tease
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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tease A. separate the fibres of (wool, etc.) OE.; irritate by persistent action XVII. OE.
tǣsan = (M)LG., MDu.
tēzen (Du.
teezen), OHG.
zeisan (G. dial.
zeisen) :- WGmc. *
taisjan (*
taisan).
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Pym's No 1 Shrewd and ruthless he may be, but can A&L's new head fight off a bid for the underachieving bank? Richard Pym spoke to Grant Ringshaw
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 3/10/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...satisfying customers better." Though Pym may want to promote a no-nonsense...earned the nickname "poison Pym" during his time at Debenhams...Certainly, his loyalty to John Windeler, the executive chairman...executive role, has paid off. Pym served as A&L's finance director...
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LORD PYM
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/8/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...history of the House of Commons. John Pym (1584-1643) had courageously...the chairman of the retailers John Lewis - and soon to become an...chairman of the Conservative Party. Pym became general manager of a John Lewis subsidiary, Merseyside...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Everything's clear now Pymmy's No1; Alliance & Leicester's Richard Pym on his nickname and why the Inuit had to go.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 10/5/2003; 700+ words
; ...executive of the High Street bank. Pym, then finance director, was...machinations were rife. When Pym was finally appointed chief executive...unswerving loyalty to chairman John Windeler. In a Square Mile that throbs with ambition, Pym was viewed as particularly Machiavellian...
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Francis Pym, Thatcher's enemy within, dies aged 86
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/8/2008; 700+ words
; ...illness. He was 86. As Francis Pym, he was promoted when the former...Brown led the tributes to Lord Pym, saying: "He was a distinguished...The former prime minister Sir John Major praised him as a "neighbour...Atlantic to reclaim the islands, Mr Pym was dispatched to Washington...
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Barbara Pym's affectionate irony.(Viewpoint essay)
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...besotted readers enjoyed Barbara Pym but lumped her in with Miss Read...see any attraction at all in Pym's stories about women who dote...fluff." How, he asked, could John Updike have praised her so highly...difficult criticism to answer is that Pym is thematically shallow. Some...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Brown leads tributes to 'distinguished' Lord Pym.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 3/8/2008; 700+ words
; ...Carrington. Ex-Prime Minister Sir John Major said Lord Pym had been his "neighbour, mentor...the Commons and the Lords," Sir John said. "He held three of the most...distinction and honour. "Francis Pym leaves a political legacy of great...
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 "Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)")
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Brown leads tributes to lord pym
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 3/8/2008; 602 words
; ...Carrington. Former prime minister Sir John Major said Lord Pym had been his "neighbour, mentor...he started out in politics. Sir John added: "He served his country in...distinction and honour. "Francis Pym leaves a political legacy of great...
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Pym's sweet `nothing' novels
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/16/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...is the point. This and all of Pym's novels are about nothing...see the comic possibilities in Pym's characters, the Misses Harriet...in the Seinfeld world. But if Pym's chaste and self-conscious...Contact and Powers of the Mind, by John and Anne Spencer, and UFO Sightings...
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McFall brands B&B's Pym the Michael Fish of finance.(John McFall)(Richard Pym of Bradford & Bingley PLC)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Money Marketing; 11/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...Treasury select committee chairman John McFall has accused Bradford & Bingley chairman Richard Pym of being the "Michael Fish...MP quoted a statement made by Pym on September 25, two days before...hurricane taking everything away." Pym said at the time B&B...
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Promotion for Pym as A&L loses protection
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 3/8/2002; ; 543 words
; ...its retail bank head Richard Pym to chief executive yesterday...is set to expire on 21 April. Pym will now be the man to lead the...GBP 4.2 billion. Chairman John Windeler, who took over executive...October 1999, will hand over to Pym on 1 June. Windeler said...
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Francis Pym
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Francis Pym The British statesman Francis Pym (born 1922) was foreign secretary...Islands War of 1982. Francis Leslie Pym was born on February 13, 1922, in...centuries. One of his ancestors was John Pym, a leader of the parliamentary cause...
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John Pym
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Pym The English statesman John Pym (1584-1643) led the House of Commons in the opening years of the English civil war. John Pym was the son of a lesser landowner of Somerset. When he was a boy...
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Pym, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Pym, John (1584–1643). Parliamentarian...was driving Charles I into arbitrary rule, Pym consistently, but vainly, argued the case...right to impose non-parliamentary taxation. Pym was by then a political client of the earl...
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Hampden, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Hampden, John (1594–1643). Hampden...and became a close friend of Sir John Eliot . He rose to national fame...his reputation was second only to Pym's . But he was more moderate than Pym—he would not vote for...
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A Room with a View
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Supporting Actress (Dench), 1986. Publications Books: Pym, John, The Wandering Company: Twenty-One Years of Merchant...The Films of Merchant Ivory, New York, 1991, 1997. Pym, John, Merchant Ivory's English Landscape: Rooms, Views...
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