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... in Lanark; a third on Lyne, above Drochil Castle; the fourth on the Tyne, near Traprain Law. Stevenson of Stevenson (co. Lanark) swore fealty to Ed- ... ...he least prejudice from the night air; one night, when lying in the fields near to the Carrick-Miln, I was all covered with snow in the morning. Many ... ...ave my pillow; frequently have I resorted to the old walls about the glen, near to Camragen, and there sweetly rested.’ The visible band of God protec... ...ts must be very forlorn to go with a slender purse for distant and unknown countries.’ ‘Lighthouse Yacht, Off Greenock, Aug. 18 th . ‘It was after chu... ... where it seems to have been touch-and-go. ‘I landed at Tarbetness, on the eastern side of the point, in a mere gale or blast of wind from west-south-... ...g points of this strangely formed island, the lowness and whiteness of its eastern 41 Records of a Family of Engineers shores, and the wonderful mann... ...r more, and having thirty-two fathoms’ depth of water within a mile of its eastern edge. 60 Robert Louis Stevenson was not paid for it.* From so much...

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...ture be distinctive from western ones? The difference between Western and Eastern cultures, on the whole, lies in the distinctive points of views: t... ...ason Western culture never solves the problem of health. Unfortunately our Eastern culture is being lost while fewer and fewer people are qualified t... ...ow can this kind of civilization bring happiness to society? Unfortunately Eastern people are turning to the West. more and more people prefer a mat... ...n overwhelmingly large number worship and keep the blind faith in foreign countries, as to overthrow our own culture. Yes, but is there any better s... ...of science, especially the United States, followed by a group of European countries, and then the world. Still more ironically, China is diligently ... ... first lunar month), my wife hurriedly crossed the street and was knocked nearly two meters by a speed taxi, frightening the driver along with the pa... ... effect to each other, thus leading to the chain reaction) Third world countries’ creators and inventors are also handicapped by language, poor li... ... and space are in unity, for example, past-present-future, big-small, far-near, dynamic-static, even being-nonbeing are perfectly unified, like a ho... ...Xilin Wall”states, “A great mountain by vertical and horizontal view, far, near, high, low, and each not same. I can't see the true face of Lushan, b...

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...a western wedding dress stood at a pond posing for a picture with her groom. Near earlier buildings Sang Huin had noticed him looking at them question... ...th and barren and made him almost yearn for the tortuous roads that appeared near Umsong to be rid of scenery so bland. Although the bus traveled down... ...Sang Huin a big fat kiss. Sang Huin picked up his book bag on the spare seat near the window and sat there. It was complicated, in a sense. If he had ... ..., it was being equated with dirt the way Americans envisioned most all other countries including those in Western Europe. "Everyone wants to talk to y... ...that this trailer was in an inauspicious location in one of the more violent countries on the planet. To compound matters, she didn't have any friend... ...d plagues. In modern times, those issues occurred in underdeveloped foreign countries among heathen populations. But car accidents, cancer, high mor... ...obiology emerged. --Wild wheat and barley live naturally in the area between Eastern Turkey and the Caspian Sea. Some time between 12,000 and 8,000 B...

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...and the world. There were his three children, the youngest of whom was now nearly nineteen, and they surely were links! At the first moment of his be... ...rhaps salutary, but it had not left behind it much affection. And then her nearest relatives were not sympathetic with the Duke. He could obtain no as... ... source. Nor could he even do it from his own cousins’ wives, who were his nearest connections on the side of the Pallisers. They were women to whom h... ...ier than would have been named had it not been that Lord Gerald must be at Eastern Counties Railway Sta- tion at nine pm. An hour an half for dinner a... ...ht that they’d have been so punctual? They never are punctual on the Great Eastern. It was an infernal shame. I think I shall go at once to Harnage an... ...nowledge which the possession of the blue blood itself produces. There are countries with bluer blood than our own in which to be without such knowled... ... our object to select for our own acquaintance the best we can find of all countries. It seems to me that Miss Boncassen is a young lady with whom any...

