He lives alone, aside from a stray calico cat with matted fur, which he has named El Gato and sometimes feeds.

NEWYORKER: Happy Feet

Taking Coldstream's motto "Second to None" to heart, Calico House offers interior-designed rooms (it is the home of interior designer Marion Williams), at great value.

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The flag she had made for her limousine featured a pair of voluminous calico knickers on a blue satin ground, because her maiden name was Bloomer.

ECONOMIST: Betty Ford

The National Weather Service reported that a man in Calico in eastern North Carolina, died around 4:30 p.m. when a shed fell on him as he was trying to store his golf cart.

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Along to Cromarty, 25 miles north-east of Inverness, I met Kirsty Pryer, one of six people who work for Calico, an internet service provider on a small scale but one that's hardly noticed the downturn.

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In 2012, the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Defenders of Wildlife also filed suit to stop another 663 megawatt 4, 600-acre Calico solar plant to be built on 7.2 square miles in the Mohave Desert northeast of Los Angeles.

FORBES: Environmental Groups Strongly Endorse "None Of The Above" Energy Plans