Selkirk
Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
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Selkirk, Canada, UK, USA 1. Canada (Manitoba): settled in 1812 and named after Thomas Douglas (1771–1820), 5th Earl of Selkirk, who had founded the Red River Settlement in the area in 1811. He also gave his name to the Selkirk Mountains, largely in British Columbia.2. UK (Scotland): formerly Selechirche and Seleschirche ‘Church by a Hall’ from the Old English
sele ‘hall’ or ‘house’ and
cirice ‘church’; the second element was replaced by Scottish English
kirk.
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Anagram software for cognitive research that enables specification of psycholinguistic variables
Magazine article from: Behavior Research Methods; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
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Case-mixing effects on anagram solution.
Magazine article from: The Journal of General Psychology; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...required to solve anagrams mentally. It is believed that anagram solvers often select...pattern of the anagram. He presented anagrams that were printed...pattern of the anagram should also affect...We presented anagrams that were printed...
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Amscan Announces Acquisition of Anagram
PR Newswire; 8/6/1998; 700+ words
; ...metallic balloon manufacturer and distributor Anagram International, Inc. and certain related companies ("Anagram"). Under the terms of the agreement...acquire all of the capital stock of the Anagram companies presently owned by Garry Kieves...
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Anagram Brings on Tarpley to Further Expand International Sales Effort; Tarpley and Ing Join Company During Period of Rapid Growth.
Business Wire; 7/15/1996; 700+ words
; ...Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 15, 1996--Anagram, Inc., a leading provider of simulation technology...applications engineering. Ed Cheng, president of Anagram stated, "Anagram has been experiencing tremendous acceptance worldwide...
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Single-Letter Retrieval Cues for Anagram Solution.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: The Journal of General Psychology; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...studies focused on anagram solution as it related...characteristics of the anagrams and of the solution...widespread use of anagrams in current cognitive...the fact that the anagram task is seen by...first process of anagram solution, namely...the letters of the anagrams. Some ...
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Anagram Unveils ADM 2.0 Simulator with Significant Speed Improvement Over SPICE; Company's First Publicly Introduced Product Targets Large Memory and Logic Circuits and Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits.
Business Wire; 12/4/1995; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 1995--Anagram, Inc. a provider of simulation technology...for analog and mixed-signal circuits. Anagram, until now, has been quietly working...compromising accuracy. Ed Cheng, president of Anagram, stated, "Anagram wanted to establish...
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Anagram.(Product/Service Evaluation)
Newspaper article from: Law Office Technology Review; 4/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...I make mistakes. Textual Software's Anagram provides a way to get information from the...is mostly automatic copy and paste, but Anagram can save a lot of time. [Getting Started] Anagram 2.0 is a 2.5 Megabyte download; if you...
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Avant! and Anagram Sign Definitive Agreement; Merger on Track to Close in September.
Business Wire; 8/19/1996; 700+ words
; ...19, 1996--Avant! Corporation and Anagram Inc., which four days ago announced...common stock in exchange for all of Anagram's equity securities. The closing of the merger is subject to regulatory and Anagram stockholder approval, the availability...
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Anagrams: a novel.
Magazine article from: The Nation; 11/15/1986; ; 700+ words
; ...out of words that weren't anagrams: moonscape and menopause...these five stories are bad anagrams--which is to say, not anagrams at all--of one another...has not yet accepted that an anagram isn't an anagram if the letters...
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What's in an anagram?, BUSINESS TIMES
Newspaper article from: Business Times (Malaysia); 8/11/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...www.wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html It is a...putting your name to the anagram test, you can also submit...word at the site to obtain anagrams. If you are still in the dark and wondering what an anagram is, then take any word...
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ANAGRAM
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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anagram
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
anagram [Gr.,=something read backward...another word or other words. A famous Latin anagram was an answer made out of a question asked...adest [it is the man who is here]. An anagram that reads the same backward as forward...
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Moore, Lorrie
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...S.A. Publications Novel Anagrams. New York, Knopf, 1986...of Moore's first novel, Anagrams , like Self-Help, suggests...amusing coincidences of the anagram. Instead, Moore presents...nightclub singer, tries to "make anagrams out of words that weren't...
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Gunn, Nicholas
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...1997 ’ s Vanity of Venus. The album was released on Anagram Records, which the Gunns founded in 1997. The company also...high plateaus and canyon rims, ” Gunn stated at the Anagram Records website. “ Its beauty is worth celebrating...
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Alien Sex Fiend
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...x201D; Beginning a twelve year relationship with the Anagram label, the Fiends released their debut single, “...debut album Who ’ s Been Sleeping in My Brain? for Anagram, 1983; created the memorable “ It ” th
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