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lap in the lap of luxury in conditions of great comfort and wealth.
in the lap of the gods beyond human control; from Homer
The Iliad ‘It lies in the lap of the gods.’
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Iliad Africa makes two acquisitions.(Business Report)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 7/31/2006; 700+ words
; BYLINE: Roy Cokayne Pretoria - Iliad Africa, the listed building materials...products from 11 stores in the Western Cape. Iliad will purchase the assets and liabilities...management team and further enhance the Iliad group's black economic empowerment...
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Bionomics acquires Iliad.
Newspaper article from: BIOTECH Patent News; 5/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...unlisted Melbourne drug discovery company Iliad Chemicals Pty Ltd (Melbourne, Australia...22 per Bionomics share) if a current Iliad development product achieves an agreed...CNS) disorders. The acquisition of Iliad will provide Bionomics with additional...
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BIONOMICS ACQUIRES ILIAD CHEMICALS.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/25/2005; 700+ words
; ...ANNOUNCEMENT * Acquisition of Iliad Chemicals to deliver...biological expertise with Iliads proprietary chemistry...development strategy. * Iliad Chemicals acquired for...The acquisition of Iliad will provide Bionomics...programmes. The addition of Iliads chemistry expertise and...
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Bionomics' Acquisition of Iliad Chemicals.
PR Newswire; 5/25/2005; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- * Acquisition of Iliad Chemicals to deliver advanced lead drug...of Bionomics' biological expertise with Iliad's proprietary chemistry platform and...accelerated development strategy. * Iliad Chemicals acquired for 40.9 million Bionomics...
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Iliad boosts IPO confidence.
Newspaper article from: Financial News; 2/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...were relieved that the recent flotation of Iliad, the French internet and telecoms company...issuers have any doubts you can point to Iliad and say look how that did." The IPO was...and did not have a proper market share. Iliad has a rising market share as it competes...
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Iliad Plans French FTTH Odyssey.
Magazine article from: TelecomWeb News Digest; 9/12/2006; 700+ words
; French telecom operator Iliad tapped Draka Comteq to supply a state...year project. Earlier this year, Iliad said it had no fiber plans until around...disclosed. Draka Comteq will supply Iliad with two million kilometers of advanced...
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Iliad Shares Up on Launch of Wi-Fi Mobile
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/20/2006; ; 560 words
; ...20-2006 Dateline: PARIS Shares in Iliad SA soared Thursday after the French telecom...TV, Internet and fixed-line bundle. Iliad shares surged almost 16 percent on the...above their closing price on Wednesday. Iliad pioneered so-called "triple-play...
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Iliad shares soar on launch of WiFi mobile, high-definition TV offering
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/20/2006; ; 532 words
; ...20-2006 Dateline: PARIS Shares in Iliad SA soared Thursday after the French telecom...TV, Internet and fixed-line bundle. Iliad shares surged almost 16 percent on the...above their closing price on Wednesday. Iliad pioneered so-called "triple-play...
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Iliad buyout offer likely from private equity, say analysts.(Business Report)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 6/11/2007; 659 words
; ...offer to buy building materials retailer Iliad Africa was most likely to have come from...private equity interest in Corpbuild before Iliad, which also owns the Knob & Knocker...that the offer to buy out 100 percent of Iliad did not come from a rival. Iliad said...
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Bionomics' Shareholders Endorse Iliad Acquisition and Capital Raising.
PR Newswire; 6/27/2005; 700+ words
; ...support to the company's acquisition of Iliad Chemicals and a $6 million capital raising...unlisted Melbourne drug discovery company Iliad Chemicals Pty Ltd for $9 million in Bionomics...22 per Bionomics share) if a current Iliad development product achieves agreed milestones...
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Iliad, The
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Iliad, The One of the greatest epics of ancient Greece, the Iliad tells of events during the final year of the Trojan War*. Iliad means "poem of Ilios," one of the names of the city of Troy in Asia Minor*. The Greek poet Homer is credited...
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Iliad
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Iliad a Greek hexameter epic poem in twenty-four books, traditionally...grief-stricken Achilles takes the field and kills Hector. Iliad in a nutshell an allusion to a copy of Homer's Iliad which was supposedly small enough to be enclosed in the...
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Homer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...epic poems are attributed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. They are composed in...Recent evidence strongly suggests that the Iliad is the work of a single poet. Modern scholars...probably in Asia Minor, and that the Iliad and the Odyssey are each the product of...
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Literature: Overview
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...examples of Western literature, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, have all the structural characteristics...x2014; in the story of Bellerophon ( Iliad 6.157 – 211) came to Homer...suggest that the poet whose version of the Iliad was finally written down did not yet understand...
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War
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
...Mexicans. [Mex. Myth.: Harvey, 403] Iliad Homer ’ s poetic account set...legendary Trojan war. [Gk. Poetry: The Iliad ] Mahabharata lengthy narrative poem about...their king, Achilles. [Gk. Myth.: Iliad ] Neman form of Irish war goddess, Badb...
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