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Report on Orphaned Works

By: Marybeth Peters

...he Register of Copyrights · January 2006 Report on Orphan Works w Library of Congress U. S. Copyright Office 101 Independence Avenue SE Washington,... ...ce Avenue SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 Report on Orphan Works A Report of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyright... ...Avenue SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 Report on Orphan Works A Report of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights o... ...e Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independe... ...ster of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independence Avenue SE • Washington, DC 20559-6000 • (202) 707... ...irman Hatch and Senator Leahy: Thank you for your request of the Copyright Office to study of the issue of "orphan works" – copyrighted works for whic... ...searches on prominent Internet search engines, searches of any collective management organizations’ databases, and searches of the Copyright Office’... ...oogle (681) (user must stop within grace period); CAA (647); Getty (610); Directors Guild of American, Inc. (“DGA”) (621). 314 Public Knowledge (62... ... work in question. 365 Directors Guild of America (“DGA”) (621). The DGA requested that orphan wo...

...This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of t...

...Many commenters were in favor of determining whether a search was reasonable on an “ad hoc” or case-by-case basis, whereby each search is evaluated according to its circumstances. This approach was offered as having the advantage of flexibility to cover t...

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Report on Orphaned Works

By: Marybeth Peters

...he Register of Copyrights · January 2006 Report on Orphan Works w Library of Congress U. S. Copyright Office 101 Independence Avenue SE Washington,... ...ce Avenue SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 Report on Orphan Works A Report of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyright... ...Avenue SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 Report on Orphan Works A Report of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights o... ...e Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independe... ...ster of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independence Avenue SE • Washington, DC 20559-6000 • (202) 707... ...irman Hatch and Senator Leahy: Thank you for your request of the Copyright Office to study of the issue of "orphan works" – copyrighted works for whic... ...searches on prominent Internet search engines, searches of any collective management organizations’ databases, and searches of the Copyright Office’... ...oogle (681) (user must stop within grace period); CAA (647); Getty (610); Directors Guild of American, Inc. (“DGA”) (621). 314 Public Knowledge (62... ... work in question. 365 Directors Guild of America (“DGA”) (621). The DGA requested that orphan wo...

...This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of t...

...We also recommend one other threshold requirement for a user to qualify for the orphan works limitations on remedies: throughout the use of the work, the user must provide attribution to the author and copyright owner of the work if such attribution is possible and as is reasonably appropriate under ...

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The Mystery of Jamieson Stone

By: Jonathan Cross

... - J.Cross/Stone 2 THE MYSTERY OF JAMIESON STONE A Novel by Jonathan Cross ... ... - J.Cross/Stone 2 THE MYSTERY OF JAMIESON STONE A Novel by Jonathan Cross ... ... - J.Cross/Stone 3 CHAPTER 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. The studios of WNN (Worldwide News Network) were as hectic ... ...ross/Stone 3 CHAPTER 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. The studios of WNN (Worldwide News Network) were as hectic as usual. Pr... ... of WNN (Worldwide News Network) were as hectic as usual. Producers, assistant producers, directors, assistant directors and a beehive of workers wer... ...) were as hectic as usual. Producers, assistant producers, directors, assistant directors and a beehive of workers were all scurrying around pawning... ... anyone leaving without my permission. Is that clear!” The sergeant grabbed a couple of officers and headed to the door with the large red ‘B’ pri... ...going to hear from me,” Jacobs protested. Barton just shrugged. “Go for it.” A dozen officers sat in various corners of the studio painstakingly... ... anyone of authority. Brand had timed it just before five o’clock, knowing that the upper management were either in discussions, or had gone home for...

...An ex-intelligence officer, who handles elite politicians and celebrities cover up their misdeeds and embarrassing situations, now finds himself trying to unravel the mystery that could change the world and the future of the international space...

...Weaving international intrigue with a high-level murder case, The Mystery of Jamieson Stone will leave you on the edge of your seat. When the world’s most famous television news anchor, Jamieson Stone, apparently commits suicide on live international television, Stone’s widow hires ...

