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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

.../Index.asp?theme1=chauvinism Chicago (musical) The musical "Chicago" won 6 Academy awards (Oscars) in March 2003. It is based on the true story of ... ...rected the Unit's operations from London. When the war was over, he built a house - Goldeneye - in Jamaica. He worked for the Kemsley group of paper... ...d in a disease environment substantially different from that in other parts of the globe, the original inhabitants also brought with them, or evolv... ...ttp://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Biology/Genetics/Organelles Oscars (Academy Awards) Ben Hur (1959) and Titanic (1997) won 11 academy awar... ...ds (Oscars) each. Gigi (1958) and The Last Emperor (1987) were nominated for 9 awards and won them all. The Turning Point (1977) and The Col... ...nk.mil/news/Jun2002/t06112002_t611pren.html Phi The irrational number Phi - the golden ratio or divine proportion of antiquity - is 1.6180339887... ...phi.html http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt669/Student.Folders/Frietag.Mark/Hom epage/Goldenratio/goldenratio.html Plane Crashes September 11, 200...

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The Curse of Kali

By: Audrey Blankenhagen

...e, which she THE CURSE OF KALI 27 called her country, was indeed a very minuscule part of this globe and would be even further away when she reac... ...beautiful, but have now fallen into disrepair.’ Helen was fascinated throughout the journey - the golden temples and stately mosques; the beautiful ... ... blushing with the rosy glow of the dying sun and as they watched, the moon, like a giant yellow globe, rose above the peaks. Helen exclaimed at the... ...ked to the foot of the dais on which the Nawab sat cross-legged on the cushions of a magnificent golden throne. Mohammed Hassan Khan was a corpulent... ...the way to equalling the paternal girth. On the Nawab’s left stood Prince Ali, tall and slim, his golden skin and pale eyes testifying to his half F... ...eware and crystal glasses graced the white damask tablecloths at mealtimes. ‘Each year the Nawab awards a gift to the hunter with the most kills,’ ...

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From Chaos to Harmony

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...cessarily strive to think and to act in favor of society. If we eliminate the awards we give for individual excellence, and appreciate people only ... ...ent perspective, we will see that what now seems like a crisis is actually a golden opportunity. 77 5 OBEYING NATURE’S LAW It is not possible ... ...zees and lived among them for many years. For her research, she won numerous awards, including the Encyclopedia Britannica Award for Excellence, Th... ... it occupied in Babylon. But this time humanity, which has spread across the globe and proliferated into billions of people, is ready to listen. No...

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Unlocking the Zohar

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...n in ancient Babylon. When they departed Babel, they scattered across the globe as seventy nations and developed materially. Alone, they would never... ... of The Zohar and the wisdom of Kabbalah connect people from all over the globe, regardless of race, sex, nationality or religion. This wisdom bridg... ... that the words of The Zohar will pass through us in the middle line, the golden path. The language of The Zohar is filled with seemingly corporeal ... ...s what the text calls, “heritage” [can also mean land in Hebrew]. And who awards man with coming to this land? Sons. The sons award him with the lan... ...d I will give you wealth.” 284) In the meantime, a man walked in holding a golden vessel. He took it out so it would be seen, and its shine radiated ... ...y method and personal experiences broadens the students’ perspective and awards them a new perception of the reality they live in. Those on the spi...

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The Emerald Dagger

By: Barbara M. Hodges

...rything around them. The next days bring danger and a mind link with Zara, a golden dragon. Once reunited with Kelsey, Regan learns of her sister’s pl... ...overuse of the Power, works against them. Regan forces her will on Zara, the golden dragon. A harrowing and painful ride gripped in the dragon’s talon... ...covered the moon and plunged the glade into blackness. INSIDE THE CAVE, mage-globes hovered, casting a white glow into all but the left farthest corne... ...ramed photos. Her two favorites were the print of the sun setting behind the Golden Gate Bridge, fog shrouding all but the uppermost part of the span;... ...s of 680 to herself. She flipped her blinker and took the exit. Ahead, twin globes of light shot straight at her. She smashed the brakes to the floor... ... for the stretching time had brought with it a thick, dripping fog. The mage-globe still glowed, but pulsed slower. Peter feared that, when he tried t... ...as published short fiction and non-fiction, and was a 2002 Independent eBook Awards Finalist. Barbara’s first fantasy novel is The Blue Flame, the fir...

