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Cycle Time
Cycle Time Time has become a key success measure in business. Oftentimes, it is more important than other performance measures. In marketing, for example, a product's success or failure often depends on “time-to-market,” or how quickly a new product becomes available to the customer.... Read more |
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prime meridian
prime meridian meridian that is designated zero degree (0°) longitude, from which all other longitudes are measured. By international convention, it passes through the original site of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England; for this reason, it is sometimes called the Greenwich meridian. ... Read more |
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Greenwich mean time
Greenwich mean time or Greenwich meridian time (GMT), the former name for mean solar time at the original site of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, which is located on the prime meridian . In 1925 the numbering system was changed to make GMT equivalent to civil time at the prime... Read more |
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solar time
solar time time defined by the position of the sun. The solar day is the time it takes for the sun to return to the same meridian in the sky. Local solar time is measured by a sundial . When the center of the sun is on an observer's meridian, the observer's local solar time is zero hours... Read more |
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P J Patterson
P. J. Patterson (Percival James Patterson), 1935-, Jamaican political leader, prime minister of Jamaica (1992-2006). A lawyer, he became an active member of the People's National party (PNP) in the 1950s. From 1972 to 1980 Patterson held various ministerial posts, including minister of finance. In... Read more |
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Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) was the world chess champion from 1894 to 1920, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Born in Berlinchen, Prussia on December 24, 1868, Lasker was the son of a Jewish cantor. When he was 11 years old, he was sent to... Read more |
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Obeah
Obeah West Indian witchcraft. The term is believed to derive from an Ashanti word, obayifo, a wizard or witch, although there are claims that it refers to Obi, a West African snake god. Author M. G. Lewis (1775-1818) spent some time in Jamaica, where his father owned large estates, and reported... Read more |
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William Tatem Tilden II
Bill Tilden 1893-1953 American tennis player Bill Tilden has been called the greatest men's single players of all time, a player's player whose cannon of a serve, psychological know-how, paralyzing drop shot, and canny backcourt play transformed the game of tennis. Tilden's dazzling eighteen-year... Read more |
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civil time
civil time local time based on universal time . Civil time may be formally defined as mean solar time plus 12 hr; the civil day begins at midnight, while the mean solar day begins at noon. Civil time is occasionally adjusted by one-second increments to ensure that the difference between a... Read more |
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Blair Witch Project; Labour spends [pounds sterling]1million giving pagans...
...recognition to witchcraft is set to cause...said: 'At a time when people are concerned about crime, immigration...Home Office's time, money and expertise...Tony Blair. The Prime Minister and his...Mexico the Blairs went ... |
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Pandora : Hysteria and hypocrisy of a witch-hunt.
...arrested and charged with witchcraft. Twenty-six went to trial, were found...Police; and of course, Prime Minister David Cameron...p> Their only crime was one of misjudgement...total reserves, at a time when gold prices reached... |