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Report on Orphan Works

By: Library of Congress

...he Register of Copyrights · January 2006 Report on Orphan Works w Library of Congress U. S. Copyright Office 101 Independence Avenue SE Washington,... ...ce Avenue SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 Report on Orphan Works A Report of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyright... ...Avenue SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 Report on Orphan Works A Report of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights o... ...e Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independe... ...ster of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independence Avenue SE • Washington, DC 20559-6000 • (202) 707... ...irman Hatch and Senator Leahy: Thank you for your request of the Copyright Office to study of the issue of "orphan works" – copyrighted works for whic... ...searches on prominent Internet search engines, searches of any collective management organizations’ databases, and searches of the Copyright Office’... ...oogle (681) (user must stop within grace period); CAA (647); Getty (610); Directors Guild of American, Inc. (“DGA”) (621). 314 Public Knowledge (62... ... work in question. 365 Directors Guild of America (“DGA”) (621). The DGA requested that orphan wo...

...This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of...

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Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in Apec Economies

By: Apec Finance Minister Process

... for Greater Financial Markets Stability in APEC Economies iii Acknowledgements The completion of the Report is attributed to the support of th... ...nancial Markets Stability in APEC Economies iii Acknowledgements The completion of the Report is attributed to the support of the officials of ... ...ts The completion of the Report is attributed to the support of the officials of the Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, and Republic of... ...tion of the Report is attributed to the support of the officials of the Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, and Republic of Indonesia, led by ... ...t is attributed to the support of the officials of the Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, and Republic of Indonesia, led by Dr. Andin Hadiyan... ...l de Valores/CCV (Securities Clearing Guarantee Agency), Brookings Institute, Caravel Management LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., IMF Asia and Pac... ... Foreign (% of total) 2.69 7.78 13.12 16.36 16.66 18.56 30.53 Source: Debt Management Office 2010a; Debt Management Office 2011a Table 3.4: Foreig... ...porated into the by-laws of publicly traded companies, include: composed the board of directors, an audit committee composed and other. Points of am... ...with these objectives and that the issuers prepare quality information. • Independent directors. (1) The board of directors is integrated by a minimu...

...The purpose of this project is to contribute to ongoing efforts tailored toward promoting greater financial markets stability and integration in APEC economies, achieved by: 1) undertaking research to determine the conditions...

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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...ovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review" http://w... ... palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review" http://www.ce-review.org/au... ...ide.html ISBN: 9989-929-27-0 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 100 articles and essays (microeconomics ... ... 100 articles and essays (microeconomics and macroeconomics) by the same author - available! http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html Sam ... ... Ethic XII. Industrial Action and Competition Laws XIII. Employees and Management Ownership of Firms XIV. Making Your Workers Your Partners XV... ... benefits for a new worker only if he was registered with an unemployment office for 6 consecutive months preceding his new employment. I recomme... ... benefits for a new worker only if he was registered with an unemployment office for more than 12 consecutive months preceding his new employment – ... ...ted effective control of the shop floor and participation in the board of directors of firms. A tripartite social contract will increase employmen... ... Governance is usually based on one vote for each member, and the elected directors of the enterprise set overall policy and hire top management. The...

...Modern labour theories and practice. Covers issues like employment, unemployment, migration, brain drain, entrepreneurship, workaholism, and trade unions....

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

...dija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ... write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...et http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Economics - Psychology's Neg... ... OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Economics - Psychology's Neglected Branch II. The Misconception of Scarcity III. The Roller Coaster Market – ... ...h, mathematical modeling, transparent decision making, free trade, and professional management - help better allocate these increased resources to y... ...keenly embarking on "enterprise risk management (ERM)", replete with corporate risk officers. Corporate risk models measure the effect that simultan... ...w ... Conservatism among the buying public, twinned with a generation of marketing directors who won't take a chance on something that breaks new g... ... least advantaged, consistent with the just savings principle, and (b) attached to offices and positions open to all under conditions of fair equal... ... frequently marginal. Shareholders meet once a year to vent and disperse. Boards of directors are appointed by management - as are auditors. Shareho...

