ENT Ltd, standing for Examiner-Northern TV Ltd, was a Launceston based media company owned by Edmund Rouse, which was sold off in the early 1990s after a bribery scandal.
Past entities that ENT has been in direct control of (most, but not all, at the same time):
ENT’s 1988 annual report described the company’s principal activities as television, newspapers, radio, commercial printing, motels, travel agencies, picture theatres, property development and investment.
External link
The Rise and Fall of Edmund Rouse - by Stephen Tanner (PDF format) (http://eprint.uq.edu.au/archive/00000280/01/tanner95.pdf)
In this meaning of the word, Ents are one of the staples of fantasy and folklore/mythology, alongside wizards, knights, princesses, and dragons, although modern English-speakers would probably not call them by their traditional name.
Ents were envisioned as Shepherds of the Trees, to protect the forests from Orcs, Dwarves and other perils.
Tolkien later noted that the destruction of Isengard by the Ents was based on his disappointment in Macbeth; when "Birnham Wood is come to castle Dunsinane", Tolkien was less than thrilled that it amounted to men walking on stage with leaves in their hats.
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