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BOOKS: HOUSES FOR MAD WOMEN From the chatelaine of Alnwick Castle to the bluestocking of Montagu House, who decorated a room entirely with feathers, these enterprising ladies are almost as tiring to read about as they must have been to encounter, concludes Sue Gaisford
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Mistress of the House: Great Ladies and Grand Houses
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Jane, Duchess of Gordon, had a novel way of encouraging men to
join the Gordon Highlanders. Sporting a black feather bonnet and
riding a white horse, she would offer them the King's Shilling from
between her teeth: those who took the golden guinea could boast that
they had kissed a duchess. This was clearly a flamboyant woman with
an instinct for marketing, yet when the rapturous Lord Montboddo
visited her in 1796 he was impressed by a more ...
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The chemistry of detonators - what's behind the bang.
Magazine article from: Canadian Chemical News
; ...system allows all of the detonators in the blast to be...simultaneously, with each detonator then firing at a slightly...the nonelectric delay detonator, which has become the dominant type of detonator in the commercial explosives...products such as electric detonators and safety fuse ...
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NVIDIA Detonator XP Unleashes Power and Features of NVIDIA GPUs.
PR Newswire
; ...announced today the availability of its Detonator(TM) XP unified driver for it's award...graphics processing units (GPUs). Detonator XP includes specific technology designed...2000, and Windows Me environments. Detonator XP is available free of charge, and...
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NVIDIA Unleashes New Detonator FX; Unified Driver Architecture Delivers Increased Performance and Improved Image Quality for all NVIDIA Graphics Products.
PR Newswire
; ...solutions, today released the NVIDIA(R) Detonator(TM) FX unified drivers for the Company...processing units (GPUs). The NVIDIA Detonator FX is based on the Company's world...prnh/20020613/NVDALOGO ) The NVIDIA Detonator FX drivers deliver significant performance...
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NVIDIA unleashes new Detonator FX.
PR Newswire
; ...solutions, today released the NVIDIA(R) Detonator(TM) FX unified drivers for the Company...processing units (GPUs). The NVIDIA Detonator FX is based on the Company's world...prnh/20020613/NVDALOGO ) The NVIDIA Detonator FX drivers deliver significant performance...
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Detonators win 2 of 3 in Manheim Twp. Tournament
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
; ...attack and provide the Detonator midfield and attackers...Hours later, the Detonators took the field and...for the battle-worn Detonators. Cicala was the game...only scores in the Detonator's 3-0 win over...almost in darkness, the Detonators played their final...
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Swedish Inventors Develop Flexible Detonator System
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...electronic detonator system and...electronic detonators. According...connects the detonators to the control...electronic detonator includes a...electronic detonator. When reading...electronic detonators give responses...
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NVIDIA Detonator XP Earns Full Certification for Windows XP.
PR Newswire
; Detonator XP Driver Architecture Certified Software...Nasdaq: NVDA) announced today that its Detonator XP unified driver architecture (UDA...processors. The WHQL certification enables Detonator XP to carry the "Designed for Windows...
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Detonators from Kerala finding way into Sri Lanka?
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...the recovery of a large quantity of detonators at a bus stand here suspect that the...Lanka. A gunny bag containing 10,000 detonators, placed in 100 boxes, was found at...Nadu police. "Najeeb used to take the detonators to Meenakshipuram in Tamil Nadu and...
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 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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WA: Powerful detonators have been stolen, say police
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia)
; ...Australia) 06-07-2007 WA: Powerful detonators have been stolen, say police PERTH...Powerful and potentially dangerous detonators have been stolen from a railway work...the circular 75mm bright orange rail detonators were stolen from a flat top truck between...
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Detonator should blow away his rivals.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...on to the recent Johnston revival via Detonator in the 1m6f handicap at Sandown (5...thoroughly accustomed. The three-year-old Detonator ran in June and was one of the 88 rather...stamina as much as his fitness, and Detonator was duly stepped up to 1m4f when next...
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