Critical analysis of the foundations and tenets of capitalism and of the dismal science - economics.

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Facts and Fictions in the Securities Industry

By: Sam Vaknin

...itten permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...om: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ... http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Introduction II. The Value ... ... LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Introduction II. The Value of Stocks of a Company III. The Process of Due Diligen... ...The Agent-Principal Conundrum XXII. Trading in Sovereign Promises XXIII. Portfolio Management Theory XXIV. Going Bankrupt in the World XXV. The Au... ...firm. • Court registration documents. • Copies of all protocols of the Board of Directors and the General Assembly of Shareholders. • Signator... ...ons of the firm and with internal guidelines set from time to time by the Board of Directors of the firm. This is usually achieved both during a Du... ...ranteed bailout bonds whose proceeds were used to finance the RTC until 1996. The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) was also established in 1989 ... ...er, I sold it for $4,000." Exhausted and numb from days of hectic trading and back office operations, the brokerage houses pressured the stock exch...

The securities industry, its markets, instruments (equity, debt, derivatives), trading strategies, underlying economic models, and future.

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...vska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the TrendSiters Web Site: http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Inter... ... ISBN: 9989-929-23-8 Created by:LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Additional articles about Digital Content on the Web: ht... ...VSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Additional articles about Digital Content on the Web: http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Essays dedicated to ... ... This letter constitutes a permission to reprint or mirror any and all of the materials mentioned or linked to herein subject to appropriate cred... ...n copyright protection measures (euphemistically known as "digital rights management"). This further alienated the few potential readers left. The o... ...st for plagiarism be more stringent than the one applied by the Copyright Office? And what rights are implicitly granted by the material's genuine a... ...build skilled workforces here." There is nothing new in outsourcing back office work (insurance claims processing, air ticket reservations, medical... ...tests in a few countries. Think about the polling of members of boards of directors by phone or fax (explicitly required by law in many countries). ... ...the Worker, to build his own world (that he had a dreamt of). But the old directors were stupid, they did not see the new world, they were blind and...

...Essays dedicated to the new media, doing business on the web, digital content, its creation and distribution, e-publishing, e-books, digital reference, DRM technology, and other related issues....

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...INOIS LIBRARY AT URBANACHAMPAIGN BOOKSTACKS Central Intelligence Agency The World Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should o... ... Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through lia... ...ctbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through liaiso... ... channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence Agency RTS-2C Was... ...may purchase copies from: Superintendent of Documents US Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Tel: (202) 783-3238 Requesters outside the ... ...ipment, chemicals, textiles and clothing, petroleum, foodstuffs, vehi- cles, office machines, Pharmaceuticals Major trade partners: (1984) imports 41%... ...rkers, 18.6% clerical, 12.5% construction, 6.7% finance and investment, 5.9% directors and business managers (1979) Organized labor: Global Seaman's U... ... in monetary economy; non-African foreigners hold about 95% of the top-level management and engineering jobs; 70.5% agriculture, 10.8% services, 4.5% ... ...water quality; acid rain; agricultural fertilizer and pesticide pollu- tion; management of sparse natural water resources in west; desertification; ts...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disputes, climate, terrain, land use, environment, and sp...

