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toluene
toluene or methylbenzene , C 7 H 8 , colorless liquid aromatic hydrocarbon that melts at -95°C and boils at 110.8°C. It is insoluble in water but highly soluble in most organic solvents. Toluene is obtained from coal tar and petroleum by distillation. It is used as a solvent and as a sta... Read more
Oldenburg
Oldenburg city (1994 pop. 147,701), Lower Saxony, NW Germany, on the Hunte River and the Küstenkanal (Coast Canal). It is a rail junction, transshipment point, agricultural market, and industrial center. Manufactures include ships, glass, and textiles. Oldenburg was first mentioned in 1108 and... Read more
Bohemond I
Bohemond I , c.1056-1111, prince of Antioch (1099-1111), a leader in the First Crusade (see Crusades ); elder son of Robert Guiscard . With his father he fought (1081-85) against the Byzantine emperor Alexius I . When his father's duchy of Apulia passed to his younger brother Roger, Bohemond made... Read more
Dandolo
Dandolo , ancient Venetian family that produced four doges, many admirals, and other prominent citizens. Enrico Dandolo, c.1108-1205, became doge in 1192. He is considered the founder of the Venetian colonial empire. In the Fourth Crusade (see Crusades ) he acted to divert the Crusaders in 1202 t... Read more
Tancred
Tancred 1076-1112, Crusader. He became a Crusader in 1096 with his uncle Bohemond I . After distinguishing himself at Nicaea, he struck out into Cilicia and besieged Tarsus, but was deprived of the city, after its fall, by Baldwin ( Baldwin I of Jerusalem) and was forced to rejoin the main army. ... Read more
Alexius I
Alexius I (Alexius Comnenus) , 1048-1118, Byzantine emperor (1081-1118). Under the successors of his uncle, Isaac I , the empire had fallen prey to anarchy and foreign invasions. In 1081, Alexius, who had become popular as a general, overthrew Nicephorus III and was proclaimed emperor. The most i... Read more
Hama
Hama or Hamah , city (1995 est. pop. 280,000), capital of Hama governorate, W central Syria, on the Orontes River. It is the market center for an irrigated farm region where cotton, wheat, barley, millet, and corn are grown. Manufactures include cotton and woolen textiles, silk, carpets, and dai... Read more
Louis VI
Louis VI (Louis the Fat), 1081-1137, king of France (1108-37). He succeeded his father, Philip I, with whom he was associated in government from c.1100. He firmly established his authority within the royal domain, suppressing brigandage by robber barons and besieging their castles, and punishing wr... Read more
The Philippines
The Philippines , officially Republic of the Philippines, republic (2005 est. pop. 87,857,000), 115,830 sq mi (300,000 sq km), SW Pacific, in the Malay Archipelago off the SE Asia mainland. It comprises over 7,000 islands and rocks, of which only c.400 are permanently inhabited. The 11 largest islan... Read more
France
France , officially French Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 60,656,000), 211,207 sq mi (547,026 sq km), W Europe. France is bordered by the English Channel (N), the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Biscay (W), Spain and Andorra (SW), the Mediterranean Sea (S), Switzerland and Italy (SE), and Germany,... Read more

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Louis VI
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Louis VI Louis VI (1081-1137) was king of France from 1108 to 1137. He was the first to curb the violent nobility in the...reign in Louis Halphen, "France: Louis VI and Louis VII (1108-1180), " in The Cambridge Medieval History (8 vols., 1911...
Philip I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Philip I 1052-1108, king of France (1060-1108), son and successor of Henry I. He enlarged, by arms and by diplomacy, his small royal domain. In order to prevent the union of England and Normandy under a single ruler, he consistently...
Rulers of France since 987
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Hugh Capet, 996-1031 Henry I, son of Robert II, 1031-60 Philip I, son of Henry I, 1060-1108 Louis VI (the Fat), son of Philip I, 1108-37 Louis VII (the Young), son of Louis VI, 1137-80 Philip II (Augustus), son of Louis...
