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But in the course of a very extensive tour through the northern parts of Europe, which I happened to take in 1786, I found that in Germany they were engaged in a species of political enquiry to which they had given the name " statistics ," and though I apply a different meaning to that word — for by " statistical " is meant in Germany an inquiry for the purposes of ascertaining the political strength of a country or questions respecting matters of state — whereas the idea I annex to the term is an inquiry into the state of a country, for the purpose of ascertaining the quantum of happiness enjoyed by its inhabitants, and the means of its future improvement ; but as I thought that a new word might attract more public attention, I resolved on adopting it, and I hope it is now completely naturalised and incorporated with our language.
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He was, of course, in the House for a very long time.
Of course, having this desire, I am very interested in education.
For example, when the film is only four minutes old, Neitzbohr refers to a small, Victorian piano stool as `` Wilhelmina '', and we are thereupon subjected to a flashback that informs us that this very piano stool was once used by an epileptic governess whose name, of course, was Doris ( the English equivalent, when passed through middle-Gaelic derivations, of Wilhelmina ).
In extreme cases of very soft knives this value may even change during the course of a measurement.
`` This very seldom happens in this class or in other cases, and of course all of these matters led to a volume and an expense of the record beyond what ordinarily would occur ''.
It is absurd of course to say that that one exclamation estranged me from the family I considered my very own, but there it hangs, a cooling void that broke our close connection with each other.
The course of the Alabama is very meandering.
In the Party histories, of course, Big Brother figured as the leader and guardian of the Revolution since its very earliest days.
From Kampong Cham the gradient slopes very gently, and inundation of areas along the river occurs at flood stage — June through November — through breaks in the natural levees that have built up along its course.
Of course, the very nature of " disappearances " made such investigations very difficult.
Writing in 1889, Alfred Russel Wallace remarks " It was formerly a very general belief, even amongst geologists, that the great features of the earth's surface, no less than the smaller ones, were subject to continual mutations, and that during the course of known geological time the continents and great oceans had again and again changed places with each other.
Of course, this generalization increases the cost of such a program ; the process to establish a legally defensible assessment of an entire profession is very extensive.
In the course of very accurate quantitative chemical work, he was weighing samples in a partially evacuated chamber to reduce the effect of air currents, and noticed the weighings were disturbed when sunlight shone on the balance.
He received very little reward from his paymasters and of course no recognition for his services by the government.
While the roots of the game are very casual and laid back the newer generations of players are taking course design as well as the other elements of the game to a new level.
Two important principles of constraint-induced aphasia therapy are that treatment is very intense, with sessions lasting for up to 6 hours over the course of 10 days and that language is used in a communication context in which it is closely linked to ( nonverbal ) actions.
Of course, this relationship can also be viewed in the context of the very strong, traditional, age-old bond between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian leadership.
Of course, shirk is a very pejorative term in Islam, and is considered one of ( if not ) the gravest of sins.
The former Bailiff, Sir Philip Bailhache has called for changes to the Channel Islands ' relationship with the United Kingdom government, arguing that ' at the very least, we should be ready for independence if we are placed in a position where that course was the only sensible option '.
The country it traverses in its extremely sinuous course is very level, similar in character to that of the Jurua.
In the 1982 Finnish Grand Prix, held in Imatra under very wet conditions, Taylor and Johansson's bike slid off the road and collided with a telephone pole along the course.
This degree of unity within the German government with both the diplomats and the military united in their support of Hitler's anti-Polish policy, which stood in contrast to their views the previous year about destroying Czechoslovakia, very much encouraged Hitler and Ribbentrop with their chosen course of action.
However, their very poor rate of fire ( which often meant that only one shot was fired in the course of an entire battle ) and their inaccuracy made them more of a psychological force multiplier than an effective anti-personnel weapon.
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Bede's extensive use of miracles is disconcerting to the modern reader who thinks of Bede as a more or less reliable historian, but men of the time accepted miracles as a matter of course.
In 1983, Brundtland was invited by then United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar to establish and chair the World Commission on Environment and Development ( WCED ), widely referred to as the Brundtland Commission, developing the broad political concept of sustainable development in the course of extensive public hearings that were distinguished by their inclusiveness and published its report Our Common Future in April 1987.
It was the birthplace of Emperor Septimius Severus, who lavished an extensive public works programme on the city, including diverting the course of a nearby river.
This of course has since been completely disproved with the discovery of the final Romanov children remains and extensive DNA testing that connected these remains with those of Nicholas II, his wife and three children.
This series, produced by Steven Bochco, featured many elements borrowed from soap operas such as an ensemble cast, multi-episode storylines, and extensive character development over the course of the series.
Rockwood Park encompasses 890 hectares of upland Acadian mixed forest, many hills and several caves, as well as several freshwater lakes, with an extensive trail network, a golf course, and the Cherry Brook Zoo.
In the beginning, Buffy often had to protect her friends from monsters, but over the course of the series most of them gained superpowers and fighting skills of their own, with Xander the only notable member with no mystical abilities or connection to the supernatural, though he does acquire extensive military knowledge thanks to a spell.
This principle allows policy makers to make discretionary decisions in situations where there is the possibility of harm from taking a particular course or making a certain decision when extensive scientific knowledge on the matter is lacking.
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Besides the pure beauty of Appalachia, the park also boasts extensive trails, campgrounds, a venue for large group picnics, a small hilltop lake and of course, Macedonia Brook.
There is also an extensive archery course maintained by volunteers in the adjacent Huddart County Park.
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Forests once owned and managed by Plum Creek Timber Company have been sold to two development companies, which are in the process of developing an extensive golf course community with houses and condominiums on the boundary of Roslyn.
Besides external factors, the chief course of these problems was the obsolete company structure with extensive cross-subsidisation between the divisions.
In the course of much of the 19th and the entire 20th century, it was shaped by the lignite industry and extensive open-pit mining.
The endeavour to trace the course of the river led to the discovery of the grottoes, which consist of fifteen separate connected " halls " that emerge in a bay of the river from a dark and extensive cavern forming a sort of side creek or bay.
While the first version of the score ( currently available from Dover Publications ) included slapstick and tambourine, these were removed over the course of Mahler's extensive revisions.
The course also includes an extensive guest speaker and field visit programme with visits to leading sports organisations such as the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), FIFA, UEFA, All England Lawn Tennis Club Wimbledon, the Professional Footballers ' Association, Manchester United as well as others.
However, during the course of plastid evolution from their cyanobacterial endosymbiotic ancestors, extensive gene transfer from the chloroplast genome to the cell nucleus took place.
In all forms of Downhill, both at a local youth-level as well as the higher FIS international level, racers are allowed extensive preparation for the race, which includes daily course inspection and discussion with their coaches and teammates as well as several practice runs before the actual race.
The plans include extensive redevelopment of the course of the Priory River, as well as refurbishment of several of the buildings within the park.
Taja Kramberger introduced studies of collective memory, based on Halbwachsian instrumentarium ( for his workd see: ) and numerous later improvements, in its theoretic aspect and epistemic conceptualization into Slovenian public, mostly composed of linear descriptive social sciences and humanities, in 2000 / 2001 ( a course of lectures Conceptualization of the collective memory on Maurice Halbwachs, Frances Amelia Yates and Pierre Nora at the Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis in Ljubljana ) and 2001 ( she wrote an extensive introduction to the Maurice Halbwachs ' Slovenian translation of La mémoire collective ).
Lawrence kept extensive notes throughout the course of his involvement in the Revolt.
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