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The Marketing of Ideas and Social Issues

By: Seymour Fine

...er Originally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF ... ...riginally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 F... ...SSUES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 FOREWORD 6 PREFACE 7 GLOSSARY 9 INTRODUCTION 10 1 THE NATURE OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION ... ...BLE OF CONTENTS 3 FOREWORD 6 PREFACE 7 GLOSSARY 9 INTRODUCTION 10 1 THE NATURE OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION AND ADOPTIO... ...e Credibility 44 SUMMARY 44 4 PRODUCT STRATEGIES IN SOCIAL MARKETING 46 PRODUCT MANAGEMENT 46 What is a Product? 46 Other Names for Products. 46... ...cal goods" (1980, p. 25). Toffler predicts a shift of many jobs from the plant or office to the home where people can work on and with, intangibles.... ... Channels of distribution Storage Quantity breaking Delivery Inventory management Point-of-sale display Thus to reiterate: in order... ...eplace an automobile agency with a social service agency or a real estate broker's office with a government agency espousing physical fitness. This ... ...iation for Consumer Research, the American Academy of Advertising and the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Sales and Marketing Executives Associ...

...An idea is taken for granted in the scheme of things. Someone exclaims, "I've got an idea!" What is it that he has? From where did he get it? How was it transmitted? How might it spread to others? What will be the effect of the acceptance of the idea? These...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...n@gmail.com Philosophical Essays and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samv... ... http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ... M XIII. N XIV. O XV. P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundament... ... XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to lif... ...frequently marginal. Shareholders meet once a year to vent and disperse. Boards of directors are appointed by management - as are auditors. Shareho... ...lders meet once a year to vent and disperse. Boards of directors are appointed by management - as are auditors. Shareholders are not represented i... ...ugh direct participation in voting. Similar to participatory democracy, holders of offices can be recalled by constituents. It is important to em... ...ndividuals. The dynamics of power subsist on more than the religious affiliation of office-holders, kingmakers, and string-pullers. Granted, Jews a... ...w ... Conservatism among the buying public, twinned with a generation of marketing directors who won't take a chance on something that breaks new g...

Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...n@gmail.com Philosophical Essays and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samv... ... http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ... M XIII. N XIV. O XV. P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundament... ... XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to lif... ...frequently marginal. Shareholders meet once a year to vent and disperse. Boards of directors are appointed by management - as are auditors. Shareho... ...lders meet once a year to vent and disperse. Boards of directors are appointed by management - as are auditors. Shareholders are not represented i... ...ugh direct participation in voting. Similar to participatory democracy, holders of offices can be recalled by constituents. It is important to em... ...ndividuals. The dynamics of power subsist on more than the religious affiliation of office-holders, kingmakers, and string-pullers. Granted, Jews a... ...w ... Conservatism among the buying public, twinned with a generation of marketing directors who won't take a chance on something that breaks new g...

...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyri... ...ht January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and ... ...e various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentar... ...ns: Connection, and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation of this, and other Dynamics. My challenge to the reader is simple. ... ...nger feel any connection to the earth they live on. People working indoors in offices no longer feel any connection to the earth they live on. Peop... ...al combustion engines and jet engines. Modern architectural firms have their offices inside ancient stone buildings. Houses are built with an entir... ...r. This has nothing to do with balance, fairness or justice. It is simply a management technique. The concepts of including equality, fairness a... ...a huge financial bubble bursts… when investors lose billions and the board of directors manage to skip off with barely a reprimand? Why is whistle-b... ...f Hollywood will disappear, and there will be billions of movie- producers and directors and actors and actresses: all a thousand times more creative ...

...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic ...

...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans ...

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And Gulliver Returns Book I : Touchdown

By: Bob Oconnor

... “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book One Touch Down Return to Earth “. . . And ... ... Search of Utopia-- Book One Touch Down Return to Earth “. . . And Gulliver Returns” 2 --In Search of Utopia— ... ...o Earth “. . . And Gulliver Returns” 2 --In Search of Utopia— “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-... ... © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-0-1 3 Table of Contents THE RETURN FROM SPACE ...................................................... ............................................................................ 4 THE GOOD LIFE .............................................................. ...mbered feeling that I missed in my space capsule and the four walls of these offices that have confined me the last few days. I’d like to breathe som... ... regime. Along this line he fired a number of experienced diplomats and bank directors. He wanted all the power of a Medieval religious king. While h... ... any longer. 69 —“I was talking to an industrial psychologist at my office the other day. He said that how a child is going to be treated ma... ... make it up. If it were demonstrated abusive behavior, there might be anger management therapy. If it were drug abuse, they could 76 get treatmen...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even ...

