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	J.R. McCulloch
		"On Ricardo's Principles of Political Economy and Taxation", 1818, Edinburgh Review
		McCulloch began his career as the editor of The Scotsman, eventually moving on to the whiggish Edinburgh Review, where he served as economics editor until the late 1830s.
		"Jones on the Theory of Rent", Edinburgh Review, 1831.
	cepa.newschool.edu /het/profiles/mcculloch.htm (495 words)

	Edinburgh
		Edinburgh: History - History Edinburgh's history may be said to have begun when Malcolm III of Scotland erected a castle...
		Edinburgh, University of- Edinburgh, University of, at Edinburgh, Scotland; founded 1583.
		Edinburgh: Points of Interest - Points of Interest The Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama, held every summer since...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0816766.html (182 words)

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		Due to all this, it would be best again, according to their opinion, that the Republic of Macedonia, prior to the Edinburgh summit, expresses readiness for a certain modification, i.e.
		Such a readiness would serve for the benefit of the activities of the countries friends of the Republic of Macedonia in their efforts for international recognition and would exert strong pressure during the decision making in Edinburgh and within the UN frameworks.
		The Republic of Greece is continuing with the economic pressures and blockades, refuses to compromise in reaching a solution for the recognition of the Republic of Macedonia and is leading an unprecedented anti Macedonia campaign throughout the world.
	www.b-info.com /places/Macedonia/republic/news/101-200/185.2 (3014 words)

	Welcome » Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
		Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce is a thriving modern membership organisation which is the responsible voice and hub of business in Scotland.
		Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to the success of its member companies.
		Responding to the announcement today by Waitrose to open its first two Scottish stores in Edinburgh, Ron Hewitt, Chief Executive of Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce said, "We are pleased that Waitrose have opted to bring their brand of quality and freshness to Scotland.
	www.edinburghchamber.co.uk (733 words)

	Edinburgh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edinburgh is one of fastest growing cities in the United Kingdom and is one of the key economic drivers of the Scottish Economy.
		Edinburgh is the country's most popular tourist destination in terms of visitor numbers, and the second most popular in the [[United KingdomUK] after London, with numbers growing substantially each year, particularly in the budget travel and backpacking sector, assisted by the growth of Edinburgh Airport and direct raillinks to the rest of the country.
		Edinburgh is the second largest financial centre in the United Kingdom after the City of London and the fifth largest in Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edinburgh (733 words)

	Edinburgh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Edinburgh Festivals in August alone generate in excess of £100 million for the Edinburgh economy.
		Edinburgh is the country's most popular tourist destination in terms of visitor numbers, and the second most popular in the UK after London, with numbers growing substantially each year, particularly in the budget travel and backpacking sector, assisted by the growth of Edinburgh Airport and direct rail links to the rest of the country.
		Edinburgh is the second largest financial centre in the United Kingdom after the City of London and the fifth largest in Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edinburgh (4280 words)

	WEST EDINBURGH PLANNING FRAMEWORK: contents page
		Edinburgh is predicted to have the fastest growing economy of any major city in the UK over the next five years.
		Edinburgh Airport is experiencing rapid passenger growth (recently 13% year on year growth to over 7 million passengers per annum) and has produced a comprehensive Airport Development Strategy to ensure that the pace of development at the airport is in line with forecast growth.
		Design and preparation work is being carried out by The City of Edinburgh Council with loan support for the development of the project from the Scottish Executive.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /library5/planning/wepff-00.asp (4280 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Edinburgh - Tattoo '100% right' to invite Chinese
		Figures show the Tattoo is worth up to £88 million a year to the Scottish economy - of which £56 million goes to Edinburgh.
		Story in full: THE organisers of Edinburgh’s Military Tattoo insisted yesterday that they were "100 per cent right" to invite the band of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army to the event, as details of this year’s programme - including a new nightly fly-past - were unveiled.
		But their inclusion in the sell-out event has prompted human rights groups to plan a string of protests, including likely attempts to disrupt performances on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle.
	news.scotsman.com /edinburgh.cfm?id=862562004 (4280 words)

	Vangelis and Westlife will play at 2003 Edinburgh Tattoo @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
		A recent survey also found the event, which draws a third of its audience from outside the UK, generates some £76m into the Scottish economy.
		Tattoo chief executive and producer, Brigadier Melville Jameson, said he was "thrilled" by the number of ticket applications.
		EDINBURGH, UK (BBC) - Music by Irish pop band Westlife and Bladerunner composer Vangelis is to feature at this year's Edinburgh Tattoo.
	top40-charts.com /news.php?nid=5260&string=Westlife (4280 words)

