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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Thomas Gold |
 | | Professor Thomas "Tommy" Gold, who has died aged 84, was the initiator, the pragmatist and the persuader among the trio of young Cambridge scientists who turned cosmology upside down in the 1950s by proposing their controversial and comforting "steady state" hypothesis of the universe. | | | Gold later altered his hypothesis to propose a "deep, hot biosphere" of methane-producing organisms and has been proved resoundingly right. | | | Small, deep, experimental boreholes, put down in the 80s by the Swedish government to test Gold's deep gas hypothesis, yielded only a small volume of gas, but it seemed to be ancient methane and it continues to flow. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/austria/article/0,2763,1246133,00.html
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| | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Kidnapped by Ravers, Covenant is able to confront Elena and use the power of his white gold ring to dismiss her ghost, although this results in the destruction of the Staff of Law. | | | The main character is Thomas Covenant, a cynical leprosy-sufferer, shunned and despised by society, who is destined to become the heroic saviour of an alternate world - or, perhaps, only of his own sanity. | | | Thomas Covenant, a best-selling author, is deserted by his wife and shunned by the people of his hometown when he is diagnosed with leprosy. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Covenant
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| | Rambles: Stephen R. Donaldson, The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant |
| | The final chapter in the saga of Thomas Covenant, one of the most controversial heroes in fantasy literature, draws to a close with the first of four books in The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: The Runes of the Earth. | | | It's up to Linden, who is having visions of Thomas and hears his voice guiding her, to find the lost Staff of Law and try to make the Land whole. | | | Avery, who has the white-gold ring that was Covenant's, is now a doctor at a mental hospital in the town where Covenant lived, a place that treats many of the emotionally shell-shocked members of the cult that killed Covenant and drove his fragile-minded wife Joan insane. |
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http://www.rambles.net/donaldson_runes04.html
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| | Rambles: Stephen R. Donaldson, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever |
| | After a well-meaning local girl, Lena, heals Covenant's leprosy with arcane magic, the awed townsfolk of her village hail him as the prophesied hero Berek Halfhand, the White Gold Wielder. | | | Thomas Covenant was once a happy, well-adjusted young writer who developed an unfortunate case of leprosy. | | | The Land is in perpetual winter as Covenant and his friend, Foamfollower, journey to the very heart of Foul's dominion to try and defeat the evil lord, rescue Elena's soul and set matters to right once again in the Land. |
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http://www.rambles.net/donaldson_cov1.html
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| | Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson Book Reviews |
| | These are the real heros of the story, they literally carry Thomas to his destiny on their backs and carry most of the meat of the story too. | | | This classically satanic force seeks to take Covenant's white gold wedding band, which is alleged to be the keystone to the universe. | | | Thomas Covenant is an ordinary man afflicted with leprosy, the disease called a punishment from God in the bible. |
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http://www.sffworld.com/brev/si98p16.html
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| | The SF Site Featured Review: The Runes of the Earth |
| | Unexpectedly, Covenant's son, Roger, appears, seeking custody of his mother as well as his father's white gold wedding band. | | | Ten years have passed since Linden Avery helped Thomas Covenant defeat The Despiser in the parallel and magical realm of The Land, a victory that led to Covenant's death and Avery's return to her own world. | | | The source of Covenant's power in The Land, and given to Linden at his death, she has kept it in memory of her love for him. |
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http://www.sfsite.com/11a/re187.htm
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| | In Defense of Thomas Covenant |
| | What I love about the white gold is the way that Thomas Covenant turns the fantasy genre on its head. | | | In fact, virtually all of the series is derived from Covenant's rape in one way or another (the fall of Trell, the summoning of Hile Troy, the way Triock and Foamfollower summoned Covenant back to the Land, etc.). | | | Just attempting a character like Covenant is a bold and risky move. |
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http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/sf/in-defense-of-thomas-covenant.html
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| | MS 493 |
| | XV^^34 Thomas Hoccleve; John Lydgate According to M. Marzec the manuscripts Beinecke 493 (Ya), Oxford Bodl. | | | Tan pigskin, blind-tooled, with title, in gold, on spine: "Hoccleve/ Manuscript/ XV Cent." Edges spattered red. | | | Thomas Hoccleve, The Joys of Heaven, in prose, preceded by a prologue, in verse; Mitchell and Doyle, op. |
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http://webtext.library.yale.edu/beinflat/pre1600.MS493.htm
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| | A Preliminary Examination of the People of the Salem Witchcraze |
| | She stated that Satan had appeared to her and offered her "gold and many fine things" Later, she said, Satan appeared in the form of the former minister George Burroughs and offered her the kingdoms of the earth for her soul. | | | April 21 - Thomas Putnam, Jr., whose wife Ann and daughter Ann were among those suffering attacks, wrote to the judges. | | | She was of the household of Thomas Putnam, Jr., and of the Putnam Clan. |
