... two thousand houses,
and to be not quite as large as Albany. The houses were built of a soft
shining stone, and they all had porticoes, piazzas, and verandas, suited
to the tropical climate of ... were
like small filaments of silver; the Red Sea resembled a narrow plate of
the same metal. The peninsula of India was of a darker, and Arabia of a
light and more grayish green.
The sun's rays ... of Siam; and
that the natives nearly assimilate with those of Hindostan, in language,
manners, religion, and character, except that they are more hardy and
warlike.
I was transported very rapidly...
... is based on the
media they read and watch, since this also automatically
indicates which advertising media to use.
Existing customers are a useful resource, because analysing
their characteristics ... work and felt the time was
right to go into business and she set up as a
sole trader. “I am the artist and I am also my
manager / agent, my business brain is the
ruling factor when it comes to ... in a pure way, free of the
constraints and pressures of business.
Perhaps it is better to separate earning a living on the one
hand and creativity on
the other so as to do each one to the...
... putting a laboratory in space,
or by a trip around the moon, or by a
rocketto land on the moon, or by a
rocketto go tothemoonand back with
a man?Ó Johnson, whom Kennedy had
named his primary adviser ... science adviser, and
NASA managers, the agency in 1962 finalized
its plan for the Apollo program tothe moon.
Under the guidance of NASA administrator
James Webb, and with the strong backing of
President ... astronauts
into orbit around themoonand back
to the earth, was on schedule for a ịrst
orbital test òight in October. But the
separate lunar landing module, intend-
ed to place astronauts on themoon s
surface,...
... my mom and dad to
visit my aunt and uncle.
Grandma and Grandpa live with Dad and
Mom now.
Notice the role of the modifying pronoun here.
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to the proper care and feeding
of capital letters
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The Uses and Rules of Capital Letters
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and holidays.
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The Uses and Rules of Capital Letters
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Capitalize the names of religions and
religious terms.
The Battle of the Bulge was an important...
... have an in-
creased risk of abnormal cells of the cervix,
vagina, anal and genital area, anda highe r inci-
dence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)
and advanced cervical disease, and ... through
the use of family planning and dual protec-
tion, safe antenatal and deliver y care, and STI
prevention and treatment.
Antenatal care, child health care and family
planning are now relatively ... take into account local epide-
miological data andthe use of risk assessment
tools, includ ing physical and vaginal exa m-
ination. Population-based and reliable local
epidemiological data are...
... employment.
Natural capital
Natural capital is the quality and quantity of
natural resources that are available to people and
above all, the access and control people have over
these natural resources. ... early
1980s, the rapid rural appraisal (RRA) approach
to initial project preparation was developed. By
the end of the decade, there was a range of RRA
methods and approaches available which then
gave ... by
international and national organizations such as
DFID, CARE and OXFAM. Sustainable
livelihoods is a framework for thinking about
poverty by trying to understand and analyse the
lives and needs of the...
... of Cu(I) to each
domain caused the disappearance of a large set of
NOESY cross-peaks andthe parallel appearance of
another set of cross-peaks, until a clean 2D spectrum
belonging toa single ... synthesis
was from Rapp Polymere (Tu
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bingen, Germany), and all
other chemicals were from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany).
Synthesis of the individual a- and b- domains
The individual a- and b-domains ... inhibitory
factor [6,7].
Both mammalian MT-1 and MT-2 are composed of
the N-terminal b- andthe C-terminal a- domain. They
are predominantly isolated containing zinc or cadmium
exclusively bound to...
... city-state and civilization reached its most
advanced early forms in classical Athens and Rome. In this process and its historical
extensions and reinventions, the monarchial and patriarchal state and ... Yogykarta, central Java: population 472,000. Malioboro street
runs through the center of the city, from the railroad station
towards the Alun-Alun (City Square) and Keraton (Sultan's Palace) ... Dualism and Toward
Reconstruction 192
Bob Catterall
18 Diaspora Capital and Asia Pacific Urban Development 207
Chung Tong Wu
19 Capitalizing on Havana: The Return of the Repressed in a
Late Socialist...
... she says with a laugh. When
she was 14, her parents started a restaurant, and she began waitressing
at night. Her father encouraged her to save up for substantial needs, like
a car, rather than ... financial happi-
ness: aligning their money and values. What does this mean? They are
clear on what is most meaningful to them, and focus their money
around it. The way they earn, save, and spend ... save up money and why I have a nest egg—be-
cause if I get sick of it all, I’ll be able to quit and go tothe Caribbean
and still pay my mortgage.”
Marilyn N., 31, is also a saver, but in a town...
... and what they ought to
say. But when they come at me with a flank movement, as it were, I
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26
and they had been married sixty years! They had toiled and grown
old together, ...
Sada’s father was saved suicide and long unhappiness by a timely
tidal-wave, which swept the village nearly bare, and carried the man
and his wife out to sea andto eternity.
The child was ... hair is black.
The Lady and Sada San
7
thanking my stars I was getting the best of the bare tablecloth and
the empty house at home.
Some twenty years ago Sada’s father, an American, grew...
... Bordetella pertussis, the etiological agent of
whooping cough, and of close relatives such as B. parap-
ertussis and B. bronchiseptica that cause similar respiratory
diseases in man and animals, ... domains.
Autophosphorylation is followed by an obligate intramo-
lecular phosphorelay to an aspartic acid in their receiver and
a histidine in their HPt domains. Finally, the phosphate
from the ... were added. After the addition of Q-0 and/ or
ATP samples were taken immediately and after 0.5, 1, 2, 4,
8, 16 and 32 min; the reaction was stopped by the addition
of sample buffer. The half-life...
...
capacity in appendix 2. The ratio of the maximum
capacity tothe average capacity available is about
2.5. Again, this indicates that the average capacity
is a good indicator for the available ... survey aimed at finding out minimum, average and
maximum estimates of costs/prices andthe available average and maximum testing capacities. The data
exploration has shown a considerable variability ... incorporates all the relevant data. However,
there is no general standard for an acceptable level
of price variability. Thus, we had to fix a
reasonable boundary.
The ratio mean to median of a sample...
... propane)
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placard have a
red background.)
Class 2.2
Non-flammable
gas and non-toxic
gas (e.g.,
compressed air)
(The label and
placard have a
green background.
Class 2.3
Toxic gas (e.g.,
sulphur ... Internationalđ
Subsidiary Class
Some materials have more than one hazard associated with them. For example, a material may
be both corrosive (class 8) anda flammable liquid (class 3). In these cases, the manufacturer
would ... 8 label.
Placards
Placards are a larger version of the labels and must be applied
on each side and each end of the transport vehicle, so that the
placards are visible from any direction. Labels...
...
variables actually increase the effect of stress on individual
functioning. Research by Green et al. (1990) and Kahana, Harel, and
Kahana (1988) suggests that individuals in each of the above-mentioned ... HEALTH CARE
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
NATIONAL SECURITY
POPULATION AND AGING
PUBLIC SAFETY
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
TERRORISM AND
HOMELAND SECURITY
TRANSPORTATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
WORKFORCE ... AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
WORKFORCE AND WORKPLACE
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