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  • noun Plural form of triumvirate.

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  • YACHT, See Mystery LightsVaguely cultish electronic song that's full of new-age sentiments ( "It may come as a surprise/But we have been not alone") as good as cryptic notions about almighty hold up as good as mysterious triumvirates, yet do not let that shock you.

    The Best Albums Of 2009, In Bigger Than The Sound | Industry Fokery admin 2009

  • YACHT, See Mystery LightsVaguely cultish electronic song that's full of new-age sentiments ( "It may come as a surprise/But we have been not alone") as good as cryptic notions about almighty hold up as good as mysterious triumvirates, yet do not let that shock you.

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

  • Questionable though it may have seemed at the time, it was certainly followed, for whatever reason, by the kind of stability that such triumvirates are known for.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Feature Not a Bug 2010

  • Such triumvirates have operated effectively throughout history, from the First Roman Triumvirate (Julius Caesar, Pompeius Magnus (aka “Pompey”) and Marcus Crassus), which, upon the death of Crassus led to a civil war between the remaining two factions, the end of which represented the defacto end of the Roman Republic.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Feature Not a Bug 2010

  • The threesome looked forward, both sonically—even today, how many drums/tenor saxophone/guitar triumvirates do you know?

    A Sudden Void at the Vanguard Will Friedwald 2011

  • Mr. Bewkes has often appointed triumvirates to run divisions of the company rather than a single executive.

    Time Inc. CEO Ousted After Six Months Russell Adams 2011

  • We take up later chapter 8 the primary causes of market disruptions, but first we turn attention in chapter 2 to a deeper analysis of the triumvirates that dominate or that are in the process of forming in major industries throughout the free markets of the world economy.

    The Rule of Three Jagdish Sheth 2002

  • We take up later chapter 8 the primary causes of market disruptions, but first we turn attention in chapter 2 to a deeper analysis of the triumvirates that dominate or that are in the process of forming in major industries throughout the free markets of the world economy.

    The Rule of Three Jagdish Sheth 2002

  • Except that triumvirates in the original context had been directly elected by the citizenry—poor, rigged examples of democracy though those ancient elections had been.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Except that triumvirates in the original context had been directly elected by the citizenry—poor, rigged examples of democracy though those ancient elections had been.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

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