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The Days Work

By: Rudyard Kipling

...the main revetments—the huge stone- faced banks that flared away north and south for three miles on either side of the river—and permitted himself to ... ...g no more than pale yellow in the sun’s glare. East and west and north and south the construction-trains rattled and shrieked up and down the embankme... ...at One and His Prophet also.” “Even so, father,” said Hanuman. “And to the South I go who am the oldest of the Gods as men know the Gods, and presentl... ... use for. Excuse me interruptin’ you, Mr. Rod, but I’m like T weezy—I’ve a Southern drawback in me hind legs.” “Naow, I want you all here to take noti... ...distinguished from low-caste 71 The Day’s Work Hindoo farmers; but in the south, where John Chinn the First was buried, the wildest still clung to th... ...m were rusted home; and, best of all, the hun- dred and sixty tons of good Australian coal in the bunkers had not diminished. 109 The Day’s Work “I d... ...he team; and Hughes Who’s Who, alias The Ani- mal. He was supposed to have Australian blood in his veins, but he looked like a clothes-horse, and you ... ...sailing- ships, with stewards and mahogany and maple saloons, trad- ing to Australia, taking cargoes of consumptives and hopeless drunkards for whom a...

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Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

By: Sam Vaknin

...the Turks. In 1885, Bulgaria was at last united - north and formerly Turk-occupied south - under the Kremlin's pressure. The Turks switched sides a... ...d in both capacities he operated in the areas that are today North- Central Greece, Southwestern Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia. He felt equ... ...tood no chance. The Croats and the Slovenes - formerly fiery proponents of a Yugo (Southern) Slav federation - were mortified to find themselves in... ...on with roots wherever Albanians resided: Germany, Switzerland, the USA, Canada and Australia. The ideology was an improbable mix of Stalinism (Enve... ...nians died in battle in the fields of Kosovo), from Germany, Switzerland, the USA, Australia and some Moslem countries. In other words, it was inte... ... this fight is crucial to the world. Both world wars started in central eastern and south-eastern Europe. Globalization is no guarantee against a th... ...rbian Church under the Turks", Belgrade, 1969 Within the space of 500 years, southeast Europe has undergone two paradigmatic shifts. First, f... ...ternal stressors, e.g. the Palestinians, or to a marginalised subgroup, such as the Australian Aborigines or Afro-American dwellers of inner city e... ... of societal anxiety: One of the highest accolades one can pay to another person in Australian society is to say: "Mr. So and So is so relaxed and l...

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New Arabian Nights

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...do with God and not with princes. But if you will let me advise you, go to Australia as a colonist, seek menial labour in the open air, and try to for... ...plosive and revengeful to the same degree; he combined the vivacity of the south with the sustained and deadly hatreds of the north; and both traits w... ..., he desired to bury his existence and escape to one of the islands in the South Pacific, and it was in Northmour’s yacht, the Red Earl, that he desig... ...rints; until, a quarter of a mile farther, I beheld them die away into the south-eastern boundary of Graden Floe. There, whoever he was, the mis- erab... ...to all kinds of mischief before I was born. Your conscience is tanned like South American leather – only you forgot to tan your liver, and that, if yo...

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The Greshams of Greshamsbury

By: Anthony Trollope

...et ceased to wonder at new worlds, as he skimmed among the islands of that south- ern ocean, before the edict had gone forth for his return. There wer... ...r had to leave the huge Government works which he was then erecting on the southern coast, and hurry off to Berlin to see what could be done with youn... ...at is left, and I will make my own way in the world, somehow. I will go to Australia; yes, sir, that will be the best. I and Mary will both go. Nobody... ... that. What would you both live on? It would be madness. ’ ‘We would go to Australia, ’ answered he, bitterly. ‘I have just said so. ’ ‘Oh, no, my boy... ...ying wretchedly. There, in the other big, best bedroom, looking out to the south, had died the other baronet about twelvemonth since, and each a victi...

