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The tierce (also terse) is both an archaic volume unit of measure of goods and the name of the cask of that size. [1] The most common definitions are either one-third of a pipe or forty-two gallons. In the petroleum industry - a barrel of oil is defined as 42 US gallons.
A laconic phrase or laconism is a concise or terse statement, especially a blunt and elliptical rejoinder. [1] [2] It is named after Laconia, the region of Greece including the city of Sparta, whose ancient inhabitants had a reputation for verbal austerity and were famous for their often pithy remarks.
George Samuel wrote that tantra is a contested term, but may be considered a school whose practices appeared in nearly-complete form in Buddhist and Hindu texts by about the 10th century CE. [215] Tantric yoga developed complex visualizations, which included meditation on the body as a microcosm of the cosmos.
The US is Taiwan’s most important arms supplier and the self governing island has closely watched the election play out. Chinese media have been closely watching the incoming Trump ...
Winds whipped over 100 mph. Waters threatened hundreds of miles of Florida coast. And Philip Tooke managed to punch out a terse but frantic message from his phone as he sat riding out Hurricane ...
An aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: aphorismos, denoting 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. [1] Aphorisms are often handed down by tradition from generation to generation.
From longtime titans such as Carl Icahn to recent superstars like Bill Ackman, here are seven of the most famous American investors and what you might learn from them. 7 famous American investors ...
The most successful offspring of Esperanto. Adjuvilo: 1910 Claudius Colas: An Esperantido some believe was created to cause dissent among Idoists. Timerio: 1921 Tiemer: A language where each concept is replaced with a number, intended to be used as a means for automatic translation. Interlingue: ie, ile 1922 Edgar de Wahl