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On the ranges of Fort Devens, the troops were put through their paces on US weapons, from the stock-in-trade M16 assault rifle to the frighteningly-effective M249 SAW light machine gun.
Hamed will go on a publicity tour around the States next week before entering training camp on February 16.
Despite imperial successes at St. Gotthard (1664), Growardein and Neuhäusel in Hungary ceded to the Ottomans (1664, at Vasvár). 2. The Habsburg Monarchy
More than 160,000 people signed a petition opposing his return. Times, Sunday Times
From the early 1620s, coastal Indians supplied wampum (sacred shell beads, polished and strung in strands, belts, or sashes) to Dutch traders who exchanged it with inland natives for beaver pelts.

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Saint – Germain, the king accorded letters-patent; and all the rest, abbatial charter, and royal letters, was confirmed in 1654 by the Chamber of Accounts and the Parliament. Les Miserables
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Their pastorals, both published in 1651, offered choices to Royalists in the aftermath of the crushing defeat at Worcester.
He was born circa 1600.
During these conferences the alteration proposed by Briggs was agreed upon; and on his return from his second visit to Edinburgh in 1617 he accordingly published the first chiliad of his logarithms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
In 1672, when Mars was in the vicinity of the three Psi stars of Aquarius, the time was ripe for obtaining the first reliable parallax of Mars.
NIAGARA FALLS -- A Niagara Falls English teacher has agreed to resign and surrender his teaching certification as part of a plea bargain to charges that he had an improper relationship with a 16-year-old female student. The Buffalo News: Home
Swedish bibliognost on Rudbeck's Campi Elysii, 167. Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 3, January-June, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
To ensure that there is no interference from the most recent deworming, FECRT should not be performed within eight weeks following the last benzimidazole or pyrimidine treatment, or within 12 (ivermectin) or 16 (moxidectin) weeks after a macrocyclic lactone treatment. Thoroughbred News | BloodHorse.com
The conservatory measures approximately 13ft x 16ft.
3 _Petro snaps_. 4to 1679 'and Petro snaps'.p. 320, l. i _remember a fart these_. 1724 'remember these'.p. 320, l. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II
Inside, Ms. Savage accented the home's 16-foot coved ceilings—original from 1926—and espresso-colored floors with earth-toned couches and classic pieces, using a long wooden bench as a living room coffee table. A Gossip Girl's Main Stage
Lisa has two daughters, 12 and 16, and works as an administrative assistant in a bank.
Until his death, on November 16th, 1272, the King continued to rule and to conduct his customary religious devotions.
The star in question, KIC 05807616, has a rather interesting description: "a seemingly isolated pulsating hot B subdwarf. Ars Technica
The Twelfth" officially commemorates the July 12, 1690, triumph of Protestant King William of Orange versus the Catholic he deposed from the English throne, James II, at the Battle of the Boyne south of Belfast. Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
General Pershing inspected and reviewed the 42nd Division on March 16.
The Peace of Ryswick was signed in September 1697.
“Hooray” can be dated back to 1686 and possibly comes from the German word “hurra,” thebattle-cry of Prussian soldiers during the War of Liberation (1812-13). Blog – syllable studio
My guess would be that her headmaster born in the late 16th century, no doubt, when men were men and rules were rules rapped her on her noggin for inelegance at some crucial point in her development, and voilà! Author! Author! » 2010 » March
A defining characteristic of the 16-25 generation is their digital identity. Times, Sunday Times
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He came to Egypt in 1168 as an assistant to his uncle, who was a general and then became the vizier of the last Fatimid caliph.
This survey lists 170 burgages and 7 tenements, compared with the 160 ¾ burgages in the Red Book.
The principal range in German New Guinea is the Bismarck Mountains (variously estimated between 14,000 and 16,000 feet, in height). The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
Owing to the loss of the church records for some years after 1698, Mr. Burleigh is unable to trace when this James Cook left Ednam to “better himself,” but he would take with him a “testificate of church membership” which might possibly, but not probably, still exist. The Life of Captain James Cook
Meanwhile, we've now got 160 examples of political nepotism in Australia which you can read in full here.