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Hawaii Business Magazine-Special Apec Edition

By: Apec Hawaii Host Committee

...ray of entertainment and shopping, and access from major ports across the globe combine to make Hawai‘i the most appealing of destinations. On be... ...its expertise and is on track to become a solar-energy leader around the globe. Another shining example of Hawai‘i innovation is Hoku Solar, a prov... ... in creating the landscaped “tropical look” for resort hotels around the globe. IN 1960, the U.S. Congress established in Honolulu a unique place ... ..., supports healthy cholesterol levels. * So enjoy the delicious flavor of golden, roasted Mauna Loa ® macadamia nuts everyday and reward yourself wi... ...o hālau hula performing in the modern style, culminating in an emotional awards presentation for all group winners. The Kamehameha Festival celeb... ...s in Hawai‘i. Each year, the nonproft agency hosts the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards, recognizing talented performers in traditional and contemporary H...

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Facts and Fictions in the Securities Industry

By: Sam Vaknin

...sk VIII. The Bursting Asset Bubbles IX. The Future of the SEC X. Privatizing with Golden Shares XI. The Future of the Accounting Profession XII. ... ...(mainly of imported goods); and with a rising mountain of savings, they scoured the globe for assets to invest their capital in: from football clubs... ...turf" considerations generally trump any joint efforts. Return Privatizing with Golden Shares Written March 2002 Updated July 2005 In a rare... ...ent analysts, have cautioned Bulgaria in early 2002 that its insistence on keeping golden shares in both its tobacco and telecom monopolies even af... ...bid. In a Dutch auction, the auctioneer announces a series of decreasing prices and awards the article to the first bidder. These epithets are used ... ...ther countries, and the accident-prone banking system in almost every corner of the globe. In many places, international aid constitutes the bulk o... ...hronicle Media Group, eBookNet.org, and "Central Europe Review". Publications and Awards "Managing Investment Portfolios in States of Uncertainty... ...tion with Central Europe Review/CEENMI, Prague and Skopje, 2000 Winner of numerous awards, among them Israel's Council of Culture and Art Prize for...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...pson's edict. In its oft-interrupted intercourse with these forsaken regions of the globe, it has acted, alternately, as a Peeping Tom, a cynic and ... ...ates has not refrained from encouraging and using terrorism in various parts of the globe. It has developed and deployed weapons of mass destruction... ...customers for its goods and services. They could provide the impetus for a renewed golden age of European economic expansion. Central and eastern ... ...ries are not integrated into the world economy. It is possibly the only part of the globe, bar Africa, to have entirely missed the trains of globali... ...rs, "Global Politician", eBookNet, and "Central Europe Review". Publications and Awards "Managing Investment Portfolios in States of Uncertaint... ...ation with Central Europe Review/CEENMI, Prague and Skopje, 2000 Winner of numerous awards, among them Israel's Council of Culture and Art Prize for...

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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...g innovation to circulate and helping to boost economic growth around the globe." But it admits that a "greater co-operation between sending and rec... ...terest. Some countries - Russia and Israel, for ones - continue to own a "Golden Share". This highly specific type of security allows the state to e... ...to its security, financial viability, or even to its traditions. Israel's golden share in the national air carrier, EI AI, allows it to prevent flig... ...ches their purchases: for every share bought by an employee, the employer awards him with another one, free of charge. In many companies, employees ... ... – the biggest restructuring of labour markets is taking place across the globe in rich and poor countries alike. Consider the clear erosion of the ... ...bal Politician", eBookNet, and "Central Europe Review". Publications and Awards "Managing Investment Portfolios in States of Uncertainty", Limon P... ... Central Europe Review/CEENMI, Prague and Skopje, 2000 Winner of numerous awards, among them Israel's Council of Culture and Art Prize for Maiden Pr...

