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Karpion was an ancient Greek architect and architectural theorist active in the fifth century BCE. On the testimony of Vitruvius (7, praef. 12) he and Iktinos co-authored a treatise on the proportions of the Parthenon, the major Periklean Temple of Athena on the Acropolis of Athens.
Lactucin is a bitter substance that forms a white crystalline solid and belongs to the group of sesquiterpene lactones. It is found in some varieties of lettuce and is an ingredient of lactucarium. It has been shown to have analgesic and sedative properties. It has also shown some antimalarial effects. It is also found in dandelion coffee.
It acts as an adenosine receptor agonist.
In law, dedimus potestatem ( Latin for "we have given the power") is a writ whereby commission is given to one or more private persons for the expedition of some act normally performed by a judge. It is also called delegatio. It is granted most commonly upon the suggestion that a party, who is to do something before a judge or in a court, is too weak to travel.
Its use is various, such as to take a personal answer to a bill in chancery, to examine witnesses, levy a fine, etc.
Sluger (plural slugeri; , ; sometimes also sulger ) was a historical rank traditionally held by boyars in Moldavia and Wallachia, roughly corresponding to a sort of Intendant or Master of the Larder. It originated in the Slavic služar.
Slugeri were in charge of supplying the courts of Moldavian or Wallachian Princes with meat mainly beef. They were also in charge of distributing meat to the court households.
Schierup is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Carl-Ulrik Schierup (born 1948), Swedish academic
- Thorbjørn Schierup (born 1990), Danish sailor
Meramec is a name for several places in the United States:
- Meramec River in Missouri
- Meramec Caverns on the Meramec River
- Meramec State Park in Missouri
The Meramecian or Maramec stage is a sequence of Mississippian rocks in the Mississippi River Valley. It is named for the Meramec River in Missouri.
Conesa can refer to:
- Marcos Mateo Conesa, Spanish military person
- Conesa, Buenos Aires, town in San Nicolás Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- General Conesa, Buenos Aires, town in Tordillo, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Conesa Department, Río Negro, Argentina
- General Conesa, Río Negro, capital of Conesa Department
- Conesa, Tarragona, municipality in Cuenca de Barberá, Tarragona, Spain
Usage examples of "conesa".
He was especially effective because in his New Haven days he had produced three graduate theses on the Darwinian theory which had required him to master the details of this controversial subject.
In 1517, two years before Magellan’s voyage, Martin Luther proclaimed the new spirit of independence when he nailed his ninety-five theses to the church door in Wittenberg.
By the time Luther nailed his theses to the church door, all the Greek and Roman classics were available in cheap translations.
And on the eve of All Saints, 1517, he posted on the door of the Castle church in Wittenberg a placard, written in Latin, containing ninety-five theses which he challenged theologians to debate.
In 1506, eleven years before Luther nailed up his theses on the church door, a quietly-spoken physician named Nicholas Copernicus became secretary and medical adviser to his uncle, the bishop of Ermland, between Prussia and Poland.
But Gui could do more, and he has the skill: he will try to insist that the theses of Perugia are the same as those of the Fraticelli, or the Pseudo Apostles.
We get our theses done and live a little at the same time without the good doctor breathing down your neck.
Thanks to E-mail, which had facilitated sending chapters and their revisions back and forth, the theses had already been accepted.
After all, we don't hold a gun to their heads and tell them that their doctoral theses must have some applicability to the real world.