-logy
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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-logy repr. F.
-logie, medL.
-logia, Gr.
-logíā, which is partly f.
lógos discourse, speech, partly f.
log-, var. of
leg-,
légein speak; hence derivs. in
-logia mean either
1.. saying or speaking in such-and-such a way, as
eulogy,
tautology, or
2.. the science or study with which a person (designated by
-logos -LOGIST,
-LOGER, etc.) is concerned, or that deals with a certain subject. Of the latter class, the first el. is a sb. and in combination ends in
o, so that the regular form of such words is in
-ology; an exception is
MINERALOGY. Mod. formations in
logy imply correl. formations in
-logical, formerly also, now rarely,
-logic (F.
-logique, L.
-logicus, Gr.
-logikós), and
-logist (see prec.).
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Continental Airlines expands its low-fare air travel in the Rocky Mountain region.
PR Newswire; 6/11/1986; 700+ words
; ...day makes it the largest airline system in Denver. Continental Express will share facilities on Continental's Concourse C at Stapleton Airport...39 destinations. Elsewhere on its system, Continental will increase service from Houston...
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Continental Airlines Points to Rivals As It Posts $37 Million Quarterly Loss.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 10/18/2002; 700+ words
; ...industry analysts expected. Continental Chairman and Chief Executive...clearly have," he said. "Continental Airlines has led all major...uses a point-to-point system, reported a $75 million profit Thursday. Continental investors were warned...
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Continental Airlines Selects Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 for Corporate Intranet
PR Newswire; 2/5/1997; 700+ words
; ...Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Airlines Inc. (NYSE: CAI...integration with its existing systems and applications, including...Server network operating system, Microsoft Internet Information...applications and operating systems. In addition, the company...Visual Basic(R) programming ...
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Continental to inaugurate service between Newark New York and Manchester, England.
Business Wire; 3/13/1995; 700+ words
; ...centers for the first time. Continental, which was recently voted...Sharpe James stated, "As Continental continues to expand its international route system, additional business...International Gateway." Continental's flight to Manchester...
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Continental Airlines Inaugurates Non-Stop Service Between Newark and Caracas, Venezuela
PR Newswire; 4/29/1998; 700+ words
; ...Houston and Newark gateways. Continental has entered into a strategic...of the two airlines' route systems, code-sharing arrangements...reciprocity, cooperation between Continental and Northwest's trans...cooperative activities. Recently, Continental became the only airline in...
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Continental Reorganization Revealed
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 11/18/1992; 700+ words
; ...with claims against Continental would get about 4...against its parent, Continental Airlines Holdings Inc...airline's commuter system will receive about 5...owned subsidiary run by System One debtors. The reorganized...certificated airline called Continental Micronesia Inc. ...
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Continental Airlines Begins Using Bombardier Q400 Aircraft for Newark-Based Regional Service.
PR Newswire; 2/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...art noise and vibration suppression system. Continental has entered into a 10-year capacity...operate through its Colgan subsidiary. Continental will schedule and market the service. About Continental Continental Airlines is the world...
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Continental Airlines Reports August 2007 Operational Performance.
PR Newswire; 9/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Airlines today reported an...industry list. Additionally, Continental again won major awards at...company information, visit continental.com. This press release...disruptions in its computer systems, and industry conditions...
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Continental Airlines celebrates 50 years of operations.
PR Newswire; 9/19/1984; 700+ words
; ...Texas Gulf Coast. After the auction, Continental will release 5,000 balloons into the...for free, space available travel on Continental's domestic system. On Sept. 26 in Chicago, Continental will celebrate its anniversary with...
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Continental to acquire Meredith cable TV, be No. 1 in Twin Cities.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/20/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...sold its only other cable system, located in Bismarck, N...Liberty of South Dakota. The Continental acquisition still must be...second half of this year. Continental must soon divest its Twin...federal law requires that Continental sell its Twin Cities cable...
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continental margins
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...of California). Passive continental margins almost entirely encircle...exemplifies the early stages of continental break-up. Situated at the...end of the East African Rift system (see extensional tectonics...and finally separation of continental plates has occurred. The...
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Continental Resources, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...restrained underpricing, Continental renewed its interest in...company formed a subsidiary, Continental Gas, Inc., for the purpose...pipelines, gas gathering systems, and gas plants. Also, in 1992, Continental purchased 60 gas wells...
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Continental Philosophy
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...Critique of Pure Reason, while continental philosophers stressed Kant...divide between analytic and continental philosophy occurred in their...especially toward the dialectical system of the "Absolute Spirit...philosophy, contemporary continental philosophers are concerned...
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Continental Airlines
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...and Brazil. After the war Continental acquired a number of DC...Kansas City as destinations, Continental ’ s route system had grown by 300%. Government...contracts during the war left Continental with $900,000 in cash and...
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Continental Congress
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...adoption of the decimal system of currency. Bibliography See Journals of the Continental Congress (34 vol...Letters of Members of the Continental Congress (ed. by E...E. C. Burnett, The Continental Congress (1941, repr...
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