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  • The rock-cut elephant above the Edicts is the earliest Buddhist sculpture of Orissa.

    WN.com - Articles related to Socially responsible art? It doesn't have to send you to sleep 2010

  • These pronouncements, cast in the form of periodic homilies called Edicts, were the ritual of government; their purpose was instructional rather than mandatory; they were designed to teach and keep alive the State-theory that the Emperor was the High Priest of the Nation and that obedience to the morality of the Golden Age, which had been inculcated by all the philosophers since Confucius and Mencius flourished twenty-five centuries ago, would not only secure universal happiness but contribute to national greatness.

    The Fight for the Republic in China Bertram Lenox Simpson 1903

  • Edicts include throwing away your metal coat hangers, which Gibbs despises, and replacing them with slim, plastic versions.

    Creating Your Own Clearance Rack Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • The author at The Liberal Order in a related article titled Three Edicts of Economic Thought writes:

    Schools of Thought, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Edicts by upper management is still not management.

    Ruralshire Policing Pledge « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • I like to play light on the extraneous craziness, since the basic set of Edicts, Kickers, Reinforcements, allies, and Powers are already pretty crazy.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • Ben could have knocked out one of my bases, too, for a single win, but he was nervous about all the Edicts I held and didn't want to risk my countering his final play.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • Ben could have knocked out one of my bases, too, for a single win, but he was nervous about all the Edicts I held and didn't want to risk my countering his final play.

    Cosmic 2009

  • Time to Create a Clean-up Team To Identify and Cancel Bad Bush Rules, Edicts and Policies '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: Obama is using his advisers to cover his decisions to make wrong choices on separation of church and state and presidential privilege.

    Is Obama "Yooing?" Time to Create a Clean-up Team To Identify and Cancel Bad Bush Rules, Edicts and Policies 2009

  • In 1895, an Australian journalist put it this way: Edicts are still issued against the use of opium.

    The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

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