His record of 38 wins, no losses, includes 16 defences of his WBU title, and his all-action style has made Hatton the darling of his Manchester home town where his fans are both loyal and loud.
[116] A chaplaincy is a pious foundation made by any religious person, and elected into a benefice by the ecclesiastical ordinary, with the annexed obligation of saying a certain number of masses, or with the obligation of other analogous spiritual duties. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing t
They were defeated by the odd goal in five in the U16 league semi final by Yeats United.
The proposed acquisition, which must be approved by shareholders, values the two networks at about $ 16 a share.
At the same time, the research budget for cybersecurity programs at the Department of Homeland Security was cut by 7% to $16 m.
The pump is capable of producing 1400 litres per hour at 16 rpm from a depth of 40 metres and is effective up to a depth of 100 metres. Archive for » 2005 » September : Sustainablog
I left school at 16, but I've had a great life and I have no regrets.
Recently there was some research done which showed that of the sports that are on the anti-siphoning list, the free-to-airs had in fact only shown 16% of telecasts of those sports.
At the time of decompensation, 23 patients were taking antipsychotics while 16 were drug free.
In the 16th century, English mastiffs were famous for their courage and ferocity as war dogs, and were used in Spanish armies both in Europe and America.
Also among the rich assortment of intriguing pieces that fill each page are panels dating from c.1600, decorated with saints standing beneath baldacchinos.
The 16th century palace in south-west London is well known for alleged supernatural activity, but nothing suspicious has been caught on film before.
In a seemingly unprovoked incident, the attackers hit both men and women in the 16-strong party, with a 72-year-old woman left unconscious.
Thus, in the Western philosophical tradition, occasionalists in the proper sense of the term emerge in earnest in the wake of RenÃ© Descartes (1596 “ 1650) in the form of “Cartesian occasionalists”. Occasionalism
Thomas Cowell of York County in 1680, and Patrick Napier twice phlebotomized 'Allen Jarves, deceased, in the cure of a cancer of his mouth.' Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699
She had to leave school aged 16 and worked in a tax office and as an assistant stage manager for a theatre group. Times, Sunday Times
The suicide rate among men between the ages of 16 and 25 has risen alarmingly.
He wanted to restore the elegant dovecote, which has 880 nesting boxes in 16 tiers, and turn it into a versatile glass-and-steel living space with a glazed extension, without losing the integrity of the original building.
An anonymous diary dating from the late trecento shows that similar processions were held in late May 1387; twice in 1390, on June 30 and October 16; and again in December 1398.
Sales of standard tea bags fell by 16 per cent and loose tea by nine per cent over the past two years, according to a report out this week.
The Convention contained a majority of former parliamentarians but old cavaliers in the 1661 Parliament tried to modify what had been done.
i was in floods of tears at the end of "Bridge to Terabithia" when i went to go see it with me ten year old nephew. he promptly spent the rest of the day laughing at me for it and calling me a woose but in my defence it was really sad. lol. wrenchturner (5 posts) on April 16, 2009 - 9: 46pm. AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
Human activities, such as land-use change, water storage, interbasin transfers, and irrigation and drainage, influence the hydrological cycle in many river basins (see Chapter 4) [165]. Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6
(Isaiah 59: 15-16) (this is the only place where the word appalled is used for the way God feels -- in other words, the only thing which we know God is appalled by is if people are not doing justice) "Blessed are they who maintain justice .... As People of Faith . . . We Must Impeach
In Norway, all births with a gestational age of 16 completed weeks or more must be registered with the medical birth registry of Norway.
The ornamentation of such objects was similar to that of the nielloed gold and silver ladles and cups produced at the Kremlin Armoury in the 16th to early 17th centuries.
Methods This investigation was conducted among 310 medical students using 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire(16PF) and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ).
It said the flood walls and embankments being proposed would vary in height between one and 1.8 metres and protect most of the village, including the A166, against a one in 100-year flooding event.
