How To Use Manila In A Sentence

The assembly saw delegates housed in five-star hotels and carrying upmarket Bonia-brand bags, instead of the usual Manila paper envelopes.
For now, all of his value can be typed onto an application and stuffed in a Manila envelope to be scanned in fifteen minutes by a member of the admissions department.
Jolo, about 600 miles south of Manila, is a refuge for armed gangs, bandits and pirates.
One paterero, new casting of Manila, caliber eight libras, length thirteen calibers, in front of the palace. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55 1606-1609 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
He had never left his village before so arriving in the capital, Manila, was a big culture shock.

I left Manila in a champan, which is a boat used by the Chinese, and in which they come from their country here. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 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
At a desk to the very side of the room, a very overweight, red-faced man was shuffling through some files and stuffing them into Manila folders.
One paterero, old Manila casting, caliber eight libras, length fourteen diameters. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55 1606-1609 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
Flights take two days, with an overnight in Manila.
More than a third of economic activity takes place in Manila.
[389] Recopilación de leyes, lib. iv, tit. x, ley vii, has the following law, dated Madrid, March 17, 1608: "The governor and captain-general of Filipinas shall for the present appoint the magistracy [regimiento] of the city of Manila, choosing persons who shall prove to be suitable for the office and zealous for the service of God our Lord, and for ours; and he shall not remove them without our special order. History of the Philippine Islands
His spoken word bit about being on a plane bound for Manila and asking for curried chicken as the pilots lose control is delivered in a series of herky-jerky inflections and with enormous relish.
It was a strange in-between time for Manila, a time when the bind seemed especially strangling.
The manila envelope was in Carolyn's stack, about a third of - the way down.
Manila and the adjacent ports are the best equipped to ship manufactured goods.
_ On November [_sic_] nineteen, one thousand five hundred and ninety-one, there met and assembled before me in Manila, Esteban de Marquina, public and cabildo notary of this city, and the magistrates and regimiento of the same -- namely, Captain The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 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
Rather, one proposal is that he would be anointed by a committee that would include Indian Nobel Prize and Magsasay Award winners, as if those Oslo, Stockholm and Manila anoint are worthier than other Indians. India's Middle Class Hungers for Undemocratic Change
In the Philippines, a powerful blast from a suspected bomb ripped through a bus in Manila's financial district, tearing a huge hole in the vehicle and spraying shr apnel at the passengers. World Watch
The battle for Manila lasted two weeks and devastated the city and its population.
Daimler-Chrysler plans to utilize locally available natural fibers such as Manila hemp
The Filipino government claims it would cost about a third of the national budget to rehouse Manila's slum dwellers. Want to know what to do about slum dwellers? Try listening to them
Brined pork at Boulevard With farm-raised local Davenport abalone, the Aqua kitchen played an even subtler contrapuntal game, mimicking the challenging texture of this expensive univalve with other naturally spunky foods rich in distinct flavors of their own: pork belly, chanterelle mushrooms and smoked garlic, combined in a reduced "jus" rendered from Manila clams. Bay Watch
Rather than dumping its stock of surplus Jeeps into Manila Bay, the American authorities released them to civilians.
Early in March a great transport sailed from Manila Bay, laden with sick and disabled soldiers -- the lame, the healthless and the mad. Jane Cable
It seemed as if she had a fetish for small Manila folders.
Erratic Typhoon Lupit hovers near Philippines, keeps residents on edge Erratic typhoon keeps Philippines on edgeMANILA, Philippines - Living up to its name, Typhoon Lupit - meaning cruel in Filipino - zigzagged around the rain-soaked northern Philippines on Friday, keeping weary residents on edge and forecasters guessing about its next move. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
Those who mock France for building forts that were supposedly "outflanked" should know the "impregnable" modern US fortifications at Manila, and Britain's Fortress Singapore, were both taken from the rear by the Imperial Japanese Army. Eric Margolis: Four Myths About World War II
Manila local government units (LGUs) in "dewatering" major roads and other areas left submerged by Typhoon 'Pepeng "dumps even half of the rains that Tropical water level of Laguna de Bay may break its all-time record of 14.62 meters WN.com - Articles related to IPhone helps Apple profit rise 47 pct; stock leaps
Sansevieria or bow-string hemp has been tested in Florida as a possible substitute for Manila hemp.
