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Colin MacInnes
Colin MacInnes , 1914-76, English novelist, b. London. Son of the novelist Angela Thirkell, MacInnes was educated in Australia and served in the British intelligence corps during World War II. He was best known for his "London novels," which delineate various types of London life. They display M... Read more
Jack London
Jack London (John Griffith London), 1876-1916, American author, b. San Francisco. The illegitimate son of an astrologer and a Welsh farm girl, he had a poverty-stricken childhood, brought up by his mother and her husband, John London. At 17, Jack London shipped as an able seaman to Japan and the Be... Read more
Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City , city (1991 pop. 40,665), Hertfordshire, E central England. It is a garden city , founded by Ebenezer Howard in 1920. Its industries produce a variety of products, including radio and television sets. Most of the local population, however, commutes to work in London. The city'... Read more
Declaration of London
Declaration of London international code of maritime law, especially as related to war, proposed in 1909. The declaration grew largely out of the attempt at the second of the Hague Conferences to set up an international prize court with compulsory jurisdiction. Great Britain, then the chief naval... Read more
fashion
fashion in dress, the prevailing mode affecting modifications in costume. Styles in Asia have been characterized by freedom from change, and ancient Greek and Roman dress preserved the same flowing lines for centuries. Fashion in dress and interior decoration may be said to have originated in Europ... Read more
Virginia Company
Virginia Company name of two English colonizing companies, chartered by King James I in 1606. By the terms of the charter, the Virginia Company of London (see London Company ) was given permission to plant a colony 100 mi (160 km) square between lat. 34°N and lat. 41°N; the Virginia Compan... Read more
Sir Thomas Wyatt
Sir Thomas Wyatt c.1520-54, English soldier and conspirator; son of the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt. In Jan., 1554, when Queen Mary's intention to marry Philip II of Spain was announced, Wyatt joined a planned insurrection against the queen. His allies in other parts of the country were arrested or dispe... Read more
Middlesex
Middlesex former county adjoining London, SE England. In 1965 the county was principally reorganized into the Greater London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, and Richmond upon Thames. ... Read more
Fleet Street
Fleet Street street in the City of London, England. It was formerly the center of English journalism. ... Read more
stock exchange
stock exchange organized market for the trading of stocks and bonds (see bond ; stock ). Such markets were originally open to all, but at present only members of the owning association may buy and sell directly. Members, or stock brokers , buy and sell for themselves or for others, charging comm... Read more

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Diaz, Cameron
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...March 1997. "Cameron-ready," interview with Robert Sullivan...interview in Time Out (London), no. 1415, 1 October 1997...Mary filled movie houses and set staid reviewers from journals...taboos about good taste and appropriate comedy material, but inspired...

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Ready, set, appropriate?; London critics are running at the mouth over artist Martin Creed's sprint through the Tate galleries. A local artist says they're just catching up.(Ideas)
Newspaper article from: The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario); 7/26/2008; 700+ words ; ...and the objects that occupy them. She is set to stage a run at the Glenbow Museum in...are - quelle horreur! - running through London's Tate Britain. Entitled Work No. 850...four-month installation of runners at London's Tate galleries opened earlier this...
Money: You could run 26 miles for charity, or you could let the taxman do all the legwork As thousands get ready for next Sunday's London marathon, Wilson Cotton shows how to make their donations go further
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 4/11/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...gruelling 26.2-mile road race around London. Apart from those dedicated athletes...Revenue's website will contain all the appropriate information in time for the new scheme...percentage of their salary. These figures are set to rise as a new payroll-giving grant...
VACANT LONDON LANDMARK MAY BE USED TO SHELTER HOMELESS OFFICIAL SAYS BUILDING WILL BE READY FOR WINTER.(News/National/International)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 11/2/1997; 343 words ; Byline: Reuter LONDON -- One of London's grandest landmarks, Admiralty...shelter. ``Subject to the appropriate planning approval and financial...ensure that the shelter is ready before the bad weather sets in,'' Kilfoyle said. The...
UK GOVERNMENT: Romney House to be temporary home for Mayor and Assembly in London.
M2 Presswire; 6/14/1999; 700+ words ; ...and Partners is ready in 2001. The decision...by Minister for London Nick Raynsford...of the Greater London Authority (GLA) at London Bridge City. Design...to ensure that appropriate administrative...Brent North) on set-up expenditure...
London Market Vows To Make Big Changes.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management; 5/1/2000; 700+ words ; ...underwriters have set aside competitive...have criticized the London market for being...representative groups in London's international...s service that sets a company and a...is needed for the London market. The report...the benchmarks for appropriate market behavior...and ...
Ariba Ready sets the pace for B2B eCommerce integration; Initiative helps identify companies fully integrated to the Ariba Commerce Services Network.
M2 Presswire; 11/21/2000; 700+ words ; ...2000-ARIBA: Ariba Ready sets the pace for B2B...RDATE:21112000 London -- Ariba, Inc...creation of Ariba Ready, a new Ariba programme...Ariba CSN. The Ariba Ready programme indicates...identify and select appropriate organisations with...
The institution of residential investment in seventeenth-century London
Magazine article from: Business History Review; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...evaluate an assorted set of properties. While...capital to finance London's remarkable physical...England, especially London, have not been as...methods of calculating appropriate yields and value...investors who shaped London's remarkable physical...became objects of ready ...
London market striving to meet deadlines for contract certainty.(World)
Magazine article from: Business Insurance; 1/2/2006; 700+ words ; ...s of London and London company market insurers...brokers-and the FSA set a target for 30...chief executives of London market companies...contract'' and "an appropriate evidence of cover...Brokers' Assn. in London. BIBA is confident...to ensure they are ready to meet the FSA ...
Regulators may relax Lloyd's trust fund mandate. (Lloyd's of London)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management; 11/10/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...definition for "an appropriate level" of funding...comparison, other London markets and foreign...insurers model act and set the trust fund level...however, because the London market's U.S...percentage would be more appropriate. While regulators...he wasn't quite ready for the ...
Checkbridge joins London Action Plan to back Operation Spam Zombies'; Call for ISPs to protect consumers & SMEs.
M2 Presswire; 8/8/2005; 700+ words ; ...Operation Spam Zombies-ready. About Checkbridge Checkbridge was set up in 2004 to help...outside UK). About London Action Plan London action plan on spam...countries attending the London international spam...agencies and for appropriate private sector representatives...