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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A lake of northwest Minnesota. It was identified in 1832 as the source of the Mississippi River.

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Examples

  • "It's kind of an arms race," said Mark Balasa, co-chief executive at Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC, a registered investment adviser in Itasca, Ill., with $1.5 billion in assets under management.

    ETF Commission Battle Benefits Smaller Investors Daisy Maxey 2010

  • Two years ago, Aircell, based in Itasca, Ill., and Louisville, Colo., paid $31 million to the federal government for a batch of air-to-ground spectrum that was originally used for in-flight seat-back phones – - an expensive service that passengers largely ignored.

    Logging On and Tuning In at 40,000 Feet - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Two years ago, Aircell, based in Itasca, Ill., and Louisville, Colo., paid $31 million to the federal government for a batch of air-to-ground spectrum that was originally used for in-flight seat-back phones – - an expensive service that passengers largely ignored.

    Logging On and Tuning In at 40,000 Feet - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Itasca is in its third year of antler restrictions requiring a buck to have at least three points on one side.

    100 Best Public-Land Hunts: Minnesota 2007

  • Like the opening to a B-movie, but this time it happened in Itasca State Park in Minnesota.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • "Itasca," which, in my judgment, is a sufficiently skillful and beautiful literary feat to immortalize the inventor.

    The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier 1865

  • After a search, an inlet was found into Cass lake, flowing from the west, and they pursued it until the lake now called "Itasca" was reached.

    The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier 1865

  • "When the gift-tax exemption was only $1 million, it was more difficult for clients to pass along their homes without gift-tax consequences," says Mike Foltz , a principal at Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC, an Itasca, Ill., estate-planning firm.

    A Matter of Trust: Giving Away a Home Anne Tergesen 2011

  • Her kids are in college now, her husband down in Itasca with some hot piece of ass he met at a chili cook-off.

    Aforementioned Craig Lancaster 2011

  • Mark Balasa, a financial adviser with Itasca, Ill.-based Balasa Dinverno & Foltz LLC, says, there's less risky behavior than before, but "you still have to pay attention."

    A Place for 'Ultrashort'? Jonathan Burton 2011

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