Whenever the old Manila is revisited, a lot of memories come to fore-from colonial buildings of brick, adobe, kamagong and capiz to horse-drawn calesas on cobblestone streets. Undefined
• USS Harpers Ferry and USS Tortuga transited to the Lingayen Gulf north of Manila Oct. 9 following a Philippine Government request for further assistance due to mudslides and floods following Typhoon Parma. US Marine 31st MEU wraps up Philippine relief mission
Dad and Uncle Will got the idea of splicing a length of manila rope to a 3/4-inch diameter ‘6 x 7’ construction wire rope.
For some years I made a collection of confiscated billet-doux, but they were destroyed in one of the frequent fires which visit Manila. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines
That the cabildo, magistracy, and regimiento of Manila be ordered to allot annually the lading of the vessels to the citizens of Manila, for much harm has resulted to the citizens from the governor allotting it -- the lading being made illegally, and the governor having allotted it to many of his servants and relatives to the prejudice of the citizens and those born in this country. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 12 of 55 1601-1604 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
meh. road trip on the way back to Manila left me little time to take a selfie. sign in (if you're already a member). In My Pocket
Over the past two years, from factories in Penang, Malaysia, to the recruitment agencies of Manila and Hanoi and the migrant worker camps of the UAE, we have seen firsthand how migrant workers are often the most at-risk workers in global supply chains. Chris Nolan&nbsp: Safeguarding the Movement of Migrant Workers
Asean has become "an important source of capital in its own right", says Cyn-Young Park, principal economist at the Asian Development Bank's office of regional integration in Manila.
Yes, we opened a small recording studio in Manila a winner - far better than we expected.
Teddy walked into a meeting with a plain manila envelope, and showed only the Chairman that it was filled with the Texan’s favorite cigars. Archive 2009-08-01
The bearded man left the room and returned a moment later carrying two thick Manila folders which he handed to Cain.
UPDATE: Oscar Penaranda also notes that "prau" a prau can be a womb as how his mother carried him during WWII as they fled Manila to return to their home in the Island of Leyte, as well as that "prau" is the provenance, according to folktale, of Princess Urduha's historical and original name. Archive 2007-02-01
A wide white bowl holds one Dungeness crab leg, manila clams, two hand-formed patties of linguica sausage, a few remarkably moist pieces of chicken, fennel slices, and grilled fingerling potato halves, all sitting in a shallow pool of lovely pink lobster broth. Operation Clambake « PubliCola
Fire caught, at one o'clock at night on March 13, in the Parián or alcaiceria of the Chinese, where more than twelve thousand Chinese live, outside the walls of this city of Manila. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 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
Clarke pulled out a Manila file folder and handed it to Vaughn.
And yet the introduction on a large scale of Manila hemp into the European markets in place of Russian hemp would have more than a commercial and industrial importance!
He had a bag in one hand and a thin, Manila file folder in the other.
Classroom monitors hand out the pastels and Manila paper for the warm-up exercises.
The casualties could top a 2004 quake on Mindoro Island, south of Manila, where 78 people died, about half of them in a quake-triggered tsunami. Philippines earthquake toll rises as dig continues for landslide casualties
For a Manila cheroot and the price of a drink he will suck any Hindu's ass.
Indeed, even coastal fisheries were severely hampered after 1941 by mounting shortages of cotton yarn, ramie, Manila hemp, and, most importantly, petroleum.
This means it is " true hemp " ( unlike lower grade Manila hemp which is made from bananas ).
Asean has become "an important source of capital in its own right", says Cyn-Young Park, principal economist at the Asian Development Bank's office of regional integration in Manila.
Al haj Murad Ebrahim said the Moro Islamic Liberation Front MILF had asked Malaysia, which has been hosting talks since 2001, to help move the negotiations forward after the rebels rejected Manila's peace proposal last month. Rebels say not ready to resume peace with Philippines
I loved how it looked, and I was interested in using the large-format film, although the school enlargers had no plates for it and the one boy who was using one had to make his own enlarger plates out of manila folders. Making Light: Open thread 135
On my first visit to Manila alter the American occupation I was struck to see Chinese in the streets wearing the pigtail down their backs, and dressed in nicely-cut semi-European patrol-jacket costumes of cloth or washing-stuffs, with straw or felt "trilby" hats. The Philippine Islands
The commandant had prepared a champan and shackles to send the religious to Manila. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 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
Give each student a sheet of the Manila paper and a piece of white chalk.
