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  • I was reminded just now, hearing the air ambulance go overhead, of a young man called Iwan who lived near me and sadly died a year or so ago, just turned 30.

    So was it worth it? Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • We have also a similar arrangement of chambers in the modern houses of Persia, in which a lofty central hall, called the Iwan, of the entire height of the building, has small rooms in two or three separate stories opening by windows into it, whilst the inner chambers have no windows at all, and only receive light through the door.

    Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

  • Fix: Security Update for Microsoft Office 2003 File Converter Pack (KB974882) was installed using invalid parameters (Thanks to "- Iwan -")

    Tweakers.net Mixed RSS Feed Bart van Klaveren 2010

  • Fairly conceptual photographers such as Iwan Baan and Frank van der Salm are regularly tapped by the titans of the architecture industry — OMA, Herzog & De Meuron — to create photographs of their projects that seem to violate most of Molitor’s tenets.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • "Emerging East Asia is experiencing strong foreign portfolio capital inflows as investors chase higher returns in local markets," said Iwan Azis, an Asian Development Bank official.

    Emerging-Market Bonds Attract Foreigners Alex Frangos 2010

  • Iwan Baan The gallery's exploration of Barbara Hepworth's studio environment But it was a boast that could be made with some justification with the opening of a museum devoted to the career of Barbara Hepworth 1903-1975, not only one of the 20th century's most significant sculptors—known for simplified, abstract forms, often pierced by a hole, that variously evoked nature and the human figure—but one who was raised in Wakefield.

    Set in the City That Shaped Her Richard Holledge 2011

  • Giorgio Zucchiatti Bice Curiger Iwan Wirth, whose Hauser & Wirth gallery has outlets in Zurich, London and New York, describes her as "determined" and "unafraid to do things her own way," thinking of her as " la force tranquille " of international art.

    Art's Tranquil Voice Goran Mijuk 2011

  • But in an interview to coincide with the release of the ADB's Asia Bond Monitor, Iwan Azis , head of the office of regional economic integration, said regional concerns were shifting toward the darkening outlook for economic expansion, away from price growth.

    East Asian Bond Issuance Drops Natasha Brereton-Fukui 2011

  • It also misnamed Iwan Huws, a first-time Plaid Cymru candidate running for Aberconwy, as Iwan Jones A different language, but the same issues: coalitions and cuts, 20 April, page 14.

    Corrections and clarifications 2011

  • Another Norton highlight was Paul McCarthy's cheeky "Tomato Head Green" sculpture, which sold to dealer Iwan Wirth for $4.5 million.

    Christie's Sale Crackles with $43.2 Million Lichtenstein Kelly Crow 2011

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