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...emist 57 RICHARD L. SYNGE (1914 - 1994) English Biochemist 57 THOMAS GRAHAM (1805 - 1869) Scottish Physical Chemist 57 ALBERT CLAUDE (1898 - 1983) Belgian-American Cytologist 57 GEORGE E. PALADE (1912 - 2008) Canadian-American Physiologist 57 CHRISTIAN De DUVE (1917 - 2013) Belgian Cytologist 57 EMIL H. FISCHER (1852 - 1919) German Chemist 58 HANS FISCHER (1881 - 19...

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... GIROLAMO CARDANO (1501 - 1576) ITALIAN MATHEMATICIAN 91 FRANCISCUS VIETA (1540 - 1603) - FRENCH MATHEMATICIAN. 92 SIMON STEVINUS (1548 - 1620) BELGIAN-DUTCH MATHEMATICIAN 92 JOHN NAPIER (1550 - 1617) - SCOTTISH MATHEMATICIAN 93 HENRY BRIGGS (1561 - 1630) - ENGLISH MATHEMATICIAN 94 WILLIAM OUGHTRED (1574 - 1660) ENGLISH MATHEMATICIAN 96 BLAISE PASCAL (1623 -...

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...Einstein was right. The Big Bang never happend! www.einsteins-universe.com/en/ On the basis of the spiritual ideas of a Belgian priest and an Indian Brahmin, so-called “modern cosmology” has been peddling unadulterated mysticism for decades now. This mysticism has found worldwide distribution especially through a plethora of television documen...

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... ANTOINE L. LAVOISIER (1743-1794) French Chemist 92 The Father of Modern Chemistry. Founder of the quantitative chemical analysis. Proposed The Law Of Conservation Of Matter. JOHN DALTON (1766-1844) English Chemist 98 Proponent of the Modern Atomic Theory. Created the atomic symbols and a table of atomic weights. JONS J. BERZELIUS (1779-1848) Swedish Chemist...

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...eapfrogging Transition IV. The Selfish Net – The Semantic Web V. The Law of Technology VI. Metaphors of the Net VII. The Solow Paradox ... ...rism.org and its commercial arm, Turnit.com, are the cyber equivalent of a law enforcement agency, acting after the fact to discover the culprits and... ...ium, such as the Internet. Computer technology seems to abide by "Moore's Law" which says that the number of transistors which can be put on a chip ... ...ed by inventive genius will ensure the continued applicability of Moore's Law. The Internet is also subject to "Metcalf's Law". It says that when... ... And these N computers are more powerful every year, according to Moore's Law. The growth of computing powers in networks is a multiple of the effec... ...e copyright law to collect a levy on PCs sold within their territory. The Belgian, Finnish, Spanish and French authorities are still debating the is...

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...trative districts); 691 communes Legal system: based on French and Is- lamic law, with socialist principles; new constitution adopted by referendum No... ...e divisions: 18 provinces Legal system: formerly based on Portu- guese civil law system and customary law; being modified along socialist model Nation... ...ependent territory Capital: The Valley Legal system: based on English common law; constitution came into effect on 1 April 1982 Branches: 11-member Ho... ...hes, 2 dependencies (Barbuda, Redonda) Legal system: based on English common law; British Caribbean Court of Appeal has exclusive original jurisdictio... ...n: 9,873,066 (July 1987), average annual growth rate 0.07% Nationality: noun Belgian(s); adjective Belgian Ethnic divisions: 55% Fleming, 33% Walloon,... ... or pressure groups: Chris- tian and Socialist Trade Unions; Federa- tion of Belgian Industries; numerous other associations representing bankers, man... ...n balance (1983); 1.1% real growth rate (1985); average exchange rate 59.378 Belgian francs= US$1 (1985) Natural resources: coal Agriculture: livestoc... ... $32.5 billion; deficit, $9.2 billion (1985) Monetary conversion rate: 40.17 Belgian francs=US$l (8 January 1987) Fiscal year: calendar year Communica... ...s=US$l (8 January 1987) Fiscal year: calendar year Communications Railroads: Belgian National Railways (SNCB) operates 3,741 km 1.435-meter standard g...