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Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...ROSOPHIC COGNITIVE MAPS XIQUAN Phoenix 2003 CARE OF THE AIDS INFECTED PERSONS CREATION OF AWARENESS ABOUT AIDS PREVENT... ...OPHIC COGNITIVE MAPS XIQUAN Phoenix 2003 CARE OF THE AIDS INFECTED PERSONS CREATION OF AWARENESS ABOUT AIDS PREVENTION... ...E AIDS INFECTED PERSONS CREATION OF AWARENESS ABOUT AIDS PREVENTION OF SPREAD OF AIDS EPIDEMIC MEDICAL TREATMENT OF AIDS PATIENTS SOCIAL ... ...nm.edu Xiquan Phoenix 2003 2 The picture on the cover is a neutrosophic directed graph of the Neutrosoph... ...els for complex systems; mobile robots and in intimate technology such as office plants; analysis of business performance assessment; formalism deba... ...e demands of the different groups of people like the school children, the office goers, the vendors etc. We have taken a total of eight characteri... ...can be further advanced using Adaptive Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. Strategic Management is defined as a system of action programs which form sustainabl... ... team of the IAMSR institute has developed a support system for strategic management, called the Woodstrat, in two major Finnish forest industry cor... ...Teachers/ Heads of the School/ Educational Institutions, Correspondents / Directors of schools/ Education inspectors etc.). Now all the four spaces ...

...In a world of chaotic alignments, traditional logic with its strict boundaries of truth and falsity has not imbued itself with the capability of reflecting the reality. Despite various attempts to reorient logic, there has remained an e...

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And Gulliver Returns Book V : My Visit to Singaling

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling The Pearl of Southeast A... ...TURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling The Pearl of Southeast Asia 1 ... ...outheast Asia 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 5 MY VISIT TO SIN... ... 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 5 MY VISIT TO SINGALING by Lemuel Gulliver XVI a... ... Table of Contents THE COUNTRY OF SINGALING ..................................................... ...o retire at 70 but works daily at his old job. The university pays for his office and laboratory, but he is working for 65% of his former pay and doe... ... decision makers, like legislators and high level government and business management, are women. In the U.S. it is 45%. In Sweden it is only 29%. In ... ... in government is much greater, but may not be true. Our government Truth Office searches continually for evidence on both sides of an issue and conv... ...ir programs. We merely supply the parks, the equipment and the recreation directors.” —“I agree with you on the incompetent coaching. So many...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even ...

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Bureaucracy

By: Honoré de Balzac

...y by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...y Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...sixteen, he left the Lycee Napoleon to enter as supernumerary a government office, where an unknown pro- tector had provided him with a place. At twen... ... out of officials and the establishment of a new or- der of administrative offices. No doubt the hatred which all reformers incur takes its rise here.... ...oans, and the ministry of the interior with that of registra- tion and the management of domains. Thus Rabourdin united in one centre all divisions th... ...“how a nation can do with- out heads of divisions, general-secretaries and directors, and all this splendid array of officials, the glory of France an... ...laries; and also this second and not less logical and important corollary: Directors-general may be statesmen. Perhaps it is in that sense that more t...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The Rabourdin household in Paris, where men of thought and study bear a certain likeness to one another, living as they do in a common centre, you must have met with several resembling Monsieur Rabourdin, whose acquaintance w...

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The Prime Minister

By: Anthony Trollope

... by Anthony T rollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania... ...eries Publication The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ..., and at the age of twenty- one had appeared in London, in a stockbroker’s office, where he was soon known as an accomplished linguist, and as a very ... ...of England, and going through a narrow dark long passage got into a little office at the back of a building, in which there sat at a desk a greasy gen... ... certain companies. People are still such asses that they trust a Board of Directors made up of members of Parliament, and therefore of course members... ...at home, I should think your father would do anything for you,—with proper management. There is no doubt, I suppose, that he could afford it?’ ‘My fat... ...pperton had once been Chairman. There was now an- other Chairman and other Directors; but Mr Mills Happerton’s influence had so far remained with the ...

