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ar·e·a
/ ˈe(ə)rēə/
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n.
1.
a region or part of a town, a country, or the world:
rural areas of New Jersey.
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a space allocated for a specific purpose:
the dining area.
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a part of an object or surface:
areas of the body.
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a subject or range of activity or interest:
the key areas of science.
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2.
the extent or measurement of a surface or piece of land:
the area of a triangle |
the room is twelve square feet in area.
DERIVATIVES:
ar·e·al
adj.
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DIPLOMATIC SECURITY:GEORGE V. VOINOVICH
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/9/2009; 657 words
; ...andresource challenges have been compounded by initiatives that require theUnited States to keep diplomatic missions in high-threat areas that typicallywould have been abandoned including Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. TheBureau of Diplomatic Security may have...
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USING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE:ANEESH CHOPRA
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...attracted more thanone thousand ideas and blog posts that directly informed our approach todelivering results in three distinct areas: First, the directive instructsagencies to provide information to the public online in open, accessible,machine-readable...
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USING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE:BRAD DOUGLAS
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...Commission for a New Georgia to analyzevarious areas of state operations. One of the initial...approximately $4Billion annually, this area offered a significant opportunity for the...obvious lack of control also presented an area of opportunity forthe state with regards...
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TRIBAL LAW AND ORDER:THOMAS J. PERRELLI
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...IndianCountry, and sole responsibility for prosecuting crimes committed by non-Indiansagainst Native Americans.4 In these areas, with respect to the most seriousoffenses and certain perpetrators, it is only the Justice Department thathas authority to...
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DRINKING WATER:ROBYN PIERCE
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...Virginia Power, orchestrated anaggressive campaign convincing area residents and local city council thata golf course constructed...our water source. Immediately the local city governmentordered area wells tested and requested the EPA`s help in discerning thepotential...
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YOUTH LEADERS ADVISE WHITE HOUSE ON HIV/AIDS
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 12/8/2009; ; 531 words
; ...at the end of which each group came back with three tofive top- line goals to achieve or problems to solve in their topic area.Kalpen Modi from the White House Office of Public Engagement closed themeeting with remarks about President Obama's commitment...
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White Mt. Puts Expedition Into X-Mas Tree Search
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 12/11/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...There's a section of road in between the Champney Falls Trail to Bear Notch Road, so right after the Rocky Gorge Scenic area, you start looking GRANT: The National Forest has been selling Christmas trees, for a paltry sum, for 30 or 40 years no one...
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OVERSIGHT:A. SPRIGHTLEY RYAN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...of our recommendationsin that area and, notably, the number of...toattain excellence in these areas, so there is little I can say...training andaccountability, areas that continue to be a challenge...especially true in high-risk areas such as the managementof capital...
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OVERSIGHT:MARK L. GOLDSTEIN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...collections in American and natural history,art, and other areas. The Smithsonian has evolved into the world`s largestmuseum...Regents had implemented30 of the 42 reforms to address these areas of concern, and that it hadnot completed its implementation...
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ADDRESSING NEEDS OF CHILDREN IN DISASTERS:NICOLE LURIE
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...determinehow they can be modified to meet the needs of children during responses.The Commission report also addresses the critical area of medical countermeasures.Our BioMedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) activelyconsiders the needs...
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Miller, Buddy
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...upstate New York all the way to California’s Bay Area. Then, in 1975, Miller ended up in Austin, Texas, the mecca...community led them to Seattle and later to the San Francisco Bay area in the late ’80s. After leaving Texas, the Millers...
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Northwoods Improvisers
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...the group had transformed itself into a breed of improvised jazz that utilized scales and other musical cultures to explore areas that ten years later would be tagged “world music.” As the music morphed into Eastern forms, the group...
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Size, Roni
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...Website: http://www.ronisize.com. learned the fundamentals of hip-hop, dub, DJing, and breakdancing by visiting the area’s house parties and underground clubs, as well as by dabbling in sound systems and producing techniques. From the...
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Turnage, Mark-Anthony
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...Galloway and Kathryn Thomas of the Galliard Ensemble for the Classical Source online. “I grew up in an industrial area in Essex. My background was upper working class or very lower middle class. I never went to university, and if I hadn...
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Elliott, Ramblin’ Jack
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...The Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack, directed and produced by daughter Aiyana Elliott, 2000. Awards: Grammy Award, Bay Area Music Award, both for South Coast, 1996; National Medal of Arts, 1998. Addresses: Record company —Vanguard Records...
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