This has happened only six times in since telescopic observations began: in 1631, 1639, 1761, 1769, 1874 and 1882.
That must include 16 who are available to play, 14 outfield players and two goalkeepers.
The latest round of trouble came as BP's billionaire partners in TNK-BP, who operate under the name Alfa Access Renova, sought to block a $16 billion share swap and Arctic exploration deal agreed with Rosneft in January. A Tale of Two Partners
This subsection, roughly south of 45th Avenue and west of Pidgeon Meadow Road and 162nd Street, shares the name pronounced "kiss-EE-na" - though many more recent residents do not recognize Kissena Park as distinct from Flushing as a whole. NYT > Home Page
The cannery is the last on the island, once a world fishery center with 16 canneries that processed tuna, salmon, herring and other fish.
My dad is a philatelist (stamp collector!) and he wanted you to know that the Charles and Ray Eames entire block of 16 attached stamps June 2008
Take Ginkgo Leaf Extract 80 to 160 mg twice a day Ginkgo biloba— standardized to 24 percent ginkgoflavonglycosides and 6 percent terpene lactones. The UltraMind Solution
From Italy, coffee made its way to France where it was introduced to society in 1650. Archive 2009-03-01
But strong mints used to freshen breath bucked the trend, with a 16 per cent rise. The Sun
History, geography and modern languages are set to become compulsory in school until pupils reach 16 in sweeping changes to the national curriculum. Times, Sunday Times
The deer, commonly known as chital, were suffering from suspected pneumonia and succumbed on January 16 and 17, they said, adding despite best efforts the animals died within two days after contracting the disease. The Times of India
Dan, a mechanic for 16 years at Northwest, commented on the decline in safety conditions at the airline, before and during the strike.
AICC hired the law firm Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal to lobby against the cuts, paying it $160,000 in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. A Device to Kill Cancer, Lift Revenue
Somehow we got our wires crossed because I'd got the 23rd written down in my diary and Jen had the 16th.
Only in the 1680s was any serious attempt made to challenge the prescriptive rights of rural and urban elites to exercise power.
The study suggests that kids who smoked at 16 spent less time later on in school, not because they hung out in the jacks, but because smoking revealed something about how they valued the future.
In the year 1698, Jeremy Collier, a distinguished nonjuring clergyman, published _A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction
The FT 30 share index was up 16.4 points to 1,599.6.
Intradermal calcium injections are required for burns that do not respond to topical therapy, for extensive burns or when treatment delay has occurred. 23,16 A 27 to 30 gauge needle is used to inject a 10 percent calcium gluconate solution into the burn. 22 No greater than 0.5 ml. of solution should be injected per cm2, in order to avoid pressure necrosis. 24 Injections should be extended 0.5 cm. beyond the affected area. Hydrofluoric Acid
A Superior Court judge ruled after a preliminary hearing Monday that there was enough evidence for 41-year-old Melvin Shane Sparks to stand trial on six counts of lewd acts on a child and two counts of oral copulation of a person under 16. Melvin Shane Sparks, MTV Dance Judge, Ordered To Trial On Child Oral Sex, Lewd Acts Charges
He said animals had to be 16 hands 3ins minimum and a cross between a heavy working breed and a thoroughbred.
The notebook was disbound, probably around 1916, and while there's no physical evidence that these leaves came at the end of the notebook, "On Life" grew out of an early passage from the lengthier treatise. Carolyn Vega: Percy Bysshe Shelley "On Life"
With opposition groups still voicing concerns about the March poll date, 16 of the 48 registered political parties boycotted the election.
I teach media studies to 11- to 16-year-olds in Basingstoke, and I find that although I have to buy all of the dailies when I talk to my students about newspapers, I quickly discard the others. Good to Meet You: Keith Langton
And for the first 16 weeks of 2009, the AAR said U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 4,286,128 carloads, which is down 18.0 percent from the first 16 weeks of 2008. Undefined
With 16 minutes left the Bruins lapsed into their passive mode, and the momentum turned.
