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GEM
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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abbr.
ground-effect machine.
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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 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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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 committees prepare for 2008 NSTA conferences
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; SME FOUNDATION/GEM SME's Government, Education and Mining (GEM) Committee coordinates a booth at the National Science...examples of what other groups are doing across the country. GEM and the NMEC will again participate in three NSTA regional...
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Gem River Announces 'No Child Labor' Certification
PR Newswire; 1/28/1997; 700+ words
; ...the facts first-hand," said Lee. Gem River Corporation is a fully-integrated producer and marketer of Gem River Sapphires and Montana Sapphires...processing, cutting and polishing the gems. Gem River recently appointed William D...
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Burma: Gem Trade Bolsters Military Regime, Fuels Atrocities
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/12/2007; 700+ words
; ...sales of the finest gems and keep the proceeds. Official gem sales at auction and...the most valuable gems account for the major portion of Burma's gem trade. In addition...border smuggling of gems takes place. Burma's gem mines are ruled with...
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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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GEM Communications Announces New Executive Vice President; Accomplished Publisher Peter N. Havens to Oversee Publications and Trade Show.
PR Newswire; 11/28/2000; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire/ -- Gaming publications giant GEM Communications announced today it has hired...Havens as Executive Vice President for GEM Communications U.S., Publications and...and marks an important development in GEM's efforts to strengthen its position as...
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Dubai Gems Club to grow trade in Gems, Pearls, Diamonds.
News Wire article from: Middle East; 6/19/2006; 700+ words
; ...Housed in the premises of the Dubai Gem Certification unit, Dubai Gems Club also offers members easy access...the world's first ISO certified gem certification service for diamonds...Further information on the Dubai Gems Club can be obtained by accessing...
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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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