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... as Christian or Jewish, but for many people these terms have come to lose nearly all meaning except to identify them with a set of traditional festiv... ...fe, separate from everyday secular living. This is particularly evident in countries in which there is a strict separation between Church and State. W... ...organized, and much else. Small groups such as the Old Order Amish, in the eastern United States, are striking examples of Christian traditions which ... ...emergence and development of Christianity. 17 Within a very few centuries, eastern Christianity—in both an ideological, and to some degree organizatio... ...nt thinkers in the East believe that genetics only answers some questions. Eastern traditions generally maintain that no single view of reality can be... ...dging temple. Then he could no longer restrain himself. “We monks don’t go near females,” he told Tanzan, “especially not young and lovely ones. It is... ...time involuntarily, when I lost footing as I was fording the Mekong River, near Rakshi in Northern Tibet. When I reached the shore, in a few minutes m... ...ing both in Temple worship and in synagogues. When Christianity moved into countries far from Palestine, the traditional Jewish form of worship in the... ...sic teachings often sprang from the previ- ous religious views held in the countries to which Buddhism spread, and the precise nature of these views i...

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...arrot islands anchored lie, And, watched by cockatoos and goats, Lonely Crusoes building boats;— Where in sunshine reaching out Eastern cities, miles ... ...sunshine reaching out Eastern cities, miles about, Are with mosque and minaret Among sandy gardens set, And the rich goods from near and far Hang for ... ... blinks in the Nile, And the red flamingo flies Hunting fish before his eyes;— 11 A Child’s Garden of V erses Where in jungles near and far, Man-devo... ... Garden of V erses Where in jungles near and far, Man-devouring tigers are, Lying close and giving ear Lest the hunt be drawing near, Or a comer-by be... ...ndle, bathe and dress. Close by the jolly fire I sit To warm my frozen bones a bit; Or with a reindeer-sled, explore The colder countries round the do...

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...rried sister, and his sick brother John. Out of the six people of whom his nearest family consisted, three were in his own house, and two others (the ... ...red parcels into the common enterprise; so that the whole farm amounted to near upon a thousand acres, and was scattered over thirty miles of country.... ... a ship’s books. From Northiam he was sent to another school at Boonshill, near Rye, where the master took ‘infinite delight’ in strap- ping him. ‘It ... ...n queer berths – raising cavalry, building pal- aces, and using some petty Eastern king’s long purse with their long Scotch heads. ‘Off Bona; June 4. ... ...ugs under an awning, I enjoyed a very pleasant day. ‘May 14. ‘SYRA IS SEMI-EASTERN. The pavement, huge shapeless blocks sloping to a central gutter; f... ... having heard nothing of this great beauty. The town when entered is quite eastern. The streets are formed of open stalls under the first story, in wh... ...many, the country of its birth; and by France and Italy, and all the other countries of Europe and America – practically the whole scientific world – ...

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...lies. The Italians make little difference between chil dren, and nephews or near kinsfolks; but so they be of the lump, they care not though they pas... ...nd humorous minds, which are so sensible of every restraint, as they will go near to 18 think their girdles and garters, to be bonds and shackles. Un... ...nters, and arti ficers, in works wherein he had a vein to excel. Lastly, near kinsfolks, and fellows in office, and those that have been bred toge... ...r utility is their bond, and not respects. The united prov inces of the Low Countries, in their government, excel; for where there is an equality, th... ...their own quar rels. When a traveller returneth home, let him not leave the countries, where he hath travelled, altogether behind him; but maintain a... ...en’s courage less: as it hath been seen notably, in the ex cises of the Low Countries; and, in some degree, in the sub sidies of England. For you mu... ... Per sians, Assyrians, Arabians, Tartars (which were the invaders) were all eastern people. It is true, the Gauls were western; but we read but of t...

