Sumba
Sumba or Soemba , island (1990 pop. 444,777), 4,305 sq mi (11,150 sq km), Indonesia, one of the Lesser Sundas, in the Indian Ocean, S of Flores across Sumba Strait. The chief town and port is Waingapu. The island is noted for horse breeding. Formerly Sumba was known as Sandalwood Island because of its large exports (17th-19th cent.) of sandalwood. The island was first visited by Europeans in 1522 and passed to the direct control of the Dutch in 1866.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Thibaud de Saint-Quentin to Join Activision Blizzard as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of European Publishing.
PR Newswire; 3/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...announced the appointment of Thibaud de Saint-Quentin as the Senior Vice President and...Chief Customer Officer. Mr. de Saint-Quentin brings more than 20 years...at Activision Blizzard, Mr. de Saint-Quentin will oversee the company...
|
|
Thibaud de Saint Quentin.(appointed md for Kraft Foods' UK and Ireland businesses)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Grocer; 8/25/2001; 546 words
; Thibaud de Saint Quentin, is appointed md UK and Ireland and will...md of Kraft's Benelux business, de Saint Quentin has 14 years' service including...roles for coffee and cheese/grocery. De Saint Quentin said: "I am inheriting two strong...
|
|
Research from University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines yields new data on Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 6/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...Orlikowski and colleagues, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (see also Guillain-Barre Syndrome...Raymond Poincare, AP-HP, Universite de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Garches, France. Publisher contact...
|
|
Dudo of Saint Quentin: History of the Normans.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; Dudo of Saint Quentin: History of the Normans. Translated into English, with introduction and notes, by Eric Christiansen. (Woodbridge: The Boydell...
|
|
MOVES: Activision Blizzard.(appointment of Thibaud de Saint-Quentin)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: New Media Age; 3/12/2009; 605 words
; Online and console games publisher Activision Blizzard has appointed Thibaud de Saint-Quentin as senior VP and MD of European publishing. He was VP of Kraft Food's European coffee business. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors
|
|
Publication No. WO/2009/133278 Published on Nov. 5, Assigned to Centre national de la recherche scientifique - Cnrs, Universite de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, ENSICAEN, University of St. Andrews for Porous Crystalline Hybrid Solid (French, British Inventors)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/9/2009; 487 words
; ...assigned to Centre national de la recherche scientifique - Cnrs, Paris Cedex, France, Universite de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles Cedex, France, ENSICAEN, Caen Cedex, France, and University of St. Andrews, St...
|
 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
|
QUENTIN WILLSON'S MOTORING COLUMN: The Saint.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 12/5/2004; 310 words
; Byline: QUENTIN WILLSON A BARMY American collector has just paid pounds 32,000 for the 1967 Volvo P1800S used by Roger Moore in the 60s TV hit The Saint. The car needs complete restoration and the price - around 30 times the...
|
|
Cynthia Hahn. Portrayed on the Heart: Narrative Effect in Pictorial Lives of Saints from the Tenth through the Thirteenth Century.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Biography; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...eight), or martyred virgin saints (chapter four). The manuscripts...by Hahn include the Life of Saint Amand (eleventh century), the Lives of Saints Benedict and Maurus (eleventh century), the Life of Saint Radegund of Poitiers (eleventh century), the Life of Saint Quentin (eleventh ...
|
|
"I Have Sinned in That I Have Betrayed the Innocent Blood": Quentin's Recognition of His Guilt.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: The Southern Literary Journal; 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...James Wright, "Saint Judas" The three scenes replayed after Quentin Compson is knocked unconscious...Because all three scenes involve Quentin's discovery of Caddy's...agreed that the reason for Quentin's suicide at the end of...
|
|
BRASSERIE ST QUENTIN
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 9/5/2007; 506 words
; ...pointed out that in his restaurant, Brasserie St Quentin, they were brought in "longleg", which...ready" birds. I am very fond of Brasserie St Quentin named after Quentin Crewe, the patron saint of restaurant critics and a longleg grouse...
|
|
Saint-Quentin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint-Quentin , city (1990 pop. 62,085), Aisne...and food products are manufactured. Saint-Quentin was famous for its cloth during...Maurice Quentin de La Tour, who was born in Saint-Quentin. In the city is the Collé...
|
|
La Tour, Maurice-Quentin de
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
La Tour, Maurice-Quentin de ( b Saint-Quentin, 5 Sept. 1704; d Saint-Quentin, 17 Feb. 1788). With Perronneau the most...philanthropic purposes, in both Paris and his native Saint-Quentin. The museum there has a good collection...
|
|
|
Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Maurice Quentin de La Tour , 1704-88, French portraitist working in pastel. From...Most of his work is in the Louvre and in the museum of his native Saint-Quentin. Bibliography: See biography by A. Bury (1973).
|
|
|
Gaspard de Châtillon Coligny, comte de
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Ribaut, Jean ). In 1557 he defended Saint-Quentin against the Spaniards, but he was...1570) and negotiated the Treaty of Saint-Germain (1570). Reconciled with...Huguenots instigated by Catherine (see Saint Bartholomew's Day, massacre of...
|
|
|
Escorial
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...acknowledgement of Philip II's victory over the French at Saint Quentin on Lawrence's feast day in 1557. Many of the works of art in the Escorial feature the saint, including Titian's great altarpiece of the Martyrdom...
|
