Vasily Kirilovich Tredyakovsky
Vasily Kirilovich Tredyakovsky , 1703-69, Russian poet, translator, and scholar. Tredyakovsky rose from humble origins to membership in the Academy of Sciences and a position as court poet, only to die in poverty and obscurity. He is remembered chiefly for his treatise A Brief New Method of Composing Russian Verse (1735), with which he began a reform of Russian prosody. His own verse is uneven.
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A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Peleus Re and Its Affiliates.
Business Wire; 3/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of "a-" to Peleus Reinsurance Ltd. (Peleus Re). Concurrently, A.M. Best has assigned FSRs of B+ (Good) and ICRs of "bbb-" to Peleus Re's sister companies, PXRE Reinsurance Company...
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A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Peleus Reinsurance Ltd.
Business Wire; 12/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...issuer credit rating (ICR) to "a" from "a-" of Peleus Reinsurance Ltd. (Peleus) (Hamilton, Bermuda). The outlook on both ratings for the Bermuda Class 4 reinsurer is stable. Peleus is a wholly owned subsidiary of Argo Group International...
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Solving the Roman riddle. (includes related material)
Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post; 9/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...Adonis, Bacchus, Orpheus, Pluto, Paris, Peleus, Dionysus, Perseus, and Augusms, to name...a P. He settled on the mythological figure Peleus, from the poem version of the story of Peleus and Thetis by Catullus, which had been a kind...
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A.M. Best Comments on the Proposed Merger of Argonaut Insurance Group and PXRE Group, Ltd.
Business Wire; 3/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...PXRE's risk management and internal controls. Peleus Reinsurance Ltd. (Peleus Re), a subsidiary of PXRE, was formed as a start...FSR of A- (Excellent) and an ICR of "a-" to Peleus Re (see A.M. Best's press release of March...
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Argonaut Group, Inc. and PXRE Group Ltd. to Merge, New Entity Will Be Named Argo Group.
Business Wire; 3/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...operations, and a newly formed Bermuda reinsurer named Peleus Reinsurance Ltd. Argo Group will trade on The...PXRE's newly formed Class 3 Bermuda subsidiary, Peleus Reinsurance Ltd., ("Peleus Re") will serve as the specialty reinsurance...
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Argonaut to gain Bermuda foothold through planned merger with PXRE; Deal expected to boost U.S. insurer's reinsurance business.(News)(Argonaut Group Inc. acquisitions)
Magazine article from: Business Insurance; 3/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...operations; a new Bermuda reinsurer, Peleus Reinsurance Ltd.; and PXRE's existing...corporate business development to become Peleus Re's president. PXRE President and...15% from the current 8%, he noted. Peleus' focus will be on reinsuring medium and...
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Executive Appointments Announced at Argo Group.
Business Wire; 10/31/2007; 700+ words
; ...in March 2008, as Chief Underwriter of Peleus Re, Argo Group's Bermuda-based reinsurance...of Underwriter/Marketing Officer at Peleus Re. Mr. Wilken and Mr. Cornish will...Carrier, who was announced as President of Peleus Re in August of this year and together...
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PXRE Reports First Quarter Results Net Loss of $7.2 Million.
PR Newswire; 5/8/2007; 700+ words
; ...Argonaut Group, Inc. and the formation of Peleus Reinsurance Ltd., our newly established...to close in the third quarter of 2007. Peleus Re has commenced operations and we expect...reinsurance treaties, which will be utilized by Peleus Re in future periods, and $2.0 million...
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Culture: Review: Exploiting every opportunity for a laugh; Opera Restor'd Bridge House Theatre, Warwick.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 7/15/2003; 547 words
; ...town with William Boyce's classical Peleus and Thetis and J F Lampe's boisterous...Boyce wrote a proper and formal account of Peleus' love for Thetis and defiance of Jupiter. Benjamin Hulett as Peleus bestrode the stage, quite upstaging Bernadette...
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Market moves.(Aetna Inc. acquired Schaller Anderson Inc.)(Argonaut Group Inc. merged with PXRE Group Ltd.)(Hub International Ltd. to acquire Rigg Group Inc.)
Magazine article from: Business Insurance; 8/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...operations of Argonaut Group; and a new Bermuda reinsurer, Peleus Reinsurance Ltd., the company stated about the transaction completed Aug. 7. Andrew Carrier will be president of Peleus and join the reinsurer later this year. Mark E. Watson...
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Peleus
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Peleus Peleus, a figure from Greek mythology, is best known as the father of the Greek hero Achilles* and the husband of the sea nymph Thetis. As a youth, Peleus was banished from his homeland after he killed one of his brothers. Peleus...
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Thetis
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...So the gods arranged for Thetis to marry Peleus, a mortal. The nymph did not wish to marry Peleus, however, and she changed into a sea monster and many other shapes to escape. Peleus held her until she changed back into a woman...
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Acastus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...away. Later, his wife fell in love with Peleus , the father of Achilles, who did not...her. Acastus took revenge by leaving Peleus unprotected on Mt. Pelion. Rescued by the centaur Chiron, Peleus subsequently captured Iolcus and killed...
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Medea
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...where she was regarded as a barbarian. Having conciliated King Peleus, who was now a very old man, she induced him to try to regain...succession to the throne. In due course, Jason would have succeeded Peleus, but now the Greeks would have none of either him or Medea...
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Achilles' heel
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...the Greek hero Achilles which was vulnerable. The son of King Peleus of Thessaly and the shape-changing nymph Thetis, Achilles...Statius. When he was still a child, and against the wishes of Peleus, Thetis held her son by the heel and dipped him in the waters...
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