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Swapping Terminal Letters, Rex Gooch

Word Ways

Richard Lederer in the Nov 1997 Word Ways mentioned words which become other words when their terminal letters are interchanged (the first and the last letter are swapped), as SWINDLES to SWINDLED. He gave seven examples of four-letter pairs, five examples of the "rarer" five-letter pairs, and three examples of six-letter "prize" pairs, given them the title "simultaneous loopers" since the two letters are looped to the other end of the word at the same time.

All That She Had On Was The Radio, A. Ross Eckler

Word Ways

In De Logologische Ruimte (Meulenhoff, 1984), Rudy Kousbroek honored the French Oulipan Gorges Perec with many wordplay variants of Marilyn Monroe's famous remark about the calendar picture of her in the nude: "All I had on was the radio." The following is a translation of his article (with interpretation for non-Dutch readers).

Word Trees In Running Text, A. Ross Eckler

Word Ways

In "Mysterious Precognitions" in the August 1998 Word Ways, Martin Gardner showed how to generate the sequence of words in running text. Start with any word, and use the following (iterative) rule: if the ith word in the sequence has n(i) letters, then the (i+1)st word is located n(i) words further in the running text. For example, take the first sentence of this paragraph: pick IN as the first word, count two words to PRECOGNITIONS, count thirteen more words to A, count one more word to SEQUENCE, and so on.

Yes, We Have No Ascenders (Part 2), Rex Gooch

Word Ways

In the first part of this article (May 1999), we presented words consisting solely of ascenders (bdfhiklt], descenders (gjpqy), body letters (acemnorsuvwxz), or ascenders or decenders. In this part, we consider words consisting of cyclic mixtures of the various types. For example, Darryl Francis gave SINCIZING and LUTEINIZING as alternating body

Words Of A Feather, William Young

Word Ways

Have you ever encountered a white-whiskered hermit or a festive coquette? How about a rifleman or a firewood-gatherer? Have you seen a village weaver or a bearded mountaineer? What about a red-tailed comet or a shining sunbeam? If you answered in the affirmative to any of these questions, you are probably a birdwatcher, because these are all names of birds from around the world. The common names of birds reflect a use of language almost as colorful as their plumages.

Kickshaws, Dave Morice

Word Ways

A collection of linguistic kickshaws.

Split Sentence Transposals, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

Most of us are familiar with words like HORSESHOER in which the letters making the first half of the word are transposed to make the second half of the word. The following examples can all be found in previous issues of Word Ways, and most recently appeared amongst Rex Gooch's list of pair isograms in the February 1998 issue.

The Persian Version, Leonard Ashley

Word Ways

Now they call it Iran, but we still have Persian cats. Persian lamb, and Persian rugs. We also have a considerable number of words in English derived (usually through French or some other language) from Persian. Can you identify the following

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 9, No. 7, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• Parsley, Kimberly. The WKU Global Community: President Ransdell Furthers Exchange with China
• President Ransdell's Visit to Taiyuan University of Technology
• Parsley, Kimberly. Dr. George Vourvopoulos: An Artist of Science
• Reaching for the Stars - Physics & Astronomy
• Parsley, Kimberly. Dr. Charles Smith: It's All About Music
• Groundbreaking Event in Glasgow
• Miller, Mary. Faculty Regent Update
• Jerry Wilder Steps Down as Student Affairs Vice …

Swiss Settlers Of The Carolina Back Country: Saxe Gotha, Switzers' Neck, The Dutch Fork, And Lexington, Claudette Holliday

Swiss American Historical Society Review

The Township Act and Saxe Gotha The year was 1716 and a lone outpost, the Congaree garrison, located about five miles below the mouth of the Saluda River and below the Congaree Creek on the western bank of the Congaree River offered little protection for low country settlements from Indians resisting the take-over of their homelands. By 1722 the garrison was abandoned.

Six Sigma Accounting, In The New Millenennium, Philip D. Ameen

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Current, November 01, 1999, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (1990s)

No abstract provided.

11/01/1999 - Eiu Event Highlights November 1999, University Marketing And Communications

1999

No abstract provided.

Tarble Arts Center Newsletter November 1999, Tarble Arts Center

Tarble Arts Center Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Peaks Island Star : November 1999, Vol. 19, Issue 11, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 1999

The Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island's service agencies and other community news.

16th Annual Reception Bibliography, 1998-1999, Leonard H. Axe Library

Bibliographies

Since 1984, Leonard H. Axe Library at Pittsburg State University has honored book authors and other creators for their outstanding scholarship and contributions to their fields.

Vowel Rotation, Hugh Brandt Corstius

Word Ways

In the Aug 1999 Word Ways, Susan Thorpe presented two lists of words containing all 120 permutations of AEIOU. Here is how such a collection can be woven into a story. Can one be done in English?

