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siege train sēj trān a set of artillery and other equipment for a siege, together with troops and transport vehicles.
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Dungeon Siege II: Broken World Now Available For PC; Official Expansion Pack Concludes the Story of Dungeon Siege II.
Business Wire; 8/4/2006; 700+ words
; ...NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced Dungeon Siege II: Broken World, the official expansion...Developed by Gas Powered Games, Dungeon Siege II: Broken World brings closure to the epic storyline begun in Dungeon Siege II. In an all-new single-player...
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The Medieval Siege: Theme and Image in Middle English Romance.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Bruce, and the siege of Metz in the alliterative...Hebron finds that sieges are delineated reasonably...flesh out reports of sieges and the role of siege commanders giving...romance images of sieges. For instance...correctly that the Siege of Jerusalem is...
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`Under Siege' is an act of TV terrorism
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/7/1986; ; 700+ words
; Under Siege 1/2 star John Garry Peter Strauss Maxwell...weekend with the presentation of "Under Siege," a three-hour film of unprecedented...racism and just plain bad acting. "Under Siege," which will air over WMAQ-Channel 5...
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Lifting the Siege: Women's voices on Leningrad (1941-1944)
Magazine article from: Canadian Slavonic Papers; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Lifting the Siege: Women's Voices on Leningrad (1941-1944)* I. THE SIEGE AS A GENDERED EXPERIENCE AND THE EARLY HISTORY In...recollections, and works of fiction dealing with the Siege of Leningrad (1941-1944). The Siege has received...
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2K Announces Dungeon Siege II: Deluxe Edition for PC; Deluxe Edition Will Feature Dungeon Siege II, the Broken World Expansion Pack and an Array of Collectible Items.
Business Wire; 9/12/2006; 700+ words
; ...Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced Dungeon Siege II: Deluxe Edition, a special collector's set that includes the original Dungeon Siege II, the Dungeon Siege II: Broken World expansion pack, and a number of...
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2K Games Announces New Dungeon Siege Titles; Acclaimed RPG Franchise Expands on PC and PSP(TM) (PlayStation(R)Portable) System.
Business Wire; 3/16/2006; 700+ words
; ...Powered Games' critically acclaimed Dungeon Siege series. The first new title to be published by 2K Games will be Dungeon Siege II: Broken World, an expansion pack for the award-winning PC game Dungeon Siege II, followed by Dungeon Siege: Throne...
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Siege of Derry: Derry - the city of the sieges; Few events in Irish history have generated such controversy over the decades as the 1688-89 Siege of Derry. IAN STARRETT examines a new volume of essays, just published, which seeks to explore the profound impact events in the Maiden City have had on the literature, history, politics and popular culture of Ireland.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 5/31/2001; 700+ words
; ...opening line of his essay, sieges are the stuff of which...when they wrote of the Siege of Troy and the fate...his essay The Forgotten Siege of Derry, it happened...He writes: ''The siege is either dismissed in...more than one occasion. Sieges other than 1689, the...
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Siege of Derry: Keeping the memory alive, then and now.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 5/31/2001; 700+ words
; ...And he notes too: "The Siege of Derry has developed into...their time. The story of the Siege of Derry has been seen as very...conflict in their society." The Sieges of Derry, edited by William...remains as a reminder of the siege
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Is Sarajevo Under `Siege' Or `Encircled'
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 8/16/1993; 669 words
; ...changed its tune a bit saying the city was no longer under siege but rather encircled. This, despite daily shellings...reports from Sarajevo. DEBORAH AMOS, Reporter: When is a siege not a siege? That was the question today at a United Nations news...
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System de sieges regionale pour ameliorer les resultats des elections.
Magazine article from: Revue parlementaire canadienne; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...systeme accorde parfois beaucoup trop de sieges au parti dominant et institue une assemblee...solution de rechange, le systeme des sieges regionaux, qui remedie a l'un et l...desequilibre au chapitre de la repartition des sieges, le systeme majoritaire a tendance a...
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Vienna, Sieges of
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
VIENNA, SIEGES OF VIENNA, SIEGES OF. The city of Vienna was the object of two unsuccessful sieges by Ottoman forces during the early modern period. THE FIRST SIEGE, 1529 When, at the battle of Moh...
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siege
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
siege / sēj / • n. a military operation in which...compelling the surrender of those inside: Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks | [as adj. ] siege warfare. ∎ a similar operation by a police...
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Khe Sanh, Siege of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Khe Sanh, Siege of (1968).Among key engagements of the Vietnam War, the siege of Khe Sanh also marked one of the largest setpiece...continues to be the most controversial aspect of the siege. In fighting prior to the offensive, U.S. commander...
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Leningrad, Siege of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
LENINGRAD, SIEGE OF For 872 days during World War II, German...approximately 17,000 Leningraders during the siege. Although supplies of raw materials...of ammunition throughout the rest of the siege. Most civilian deaths occurred during...
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Petersburg, Siege of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Petersburg, Siege of (1864).The Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, began in June 1864 when the Union Army...miles south of Richmond. When these failed, Grant initiated siege operations, which continued until 2 April 1865. To some extent...
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