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GEM
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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abbr.
ground-effect machine.
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gems seeks independent review into KHDA, as new Modern High campus opens today.(Knowledge and Human Development Authority )
News Wire article from: Albawaba.com; 5/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...policies and decisions flawed and inconsistent GEMS Education announced that they opened the...policies and decisions flawed and inconsistent GEMS Education announced that they opened the...Modern High School at Nad Al Sheba today. "GEMS is about education and education is about...
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GEM Electric Cars Help Charlotte Residents 'Jump' the Pump.
PR Newswire; 10/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...friendly shuttle service using fully-electric GEM vehicles, launched recently to provide...petroleum, causing a state-wide gas crisis. GEM cars are 100% environmentally-friendly...battery-electric and zero-emissions. GEM cars drive the equivalent of 150 miles per...
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Gems and the Myanmar regime.
News Wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh; 1/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...Tiffany. Ordinarily, Gems Emporium, which runs the semi-annual gem show, brings in about...official imports of gems from Myanmar to the US...polishing centre for Myanmar gems. A bill introduced in...the importation of any gem stone or rough unfinished...
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GEMS Announces mySAP(TM) All-in-One Solution for the Technical Service Providers Industry; Solution Tailored for eSmall to Midsize Technical Service Providers Ensures Rapid Installation of Integrated Systems Using Pre-Packaged Solutions.
PR Newswire; 3/6/2003; 700+ words
; ...Enterprise Management Solutions, Inc. (GEMS) announces the availability of the mySAP...Technical Service Providers Industry. GEMS, a Vertical Solution Reseller (VSR...offering technical and professional services. GEMS' new solution addresses critical ERP and...
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GEM Report: Self-financing - More Than VC - Drives Entrepreneurial Startups
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 5/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...the 2006 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Finance report directed by Babson College...Among 42 nations participating in the 2006 GEM study, 208 million informal investors...services for their businesses. For all GEM nations combined, the average amount needed...
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GEM Committee holds a successful raffle in Cincinnati
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...national Government, Education and Mining (GEM) Committee were busy selling raffle tickets...minerals education exhibit. In past years, GEM received funding from AIME and the SME Foundation. However, this year GEM will get no funding from either source...
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Goddard-Led GEMS Mission to Explore the Polarized Universe.
Newspaper article from: Defense & Aerospace Week; 8/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer (GEMS), the satellite will be the first to systematically...Jean Swank, a Goddard astrophysicist and the GEMS principal investigator. "We expect that GEMS will detect dozens of sources and really open...
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Goddard-Led GEMS Mission to Explore the Polarized Universe
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 8/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer (GEMS), the satellite will be the first to systematically...Jean Swank, a Goddard astrophysicist and the GEMS principal investigator. "We expect that GEMS will detect dozens of sources and really open...
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GEM Introduces Peapod Neighborhood Electric Vehicle - the Next Generation of Clean and Green Transportation - No Gas. No Emissions. Pure Electric.
PR Newswire; 9/23/2008; 700+ words
; ...More to come as Peapod Leads Expansion of GEM's 'no-gas, no-emissions' Clean...transportation gets a new look and feel as GEM, a Chrysler LLC company, introduces the...friendly nature that has been the hallmark of GEM since its founding 10 years ago. The user...
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Gem dealers push to ban Myanmar rubies after bloody crackdown has them seeing red
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 11/16/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...The sale of these gems gives Burma's military...shrouding both the gem trade and the country...introduced an annual gem auction, and starting...and sell finished gems and jewelry at home...industry and runs the gem auctions in the major...state-run Myanmar Gems Enterprise said it...
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Ply Gem Industries Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Ply Gem Industries Inc. 777 Third Avenue New York...amp; Plywood; 3564 Blowers & Fans Ply Gem Industries Inc. is a leading national manufacturer...products, are sold primarily in home stores. Ply Gem is actually an amalgam of several independent...
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gem
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...qualities sought in gems are beauty, rarity...The beauty of a gem depends primarily...carat equals 200 mg. Gem Cutting Gems are generally cut...Among the synthetic gems produced commercially...spinels. Diamonds of gem quality have also...
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Gemäldegalerie
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Gemäldegalerie. German word meaning...Masters, in Berlin and Dresden. The Dresden Gemäldegalerie had its origins in the...Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna). The Berlin Gemäldegalerie was created as part of...
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Gems
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
177. Gems See also 385. STONES . cameography the art...rings. gemmary the scientific knowledge of gems. gemmology the science of gemstones. Also...lithoglyph 1 . an engraving or carving on a gem stone. 2 . the stone thus engraved...
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Gemāra
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Gemāra (Aram., ‘completion’). The discussions of the Jewish amoraim on the Mishnah . Both the Babylonian and the Palestinian Talmud contain gemāra, which is traditionally printed around the relevant Mishnah passage.
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