Excerpt: The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope.

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

... One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient f... ...iged to bear arms; they formed a national militia, which appointed its own officers, and was to hold itself at all times in readiness to march for the... ... the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they entrust the management of their affairs; but it does not require an unqualified complai... ...nk of the United States is nevertheless the object of great animosity. Its directors have proclaimed their hostility to the President: and they are ac... ... instinct of the country to aid their cause; and they assert that the bank directors form a permanent aristocratic body, whose influence must ultimate...

...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of th...

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The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes)

By: Honoré de Balzac

...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Worme... ...e by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...y Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...- joining houses, had formerly served as stables, coach-house, kitchen and offices to the rear dwelling; but since 1830, they had been converted into ... ... Barbet. Behind the staircase extends, on the garden side, a fine study or office with two large windows. The first and second floor form two complete... ...ucceed, after a first disas- ter and liquidation, in the hands of an abler management. The late clerk then rubs his hands, now empty, and says to hims... ...ssion. The government clerks of his division at the minis- try, the office directors, and even the heads of divisions came to his concerts; now and th... ...fortunes of the Odeon, that fatal theatre which, for years, ruined all its directors. Right or wrong, the quarter in which this dramatic impossibility...

...Excerpt: Here, madame, is one of those books which come into the mind, whence no one knows, giving pleasure to the author before he can foresee what reception the public, our great present judge, will accord to it. Feeling almost certain of your sympathy ...

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Scenes from a Courtesans Life

By: Honoré de Balzac

...Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...rtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... some men with whom Lucien had had transactions, combining ostensibly kind offices with covert false dealing. “Hallo! Lucien, my boy, why here we are ... ...e should have fount dat voman,” said he to the ser- vant, while the excise officers were searching the carriage. “Indeed, Monsieur le Baron, the devil... ...as Corentin says, it is not enough to be clever, you must have the gift of management. Poor dear M. Lenoir was right when he wrote to me in the matter... ...and then the twaddle and reflections which never lead to any change in the management of the prisons where eighteen hundred crimes are herded. “We mus... ... poured out the story of her woes with her first husband, one of the three Directors of the land revenue. She consulted the young law- yer as to wheth...

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Dombey and Son

By: Charles Dickens

...ssics Series Publication Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...cs Series Publication Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...E FIRST APPEARANCES ARE MADE ON THE STA G E OF THESE ADVENTURES THOUGH THE OFFICES of Dombey and Son were within the liberties of the City of London, ... ...,’ said the boy , plying his knife and fork.’ It’ s a precious dark set of offices, and in the room where I sit, there’s a high fender, and an iron sa... ...enerally spoken of as ‘a great manager’ of children; and the secret of her management was, to give them everything that they didn’ t like, and nothing... ... to take the least heed of him. The arrivals quickly became numerous. More directors, chairmen of public companies, elderly ladies carrying bur- 515 ... ...r heads, had greater or less cause of complaint against Mr Dombey; and the Directors and Chairmen coincided in think- ing that if Dombey must marry, h...

...Excerpt: Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his con...

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Ivanhoe

By: Sir Walter Scott

... Classics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...assics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...otec- tion of any of the petty kings in their vicinity, accepted of feudal offices in his household, or bound themselves by mu- tual treaties of allia... ... ing offence, —is a man who, without respect to your knight- hood, my high office, or the sanctity of either, would clear his house of us, and send us... ...happen from acci- dent, whereas the former evinced awkwardness and want of management of the weapon and of the horse. The fifth knight alone maintaine... ...ch they expected from the approaching scene, than any reluctance to be its directors or agents. The Jew then looked at the glowing furnace, over which... ...ay be received—it is time this revel were broken off.” “It must be by your management then, gallant yeoman,” said Ivanhoe; “for each hint I have essay...

