Howard Lee McBain
Howard Lee McBain 1880-1936, American political scientist, b. Toronto, Ont., grad. Richmond (Va.) College, 1900, Ph.D. Columbia, 1907. After teaching at George Washington and Wisconsin universities, he became, in 1913, associate professor of municipal science and administration and, in 1917, professor of constitutional law at Columbia. In 1929 he was made dean of the graduate faculties at Columbia. An authority on constitutional law, he revised (1933) the Cuban electoral code. His books include The Law and the Practice of Municipal Home Rule (1916), American City Progress and the Law (1917), The New Constitutions of Europe (with Lindsay Rogers, 1922), and The Living Constitution (1927).
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GNOME 2.12 Desktop and Developer Platform Released.
PR Newswire; 9/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...BOSTON, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The GNOME Foundation today released the latest version of the GNOME Desktop and Developer Platform, the leading...12 improves the usability and power of GNOME in response to user feedback and developer...
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Gnomes: Too cute for their own good?; Folklore mainstay became gnobodies, but staging comeback
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/20/2007; ; 647 words
; ...discovered that the Griebels' gnome museum in Germany was closing and selling gnomes and gnome paraphernalia. He bought...said. Why do people find gnomes appealing? "There's an emotion involved with a gnome. You see it in their eyes...
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GNOME 1.4 Released - Desktop Environment Boasts Power, Stability, Polish and Integration.
Business Wire; 4/2/2001; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2001 Latest GNOME release offers something for everyone - from...as open source software) to a new level, the GNOME Foundation announced the release of GNOME 1.4. The release offers a stable, powerful...
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Gnomes where the heart is for some people
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 4/5/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...time the subject of gnomes has taken up a Scottish...200 for painting a gnome black and leaving...stature, garden gnomes seem to provoke inordinately...Chalmers said: "The gnome was the last straw...the city's own gnome owners say they are...McCafferty has around 40 gnomes in her ...
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GNOME 2.8 Desktop and Developer Platform Unveiled; New Version of the Popular, Multi-Platform Desktop Environment Offers Greater Ease, Speed and Convenience.
PR Newswire; 9/15/2004; 700+ words
; ...BOSTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The GNOME Foundation today released the latest version of the GNOME Desktop and Developer Platform. Version...the desktop environment. "Once again, GNOME has delivered more features and usability...
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Roaming gnomes in the news again.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 1/30/2004; 700+ words
; ...never thought about gnome-nappers until one of her three gnomes disappeared in August...possessing 14 stolen gnomes. Such arrests are...more common as some gnome-nappers try to...de Jardin (Garden Gnome Liberation Front...more than 6,000 gnomes since 1997. Instead...
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GNOME 2.2 Desktop and Developer Platform Released.
Business Wire; 2/7/2003; 700+ words
; ...host of new utilities and applications The GNOME Foundation today announced the release of version 2.2 of the GNOME Desktop and Developer Platform. Building on the developer platform advances of GNOME 2.0 and extensive work on usability and...
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Gnome sweet gnome
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/5/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...target of pranks, with gnomes even being "gnome-napped" and photographed...entities. Ann Atkin of the Gnome Reserve believes gnomes also offer a welcome escape...gnomes." Where to buy a gnome of your own GNOMES R US www.gnomes-r...
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Gnome sweet Gnome
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/17/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...from place to place. Not all gnomes were "workers." Manufacturers also offered gnomes dressed as fishermen with long poles. There were whole gnome orchestras, including the maestro with his baton. Groups of gnomes could be found playing cards...
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Gnomes brighten up more than gardens
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 5/9/2006; 700+ words
; ...named Percy after a gnome-crazy neighbour...Nottingham, England. "Gnomes should just appear...inspired celebrity gnomes, notably the gnome in Amelie and Travelocity...England, the Gnome Reserve is a good bet: over a thousand gnomes frolic freely at...
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Gnomes Anonymous
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Gnomes Anonymous British organization...from a reorganization of the Gnome Club of Great Britain and Gnomes International, both founded...administration of Alex Adams, "gnome-in-chief." The purpose of Gnomes International was to "unite...
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gnome
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
gnome 1 / nōm / •...esp. in financial matters: the gnomes of Zurich. ∎ (also garden gnome ) a small garden ornament in the...DERIVATIVES: gnom·ish adj. gnome 2 • n. a short statement...
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gnomes of Zürich
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management
gnomes of Zürich An unflattering term applied to Swiss bankers and financiers, alluding to their secrecy and speculative activity. It was popularized by the Labour politician George Brown during the sterling crisis of 1964.
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Gong
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...names and singing about gnomes who inhabited the Planet...first album of its Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy, Flying...the ether wind of Radio Gnome Invisible. Allen created...x2019;s Egg, Radio Gnome Invisible Part II, a...head Pixies, and Radio Gnomes on the Planet Gong in...
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Elementary Spirits
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...air are called sylphs; of the earth, gnomes; of fire, salamanders; and of water...Earth is filled almost to the center with gnomes, beings of small stature that guard subterranean...most delicate particles of water; the gnomes, of the finest essence of earth. Adam...
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