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... In some countries, the obligation to save life is legally codified. But while the law of the land may create a LEGAL right and corresponding LEGAL... ...d, if so (b) in which circumstances – can be easily settled using modern contract law. Yes, a contract can be annulled and voided if signed under ... ... Why is there a debate regarding this question? "Thou shalt not kill" is a natural law, it appears in virtually every legal system. It is easily an... ...y do shareholders cooperate with such corporate brigandage? In an important Chicago Law Review article whose preprint was posted to the Web a few we... ...versity Press, New York, 1995 - p. 31) Anarchists are not opposed to organization, law and order, or the existence of authority. They are against t... ...s. Read more about Europe after communism - click HERE to download the e-book "The Belgian Curtain". Many articles about Europe and the European Un...

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... In some countries, the obligation to save life is legally codified. But while the law of the land may create a LEGAL right and corresponding LEGAL... ...d, if so (b) in which circumstances – can be easily settled using modern contract law. Yes, a contract can be annulled and voided if signed under ... ... Why is there a debate regarding this question? "Thou shalt not kill" is a natural law, it appears in virtually every legal system. It is easily an... ...y do shareholders cooperate with such corporate brigandage? In an important Chicago Law Review article whose preprint was posted to the Web a few we... ...versity Press, New York, 1995 - p. 31) Anarchists are not opposed to organization, law and order, or the existence of authority. They are against t... ...s. Read more about Europe after communism - click HERE to download the e-book "The Belgian Curtain". Many articles about Europe and the European Un...

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...ndividual house, the Messrs. Ticknor & Fields, according to the amplest extent of any power to make such a transfer that I may be found to possess by law or custom in America....

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...ent of any power to make such a transfer that I may be found to possess by law or custom in America. I wish this transfer were likely to be of more va... ...the collision neared,—all these ele- ments of the scene blended, under the law of association, with the previous and permanent features of distinction... ...t— if there be anything amiss—let the Dream be responsible. The Dream is a law to itself; and as well quarrel with a rain- bow for showing, or for not... ... Pickford, the great carrier, always horsed his wagons with eight. And the law knew of no distinction between wagon and post-chaise, coach-horse or ca... ..., and am never quite sure that I may not be trespassing on some mysterious law of English good-breeding.” In vain I suggested to him that most of what... ...ra- ture by translating and improving the work of Tenhove the Dutchman (or Belgian?) upon the house of the De ’ Medici— a work which Mr. Roscoe consid... ...ts the patronage of France; and in effect that same remark which a learned Belgian (Van Brouwer) has found frequent occasion to make upon single secti...

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... is very largely analysis aimed at forecasting. The test of any scientific law is our verification of its anticipa- tions. The scientific training dev... ...ost obvious outrages upon that phantom of a world-conscience—international law. Pacificists in their search for some definite starting-point, 11 H G ... ...al of the struggle, it becomes impossible for the British, the French, the Belgians, Russians, Italians or Japanese to think any longer of settling th... ...considered worthless and impracticable. But it is manifest now that if the Belgian and French fron- tiers had been properly prepared—as they should ha... ...y smashed up. If he is a richer man, and has failed on a larger scale, our law is more sympathetic, and he gets off much more easily. Of- ten his cred... ...overpaying its judges and lawyers. The natural result has been to give our law courts and the legal profes- sion generally a bias in favour of private... ...ss, but a warm welcome back to the comity of nations. The French, British, Belgians and Italians, and every civilised force in Russia would tumble ove... ...for any treach- ery, and it becomes of primary importance that the Franco- Belgian line should be as short and strong as possible. Aix, which Germany ... ...she is beaten, can content herself with anything less than a strong Franco-Belgian frontier from Aix, that will take in at least Metz and Saarburg. Sh...

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...er, with much condescension to Mr. Sedley, who asked news about his son-in-law, and about Jos’s carriage, and whether his horses had been down to Brig... ...could only speak English, Dobbin procured for Jos’s party a swarthy little Belgian servant who could speak no language at all; but who, by his bustlin... ...st an- other is led by a deer, George said with respect to his brother- in-law, that his regiment marched with an elephant. Since Amelia’s introductio... ...rting with his wife, to think of taking leave of his slumbering brother-in-law—it was not George, we say, who interposed between Jos Sedley and sleep,... ...mmand of the little colony at Brussels, with Amelia invalided, Isidor, his Belgian servant, and 49 Thackeray the bonne, who was maid-of-all-work for ... ...lowered dressing-gown at breakfast. About George’s absence, his brother-in-law was very easy in mind. Perhaps Jos was rather pleased in his heart that... ...t to meet the Emperor Napoleon. This lover was a native of Brussels, and a Belgian hussar. The troops of his nation signalised themselves in this war ... ...d) had at length an opportunity of coming to close quarters with the brave Belgians before them; who preferred to encounter the British rather than th... ... British army by this time. Ney destroyed each regiment as it came up. The Belgians in vain interposed to prevent the butchery of the En- glish. The B...