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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...t more. With Kleis. We need more time together. P How tall she is! With golden hair and mint eyes, she grows more like her fa- ther each day. I det... ...unting cry...” Warming my feet on a warming stone, I said I preferred the golden hymn and repeated fragments... Long are their ways of living, ho... ...m I to forget her clandestine meetings of a few months ago and expect her golden head to settle down? She confides in me and I conceal my smiles. H... ...n aura of gentle mysticism, the aura of my Jesus at the supper table. The globe He holds in His hand lacks the obvious meaning of brotherhood—the gr... ...I VOICES FROM THE PAST 356 The Cheney twins died right outside the Globe: they had been working as stage hands: clever lads from Sussex, fait... ...ontracts, to pile millions of acres of dirt on top of us later? At the Globe, when I was young, I received quite a visitor! Ben Jonson brought Si... ...lair, Evelyn Eaton, and many others. He was the recipient of many grants, awards, and fellowships, from such organizations as the Leopold Schepp Fou...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...ther (an activity fully subsidized by government funds). The result was a globe encompassing network of academic institutions. The American Pentagon... ...y agencies (like the Better Business Bureau - BBB, VeriSign, TRUSTe) - or awards won (from credible and reputable organizations). Links from other, ... ...usible target. "A million books to a billion people in all corners of the globe." Inevitably, he sometimes feels cornered. "They" figure in many of ... ...l be how they remember Alice in Wonderland, just as my memory of it was a golden inscribed red leather edition my family used to read from together.... ...ed - we have added a lot of multimedia over the years, and we've won some awards for our multimedia - but we will continue to offer comprehensive in... ...weekly multimedia technology journal, he has shared with people across the globe his fascination with technology and his sense of wonder at the innov... ...They frequent well designed sites. There are even design competitions and awards. But they display a preference for sites that are constantly update...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

...into two directions: In and Out. Our Universe did not expand out into a full globe of Infinite Space when it first split. It only split ½ of the w... ...ws… the structure of an exploded Universe… the structure of an exploded half-globe, pressed against another half- globe… with an empty interior, and... ...a small seed, or singularity. Both give birth to the form of a 3-dimensional globe. But it must be put into the right context to be understood. O... ...ations gimmick, an award ritual that is now a household name: the Nobel Prize Awards hailing the worst inventions of hell as greatest leaps forward ... ... glamorized public spectacles of more even more idolization as they are given awards and praised, and as they all praise themselves and each other, a... ...lization The Effect of Civilization on Humans 744 When was the golden Age of American Music? When simple African American Ethnic Musi... ...thless. Everything they want: becomes idolized and untouchable. They have a ‘golden touch’. Americans have the ability to turn anything they touch ... ...ld. They have the ability to turn anything into an icon. But what does this golden touch do? It turns their music into mediocre garbage. It turns...

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A Courageous Battle

By: Susan Bracken

...do not have to write any more books. I can do whatever I want in these, my golden years. Ruefully, she wondered where the term ‘golden’ had come from.... ...e, for people person/party type. Since then her mother had called Jana her golden girl and laughed whenever Jana complained about be- ing the one call... ...h new loca- tion. The house was filled with memorabilia of trips taken and awards won. Expensive works of art hung on walls. Every CHAPTER 31 176 SUS... ... don’t think anyone will bother us about them.” “That is a clever idea. My golden girl does it again!” Their bus driver was calling them for lunch. Th... ...lysis of Newspaper Coverage of Assisted Dying in the Vancouver Sun and The Globe and Mail, 1991-2004, Surrounding the Cases of Sue Rodriguez and Evely...

