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arabesque
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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ar·a·besque
/ ˌarəˈbesk/
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n.
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an ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines, originally found in Arabic or Moorish decoration.
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Mus.
a passage or composition with fanciful ornamentation of the melody.
2.
Ballet
a posture in which the body is supported on one leg, with the other leg extended horizontally backward.
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Statuesque Arabesque
Magazine article from: Dance Spirit; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...more stable and lofty arabesque. (Try Pilates-based...dancers with stunning arabesques, agree that core strength...in turn improves their arabesques. Flexibility is also...to achieve a standout arabesque. Nadeau says that it...
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Arabesque Communications Appoints Chief Financial Officer; New Executive Led Arabesque Through Latest Round of Corporate, VC Funding.
Business Wire; 6/23/1999; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 1999-- Arabesque Communications, Inc., the venture...Officer. Cremers had been serving as Arabesque's interim CFO since October 1998...Alan Cremers has successfully led Arabesque through our most recent rounds of funding...
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Ten years of sizzling chocolate kisses and lasting love: now under BET Books, Arabesque celebrates a decade as black romance publisher.(the love scene)
Magazine article from: Black Issues Book Review; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...treated to a new line of black romance novels from Arabesque. Ten years later, Arabesque is still going strong, with a change of ownership...Kensington Publishing and founding editor of the Arabesque line. Harris was interviewing for the position...
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Profile: Arabesque music
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 12/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Profile: Arabesque music Host: ALEX CHADWICK Time...for the exotic. Among the latest, Arabesque, music that reinterprets traditional...become mainstream music, so this Arabesque music is also now coming out into...
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Telecommunications Veteran Phil Quigley Joins Board at Arabesque Communications, Inc.; Former Pacific Telesis CEO Brings Telecom and Corporate Experience to Board.
Business Wire; 6/30/1999; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 1999-- Arabesque Communications, Inc., the venture...Quigley has joined its Board of Directors. Arabesque is expected to formally unveil its product...officially launched. Quigley brings to Arabesque 30 years of telecommunications and management...
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Arabesque To Open New Concept Store at Sunset Mall.
News Wire article from: Albawaba.com; 8/23/2009; 700+ words
; Summary: The opening of the new Arabesque Sheilas and Abayas showroom in Dubai...the Middle East The opening of the new Arabesque Sheilas and Abayas showroom in Dubai...developers in UAE, today announced that Arabesque Sheilas and Abayas is opening their first...
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BET Pictures II Continues Arabesque Momentum With Three New Made-For-TV Films For 2001 Debut.
PR Newswire; 10/20/2000; 700+ words
; ...season based on romance novels from BET's Arabesque Books division. Nina Henderson-Moore...manage development and production of the new Arabesque Films for BET Pictures. "The original 10 Arabesque Films were historic in that they represented...
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NETMANAGE, INC. ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE ARABESQUE SOFTWARE, INC.
PR Newswire; 8/19/1994; 700+ words
; ...announced today that it has agreed to acquire Arabesque Software, Inc. pursuant to an Agreement and Plan...product and business strategies of NetManage and Arabesque Software. Arabesque's award- winning ECCO productivity applications...
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ARABESQUE ANNOUNCES AND SHIPS ECCO SIMPLICITY AND NEW VERSION OF ECCO PROFESSIONAL; EXTENDS ECCO SUPERPIM TO ENTRY-LEVEL USERS
PR Newswire; 10/4/1993; 700+ words
; ...Wash., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Arabesque Software Inc. today announced ECCO Simplicity...in Simplicity are also incorporated in Arabesque's new version of ECCO Professional...needs. ECCO Simplicity carries forward Arabesque's strategy of serving a broad range...
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Arabesque To Open New Concept Store at Sunset Mall
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 8/23/2009; 658 words
; The opening of the new Arabesque Sheilas and Abayas showroom in Dubai...developers in UAE, today announced that Arabesque Sheilas and Abayas is opening their...showroom in Dubai is in line with Arabesque's expansion strategy for the Middle...
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Dance & Skate Outfitter: Arabesque Dance & Skate Shop
Book article from: Business Plans Handbook
...amp; Skate Outfitter BUSINESS PLAN ARABESQUE DANCE & SKATE SHOP 5005 Main Street...PURPOSE & GOALS The purpose of Arabesque Dance & Skate Shop is to meet a...be certain of what they will receive, Arabesque will provide these products locally...
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arabesque
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
arabesque (Fr., Eng.), Arabeske (Ger.). A florid element in Arabian architecture, hence a florid...always in an appropriate manner) as by Schumann for his pf. piece, Op.18, or by Debussy to his 2 Arabesques for pf.
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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, first collection of stories by Poe , published in two volumes in December 1839, dated 1840. The title was suggested by an essay...
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Harris, Monica 1968–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...Kensington Publishing as senior editor of the multicultural Arabesque line. In the four years that she worked at Kensington, Harris...Department, Dell Publishing, 1990-93; Senior Editor, Arabesque books, Kensington Publishing, 1993-97; Editor, Carol...
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Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...Gogol followed the Dikanka stories with two 1835 collections, Arabesques and Mirgorod. From Mirgorod, the "Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich...friendship for good. Gogol's Petersburg tales, some included in Arabesques, some published separately, contain some of Gogol's best...
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