	Sunday Herald, The: Capital's flight gains; Is Edinburgh taking off as the airport for
		Edinburgh airport is growing because of market forces and the greater dynamism of the city's economy, particularly its financial services sector.
		Edinburgh Airport is to benefit from a brand new (pounds) 505 million, subterranean railway station that will offer fast direct rail services to Glasgow Queen Street, Edinburgh Waverley, Stirling, Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen in 2010.
		"Edinburgh airport is ahead [of Glasgow airport] in terms of growth and BAA would be absolutely daft to ignore that.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20030921/ai_n12584848 (1488 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Edinburgh transport plans
		NEW vehicles are part of a Â£1 million bid to improve an Edinburgh bus service after a flood of complaints.
		THE company responsible for bringing trams back to the streets of Edinburgh has appointed one of the best-known names in the industry to provide technical support services.
		THE dispute which affected tens of thousand of bus passengers in Edinburgh yesterday was no closer...
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=607&id=75762003 (1488 words)

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		Edinburgh, University of, at Edinburgh, Scotland; founded 1583.
		Economy Edinburgh is Scotland's administrative, financial, legal, medical, and insurance center,...
		Sean Connery (Thomas Connery) actor Born: 8/25/1930 Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Academy...
	www.factmonster.com /search.php3?query=edinburgh,+Scotland&x=21&y=23 (1488 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com
		Edinburgh -> History Edinburgh's history may be said to have begun when Malcolm III of Scotland erected a castle there in the late 11th cent.
		Edinburgh -> Economy Edinburgh is Scotland's administrative, financial, legal, medical, and insurance center, and the city has become an important nuclear and electronics research center.
		Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke ofĕd´Ĭnbere, 1921-, consort of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, b.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=HMS+Edinburgh+(D97) (519 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Big city survey: Edinburgh
		Edinburgh’s economy will start to suffer if whole sections of its workforce are priced out of the...
		Edinburgh has long been the bridesmaid to Glasgow’s bride, but the capital’s retail sector is...
		The growth of the capital city has been phenomenal and Edinburgh now finds itself at a crossroads for its next stage of development, writes George Kerevan.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=439 (367 words)

	Edinburgh -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The economy of Edinburgh is largely based around the (Click link for more info and facts about service sector) service sector, with (The business of providing services to tourists) tourism and (Transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.) banking being particularly important.
		Edinburgh is (Click link for more info and facts about twinned) twinned with several cities across Europe and throughout the rest of the world.
		(Click link for more info and facts about Dunedin, New Zealand) Dunedin, New Zealand, was originally called "New Edinburgh", and is still nicknamed "The Edinburgh of the South".
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ed/edinburgh.htm (3883 words)

	Donnie hits high note as UHI's first rector
		Mr Munro, a former rector of Edinburgh University, will act as Chair of the UHI Foundation.
		The ex-singer added: "I believe that the University of the Highlands and Islands is a development of huge significance to the region, to Scotland, and to the international community beyond.
		It is projected when the university is up and running it will inject £70million a year into the area's economy and create up to 1,000 jobs.
	www.smo.uhi.ac.uk /d3/UHI11_98.html (456 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - Edinburgh transport plans
		NEW vehicles are part of a Â£1 million bid to improve an Edinburgh bus service after a flood of complaints.
		THE company responsible for bringing trams back to the streets of Edinburgh has appointed one of...
		HEALTH bosses have withdrawn their objection to plans for an Edinburgh tram line which would run over their land.
	business.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=607&id=268012005 (456 words)

	Scottish Liberal Democrats: Press Release 27th March 2004
		Whilst I have no problem in supporting the motion before conference today, we should not lose sight of the fact of what are already doing as part of the Government in Scotland to deliver the sea change in transport policy that the movers of the motion seek.
		The Edinburgh South amendment would limit that flexibility and should therefore be deleted.
		For the Environment - we need a transport network than delivers real choice for both passengers and freight to opt for the least polluting form of transport.
	www.cix.co.uk /~sldweb/press/0403273.htm (456 words)