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Framley Parsonage

By: Anthony Trollope

...et about it, Smith?’ ‘How do we set about it? How did we set about it with Australia and America? It is very easy to criticize; but in such matters th... ...reat thing is to put one’s shoulder to the wheel. ’ ‘We sent our felons to Australia, ’ said Supplehouse, ‘and they began to work for us. And as to Am... ...ed on having her title. Miss Dunstable swore that she would wed none but a South Sea Islander; and to Mark was offered the income and duties of Bishop... ...l heart the mouth speaketh. But he spoke to an impatient listener. ‘D— the South Sea Islanders, ’ said Mr Sowerby. ‘You’ll have it all your own way in... ...rand and magnificent islands which lie far away, beyond the Indies, in the South- ern Ocean; the lands of which produce rich spices and glo- rious fru... ...rocess of civilization—yes, my friends, the process of civilization? These South Sea islanders have all that a kind Providence can bestow on them; but... ...ow. Something about Sundays, I believe. ’ ‘She hoped you would not put the South Sea Islanders up to Sabbath travelling, ’ said Mr Sowerby. ‘And speci...

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Hawaii Business Magazine-Special Apec Edition

By: Apec Hawaii Host Committee

...echnology can be used anywhere. We’re looking at opportunities in Japan, Australia, the Pacifc Islands, you name it.” The Sopogy technology is idea... ...dings Co. Ltd. (TWNE), an afliate of the multifaceted conglomerate China South Industries Group (CSGC). Polysilicon is a huge business in China. A... ...PACIFIC BIODIESEL AND ISTOCK 29 APEC 2011 · HAWAII BUSINESS Argentina • Australia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bhutan • Bosnia-Herz... ...omania • Russia Saudi Arabia • Serbia • Singapore • Slovakia • Slovenia • South Korea • Spain • Sri Lanka Sudan • Sweden • Switzerland • Taiwan • Ta... ...0, most of whom came from APEC economies: JAPAN 1,239,481 CANADA 406,452 AUSTRALIA 143,742 KOREA 81,920 CHINA 63,032 NEW ZEALAND 18,050 TAIWAN 15,66... ...en it is 3 p.m. in Hawai‘i, the next business day has begun in Asia and Australia: HAWAI‘I NEW YORK WASHINGTON TORONTO LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO VA... ...Canada, Australia and Chile. Below the equator, Chile manages the Gemini South telescope that operates in tandem with its Hawaiian twin to provide... ...ndem with its Hawaiian twin to provide full coverage of the northern and southern hemispheres. In June 2011, a team of international astronomers de... ...he project, which includes a 3-D seismic imaging study of the ocean foor south of Japan. Ian Robertson, a professor of Civil and Environmental Engi...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...need for this vitamin. ―If people got 10 to 15 minutes of sunlight a day they could get all the D they need. This may be easy in the southe... ...mentioned Helen Keller who, deaf and blind, graduated from college and became a famous author and lecturer. Then there is Oscar Pistorius, the South ... ... without feet. Or there is Cato Zahl Pederson who won 13 gold medals in the summer and winter Para-Olympics and skied across Antarctica to the South ... ...r hooligans or suicide bombers are brothers in using violence for ridiculous causes. ―People often associate murder with poverty, but South ... ...hey have their criminal gangs and there is the mistrust of others. Many Zimbabweans trying to escape their impossible conditions by coming to South ... ...1 in 25 women in Japan and to about 1 in 2 in Bangladesh every 51 year. Austra... ...late that they all had their basic physiological and safety needs met. We can assume that these were met with a higher standard in Europe and Austra...

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In Search of Burke and Wills : The Story of William Landsborough, Queensland's Forgotten Explorer

By: Mr Gordon Landsborough

...Everyone has heard of the explorers Burke and Wills, who died when attempting to cross the Australian continent in 1861, but few will know of William Landsborough, a quiet unassuming man who in the middle of the 19th century explored and opened up vast areas of land in north-eastern Australia to settlement and farm...