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...hat they 48 The Professor said—yet French, in the mouths of Frenchmen, or Belgians (I was not then sensible of the horrors of the Belgian accent) was... ...!” said I. “But,” asked he, “do you understand French well enough to teach Belgian boys English?” Fortunately I could answer this question in the affi... ...ch circumstance, all who are in any degree acquainted with the ongoings of Belgian schools, and who know the relation in which professors and pupils t... ...al history of their ancestors. Pelet’s school was merely an epitome of the Belgian nation. CHAPTER VIII AND PELET HIMSELF? How did I continue to like ... ...tentious assumption of superiority. I fear, however, two poor, hard-worked Belgian ushers in the estab- lishment could not have said as much; to them ... ...d have left my torturer suddenly and silently.” 212 The Professor “And if law or might had forced you back again?” “What, to a drunkard, a profligate... ...en is expected —nay, I hear he is come—there is his voice, laying down the law on some point with authority; that of Frances replies; she opposes him ...

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...,” where, with the help of two hundred double louis given by his father-in-law to the surly republican who presided over the sales of the national dom... ...wn. His speech, his clothing, his gestures, the blinking of his eyes, were law to the country-side, where every one, after studying him as a naturalis... ...” when he sold his yearly vintage. The four or five louis presented by the Belgian or the Dutchman who purchased the wine were the chief vis- ible sig... ..., you know, have made an agreement to keep up the price; and this year the Belgians won’t get the better of us. Suppose they are sent off empty-handed... ...ousand francs over his allowance in Paris, where he had been sent to study law, now came forward and kissed Eugenie on both cheeks, offering her a wor... ... remarks of Cruchot when she heard him say,— “So you have brought a son-in-law from Paris. All Saumur is talking about your nephew. I shall soon have ... ...ut stuttering, “I’ve trapped them all! Our wine is sold! The Dutch and the Belgians have gone. I walked about the market-place in front of their inn, ... ...market-place in front of their inn, pretend- ing to be doing nothing. That Belgian fellow—you know who I mean—came up to me. The owners of all the goo... ...pt back their vintages, intending to wait; well, I didn’t hinder them. The Belgian was in despair; I saw that. In a minute the bargain was made. He ta...

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...ny more than if they had been fishing in an old Dutch print. The leaves fluttered, the wa- ter lapped, but they continued in one stay like so many chu... ...ubs. I do not know, to my shame, any spot in my native land where I should have been so warmly received by the same number of people. We were English ... ...llusions. The nightmare illusion of middle age, the bear’s hug of custom gradually squeezing the life out of a man’s soul, had not yet begun for these... ...r I cannot say she looked gratified at our appearance. We were in a large bare apart- ment, adorned with two allegorical prints of Music and Paint- in... ...e elements during the whole of the next day, these comfort- able circumstances fell on my heart like sunshine. There was an English fruiterer at dinne... ... collector of something or other, I forget what; the other, we were told, was the principal notary of the place. So it happened that we all five more ... ...rate, the talk was pretty certain to become technical. The Cagarette expounded the Poor Laws very magisteri- ally. And a little later I found myself l... ...w a word or two of English, to have drunk English aff-’n-aff, and perhaps performed in an English music-hall. He is a countryman of mine by profession...

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...her half of this sheet; and still another set, if you can, by studying the law, think of a form that in your judgment, promises additional security, a... ...souri and Maryland. With the same reason in both States, Missouri has, by law, provided a test for the voter with refer- ence to the present rebellio... ... not having since violated it, and being a qualified voter by the election law of the State existing imme- diately before the so-called act of secessi... ...es has been brought to a close by the award of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, to whose arbitration the question was referred by the parties. T... ...the military service. I submit the expediency of such an amendment of the law as will make the fact of voting an estoppe against any plea of exemptio... ...the character referred to as may have arisen under treaties and the public law. Conventions for adjusting the claims by joint commission have been pr...

