he put it in his deep Delta drawl.
• Ray R Irani in Reuters India
  It is probable that there are additional reserves outside the defined area, and it is possible that structures of this type exist elsewhere in Oxy's 1.1 million net acre position in California,Chief Executive Ray Irani said in a statement.
• Sir Richard Leese in Public Property UK (blog)
  Manchester council leader Richard Leese said: "This important 20-acre site stands at the northern gateway to the city centre and will play a central role in its ongoing regeneration, through the creation of a very high quality new commercial...