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books on: Questor  - 118 results

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The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB
Book by Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin; Basic Books, 1999
Subjects: Intelligence Service--Soviet Union--History, Secret Service--Soviet Union--History, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations
...ministry was a cipher clerk codenamed QUESTOR, who agreed to supply information on...telegrams which he enciphered and deciphered. QUESTOR, however, believed for several years...the pace and instructed DEMID to offer QUESTOR 100,000 lite for the loan "for a few...
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The Spirit of the Laws
Book by Baron De Montesquiteu, Thomas Nugent, Frederic R. Coudert; D. Appleton and Company, 1900
Subjects: Jurisprudence, Law--Philosophy, Political Science, State, The
...the senate had in the nomination of the questor, that we may see how far the two powers...chosen, in order to exercise the office of questor; l at other times they ordained that...view of proceeding to the nomination of a questor: m and, in fine, the people frequently...
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The New Competitive Advantage: The Renewal of American Industry
Book by Michael Best; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: Comparative Organization, Competition--United States, Industrial Management--United States
...Science and Technology Research Center (Questor). Its mission statement reads as follows: The QUESTOR Centre is an industry/university cooperative...well equipped industrial laboratories. Questor is a model in terms of university responsiveness...
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The Spirit of Laws - Vol. 1
Book by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, Thomas Nugent; P.F. Collier & Son, 1900
Subjects: Evolution, Jurisprudence, Law--Philosophy, Nationalism, Political Science, State, The
...the senate had in the nomination of the questor, that we may see how far the two powers...chosen, in order to exercise the office of questor; l at other times they ordained that...view of proceeding to the nomination of a questor: m and, in fine, the people frequently...
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Literacy and Learning through Talk: Strategies for the Primary Classroom
Book by Roy Corden; Open University Press, 2000
Subjects: Children--Language, English Language--Spoken English--Study And Teaching (Elementary)--Great Britain, Listening, Oral Communication
...Shabina is writing a fantasy story based on the model of a questor tale. The children have examined the framework of a questor tale and watched a schools television broadcast about questor tales (see Figure 7.3). Later in the story Shabina...
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journal articles on: Questor  - 17 results

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"They but Reflect the Things": Style and Rhetorical Purposes in Melville's "the Piazza Tale"
Journal article by Scott A. Kemp; Style, Vol. 35, 2001
Subjects: Literary criticism, Melville, Herman (1819-91), Rhetoric, Short stories
...allusion informs both the nature of the questor and the reading of his quest. Seeing...made in a bag of gold" (5). If the questor is a mouthpiece for Melville, as so many...association is an apt parallel to our questor. He believes piety is best done from...
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Naming Reality in Native American and Eastern European Literatures
Journal article by Timothy Laskowski; MELUS, Vol. 19, 1994
Subjects: East European literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Intertextuality--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Native American literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...teenage boy or girl into adulthood. The questor isolates him or herself from the band...infinite possibilities." Eventually the questor falls into a trance and experiences a...spirit. Once the vision is over, the questor returns to the band, for the vision has...
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Disciplining 'The Waste Land', or How to Lead Critics into Temptation
Journal article by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 44, 1998
Subjects: Eliot, T.S.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Waste Land (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...describe Westons version of the grail quest, in which a knightly questor must find the grail to renew a sterile land ruled by an impotent...legend; it is the notes that suggest that the poem has one questor, Tiresias, in whom all the other characters "meet." As...
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The Pardoner's Promises: Preaching and Policing Indulgences in the Fourteenth-Century English Church
Journal article by Robert W. Shaffern; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Catholic Church--History, Catholic Church--Political aspects, Catholic Church--Social aspects, Church history, 600-1500 (Middle Ages)--14th century AD, Church history--14th century AD, Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Indulgences--History, Indulgences--Political aspects, Indulgences--Social aspects
...churches: In the majority of cases, at all events, the "questor" appears on the scene as a "special preacher" for what might...excommunication, not to admit any mendicant friars or any other questor, particularly during services, unless they show the bishops...
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An Interview with Margaret Atwood
Journal article by Danita J. Dodson; Critique, Vol. 38, 1997
Subjects: Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism
...than in America? Atwood: I think its harder to get all the lemmings headed for the same cliff. Dodson: Offred, is she a questor? Maybe internally? Ive heard you mention that . . . Atwood: Well, she doesnt like where she is, but neither does Winston...
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magazine articles on: Questor  - 7 results

