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...the loss of a traveller in India could be attributed to a wild animal or some other mishap. When British travellers went missing on journeys to the ... ...e, female infanticide and the practice of suttee, as one of the important humanitarian reforms of British rule. v Historical Note to Reader T... ...een Elizabeth I, read the document prepared by her merchants and, with the flourish of her famous signature and the stamp of the Royal Seal, granted... ...ld’s population? Could they foresee that that same Company would influence more than 200 years of British and Indian history and found the greatest ... ...vulets of blood. He stared at her in bewilderment. She laughed huskily and speaking in the native language of the bazaars, invited him to make love ... ...f his deceased parent three times before holding the burning torch to the mouth of the corpse to signify the passing of its soul. Finally he set the... ...ey, cantered up to John MacGregor, who addressed him in Urdu. John had taught Helen some of this language on their long sea voyage and she understoo... ..., Gavin.’ Tears welled up in Helen’s eyes as she saw the unmistakable, bold flourish of Gavin’s signature. And the ring, it was exquisite and, she ... ... normal again. The man’s eyes opened. He looked at Helen in amazement and muttered something in a language she did not understand, except the words,...
...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machinations of a sinister cult of Kali; the horrors of the Indian Mutiny: are the themes woven into the rich backcloth of ?T...
...He contemplated marrying one, Thelma Furness, but then dumped her for Simpson. The British media - though perfectly aware of all the goings-on, rep... ...addressed as "Her Royal Highness". Additionally, the King was not allowed by the British government to address the British people and the Empire ... ...d the Jamaica Letter (1815) in which he supported a model of government akin to the British parliamentary system - yet, only following a phase of "... ...the prospering southern neighbor. The two versions of an Annexation Manifesto were signed by the entire business community in Montreal and Quebec a... ...ural responses to visual, auditory, tactile, or noxious stimuli; (3) no evidence of language comprehension or expression; (4) intermittent wakefuln... ...and analyze crimes of violence - specifically murder. It collates and analyzes the significant characteristics of all murders, and other violent of... ...nued his education in Kitzbuhel, Austria, in Munich and in Geneva where he studied languages. But the chain of disappointments continued apace. He ... ..." published in 1953. It was the first of 12 James Bond thrillers, translated to 11 languages and with total sales of 18 million copies. James Bond ... ...ore Columbus "discovered" them. The vast majority of the skeletons showed telltale signs of advanced degenerative joint disease, deteriorating dent...
...e of her iniquity: —which fearful consummation I judge to be close at hand, both by the signs of the times, and from the prophetic numbers expressly ... ...ed before the dreadful and terrible day of the Lord, and by other mighty and miraculous signs. This outpouring of the Spirit, is known in scripture ... ...rsal application, if not the promise of universal conquest; such uncivil and implacable language, concerning overwhelming judgments upon the very eve... ... all upon the very words of our Lord himself, and using the Old Testament only when the language manifestly carried me thither, and the other books ... ...e. Part I. -12- prize, more precious than any galleon which was ever carried into a British port; this parish priest received from a Catholic fr... ...hood, of the Spanish work, and having in former days become acquainted with the Spanish language, thought well, or rather was directed of God, to re... ...I might best defend from the storm which would be raised against it on all hands by the British inquisition, whose ignorance of truth I knew to be e... ...very thing which touched the infallibility of their idol, PUBLIC OPINION. I mean by the British Inquisition, that court whose ministers and agents c... ...ments, or the church, in an age when baptism and the Lord’s supper are regarded as mere signs by the spiritual, and the church as nothing but a polit...
...m a form bearing my number and photos of my previous incarnation. One of the guards signs and marks the date in a bulky book. Next we exit the bl... ..., along the now-deserted railway ramp, through the electrified fences, the warning signs, the watchtower, the car barriers. There, on the muddy road... ... syringe needle in my right arm. As I crumble, the last thing I see is the crooked sign that says: “Auschwitz II – Birkenau”. And then there’s dark... ...-supporting Jews.” He paused, as if for emphasis: “No one wanted the Jews. The British sealed off Palestine. The Americans imposed immigration ... ... Business Week predicted ‘a steady decline of jingoistic action against the Jews’. British political commentators concurred: ‘Herr Hitler has not in... ...e equanimity harrowing. “They are all in German, or Polish, or other godforsaken languages. Hard to believe people actually speak them. I couldn’... ...es, undersurface pointers, minor errors. It’s like the very impurities of style and language in the interview are meant to be, are designed to direc... ... tried everything. We sent couriers with peace offers to both the Americans and the British. We released prisoners from concentration camps. We prom...