...The tragic story of the Burke and Wills expedition is now part of Australian folklore and we know the sad irony that by the time that the relief parties set out, only one member of Burke’s party, John King, was still alive. But in 1861, with none of the rapid means of communication we now e...

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Smallholder Dairying in the Tropics

By: Lindsay Falvey & Charan Chantalakhana

...s. The Thailand Research Fund (TRF) of the Prime Minister’s office, Thailand and Institute of Land and Food Resources of the University of Melbourne, Australia, joined with ILRI in supporting publication of the book. We thank the editors, the chapter authors, and all those who made this work possible. We trust that this book will help improve smallholder dairy production i...

...the tropics P. N. de Leeuw, A. Omore, S. Staal and W. Thorpe Global overview of tropical dairy production Sub-Saharan Africa Asia Central and South America Dairy production systems in sub-Saharan Africa Dairy production systems in Asia Dairy production systems in Latin America Dual-purpose systems Intensive milk production Conclusions References Chapter 3: ...

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The Light That Failed

By: Rudyard Kipling

...he flannel shirt, the black-browed Torpenhow. He rep- resented the Central Southern Syndicate in the cam- paign, as he had represented it in the Egypt... ... the evening Torpenhow was able to announce to his friend that the Central Southern Agency was will- ing to take him on trial, paying expenses for thr... ...end ‘em along.’ To himself he said, ‘That’s the best bar- gain the Central southern has ever made; and they got me cheaply enough.’ So it came to pass... ...orpenhow that Dick turned by instinct. The repre- sentative of the Central Southern Syndicate had shaken himself clear of his enemy, and rose, wiping ... ...ick’s broken head had been some months ended and mended, and the Cen- tral Southern Syndicate had paid Dick a certain sum on account for work done, wh... ... ‘What does that mean?’ ‘It’s the signal of the Cross Keys Line running to Australia. I wonder which steamer it is.’ The note of his voice had changed... ...g, or the Bhutia. No, the Bhutia has a clopper bow. It’s the Barralong, to Australia. She’ll lift the Southern Cross in a week,—lucky old tub!—oh, luc... ...went by.’ ‘Did you see anything you knew?’ ‘Only the Barralong outwards to Australia, and an Odessa grain-boat loaded down by the head. It was a thick...

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Life on the Mississippi

By: Mark Twain

...coasts. These people were in intimate communication with the Indians: in the south the Spaniards were robbing, slaughtering, enslaving and con vertin... ...he foot of lofty heights wrapped thick in forests.’ He continues: ‘T urning southward, they paddled down the stream, through a solitude unrelieved by... ...uck open water, and paddled thence to the Mississippi and turned their prows southward. They plowed through the fields of floating ice, past the mouth... ...r his right eye; then he bent stooping forward, with his back sagged and his south end sticking out far, and his fists a shoving out and drawing in in... ...ing the bar, and I couldn’t make her out entirely. I took her for the ‘Sunny South’—hadn’t any skylights forward of the chimneys.” And so on. And as t... ... 5 47 Greenville 1 10 55 Napoleon 1 16 22 White River 1 16 56 Australia 1 19 Helena 1 23 25 Half Mile Below St. Francis 2 Memphi... ...sed names and places and sent my narrative out of the country. So I chose an Australian magazine for vehicle, as being far enough out of the country, ...

