The following weird legends, which during the autumn of 1909 I found surviving among the Lough Derg peasantry, explain how the lough received its present name, and seem to indicate that long before Patrick’s time the lough was already considered a strange and mysterious place, apparently an Otherworld preserve. — from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz
lis de plus en
Oui, pour lire des textes, etc. Cela dit, je lis de plus en plus sur écran, mais dans un cadre professionnel (par exemple les lettres d'information auxquelles je suis abonné, etc.), dès que l'on parle de lecture-plaisir (roman, détente, etc.), je ne lis pas sur écran, j'imprime (si ce n'est pas déjà le cas), et je lis sur papier. — from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
listes de prix et
Chaque développement nouveau de l'internet nous a permis de mettre en place des outils facilitant la vie de nos utilisateurs (listes de prix et configurations, formulaires de commandes, inventaires en ligne, etc.) tout comme la nôtre (contacts fournisseurs, informations techniques, etc.). — from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
llegada del primo EL
IV La llegada del primo EL señor Penitenciario, cuando Rosarito se separó bruscamente de él, miró a los bardales, y viendo las cabezas del tío Licurgo y de su compañero de viaje, dijo para sí: 25 —Vamos, ya está ahí ese prodigio. — from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
—Y todo es porque se teme el levantamiento de partidas en Orbajosa—exclamó la señora, cruzando las manos y agitándolas de arriba a bajo, desde la barba a las rodillas.—Francamente, 5 Pinzón, no sé cómo no se levantan hasta las piedras. — from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós
launder drug profits especially
Bulgaria major European transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and, to a lesser degree, South American cocaine for the European market; limited producer of precursor chemicals; some money laundering of drug-related proceeds through financial institutions Burma remains world's second largest producer of illicit opium (estimated production in 2004 - 292 metric tons, down 40% from 2003 due to eradication efforts and drought; cultivation in 2004 - 30,900 hectares, a 34% decline from 2003); lack of government will to take on major narcotrafficking groups and lack of serious commitment against money laundering continues to hinder the overall antidrug effort; major source of methamphetamine and heroin for regional consumption; currently under Financial Action Task Force countermeasures due to continued failure to address its inadequate money-laundering controls (2005) Cambodia narcotics-related corruption reportedly involving some in the government, military, and police; possible small-scale heroin and methamphetamine production; vulnerable to money laundering due to its cash-based economy and porous borders Canada illicit producer of cannabis for the domestic drug market and export to US; use of hydroponics technology permits growers to plant large quantities of high-quality marijuana indoors; transit point for ecstasy entering the US market; vulnerable to narcotics money laundering because of its mature financial services sector Cape Verde used as a transshipment point for illicit drugs moving from Latin America and Asia destined for Western Europe; the lack of a well-developed financial system limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center Cayman Islands offshore financial center; vulnerable to drug transshipment to the US and Europe Chile important transshipment country for cocaine destined for Europe; economic prosperity and increasing trade have made Chile more attractive to traffickers seeking to launder drug profits, especially through the Iquique Free Trade Zone, but a new anti-money-laundering law improves controls; imported precursors passed on to Bolivia; domestic cocaine consumption is rising China major transshipment point for heroin produced in the Golden Triangle; growing domestic drug abuse problem; source country for chemical precursors and methamphetamine Colombia illicit producer of coca, opium poppy, and cannabis; world's leading coca cultivator (cultivation of coca in 2004 was 114,100 hectares, virtually unchanged from 2003, but down one-third from its peak of 169,800 ha); producing a potential of 430 mt of pure cocaine; the world's largest producer of coca derivatives; supplying most of the US market and the great majority of cocaine to other international drug markets; important supplier of heroin to the US market; opium poppy cultivation fell 50% between 2003 and 2004 to 2,100 hectares yielding a potential 3.8 metric tons of pure heroin, mostly for the US market; in 2004, aerial eradication treated over 130,000 hectares of coca but aggressive replanting on the part of growers means Colombia remains a key producer; a significant portion of non-US narcotics proceeds are either laundered or invested in Colombia through the black market peso exchange Congo, Democratic Republic of the illicit producer of cannabis, mostly for domestic consumption; while rampant corruption and inadequate supervision leaves the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, the lack of a well-developed financial system limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center Costa Rica transshipment country for cocaine and heroin from South America; illicit production of cannabis on small, scattered plots; domestic cocaine consumption, particularly crack cocaine, is rising — from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Kresovich was a student from Zürich, with incipient lung disease; Pani Elzen had found him on the Riviera, and engaged him as tutor for her sons, after her acquaintance with Svirski, and especially after a public declaration of the malicious and wealthy Pan Vyadrovski, that respectable houses had ceased to rear their sons as commercial travellers. — from Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz
livestock dairy products Exports
Industries: electronics, metal manufacturing, textiles, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, food products, precision instruments, tourism Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: NA% hydro: NA% nuclear: NA% other: NA% Electricity - consumption: NA kWh Electricity - exports: NA kWh Electricity - imports: NA kWh Agriculture - products: wheat, barley, corn, potatoes; livestock, dairy products Exports: $2.47 billion (1996) Exports - commodities: small specialty machinery, dental products, stamps, hardware, pottery Exports - partners: EU and EFTA countries 60.57% (Switzerland 15.7%) (1995) Imports: $917.3 million (1996) Imports - commodities: machinery, metal goods, textiles, foodstuffs, motor vehicles Imports - partners: EU countries, Switzerland (1996) Debt - external: $0 (1996) Economic aid - recipient: none Currency: Swiss franc (CHF) Currency code: CHF Exchange rates: Swiss francs per US dollar - 1.6303 (January 2001), 1.6888 (2000), 1.5022 (1999), 1.4498 (1998), 1.4513 (1997), 1.2360 (1996) — from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
La démocratie politique et
On socialism in France see J. Peixotto, The French Revolution and Modern French Socialism (New York, 1901); R. T. Ely, French and German Socialism in Modern Times (New York, 1883); P. Louis, Histoire du socialisme français (Paris, 1901); E. Villey, Les périls de la démocratie française (Paris, 1910); and A. Fouillee, La démocratie politique et sociale en France (Paris, 1910). — from The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
He looked glumly into the icy water, along which coons of high and low degree prowled every night, and he wished mightily that he were a coon. — from The Duck-footed Hound by Jim Kjelgaard
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