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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

... thinking, share similar philosophical structures on opposite sides of the globe. From 1973 for almost thirty years I was Professor of Cultural and So... ... abroad and learn all kinds of things about how people live all around the globe. There are all kinds of programmes. Whoever has the money, it's a goo... ...own history, language and cultural bonds. Lampang is part of the so-called Golden Triangle on the upper reaches of the Salween and Mekong rivers.As we... ...them, although potato farming succeeds better in the mountains. During the golden age of commercial farming, farmers on the plains and mountains of Th... ...r the procession, and they contain the same elements as other processions: golden palaces, lotus and dragon thrones, upon which sit queens surrounded ... ... the park, where young musicians and dancers may show off their skills and awards of merit are presented to those who have made best progress. On the ... ...hould become a new social network uniting people in different parts of the globe, mobile phones would create 'mobile phone communities', new communica...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...et you all. I‘ve arranged for us to have our chat over lunch. Here at the Golden Dragon they make the finest of Chinese food and do unusual French an... ...ghted people? Where is that universal ethic that all religions preach—the Golden Rule? ‗Do unto others as you would have them do unto you‘ or ‗Don‘t ... ... —―I can‘t remember any Christian or non-Christian nation using the Golden Rule in their foreign policy. Some welfare states may use it in dom... ... ―In the U.S., perhaps because of the influx of people from around the globe and the official separation of church and state in the Constitution,... ...on on the field and such. But predicting micro and macro economics for the globe is so complicated. Populations in each corner of the earth must be a... ... sue the company. Courts, representing society, often give huge financial awards to people for their stupidity of having smoked. ―While socie... ...that adds to the world‘s population problem and adds more warmers for our globe! And it just delays the inevitable. Or you can bring in immigrants as...