...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. ...

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Memorials and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...LICATION Memorials and Other Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ATION Memorials and Other Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...as the one sole friend that ever I could regard as entirely fulfilling the offices of an honest friendship. She had known me from infancy; when I was ... ...en Sir W alter Scott is chargeable with considerable licentiousness in the management of his colloquial Scotch. Yet, generally speak- ing, it bears th... ... when every week sees the town banker drawn from our rural gentry; railway directors in ev- ery quarter transferring themselves indifferently from tow... ... that the lady selected for the post, with the fullest approbation of both officers, was one who began life as the daughter of a little Lincolnshire f... ...s. The person who superintended the workmen, and had the whole practi- cal management of one amongst these four houses, was a common builder, without ...

...Excerpt: These papers I am anxious to put into the hands of your house, and, so far as regards the U.S., of your house exclusively; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already rendered me; namely, first, in havin...

...Contents MEMORIALS, AND OTHER PAPERS, VOL. I. ....................................................................................................... 4 FROM THE AUTHOR, TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF HIS WORKS. ..........................................

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Beatrix

By: Honoré de Balzac

...x by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...y Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...- yard, on the right of which are the stables, on the left the kitchen and offices. The house is build of freestone from cel- lar to garret. The facad... ... of a window and began as usual to spin. Gasselin was still busy about the offices; he looked to the horses of the baron and Calyste, saw that the sta... ...iments. T o her, prudence was the true method of making your fortune; good management consisted in filling your gra- naries with wheat, rye, and flax,... ... old man sixty years of age, had married a young woman to whom he left the management of his affairs. He busied himself in archaeology,—a passion, or ... ... a woman’s note-paper; it had a perfume of feminine elegance.” “Those club directors are such dandies!” The Vicomte de Portenduere and his wife, forme...

...Excerpt: Note. It is somewhat remarkable that Balzac, dealing as he did with traits of character and the minute and daily circumstances of life, has never been accused of representing actual persons in the two or three thousand portraits which he painted of human nature....

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The Count of Monte Cristo Voulume Two

By: Alexandre Dumas

...wo by Alexandre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Count of Monte Cristo Volume Two by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of... ...andre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Count of Monte Cristo Volume Two by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Penns... ...he Count of Monte Cristo Volume Two by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... to state that the case in question is just one of those in which a public officer like myself cannot proceed to act with- out thereby incurring a dan... ... we find the affairs of the testator, and by yourself, who, having had the management of them, can doubtless give full information on the subject. But... ...for a mutual un- 14 The Count of Monte Cristo derstanding between the two officers of the law. They read to Noirtier the formal copy of a will, in or... ...opinion the time ought not to be yet. I know you to be well skilled in the management of the sword, while I am only moderately so; I know, too, that y... ... this passport?” “When I went to ask M. de Monte Cristo for letters to the directors of the theatres at Rome and Naples, I expressed my fears of trave...

...Excerpt: Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort. We will now relate what was passing in the house of the king?s attorney after the departure of Madame Danglars and her daughter, and during the time of the conversation between Maximilian and Valentine, which we have just detailed. M. de Villefort entered his fath...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Pr... ... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ...ur Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declarati... ...Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 ... ...omeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s App... ...r Warren Bass Professional Staff Member Ann M. Bennett Information Control Officer Mark S. Bittinger Professional Staff Member Madeleine Blot Counsel ... ...mber Susan Ginsburg Senior Counsel & Team Leader T. Graham Giusti Security Officer Nicole Marie Grandrimo Professional Staff Member Douglas N. Greenbu... ...at the assistant secretary level or just below it.The NSC staff had senior directors who would sit on these interagency committees, often as chair, to... ... fire safety director.The director supervised a team of deputy fire safety directors, one of whom was on duty at the fire com- mand station in the lob...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans an...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION O...