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http://www.bloodthirsty.com/salem.html
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| | The Superhero Hype! Boards - The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant |
| | I mean Lord of the Rings seems like a straight forward book to adapt compared to The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever. | | | 1.) A high degree of focus on Covenant's revulsion and self-loathing as well as his scorn of the prophesies concerning the "white gold wielder". | | | Revelstone Entertainment and the Mark Gordon Co. are teaming up to produce a feature film version of Stephen Donaldson's epic fantasy The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, according to The Hollywood Reporter. |
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http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152352
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| | Hughes Family Tree |
| | Anne Owsley, Garrett's brother, Thomas Owsley, married Mary Middleton. | | | About 1845, George and Mary took their children and started out for California to participate in the gold rush. | | | The Owsleys had been in Stafford Co. since 1680 when Thomas Owsley settled there. |
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http://www.hughestree.org/blog
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| | John Fraser - Writer At Work |
| | And there are no quotations from reviews of either book on the Gold Medal reissue of Assignment Murder as Assassins Have Starry Eyes (an appalling title, but apparently foisted upon it by Gold Medal to avoid confusion with their Sam Durrell “Assignment” series by Edward S. Aarons). | | | But his position has always been clear, namely that if someone uses violence against you, they have no right to complain if you use it against them; and that you have a perfect right to defend yourself violently if there is no workable alternative. | | | I think that the ground rules that Hamilton set for himself—partly with respect to his own inexperience as an action writer, but partly also for moral reasons— when he sent his ordinary men in trouble were that |
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http://www.jottings.ca/john/thriller_writ1.html
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| | 04_19thCentury_Key.doc |
| | The policies of England attacked by David Ricardo and defended by Thomas Malthus were (a) protectionist Corn Laws. (b) the gold standard as a foundation for the money supply. | | | The economist who refined Adam Smiths primitive and slightly erroneous principle of absolute advantage with the "law of comparative advantage" was: (a) Reverend Thomas Malthus. | | | Thomas Malthus belief that food supply would eventually check population growth failed to take into account: (a) pollution and the overexploitation of nonrenewable natural resources. |
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http://www.unc.edu/~rbyrns/HET/HET_TB_Key/04_19thCentury_Key.doc
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| | Chris Thomas King |
| | Grammy award winning New Orleans hip-hop blues artist and actor Chris Thomas King continued his dominating prominence on the popular scene this month, achieving gold status (500,000 units sold) of his... | | | Chris Thomas King proves blues genre not done yet. | | | Chris Thomas King a blues man with few boundaries |
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http://www.christhomasking.com/ctk/website/film.asp
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| | Bowdich, Thomas Edward -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | The English poet and dramatist Thomas Shadwell is known for his broad comedies of manners and as the butt of John Dryden's satire MacFlecknoe. | | | The English physician and author Thomas Browne was best known for his book of reflections, Religio Medici (The Religion of a Physician). | | | Thomas Edward Bowdich, engraving after a painting by William Derby. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9016008?tocId=9016008
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| | Alice Thomas Ellis Dies; Wrote About Catholicism (washingtonpost.com) |
| | Thomas Ellis's other novels include "Birds of the Air" (1980), "The 27th Kingdom" (1982), "Unexplained Laughter" (1985), "Pillars of Gold" (1992) and "Fairy Tale" (1994). | | | Thomas Ellis drew on her personal tragedy, including the deaths of two of her seven children, and on her strong Roman Catholic faith to produce 21 witty, thought-provoking novels and works of nonfiction. | | | Alice Thomas Ellis, 72, the English author of wry and searching novels about domestic life including "The Sin Eater" and "The Clothes in the Wardrobe," died March 8, it was reported in London. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28575-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/obituaries
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| | DEVOTIONAL |
| | Amazingly, a 17th century Church of England clergyman, poet and writer, Thomas Traherne (c 163 6-74) might well help to point the way for us. | | | You can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold and kings in sceptres... | | | This enjoyment of the world Traherne acknowledges as an act of praise and adoration of God. |
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http://trushare.com/57FEB00/fe00devo.htm
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| | Crofton thru Crome |
| | NOTE:..Descended from NICHOLAS LE BLOUNT (brother to Sir THOMAS BLOUNT, summoned to Parliament 1326), who, having taken an active part in the insurrection to restore Richard II to the throne, was outlawed and forced to fly the kingdom. | | | The Visitation of Devon, 1620, gives the additional quarterings of MICHAEL and DAWNEY to JOHN CROKER, then of Lineham, viz., Sable (black), a chevron between three escallops Argent (silver); and, Argent (silver), on a chevron cotised Azure (blue), three cinquefoils Or (gold). | | | The male line was however preserved by the descendants of THOMAS CROKER, of Trevillas, second son of the eight JOHN CROKER of Lineham; see CROKER, of Ballynagarde. |
