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1 [ For text of 678 and references to 660 and the nine other relevant resolutions see p. 37870 . ]
2 Some supernatural manifestations are regarded as portents of good or evil ; one such occurrence was the Spectral Train of Kyle .
3 The effect of such a provision is that the claim in question can not be enforced in any way , either by litigation or indirectly , for instance by set-off or counterclaim .
4 Do n't ask for payment in full or part payment because there are no prizes for guessing which one you 'll get .
5 Hence as a diversion I compose something else , such as duets for clavier and violin .
6 In June , an international conference of donors in New York promised aid worth $200,000,000 in 1990 and $150,000,000 for each of the two subsequent years of the country 's 1990-92 investment and development programme .
7 Second , there is a need for partnership between residential and field social workers , which is reflected in decentralised structures where joint participation in child care decisions is possible .
8 In particular , thanks are due to the directors of the four productions Julie for Ali Baba John for Thriller of the Year Joan for Tea for Two and May for Wuthering Heights .
9 Very much at the centre of it is the CPSU CC 's Department for Liaison with Communist and Workers ' Parties of Socialist Countries , founded in 1957 , and headed by Yuriy Andropov from that date until his appointment to head the KGB in 1967 .
10 Of course , gang fights between supporters of Celtic and Rangers were quite common , especially between the wars , as Bill Murray 's study of The Old Finn makes clear .
11 The pain subsided within few days after treatment with ibuprofen and ultrasound applied locally .
12 An alternative and equally fruitful approach to the study of power in organizations is to concentrate on the formal structure of authority and look for correspondence between this and patterns of social relations within the type of society in which the organization is located .
13 Windata Inc announced on Friday that it has formed a subsidiary in Israel , which will develop software for management of local and wireless communication systems : the availability of many experts in telcommunications and wireless communication in Israel make the country an ideal place for such research and development according to Greg Hopkins , Windata 's chief executive ; Israel 's privileged relationship with the European Community will provide more flexibility to the subsidiary in the firm 's efforts to penetrate European markets .
14 Nameless Lives : Sir Robert Peel ( 1788-1850 ) , who became Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1812 after Spencer Perceval was assassinated and Lord Liverpool became Prime Minister for what must have felt for ever .
15 The General Directorate for Fine Arts and Archives of the Spanish Ministry of Culture has announced a Pta100 million funding programme for archives in Central and South America which relate to Spain 's colonial past .
16 Of that hour , about half of the time will be spent taking notes of the patient 's problem and explaining about hypnosis in general and regression in particular .
17 There are a number of reasons for this and Malina is aware of how such phenomena as poverty , crowded home conditions and poor diet can affect physical performances .
18 The approval by the parliamentary Finance Committee on Sept. 20 of US$6.5 million of investments for industrial and infrastructure development in the occupied territories ( including the Golan Heights ) prompted protests by the opposition United Workers ' Party ( Mapam ) .
19 Commander of the Derry Brigade in 1971 , Director of Operations in 1977 and Chief of Staff from 1978 to 1982 , he is regarded as the Sinn Fein leader with most influence over IRA activities .
20 But the point to notice is that a key part of humanist thought , from the early Greeks down to the twentieth century , is the attempt to justify man 's knowledge by his reason alone , denying the necessity of faith in general and God 's revelation in particular .
21 He attributes the failure of the courts to the intractable nature of land disputes , rather than the structure of conflicts in general or faults in the system of justice .
22 Do you find that erm the likes of yourself and your workmates do you have a lot of kind of views in common and things , do you think that you 're maybe kind of the same political persuasions or whatever ?
23 Young children need a lot of experience of touching and counting , with an adult to listen and help if necessary .
24 Such a mechanism is thought to account for the entry of calcium into lacrimal or mast cells following cell perfusion with InsP 3 .
25 The price paid for the acquisition , including a fruit plant near Valencia and a bottling plant in Barcelona , appears high since the businesses being acquired had sales of £29.6m in 1988 and trading profits of £2.2m , implying a p/e on conventional terms of almost 30 .
26 This is essential to prepare our children for an ever-changing world and to retrain employees whose traditional role within a company will change with the advent of computers in general and micros in particular .
27 The picture quality is n't as good as the digital alternative , but the Relate 2000 costs significantly less : it will retail at the appealingly low price of £399 for one or £749 for a pair .
28 The volumes of savings by personal and business customers with us is now tremendous . ’
29 In the 1970s , Henderson argued , Britain was clearly not in the front rank , even as a European power , with its declining economy and lack of investment in managerial and engineering resources .
30 The so-called ‘ comprador bourgeoisie ’ , groups that orient themselves to the interests of foreigners in general and TNCs in particular , play a central role in these analyses of the triple alliance .
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