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...ngue, which, by the means of, and through the happy union of our two great countries, shall be spoken ages hence, by land and sea, over the wide surfa... ...ark in my calendar, it being my birthday; and you have given those who are nearest and dearest to me a new reason for recollecting it with pride and i... ...K, FEBRUARY 18, 1842. At a dinner presided over by Washington Irving, when nearly eight hundred of the most distinguished citizens of New York were pr... ...opped of their own ac cord—as I do not—it presaged some great catastrophe near at hand. The precedent holds good in this case. When I have remembered... ...y, every one of them, being of your fair sisterhood. A story is told of an eastern potentate of modern times, who, for an eastern potentate, was a tol... ...ow something about travelling. I do not mean in distant regions or foreign countries, although I dare say some of us have had experience in that way, ... ...dies and gentlemen, if ever there were a time when the true spirits of two countries were really fighting in the cause of human advancement and freedo...

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... and aggressive in such matters than to write “it is true,” but it is also nearer the reality of the case. One knows what seems true to one’s self, bu... ...s really no new discovery at all, only the stripping bare of it is new. In nearly every religious and moral system in the world indeed, the predominan... ...se earthly shows and snares (which so obviously lead to nothing), into the nearest tub. And the amazing revelation of our days is that they do not lea... ...eeds exposure. It is known that the birth- rate is falling in all European countries—a fall which has a very direct relation to a rise in the mean sta... ...ren, moreover, and of the children of a growing element in the life of the eastern United States, the home functions are delegated in a very large de-... ...h influence has been the intermix- ture of Teutonic Protestantism. In both countries now the old home traditions have been and are being adjusted to a... ...cess of expansion. It is the coales- cence of several things. In different countries and periods you will find schools taking over this function and t... ...stem all of its very own. Sandgate has succumbed to the spell of the South Eastern Railway Company, and has come into line with a project that will ne...

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...ed, and that he was “a little lower than the angels;”—these make up pretty nearly the amount of our undisputed report. It may be doubted, indeed, whet... ...l- ished style, and his antiquated phrase and wit. It is certain that, for nearly a hundred years after his death, partly owing to the immediate revol... ...t, from Bayle. 5 Finally, with regard to the sweeping assertion, that “for nearly a hundred years after his death Shakspeare was almost entirely negle... ...me the military headquarters for the queen in 1644, when marching from the eastern coast of England to join the king in Oxford; and one such special v... ...n responsibilities he had assumed in the face of a great nation. Nay, even countries as presumptuously disdain- ful of tramontane literature as Italy ... ...t forward on his behalf for the last forty years. The literary body in all countries, and for reasons which rest upon a sounder basis than that of pri...

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...1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and Developmental Implications 4. The Rise of New Global Players 5. Financial Derivatives and the Globalization of Risk 6. Global Financi...

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...of Global Financial Crisis 9 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 22 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and Developmental Im... ...able Global Financial System 75 8. Global Financial Reforms and Developing Countries 101 9. Global Financial Reforms and Civil Society: A Bottom up Ap... ...sides of the Atlantic had to be rescued from bankruptcy. In most developed countries, the economic growth reversed. International trade and investment... ... weakness in the wake of new trouble spots such as Greece debt crisis. The near default of Greece has demolished the notion that developed countries h... ...s share in total banking assets was as high as 98 percent. During 2002-07, Eastern Europe received almost one-third of all private capital flows to th... ...Japan and Thailand have also expressed interest in setting up a SWF in the near future. Of the world’s top 20 sovereign wealth funds, 14 are funded fr... ...ng large current account deficits, particularly the US, UK, Italy and most Eastern European countries. Although the trade surplus of Asian economies h... ... With the result, gross assets under management by hedge funds declined by nearly two-thirds to $2.4 trillion in 2008. 19 Post-crisis, it has been est... ... pp. 118-149. James Tobin, “A Proposal for International Monetary Reform,” Eastern Eco- nomic Journal, 1978, pp. 153-159. Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Cap...