Hudson Valley Catholic Deaf Center, November 1999

Hudson Valley Catholic Deaf Center

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Poughkeepsie,NY

Hudson Valley Catholic Deaf Center Finding Aid

The Statesman, V. 43, I. 16, State University Of New York At Stony Brook

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 43, i. 16

Lwv Bulletin, November, 1999, League Of Women Voters Of The Huntington Area

League of Women Voters of the Huntington Area Bulletin 1990-1999

The Bulletin is published by the League, which is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

An Excessive Claim: Sterilization And Immediate Material Cooperation, Lawrence J. Welch

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Ndls Update 11/1999, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Update

No abstract provided.

November- December 1999, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

November- December 1999 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 29 pages

Volume 82, Number 3

Historical Case Study Of Stella L. Wood, Bonnie G. Ostlund

Theses and Graduate Projects

The focus of this historical case study is to examine the life of Stella Louise Wood, an educator recognized for her leadership in public kindergarten and teacher training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She spearheaded the campaign for free public kindergartens in the city in 1896, and was the leader of its teacher training school for the following fifty-two years. In that time, Stella Wood shared her strong commitment to the youngest students and her dynamic spirit with over 2,500 teacher trainees, known as Miss Wood's girls. She lived to approve a merger of her school with Macalester College in St. Paul, …

Uis Commission On Volcanic Caves Newsletter, No. 24, November 1999, Jan Paul G. Van Der Pas

Union Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS) Commission on Volcanic Caves

Contents: Editorial -- About the IXth International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- Agenda -- Mission Statement -- Subject: Report on the 9th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- UIS Code of Ethics for Cave Exploration and Science in Foreign Countries -- Email with list of lava tubes by depth (Meters) -- Motions proposed during the UIS Commission Meeting at Catania -- Attending the VIIth International Symposium for Pseudokarst -- Publication received -- Front Cover of International Journal of Speleology; Proceedings of 8th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology

Evaluation Of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems At The Nature Conservancy - Disney Wilderness Preserve, Florida Solar Energy Center, James Dunlop

FSEC Energy Research Center®

This report presents the results of an evaluation of two grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems installed at the Disney Wilderness Preserve, in Kissimmee, FL. Conducted by the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), this evaluation consisted of visual inspection of the equipment and installation, as well as electrical performance measurements on the PV array and operating system. Following lists the key results from this evaluation.

• The two grid-connected PV systems at this site were functioning properly and their operational performance is within expectations. The photovoltaic array installation is generally pleasing and complete, and uses listed equipment (PV panels, inverter and combiner box). …

An Investigation Of Price Discovery In Informationally-Linked Markets: Equity Trading In Malaysia And Singapore, David K. Ding, Frederick H. Harris, Sie Ting Lau, Thomas H. Mclnish

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Using transactions data for the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) for a major Malaysian conglomerate, Sime Darby Berhad, and intraday exchange rate data, we investigate whether and to what extent each exchange contributes to price discovery. Results indicate that the price series are cointegrated. The raw data appear to indicate the presence of arbitrage opportunities, but none exist after taking exchange rate changes into account. Using the common long-memory factors of Gonzalo and Granger (1995, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 13, 1-9), we show that while the majority of the price discovery (approximately …

Alcalá View 1999 16.03, University Of San Diego Publications And Human Resources Offices

Alcalá View (1985-2006)

USD Retirement Package Spruced Up; Students' Mentor Goes Back to Class; Benefits Fair; Blood Drive; University Ministry Events; Benefits Brief; New Employee or Rehire Benefits Orientation; Health Care Switch A Smooth One; A look at the Park; All In A Day's Work For Overtime Law; Passages; Workplace Workshops; 5 O'Clock Humor

Expatriation In The United States: Precept And Practice Today And Yesterday, Alan G. James

San Diego Law Review

In this Article, Mr. James traces the historical roots of expatriation to its current application in present-day law, regulations and procedures. Using as a reference point both the expatriation of the American novelist Henry James and the United States Supreme Court's 1990 decision in Vance v. Terrazas, the author highlights the major facets of expatriation. Specifically, the author focuses on processing and documentation of loss of nationality cases, development of the role of the Department of State in expatriation, the constituent elements of a determination of loss of nationality, and administrative and judicial review of holdings of loss of citizenship …

Mpeg-4 Systems And Applications, Hari Kalva, Lai-Tee Cheok, Alexandros Eleftheriadis

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

MPEG-4, under the auspices of the ISO, is specifying tools to enable object-based audio-visual presentations [3]. These include tools to encode individual objects, compose presentations with objects, store these object-based presentations and access these presentations in a distributed manner over networks. The main distinguishing feature of object-based audio-visual presentations is the scene composition at the user terminal. The objects that are part of a scene are composed and displayed at the user end as opposed to encoding the composed scenes as is done in the case of MPEG-2. Such object-based representation and presentation has several benefits including compression efficiency and …