...the past too. For how long he didn't know. He was married but it was one signature on many sheets of paper. The significance of spilled ink could no... ...d delude himself all he pleased he knew that he could not find anyone more significant than that. The only thing next to his heart, in the pocket of... ...aporize into a gas. "She is one of the second group who has no special significance to you at all and yet from her your life has been changed. Pe... ...to remember. After an uneventful attempt at conversations in two different languages to which neither party could understand the other one, the foreig... ...was so much older than he was, he wanted to really learn the international language, and although he did not really have sexual feelings he would have... ...." "Why don't they have kings now?" "Well, Canadians do have the British monarchy. Canada is a commonwealth." He didn't go further bec... ...he border. She had a student visa since she was technically enrolled in a language school (although she rarely attended) so it wasn't in fear of her ...
...eet planted on the back seat, ready to meet him, brandishing her sharp nails and signalling her intent to slash at his face. She looked feral, crouc... ... it might have had when it was new had long since been tarnished by time and the British weather. PC O’Brien of the Metropolitan Police trudged up a... ...poken to any of them so far because I have been too upset, I may decide that the British public, and people around the world, have a right to know h... ...n this place? Without the internet she’d go nuts in a day. She took it as a good sign that she was already feeling bored. Lunch had helped recover h... ...the direction that her room faced that she could not see any other buildings or signs of the city. She was looking out into infinite sky. She reali... ...e shyly. Jasmin was delighted to note the subtle change in the Randersons’ body language. Immediately, the slightly glazed and distant looks were r... ...p if we had him treated in the US by the very best doctors. 53 That way the British police would have no jurisdiction anyway. We’d pick up the ...
...an the Bible. From Corinthians, 13th chapter: I may be able to speak the languages of men and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is n... ..."I like it myself but." "But" is one of the smallest words in the English language, yet it has become the biggest obstacle for so many people. "But... ..." has probably killed more great ideas than any other word in the English language. Do yourself a favor, eliminate "but" from your vocabu, lary. Yo... ... first time I had acknowledged the love of a mate. I recognized this as a sign of growth. I decided to stop running from relationships and commit m... ...grity in my life. I've always thought that a job completed by me bears my signa' ture or trademark. It holds a portion of my personal identity. I'v... ...his?" If I start coming up with reasons why I can't give, it's a definite sign that I really need to give-and right now. If you think you can't affo... ...love for the project I undertook. Inspired by Paul Revere's warning, "The British are coming, the British are coming!" I decided to have a sign mad...
... or Bible verse taped to their computer monitors, or as part of their e-mail signature or website theme. Why do they do this? For the inspiration, the... ...ow skillful a wordsmith we become, or how many high-paying book contracts we sign, our worth as a writer and influence as a communicator do not lie in... ... a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. ~ James Bryce (British Historian) “For though I be free from all men, yet have I made my... ...a mother I wrote more words, words that to me they were larger than life and significant, but I hid them away in folders and boxes believing they were... ...se. We see each other often, e-mail frequently, and communicate in a strange language. Our vocabulary contains the words “tweak” and “critique,” “SASE... ...ssionary. Missionaries go through extensive training, including learning the language and cultures of the countries they’re traveling to. Writers need... ...national awards. Some of my books have been translated into nineteen foreign languages. I hope my amazing career helps people realize that it’s never ...
...f art creates freedom and truth; it creates new spaces, new forms, and new languages. - A work of art summarizes the past, interprets the present an... ...an we become artists? Everyone who wants to become an artist first of all signs up to follow art courses. There, by following the masters of the pa... ... we become artists? Everyone who wants to become an artist first of all signs up to follow art courses. There, by following the masters of the pa... ... didn’t help them become a single great people, instead of a colony of the British Empire. It hadn’t helped them create a soul of a people who were ... ... Or does this point to a populace who expresses its own wisdom through its language? If the soul is spirit and the body is matter, the soul can only ... ...Many human lives, when they are united socially and historically, create a language and a culture. From the heart of this culture art and artists eme...
...questioning is now a concern of the entire world, West and East alike. One sign of this is the extraordinary proliferation of new religious creeds and... ...ourne in Australia and moving gradually from teaching biblical studies and languages (which I had studied at UTS) to teaching the history of pre-Chris... ...hem both equally for what they felt and knew. I even polished my German, a language I particularly disliked when I studied it in university, to be abl... ...ous chapels, even in very early village buildings. However, their specific significance and the religious thought systems which they represented are l... ... that is the closest approximation to a description of nirvana which human language can express. Nevertheless, there is something inexpressible about ... ... answer it. Another “beginner’s koan” runs: When Joshu was asked about the significance of Bodhid- harma’s coming East (which, proverbially, is the sam... ... land could be allocated to white use without a qualm of conscience by the British colonizers. First European contacts had learned little of Aborigina...
