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The term " red brick " was first coined by Liverpool professor Edgar Allison Peers ( writing as Bruce Truscot ) to describe the red brick built civic universities that were built in the UK, mostly in the latter part of the 19th century ; these were characterised by Victorian buildings of red brick, such as Victoria Building, which was historically the administrative heart of the University.
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While the term " liberal " had been used to describe all political forces in Colombia, the conservatives began describing themselves as " conservative liberals " and their opponents as " red liberals ".
The exact derivation of the term is unknown, but it has been thought that in early Canadian football, the scoring of a single was signalled with a red flag.
In its second term, the red green coalition lost several very important state elections, for example in Lower Saxony where Schröder was the prime minister from 1990 to 1998.
The term Aappalaartoq ( meaning " the red ") is also used for both the Greenlandic flag and the flag of Denmark.
In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, especially those of the genus Macropus, red kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo and western grey kangaroo.
This term can be dated to the late Middle Ages as quoted here c1400 Femina ( Trin-C B. 14. 40 ) 27: " He eteþ no ffyssh But heryng red.
Recent extreme droughts ( 2000 – 2007 ) have put significant stress on river red gum forests, with mounting concern over their long term survival.
Another cause of manatee deaths is the red tide, a term used for the proliferation, or " blooms ", of the microscopic marine algae of the species Karenia brevis, a member of the dinoflagellates that produces brevetoxins that can have toxic effects on the central nervous systems of creatures in the area of the algae bloom.
A major criticism of the term stems from critics ' claims of how it has been used by conservatives for political gain, considering it to play to voters ' fears as a red herring as well as an attack on the political left.
Additionally, red tides are not typically associated with tidal movement of water, hence the preference among scientists to use the term algal bloom.
The term red tide specifically refers to blooms of a species of dinoflagellate known as Karenia brevis.
The term red tide is being phased out among researchers for the following reasons:
The term red tide is most often used in the United States of America to refer to Karenia brevis blooms in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, also called the Florida red tide.
The term red tide is also sometimes used to describe harmful algal blooms on the northern east coast of the United States, particularly in the Gulf of Maine.
The term originates with fans of Star Trek television series ( 1966 – 1969 ), from the red shirts worn by Starfleet security officers who frequently die during episodes.
In other media, the term " redshirt " and images of characters wearing red shirts represent characters destined for suffering or death.
In colloquial usage, the term is applied to red oxides, formed by the reaction of iron and oxygen in the presence of water or air moisture.
The term " safe love " has also been used, notably by the French Sidaction in the promotion of men's underpants incorporating a condom pocket and including the red ribbon symbol in the design, which were sold to support the charity.
Cross-culturally, when people have a word for red, they agree with other cultures on which wavelengths of light best fit the term " red " ( the same wavelengths that primarily excite the cone cells which detect red, and the red / green channel to the brain ).
Red top tabloids are so named due to their tendency, in British and Commonwealth usage, to have their mastheads printed in red ink ; the term compact was coined to avoid the connotation of the word tabloid, which implies a red top tabloid, and has lent its name to tabloid journalism, which is journalism after the fashion of red top reporters.
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When the term is used in this sense, the brick might be made from clay, lime-and-sand, concrete, or shaped stone.
Red brick university ( or redbrick university ) is an informal term used to refer to six particular universities founded in the major industrial cities of England.
Gaudy or gaudie ( from the Latin, " gaudium ", meaning " enjoyment " or " merry-making ") is a term used to reflect student life in a number of the ancient universities in the United Kingdom as well as red brick institutions such as Durham University.
As early as 1928, the term was used to describe the then-new civic universities, such as Bristol University and the other " red brick universities ".
In more recent times, especially with the introduction and growth of the Internet, High Street may also be interchangeable with the term " bricks and mortar business " in the United Kingdom ( note the spelling with the " s ", comparable to the United States term " brick and mortar "), referring to the material used in the construction of a retail shopfront operation versus an online Internet operation.
