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note
note in musical notation , symbol placed on or between the lines of a staff to indicate the pitch and the relative duration of the tone to be produced by voice or instrument. The largest note value in common use in the United States is the whole note, an elliptical outline. Its value is halved by... Read more |
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promissory note
promissory note unconditional written promise to pay a certain sum of money at a definite time to bearer or to a specified person on his order. Promissory notes are generally used as evidence of debt. The holder of a note made payable to bearer may transfer his rights to another by delivery of the... Read more |
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Bank failures
COUNTERFEITING COUNTERFEITING. To counterfeit means to imitate with intent to defraud. Most counterfeit paper money can be classified in one of three categories: (1) notes that imitate legitimate notes; (2) alterations of legitimate notes, including notes raised from a lower to a higher... Read more |
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Maker
MAKER One who makes, frames, executes, or ordains; as a lawmaker, or the maker of a promissory note. One who signs a note to borrow and, as such, assumes the obligation to pay the note when due. The person who creates or executes a note, that is, issues it, and in signing the instrument makes the... Read more |
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Charlottetown
Charlottetown city (1991 pop. 15,396), capital and chief port of Prince Edward Island, E Canada, on the southern coast. Food processing, tourism, fishing, and farming are the main industries. The French established (c.1720) a fort and settlement across the harbor, known as Port la Joie.... Read more |
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doldrums
doldrums or equatorial belt of calms, area around the earth centered slightly north of the equator between the two belts of trade winds. The large amount of solar radiation that arrives at the earth in this area causes intense heating of the land and ocean. This heating results in the rising of... Read more |
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Sibbecai
Sibbecai or Sibbechai , in the Bible, one of David's guard, noted for his fight with the Philistine giant. He is also called Mebunnai.... Read more |
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gamut
gamut a complete scale of musical notes; the compass or range of a voice or instrument. Earlier, a scale consisting of seven overlapping hexachords, containing all the recognized notes used in medieval music, covering almost three octaves from bass G to treble E. The word comes from medieval Latin... Read more |
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variorum
variorum an edition of an author's works having notes by various editors or commentators, and often including variant readings from manuscripts or earlier editions. The word is Latin, and comes (in the early 18th century) from editio cum notis variorum ‘edition with notes by various... Read more |
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Bills and Notes
BILLS AND NOTES An archaic term that designated the body of law currently known as the law of commercial paper, which governs the methods by which commercial transactions are financed and facilitated by the execution and transfer of documents that contain promises to repay debts according to the... Read more |
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novice
...neophyte.antonyms: veteran; expert; professional. USAGE NOTES apprentice, beginner, neophyte, probationer All of these...principles of something (he was a neophyte at this type of sailing). A probationer is a beginner who is undergoing a trial period... |
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Sailing to Obamaland.(NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER)
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT," said Henry Adams--grandson of one president and great-grandson of anotherresembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek." The new president, who likes to think of himself as one of the great historical figures of |
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TRAVEL NOTES: SAILING SHIPS TO GATHER IN PUERTO RICO
More than a hundred sailing ships from around the world will soon...containing a gift certificate for a six-day sailing adventure aboard one of the 13 Tall Ships...entrance and expect little or no wait. (Note that travelers headed for a Disney vacation... |
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YOUR SAILING PASS NOTES.(Scotland Means Business)
MARINE charter has taken off throughout the world and standards are set by the Yacht Charter Association, which offers a bond for clients as well as an information and support service. Beautifully Blue recently became affiliated to the association and now clients have added protection in addition |
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U.S. Sailing Center.(News and Notes)
Jeff E. Rubin of Talianoff, Rubin & Rubin in Coral Gables was re-elected chair of the U.S. Sailing Center. Additionally, Rubin was elected chair of the Creditors' Rights Section of the Commercial Law League of America and was... |
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LOCAL NOTES SAILING . . .
...Agoura High: Agoura High School now has a sailing team, and it will travel to Newport Harbor...member of the Pacific Coast Interscholastic Sailing Association, which has more than 40 members...junior program, is attempting to establish sailing clubs in other local schools. The junior... |
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LOCAL NOTES\Sailing . . .(NEWS)
Byline: Vincent Bonsignore and Bryan Winchell Westlake Yacht Club: The Westlake Yacht Club will kick off its 27th sailing season with the 1996 Midwinter Warmup Regatta on Sunday at Westlake Lake. Registration is from 10:30 a.m. to noon on... |
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History sailing into Salisbury ; Festival takes note of area's seagoing past
...NORTH 1 Area residents can get a taste this weekend of the region's rich maritime past through the visit of three majestic sailing ships to the Salisbury Beach State Reservation.The ships - a historic schooner, a replica of a historic schooner, and a... |
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CRUISE NOTES; Regal offers 28 sailings from N.Y.C.
...Provinces. A third features fall foliage, with stops along the Northeastern seaboard, including Quebec City. Two seven-night sailings to the Bahamas stop at Freeport and Nassau, and two five-night itineraries call at New England and eastern Canadian ports... |
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NOT-FOR-PROFIT OF NOTE: Heart of Sailing
Heart of Sailing 1114 N. College Ave. Bloomington 47404...four years MISSION Introduce and teach sailing to children and adults with special needs...of special-needs children or adults sailing for a couple of hours as a form of educational... |
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Air Force notes: Soderberg not sailing
Erik Soderberg is off to a slow start as a junior. The Air Force kicker, an all-Mountain West conference second- team pick last year, hit just two of his first five field-goal attempts, then missed again in the first quarter against San Diego State. As with many of his misses it was a long attempt |