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Burgundio of Pisa
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Burgundio of Pisa (
c.1110–93), lawyer. He translated into Latin the works of St
John of Damascus and other Greek fathers.
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Science teaching and international assessments: an introduction to PISA and TIMSS.(Programme for International Student Assessment, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study)
Magazine article from: The Science Teacher; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). In this article, I provide introductions to PISA and TIMSS, discuss several insights based...reflections on international assessments. PISA An introduction PISA measures 15-year-olds...
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PISA RESULTS SHOW NEED FOR HIGH SCHOOL REFORM
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 12/6/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...for International Student Assessment (PISA). The test, given in the spring of 2003...of the nation's high schools. "The PISA results are a blinking warning light...fulfilling future." The report on U.S. PISA results, International Outcomes of Learning...
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OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2003) treatment of UK data.
M2 Presswire; 11/19/2004; 700+ words
; ...for International Student Assessment (PISA 2003) treatment of UK data(C)1994...for International Student Assessment (PISA 2003) study is due to be published by...Development (OECD) on the 7th of December. PISA is a three-yearly international comparisons...
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University of Pisa Purchases 500 Licenses of SolidWorks Education Edition Software.
Business Wire; 10/4/2004; 700+ words
; ...influenced purchasing decision The University of Pisa, one of Italy's most prestigious universities...Rubbia have been linked to the University of Pisa. SolidWorks has become the institution...Barone, a lecturer at the University of Pisa. "Above all, we were convinced it would...
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 "Sunday Business (London)")
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Pisa, Italy, airport is leaning toward London listing.
Newspaper article from: Sunday Business (London); 8/29/2004; 700+ words
; Aug. 29--Pisa's Galileo Galilei airport is considering...third of all passengers who pass through Pisa come from the UK. The idea of a dual listing...choice between two exchanges," she said. Pisa's decision to go to the stock market...
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CASE STUDY: HOW GOODWIN PROCTER WON MANY OF TESTA'S LAW PARTNERS A RARE WOMAN AT THE HELM, REGINA PISA MIXES ENGAGING STYLE WITH PERSUASIVE POWER
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...But the Boston firm had something more: Regina M. Pisa. Pisa, Goodwin's managing partner, courted Testa partners...William Schnoor, a high-powered deal maker, said Pisa convinced him Goodwin would be a good home for his clients...
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 "Niles Herald-Spectator (IL)")
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Mayor of Pisa, Italy visits Niles
Newspaper article from: Niles Herald-Spectator (IL); 10/11/2007; ; 467 words
; Pisa Mayor Paolo Fontanelli was in his American sister city Niles last week...It was Fontanelli's second visit in Niles since becoming sindaco di Pisa (Mayor of Pisa) in 1998. He previously came in 2000. One of his first stops on Oct...
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The British genius who stopped the Tower of Pisa leaning.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 6/18/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...to be a bodge. When the city fathers of Pisa asked architect Bonanno Pisano to build...oddball geometry of the Leaning Tower of Pisa has drawn visitors from the day it was...declared saved, and for this the people of Pisa have to thank a British engineer. 'I...
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Pisa to be 1st woman to run old-line law firm
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/4/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...its top administrative post. Regina M. Pisa, a 42-year-old lawyer and specialist...women. As the firm's managing partner, Pisa will fill a role similar to that of a company...been managing partner since 1993. With Pisa's appointment, Goodwin Procter actually...
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Flunking PISA
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/16/2006; 700+ words
; ...Post 03-16-2006 Headline: Flunking PISA Edition; Daily Section: Opinion Page...for International Student Assessment (PISA) test on Sunday, as initially scheduled...weeks later - if their teachers cooperate. PISA was introduced here three years ago, with...
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Pisa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pisa , city (1991 pop. 98,928), capital of Pisa prov., Tuscany, N central Italy, on the Arno River. It...km) from the Tyrrhenian Sea, which once reached the city. Pisa is a commercial and industrial center; manufactures include...
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Fibonacci, Leonardo, or Leonardo of Pisa
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Fibonacci, Leonardo, or Leonardo of Pisa ( b . Pisa, Italy, ca. 1170; d . Pisa, after 1240) mathematics . Leonardo Fibonacci, the first great mathematician of the Christian West, was a member of a family named Bonacci, whose presence...
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Leaning Tower of Pisa
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Leaning Tower of Pisa the circular bell tower of Pisa cathedral, which leans about 5 m (17 ft) from the perpendicular over its height of 55 m (181 ft).
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Bérigard of Pisa (1578?-1664)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
B é rigard of Pisa (1578?-1664) French alchemist born Claude Guillermet...Beauregard). He was popularly known as B é rigard of Pisa because of his residence in Pisa, Italy. The date of his birth is uncertain —...
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Pisa, Council of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Pisa, Council of. Convoked by the cardinals in 1409 to end the Great Schism which had divided W. Christendom since 1378, it deposed...
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