There is the Manila Pact, "Anzus," the Organization of American States, the Baghdad Pact and others. Some Aspects of Modern Diplomacy
Yes | No | Report from bohuntr11 wrote 39 weeks 2 days ago well thats great im catching them pretty fair now here at big lake in manila but now all this rain has our water up really high! Are Crappie Spawning yet?
He said a police special action force trained for hostage rescue had not been deployed as promised. Instead, a local Manila police Swat team was used.
I understand that the office of clerk of the regimiento in Manila has been filled by the secretaries of the governors, and that on this account justice is no longer sought for certain injuries inflicted not only on the Chinese but on the citizens. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55 1599-1602 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
Therefore, we arrived at a feasible product through mixing the silk fiber with the Manila hemp fiber.
The Philippine government said Friday it is about to sign a new aviation agreement paving the way for resumption of direct commercial flights between Manila and Taipei.
Left-wing Philippine groups are planning to hold protests outside the U.S. embassy in Manila on Saturday to denounce what they describe as the "treacherous" negotiations with the United States. Reuters: Press Release
Abaca is not a hemp but since hemp was the main source of fibres for centuries, the abaca fibre was named Manila hemp.
I had the students trace the piece of linoleum on the Manila paper so they could draw the exact size they needed.
Invited by Kris Aquino, Rachelle Ann Go singing "Only Hope" (by Mandy Moore) during the necrological services for former President Corazon Aquino, held at the Manila Cathedral (August 4, 2009). WN.com - Articles related to Service tax on housing complexes needs review: Reddy
She walked briskly, carrying a manila file in one hand and a bunch of keys in the other.
The person announced on 23 January to have tested positive for ERV antibodies is reported to be a backyard pig farmer from Valenzuela City - a neighbourhood within Metro Manila.
The ropes were five inches in circumference and made of best manila, but they had snapped like cotton.
Fernando Centeno, the flagship was lost, thirty leguas from Manila, through the fault of the pilot, whom they hanged there, while the almiranta put back to Manila. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 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
A great chest was filled with the ornaments of the churches -- sacred vessels, such as chalices, patens, monstrances, censers, chrismatories, etc. -- which we have now most carefully returned to their owners; so that your Reverence was enabled to fill four floats with these ornaments, in the solemn procession which his Lordship held in Manila on Trinity Sunday, in thanksgiving to God for the victory. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 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
Manila police said former police officer Rolando Mendoza, upset at having lost his job, held hostage a busload of tourists from Hong Kong on Monday and killed eight of them before being shot dead.
On each of the last four nights Interceptor Command on the Philippines had picked up small formations of bombers flying down from Formosa to the Lingayen Gulf area, some hundred miles north of Manila. Sealing Their Fate
Later, the business world turned to Manila hemp, accelerated by the Japanese Industrial Revolution.
In the Philippines, 52-year-old Purificacion Roque, who works part-time as an auditor in Manila, says the price of cooking oil has more than doubled, so she now steams most of her food rather than frying it. Asia Price Rises Imperil Growth
After landing on the beaches at Lingayen Gulf, Sixth Army began the long drive south toward Manila. Into the Rising Sun
In his lap was a Manila folder, Italian writing scribbled all over on various notes and documents.
In 1961 Manila proclaimed the "Republic Act 3046: Act to Define the Baseline of the Territorial Sea of the Philippines," which extended the border of the Philippines to the northernmost part of the Batan Islands to include Yami Island. Undefined
Don Phelipe, etc. When I ordered the suppression of my royal audiencia and chancilleria resident in the city of Manila of the Filipinas The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 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
Then very slowly she wrapped the yo-yo in some kind of manila paper. The Journey. It's Mine. [My personal take on love, life, parenting and blogging.]
Manila (12 March) -- Tatagan hin pasidungog ni President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yana nga adlaw in mga local nga pangobernohan tungod han ira paghatag hin balor ug dignidad han kabataan (Child-Friendly LGU). Undefined
Hong Kong has lowered the national and regional flags to half-mast, to mourn the eight victims of Monday's hostage crisis in Manila.
Officials on Monday announced the expulsion of two diplomats from the embassy in Manila for alleged espionage.
In 1565 a Spanish galleon laden with cinnamon sailed from Manila to Mexico, finally linking up Spain's American colonies with the markets of south-east Asia.