But what we are most concerned about is the lack of a proper business plan for the planned borrowing of £16 million to fund a new central library that just can't be paid back overnight.
My current processor is a 2 ghz Pentium M in a laptop, so I'm not sure at all what multiple cores actually get done in the real world, and am having trouble finding such info. posted on Sun Dec 28, 2008 9: 05 pm coelomate wrote: Say I have two monitors (19x12 and 16x10) up and rocking, and decide to have an instant messaging program, iTunes, a spread sheet, a word document, and firefox all running. The Tech Report: News
The flight is now boarding at gate 16.
He began contemplating a political race before his 16-year-old son died in a 1996 car crash.
The Ferrari measured just under 16,000 ib.ft. per degree of torsion.
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Apart from the specially commissioned coronation pictures, none of the 1689 woodcuts were new.
Kellis, thank you - Dee, let's be rational by John Little on Tuesday, Sep 16, 2008 at 8: 49: 43 AM IMMIGRATION FROM THE IMMIGRANT'S POINT OF VIEW
Rom. 16:15 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints with them.
It shows young adults aged 16 to 19 who used any drug or hallucinants in the last year, by region, 1994 and 1996.
Howard Gardner has said, “Many people with IQs of 160 work for people with IQs of 100 if the former have poor intrapersonal intelligence and the latter have a high one.” Testing for Kindergarten
They want to know how school examination results compare, about the level of truancy and about the staying-on rate after 16.
Start with Leviticus 24: 16 in the Torah/Old Testament, which states clearly that "blasphemers" who question the Lord are to be stoned to death. Ali A. Rizvi: The Atheist Bus Campaign: Why it's Okay to Offend the Religious
In addition, Array has completed long-term preclinical regulated safety studies and has identified a commercially viable synthetic process and oral formulation for ARRY-162. BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories
Britain's worst oil-related disaster was the 1988 explosion and fire on the North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha off the Scottish coast, which killed 167 riggers.
In others, such as Alessandro Allori's image of a magnificently dressed and bejeweled, strong-minded young woman c. 1580s, the name of the subject is unknown, while in still others, such as Jusepe de Ribera's imaginary portrait of an ancient philosopher or Lucas Cranach the Elder's modishly attired 16th-century Saxon charmer, we are given an ideal or a general type, rather than a specific individual. See Their Worlds in Their Faces
Ms Hartnett said Woods was a "battler" who married at 16 and raised two children as a single parent. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
Ge 3: 16, woman's "subjection" is represented as the consequence of her being deceived. being deceived -- The oldest manuscripts read the compound Greek verb for the simple, "Having been seduced by deceit": implying how completely Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The history of lexicography in England can be traced back to the 16th Century or even earlier.
The baronetage of Nova Scotia was devised in 1624 as a means of promoting the "plantation" of that province, and James announced his intention of creating a hundred baronets, each of whom was to support six colonists for two years (or pay 2000 marks in lieu thereof) and also to pay 1000 marks to Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
Lord North stopped at the chalybeate springs in 1606 when on a trip from London.
The date on the back of the photo, July 1st 1916, had been written, Ralph could see, in Jesse's copperplate hand.
BAT Kenya serves as a hub for 16 African countries most of which are landlocked and import directly from Kenya, which has seen some traders diverting transit goods.
A 16-year-old boy, dressed in a Grim Reaper costume, has died after skolling a bottle of vodka he took from his grandmother's house, a media report says. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
But it was restored as a chapel in 1662 by Charles II for his wife, Queen Catherine of Braganza, who established a friary in its grounds.
Medici_, published in 1642, and _Hydriotaphia; or, Urn Burial_, 1658, a discourse upon rites of burial and incremation, suggested by some Roman funeral urns, dug up in Norfolk. Brief History of English and American Literature
Founded in 1660, the Society has three roles, as the UK academy of science, as a learned Society, and as a funding agency.
Traffic incidents included 15 motor accidents, 30 cases of traffic obstruction and 16 illegally parked cars.
