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herm
herm , in 6th-century Greek art, vertical pillar surmounted by a bearded human head and often having a phallus below. These structures were considered sacred to Hermes. They were placed on street corners in Athens and used outside the city as milestones. By the end of the Hellenistic era the form... Read more |
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Hardware
HARDWARE The concept of inventing hardware to assist in commercial productivity is not a modern concept. For example, thousands of years ago the Chinese sought greater efficiency in calculating numbers and invented the abacus, a handheld mechanical device. Another hardware milestone was reached... Read more |
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Sofia Gubaidulina Composer Criticized by Professors Tagged as Avant-Garde Traveled to North America Milestone Birthday Honors Selected compositions Selected discography Sources Until the political situation changed in her native Russia, Sofia Gubaidulina struggled in obscurity as a... Read more |
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Prince
Prince Singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger, producer Multi-Instrumental Prodigy More Milestones The Artist Personal life Entered New Phase Selected discography Sources Pop stars frequently alter their names, but rarely has a change of moniker caused a stir like the one motivated by... Read more |
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perestroika
perestroika , Soviet economic and social policy of the late 1980s. Perestroika [restructuring] was the term attached to the attempts (1985-91) by Mikhail Gorbachev to transform the stagnant, inefficient command economy of the Soviet Union into a decentralized market-oriented economy. Industrial... Read more |
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Green chemistry
Green Chemistry Green chemistry is also known as environmentally benign chemistry, or sustainable chemistry. Perhaps the most widely accepted definition of green chemistry is the one offered by chemists Paul Anastas and John Warner, who defined green chemistry as the design... Read more |
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Developmental delay
Developmental delay Definition A developmental delay is any significant lag in a child's physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development, in comparison with norms. Description Developmental delay refers to when a child's development lags behind ... Read more |
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Angelman syndrome
Angelman syndrome Definition Angelman syndrome (AS) is a genetic condition that causes severe mental retardation , severe speech impairment, and a characteristic happy and excitable demeanor. Description Individuals with AS show evidence of delayed development by 6–12 months of age.... Read more |
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John Jay Chapman
John Jay Chapman 1862-1933, American essayist and poet, b. New York City, grad. Harvard, 1885. He was admitted to the bar in 1888, but after 10 years abandoned law for literature. Active in the anti-Tammany reform movement in the 1890s, Chapman was an active supporter of civil rights, and a fiery... Read more |
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glasnost
glasnost , Soviet cultural and social policy of the late 1980s. Following his ascension to the leadership of the USSR in 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev began to promote a policy of openness in public discussions about current and historical problems. The policy was termed glasnost [openness]. The... Read more |
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Davis, Miles
...acclaimed quintet (including John Coltrane). It recorded Milestones, Kind of Blue, and other albums, roaming from a classic bebop style to...innovator in jazz's first century.Bibliography Jack Chambers , Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis, 2 vols., 1983, 1985... |
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Austin v. United States
...acquired from the proceeds of crime does not automatically belong to the government. Austin was an important constitutional milestone in the growing although hardly complete limitation by the Court on the power of government to seize property. The justices... |
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Bennett, (Enoch) Arnold
...Beaverbrook he began an influential weekly article on books for the Evening Standard. He wrote several successful plays, notably Milestones (1912, with E. Knoblock, author of Kismet), but his fame rests chiefly on his novels and short stories, the best known... |
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Census Act
...was as big as all the other towns together. Though simple and unsophisticated by later standards, the census was a milestone in the provision of statistical data and has subsequently been held at ten-year intervals. J. A. Cannon |
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Liberty Theatre
...famous musical comedy The Arcadians, seen in London the previous year. A further successful importation from England was Milestones (1912), by Arnold Bennett and Ernest Knoblock. The great Negro musical Blackbirds of 1928 had part of its long run at... |
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parasites
...transmission of the protozoon, Pyrosoma bigeminum, of Texas fever of cattle by the cattle tick Boöphilus bovis, in 1893, was a milestone in the history of the study of disease transmission by ticks and insects. Insects rarely parasitize mammals, having originated... |
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Stromberg v. California
...by the Fourteenth Amendment. The legislature repealed the statute in 1933. Hughes's Stromberg opinion is considered a milestone in First Amendment constitutional law, for it was the first ruling in which a Court majority extended the Fourteenth Amendment... |
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Air Force Reserve
...wartime service with significant program problems, and the air force spent the remainder of the 1950s rebuilding it. Key milestones included the establishment of the Air Reserve Personnel Center and the implementation of an Air Reserve Technician program... |
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Amistad Case
...Taney court in the 1857 Dred Scott decision eroded the impact of the Amistad verdict, it nevertheless stands as a historic milestone in the struggle against slavery and racial oppression.See also Antislavery; Scott v. Sandford; Slavery: The Slave Trade... |
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Carvetii
...authors make no mention of the Carvetii, but the existence of the Civitas Carvetiorum is recorded on two inscriptions—a milestone and a tombstone from Brougham and Old Penrith respectively. The former is important because, dated to ad 258–68, it... |
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developmental milestones
developmental milestones pl. n. skills gained by a developing child, which should be achieved...sitting unsupported by eight months. Failure to achieve a particular milestone by a given age is indicative of developmental delay. |
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milestone
milestone •flagstone, ragstone •Blackstone, jackstone •sandstone • capstone...coping stone •baritone • acetone • dulcitone •tritone • drystone • milestone •limestone •grindstone, rhinestone •cobblestone • gallstone • brownstone... |