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...t Prussian woods and forests, a German outpost dwarfed by the Russian giant nearby. Skiing to school in winters of iceberg temperatures minus thirty ... ...oys, her brother, too, have gone to fight and die in honor, they say, on the Eastern front. But war or no war, nothing deflects from her goal of stu... ...f family reunited, even the brother thought hopelessly lost in that hospital near Prague, their ears made sharp and sensationally keen 16 by his tal... ... affection. Look at their pleasure, their laughing, smiling faces when he is near, look how they listen with eyes so eager and keen to the words that... ...ears of experience honing his craft at home and abroad in countless foreign countries, a teacher par excellence, able to explain in few words and wis...

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...spectors should at least be tripled, as per standards in other developing countries. All the unemployed must register with the Employment Bureau o... ...population, such as school dropouts, those who never held a job, (in some countries) women after childrearing. Eligibility to unemployment benefi... ...re unemployment benefits not limited in their duration. In most of these, countries, though, social welfare payments replace unemployment benefits f... ...mbed to exceed the United States' at 5.6%. As was the case in Central and Eastern Europe, the glowing figures hid a disheartening reality of underem... ...nly employed in casual work. The average unemployment rate in Central and Eastern Europe is 14% - but it is double that (more than 30%) among the yo... ...ideas are debated in Britain. In France and most countries in Central and Eastern Europe, to dismiss a worker, the employer has to show that it has ... ... in 2000 there was a shortage of around 850,000 technicians in the US and nearly 2 million in Europe ..." But the OECD underplays the importance o... ...s industrial workforce. More than 1000 concentration camps were "directly near or on" company property. It took IG Metall - an ostensibly leftist o... ...nues in an uneven pace throughout the former Eastern Bloc. Some countries nearly completed it. Others have claimed to have completed it - but haven'...

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................................ III. 105 Foreword Tracing modernization. Near the close of the rainy season thirty years ago, I stepped out of a Chi... ...ainy season thirty years ago, I stepped out of a Chinese hotel in Sob Tui, near Lampang station, and crossed the road to the corner of the Phahonlyoth... ...ing; the countryside seemed to start beyond it. There, behind the railway, near the village of Ban Srii Muod Klao, we found a home in the house of the... ...a balanced, healthy and good life. And yet, it is precisely in the Western countries that ever more people are unwell. Modern research finds ever more... ...ore people are unwell. Modern research finds ever more problems in Western countries, sickness, violence, repression of women, paedophilia... Statisti... ...r higher education and start drinking or using drugs ever younger. In many countries, including Finland, young girls of the new, free generation have ... ...d, Ban Dong, is a small forest village in the mountains skirting the north-eastern parts of the province. In my previous study (1979) I applied non- p... ...villages that follow the Mae Ang river in the mountains skirting the north-eastern edge of the province. Ban Dong is built on the hills Ban Dong - the... ... in 1998, is also Christian. From the Chiang Rai highway, before the north-eastern mountain fringe of Lampang, a side road turns off to the north, to ...

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...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 doing so solidified the Manual’s position as the industry leader on style matters. This 12th edition (1969) had a first printing of 20,000 copies, which sold out before the pu...

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...ries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serve the public, aid stu... ... not correctly or fully quoted : the church (=organized Christianity), the Eastern (Greek Orthodox) church, the Roman Catholic church, the estab- ... ...even the lowest animals instinctively shrink from annihilation." (2) "Most countries have a national flower: France the lily, England the rose, etc... ...ision rests with the Czar, advised by his ministers; in most constitutional countries, indirectly with the people as represented in parliament; in ... ...y true thing, to say that it was by his genius that Alexander conquered the eastern world. His army, you know, was a small one. To carry a vast num... ...en man in the bush with God may meet ? So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, "Thou must," The youth repl... ... leaded. Only this paragraph, for illustration, and the Index, are set did. Nearly all books are leaded. 259. A slug is a strip of metal, thicker t... ...turning from his conqueda in the fhr East, men murk have anticlpnted, M veq near, .n empim not unlike thst of Rome; for the couqu& of the West wdd ha...