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When Serpents Die

By: Gerrie Ferris

...nd how his eyes held hers just a little longer than was appropriate. She twisted a golden ring on her right hand, a habit she often fell into when t... ...dn’t happen, not with Royce the way he was. Sounds like an excuse for Sammie to go globe-trotting for trinkets. What else does she have to do?” H... ...d sister through Jakova’s foyer. Wasted tears, Johnelle thought, looking up at the golden oak staircases which wound to the third floor of the mansi... ...step. Laura Kate glanced over at Hannah and saw the exultant look on her face, her golden hair and scarf blowing together, her black coat flaring. ... ...orld know what’s going on in parts of it they’ve never heard of, and a wall full of awards for doing so.” His lips turned down, and he sipped at his...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...", Claudia Koontz quotes from Freud's "Civilization and its Discontents": "If (the Golden Rule of morality) commanded 'Love thy neighbor as thy nei... ...ntirely different process of innovation characterizes the financial markets. Jacob Goldenberg and David Mazursky postulated the existence of Creati... ...e you are missionaries, bringing democracy and a better life to all corners of the globe". "People like you are clever and won't wait till it is to... ...pson's edict. In its oft-interrupted intercourse with these forsaken regions of the globe, it has acted, alternately, as a Peeping Tom, a cynic and ... ...conomic, political, or military alliances and gladly surrender part of that elusive golden braid, their sovereignty. Thus, becoming an independent ... ...ther countries, and the accident-prone banking system in almost every corner of the globe. In many places, international aid constitutes the bulk of... ...ryone simultaneously). Such ease of replication gives rise to network effects and awards first movers with a monopolistic or oligopolistic positio... ...ters, "Global Politician", eBookNet, and "Central Europe Review". Publications and Awards "Managing Investment Portfolios in States of Uncertainty... ...ion with Central Europe Review/CEENMI, Prague and Skopje, 2000 Winner of numerous awards, among them Israel's Council of Culture and Art Prize for...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...", Claudia Koontz quotes from Freud's "Civilization and its Discontents": "If (the Golden Rule of morality) commanded 'Love thy neighbor as thy nei... ...ntirely different process of innovation characterizes the financial markets. Jacob Goldenberg and David Mazursky postulated the existence of Creati... ...e you are missionaries, bringing democracy and a better life to all corners of the globe". "People like you are clever and won't wait till it is to... ...pson's edict. In its oft-interrupted intercourse with these forsaken regions of the globe, it has acted, alternately, as a Peeping Tom, a cynic and ... ...conomic, political, or military alliances and gladly surrender part of that elusive golden braid, their sovereignty. Thus, becoming an independent ... ...ther countries, and the accident-prone banking system in almost every corner of the globe. In many places, international aid constitutes the bulk of... ...ryone simultaneously). Such ease of replication gives rise to network effects and awards first movers with a monopolistic or oligopolistic positio... ...ters, "Global Politician", eBookNet, and "Central Europe Review". Publications and Awards "Managing Investment Portfolios in States of Uncertainty... ...ion with Central Europe Review/CEENMI, Prague and Skopje, 2000 Winner of numerous awards, among them Israel's Council of Culture and Art Prize for...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...keeper? Are the needs and interests of the people on the other side of the globe of any in- terost to ine? Or is the world not an organism but a oolle... ... to Lower Classes, William Mansfield Clark. Class Yell. Graves Prize Essay Awards The following essays submitted in the competition for the Graves pri... ... Rye" Selections 32 Two-Step "Paddy Whack" 33 Waltz "Faniana" 34 Two-Step "Golden Rod" 35 Waltz ! "^. °i;*""" .. I My Rosary 3fe Two-Ste-- 1 "Good bye... ...rskine, Jayne, Jones. Shudden '04, Austin, Eldred. Jud- soii, Gregory '05, Golden, Helbig, '05, Plunkett ex-'Oo. Brady, Oant- well,0nrtis8, Gale. Hers... ...oose moral nature, actors had established permanent wood- en theatres. The Globe theatre, opened in 1599, was the scene of many Shakespearean triumphs... ...larship requirements. It is one step further toward whatsome regard as the golden age when the grant of any "cuts"' whatever, no matter how ingenius t... ...arke Calhoun. Sanctum, Cbat. Sign of the Shears, Book Notice, 'Varsity "W" Awards At a nieotiiig of tlie. Athletic Council bold on Monday, Decem- ber ... ...enry W. Toll 1909; §10.00 third prize, Charles A. Robison 1911. The formal awards and the pay- ment of the prizes will be made at the usual time at Co...

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American Notes

By: Rudyard Kipling

...ding. G. P. T. 5 Rudyard Kipling I I I I I A A A A At t t t t t t t t the Golden Gat he Golden Gat he Golden Gat he Golden Gat he Golden Gate e e e e... ...tly insane people, whose women are of a remarkable beauty. Contents At the Golden Gate ..................................................... 5 America... ........... 60 6 American Notes When the “City of Pekin” steamed through the Golden Gate, I saw with great joy that the block-house which guarded the mo... ...ney will not buy you service in the West. When the hotel clerk—the man who awards your room to you and who is supposed to give you information—when th... ...ng me as in the old sinful days in India I was used to treat the wandering globe-trotter. They de- clare that they speak the truth, and the news of do...

...Contents At the Golden Gate ..................................................... 5 American Politics ....................................................... 18 American Salmon ...................................................... 29 The Ye...

