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circle circle the wagons unite in defence of a common interest (originally North American, with reference to the defensive position of a wagon train under attack).
the wheel has come full circle the situation has returned to what it was in the past, as if completing a cycle, with reference to Shakespeare's
King Lear, by association with the wheel fabled to be turned by Fortune and representing mutability.
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Circle Game.(theories on curvature of circles)
Magazine article from: Science News; 4/21/2001; ; 700+ words
; Packing circles within a circle turns a mathematical surprise...striking pattern of smaller circles packed within a larger circle have now found an extraordinary...empty spaces among the larger circles. Each new circle would be as large as possible...
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Circles
Magazine article from: Journal of Film and Video; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...and the community. Circles captures the spirit of circle sentencing in the words...Thakur, the director of Circles, learned that the founders of circle sentencing wished to...Reflections" we discover the circle never ends. Circles begins with a lone...
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Circle Peak Capital Wins the 2007 M&A Advisor Award for Middle Market Financing Provider of the Year.(Company overview)
Business Wire; 7/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...within middle market companies, presented Circle Peak Capital LLC with its Middle Market...IL on June 26, 2007. "The team at Circle Peak Capital is honored to be chosen by...said R. Adam Smith, President of Circle Peak Capital. "We hope that future transactions...
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Circle K Takes 'Convenience' to a New Level on the Internet; New Web Site Offers Local Residents Better Service Through Localized Internet Options.
Business Wire; 12/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2003 Circle K, one of the world's leading convenience...a new Web site designed to enhance the Circle K shopping experience by creating Web...customers learn about store specials at Circle K locations in their neighborhood, giving...
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SRS Circle Surround Continues to Be Multichannel Format of Choice for Broadcasters and Professional Audio Mixers.
PR Newswire; 5/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...Events Continue to Be Broadcast in SRS Circle Surround SANTA ANA, Calif., May 24...technologies, today announced that SRS Circle Surround(R), SRS Labs' advanced surround...programs that will be broadcast in SRS Circle Surround. The first of which will be...
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Circle Fine Art reports financial results for its fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1990; management announces 1991 expansion plans.
PR Newswire; 1/10/1991; 700+ words
; CIRCLE FINE ART REPORTS FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR ITS...PLANS CHICAGO, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Circle Fine Art Corp. (NASDAQ: CFNE) reports...a challenging retail climate underscores Circle's basic strengths and reaffirms the viability...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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CIRCLE MARKS THE SQUARE SHAPE UP THE YARD WITH THESE CONTRASTING FORMS.(Seattle @Home)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 10/6/2007; 700+ words
; ...It was a series of circles and corners - and...generous use of a circle, look no further...makeover to work some circles and squares into...s easy to cut a circle out of the lawn for...ends with corners. Circles become windows or...Demesne in Ireland, a circle in a brick fence...
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Circle Centre Announces Four New Tenants as it Celebrates Second Successful Year
PR Newswire; 10/1/1997; 700+ words
; ...1 /PRNewswire/ -- The success of Circle Centre, a premier downtown retail complex...Tuesday. David Lee, General Manager of Circle Centre, released the names of four new...new tenants represent the best of what Circle Centre has been, is today and will be...
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 "Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)")
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Circle envelops those we trust
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 5/4/2006; 700+ words
; ...being ousted from the circle was devastating. This...contemplate how my own circle of trust has evolved...traveled in and out of many circles, either by choice or...being part of. There are circles available for all types...judgment when entering a new circle. Just because you are...
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Circle Trust Company, Subsidiary of Orbitex Financial Services Group, Promotes Two Senior Executives.
PR Newswire; 10/30/2002; 700+ words
; NEW YORK -- Circle Trust Company, a provider of investment...Financial Services Group, parent company of Circle Trust Company, said: "These promotions...Sam and Ray have made to the growth of Circle Trust. Since they joined the firm, Circle...
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Circles, Measurement of
Book article from: Mathematics
...fractional part of every circle whose center is at...Different Ways to Measure Circles In degree measure, the circle is divided into 360...circles than on smaller circles. So, when using arc...angle, the particular circle used does matter...
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Circle
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...straight line inside the circle joining the two end points of an arc is a chord of the circle (DE in Figure 1). Mathematical...interesting facts about circles is that the ratio between...no matter what size the circle is. That ratio is given...
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circle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of the circumference C of a circle is equal to π (see pi...The area A bounded by a circle is given by A =π r 2...many unsolved problems about circles, including the problem of squaring the circle, i.e., constructing a...
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Circle Sanctuary
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...trained psychotherapists. Fox heads Circle's school for priestesses, its...and Spiritual Leaders in 1999. Circle publishes several periodicals, including the Sanctuary Circles Newsletter, the Circle Guide to Pagan Groups, and CIRCLE...
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Crop Circles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...more than 250 of the circles. With the assistance...they created a circle and invited Pat Delgado...pronounced the new circle genuine, the hoax...had also produced circles that were judged...more than 2,000 circles. No one has been caught making a crop circle and none appear to...
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