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engaged
engaged. Applied, attached, semi-engaged, inserted, or seemingly partly buried in a wall or pier, such as a column with half or more of its shaft visible, quite distinct from a pilaster. A fluted engaged column with more or less than half its shaft exposed creates difficulties at the junction with... Read more |
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Engagement
ENGAGEMENT A binding, pledging, or coming together. A mutual pact, contract, or agreement. An engagement to marry is a bilateral contract between two people whereby they mutually promise to marry one another. Formerly, a breach of the engagement to marry was a cause of action in several... Read more |
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Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement (ROE) are directives issued by commanders that control the use of military force. Basic standards for the use of force have been with the U.S. military since the Revolutionary War. The classic example was: “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.”... Read more |
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Coats
SIC 2311 MEN'S AND BOY'S SUITS, COATS, AND OVERCOATS This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing men's and boy's tailored suits, coats, and overcoats from purchased woven or knit fabrics. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing... Read more |
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Word Association Test
WORD ASSOCIATION Word association is connected with the work that Carl Gustav Jung was engaged in at the Burgh Read more |
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Otterburn
Otterburn village, Northumberland, N England. It was the scene of a victory (1388) of the Scots over the English. The engagement, in which Sir Henry Percy was taken captive, is the subject of the English ballad "Chevy Chase" and the Scots ballad "Otterburn."... Read more |
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Promotion
PROMOTION It would be safe to say that most companies engage in some form of promotional activity every day of the year. Promotion is one of the four Ps of marketing Read more |
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Brandy Station
Brandy Station small trading center, Culpeper co., Va. It was the scene of the greatest cavalry engagement of the Civil War (also called the battle of Fleetwood Hill), fought June 9, 1863. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton's Union cavalry surprised Confederate Gen. Jeb Stuart's cavalry and fought a hard... Read more |
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Dorothy Osborne
Dorothy Osborne , later Lady Temple, 1627-95, English letter writer. The daughter of a royalist, she became engaged to Sir William Temple against the wishes of her family. Her letters to Temple, both through their long engagement and after their marriage in 1655, show her as a woman of wit,... Read more |
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Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement (ROE) are directives issued by commanders...long been used, the term Rules of Engagement is of recent origin. Detailed ROE...1994 approved new Standing Rules of Engagement (SROE) to replace the Peacetime Rules... |
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Engagement
Engagement, 1647. Charles I gave himself up to the Scots in 1646 and began negotiations...December 1647, while at Carisbrooke castle, he signed a secret treaty or engagement, buried in a lead casket, whereby presbyterianism should be established... |
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American, The
...because of his wealth. Finally his proposal is accepted, the engagement is formally announced, and the Marquis reluctantly introduces...influenced by her mother and brother, has broken their engagement. Summoned to Valentin's deathbed, he hears the young man... |
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Edwin Drood, The Mystery of
...marriage will not be for their happiness and break off the engagement. That same night Edwin disappears under circumstances pointing...uncontrollable symptoms of dismay the intelligence that the engagement of Edwin and Rosa had been broken off before Edwin's disappearance... |
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One Touch of Venus
...Ruth Bond). To prove his point, he places Gloria's engagement ring on the marble statue, which promptly comes to life. The...She is the image of Venus, and Hatch is certain he has an engagement ring to fit her finger. Notable songs: Speak Low; That... |
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social history
...for explanation.The 1960s and 1970s brought an increasing engagement between social science and the understanding of the past...family-based household in Britain was one outcome. This engagement brought another tension to social history, that between the... |
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April Hopes
...April Hopes, novel by Howells, published in 1888.The brief engagement of Dan Mavering and Alice Pasmer is broken when Alice fancies...adjusted, but Alice's jealousy is again aroused, and the engagement once more broken. After a brief reconciliation, she leaves... |