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Software for Managing Hud-subsidized Properties
Magazine article by Michael J. Hanrahan; Journal of Property Management, Vol. 57, November 1992
Subjects: Functions, Manycompanies, Manyproducts, Multiple dwellings, Property management, Software packages, Subsidies, United States
...University of California, Berkeley. Prior to focusing on real estate software, he was vice president and director of research of Questor Associates, the predecessor company to Roulac Real Estate Consulting Group of Deloitte Touche. Mr. Hanrahan advises, writes...
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Computers: Computerization 2000
Magazine article by Michael J. Hanrahan; Journal of Property Management, Vol. 58, January 1993
Subjects: Applications, Information management, Information systems, Property management, Technological change, United States
...University of California, Berkeley. Prior to focusing on real estate software, he was vice president and director of research of Questor Associates, the predecessor company to Roulac Real Estate Consulting Group of Deloitte Touche. UNDERLYING TECHNICAL ADVANCES...
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Carl Czerny: Composer of the Biedermeier Age
Magazine article by Iwo Zaluski, Pamela Zaluski; Contemporary Review, Vol. 281, November 2002
Subjects: Composers--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Czerny, Carl--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...as two bravura works. Also very worthy of not e is the Piano Duet Concerto. Of the two versions on the market the Czerny questor should go for the Liu Xiao Ming and Horst Gobel on Signum SIG X78-00, as it also features the late Second Symphony, the...
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Access When and Where They Want It: Using Ezproxy to Serve Our Remote Users
Magazine article by Peg Lawrence; Computers in Libraries, Vol. 29, January 2009
Subjects: Academic libraries, Bar codes, College students, Colleges & universities, Computer security, Data bases, Internet resources, Library resources, Servers
...proxy server, the proxy server connects to the licensed databases to get web- pages and then sends them back for the re- questor. Since the server software runs on a cam- pus server, the database vendor sees the requests as coming from an IP ad- dress...
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Summing Up the Jubilee Year Holy Land Pilgrimage
Magazine article by Fred Strickert; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XIX, May 31, 2000
Subjects: Catholicism, Human relations, Industry, Interpersonal communication, Israel, John Paul II, Personal relationships, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, Tourism, Travel industry
...the humble servant attentive to angelic messages at the Feast of the Annunciation in Nazareth - the aged, frail and worn questor of life sinking to his knees at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, seeing beyond human suffering and death to life and hope...
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newspaper articles on: Questor  - 47 results

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The Spirit Questors
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 31, 2010
...activity. Or not a lot," shares Spirit Questor Juno Olimpo. Ironically, this awareness...it. SCB: How does one get to become a Questor? ARIEL ILEDAN (Ariel): First, they...two trainings, he becomes a bonafide Questor. We have a handbook to follow. Traditionally...
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To Win Is DM's B-Day Wish
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2005
...the Fab 5 members will vie for the Grand Questor title on Jan. 29, at the ULTRA. At...grace the event to welcome the new grand questor. Also, the "Grand Questors Night...akong hirap na pinagdaanan," said the Questor who has an older sister working in Dubai...
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Erich Emerges Victorious
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 1, 2005
Subjects: Christianson, Charles, Gancayco, Erich
...Star Circle National Teen Quest Grand Questor to prove it! Last Saturday at the PSC...Arrhon Villaflor to become the second Grand Questor of the coveted Star Circle National Teen...used to think that if I become the Grand Questor, that would already be a big bonus on...
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Be Prepared for Rates Hike
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), February 7, 2011
Subjects: Mortgages
...results, according to the Sunday Telegraphs Questor column. Shell posted profits of (pounds...to an investment in Spanish bonds, and Questor believes there is less risk with an investment...high oil prices should support earnings. Questor thinks the strategy for a return to growth...
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Don't Let Hiring a Car Leave You Hot under the Bonnet; BOILING OVER: Chevy Chase in Trouble in the Film National Lampoon's Vacation - but a Few Precautions Could Stop Car-Related Mishaps Ruining Your Break
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 11, 2007
...45, worldwide from pounds sterling61.95. Questor Insurance (020 7816 5466, www.questor-insurance.co.uk) recently startedoffering...The solution? Turn to Insurance4carhire or Questor - their excess-coverpolicies are pretty comprehensive...
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encyclopedia articles on: Questor  - 1 result

 
 
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Questor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
QUESTOR see quaestor . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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