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...book, John Clark, author of the highly regarded "Beaches of Hawaii" series, gives us the many captivating stories behind the hundreds of Hawaii place names associated with the ocean—the names of shores, beaches, and other sites where people fish, swim, dive, surf, and paddle. Significant features and landmarks on or near shores, such as fishponds, monuments, shrines, ree...

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...In 1966 the University of Hawaii Press published the first edition of Place Names of Hawaii. Written by Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel H. Elbert, it contained 1,125 entries, all of which were place names in the Hawaiian language. In 1974 the press published the second edition by Pukui, Elbert, and Esth...

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...URSE OF KALI 15 ‘The Trust is administered by a legal firm in India, who refuses to divulge the names of Chandra Lal’s heirs. However, whatever the... ...for the guests to wash and dry their fingers. Gavin guided Helen through the menu and the exotic names of the delicious dishes. Helen was glad that... ...ore, the bungalows dotted about the Audrey Blankenhagen 278 hills belonging to the British had names like “Rose Cottage”, “Beech Croft”, and “The...

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...f One True God - ALLAH, found to be the same and intact, inspite of various linguistic mutations. In our Blessed Research we found, “99 Beautiful Names of ALLAH” Co-existing in Quran, Hadith and Bible. We earnestly, hope that our readers would be all over the globe who would love to gain this Blessed Insight and Embrace the Truth....

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...s, we own that we have difficulty in believing that all which has passed by the names of magic and sorcery may be resolved into sleight of hand, dec... ...es of mischief, from the taking away of human life to the spoiling of milk. The names and forms of their imps were equally fantastic. Rebecca Jones,... ...accusers now cried out against two aged females who were church members, by the names of Corey and Nurse. Mrs. Nurse belonged to the church in Salem ...

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...In this book the authors endeavor to provide the people of the State of Hawaii with a glossary of important place names in the State, including names of valleys, streams, mountains, land sections, surfing areas, towns, villages, and Honolulu streets and buildings. The first edition of Place Names of Hawaii contained only 1,125 entries. ...

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...ry. 1 -- Hawaiian words used in the Glossary. 3 -- Abbreviations used in the Glossary. 4 -- Glossary. 5 -- Appendix. 235 -- Previous studies of place names. 235 -- Sources consulted. 237 -- Sound changes and the need for salvage. 238 -- New names. 241 -- Structural analysis. 243 -- Semantic analysis. 253 -- Words of non-Hawaiian origin and names of streets and buildings. 2...

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...The vibrations of one's name are part of his/her personality and are very important in the case of a political figure. The same applies to names of towns and states. Repeated planetary influences (including the 60 years period of the Chinese horoscope and the 18.5 years revolution period of the Lunar Nodes whose definition is recalled) stimulate periodical repet...

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...tion demanded a good concordance on behalf of the combined Franco-British staff so that the attack should be repulsed and the front stabilized. The names of the commanders give us a key to at least part of the answer to the question why the allied forces succeeded to defend the French capital. Here's the list of their names: Joseph Joffre; Franchet d'Espèray; Michel ...

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...Preface Chapter 1. Correlation and resemblance of names Chapter 2. Astrological aspects Chapter 3. The Lunar Nodes Chapter 4. The Chinese horoscope Appendix 1. Beginnings and ends of the years of the Chinese horoscope Appendix 2. The Cyrillic alphabet...

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... Europe, Georgia, South America, Spain and Mexico. Repetition of historical events or their analogy is often accompanied by high correlations between names of participants or places of battles (e.g. the Boer War and the Boxers' Revolt)....

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... should be distinguished or not. But let's illustrate first the notions of correlation and resemblance by some examples. The resemblance between the names of (Aimé-Joseph) Darnand, head of the French Militia during the German occupation in World War II, and of the admiral (Jean Louis Xavier François) Darlan, commander of the army, navy and air force during the same period...

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...Preface. Chapter 1. The Chinese horoscope and parallel events. Chapter 2. Comparison between five geographic regions. Names of persons and places of battles. Appendix 1. Beginnings and ends of the years according to the Chinese horoscope. Appendix 2. The Cyrillic alphabet....

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...the past. Not only Alcaeus...but Dio- scurides...Pylades...Milo...the very names make me unhappy. All destroyed by war. What special stupidity do men... ...vination. “Casper...Melchior...Balthasar...” Mother is pronouncing their names. She is fondest of the Babylonian king. “ He was tall and stately an... ...nde- pendent. Though I can not read Latin I can understand titles and the names of authors and I appreciate handsome volumes, ancient volumes, famil... ...orses were alive and came to me as I looked at them... I remembered their names. Andrea Verrochio came through the refectory door and shook my han... ...ad leaned against the wall. Holding up my torch I made out crude foreign names and initials and dates... VITELLI...was it really VITELLI? I thought... ... VITELLI...was it really VITELLI? I thought I saw 1502 on the wall. Latin names. Gascon. 1601. 1502 again. Cesare Borgia, that Papal bastard had had ... ...s that sable brush Francesco brought me from Paris? I am unable to recall names. And F—sits there, perturbed, as I attempt to remember. I also forge... ...st her infidelities—country-man at Fair, con-man, neighbor? Shall we name names? Shakespeare and Ann, at ruins o... ...o the Canaries, to Florida, Manoa...Hispaniola...cloak- thrower...knight...names...and his map, a large parchment, came out of the wall and stared at...