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http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~heraldry/bga_crofton_crome.html
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| | Bloomsbury Auctions |
| | Astle (Thomas) The Origin and Progress of Writing, first edition, 31 engraved plates, several hand-coloured and some folding, modern calf-backed boards, gilt spine, 4to, for the author by T. Payne and son [&c.], 1784. | | | Thomas Frognall) An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics. | | | Humphreys (Henry Noel) The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages, large-paper edition, Battle Abbey copy, additional chromolithographed title, title printed in red and black, 1 uncoloured plate of 13 ornaments, 39 plates and other chromolithographs in text and borders by Owen Jones, some heightened in gold, some foxing, broken, several ff. |
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http://www.bloomsbury-book-auct.com/html/450.htm
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| | Overview of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever |
| | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever are a series of fantasy novels of tremendous scope and a psychological depth never before attempted. | | | Written by Stephen R. Donaldson (who later authored the Gap series of science fiction novels) the Chronicles reveal the existence of another Earth, and recount the otherworldly adventures and struggles of a human from our Earth, Thomas Covenant. | | | The Second Chronicles are comprised of three novels -- The Wounded Land, The One Tree and White Gold Wielder -- that cover Covenant's return some ten Earthly years later during which time three or four millennia have elapsed in the other world. |
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http://www.antgear.com/theland/overview.html
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| | Sir Thomas Malory - anagrams |
| | Find gold service anagrams of sir thomas malory (or any other text)! | | | Find anagram aliases of sir thomas malory (or any other text)! |
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http://www.anagramgenius.com/archive/sirtho3.html
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| | 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' by Thomas Stearns Eliot - anagrams |
| | Find gold service anagrams of 'old possum's book of practical cats' by thomas stearns eliot (or any other text)! | | | Find anagram aliases of 'old possum's book of practical cats' by thomas stearns eliot (or any other text)! | | | "Poet Thomas Stearns Eliot" -> "His talent rates poems too. |
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http://www.anagramgenius.com/archive/oldpos.html
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| | Thomas Gray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Gray also wrote light verse, such as Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes, concerning Horace Walpole's cat, which had recently died trying to fish goldfish out of a bowl. | | | Thomas Gray was born in London, and lived with his mother after she left his abusive father. | | | Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 – July 30, 1771), English poet, classical scholar, and professor of history at Cambridge University. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gray
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| | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834 |
| | I saw the prosecutrix give Thomas Weston a bit of a gold ring; it was last Sunday afternoon, between four and five o'clock. | | | Last Monday morning, I was informed by the prosecutrix she had been robbed by Thomas Weston, as she had been told by Mary Davis. | | | THOMAS WESTON was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Martha Bockey, on the 9th of September, about the hour of eleven in the night, and stealing a pair of silver shoe-buckles, value 18 s. |
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http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/html_units/1780s/t17810912-70.html
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| | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Stephen R. Donaldson. | | | Kidnapped by Ravers, Covenant is able to confront Elena and use the power of his white gold ring to dismiss her ghost, although this results in the destruction of the Staff of Law. | | | The main character is Thomas Covenant, a cynical writer afflicted with leprosy, shunned and despised by society, who is destined to become the heroic saviour of an alternate world - or, perhaps, only of his own sanity. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant,_the_Unbeliever
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| | NLP Reading Group |
| | The annotated SEMCOR corpus is used as a gold-standard. | | | The aim is to document the range of semantic and syntactic combinatory possibilities (valences) of each word in each of its senses, through manual annotation of example sentences and automatic capture and organization of the annotation results. | | | A mapping between these resources is created using three lexical similarlity metrics available from the literature: Resnik's information-content based metric, Lesk's content work overlap and Agirre & Rigau's conceptual desnity. |
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http://infomap.stanford.edu/nlpgroup/0102.html
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| | Abebooks Search Results - Burnett Roy |
| | Thomas Burnett Swann, Frontispiece photo of Dale & Roy Rogers | | | Illustrations by Monetta Burnett, Ethel Gold, T. Mars, Harry Rosenbaum, Bonnie and Bill Rutherford, William Steinel, Al Werner & Tom Whitman. | | | Johnson, Marjorie Seddon (With Roy A. Kress, John D. McNeil & Tom Whitman.) (Illustrations by Monetta Burnett; Ethel Gold; T. Mars; Harry Rosenbaum; Bonnie and Bill Rutherford; William Steinel; Al Werner; Tom Whitman.) |
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http://textbook-authors.abebooks.co.uk/Author/77036/Burnett+Roy.html
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