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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Vis , Gr. Issa, Ital. Lissa, island (1991 pop. 4,338), 35 sq mi (91 sq km), Croatia, off the Dalmatian coast in the Adriatic. A popular resort, its chief industries are fishing, citrus farming, and wine making. Its chief town, also named Vis, is a picturesque village on the north coast. Ancient Issa was a Greek colony from the 4th cent. BC and later prospered under the Romans. From 996 to 1797 it was a Venetian possession, and in the Napoleonic Wars (1803-15) it changed hands among the Austrians, the French, and the British. From the Congress of Vienna (1815) until 1918 the island belonged... Read more
vis-à-vis
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English vis-à-vis / ˈvēz ə ˈvē / • prep. in relation to; with regard to: many agencies now have a unit to deal with women's needs vis-à-vis employment. ∎  as compared with; as opposed to: the ... Read more
François Gaston Lévis, duc de
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition François Gaston Lévis, duc de , 1720-87, French soldier. Entering ... of the French troops in Canada. Lévis defeated the British at Ste Foy, near Quebec ... duke (1784). H. R. Casgrain edited Lévis's papers (12 vol., 1889-96) and wrote Montcalm ... Read more

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Vis a Vis: today's magazine of the future.
Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management; 12/1/1987; Peter, John; 580 words ; Vis a Vis responds in unique ways to many needs of today's readers who have more and more to read and less time to do it If you want to take a look at Vis a Vis, which reflects many of the major trends in publishing today. Vis a Vis ... Read more
Vis funding close to a state of emergency
Scotland on Sunday; 7/27/2003; ANDREW MURRAY-WATSON CITY EDITOR; 473 words ; VIS Entertainment, Scotland's biggest computer games developer ... shock to Scotland's computer games industry, which has seen Vis blaze a successful trail on the world stage with the success ... fundraising round in collaboration with Alexander Catto, one of Vis's directors. Both are existing shareholders ... . Read more
Autodesk Unveils U-Vis 360 Platform
Wireless News; 10/21/2007; 684 words ; Wireless News 10-21-2007 Autodesk Unveils U-Vis 360 Platform WIRELESS NEWS-October 21, 2007-Autodesk Unveils U-Vis 360 Platform (C)2007 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Autodesk has announced the Autodesk U-Vis 360 Core, a new solution platform that integrates building design, manufacturing, ... Read more
EAI AND HP LAUNCH E VIS.COM(TM)...
AAP General News (Australia); 7/19/1999; 787 words ; AAP General News (Australia) 07-19-1999 EAI AND HP LAUNCH E VIS.COM(TM) ... EAI AND HP LAUNCH E-VIS.COM(TM), THE NEXT GENERATION E-SERVICES PORTAL FOR THE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY GLOBAL WEB-SECURE SOLUTION DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES ... 19 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Engineering Animation, Inc. (Nasdaq: EAII) and ... Read more
From Fakhr addin Gorgani's Vis and Ramin
The Hudson Review; 4/1/2007; Davis, Dick; 787 words ; Vis and Ramin, an eleventh-century Persian romance, bears strong ... first extract, the nurse is trying to persuade her charge, Vis, to look with favor on the young knight Ramin, who has been using the nurse as a go-between in his attempts to court Vis. Vis is already married to King Mobad (Ramin's ... Read more
UV-Vis Spectroscopy: A Shift in End-User Purchasing
Instrument Business Outlook; 4/15/1997; 787 words ; While the current installed base for UV-Vis instruments is concentrated predominantly ... for a quarter, and QC for 18%. In the UV-Vis marketplace, it is also beneficial to talk ... factors of lab type and end-user group. All UV-Vis spectrophotometers work by focusing a beam ... Read more
UV/Vis lights the way to better spectroscopy. (ultraviolet and visible ranges)(Technology Roundup)
R & D; 2/1/1991; Jones, Robert R.; 787 words ; UV /Vis Lights the Way To Better Spectroscopy Instruments ... operate in the ultraviolet and visible (UV /Vis) ranges are making important contributions ... lines and introductions of new lines of UV /Vis spectrophotometers have made notable progress ... Read more
What's Going on in the UV-Vis Biz?
Instrument Business Outlook; 11/30/1995; 787 words ; ... can't be accused of failing to produce new instruments is the makers of UV-Vis spectrophotometers. No less than seven new UV-Vis models have appeared since Pittcon. Since UV-Vis is hardly a high growth field, one might wonder why there are so many new ... Read more
Why use 'vis-a-vis' when 'to' would suffice?
Chicago Sun-Times; 1/9/2005; James J. Kilpatrick; 561 words ; ... the court to put an end to abuse of the French phrase vis-a-vis. For all the good it will do, his motion will be granted ... offers a column by Lenore Skenazy in the New York Daily News. She began: "If you build it, they will come. If you ... they will chew your head off. That's what's happening ... Read more
Market Profile: Double-Beam UV-Vis Spectrophotometers
Spectroscopy; 9/1/2006; Anonymous; 323 words ; Double-beam UV-Vis spectrophotometers include the most advanced instruments in the UV-Vis market today. They allow more rapid and greatly simplified UV-Vis analyses for users. The market for doublebeam UV-Vis instruments is dominated by the major ... Read more

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