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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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court. 1. Clear area enclosed by walls or surrounded by buildings, such as a space left for the admission of light and air, an area around a castle
keep, a forecourt or
cour d'honneur in front of a grand house, a
cortile, a Cambridge college quadrangle, or a
cloister.
2. Princely or Royal residence (as at Hampton Court Palace).
3. Building where legal tribunals sit.
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SECURITIZATION OF LIFE INSURANCE SETTLEMENTS:DANIEL CURRY
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 9/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...phenomenon. Indeed, an insured`s right to sell or otherwise assign the rights to his policy was confirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court almost one hundred years ago. The structured life settlement industry is a result of the evolution of the mid- 1990s` viatical...
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FINANCIAL REGULATORY OVERHAUL:ARTHUR LEVITT
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 9/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...holders of the debt and equity. To give a simple analogy, it does not matter who serves as the cop on the beat if there are no courts of law to send lawbreakers to jail. So with my time today, I would like to only briefly discuss my preferences regarding who...
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VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT, SMALL BUSINESS, EDUCATION, BENEFITS:JOHN S. ODOM, JR. AND RIGHTS BILLS
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 9/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...dismiss by the defendant was denied by the court, settled for $2.35 million. In each...same servicemembers had a right to go to court and sue for damages when a violation occurred...have been successful in convincing the court that unless a cause of action is inferred...
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Transcript from: The O'Reilly Factor (Fox News Network); 9/24/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...don't know, but you could argue it absolutely both ways. And here's the other thing. We go all the way into the Supreme Court to make sure we can't say word "God" at school and nobody has a problem with this? O'REILLY: What do you say indoctrination...
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Denver Suspect Charged In Bomb Plot
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 9/24/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...joins us from New York. Dina, this new indictment came just before Zazi, who lives near Denver, was supposed to appear in court there on charges that he lied to federal authorities. Why did this new indictment come now? DINA TEMPLE-RASTON: Well...
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FORCES DETAIN INSURGENTS, SEIZE WEAPONS IN IRAQ
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 9/25/2009; ; 372 words
; ...an Iraqi special weapons and tactics team, with U.S. advisors, served a warrant issued by the Qaim Central Investigative Court for the arrest of a suspected weapons dealer and smuggler Sept. 18 near Ramanah. The SWAT team also found ammunition and several...
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For September 25, 2009, CBS
Transcript from: CBS The Early Show; 9/25/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...ARMEN KETEYIAN (CBS News Chief Investigative Correspondent): Court papers paint the darkest picture to date of the terror plot...country. And I love this place. (End VT) ARMEN KETEYIAN: The court papers make numerous references to conspirators in the case...
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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION'S ANNUAL PHOENIX AWARDS DINNER
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 9/27/2009; 700+ words
; ...African Americans elected to Congress in the aftermath of Appomattox. But at the end of the 1800s, with a segregationist Supreme Court handing down "separate but equal"; with African Americans being purged from the voter rolls; with strange fruit growing...
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Reality Check: Bill Clinton Says Right-Wing Conspiracy Still Exists; Sarah Palin Comments; "SNL" Verbal Slip; President Obama Photo Montage
Transcript from: The O'Reilly Factor (Fox News Network); 9/28/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...about time somebody did. (END VIDEO CLIP) O'REILLY: Dick Wolf. And by the way, that episode concludes with the federal court blocking the New York City action. Check 3, how about more left-wing conspiracy? (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) JAY LENO, HOST...
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Honduras Restricts Liberties To Prevent Rebellion
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 9/28/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...and for Zelaya. (Soundbite of protestors) BEAUBIEN: Zelaya was ousted by the military in June, after the Honduran Supreme Court issued an order for his arrest. The military put him on a plane at gunpoint and dropped him, in his pajamas, at the airport...
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Casimir III, King of Poland
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...seemed to be out of the question. And the new king was an unlikely candidate for leadership: he had been sent away to the court of Hungary's king Charles Robert, where he had a reputation as a playboy. In a battle against the Teutonic Knights at the...
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Frears, Stephen Arthur
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...law at Trinity College, he decided to enter the film industry instead. He had some theatrical training at London's Royal Court Theatre, and in the 1960s he worked as an assistant under top British directors Lindsay Anderson and Karel Reisz, both known...
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Grandville, J.J.
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...was born on September 15, 1803 in Nancy, France into an artistic family. His paternal grandparents had been actors at the court of Lorraine; from their stage name of “Gérard de Grandville,” Gérard would later...
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Taft, Helen Herron
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...presidency and final years as a Supreme Court justice. Ambitious and energetic, Taft...male acquaintances, including a young court reporter and Yale graduate named William...appointed to a vacancy on the Ohio Superior Court, and Helen Taft began teaching kindergarten...
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Wladyslaw II Jagiello, King of Poland
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...related, and Jogaila never learned to speak Polish well (although Latin would have been a language common to some in both courts). Jogaila, now known in Poland as Wladyslaw (or Ladislaus) II Jagiello (pronounced “ya-GYAY-wo,”...
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