shepherd
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shepherd in biblical usage, the image of the shepherd caring for his flock is a strong one; God is seen as the shepherd of his people, and in Luke 2:8 the shepherds to whom the announcement of the Nativity is made are described as ‘abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night’.
In pastoral poetry, shepherd is a designation of one of the rustic characters; from this, in 16th-century poetry adopting the pastoral convention, the name is often used for the writer and his friends and fellow poets.
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Italy: OPDE Group to build 17 solar facilities producing 75 MW of power in the region of Piedmont (Italy).
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 10/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...with the regional government of Piedmont (Italy) for: The construction of 17...and the regional government of Piedmont (Italy) will sign on Friday 8th...ensures its stable presence in the Piedmont region during the next few years...
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Flood damage at Miroglio less than expected. (textile and clothing deliveries continue despite Piedmont, Italy, floods) (Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 11/29/1994; 700+ words
; ...apparel and textile producer, has suffered much less damage than initially reported from flooding that devastated Italy's Piedmont region earlier this month, and is maintaining its delivery schedule, the company said Monday. "We are delivering...
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Italy: Italy s Piedmont Region Plans for 75 MW of PV.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 10/3/2009; 535 words
; ...Spanish solar photovoltaic multinational, the OPDE Group is set to sign an agreement with the regional government of Piedmont in Italy for the construction of 17 solar facilities in the period 2009-2010 with a combined capacity of some 75 MW. Under...
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Piedmont in the 1850s: Mark Rathbone asks why the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia emerged in the 1850s as the likely unifier of Italy.(TALKING POINTS)
Magazine article from: History Review; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...OMITTED] In 1849, no one in Italy would have put any lire on the kingdom of Piedmont emerging as the catalyst...how together they enabled Piedmont to emerge as Italy's unifying...was succeeded as King of Piedmont by Victor Emmanuel II, the...
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DELEGATION FROM ITALY'S PIEDMONT REGION TO TO VISIT SOUTH KOREA.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 10/17/2006; 700+ words
; ...Asia Pulse - A delegation from Italy's Piedmont region will travel to South Korea...The delegation, led by the Piedmont region's President Mercedes...to South Korea from Thursday. Piedmont, located in northwestern Italy...
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Touristic, Cultural and Economic Opportunities with the Piedmont Region of Italy.
PR Newswire; 10/14/1999; 353 words
; ...WHAT: Meetings on Touristic, Cultural and Economic Opportunities with the Piedmont Region of Italy. WHO: The Hon. Enzo Ghigo, President of the Piedmont Region of Italy and "Italy Italy," the elegant travel and lifestyle magazine. WHEN...
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LA COMMISSION REFUSE UNE REGIME ITALIEN D'AIDE POUR LES PECHES.(European Commission denies aid to peach industry in Piedmont, Italy )(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: European Report; 3/17/2004; 700+ words
; La Commission europeenne a decide le 16 mars qu'etait incompatible avec les regles d'aides d'Etat une aide de 108.752 euros envisagee par l'Italie pour couvrir une operation de retrait de peches et de nectarines du marche dans le Piemont. L'aide avait ete presentee par les autorites italiennes
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Piedmont, Tuscany regions of Italy yield excellent red wines
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 8/2/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...on their tour of France and Italy, his situation was desperate...including "Travels in France and Italy" (1766), the English-language...description of wine sales in Genoa, Italy, shows a parallel with current...section of northern Italy's Piedmont region. The wine has a dusty...
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Italy's Piedmont a trove of culture and cuisine
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 7/3/2005; ; 630 words
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 07-03-2005 Italy's Piedmont a trove of culture and cuisine...you're like me, you think of Piedmont as a region in North Carolina...next several months, Italy's Piedmont might outdraw the land of the...
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Beyond Tuscany: another culinary hot spot: Tucked between France and Switzerland, Italy's Piedmont region cooks up fine fare.(Features)(Homefront)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 9/5/2001; 700+ words
; ...Christian Science Monitor TURIN, ITALY -- Dark and shuttered, the...lack of fanfare is typical of Piedmont, tucked into a pocket of Italy...unpretentious, two areas of the Piedmont region - Langhe and Monferrato...seasoned travelers, venture to Piedmont, which is too often overshadowed...
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Piedmont
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Piedmont , Ital. Piemonte, region...mi (25,400 sq km), NW Italy, bordering on France in the...of the richest in Italy. Piedmont is divided into the provinces...the more elevated parts of Piedmont, forest products and fruit...
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piedmont
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
piedmont The tract of country at the foot of a mountain range, e.g. the Po Valley, Italy, at the foot of the Alps. The word is derived from the Italian piemonte , meaning ‘mountain foot’.
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Italy
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Italy A country bounded on the north...from Vienna; the kingdom of Piedmont Sardinia, which then consisted of most of Savoy, Piedmont, and the island of Sardinia...Corsica, but had lost Genoa to Piedmont. Revolutionary societies...
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Slow Food
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...international movement headquartered in Bra, Piedmont, Italy, and organized around small, local...worldwide, 340 of which were in Italy, where they are called condotte...cooperative cheese factory in Umbria, Italy, that was damaged in the 1997 earthquake...
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Riva-Rocci, Scipione
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
RIVA-ROCCI, SCIPIONE ( b . Almese, Piedmont, Italy, 7 August 1863; d . Rapallo, Liguria, Italy, 15 March 1937) medicine . After graduating in medicine and surgery in 1888 from the University of Turin, Riva-Rocci became assistant lecturer...
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