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...usly rich.” “I believe he has a very large income.” “And is your sister-in-law a nice pretty woman?” “La! Joseph is not married,” said Amelia, laughin... ...hange every day. It’s a mercy he did not bring us over a black daughter-in-law, my dear. But, mark my words, the first woman who fishes for him, hooks... ...id, and of the presents which she should make to her nice little sister-in-law, and of a subse- quent ceremony in which she herself might play a princ... ...man downstairs with a black eye, and a tied-up head, vowing he’ll have the law of you.” “What do you mean—law?” Sedley faintly asked. “For thrashing h... ...could only speak English, Dobbin procured for Jos’s party a swarthy little Belgian servant who could speak no language at all; but who, by his bustlin... ...mmand of the little colony at Brussels, with Amelia invalided, Isidor, his Belgian servant, and the bonne, who was maid-of-all-work for the establishm... ...t to meet the Emperor Napoleon. This lover was a native of Brussels, and a Belgian hussar. The troops of his nation signalised themselves in this war ... ...d) had at length an opportunity of coming to close quarters with the brave Belgians before them; who preferred to encounter the British rather than th... ... British army by this time. Ney destroyed each regiment as it came up. The Belgians in vain interposed to prevent the butchery of the En- glish. The B...

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...only the dead things, the choiceless things, live in absolute obedience to law. To have free play for one’s individuality is, in the modern view, the ... ...o will would be to command and achieve, and within the lim- its of natural law we could at any moment do exactly as it pleased us to do. All other lib... ...people would have us believe, that a man is more free where there is least law and more restricted where there is most law. A socialism or a communism... ...rywhere, with no dread of difficulties about language, coinage, custom, or law, why should every- one continue to go to just a few special places? Suc... ...e. “The husband is vain, boast- ful, dishonest to the very confines of the law, and a drunk- ard. There are scenes and insults—” “She told you?” “Not ... ...ines of the popular logic. The depopulation of the Congo Free State by the Belgians, the horrible massacres of Chinese by European soldiery during the...

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...nger Marius made himself consul against Sertorius’s wishes and contrary to law, when Carbo, Norbanus, and Scipio fought unsuccessfully against Sylla, ... ...lia, the daughter of Melesippidas. Now the succession belonging to Agis by law, Agesilaus, who in all probability was to be but a private man, was edu... ...e and patient of subjection, as horses that are broken in while colts. The law did not impose this harsh rule on the heirs apparent of the kingdom. Bu... ...years since he had first borne arms, and he was consequently exempt by the law; meanwhile the true reason was, that he was ashamed, having so lately f... ... the allies were risen, but of the Lacedaemonians not a man, they being by law forbidden to learn any mechanical business; and now Agesilaus laughed a... ...ppearance he seemed far distant from Rome, entangled in the affairs of the Belgians, Suevians, and Britons, in truth he was working craftily by secret...

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... composure under the infliction of outrages on his character in a Court of Law, where he must of necessity listen and lock his boiling replies within ... ...rs are open to my flesh and blood. And here she halts, I say , ‘gainst the law, if the law’s against me. She’s crazed: you’ve made her mad; she knows ... ...should be no tellings; it was remarked that I ought to have fair play and ‘law.’ Kiomi said she hoped he would not catch me. The tramp winced with vex... ...t or marvel pre- tending to amuse us. Temple and I cantered over the great Belgian battlefield, talking of Bella Vista tower, the statue, the margravi... ... himself!’ cried the squire. ‘Harry, you wouldn’t go and do that? Why, the law, man, the law—the whole coun- try ‘d be up about it. Y ou’ll be stuck i... ...ve to be speaking French in an hour.’ ‘German, Richie, German.’ ‘But these Belgians speak French.’ ‘Such French as it is. You will, however, be engage... ...l I should become efficient in German to amuse her, but the dulness of the Belgian city compared with her lively German watering- places compelled her... ...ety, but I craved for fresh air intensely. Did Ottilia know that this iron law, enforced with the might of a whole empire, environed her, held her fas...

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...ophet’s rod; In Sinai’s wilderness he saw The Mount where Israel heard the law, Mid thunder-dint and flashing levin, And shadows, mists, and darkness,... ...ewless chain, While taste and reason plead in vain. Look east, and ask the Belgian why, Beneath Batavia’s sultry sky, He seeks not eager to inhale The... ... amethyst. Yonder the shores of Fife you saw; Here Preston Bay and Berwick Law: And, broad between them rolled, The gallant Frith the eye might not... ...ail? XXII. ‘His squire, who now De Wilton saw As recreant doomed to suffer law, Repentant, owned in vain, That while he had the scrolls in care, A ... ...is razed that monument Whence royal edict rang, And voice of Scotland’s law was sent In glorious trumpet-clang. Oh! be his tomb as lead to lead ... ...ison is said). Then on its battlements they saw A vision, passing Nature’s law, Strange, wild, and dimly seen – Figures that seemed to rise and die...