Nine is the number of tools ( a toy industry term for parts of a figure ) used in a standard Kubrick figure: head, torso, hips, two arms, two hands, and two legs ; the English word brick is collector ’ s jargon for LEGO elements, and refers to the similarity of Kubricks to Lego Minifigures.
Grouseland is a large, two-story red brick home built for William Henry Harrison in Vincennes, Indiana, during his term as Governor of the Indiana Territory.
* bat, technical term for half a brick
Fire clay is a term applied to a range of refractory clays used in the manufacture of ceramics, especially fire brick.
During Talmadge Lee ’ s term as principal in 1940, a brick veneer home economics and agriculture building was constructed.
Brick noggin is term used to denote brick work built up in between wooden quarters or framing.
In 1804, after the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars, and during Colonel R. T. Farquhar ’ s term as Governor of Penang, Indian convict labourers rebuilt the fort using brick and stone.
The building was the inspiration for the term " red brick university " which was coined by Professor Edgar Allison Peers.
* Nogging, term used for the brick infill of timber framing
By then, Greig had established a long term residence of her own in a newly constructed white brick apartment building.
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It became the sole `` subject '' of `` international law '' ( a term which, it is pertinent to remember, was coined by Bentham ), a body of legal principle which by and large was made up of what Western nations could do in the world arena.
'' The other important difference between the two Constitutions was that the President of the Confederacy held office for six ( instead of four ) years, and was limited to one term.
Bang-Jensen said you told correspondents that you had checked in advance to make sure the term ' aberrant conduct ' was not libelous.
His parents talked seriously and lengthily to their own doctor and to a specialist at the University Hospital -- Mr. McKinley was entitled to a discount for members of his family -- and it was decided it would be best for him to take the remainder of the term off, spend a lot of time in bed and, for the rest, do pretty much as he chose -- provided, of course, he chose to do nothing too exciting or too debilitating.
His teacher and his school principal were conferred with and everyone agreed that, if he kept up with a certain amount of work at home, there was little danger of his losing a term.
The term enquetes demographiques, previously used for the supplementary investigations carried out in connection with the administrative censuses, was used for the new investigations.
This term was also used by the cowboy in the sense of a human showin' fight, as one cowhand was heard to say, `` He arches his back like a mule in a hailstorm ''.
the first use of the word `` rustler '' was as a synonym for `` hustler '', becomin' an established term for any person who was active, pushin', and bustlin' in any enterprise.
Engages must be loyal to the concessionaires, and must serve until the term provided in the engagement was ended.
The September-October term jury had been charged by Fulton Superior Court Judge Durwood Pye to investigate reports of possible `` irregularities '' in the hard-fought primary which was won by Mayor-nominate Ivan Allen Jr..
When the crowd was asked whether it wanted to wait one more term to make the race, it voted no -- and there were no dissents.
Petitions asking for a jail term for Norristown attorney Julian W. Barnard will be presented to the Montgomery County Court Friday, it was disclosed Tuesday by Horace A. Davenport, counsel for the widow of the man killed last Nov. 1 by Barnard's hit-run car.
Friday afternoon the Rev. T. F. Zimmerman was reelected for his second consecutive two-year term as general superintendent of Assemblies of God.
Commenting on the earlier stage, the Notre Dame Chapter of the American Association of University Professors ( in a recent report on the question of faculty participation in administrative decision-making ) noted that the term `` teacher-employee '' ( as opposed to, e.g., `` maintenance employee '' ) was a not inapt description.
The Unitarian clergy were an exclusive club of cultivated gentlemen -- as the term was then understood in the Back Bay -- and Parker was definitely not a gentleman, either in theology or in manners.
or `` Carmine Theater, 1912 '', the only canvas with an ash can ( and foraging dog ), although Sloan was a member of the famous `` Eight '', and of the so-called `` Ash-Can School '', a term he resented.
The term was introduced into optics by Johann Heinrich Lambert in his 1760 work Photometria.
In 1846, Lincoln was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, where he served one two-year term.
Realizing Clay was unlikely to win the presidency, Lincoln, who had pledged in 1846 to serve only one term in the House, supported General Zachary Taylor for the Whig nomination in the 1848 presidential election.
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