_Benefices, and mission villages of Indian natives in the diocese of the archbishopric of Manila both in charge of the secular priests and of religious; and the number of souls cared for in the archbishopric_. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 20 of 55 1621-1624 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
Six months later, U.S. troops drove Filipino militias from Manila and pursued them into the countryside.
Asean has become "an important source of capital in its own right", says Cyn-Young Park, principal economist at the Asian Development Bank's office of regional integration in Manila.
If this phrase was not included in the original cedula sent to Manila, but added when printed as applying to all the Indies, it is important evidence that the King felt an admonition against printing unnecessary where no facilities for printing existed. Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593.
My father sent me to a boys' school in Manila; he was no longer willing, he said, to let the war interrupt my education.
A Filipino boy is carried to safety through floodwaters brought by Tropical Storm Ketsana in the Quezon City suburban of Manila on September 26, 2009.
Vegetable fibers are composed chiefly of cellulose and may be classed as short fibers, e.g., cotton and kapok; or long fibers, including flax, hemp, Manila hemp, istle, ramie, sisal hemp, and Spanish moss.
Glossary abá: A Tagalog exclamation of wonder, surprise, etc., often used to introduce or emphasize a contradictory statement. abaka: "Manila hemp," the fiber of a plant of the banana family. achara: Pickles made from the tender shoots of bamboo, green papayas, etc. The Social Cancer
The flight had to make an energy landing in Manila after what they call a midair rupture. CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2008
Perhaps a manila envelope for the skin, but the book was nicely encased in recycled 'corrugated' cardboard, and wrapped in water resistant paper. Pleasantly surprised
Among the company's investments since then, San Miguel bought a 33% stake in Manila Electric Co., the Philippines' largest power distributor, and a 68% holding in Petron Corp., the Philippines' largest oil refiner and distributer. San Miguel Prepares for Slowdown in Economic Boom
Before we started, we placed very large pieces of plain Manila paper on each desk, as a protective covering for the work surface.
Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters Students looked out from a school bus as they went home after the suspension of classes due to rainfall from Typhoon Nesat in Quezon City, Manila Monday. Asia in Pictures
[218] _Recopilación de leyes_, lib. iv, tit. x, ley vii, has the following law, dated Madrid, March 17, 1608: "The governor and captain-general of Filipinas shall for the present appoint the magistracy [_regimiento_] of the city of Manila, choosing persons who shall prove to be suitable for the office and zealous for the service of God our Lord, and for ours; and he shall not remove them without our special order. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 16 of 55 1609 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 the
In galleries, the galleon is installed against a painted map of the Tomales Bay excursion, early-modernified to look like an explorer's map, and showing the triangular route of the afternoon's trip, referring to the triangular routes of Manila galleons between San Francisco, the Philippines and Mexico. Spam/maps
Sire: The infidel Chinese, whom your Majesty's ministers have allowed in these islands, had come to be so numerous that in their alcaiceria alone, and in the suburbs adjoining Manila, there were about fifteen thousand of them without counting those in other parts of the islands. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 12 of 55 1601-1604 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
The marchers from Central Luzon will be joined by thousands of protesters from Manila and Southern Tagalog.
Rebel troops end siege of Manila area.
Postmark is April 29, 1937, and the backstamp is Manila April 29, 1937, as part of the first contract flight.
Sisal hemp is only slightly inferior in quality to Manila hemp.
A dog dressed in a spider costume takes part in a Halloween costume parade for pets at a shopping mall in Quezon City Metro Manila October 27 2007.
This way we can see how edges responds in the process of manila rope cutting for given steel from given knife manufacturer.
“Haze” often has the connotation of a coin having had a chemical applied to its surfaces in order to hide hairlines but on this coin, the haze comes from the way that it had been stored in the past; probably in an old coin cabinet or in a manila coin envelope. Analysis of a Mint State 1841-D Quarter Eagle by Doug Winter : Coin Collecting News
Moreover, wishing better to regulate affairs and to render them more stable, I gave orders for the establishment of the Audiencia and royal chancilleria in the city of Manila, of the said Filipinas Islands. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 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
For a Manila cheroot and the price of a drink he will suck any Hindu's ass.