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Sense and Sensibility
...demonstrative emotions, conceals her distress. Edward's engagement, which had been kept secret because of his financial dependence...marries Robert. Edward, relieved to be released from an engagement he has long and painfully regretted, proposes to Elinor and... |
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World War II, U.S. Naval Operations in: The Pacific
...expansion to the east and southeast had to be stopped. The major engagements of this phase came as Americans blunted each prong of a three‐part...included three major land battles on Guadalcanal and six naval engagements in the southern and eastern Solomons, most of them extremely... |
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Plains Indian Wars
...tactics that exploited environmental factors and avoided open engagement unless the risk was small. The individual warrior excelled...Sibley and Brig. Gen. Alfred Sully fought successful engagements with the Sioux. Most notable was Sully's victory over... |
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engagement
...duration of such an agreement: a good long engagement to give you time to be sure. 2...somewhere at a fixed time: a dinner engagement. ∎ a period of paid employment...being engaged: Britain's continued engagement in open trading. 4. a fight or battle... |
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simultaneous engagement
simultaneous engagement the concurrent engagement of hostile targets by combination of interceptor aircraft and surface-to-air missiles. |
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Engagement
Engagement, 1647. Charles I gave himself up to the Scots in 1646 and began negotiations. In December 1647 he signed a secret treaty or engagement, whereby presbyterianism should be established in Scotland, and in England... |
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rules of engagement
rules of engagement directives issued by competent military authority which delineate the circumstances and limitations under which military forces will initiate and/or continue combat engagement with other forces encountered. |
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Dinner Engagement, A
Dinner Engagement, A. 1-act comic opera by Lennox Berkeley to lib. by Paul Dehn (1912–76). Prod. Aldeburgh 1954. |
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cease engagement
cease engagement in air defense, a fire control order used to direct units to stop the firing sequence against a designated target. Guided missiles already in flight will continue to intercept. |
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date
...2. inf. a social or romantic appointment or engagement. ∎ a person with whom one has such an engagement. ∎ an appointment: a date with a specialist. ∎ a musical or theatrical engagement or performance, esp. as part of a tour: possible... |
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Virginia Campaigns
...Campaigns (July 1861–65) A series of engagements and campaigns in the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. The first engagement of the Civil War was fought on 21 July...for the rest of the war. A series of engagements was fought in May and June 1864 in... |
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English Civil War
...London, a Parliamentary stronghold. After an indecisive engagement at EDGEHILL, he eventually had to take refuge in Oxford, which...reached in 1647. His escape to the Isle of Wight and ‘Engagement’ with the Scots sparked off the second phase of the war... |
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respond
...f. respondre (mod. répondre):- Rom. *respondere, for L. respondēre answer to an engagement. f. RE- + spondēre make a solemn engagement. So respond vb. answer. XVI. — L. respondēre. respondent one who defends a thesis... |
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engagement
engagement • noun 1. her engagement as housekeepersynonyms: employment, appointment, work, job, post, situation, hire, business, stint. 2. the engagement of a boat/roomsynonyms: rent, hire, booking, reservation... |
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appointment
...noun 1. a six o'clock appointment synonyms: meeting, engagement, interview, arrangement, consultation, session; date...nomination, naming, designation, installation, commissioning, engagement, co-option; selection, choosing, election, voting in... |
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battle
battle • noun 1. he was killed in the battle synonyms: fight, armed conflict, clash, struggle, skirmish, engagement, fray, duel; war, campaign, crusade; fighting, warfare, combat, action, hostilities; informal scrap, dogfight, shoot... |
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betrothal
betrothal • noun dated the betrothal was announced on St. Swithin's Daysynonyms: engagement, marriage contract; archaic espousal. |
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date
...synonyms: age, time, period, era, epoch, century, decade, year. 3. a lunch date synonyms: appointment, meeting, engagement, rendezvous, assignation; commitment. 4. informal he's my date for tonight synonyms: partner, escort, girlfriend... |