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... communism). If a (post)-communist Russian leader has the same name as a former Russian tsar or prince, then a repetition of events takes place - the names Boris (Godunov) and Mikhail (Romanov) are connected with the Time of Troubles, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin mark the perestroika, its modern version. The book is addressed to those interested in history, historic...

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...ulary from those languages that can have more than one meaning in English. As an additional result, the spell- ings of geographic as well as personal names can vary, even on the same page....

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...The designation "Altai," as Ozbek and Kazakh, are primarily geographical, tribal or confederation names, not ethnonyms. Those appellations were mistakenly or deliberately turned into "ethnic"or "political" classifications by early explorers or intelligence agents arriving in those lands ahead of the Russian armies and bur...

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...er 1 The Origin of Lime. Chapter 2 The Legacy of Lymme Chapter 3 Dog gone Lymmer Chapter 4 Limmer and Letters Limmer origins and Place names. Limmer and Migration Putting Limmer on the map Chapter 5 - As far back as surnames go Chapter 6: A second look at the Map Chapter 7 Limmer Landmarks Chapter 8: Meet the Family Chapter 9: Anot...

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... his escape plan but find Pathet soldiers waiting 192. Steward’s drive to DC for second Moratorium, reunion with Brandt’s 193. Brandt group carries names of Vietnam dead in candlelight procession 194. Brandt friends march and then discuss Kerouac, drugs, and spirituality 195. Steward’s bid farewell to Brandt’s and return to face changes 196. O’Rourke corresponds with ...

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...the past. Not only Alcaeus...but Dio- scurides...Pylades...Milo...the very names make me unhappy. All destroyed by war. What special stupidity do men...

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...Sacred Process Names Nature and Form Silence From Beyond Tongue Body Real Mind No Less The Temple One Flower Re-union Origin Aesthetics. History Truth Love-Song Earth, A Bird The Presence Of Light Clear Ground Listener ...

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...they are printed. It was in the spring of 1894 that the late Professor Max Muller first suggested to me that I should compile a General Index of the names and subject-matter for the complete series of the Sacred Books of the East. Such an Index, he thought, would be a great help to all students of the Sacred Books of tile East, and of the greatest value for the study of ...

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...ller & J. Takakusu. 50. INDEX : M. Winternitz. A GENERAL INDEX TO THE NAMES AND SUBJECT-MATTER OF THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST COMPILED BY M ... ...uller first suggested to me that I should compile a General Index of the names and subject-matter for the complete series of the Sacred Books of th... ...if the Index was to be of any use it would have to be, not a bare list of names and important words, with strings of references which no one would h... ... by different translators, sometimes also different spellings of the same names in different volumes. I have tried, as far as was practicable, to co... ... II6; tweh'e A. cr~ated, 41, 149 sq.; fashioned tlte sky, 41, 234; their names, 32, 245, 253 sq.; with Varulla at their head, I, 42; 26,93; 41, 28...

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...In collecting the names from the primary source, the thirty-three maps and quadrangles of the islands, except those of the re-survey of Oahu, were marked in rectangles, the sides of which were one minute long, and the named geographic features...

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...- Lanai -- 103 -- Maui -- 111 -- Molokai -- 143 -- Niihau -- 159 -- Oahu -- 163 -- Leeward Islands -- 197 -- Other Islands -- 199 -- Sources of Place-Names in the Gazetteer: - Maps of the United States Geological Survey -- 200 -- Maps and Charts of the Territorial, the Royal Hawaiian, and the United States Governments -- 202 -- Miscellaneous maps - Key to Identification Sy...

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...late this work of fiction. In a way, therefore, this is a roman-a-clef. Still, names and circumstances were altered to protect the identity of t... ...amps and seals and so it cannot have come from a Gestapo or SD file. It’s a list of names. It is signed by someone called Schwend or Schweid or some... ... Preston nodded sadly: “ODESSA, Kameradenwerk, Spinne, Sechsgestirn – the code names varied and shifted. There was nothing like a coordinated e... ...ou recall, this detail appears at the end of the third file that contains a list of names signed by someone named Schwend.” I nodded. “Schwend... ...e no longer required and he will have become dispensable. He compiled this list of names as a sort of insurance policy. When he was arrested in 1972...