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Accident
ACCIDENT The word accident is derived from the Latin verb accidere, signifying "fall upon, befall, happen, chance." In its most commonly accepted meaning, or in its ordinary or popular sense, the word may be defined as meaning: some sudden and unexpected event taking place without expectation, upon... Read more |
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Nicol prism
Nicol prism , optical device invented (1828) by William Nicol of Edinburgh. It consists essentially of a crystal of calcite, or Iceland spar , that is cut at an angle into two equal pieces and joined together again with Canada balsam. An ordinary beam of light entering the crystal undergoes double... Read more |
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Visions
V ISIONS A vision consists of something seen other than by ordinary sight. Throughout the centuries, mystics, prophets, and ordinary people from all religions have experienced visions from their deities or higher levels of consciousness that have informed... Read more |
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ordinary seaman
ordinary seaman, the lowest rating on board British ships. Boys were rated ordinary seamen and began their man's time on board at the age of 18, normally being rated ABs, or able seamen, at the age of 21. The abbreviation for this rank in the Royal Navy is ‘OD’, probably derived from... Read more |
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Judiciary Acts
Judiciary Act of 1789 The framers of the Constitution provided that the new national government would be divided into three branches. The third was to be a court system, an institution that did not exist in the previous national government under the Articles of Confederation. However, the... Read more |
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gift
gift in law, voluntary transfer of property from one person to another without any compensation for it and without any obligation of an agreement or contract. The one who gives is the donor; the one who receives the gift, the donee. There are two main classes of gifts, gifts inter vivos and gifts... Read more |
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Selling
Personal Selling In the language of sales and marketing, "personal selling" singles out those situations in which a real human being is trying to sell something to another face-to-face. One might well ask what other type of genuine selling there is. The answer is that personal selling has a... Read more |
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Backing
Backing The backing is an added braided line that connects the reel’s spool to the ordinary fly line. Since fly lines average 75-115 feet in length, the lines require backing for those times when a large fish runs out all of the regular fly line. Without backing, you would quickly part... Read more |
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To the rescue: Putnam woman hosts fundraiser for cairn terrier group
...other wiry-haired cairn terriers roaming...more energetic cairns in line. Dixon now...the Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network...fundraiser. Its no ordinary fundraiser. There will cairn rescuers from all...who will be camped out on Dixons lawn or...little easier for cairns. Im ... |
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Cairn to return GBP 481m to investors after Indian float
...EDINBURGH-based oil explorer Cairn Energy is to return GBP...received for each existing ordinary share held on 23 March...earnings per share", Cairn said yesterday. The group...extraordinary general meeting of Cairn shareholders on 22 March...east Asia Cairn will drop out of the FTSE ... |
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Early Christmas gift from Cairn; MARKET REPORT.(Business)
...Byline: by Tamsin Brown CAIRN Energy gushed up 142p...the stock. They pointed out Greenland has been described...the next couple of weeks out and look at the markets...gains. Miners carved out strong gains in tandem...likely to leave value for ordinary shareholders. Shares... |
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Review; CHRIS CAIRNS Empire Theatre Alexandra Suite.(Features)
...Byline: CHRIS DUNCAN CHRIS Cairns' reputation as a genial...This show had been a sell out for some time and the...and he drew great laughs out of the pained realisation...minutes he took a mix of ordinary and surreal suggestions and got laughs out of every one. The first... |
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Back to black and hopes of a stake sale push Cairn to the top.(Business;...
...longawaited stake sale pushed Cairn Energy to the top of the...of its subsidiary, Cairn India, to Vedanta Resources...Sir Bill Gammell said Cairn is still working with...raised its target price for ordinary shares -- 37p stronger...Arcus Capital, splash out 1630p-a-pop for the... |
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Christopher Cairns's week
...during this time that I devised Cairns' First Law of Packaging (you...prized "freebie" to date. No ordinary bottle either, but one made...neighbourhood by ripping them out. Thursday What is happening...down and I am still eight hours out of kilter: walking around here... |
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Forget the myth, this is the real Mozart...(Book Review)
...And His Operas by David Cairns Penguin [pounds sterling...breadth of knowledge, Cairns has steered the character...him, for once, as an ordinary man (his talent aside...others have failed, for Cairns's 'ordinary' Mozart...Pennsylvania before living out his final years as Professor... |
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REEF MADNESS -- A BEYOND-THE-ORDINARY CRUISE
...heads above the surface, pulled out our breathing tubes and smiled...cruise that travels south of Cairns to Fitzroy Island, Hedley Reef...comfortable voyage to a place where ordinary life can't reach them. The Reef Endeavor, only three years out of the Fiji shipyard, is adequately... |
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Great Scots introduction: We will honour ordinary Scots who achieve the...
...for the 15th Sunday Mail Great Scot - an ordinary person who achieves the extraordinary...victims in Angola and Rwanda. # Helena Cairns won last year after fostering 28 child...charity work and entertainment, and help out charities such as Leukaemia Research and... |
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Steve 'against a state funeral'. TRAGEDY: Aussie Crocodile Hunter was just an...
...wanted a state funeral because he was "an ordinary bloke" and wanted to be remembered that...yesterday from the north-eastern city of Cairns. Hundreds of bouquets and handwritten...adventurer Mark O'Shea is today jetting out for a showdown with deadly creatures... |
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