And thanks to 160 years of British colonial rule, these Hollywood hunks did not need translators.
The 50 trimmers at this clandestine grow site work 16-hour days for three weeks, hand-trimming top-grade marijuana destined for medical marijuana patients and dispensaries in San Francisco.
This is rather sorry stuff; but then in purely rural places, untouched by that great civiliser, the railroad, a little wit goes a great way, as we may see by the following story told in Pasquil's "Jests," 1604. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide
There have been other setbacks-like 160,247 hectares of farmland converted to industrial, residential or commercial uses.
The mean weights of the quantiles were 168, 209, 231, 248, 262, and 277 grams.
The Ohio and New York pension plans are seeking class- action, or group, status for the suit, covering investors in American depositary receipts from Jan. 16, 2007, to May 28, 2010. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
ADEL - Kids ages 6 to 12 can work towards earning Junior Ranger badges Aug. 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 16 and Nov. 20 at Reed Bingham State Park in Adel. Tifton Gazette Homepage
He munched his way through 165 kernels, picking them up with a toothpick.
Spotlights dance down on 216 jewels of lead crystal, set in dazzling diamond patterns into the piano's black lid, sides, legs, fallboard and bench. News & Record Article Feed
All the fighter planes the Pentagon wants to build would cost up to $ 16 billion a year, he says.
It ends 16 hours later with compline, after which the monks return to their cells for contemplation, prayer and sleep.
He was bludgeoned to death with the butt of a pistol on the Caribbean island of Margarita on Sunday, October 16.
It was charted and well known to all navigators, lying on the line of 16o west longitude, right at its intersection by the tenth parallel north latitude, and only a few miles away from Diana Shoal. Goliah
(Mount Carstensz or the Carstensz Pyramid), at 16,023 feet.] The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference
The vase is characteristic of 16th century Chinese art.
If the Greek MSS and lectionaries are any indication of what the church has accepted as its written authority -- and if the writings of influential Christian leaders whose work shaped the canon mean anything -- then Mark 16:9-20 should be accepted as the ending of the Gospel of Mark. Easter Sunday School
The sacristy is also worth visiting: it was built in the 16th century and has some interesting grisailles from that period.
Still in the end around 16,000 fans went home fed up after a damp squib of a derby that was supposed to be full of fireworks. The Sun
(Christopher and Charles Marshall received $4,151 on May 2, 1777, "for sundry medicines and chirurgical instruments supplied by them for the use of different battalions of continental forces.") [116] _Pennsylvania Journal_, January 29, 1777. Drug Supplies in the American Revolution
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Like I said, at 16 in my 14th century cloisters I was a cynic and a puritan, convinced in some inarticulate depth that the world had gone wrong, in ways more fundamental than I could even name.
At the same time, the province of Songkhla, which had been rebellious since 1678, was placed under French control.
When the Reserve Bank acted and lifted rates in March, consumer sentiment took a battering, falling 16.6 per cent.
Iranian officials have suggested that the all-expenses-paid visit take place on January 15 and 16, ahead of Iran's talks on its nuclear program in Istanbul later this month with world powers. Iran Confirms Invitations to Tour Nuclear Sites
Others in slalom: Lindsey Kildow ninth, Sarah Schleper tied for 14th, Julia Mancuso 16th, Lauren Ross 24th, Resi Stiegler 27th. USATODAY.com - Athlete of the Week Rahlves sits atop ski world
Note 61: CS 1601; Proto-Mashariki * - pung - "to winnow, to fan"; PNECB * - pung "to winnow, to fan, to exorcise"; e.g., Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE
Council was incorporated by Labbe and Cossart in their collection of the Acts of councils; that of the works of St. John Climacus, published in 1614, was reprinted by Migne in his Greek patrology The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
If a pile rises to 160 degrees or more it could spontaneously combust, which is why the zoo is acquiring a thermometer to measure internal temperature of its manure piles. STLtoday.com Top News Headlines
The stellar EGGS are found in the "Eagle Nebula" (also called M16 -- the 16th object in Charles Messier's 18th century catalog of "fuzzy" permanent objects in the sky) in this hubble photo.