Tancred
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...West, the government of Antioch. He subsequently made extensive conquests in Cilicia and N Syria. Although Bohemond submitted (1108) to Byzantine Emperor Alexius I , Tancred refused to surrender his conquests or to do the emperor homage.
Oldenburg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...agricultural market, and industrial center. Manufactures include ships, glass, and textiles. Oldenburg was first mentioned in 1108 and was chartered in 1345. It was the seat of the counts of Oldenburg until 1667, when it passed, with the county, to Denmark...
Choate, Joseph Hodges
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...U.S. 429, 15 S. Ct. 673, 39 L. Ed. 759 (1895), reh'g granted , 158 U.S. 601, 15 S. Ct. 912, 39 L. Ed. 1108 (1895), overruled by South Carolina v. Baker , 485 U.S. 505, 108 S. Ct. 1355, 99 L. Ed. 2d 592 (1988), Choate...
Unisys Corp
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce ...computer." Sperry's product launches in the 1960s included the 1100 computer series and the first multiprocessor computer, the 1108. In the 1970s, Sperry acquired RCA's computer operations and developed a cache memory disk subsystem. Its 2200 Series...
WELSH ENGLISH
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...English dialect arrived in Wales, but it seems probable that Mercian settlers were in the Wye valley by the 8c. In the winter of 1108–9, Henry I established a group of Flemish settlers in Pembrokeshire and it is likely that there were English-speakers...
Southwell, diocese of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...associations became the see instead of Nottingham, the industrial centre. The cathedral is the former minster church, founded in 1108, dissolved in 1540, but restored in 1558. It has a fine Norman nave and transepts with a 13th-cent. choir and chapter house...
Foliot, Gilbert
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Foliot, Gilbert ( c. 1108–87). A learned, austere, and ambitious prelate who became Becket's most outspoken opponent among English churchmen...

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Altman, Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Americas, New York, NY 10019. Address: Sandcastle 5 Productions, 502 Park Avenue, Suite 15G, New York, NY 10022–1108. Films as Director: 1954 The Builders (medium length publicity film) 1955 The Delinquents (+ pr, sc) 1957 The James Dean...
Rochester
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...was served in early times by secular canons, was damaged by the Mercians and by the Danes. Gundulf (Bp., 1077–1108) began a new cathedral, and in 1083 replaced the secular canons with Benedictines ; this cathedral was consecrated in 1130...
Capetian
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...987–1328) The dynasty of French kings who succeeded the CAROLINGIANS . It was not until the reign of Louis VI (1108–1137) that the dynasty established firm control over its own territories around Paris and began the slow process...
Foliot, Gilbert
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Foliot, Gilbert ( c. 1108–87). A learned, austere, and ambitious prelate who became Becket's most outspoken opponent. He protested when...
Hemacandra
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...mbara Jain monk of great learning, who came to be known as ‘the all-wise one of the degenerate age’. In 1108, he was made suri , teacher of a group of monks with authority to expound scripture and appoint a successor. From this moment...
Southwell, diocese of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...created in 1884, following rapid population growth in the 19th cent. The cathedral is the former minster church, founded in 1108, restored in 1558. It has a fine Norman nave and transepts with a 13th‐cent. choir and chapter house, where the...
Dream Interpretation
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...xE9; . (1974). R ê ve, illusion et connaissance. (Rap-port). R é ponse aux interventions pp. 1107-1108. Revue Fran ç aise de Psychanalyse. 38 (5-6), 769-820. Freud, Sigmund. (1900a). The interpretation of...
Fordos, Mathurin-Joseph
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x201C; Du r ô le des sels dans l ’ action des eaux potables sur le plomb, ” ibid ., 78 (1874), 1108 – 1111; “ De l ’ action des liquides alimentaires ou m é dicamenteux sur les vases en...
William of Champeaux
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...c. 1070–1121), Scholastic philosopher. He taught at the cathedral school in Paris , whence he was driven (1108) by Abelard's ridicule of his exaggerated Realism . He retired to the priory of St-Victor, apparently modified his doctrines...