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The Treaty of the European Union the Maastrict Treaty, 7Th February, 1992

By: Various

...The Treaty of the European Union The Maastrict Treaty, 7th February, 1992. The Treaty of the European Union... ...f the European Union The Maastrict Treaty, 7th February, 1992. The Treaty of the European Union: The Maastrict Treaty – February 7, 1992 is a publica... ...e Maastrict Treaty, 7th February, 1992. The Treaty of the European Union: The Maastrict Treaty – February 7, 1992 is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...e European Union: The Maastrict Treaty – February 7, 1992 is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...hird indent of paragraph 2 shall be without preju- dice to the holding and management by the govern- ment of Member States of foreign exchange working... ...he European Parliament and the Governing Council of the ECB. Their term of office shall be eight years and shall not be renewable. Only nationals of M... ...Union, and any natural or legal per- son residing or having his registered office in a Mem- ber State, shall have the right to address, individually o... ... Statute of the European Investment Bank. In this connection, the Board of Directors of the Bank shall enjoy the powers conferred upon the Commission ... ... conditions laid down in Article 173; (c) measures adopted by the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank. Proceedings against such measure...

Excerpt: Treaty On European Union. A new stage in the process of European integration undertaken with the establishment of the European Communities.

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Dombey and Son

By: Charles Dickens

...ies Publication Dombey & Son Volume 2 by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is fur... ... Publication Dombey & Son Volume 2 by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... marriage. T ruly, Mr Sownds the Beadle has good reason to feel himself in office, as he suns his portly figure on the church steps, wait- ing for the... ...he wooden Midshipman upon the counter, and thought, as he dried the little officer’s uniform with his sleeve, how many years the Midshipman had seen, ... ... to take the least heed of him. The arrivals quickly became numerous. More directors, chairmen of public companies, elderly ladies carrying bur- 105 ... ...r heads, had greater or less cause of complaint against Mr Dombey; and the Directors and Chairmen coincided in think- ing that if Dombey must marry, h... ...urn of the establishment to London, I shall take such steps for its better management as I consider necessary. One of these, will be the engagement at...

...Excerpt: The opening of the eyes of Mrs Chick Miss Tox, all unconscious of any such rare appearances in connection with Mr. Dombey?s house, as scaffoldings and ladders, and men with their heads tied up in pocket-handkerchiefs, glaring...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...ion Publication Publication War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ... Publication Publication War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...nocent airs,” continued the vicomte. “I pity the poor husband, that little officer who gives himself the airs of a monarch.” Hippolyte spluttered agai... ..., cried from the window: “Come here; part the bets!” This was Dolokhov, an officer of the Semenov regiment, a notorious gambler and duelist, who was l... ...o the count’s orders with pleased faces, for they knew that under no other management could they so easily extract a good profit for themselves from a... ...pposing these words to mean that the young count was displeased with their management and embezzlement of money , some after their first fright were a... ...s very simple and easy from the ecclesiastical point of view, and that her directors were making difficulties only because they were apprehensive as t...

Excerpt: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.

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The Greshams of Greshamsbury

By: Anthony Trollope

...lassics Series Publication Dr Thorne by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sics Series Publication Dr Thorne by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...would have shown better judgment. ‘These things require some tact in their management; some delicacy when high interests are at stake, ’ said she; ‘I ... ...sick man’s eye. ‘I think Mr Winterbones had better go back to the Lon- don office, ’ said he. ‘Lady Scatcherd will be your best clerk for some time, S... ...f a wife’s wealth. You will see men labouring night and day to become bank directors; and even a bank direction may only be the road to ruin. Others w... ...were frustrated. He had to get bail to attend at Marlborough Street police-office should he be wanted within the next two or three days; and was given... ...ctor suffered so did the squire, and so did those who had hitherto had the management of the squire’s affairs. Dr Thorne soon perceived that he was to...

...Excerpt: Before the reader is introduced to the modest country medical practitioner who is to be the chief personage of the following tale, it will be well that he should be made acquainted with some particulars as to the locality in which, ...

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