By 1604 he concluded that projectiles travel along parabolic trajectories.
In 1800 Ireland's population was nine million, compared to Britain's 16 million.
The "nocent" Catholics who had been in the rebellion, but who had submitted and constantly adhered to the Peace of 1648, if they had taken lands in Connaught, were to be bound by that arrangement, and not restored to their former estates. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
Ruthin struggled to post 107-9, the biggest single contribution of 16 coming in extras.
The two boys matriculated together 16-odd years ago.
The downsides are the lack of a rear camera and card slot to expand the 16GB memory. Times, Sunday Times
He was compelled to study philosophy and theology by his parents, which he greatly resented, and he graduated from the University of Basel with a master's degree in philosophy in 1671 and a licentiate in theology in 1676.
During their game against the San Diego Chargers at Cowboys Stadium, the Cowboys will use the giant (160 by 72-foot) video wall that hangs 90 feet above the field to show 3D "anaglyph" images that will be created using HDLogix's 2D to 3D conversion system, ImageIQ3D. B&C - Advertising News
Torres who has reportedly amassed 53 career wins with 16 losses is said to be arriving for the clash next Saturday.
The plague was only finally brought under control in 1666 when the Great Fire of London burned down the areas most affected by plague - the city slums inhabited by the poor.
For 1916 was the year in which many of the problems that beset us today began to emerge. Times, Sunday Times
According to the MSM reports here and here the French crew, of a ship with the very Italian sounding name MSC Napoli, deliberately run aground close to Sidmouth, 165 miles southwest of London. Archive 2007-01-01
The female builds the nest and incubates and broods alone, but both parents feed the chicks, which fledge within 14-16 days of hatching.
For the last three years of my school life I played snooker and turned professional at the age of 16.
This gave Louis time to muster an army, and on 22 May 1216, he landed at Sandwich.
After a few years she enlarged her establishment into a small hotel in the 16th arrondissement. Times, Sunday Times
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the cries turned still more colourful and clamorous, as a kind of auditory arms race developed between the vendors.
Other revenue, which includes commissions and fees, was recorded at $162.9 million, which remained relatively flat over the comparative period one year ago.
Of Oaxaca's twenty-seven churches, by far the most opulent is the Santo Domingo de Guzmán, built by Indian artisans in the 16th and 17th centuries and displaying much gold leaf. Oaxaca: a festive city
These measures are also recommended in BT Yevamot 65b, where the rabbis point out that a precedent for the practice of divorcing an infertile wife after ten years may be drawn from Genesis 16: 3, since it was only after ten years of living in the land of Canaan that Sarai accepted her infertility and surrogated her servant to bear a child on her behalf. Infertile Wife in Rabbinic Judaism.
Spain was an important military power in the 16th century.
the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century
Residents need not fear an invading horde of Iceni warriors, for it is the 16 ft tall statue of Colchester's first lady that is making a comeback.
Angiospermae by Paul Hermann in 1690, as the name of that one of his primary divisions of the plant kingdom, which included flowering plants possessing seeds enclosed in capsules, in contradistinction to his Gymnospermae, or flowering plants with achenial or schizo-carpic fruits -- the whole fruit or each of its pieces being here regarded as Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
No specific cause of the palpitations could be identified in 16 percent of the patients.
His important poems were mostly published at this time, in 1650 and 1655, in the collection which he named 'Silex Scintillans' (The Flaming Flint), a title explained by the frontispiece, which represents a flinty heart glowing under the lightning stroke of God's call. A History of English Literature
The fastest speed was 116 mph. Times, Sunday Times
In 1609–10, Champlain fought the Mohawk with this arquebuse à rouet, a wheel lock weapon that did not require a burning match. Champlain's Dream
Over the same period, the number of similarly offending innkeepers who were amerced the higher sum of 3s. 4d. varied between eight in 1631 and 1637 and four in 1632 and every year between 1639 and 1642. Wrong Side of the River: London's disreputable South Bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Jessica A. Browner
Maces of the late 15th and 16th century often had multi-flanged heads shaped in the Gothic style.
