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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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jade1 / jād/ • n. a hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite. ∎ an ornament made of this. ∎ (also jade green) a light bluish-green: [as adj.] a baggy jade T-shirt.
jade2 • n. archaic 1. a bad-tempered or disreputable woman.
2. an inferior or worn-out horse.
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Jade Art Group Announces Fifth Jade Sales Agreement Totaling US$14.4 Million.
Business Wire; 3/3/2008; 700+ words
; NEW YORK & JIANGXI, China -- Jade Art Group Inc. (OTCBB: JADG) announced today that Jiangxi SheTai Jade Industrial Co., Ltd. ("JST"), its...the distribution rights for the SheTai Jade mine, one of the largest jade mines in...
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Jade Art Group's Recent Jade Evaluation Conference Elicits High Praise from Experts.
Business Wire; 1/28/2008; 700+ words
; NEW YORK & JIANGXI, China -- Jade Art Group Inc. (OTCBB: JADG) announced today the outcome of its recently sponsored Jade Evaluation Conference, held on January 18, 2008, where national jade experts noted the perceived superiority...
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Jade hunter: a scientist travels far and wide in search of an elusive, rare gemstone.(EARTH: GEMS AND MINERALS)(George Harlow)(blue-green jade)
Magazine article from: Science World; 12/10/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Guatemala in search of an ancient source of the gemstone jade. Harlow is curator of one of the world's great...City. Here in Guatemala, he transforms into a "jade hunter"--a jadero. Jade has been treasured around the world for thousands...
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Jade Extends Reach to Windows Mobile Devices.
M2 Presswire; 10/29/2007; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-29 October 2007-Jade Software Corporation: Jade Extends Reach to Windows Mobile Devices(C)1994-2007...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29102007 Christchurch, New Zealand - Jade Software Corporation (Jade) today announced the release...
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Jade Art Group Announces Financial Results for the Five Month Transitional Period Ended December 31, 2007 and Reaffirms 2008 Outlook.(Financial report)
Business Wire; 3/27/2008; 700+ words
; NEW YORK & JIANGXI, China -- Jade Art Group Inc. (OTCBB: JADG), historically a manufacturer...China and, in early 2008, becoming a distributor of raw jade sourced from the SheTai Jade mine in China, today announced its operating results...
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Jade Art Group Announces Two Sales Agreements Totaling US$9.7 Million.
Business Wire; 2/25/2008; 700+ words
; NEW YORK & JIANGXI, China -- Jade Art Group Inc. (OTCBB: JADG) announced today that Jiangxi SheTai Jade Industrial Co., Ltd. ("JST"), its...the distribution rights for the SheTai Jade mine, one of the largest jade mines in...
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JADE'S STORY; JADE 1981 - 2009.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 3/24/2009; 700+ words
; 1981 Jade (after Jade Jagger) Cerisa Lorraine Goody is born on June 5 at in Bermondsey, South...motorbike crash and spends two years in hospital. Relatives look after Jade. 1988 When Jackiey finally goes home, Jade takes over the running of...
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Jade's talent for pig ignorance backfires.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 1/22/2007; 700+ words
; Byline: TONY PARSONS IF Jade Goody tells us anything about the state...basic human decency? It is not true that Jade Goody has no talent. She is the Picasso...subject of race? It was appalling to see Jade and her two disgusting mates - women so...
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Jade's last journey.. The final Goody production as the princess of Essex is laid to rest.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 4/3/2009; 700+ words
; Byline: MELISSA THOMPSON JADE Goody will be laid to rest tomorrow on...finally to a private burial ground where Jade will be interred within sight of her former...journey of the Princess of Essex... JADE SHE will be buried in her pounds 3,500...
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 "The People (London, England)")
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JADE: YES I DID GIVE PJ THE BJ!; EXCLUSIVE: She admits truth about sex romp.(News)
Newspaper article from: The People (London, England); 7/28/2002; 700+ words
; Byline: JAMES DESBOROUGH GOBBY Jade Goody has admitted she DID give housemate PJ a BJ, the Sunday People can reveal. Jade, 21, blabbed the truth after being the...pick from a list of four possibilities. Jade circled the sex act in pencil. But when...
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Jade
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Jade A term covering minerals of varied color and...composition, credited with occult properties. Jade may be jadeite, nephrite, or chloromelanite...America, and China. In prehistoric times jade was used for utensils and weapons, but in...
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jade
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
jade 1 / jād / • n. a hard, typically...an ornament made of this. ∎ (also jade green ) a light bluish-green: [as adj. ] a baggy jade T-shirt. jade 2 • n. archaic 1. a bad...
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Jade, August Personage of
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Jade, August Personage of In Chinese mythology, the supreme god of heaven and, according to some traditions, the creator of human beings. He concerned himself exclusively with the affairs of the emperor, leaving his heavenly ministers to deal with lesser mortals.
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Jade Emperor
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Jade Emperor (Deity in Chinese folk religion): see YÜ-HUANG .
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The Promise Ring
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...and the Promise Ring later became label mates on Jade Tree Records, and in 1998 Jade Tree, based in Wilmington, Delaware, released...reputation for performing, came to the attention of Jade Tree Records, and the small, independent label...
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