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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 ... |
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Sports Cricket Cairns calls for patience with one-day side.
...cricket captain Chris Cairns has said "don't expect...reversing the team's ordinary one-day cricket record. Cairns was forgiving ahead...keep drawing positives out of this." With the...is trying their guts out. If we can pull off... |
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UK's Cairn Energy to pay shareholders 481 mn pounds.
UK's Cairn Energy to pay shareholders...33 billion dollars) out of the public float...5 per cent stake in Cairn India. "The company...pound for each Existing Ordinary Share held by Shareholders on March 23 2007," Cairn Energy said. "The ... |
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Cairn to seek shareholders nod for raising Rs 2,535 cr.
Cairn to seek shareholders...Mumbai, Mar 19 (PTI) Cairn India today said it...expenditure. The extra-ordinary general meeting would...shareholders nod for the same, Cairn said in a filing to...crore equity shares out of the 11.3 crore... |
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CAIRN INDIA TO SEEK SHAREHOLDERS NOD TO RAISE US$625 MLN.
...March 20 Asia Pulse - Cairn India (BSE:532792...expenditure. The extra-ordinary general meeting would...shareholders nod for the same, Cairn said in a filing to the...has raised its stake in Cairn India Ltd to 12.7 per...33 crore equity shares ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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Text of Prepared Remarks by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman to XIX Meeting...
...the XIX Meeting of the Cairns Group: "The U.S...around the world. The Cairns group is an important...be proud of as we close out this century. This is...we saw the bottom drop out -- and that has been...we must ensure that ordinary citizens ... |
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