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  • Fascinating story from Steve Hendrix divulges that two-term Tau Epsilon Phi prez balanced the frat house budget by ahem raising dues, cutting meals.

    Read this: Vince Gray's college days; evangelicals go green; Ed Asner and Betty White The Reliable Source 2011

  • In Hebrew and Greek, the letter Tau is drawn as T and translates as "the mark."

    Religion in Mexico: the Signs of the Cross 2007

  • In Hebrew and Greek, the letter Tau is drawn as T and translates as "the mark."

    Religion in Mexico: the Signs of the Cross 2007

  • Tau, which is two times pi and is preferred by some mathematicians, is marked on June 28, since tau is roughly 6.28.

    In This Dating Game, the Best Match Could Be Years Away Carl Bialik 2011

  • Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro star in the new Chinese film called Tau ming chong or The Warlords, and the trailer looks like it could be really exciting and action packed, and not a martial arts typical film for Jet Li, but something with a lot more depth to it.

    Filmstalker: The Warlords (Tau ming chong) trailer online 2009

  • Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro star in the new Chinese film called Tau ming chong or The Warlords, and the trailer looks like it could be really exciting and action packed, and not a martial arts typical film for Jet Li, but something with a lot more depth...

    Filmstalker: December 2009 Archives 2009

  • Measurements of atmospheric opacity, known as Tau, dropped from 3.6 on Martian day, or sol, 1283 (Aug. 12, 2007) to 3.3 on sol 1286 (Aug. 16, 2007), generating power levels of 301 watt-hours (100 watt-hours is the amount of energy needed to light a 100-watt bulb for one hour).

    NASA Watch: Space Science News: August 2007 Archives 2007

  • Measurements of atmospheric opacity, known as Tau, dropped from 3.6 on Martian day, or sol, 1283 (Aug. 12, 2007) to 3.3 on sol 1286 (Aug. 16, 2007), generating power levels of 301 watt-hours (100 watt-hours is the amount of energy needed to light a 100-watt bulb for one hour).

    NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: August 2007 Archives 2007

  • The little squared islet called Tau, in which were hidden the seven globes, had entirely disappeared.

    The Moon Pool 2004

  • Starbase Twelve was a completely routine stop, to deliver a couple of highly ranked astrophysicists and a load of scientific equipment to record the effects of the passage of a wandering white dwarf star through the so-called Tau Eridani Cloud—that vast, amorphous region of ion storms and unexplained gravitational anomalies which was Starbase Twelve's raison d' être.

    Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

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