herm
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
herm , in 6th-century Greek art, vertical pillar surmounted by a bearded human head and often having a phallus below. These structures were considered sacred to Hermes. They were placed on street corners in Athens and used outside the city as milestones. By the end of the Hellenistic era the form was employed for portraiture.
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Herm sweet Herm escapeukNORMAN MILLER finds the clocks turned back on this miniature Channel Island Dune roamin': Herm offers unspoilt, family-friendly beaches
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... TVs in the elegant wood-panelled rooms of Herm's only hotel, The White House. There are no ... the islet- dotted patch of ocean dividing Herm from Guernsey. We are not the first to bunk down on Herm seeking peace and quiet. Herm's first recorded ...
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Herm sweet Herm; escapeukNORMAN MILLER finds the clocks turned back on this miniature Channel Island Dune roamin': Herm offers unspoilt, family-friendly beaches.
The Daily Mail (London, England); 8/23/2006; 1009 words;
... TVs in the elegant wood-panelled rooms of Herm's only hotel, The White House. There are no ... the islet-dotted patch of ocean dividing Herm from Guernsey. We are not the first to bunk down on Herm seeking peace and quiet. Herm's first recorded ...
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Levey's Legions Offer Scorn for `Herm'
The Washington Post; 6/28/1999; Bob Levey; 716 words;
... recurrent leaky boat. But my readers say, "Write your way around it instead of giving us `herm.' " Ah, "herm," my brainchild, my chance to make history! To herm or not to herm, that was the question. Here's the phraseological mess that gave rise to ...
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&type=1 "The Independent (London, England)")
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CHANNEL ISLANDS: Why I love to be a Herm-it; Most visitors to the Channel Islands head for Jersey and Guernsey. But for FRANK PARTRIDGE there is no better place to escape the pressures of city life than the tiny island hideaway of Herm.(Features)
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... conjure up an image of the Channel Island of Herm. And with one bound, I'm free of the city ... of land that make up the British Isles, Herm is unique in being a private island specifically ... 500-acre island is barely 50 years old. Herm wasn't strategically important enough to ...
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&type=1 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Herm's job quite secure
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... WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-24-2005 Herm's job quite secure -- Jets coach continues to ... opening he was looking for and powered through it. "Herm's not leaving," Johnson said about coach Herm Edwards in a rare address to the Jets after practice ...
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Chiefs looking for Herm markdown?
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... Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-06-2006 Chiefs looking for Herm markdown? By RANDY LANGE, STAFF WRITER Date: 01-06-2006 ... the blare of tabloid headlines and electronic reports of Herm Edwards being finished as the Jets' head coach. If that ... that he won't be back with the Jets. "The Chiefs consider Herm ...
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Herm chiefly wants to stay
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... The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-16-2005 Herm chiefly wants to stay RANDY LANGE Date ... Edtion: All Editions Column: ON THE BEAT Herm Edwards and the Kansas City Chiefs happy ... the NCAA not far from the team complex. "Herm would be a real popular choice here," one ...
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Period of Herm Warfare comes to a merciless end.
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... hard? We've finally reached the predictable end of Herm Warfare Week. The Chiefs got Herman Edwards. The Jets ... took a beating this week, Jets, Chiefs, media types, Herm himself. Especially Herm. I thought at some point unnamed Jets sources were ...
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Pressure starts early for Herm
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... NJ) 09-11-2005 Pressure starts early for Herm By RANDY LANGE, STAFF WRITER Date: 09-11-20 ... the first day of judgment on the rest of Herm Edwards' career as Jets' coach. Edwards ... No more excuses. This one is on Coach Herm's shoulders. And woe be to him if he doesn ...
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Herm turns up volume
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00-00-0000 Herm turns up volume -- Coach pushes Jets to ... Don't let anybody jump on our bandwagon. Herm's been the same ... well, not the same ... good game plans, good health, and good Herm. Their mental state will be every bit as ...
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Woody insists Herm has no need to squirm
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... PELZMAN The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 09-27-2003 Woody insists Herm has no need to squirm J.P. PELZMAN Date: 09-27-2003, Saturday ... Edtion: All Editions.=.Late Edition. Early Edition Column: NEWS OF THE DAY HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - The smoke from the Jets' customary ... questions about the coach. Nobody asked me any ...
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Herm's sermons.
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Byline: Elizabeth Merrill Oct. 4--Herm Edwards never really minded the nickname. Five years in New ... writer Judy Battista said, you run the risk of falling asleep. Herm is not the norm. Tuesdays with Herm started at his usual red tableclothed perch, in front of roughly ... are 1-2 heading into this weekend's ...
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Herm goin' to Kansas City? Not so fast
The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 1/5/2006; RANDY LANGE, STAFF WRITER; 797 words;
... LANGE, STAFF WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-05-2006 Herm goin' to Kansas City? Not so fast -- Jets playing hardball ... Wednesday on draft-choice compensation that would allow coach Herm Edwards to sign a multiyear contract to coach the Chiefs ... anything since mid-December about how much he wants to ...
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Herm packing his bags for Kansas City
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... STAFF WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-05-2006 Herm packing his bags for Kansas City -- Jets to get two mid ... Wednesday night, 610 Sports radio in Kansas City reported that Herm Edwards would be free to leave the Jets and sign on to coach ... contract. Jets officials could not be reached to confirm the ...
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Herms set to snap up 30% stake in Leica for 10.2m
Evening Standard - London; 11/20/2000; ROSS TIEMAN; 283 words;
FRENCH luxury goods house Herm's today unveiled plans for a partnership ... arising out of personal contacts between Herm's chairman Jean-Louis Dumas and Leica ... Hermes for up to 30% of Leica. The move by Herm's is the first by a luxury goods group ...
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