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CROTCHET CASTLE (1831) Thomas Love Peacock
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We think of Victorian novels as many things, but almost always as
long. Phrases like "triple-decker" and "published in parts" hardly
dispel this image, nor does the canonical status of such fat cats as
Middlemarch, Bleak House and The Woman in White. Yet some 19th-
century fiction is as pointed and concise as any modern bestseller --
Alice in Wonderland, for instance, or the witty "conversation" novels
of Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866).
In these books -- Headlong Hall, Nightmare Abbey, Gryll Grange and
four others -- Peacock perfected a kind of fizzy Voltairean comedy in
which humorous ...
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Researchers at Ege University target science.
Newspaper article from: Food & Farm Week
; ...situation over the years in the district of Akhisar. In this research, an aerial photograph...fertile arable land, the district of Akhisar occupies an important position within...the province of Manisa is realized in Akhisar. However, the results of the present...
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Reports from Celal Bayar University describe recent advances in agriculture - poultry science.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Agriculture Week
; ...2368-2374). For additional information, contact M. Cabuk, Celal Bayar University, Akhisar Vocat School, Dept. of Poultry Science, TR-45210 Akhisar, Manisa, Turkey. The publisher's contact information for the journal Poultry Science...
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Moderate quake shakes eastern Turkey
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...56 a.m. (0356 GMT) and the epicenter of the quake was at the town of Akhisar in Manisa province, but no casualties were reported. The neighboring town of Akhisar and Izmir province also felt the quake. Earthquakes are frequent in Turkey...
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Moderate quake shakes western Turkey; no damage or injuries reported
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Observatory said the quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6, struck the town of Akhisar in Manisa province at 02:46 a.m. (2346 GMT) Monday. Akhisar is some 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of the Aegean port city of Izmir. The temblor...
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Moderate quake shakes western Turkey, no casualties
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...said. The quake occurred at 05:56 a.m. (0356 GMT) and the epicenter was at the town of Akhisar in Manisa province. The neighboring towns of Akhisar and surrounding Izmir province also felt the quake. Earthquakes are frequent in Turkey. A...
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Western Turkey hit by mild quake
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...56 a. m. (0356 GMT) and the epicenter of the quake was at the town of Akhisar in Manisa province, but no casualty was reported. The neighboring towns of Akhisar and Izmir province also felt the quake. Earthquake is frequent in Turkey...
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Characterization of Turkish Virgin Olive Oils Produced from Early Harvest Olives
Magazine article from: JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society
; ...districts of Turkey (North and South Aegean sub-region, Bursa-Akhisar, South East Anatolia region) harvested over seven (2001...of economic importance. Uslu is a domestic cultivar in the Akhisar district of the Middle Aegean zone. The major olive variety...
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Chess: Armenian junior team beat Turkish players, winning Olympic bronze.
News Wire article from: PanARMENIAN.Net
; In the last, 10th round of World Junior Chess championship held in Akhisar, Turkey, from September 24 till October 3, Armenian junior chess team (under age 16) beat Turkish players 4:0. Having gained...
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RA junior chess team to participate in Olympiad in Turkey.
News Wire article from: PanARMENIAN.Net
; Armenian junior chess team will participate in the Chess Olympiad to be held in Akhisar, Turkey from September 24 to October 3. The team under supervision of coach Tigran Nalbandyan includes grandmaster Samvel Ter...
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Research from H. Diraman and co-authors provides new data about oil and gas research.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Energy Weekly News
; ...from Izmir, Turkey, "Olives were collected from various districts of Turkey (North and South Aegean sub-region, Bursa-Akhisar, South East Anatolia region) harvested over seven (2001-2007) seasons. The aim of this study was to characterize the...
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