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truth there is truth in wine proverbial saying, mid 16th century; meaning that a person who is drunk is more likely to speak the truth. The saying is found earlier in Latin as
in vino veritas, and in classical Greek (attributed to the lyric poet Alcaeus,
c.620–580 bc). (Compare
when the wine is in, the wit is out.)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission a commission set up by a South African Parliamentary Act on 26 July 1995 to investigate claims of abuses during the Apartheid era.
truth is stranger than fiction proverbial saying, early 19th century, implying that no invention can be as remarkable as what may actually happen; originally with reference to Byron's
Don Juan (1823), ‘Truth is always strange, Stranger than fiction.’ (Compare
fact is stranger than fiction.)
truth is the first casualty of war proverbial saying, early 20th century; the originator is sometimes said to have been Hiram Johnson, addressing the US Senate in 1918, but it does not occur in the record of the relevant speech.
truth lies at the bottom of a well proverbial saying, mid 16th century, sometimes used to imply that the truth of a situation can be hard to find. In earlier classical sources, the saying ‘we know nothing certainly, for truth lies in the deep’ is attributed to Democritus, and ‘truth lies sunk in a well’ is attributed to the 3rd–4th century Latin author Lactantius.
truth makes the Devil blush saying recorded from the mid 20th century; perhaps a variant of
tell the truth and shame the Devil.
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth the absolute truth, without concealment or addition; part of the formula of the oath taken by witnesses in court.
truth will out proverbial saying, mid 15th century; meaning that in the end what has really happened will become apparent. (Compare
murder will out.)
what is truth? in biblical allusion, often with reference to the account in John 18:38 of the examination of Jesus by Pilate, when ‘Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?’
See also
children and fools tell the truth,
four noble truths,
the greater the truth,
half the truth,
moment of truth,
the naked truth,
tell the truth.
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Ascent mechanism of the Dzhabyk batholith, southern urals: Constraints from URSEIS reflection seismic profiling
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...profile from the surface outcrop of the Dzhabyk batholith to the upper mantle. The batholith is c. 5 km thick, and the crust beneath it...the Earth's crust to form a thick globular batholith (e.g. Weinberg & Podladchikov 1995...
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Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the North Patagonian Batholith in Aysen, southern Chile
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...than the North Patagonian batholith, are not dealt with in this...Formation of the Patagonian batholith took place episodically from...time-span, cordilleran batholiths in northern Chile display...indicated that the Patagonian batholith is composite in terms of age...
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The Brno Batholith: an insight into the magmatic and metamorphic evolution of the Cadomian Brunovistulian Unit, eastern margin of the Bohemian Massif
Magazine article from: Journal of Geosciences; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...northern part of the Dyje Batholith, which represents the direct...western branch of the Brno Batholith. The geological structure...from both the Brno and Dyje batholiths exhibit some similarities...assembly. Keywords: Brno Batholith, Brunovistulicum, granites...
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Emplacement of the Fogo Island Batholith, Newfoundland.
Magazine article from: Atlantic Geology; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...ABSTRACT The Siluro-Devonian Fogo Island Batholith is a high-level, bimodal, sill...evidence suggests emplacement of the batholith by raising of the roof without strong...compositions in the granitic portion of the batholith may reflect diffusion during this process...
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Wolf River Batholith Could Become Nuclear Waste Dump, Activists Warn.
Newspaper article from: States News Service; 7/25/2002; 700+ words
; ...spent nuclear fuel. "The Wolf River Batholith in Wisconsin would be a likely choice...locating the facility at the Wolf River Batholith, a massive granite formation in northern...of the region's heavy rainfall. The batholith subsequently was one of several sites...
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Contrasting crustal sources for peraluminous granites of the segmented Montes de Toledo Batholith (Iberian Variscan Belt)
Magazine article from: Journal of Geosciences; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Variscan Montes de Toledo Batholith (MTB) is an E-W linear...composed of large granitic batholiths, particularly in its innermost...Most of these Variscan batholiths are complex assemblages where...The studied Montes de Toledo Batholith (MTB) is a large batholithic...
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Deep drill hole in the Devonian South Mountain batholith, Nova Scotia: a potential for hidden mineral deposits within the batholith.
Magazine article from: Atlantic Geology; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...periphery of the Devonian South Mountain batholith, which contains important mineralization...that such zones are widespread in the batholith and point to abundant hydrothermal activity...economic mineral deposits within the batholith is much greater than is suggested by...
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Proterozoic anorthosite-granite Nain batholith: structure and intrusion processes in an active lithosphere-scale fault zone, northern Labrador.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...g., Ryan 1998) that the complex forms a batholith, here called the Nain batholith, composed of numerous composite plutons (Rawlings...scale (Fig. 1), we propose that the Nain batholith developed where a major east-west intracontinental...
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U-Pb dating of the Musquodoboit Batholith, southern Nova Scotia: evidence for a protracted magmatic-hydrothermal event in a Devonian intrusion.
Magazine article from: Atlantic Geology; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...and solidification of the batholith. Integration of the new data...redaction.] INTRODUCTION Granite batholiths form a large part of tectonic...larger intrusions, such as batholiths of thousands of [km.sup...data for the Musquodoboit Batholith (MB, MacDonald and Clarke...
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Weathering of Devonian monzogranites as recorded in the geochemistry of saprolites from the South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Magazine article from: Atlantic Geology; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...saprolites) developed on the South Mountain Batholith. Saprolites of three different ages...on monzogranite of the South Mountain Batholith (O'Beirne-Ryan and Zentilli 2003...other felsic units of the South Mountain Batholith. [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] The preserved...
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Batholith
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Batholith Batholiths are large bodies...Earth's surface, batholiths are the largest...definition, a batholith must cover at least...even larger. Many batholiths cover hundreds...miles. The Idaho batholith, for example...
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batholith
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...scale and form batholiths (see plate tectonics...largest single batholiths in North America is the Coast Range batholith of W Canada and...Important batholiths in the United...include the Idaho batholith, 18,000 sq...
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Pluton and Plutonic Bodies
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...types are described below. Batholiths are large plutons with more...such as the Sierra Nevada batholith that forms the core of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Batholiths are discordant plutons, meaning...Detailed studies have shown that batholiths are most commonly composed...
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Larsen, Esper Signius, Jr.
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...studies of the San Juans, the southern California batholith, the Idaho batholith, and later the Highwood Mountains of Montana made...and applied it to the problem of the cooling of a batholith. He also developed a method of determining the...
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granite
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...of the cordilleras of North and South America: a series of batholiths extending from the Coast Range in Canada to Chile. Some of these plutons are of vast extent; the coastal batholith of Peru, for example, is more than 2400 km long and up to...
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