Klosterneuburg
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Klosterneuburg, a monastery of Augustinian canons near Vienna, founded not later than 1108. It possesses great art treasures and a valuable library. In the 20th cent. it became noted for its support of the Liturgical Movement.

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LANCOM presents the first in their line of Gigabit switches; LANCOM GS-1108: Silent, small, black, and powerful.
M2 Presswire; 3/18/2009; 700 words ; ...line of Gigabit switches; LANCOM GS-1108: Silent, small, black, and powerful...Gigabit network switch; the LANCOM GS-1108. The first of a new line of products...fan-free design make the LANCOM GS-1108 ideal for operation in smaller offices...
CDP B-UPR Pro 1108.(Evaluación de producto/servicio)
Magazine article from: E Semanal; 9/25/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...la alimentacin elctrica. El B-UPR-1108 de Chicago Digital Power es un sistema...equipos de esta clase, el B-UPR Pro 1108 no cuenta con indicadores para conocer...comprobar el tiempo por defecto del B-UPR Pro 1108 con su batera cargada al mximo. La alarma...
Teamsters Local 1108 authorises strike vote of Flight Options pilots.
Magazine article from: Airline Industry Information; 9/22/2009; 521 words ; ...Teamsters announced on Monday that Teamsters Local 1108 has authorised a strike authorisation vote...ballots will be counted on 19 October at Local 1108's offices in Richmond Heights, Ohio. Local 1108, part of the Teamsters Airline Division...
Citizen Outreach Project to Congress: "Kill H.R. 1108"
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 12/4/2007; 502 words ; ...Outreach, urged legislators to shelve H.R. 1108, a bill which would swamp the already...not run their lives, Muth says. H.R. 1108, which panders to a vocal minority of...overburdened FDAs burden. Please reject H.R. 1108. About Citizen Outreach Founded in 2006...
Pakistan: 1108 water purification plants under CDWA project to be installed in Sindh.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 11/29/2008; 631 words ; ...Drinking Water for All (CDWA) Project to review the progress of 1108 Water Purification Plants which were being installed in each...purification plants. In the meeting, it was informed that 168 out of 1108 plants have been energized and 65 have so far been operationalised...
Only 10 of 1108 Water Purification Plants operationalized in Sindh.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 9/24/2008; 630 words ; ...CDWA) Project on Tuesday to review the monthly progress of 1108 Water Purification Plants being installed in each Union Council...Federal Government. The meeting was informed that 61 out of 1108 plants have been energized, 10 have so far been operationalized...
The Marrying Kind; 1934 Packard Twelve 1108 Custom Dietrich Runabout.(Escape Roads)
Magazine article from: AutoWeek; 11/19/2007; 700+ words ; ...automobile. One walked away with this stunning 1934 Packard Twelve 1108 Custom Dietrich Runabout. Today it belongs to David Kane, a...decided instead to install it in its proven Deluxe Eight chassis (1108), christening the result the Twin-Six. In 1933, the name...
Esperanza Announces Support of H.R. 1108, Encourages Congress to Pass FDA Regulation of Tobacco
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 5/12/2008; 428 words ; ...organization in the country, today announces their support of H.R. 1108, The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The...Congress to pass this important legislation this year. H.R. 1108 has broad bi-partisan support and could genuinely help our...
Esperanza Announces Support of H.R. 1108, Encourages Congress to Pass FDA Regulation of Tobacco.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 5/26/2008; 700+ words ; ...organization in the country, announces their support of H.R. 1108, "The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act...Congress to pass this important legislation this year. H.R. 1108 has broad bi-partisan support and could genuinely help our...
REP. DINGELL ISSUES STATEMENT ON H.R. 1108, FAMILY SMOKING PREVENTION AND TOBACCO CONTROL ACT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/3/2007; 600 words ; ...health issue, tobacco use, and, more specifically, on H.R. 1108, the "Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act...the time for the Federal Government to do its part. H.R. 1108 has broad support from the public health community. We will...