Oscar Reymann and Adolf Ronsch, of Manila, exhibited the ilang-ilang oil in Paris in 1878; the former also showed the Cananga flowers. Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881
With more than 4,150 Filipinos riding out the typhoon in sturdy school buildings, town halls, churches and relatives 'homes, roads in and out of coastal Isabela province, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) northeast of Manila, were deserted and blocked by collapsed trees, power lines and debris. Typhoon Megi Batters Philippines, Killing At Least 3 (VIDEO)
He had never left his village before so arriving in the capital, Manila, was a big culture shock.
A man holds his pet Iguana before blessing rites at a church in Manila as part of celebrations of World Animal Day and the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi , the patron of animals.
Ex-policeman Rolando Mendoza took the busload of Hong Kong tourists hostage in Manila in a desperate bid to have himself cleared of extortion charges and get his job back.
The onomastic problem of personal and place-names (are Manchester, Manila, and Manitoba, etc., to be counted as words simply because they appear in texts?).
For three years it has been negotiating peace with Manila, all the while keeping up skirmishes against the national army.
In the Philippines campaign, the fight to liberate Manila ended in carnage.
The money paid in lieu of socage service, which ought to be applied to the wants of the province in which the socage is due, is forwarded to Manila.
The whole process lasts about one hour and is perhaps the best 60 minutes you could spend in Manila.
But then he slides a manila envelope to you and says, Half of it is there. John Brown – the author’s official site » 2009 » December
Russell's boss slid a Manila file folder across the desk.
She gave the beggars five fathoms of calico for the big mainsail, two sticks of tobacco for the chronometer, and a sheath-knife worth elevenpence ha'penny for a hundred fathoms of brand new five-inch manila. Chapter 18
It is believed that he will cause them to await his letters in Mindoro, which is thirty leguas from Manila, all the month of August or but slightly less. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 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
The aggressive serrations enable the knife to waltz through tough Manila or polypro lines neatly.
Thence he crossed to Manila, after having bargained with a champan of Baco to go for father Fray The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 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
Not to mention his siege of Manila, which cost 100,000 live due to shelling and Japanese atrocities (the Japanese would have had no time to dig in and reinforce if he had not lallygagged). Matthew Yglesias » ADL Hits Petraeus
A valuable resin, known as Manila copal, is collected from Agathis dammara trees. Palawan rain forests
Photographs and film both show manila rope still neatly stowed about the ship's mooring bollards.
She had hundreds of poems in manila envelopes with her utility receipts the day after the funeral her family burned them all in a backyard oil drum Wilma elizabeth mcdaniel | a belated obit « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
Despite political protests from anti-American populists in Manila, the potent tool of U.S. airpower may well be applied.
Or maybe they misunderstood the word “filing” to mean the actual process by which legal actions are made … as opposed to the kind that involves putting paper in manila folders and sticking them in a drawer. You know the job market is bad when: « A Bird’s Nest
I have rummaged every record bars in Cavite and Metro Manila and I still can’t find any copies of The Young and the Hopeless. Archive 2007-12-01
Dasmarinas, in the city of Manila, on the twenty-third day of May, in the year one thousand five hundred and ninety-one, on behalf of the cabildo, magistrates, and regimiento of the city. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 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
It is a typical scene on Saturday evenings in the streetwalkers ' section of Cubao, an ageing commercial district near Manila's northern suburb Quezon City.
As soon as the captain heard this, he excused himself for a minute, went down into his cabin, and brought back a large Manila envelope.
I slammed the door a little harder than was necessary and clomped up the steps carrying my purse and the manila envelope. Arcane Circle
Taken by some backstreet photographer in Manila, the grainy image had been posted home by Billy, along with a letter. AMAGANSETT
John Javellana/Reuters Members of the Philippine Airlines Employee's Association, along with supporters from militant groups, lay down on a street during a protest in Pasay, Metro Manila on Friday. Asia in Pictures
How much is a one way ticket to Manila?
A 6 x 7 wire line was six strands of seven wires each, closed in a spiral direction around a fiber core, usually Manila or sisal.
Some traded with the Malay settlers at Maynila (as the city on the Pasig River was then called) and, little by little, radicated themselves in the Manila suburbs of The Philippine Islands
Pakistani Toro is located in suburban Quezon City north of Manila.
Swiss Air Lines and Air France have become the latest European carriers to pull out of Manila, following British Airways, Alitalia and KLM.