...occupied the minds and hearts of a large share of the population. Religious questioningis now a concern of the entire world, West and East alike. One sign of this is the extraordinary proliferation of new religiouscreeds and organizations. It sometimes feels as if there are as many religious creeds as there are adherents. It is true that thevast majority of Westerners cont...
... CHAPTERS 1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke? From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We eas... ...ommunity flee a saltwater surge that filled the Black Sea and scatter its language west toward the Atlantic, southeast toward India, and northeast to... ...dinavian tongues mingle with those of their Viking cousins, but the French language may exert even greater impact on the evolution of English. The Tr... ... live in flooded, swampy areas? Based on a theory developed in 1930 by British marine biologist Alistair Hardy, Elaine Morgan‘s provocative book ... ... but changes in our throat, tongue, and lips probably created a much more significant advantage. Morgan and her backers contend that our ancestors... ... Drop Of The Larynx Key To Our Speech Perhaps the most significant aquatic-era change in our ancestors was the position of the la... ...easy-to-harvest shellfish—like today‘s scallops—in abundance.‖ Renowned British brain researcher Michael Crawford, PhD, argues quite persuasively ... ... earliest ancestors whispered, spoke, shouted, beat drums, and sent smoke signals. Sounds and their echoes vanish into the air, as does smoke. So ... ...far-flung as Greece, Sicily, Italy, North Africa, southern Spain, and the British Isles. Vowel signs were missing The Phoenician‘s twenty-two si...
...In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or fashion a needle, a knife, or a spear. He first blesses him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name every living creature. Adam immediately understands God‘s words and enunciates his own....
...1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke?-From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2....
... CHAPTERS 1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke? From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We eas... ...ommunity flee a saltwater surge that filled the Black Sea and scatter its language west toward the Atlantic, southeast toward India, and northeast to... ...dinavian tongues mingle with those of their Viking cousins, but the French language may exert even greater impact on the evolution of English. The Tr... ...to live in flooded, swampy areas? Based on a theory developed in 1930 by British marine biologist Alistair Hardy, Elaine Morgan‘s provocative book ... ... but changes in our throat, tongue, and lips probably created a much more significant advantage. Morgan and her backers contend that our ancestors p... ...nce perpendicular. Drop of the larynx key to our speech Perhaps the most significant aquatic-era change in our ancestors was the position of the la... ...tion of its operation on next page after end of this chapter. Renowned British brain researcher Michael Crawford, PhD, argues quite persuasively ... ... earliest ancestors whispered, spoke, shouted, beat drums, and sent smoke signals. Sounds and their echoes vanish into the air, as does smoke. So th... ...far-flung as Greece, Sicily, Italy, North Africa, southern Spain, and the British Isles. Vowel signs were missing The Phoenician‘s twenty-two sign...
... Is the World Necessary? III. Theodicy: The Problem of Evil IV. Miracles, Wonders, Signs V. Appendix: Scientific Theories The Author ... ...l illusions, the outcomes of limitations inherent in our system of symbols (in our language). We label something "complex" when we use a great n... ...more (or less) complex or orderly by our choice of level of (meta) description and language elements. The simple (and ordered) can be regarded as t... ...in all other particles). Still, these models merely reflect choices of descriptive language, with no bearing on reality. Perhaps complexity and si... ...ies let through the collapsed outcomes of wave functions (when measured) - or the "signal". The rest of the superposition (or the other "Universes"... ... a Multiverse) can be represented as "noise". Our Universe, therefore, enhances the signal-to- noise ratio through acts of measurement (a generalizat... ...s imperfect (asymptotic to the truth), everything is possible. As Arthur Clark, the British scientist and renowned author of science fiction, said: ...
...ated, ethically speaking? They experience no dis-ease, they report no symptoms, no signs are evident. On what moral grounds can we commit them to t... ...ain diseases are accepted in certain parts of the world as a fact of life or even a sign of distinction (e.g., the paranoid schizophrenic as chosen ... ...of Mental Illness By: Dr. Sam Vaknin "You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know a... ...eudo-medical definitions of mental health disorders continue to rely exclusively on signs and symptoms – i.e., mostly on observed or reported behav... ...cean, in the United States, Benjamin Rush made similar observations. In 1835, the British J. C. Pritchard, working as senior Physician at the Bris... ... At the dawn of computing, software applications were authored serially, in machine language and with strict separation of data (called: "structures... ...ructures") and instruction code (called: "functions" or "procedures"). The machine language reflected the physical wiring of the hardware. This is ...