Faced with an abler opponent in Frederick Henry and undermined by Olivares, regent for the boy-king Philip IV, he returned to Spain in 1628 and was given a meaningless marquisate.
No car is ever just a car; it's an Audi A6 allroad, a Bugatti Veyron 16.4, a Lexus. NYT > Home Page
The show runs from March 16-20 and features a specially composed theme song and musical hits from Chicago, Phantom of the Opera and Ring of the Roses.
Stubborn had survived one of the worst attacks of the war, despite the loss of her aft hydroplanes and rudder, and had carried out the deepest-ever dive at the time, to an estimated 165m!
Bouvet was happy to oblige, and the Portrait historique was reprinted in the 1699 edition.
Scottish & Newcastle's production is already near full-capacity in Britain, producing approximately 16 million hectolitres of beer each year.
Based on phytogeography, the Hengchun Peninsula can be separated from the rest of Taiwan by drawing a line through Fengliao, Pingtung County (22°21'39 N, 120°35'16 E) and Tawu, Taitung County (22°21'41 N, 120°54'02 E).
At some point add a strawberry shake to take you to 247 percent of saturated fat and 166 percent of sodium.
Twenty-eight of the marshals were shot and another 160 police officers were injured.
He is 16-1 to bag the first touchdown. The Sun
It is interesting to note that of the 18 homophones that were common to both experiments, the same response bias was observed in 16 of them.
By the late 1620s, it was impossible to obtain a licence to publish any theological books containing predestinarian opinions.
So intituled, and preached by our Regius Professor, D. Prideaux; printed at London by Felix Kingston, 1621. 528. Anatomy of Melancholy
Penn's letter, of 1683, to the Free Society of Traders, sufficiently intimates the cause of its location there, showing that Penn expected business to concentre there.
For 1916 was the year in which many of the problems that beset us today began to emerge. Times, Sunday Times
The church tower, which has Saxon stone carvings inlaid in the walls, is 16th century and the rest was rebuilt in 1904.
By the 1670's, most English silver was being heavily embossed and chased with flowers and foliage, fluting and gadroons, grotesques closely following the Continental pattern books.
The most glamorous newcomer to the Volkswagen Golf range is the revamped GTi 16 valve.
This gives a total of 16 out of 36 which could be solved using standard error correction algorithms.
PARIS — Opening last week, "Un Tramway Nomm é D é sir," a French version of Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Streetcar Named Desire," became the first work by an American playwright — or any non-European author — to enter the repertory of the Com é die Fran ç aise, the classic theater company founded by Louis XIV in 1680. French 'Streetcar' Takes a Detour Via Japan
5: 16, "Be not called a tale-bearer [Douay: 'whisperer']" says: "i.e. a backbiter. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
The first half of the concert moved from 16th century recorder music, through Mozart, vocal chamber music, on to rumbustious wind sea shanties and then a lively string quintet.
If you were one of the 16,300 fans who drove through the late autumn mist to sit on those unforgiving wood bleachers on Saturday afternoon, you probably didn't know that the Jayhawks were under the weather, and you probably would have watched the first half and assumed "the crud" was the name of KU's new offense. KansasCity.com: Front Page
The handbill with a simple McDonald's logo at the top recommended votes for Republicans John Kasich for governor, Rob Portman for U.S. Senate, and Jim Renacci for Ohio's 16th congressional district. Ohio McDonald's Employees Get A Message With Their Paychecks: Vote For GOP Candidates
The history of cattle ranching in what is today the Municipio of Alamos began with the discovery of rich silver deposits in 1683.
Its technology is a stroke of genius that has been elaborated from the DS-164. New Sofas from de Sede
The incident occurred 16 years ago but the officers had been acquitted by lower courts. Times, Sunday Times

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