Hunger-striking 'Tibetans' are not Tibetans: MTAC bets huffing for city hall, former three-term hizzoner Lito Atienza has MANILA residents showed their full support and love for DENR Secretary Lito Atienza when he filed his certificate of candidacy at the Comelec the police made their first arrests on Wednesday as part of the state's effort to enforce a temporary WN.com - Articles related to Occidental Mindoro bans large-scale mining
We may have to ship the poor thing off to the Menninger Clinic in a Manila envelope! TALES OF THE CITY
Jong - Wha Lee is landers the Manila - based lender's acting chief economist.
Weighing 2.5 kilos (5.5 pounds), Danica May Camacho was delivered just before midnight Sunday amid an explosion of media flash bulbs in the delivery room at Manila's Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital.
Common and widely available clam varieties from the Pacific Coast include geoducks, littlenecks, and Manila clams.
A disarmingly sexy paramedic, a plain manila envelope, and a whipping wind lead Quentin from a chilly Brooklyn twilight to the warmth of a summer day in the country. The Magicians by Lev Grossman: Questions
The Manila water privatisation hasn't been an unmitigated success.
I am a former resolutions speacialist/supervisor at DELL customer care here in manila for 2 years. Dear Mr. Dell « BuzzMachine
There was only one way to fly out of Port Moresby in a forwardly direction, avoiding a long backtrack to Sydney, and that was to fly to Manila. One From The Hart
The greater part of his life was spent in Manila, -- in Tondo and in Pandakan, a quaint little village on the south bank of the Pasig, now included in the city, where he appears to have shared the fate largely of poets of other lands, from suffering "the pangs of disprized love" and persecution by the religious authorities, to seeing himself considered by the people about him as a crack-brained dreamer. The Social Cancer
Abaca, another member of the ‘hard’ fibre group is the Spanish name for what is more widely called Manila hemp, and is indigenous to the Philippines.
She set out from Manila in a small casco, or flat-bottomed native boat, heavily laden with fresh fish, pine-apples, mangoes, bananas, tobacco and cigarettes -- all intended for the Spanish garrison on Corregidor The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War
A masked marcher participates in an event celebrating the 16th International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples in Manila, the Philippines.
Philipinas themselves and in Nueva España; and that what they call preaching the gospel is an artifice, and a means of conquering, as Taicosama wrote to the city of Manila. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55 1606-1609 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
The formal charges, which carry a penalty of 40 years' jail, were filed by the electoral commission at the Pasay regional trial court in Manila, a court official told the Associated Press. Philippines charges Gloria Arroyo with corruption
Come to think of it, label a manila folder like this: STUCK? A Conversation with Jean Harfenist, author of A Brief History of the Flood
Solution: An outguide, a flat manila sheet the size of a file folder, with a printed log on the front, will help you create a bread-crumb trail in shared files. Making Work Work
Others were trapped in their homes by the sudden rise of the water overnight Thursday when authorities were forced to open gates of dams north of Manila to prevent damage.
She gave the beggars five fathoms of calico for the big mainsail, two sticks of tobacco for the chronometer, and a sheath-knife worth elevenpence ha'penny for a hundred fathoms of brand new five-inch manila. Chapter 18
He proceeded to declare Manila an open city.
MANILA - Living up to its name, Typhoon Lupit - meaning cruel in Filipino - zigzagged around the rain-soaked northern Philippines on Friday, keeping weary residents on edge and forecasters guessing about its next move. USATODAY.com News - Top Stories
Three times she had changed her rigging and now sailed as a barkentine, bound for a speculative run to Manila for an overload of mahogany which the Khedive of Egypt required for a palace he was building. Hawaii
Ousted Philippine President Joseph Estrada and several foreign embassies in Manila denied Thursday a Thai newspaper report that Estrada tried unsuccessfully to seek asylum abroad.
Marie just rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to the piece of thick Manila paper the teacher was handing out.
Every night, Manila's socialites would gather in the elegant Sky Room to party and dine.
After dinner at North Park, the gang (along with Flim, somehow wrenched from the chains of editing those woeful women) went to have ice cream at the Manila Peninsula. Notes from the peanut gallery
In any case, if we find ourselves landless in the crowded city of tomorrow, perhaps amidst the future ultramegametropolis of New Tokyo-Beijing-Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Manila, we can cultivate our own epidermic Eden. Michael Jackson as Landscape Architecture
The pair would travel around the world for fights to such obscure places as Ali's October 1974 bout in Zaire against Foreman dubbed "The Rumble in the Jungle," and Ali's third fight against Joe Frazier in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, called by promoters as the "Thrilla in Manila. Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee dies
In 1565 a Spanish galleon laden with cinnamon sailed from Manila to Mexico, finally linking up Spain's American colonies with the markets of south-east Asia.