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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

By: Thomas Hutchinson

...orbs that burn below With unapparent fire, The baby Sleep is pillowed: Her golden tresses shade The bosom’s stainless pride, ... ...all existing things The temple of the mightiest Daemon stands. Yet not the golden islands That gleam amid yon flood of purple light, ... ... _380 To see a babe before his mother’s door, Share with the green and golden basilisk That comes to lick his feet, his morning’s meal. 34 V olum... ...ins soon leave not a wreck behind: Their elements, wide-scattered o’er the globe, T o happier shapes are moulded, and become ... ...scent of Heaven’s untrodden way. Fast and far the chariot flew: The mighty globes that rolled Around the gate of the Eternal Fane Lessened by slow deg... ...e in lies,—even at the hour When he was snatched from death, then o’er the globe, With secret signs from many a mountain-tower, _3850 With smok... ...OMO: COMO: Nothing more? Alas! Bare must be the provision which strict law Awards, and aged, sullen avarice pays. _5 Why...

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The Lily of the Valley

By: Honoré de Balzac

...or my mother was present in the theatre when I came forward to receive the awards amid general ac- clamations, although the building was filled with t... ...by the beauty of the bosom, chastely covered with gauze, where blue-veined globes of perfect outline were softly hidden in waves of lace. The slightes... ...ied by a glance of saintly anger, by a noble face crowned with a diadem of golden hair in harmony with the shoulders I adored. The crimson of offended... ...ore. The lungs diseased breathe in a blessed purity; the eyes will rest on golden copses which impart to the soul their peaceful stillness. At this mo... ...ere to its broad extent; often my eyes were drawn to the horizon along the golden blade of the Loire, where the sails made fantastic figures among the... ...s faith of this man. What strange, relentless power is it that perpetually awards an angel to a madman; to a man of heart, of true poetic passion, a b... ...ale of life where myriads of human beings now dust make the surface of the globe, small indeed among that crowd, hurrying beneath the luminous spaces ...

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Memorials and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

... life, found it easy, with three or four glasses of wine, to call back the golden spirits which were now so often deserting me. Renovated, meantime, b... ...ss, was this man’s remorse when, on leaving Westport, I gave him the heavy golden perquisite, which my mother (unaware of the tricks he had practised ... .... A century and a half ago such a Lady Carbery was in South Wales, at the “Golden Grove;” now such another Lady Carbery was in central England, at Lax... ...nce, of books and MSS., in the first place; secondly, of maps, charts, and globes; and, thirdly, perhaps of the costly apparatus re- quired for such s... ...denly 196 Memorials, and Other Papers victorious in three quarters of the globe; land and sea echoed to the voice of her triumphs; and the poor Docto... ...- tive prisoner; in such a case, you know the punishment which martial law awards. The governor at Falkenberg had his or- ders.” These last significan...

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The Pioneers Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna a Descriptive Tale

By: James Fenimore Cooper

..., “is the language used by our Divine Master himself, and it should be the golden rule with us, his humble followers.” The stranger stood a moment los... ...an English emigrant, who had bent his steps to this retired quarter of the globe. If hard-featured and without color, with high cheek-bones, it was a ... ...e to the other, as each glittered, on the side next the lumi- nary, with a golden lustre that melted away, on its opposite, into the dusky shades of a... ...long the shores and over the hills, where the clearings, groaning with the golden corn, were cheering the forest with the signs of life, “to have roam... ...dating squatter, but as the preserver of his child. CHAPTER XXX “The court awards it, and the law doth give it.” —Merchant of Venice. REMARKABLE PETTI...

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Jerusalem Delivered

By: Torquato Tasso

...following day On those fair plains their standards proud display. XXXV The golden sun rose from the silver wave, And with his beams enamelled every gr... ... lore She brought him up fit for each worthy feat, Till of these wares the golden trump he hears, That soundeth glory, fame, praise in his ears. LX An... ...e might justly boast, Three years he served in field, when scant begin Few golden hairs to deck his ivory chin. LXI The horsemen past, their void-left... ...esire To heavenward, this blessed place behold, These shining lamps, these globes of living fire, How they are turned, guided, moved and rolled; The a... ...ir; Then bend thine eyes on yonder earth and mould, All in that mass, that globe and compass see, Land, sea, spring, fountain, man, beast, grass and t... ...sso LXVII “And with a veil she wiped now and then From his fair cheeks the globes of silver sweat, And cool air gathered with a trembling fan, To miti... ... was bent; Argantes at his face a thrust did throw, Which while the Prince awards and doth prevent, His ready hand the Pagan turned so, That all defen...