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encounter
...unexpected encounter synonyms: meeting, chance meeting. 2. a violent encounter between police and demonstrators synonyms: battle, fight, clash, confrontation, struggle, skirmish, engagement; informal run-in, set-to, scrap. |
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incidental
...associated with, accompanying, attendant to, concomitant to, contingent to/on, by way of.incidental upon her social engagements are incidental upon her jobsynonyms: ancillary to, subordinate to, subsidiary to, secondary to.antonyms: deliberate... |
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obligation
...commission, business, burden, charge, onus, trust, liability, responsibility, accountability, indebtedness, debt, engagement. 3. we attended only from a sense of obligationsynonyms: duty, compulsion, necessity, enforcement, duress, pressure... |
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pursuit
...persistence. 3. his pursuit of a life of crime | determined on his pursuit of a career in medicinesynonyms: following, engagement, occupation, work, practicing, prosecution, conducting, plying. 4. his pursuit of happiness | their pursuit of their... |
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skirmish
skirmish • noun synonyms: battle, fight, clash, conflict, encounter, confrontation, engagement, combat, contest, tussle, scrimmage, fracas, affray, melee, quarrel, altercation, argument, dispute; inf. set-to, scrap. |
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Engagement letters as a risk management tool
...are effective for engagements for periods beginning...objectives of the engagement, the responsibilities...importance of using an engagement letter for audit engagements. For compilations...concerning the use of engagement letters. The ... |
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Boosting Engagement at Stryker; How a New Jersey plant changed its culture in...
...Synopsis: Average levels of employee engagement aren't good enough for this company...t in the top quartile for employee engagement -- it was in the middle. Not good...2009. Stryker believes that employee engagement is part of its success -- the company... |
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Employee engagement vital to ISO 15189 success.(Washington report)
...15189? QMS structure requires implementation, and that implementation requires engagement. Engagement is more than work satisfaction or loyally. Engagement is passion and commitment, a willingness to go beyond the day-to-day by investing... |
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Information engagement: operations in a permissive environment.(prepare)
...how employing information engagement in permissive environments...Appoint an information engagement officer. Beyond the Horizon...unit familiarization program engagements, reciprocal platoon exchanges...missions, the information engagement officer is the ... |
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Engagement Moves Up the Chief Marketing Officer Agenda.
...leading marketers approach customer engagement; many see room for improvement...Mich. & NEW YORK -- Customer engagement is fast becoming a critical strategy...Johnson (GPJ). The New Rules of Engagement: CMOs Rethink Their Marketing... |
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Employee Engagement: Tools for Analysis, Practice, and Competitive Advantage.
...2009-Research and Markets: Employee Engagement: Tools for Analysis, Practice, and...and Sons Ltd's new report "Employee Engagement: Tools for Analysis, Practice, and...Advantage" to their offering. Employee engagement has been a buzz word in the human resources... |
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Civic Engagement in the Classroom.
...well-positioned to incorporate civic engagement into the classroom by the natural suitability...relevant to a student's life. Civic engagement, or civic education, is a fairly new...local concern. Historically, civic engagement has routinely been promoted in political... |
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Work Engagement and its Relationship with State and Trait Trust: A Conceptual...
...the advancement of employee work engagement. This study posits that the relationship between trust and work engagement is mutually reinforcing and leads...state and trait trust boost work engagement, which in turn augments both forms... |
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2011 Engagement & Jewelry Statistics Released by TheKnot.com...
...WeddingChannel.com, released the results of its Engagement & Jewelry Study, which surveyed more than...past year. The most definitive report on engagement and jewelry statistics, the 2011 Engagement & Jewelry Study from The Knot Market Intelligence... |
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ENGAGEMENT RINGS A HIT FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
...mistletoe and holiday sales - it's also engagement ring season. Those shiny baubles proliferate...a direct result of the holidays. "Engagement rings make for memorable presents...are the perfect time to celebrate the engagement," she said. Jewelers, of course... |
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