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...compatible innovation is the use of the IUD (intrauterine contraceptive device) in countries where religious beliefs discourage use of birth control ... ...erent situations, as Professor Sheth has pointed out (1980), "For example, in many countries, the state owns and manages large corporations which ar... ...s the current feeling that smoking is harmful not only to the smoker, but to those nearby and hence to society. Another cell (8) product is found am... ...ative estimate, top-row exchanges presently account for less than 2 percent of the nearly $50 billion of total annual advertising billings in the U.... ...l lobbying group of all, is the Business Round Table, a consortium of the heads of nearly 200 leading corporations whose aim is to place a "business ... ...ducts. For example it is commonplace to see huge posters in (primarily) socialist countries portraying political leaders in the effort to enhance t... ...depends on the type of malnutrition it is to relieve. Nutrition researchers at an eastern medical college have found that certain maladies of the el...

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...hite cliffs on the other side of the sea grow higher and higher as he came nearer and nearer. When he came quite up to them, he found the savages were... ... is called Deal, and, if you look at the map where England and France most nearly touch one another, I think you will see the name Deal, and remember ... ...IN. A.D. 41—418 AIN. A.D. 41—418 AIN. A.D. 41—418 AIN. A.D. 41—418 IT WA S NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS before any more of the Ro- mans came to Britain; but... ...e mischief, and for a time left off com- ing at all, but went to rob other countries that were not so well guarded by brave kings. But Alfred was not ... ...with gifts. But for a long time past Jerusalem had been in the hands of an Eastern people, who think their false prophet, Mahommed, greater than our b... ...tle son. There was not much more fighting after this. Stephen kept all the eastern part of the kingdom, and Henry was brought up at Gloucester till hi... ...ad, at that time, learnt to believe that when they were dealing with other countries anything was fair, and that it was not wrong to tell falsehoods t... ...and suffered terribly from the asthma. However, he managed to keep all the countries under him in good order, and he was very active, and always at wa...

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...y com- manded by the famous Colonel Lockhart, and was killed at the battle near Dunkirk against the Spaniards. What became of my second brother I neve... ...look about, I could see nothing but distress round us; two ships that rode near us, we found, had cut their masts by the board, being deep laden; and ... ...ide out the storm were obliged to slip and run away to sea, and would come near us, ordered to fire a gun as a signal of distress. I, who knew nothing... ...day, till it came to a W. and by S. sun, or there- abouts, which, in those countries, is near the setting. Before I set up my tent I drew a half-circl... ...ost lost myself once before, en- deavouring to come back that way from the eastern part of the island. Here I found a clear piece of land, near three ... ...t so indeed; and to me, that had been always used to a hot climate, and to countries where I could scarce bear any clothes on, the cold was insufferab... ...or us to travel, and being not hard frozen, as is the case in the northern countries, there was no going without being in danger of being buried alive...

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...ppears, therefore, from the above list, that the expression, animal life, is nearly synonymous with the expression, animal heat; for while Food may be... ...r, in her adventurous travels round the world, from east to west, had got so near home as Asiatic Russia, she says that she felt the necessity of wear... ...ted to me, and what authority they may have in an affair which affects me so nearly; and, finally, I am inclined to answer her with equal mystery, and ... ...there are instances of men having done without it for long periods in colder countries than this. Samuel Laing says that “The Laplander in his skin dr... ...ealthy, and wise? This foreign bird’s note is celebrated by the poets of all countries along with the notes of their native songsters. All climates ag... ...ch frequent it now. You may see from a boat, in calm weather, near the sandy eastern shore, where the water is eight or ten feet deep, and also in som... ...ul face; but John demurred. The shower was now over, and a rainbow above the eastern woods promised a fair evening; so I took my departure. When I had... ... behind. The mass of men are still and always young in this respect. In some countries a hunting person is no 134 Walden uncommon sight. Such a one m...