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Jerusalem Delivered

By: Torquato Tasso

...following day On those fair plains their standards proud display. XXXV The golden sun rose from the silver wave, And with his beams enamelled every gr... ... lore She brought him up fit for each worthy feat, Till of these wares the golden trump he hears, That soundeth glory, fame, praise in his ears. LX An... ...e might justly boast, Three years he served in field, when scant begin Few golden hairs to deck his ivory chin. LXI The horsemen past, their void-left... ...esire To heavenward, this blessed place behold, These shining lamps, these globes of living fire, How they are turned, guided, moved and rolled; The a... ...ir; Then bend thine eyes on yonder earth and mould, All in that mass, that globe and compass see, Land, sea, spring, fountain, man, beast, grass and t... ...sso LXVII “And with a veil she wiped now and then From his fair cheeks the globes of silver sweat, And cool air gathered with a trembling fan, To miti... ... was bent; Argantes at his face a thrust did throw, Which while the Prince awards and doth prevent, His ready hand the Pagan turned so, That all defen...

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Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

... balmy sunshine from their long winter’s torpor. Through every hour of the golden morning the streets were resonant with female parties of young and o... ...olstice of unclouded hope. These, you will say, were blessings; these were golden ele- ments of felicity. They were so; and yet, with the single ex- c... ...al judg- ment delivered without suppression or softening of its harsh- est awards. She laughed whilst she said all this; but she also trembled a littl... ..., and little Francis; the freshness of morning spirits rested upon us; the golden light of the morn- ing sun illuminated the room; incense was floatin... ... havoc amongst the Bashkir tribe. As often as the Bashkirs collected into ‘globes’ and ‘turms’ as their only means of meeting the long line of descend... ...an convenience, even after all the sublime discoveries of Herschel, upon a globe or spherical chart having a radius of one hundred and fifty feet; and...

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Master Francis Rabelais Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel

By: Thomas Urquhart

...A thing ne’er equall’d by old Greece: A thing ne’er match’d as yet, a real Golden Fleece. 35 Rabelais IV. Vice is a soldier fights against mankind; ... ...Vir et mulier junctim propriissime homo. T o wear about his neck, he had a golden chain, weighing twenty-five thousand and sixty- three marks of gold,... ...e ear-pieces of hers made of crimson satin, but there was such a number of golden spangles in them (turdy round things, a pox take them) that they fet... ..., I do you exhort, In such commotions so continual, What rest can take the globe terrestrial? Most happy then are they, that can it hold, And use it c... ...gain. The cords of the rackets are made of the guts of sheep or goats. The globe terrestrial is the tennis-ball. After playing, when the game is done,... ...rth, nor the stars send down any good influence, be- cause the terrestrial globe hath desisted from sending up their wonted nourishment by vapours and... ...he unspeakable benig- nity of God, that all those his preceding sentences, awards, and judgments, have been confirmed and approved of by yourselves in...

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Speeches: Literary and Social

By: Charles Dickens

... shall be spoken ages hence, by land and sea, over the wide surface of the globe—I thank you. I had occasion to say the other night in Boston, as I ha... ...ester to receive the prizes and certificates of merit which it impartially awards. The most successful of the competitors in the list of these exami ... ...es, there cannot be absent the conviction that it would be better for this globe to be riven by an earthquake, fired by a comet, overrun by an iceberg... ...nd that, its most modest and devoted member—I will not avail myself of the golden opportunity considerately provided for me to say a great deal in hon... ...merously represented here, I should immediately and at once subside into a golden silence, which would be of a highly edifying, because of a very exem... ...in the audience of Wednesday to seize upon the words— “And I have brought, Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their ...

