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His family ’ s roots in business in the Far East go back to his grandfather, a descendant of Iraqi Jews originally from Baghdad, who first settled in Shanghai in 1880.
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The family was one of the first to be recognized as a distinct group in Jacques Daleschamps ’ 1586 Historia generalis plantarum.
Christie wrote little of Poirot ’ s childhood though in Three Act Tragedy she writes that he comes from a large family with little wealth.
Later Agrippina ’ s family returned to Rome.
A second memoir was about the fortunes of her mother ’ s family and the last memoir recorded the misfortunes ( casus suorum ) of the family of Agrippina and Germanicus.
Agrippina wrote a memoir that recorded the misfortunes of her family ( casus suorum ) and wrote an account of her mother ’ s life.
She arranged for Alexander to marry Sallustia Orbiana, the daughter of a noble Patrician family, but grew so jealous of Sallustia ’ s influence over her son that she had her banished from court.
* Noah's Ark, according to Abrahamic religions, a large boat built by Noah to keep him safe, together with his family and a core breeding stock of the world ’ s animals
With his father's death in 1892, and his appointment as head of the Bahá ’ í faith, there was much opposition against him, including virtually all his family members.
By the age of 64 after forty years imprisonment ` Abdu ’ l-Bahá was freed by the Young Turks and he and his family began to live in relative safety.
The family ’ s Tehran home and country houses were comfortable and beautifully decorated.
In Adrianople ` Abdu ’ l-Bahá was regarded as the sole comforter of his family – in particular to his mother.
Bahá ’ u ’ lláh and his family were – in 1868 – exiled to the penal colony of Acre, Palestine where it was expected that the family would perish.
His death devastated the family – particularly his mother and father – and the grieving ` Abdu ' l-Bahá kept a night-long vigil beside his brother ’ s body.
Conventional wisdom may be applied to the questions and advice given by Job ’ s friends or family, yet it is Job ’ s responses that make this book part of the dissenting wisdom or “ anti-wisdom wisdom ”
Potter ’ s family on both sides was from the Manchester area.
Hill Top remained a working farm but was now remodelled to allow for the tenant family and Potter ’ s private studio and work shop.
Although they were childless, Potter played an important role in William ’ s large family, particularly enjoying her relationship with several nieces whom she helped educate and giving comfort and aid to her husband ’ s brothers and sisters.
Ospina describes how the Bacardi family and Company left Cuba after the Castro regime confiscated the Company ’ s Cuban assets on 15 October 1960 ; in particular, in nationalizing and banning all private property on the island as well as all bank accounts.
Counts ’ benefices came to be inherited as counties were broken up and as counts assimilated their offices and ex-officio lands to their family property.
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The " matai " ( chiefs ) are elected by consensus within the fono of the extended family and village ( s ) concerned.
This arrangement barely survived Constantine I ’ s death, with the sons of Constantine arranging the slaughter of most of the family of Constantine I at the hands of the army.
They tend to interpret biblical verses on homosexual acts to mean that the heterosexual family was created by God and that same-sex relationships contradict God ’ s design for marriage and violate his will.
The history of the state's economic and industrial development is closely tied to the impact of the Du Pont family, founders and scions of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, one of the world ’ s largest chemical companies.
Cases were taken out against Muslims, against other dhimmis and even against members of the dhimmi ’ s own family.
Newson was the youngest of three sons and not academically inclined, although he possessed the family ’ s entrepreneurial spirit.
When Elizabeth was 3 years old, the family moved to 142 Long Acre, where they were to live for 2 years, whilst two more children were born and her father moved up in the world, becoming not only the manager of a larger pawnbroker ’ s shop, but also a silversmith.
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A poignant sense of nostalgia accompanied the recordings of several gospel and blues singers in the 1940s and 1950s who used the song to remember their grandparents, traditions, and family roots.
The influential Leoussi family originated on the isle of Aigina ; their roots go as far back as the 15th century.
Coolidge's family had deep roots in New England.
He brought his parents with him to Ottawa, and also quickly established his own family, marrying Florence Delson, who also had Lithuanian Jewish roots.
In a quest for family roots, he attempted to trace his great grandmother – Brita Gallagher – who set sail from Ireland 150 years ago during the Great Famine ( 1845 – 1849 ), bound for a new life in Burlington, New Jersey.
A university professor with strong family roots in the Communist Party, Petre Roman, was named prime minister of the new government, which consisted mainly of former communist officials.
Warren's mother's family had roots in Virginia, having given their name to the community of Penn's Store in Patrick County, Virginia.
The Mexican side of Williams ' family was quite diverse, having Spanish ( Basque ), Russian, and American Indian roots.
According to the Bible the first king, Saul, was a Gibeonite, a tribe with its roots in Edom, and in order to unify the new kingdom and cement his own authority Saul promoted his own god, Yahweh, as god of the kingdom ; previously, each extended family or clan was the " people " of a particular god, but now the entire Israelite community became the " people of Yahweh ".
Legumes, plants of the family Fabaceae, for instance, have nodules on their roots which contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
* the Malagasy language, common to the whole island, which shares many common roots with the Barito and Dayak languages of South Borneo, such as Ma ' anyan, and belongs to the Austronesian language family, with closest affinity to the Malayo-Polynesian languages of the Borneo.
In fact they belonged to a broader family of neighbouring tribes with similar roots.
Many communities around the island tend to have deep family roots in the island that have matured over the years to create hamlets of good friends and neighbors.
In this way, word roots that can be traced all the way back to the origin of, for instance, the Indo-European language family have been found.
Austerlitz sounded too much like a battle: The roots of Fred Astaire family in Europe, Editrice UNI Service, 2009.
In 1946, Hellman wrote Another Part of the Forest, a prequel chronicling the roots of the Hubbard family.
Resin-canals located in the inner fibrous bark of plants fibrovascular system found in the stems, roots and leaves is characteristic of all members of this family ; resin-canals located in the pith is a characteristic of many of the cashew family species and several species have them located in the primary cortex or the regular bark.
A three-issue miniseries entitled The Krypton Chronicles, published in 1981, tells of Superman researching his roots when, as Clark Kent, he was assigned to write an article about Superman's family by an assignment editor impressed with the television miniseries Roots.
Van Morrison's family roots descend from the Ulster Scots population that settled in Belfast.
The family Cecropiaceae is characterized by having adventitious roots, and in Cecropia they become stilt-roots, which are a common feature of large trees, especially living near rivers or marshes.
While this has stunted the population growth in a significant way, in the modern day it has meant that many people visit the area to trace their family roots and background.
* Roots, rhizomes and bulbs: Commonly used terrestrial portions in perfumery include iris rhizomes, vetiver roots, various rhizomes of the ginger family.
* Curcuma angustifolia, belongs to the Zingiberaceae family the roots yields starch it is cultivated widely in India.
The Hanchar family who has deep roots in the hamlet, recently donated money for new markers at this site.
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