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  • One would think that most people in these educational days knew the Greek word helios, -- and one would also imagine it as easy to say Heliobas as heliograph.

    Ardath Marie Corelli 1889

  • This representation of the heavens is usually called the heliocentric, or “Sun-centred,” system — derived from the Greek helios, meaning “Sun.”

    Five People Born on February 19 | myFiveBest 2010

  • Curtis Thomas, local spokesman for BP, the county's largest gas producer, said management made the call to remove BP's green and yellow "helios" logo from about 200 vehicles after employees reported routine abuse from the public, at traffic lights, gas stations and the grocery store.

    BP Logos Removed From Vehicles Due To Harassment 2010

  • Curtis Thomas, local spokesman for BP, the county's largest gas producer, said management made the call to remove BP's green and yellow "helios" logo from about 200 vehicles after employees reported routine abuse from the public, at traffic lights, gas stations and the grocery store.

    BP Logos Removed From Vehicles Due To Harassment 2010

  • The parent company's green-and-yellow sunburst "helios" logo and the phrase "A part of BP" are in small letters at the bottom of Arco signs.

    phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed 2010

  • Curtis Thomas, local spokesman for BP, the county's largest gas producer, said management made the call to remove BP's green and yellow "helios" logo from about 200 vehicles after employees reported routine abuse from the public, at traffic lights, gas stations and the grocery store.

    Durangoherald.com 2010

  • Petroleum to BP and the logo evolved from a shield to the "helios," a sort of green and yellow sunflower.

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • Most terrestrial helium had long since drifted into space-hence the name, derived from "helios," Greek for the sun.

    Millard Fillmore's Bathtub 2009

  • "helios" come not from kopjes this side of Tugela, nor from the former signal-station south of Potgieter's and Skiet's Drifts, as they did a few days ago, but from hills near Weenen, as in the months before Buller crossed the Tugela, thus indicating a retrograde movement.

    Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith 1874

  • I'm just praying I get my 9 ft 6 weight helios for a trip out to montana this coming summer

    Deeter: Already Got My Christmas Gift Tim Romano 2008

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