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Agadir
...in return for French territorial concessions in the Congo (added to the German colony of Cameroon). It marked a further milestone in the build-up of the international tensions that precipitated World War I. More specifically, it convinced the British... |
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Census Act
...Contemporaries were struck by the size of London which, at 1 million, was as big as all the other towns together. The census was a milestone in the provision of statistical data and has subsequently been held at ten‐year intervals. |
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cobblestone
...siltstone •holystone • semitone •stepping stone • coping stone •baritone • acetone • dulcitone •tritone • drystone • milestone •limestone •grindstone, rhinestone •cobblestone • gallstone • brownstone •lodestone • soapstone • duotone •microtone... |
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coping stone
...siltstone •holystone • semitone •stepping stone • coping stone •baritone • acetone • dulcitone •tritone • drystone • milestone •limestone •grindstone, rhinestone •cobblestone • gallstone • brownstone •lodestone • soapstone • duotone •microtone... |
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drystone
...siltstone •holystone • semitone •stepping stone • coping stone •baritone • acetone • dulcitone •tritone • drystone • milestone •limestone •grindstone, rhinestone •cobblestone • gallstone • brownstone •lodestone • soapstone • duotone •microtone... |
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flavone
...siltstone •holystone • semitone •stepping stone • coping stone •baritone • acetone • dulcitone •tritone • drystone • milestone •limestone •grindstone, rhinestone •cobblestone • gallstone • brownstone •lodestone • soapstone • duotone •microtone... |
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gemstone
...siltstone •holystone • semitone •stepping stone • coping stone •baritone • acetone • dulcitone •tritone • drystone • milestone •limestone •grindstone, rhinestone •cobblestone • gallstone • brownstone •lodestone • soapstone • duotone •microtone... |
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keystone
...siltstone •holystone • semitone •stepping stone • coping stone •baritone • acetone • dulcitone •tritone • drystone • milestone •limestone •grindstone, rhinestone •cobblestone • gallstone • brownstone •lodestone • soapstone • duotone •microtone... |
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milestone
milestone • noun the invention of the electron microscope was a milestone in diagnostic medicinesynonyms: landmark, significant event, achievement, highlight, watershed, benchmark, touchstone. |
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landmark
...monument. 2. a landmark in the town's historysynonyms: milestone, watershed, turning point, turning, critical point, crisis...fence. 4. landmarks indicating the distancesynonyms: milepost, milestone, guidepost. |
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mark
...punctuation mark. 4. marks showing the waysynonyms: marker, guide, pointer, landmark, direction post, signpost, milestone. 5. mark of respectsynonyms: sign, symbol, indication, symptom, feature, token, badge, emblem, evidence, proof... |
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watershed
watershed • noun 1. the Mackenzie River watershed synonym: divide. 2. a watershed in the party's history synonyms: turning point, milestone, landmark. |
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Milestone Properties makes announcement.
...BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 1995--Milestone Properties (NYSE:MPI) announced Thursday...approved the proposed acquisition by Milestone of 35 real estate properties (three...approximately 2,550,000 shares of Milestone's common stock (representing an aggregate... |
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Milestone Properties Inc. makes announcement.
...BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 1995--Milestone Properties Inc. (NYSE:MPI,MPI PRA...approval to the proposed acquisition by Milestone of 35 real estate properties (3 fee...000 in cash and 2,545,000 shares of Milestone's common stock (representing an aggregate... |
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Milestone Press Release Jesper Balser new Chairman of the Board for Milestone...
M2 PRESSWIRE-19 May 2010-Milestone Systems: Milestone Press Release Jesper Balser new Chairman of the Board for Milestone Systems(C)1994-2010 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:19052010 COPENHAGEN -- Milestone Systems, the global leader for... |
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Milestone Integration Platform Symposium shines spotlight on ecosystem...
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 February 2010-Milestone Systems: Milestone Integration Platform Symposium shines spotlight on ecosystem...COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:24022010 COPENHAGEN/BEAVERTON -- Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management... |
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MILESTONE OUTPERFORMS MKT AND GAINS MKT SHARE TO RETAIN NO 1 SPOT.
...statement. Contact details below.) Milestone Outperforms Market Growth and Gains Market...Market analysis From IMS Research Finds Milestone Systems Continues for the Fifth Year...COPENHAGEN, Sep. 7 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet - Milestone Systems once again stands out as the... |
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Milestone establishes offices in Australia and Spain.
M2 PRESSWIRE-19 March 2009-Milestone Systems: Milestone establishes offices in Australia and Spain.(C)1994...M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19032009 COPENHAGEN -- Milestone Systems, the open platform company within IP video management... |
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Milestone Gives Sneak Peek of XProtect Corporate 4.0; Preview of exciting new...
M2 PRESSWIRE-October 7, 2010-Milestone Systems: Milestone Gives Sneak Peek of XProtect Corporate 4.0; Preview...2010 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:07102010 COPENHAGEN -- Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management... |
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Milestone Partner Awards 2010 Bestowed on GVD and King Communications; Top...
M2 PRESSWIRE-28 June 2010-Milestone Systems: Milestone Partner Awards 2010 Bestowed on GVD and King Communications; Top performers are announced at Milestone Partner Open Platform event in London.(C)1994-2010... |
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Milestone Systems Receives US$27 Million in Growth Stage Investment From...
...COPENHAGEN, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - Milestone Systems, a Leading Global Manufacturer...Leading European Venture Capital Firm. Milestone Systems, a global developer of open...the first ever external investment into Milestone, after nearly a decade in business... |
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Milestone Scientific Inc. Announces Termination of Marketing Arrangement...
Milestone Scientific Inc. , which develops, manufactures...marketing of a PDL Injector Device. Milestone believes the termination primarily resulted...to ultimate users, after reflecting Milestone's proposed price to Kavo and necessary... |
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