...like Argentinean dog walkers, I spotted a dark little man holding a yellow sign under his chin. ‘Commander and Clan’. I knew we had a fellow with a s... ...ainfall during the recent monsoon seasons cut drinking water supplies and significantly reduced the harvest of food and cotton crops. Since 60% of In... ...ing the diploma derby. But India‘s long history with English as a primary language has made its graduates in medicine, information technology and ma... ... able to nibble at the apples and berries in the pie filling. We have just signed a contract with Scottish shrimp companies to hand peel their shrimp... ...se who qualified. This along with the long tradition of English as a major language 17 brought India leadership in many sales areas and support a... ...he isn‘t as bad as his father who had at least 70 wives and threw out the British Constitution he inherited. So his son, King Mswati III, lives a pr... ... rex. ENGLISH—SIMPLISH ―Like it or not, there is an international language—English. In China they are beginning to teach English by age five...
...minimal and insignificant the sacrifice required is). Still, if a contract has been signed - implicitly or explicitly - between the parties, then su... ...ter how minimal and insignificant the sacrifice required of her is). Still, if she signed a contract with the fetus - by knowingly and willingly an... ... her life, maintain, or prolong them at SOCIETY's expense (no matter how major and significant the resources required are). Still, if a contract h... ... life threatening should or could, morally, be terminated. Using the transactional language: the contract was not entered to willingly or reasonabl... ...tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface." Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963), British writer I. Overview of Theories of Anarchism Politics... ... them the same cognitive interpretations and the same emotional resonance ('private languages"). The same words, or symbols, often have different me... ...ich they inhabited - maintaining tenaciously, through countless generations, their language, habits, creed, dress, and national ethos. Only Jews be... ...ry language for a minute, what group does not behave this way? Harvard alumni, the British Commonwealth, the European Union, the Irish or the Itali... ...cond mortal sin by transforming itself into an outpost and beacon of Western (first British-French, then American) neo-colonialism. As the represent...
...c Library.org Title: Chicago Style Manal Author: University of Chicago Language: English Subject: NonFiction, Reference Publisher: World Public... ...hies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serve the p... ... White House, County Hospital, Boston Public Library, New York Post-Office, British Museum, Thatre Fran~ais, Lexington Hotel, Masonic Temple, [Solo... ...ly accepted appellations for historical epochs, periods in the history of a language or literature, and geological ages and strata: Stone Age, Midd... ...lesiastical history as have, through their associa- tions, acquired special significance as designations for parties, classes, movements, etc. (see ... ...tory phrase, logically dependent upon the preceding clause; or if the colon signal- izes a note of comment: "The old adage is true that 'haste make... ...date line, and the salutatory phrase at the beginning, of letters, and the signature and residence at the end of letters - or articles, etc. : CH... ...oes, etc.: The Beginnings of the Science of Politicd Economy, Vol. I, 'The British School," chap. 2, "John Stuart Mill;" the articles "Cross," "Cru...
...r the ongoing stewardship of Chicago’s renowned editorial staff, aided by suggestions and requests from the Manual’s many readers. One of the most significant revisions was begun in the 1960s, led by the editorial team of Catharine Seybold (1915–2008) and Bruce Young (1917–2004), who rearranged, expanded, and updated the nearly twenty-year-old 11th edition (1949) and in...
...ase their claims on history - real or hastily concocted, on a common heritage, on a language shared by the members of the group and, most important... ... to a Christian administration of the region and by permitting education in foreign languages, by foreign powers in foreign-run and owned schools. ... ...donian National Program" demanded a recognition of a Macedonian nation with its own language and culture. They stopped short of insisting on an inde... ...s, Greeks, Montenegrins and Romanians subdued Bulgaria sufficiently to force it to sign a treaty in August 1913 in Bucharest. "Aegean Macedonia" we... ...and the opposition (by winning the elections handsomely despite all the above). By signing the Treaty of Nis (allowing Serb forces the right of hot... ...ad free rooms for the IMRO. The tobacco industry paid the IMRO more than a million British pounds of that time in six years of "taxation". Robberie... ...eutrality. Everybody knew that Paul was pro-German. Even King Alexander before him signed a few secret pacts with the rising, ignore at your peril,... ...generals now in charge reverted to Yugoslavia's neutrality and refused to join the British-Greek naval treaty, for example. But what appeared to be... ... army fought the partisans and the Allied Forces. When it tried to surrender to the British army in 1945 - it refused to accept their capitulation a...