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A Footnote to History

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...aper and Westphalian iron, his most considerable asset was found to be the South Sea business. This passed (I understand) through the hands of Baring ... ...nama canal, caught the fever, and came (for the sake of the sea voyage) to Australia. He had that natural love for the tropics which lies so often lat... ... very brief interval he had thus run through the gamut of religions in the South Seas. It does not appear that he was any more particular in politics,... ...awaii and descriptions of Honolulu are grateful topics in all parts of the South Seas; and there is no better introduction than a photograph in which ... ...ys dined “near where the fire was.” They come to a “newly-formed place” in Australia, where the AL- BATROSS was lying, and a British ship, which he kn... ...,” and ad- miring a big house “where he was sure the governor lived.” From Australia, they sailed some time, and reached an an- chorage where a consul... ...iefs by Tamasese-Brandeis, the sort of mistake into which Europeans in the South Seas fall so readily; one, of the enforced labour of chiefs; one, of ... ...mely dis- covery averted all; and the leaders hastily withdrew towards the south side of the island, leaving in the bush a rear-guard under a young ma...

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Modern Broods or Developments Unlooked For

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...rther off than ever! Or perhaps you will fulfil them, and go and teach the Australian blacks!” “A very unpromising field,” said Mrs. Best, “though I h... ...ull share of hepaticas and all the early daffodil kinds. Behind and on the southern side, lay the kitchen garden, also a succession of steps, and beyo... ...all. The drawing-room had a bow window looking over the fields towards the South, and this way too looked the dining-room, in which Magdalen bestowed ... ...ve a peculiar faculty for dealing with those very unpromising natives, the Australian gins. Franciska remembered her tender nursing and bright manner ... ... hurried on by Captain Armytage’s appointment to a frigate on the coast of South- ern America, where he had to join at once, in lieu of a cap- tain in... ...with a cour- teous, “Miss Prescott! You have come in for the arrival of my Australian sister! What luggage have you?” Wherewith all was absorbed in th... ...y and by one came to light, which Mrs. Merrifield had taken “for only some Australian gold mines,” and left to wait, especially as it was directed to ... ...wanted to know more, and also whether the will had been properly proved in Australia, and whether it had force in England. In that case he was surely ... ...so in his early days, comported himself on this occasion as if he realised Southey’s wish— “That in mine age as cheerful I might be, Like the green wi...

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The Clever Woman of the Family

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...l hurry to the drawing-room, and tear open the black-edged letter with the Australian stamp. “All is right, mamma. She has been very ill, but is fast ... ...r. “Nests are made to be taken,” said Francis. “I’ve got an egg of all the Australian birds the Major could get me,” said Conrade, “and I mean to have... ...ith commenced a discussion of military friends— who had been heard of from Australia, who had been met in England, who was promoted, who married, who ... ...egiment was coming home, my dear old chief was appointed to the command in Australia, and in- sisted on my coming with him as military secretary. He h... ...be kept in the dark, so that no one could go and meet the poor dear boy at Southampton but Mr. Lifford, and the shock of the news he heard brought the... ...ther a responsibility to have let her come, for she has never been farther south than Edinburgh, but she would not be denied. So she has been to see y... ... the state of siege might have been unsuspected. He settled himself at the southern Gowanbrae as if he had no conquest to achieve but that of the rheu... ... letter from his uncle’s curate, asking him to see if he could meet with a southern clergyman to exchange duties for the winter with a London incumben... ...ed the dignity of her station, he replied that Isabel was too romantic for southern ears, and that her surname being 240 The Clever Woman of the Fami...

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Young Folks, History of England

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

... went on conquering Britain till they had won all the part of it that lies south of the river T weed; and, as the people beyond that point were more f... ...mans held Britain for four hundred years, and tamed the wild people in the south, and taught them to speak and dress, and read and write like themselv... ... so bitter against the Danes, that at last it was agreed that all over the South of England every Englishman should rise up in one night and murder th... ...ish and profane they were; “bring out my chair to the sea-side.” He was at Southampton at the time, close to the sea, and the tide was coming in. “Now... ...ng had given three long good arrows that morning. He rode straight away to Southampton, and went off to the Holy Land; so it is likely that he knew so... ...ot work or food enough for them at home, and went to settle in Canada, and Australia, and Van Dieman’s Land, and New Zealand, making, in all these dis...

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