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Sons and Lovers

By: D. H. Lawrence

...itan, like her father, high-minded, and really stern. Therefore the dusky, golden softness of this man’s sensu- ous flame of life, that flowed off his... ...me across the softly-woven sky. They stooped in a long curve down into the golden glow, concentrating, cawing, wheel- ing, like black flakes on a slow... ...m school. Mr. Leivers was a good- looking man in the prime of life, with a golden-brown moustache, and blue eyes screwed up against the weather. The b... ...ape in water-colour and a still life in oil, both of which had first-prize awards. He was highly excited. “What do you think I’ve got for my pictures,... ...t up, and spun it upon the table. The gold became a diaphanous, glittering globe. It fell, and the ring was quivering upon the table. She spun it agai...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...dinner. (He used to say that a nap “after dinner was silver—before dinner, golden.”) He cast happy, side- long glances at his son from under his thick... ...te finished. “Demosthenes, I know thee by the pebble thou secretest in thy golden mouth!” said Bilibin, and the mop of hair on his head moved with sat... ...orts of tempting wares. The Pavlograds held feast after feast, celebrating awards they had received for the campaign, and made expeditions to Olmutz t... ...icers, and also Kutuzov’s, collected in groups and began to talk about the awards, about the Austrians and their uni- forms, about their lines, about ... ...on to her usual smile as hostess. Looking at her she may have recalled the golden, irrecoverable days of her own girlhood and her own first ball. The ... ...s depicted playing at stick and ball. The ball represented the terrestrial globe and the stick in his other hand a scepter. Though it was not clear wh... ...whose grandeur enabled his son to play stick and ball with the terrestrial globe—to show, in contrast to that grandeur, the simplest paternal tenderne... ...mpereur!” at the sight of the portrait of the boy piercing the terrestrial globe with a toy stick, and just as they would have cried “Vive l’Empereur!... ...om Tarutino to Madame de Stael, the reading of novels, the distribution of awards, his corre- spondence with Petersburg, and so on. But the destruc- t...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...and his colleagues, gained access to the American 11 gate were operated by Globe Security under a contract with American Airlines. In a different term... ...ook back at the century after the revelations to the Prophet Mohammed as a golden age. Its memory is strongest among the Arabs.What happened then—the ... ... 8 The extreme Islamist version of history blames the decline from Islam’s golden age on the rulers and people who turned away from the true path of t... ...ization included a financial support network that came to be known as the “Golden Chain, ” put together mainly by financiers in Saudi Arabia and the P... ...Haramain Islamic Foundation. 118 Smaller charities in various parts of the globe were funded by these large Gulf charities and had employees who would... ...ssentially invisible amid the billions of dollars flowing daily across the globe. 48 Ali was not required to provide identification in sending this mo... ...n interview 7 (Mar. 22, 2004), Port Authority report, September 11 Special Awards Ceremony, vol. 1, undated (recognitions 2, 3, 4, and 5). 42. For tro...

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The Egoist : A Comedy in Narrative

By: George Meredith

...ing elapsed, Sir Willoughby Patterne left his native land on a tour of the globe. 23 George Meredith CHAPTER IV LAETITIA DALE THAT WA S ANOTHER SURPR... ...other objected to her? She could not avoid asking herself. His tour of the globe had been undertaken at his mother’s desire; she was an ambi- tious la... ...e your laws and rules for secreting it in our treasury. Besides, it is the golden key of all the possible; new worlds expand beneath the dawn it bring... ...acious, charming fellow, as any young gentleman may be who gaily wears the golden dish of Fifty thousand pounds per annum, nailed to the back of his v... ...to Dr. Middleton, to keep the diversion alive. “And that Aristotle had the globe under his cranium,” re- joined the Rev. Doctor. “And that the Moderns... ...rd of the definition. Rela- tives should know better than to deliver these awards to us in public. “Well?” quoth Lady Busshe, expressive of stupefacti...

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