In 1565 a Spanish galleon laden with cinnamon sailed from Manila to Mexico, finally linking up Spain's American colonies with the markets of south-east Asia.
Sire: Having examined this investigation which the cabildo, magistracy, and regimiento of this city have made, so that your Majesty might favor the inhabitants of Manila by granting them commerce with the inhabitants of Macan, and considering the little harm which the Portuguese would suffer from it, my opinion is that, with your The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 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
In 1895 we heard in Manila that the Government were about to coin Philippine pesos and absolutely demonetize Mexicans as a medium in the Islands. The Philippine Islands
We want to buy the capital of the Philippines (Manila city) apartment houses, residential houses, sea view room, beach house, beach house, real estate, Quote, contact information, etc. , thank you!
In the capital Manila, activists have asked the city's three-million cellphone users to report the licence numbers of cars spewing black smoke.
On August 29 of the same year, he left Manila aboard a champan, the "San Nicolás," belonging to the alcalde-mayor of The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 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
In Manila and Jakarta, the situation was somewhat better with tourists and foreign expatriates apparently not disturbed by the horrific events in Bali.
More positive and more succinct than Medina was T.E. Retana whose earlier researches [48] into the history of the Philippines Medina acknowledgedly made use of, and who in 1897 published his _La Imprenta en Filipinas, Adiciones y Observaciones a La Imprenta en Manila_. Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593.
In what he admitted was his first operational role for al-Qaeda, KSM was responsible for casing airport security on a flight from Manila to Seoul, while Yousef took a flight from Hong Kong to Taipei.33 KSM took concentrated nitromethane, an inexpensive liquid explosive readily available in the Philippines, and poured out the contents of fourteen contact lens solution bottles, taking care not to break the plastic security seals. Seeds of Terror
Turning the dial and entering the correct combination, he pulled open the metal safe door and peered inside at the Manila folders it contained.
The 26th Cavalry was garrisoned at Fort Stotsenburg, adjacent to Clarke Field, 75 miles northeast of Manila.
We want to buy the capital of the Philippines (Manila city) apartment houses, residential houses, sea view room, beach house, beach house, real estate, Quote, contact information, etc. , thank you!
One of our suppliers located the Manila rope and the tarred marline that was needed for the job.
A lake of southwest Luzon, Philippines, south of Manila . It contains Volcano Island volcano Mount Taal.
The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city.
An 80-year-old man on a flight from the Philippine capital of Manila to the island of Cebu attempted to break a porthole window during the flight with his cane and leave the aircraft, RIA Novosti
Many supplies and much equipment necessary to support the defense of Bataan were lost at forward supply depots, military installations, or the Manila area.
One small corner of the shelving housed dozens of CD-ROMs, floppies and manuals, but the rest of the space was taken up with literally hundreds of alphabetised A4 manila folders, coloured name tags on all of the top right-hand corners. It's October, 1956.
The Manila Bus Hostage Taking and hijacking incident ended last night in a bloodbath after an 11-hour standoff.
Manila paper is made chiefly from old Manila hemp ropes and is valuable as a strong wrapping paper.
Mr. Okada said Thursday that Universal can get funding for the Manila Bay project on its own but that it is in talks with possible Philippine partners to operate some nongambling facilities. Construction Starts on Manila Casino
Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/Zuma Press Residents returned to their burnt homes after a fire at the Bahay Toro village in Quezon City, part of Metro Manila, Friday. Asia in Pictures
Again ideally, all of this activity, interest, and forward momentum would crescendo in a flurry of new Manila plug-ins and Radio Tools which would attract more subscribers and projects. Scripting News for 3/26/2007 « Scripting News Annex
Will Radio, Manila, or Frontier ever move to a non-proprietary scripting language?
Normally his desk is clear save for the following: pencil pot full of writing instruments, my Manila-colored file, and a pad of paper.
She walked briskly, carrying a manila file in one hand and a bunch of keys in the other.
In addition, I was privileged to preach in several other churches in the Manila area.

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