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  • The sources of the stream now called the Gier, at the foot of Mont Pila, about a mile and a half above St. Chamond, were chosen for this purpose, and from this point to the summit of Fourvieres was constructed by far the most remarkable aqueduct of ancient times, an engineering work which, as will be seen from the following description, partly taken from

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 Various

  • Any conductor coming into a new music directorship with an orchestra is gonna spend time taking stock of the community and how the orchestra serves the community, says Delta David Gier, who took the helm of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra in 2004.

    Lakota Get Classical in Unique Musical Mash-up 2010

  • Gier Lippestad, Mr. Breivik's lawyer, told Norwegian public radio NRK that Mr. Breivik admits to having killed 92 people on Friday and has told police of the circumstances.

    Norway Gunman's Plot Long in Planning Anna Molin 2011

  • Minster of the Interior Gier Chuang Aluong said the government was in the process of preparing the country's passports and urged patience.

    New nation of South Sudan to get currency 2011

  • I discovered Van de Wetering after he'd completed Grijpstra and de Gier series, so I don't know much about how the series was promoted.

    The great ball of China Peter Rozovsky 2010

  • Julius Baer declined to make Messrs. Collardi or de Gier available for interviews.

    Collardi to lead Julius Baer unit 2009

  • Julius Baer declined to make Messrs. Collardi or de Gier available for interviews.

    Collardi to lead Julius Baer unit 2009

  • Julius Baer declined to make Messrs. Collardi or de Gier available for interviews.

    Baer Fills a Key Post 2009

  • Pianist, the endless repetition of the simple fact of penetration in Lust, the ABC of the violation of women in Gier — cheerfully break the laws of classic narrative art.

    The Nobel Prize in Literature 2004 - Presentation Speech 2004

  • We've seen above how Gier characterized Ramakrishna as being stuck in a state of premodern innocence, still bound to a kind of "infantile sexuality".

    Sir John Woodroffe and Sri Aurobindo Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

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