	The Company
		As traffic congestion continues to increase causing problems in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas, the City of Edinburgh Council’s (CEC) vision is to provide the city with a revitalised transport infrastructure which will promote and support a growing economy, creating a healthy, safe and sustainable environment.
		tie limited, as an arms length company set up by City of Edinburgh Council, is the delivery arm of its transport projects, under the Transport Edinburgh brand.
		Key elements of the CEC's investment package include a tram network for the capital; major improvements to the city’s bus services; enhancing the existing rail network, providing a ring of Park and Ride facilities; delivering a network of pedestrian and cycles routes around the city and increasing expenditure on maintenance of road infrastructure.
	www.tiedinburgh.co.uk /remit.html (456 words)

	Index to Classical Dissertations and Theses in Progress
		A Study in the Pattern and Extent of Near Eastern Influence, PhD Edinburgh [--/96]
		Birmingham [--/96] ------ van de Moortel, Aleydis, Transition from Proto- to Neo-Palatial Society in South Central Crete, PhD Bryn Mawr College ---- Cyprus: Dionyssiou, G., Palaeography of 19th Century Ottoman Documents of Cyprus, MPhil.
		Birmingham ---- Hemingway, Sean A., Augustine, Horse and Jockey Sculptural Group from Artemision and Associated Bronzes, PhD Bryn Mawr College -- Wells, Shelby L., Greek Jewellery from the 11th to 7th Centuries BC.
	www.library.ucla.edu /libraries/url/colls/classics/cldis99.htm (456 words)

	Austria Economy
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		Poland used to be an eastern bloc state and a satellite state of the Soviet Austria Union between 1945 and 1989.
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	cote.africa-atlas.com /travel/austria.htm (953 words)

	Telegraph News
		President Robert Mugabe's destruction of Zimbabwe's economy has begun to strike home after he had to ask South Africa for help.
		Germany's highest court has refused to allow the extradition to Spain of an al-Qa'eda suspect, on grounds that the EU's arrest warrant is invalid.
		President George W Bush has backed away from a pledge to fire anyone involved in disclosing the name of a CIA agent.
	sport.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=EL2005&grid=P9 (953 words)

	Foot and Mouth Disease in Scotland inquiry calls for views
		The RSE has set up the independent expert committee to investigate the recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in Scotland, the control procedures employed and the impact that has had on the Scottish economy.
		The Royal Society of Edinburgh, an independent and multidisciplinary body of expertise, will seek to apply joined up thinking to examine this complex issue as it impacts upon Scotland.
		The Royal Society of Edinburgh's independent inquiry into Foot and Mouth Disease in Scotland is now calling for evidence and views.
	www.warmwell.com /roysocdec20.htm (545 words)

	City of Edinburgh Council - onecity
		Edinburgh’s economy is strong and durable, with employment concentrated in the service sector (80% of the City’s GDP) and white collar jobs (60% of all jobs).
		Edinburgh is achieving reductions in teenage pregnancy, with a decline of a quarter in teenage pregnancies between 1993 and 1998, including a major reduction between 1997 and 1998.
		In 1998, I set up the Lord Provost’s Commission on Social Exclusion with a broad remit to assess and define the causes and effects of social exclusion and to prepare a report and recommendations for consideration by the City of Edinburgh Council and by all relevant agencies, organisations and communities in the city.
	www.onecity.org.uk /Publications/Report.asp (545 words)

	History of American Thought
		Professor of history and political economy at University of South Carolina (1835-56) and Columbia College (1856-65); also Professor of political science at Columbia Law School (1860-72).
		Congregationalist minister; professor of philosophy at the University of Vermont; President of the University of Vermont (1826-1833).
		Born in Scotland and educated in Edinburgh, Colden came to Philadelphia in 1710 to practice medicine.
	www.pragmatism.org /american/index.htm (545 words)

	Economy Netherlands
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	mayotte.africa-atlas.com /travel/netherlands.htm (545 words)

	United Kingdom Economy, Geography and History
		Economy, Geography and History Other major cities include Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester in England, Belfast and Londonderry in Northern Ireland, Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland, and Swansea and Cardiff in Wales.
		Europe England united kingdom People and Arts Economy, Geography and History unitedkingdom unite d kingdo m unitd kindom Great Britain unoted kingdpm whole of the island unitwd kigdom island country GreatBritain located off the northwestern coast People and Arts Web Resources of mainland Europe.
		The origins of the United Kingdom can be traced to the time of the Anglo-Saxon king Athelstan, who in the early 10th century AD secured the allegiance of neighbouring Celtic kingdoms and became “the first People and Arts London maps and sites, England Culture People History Map.
	www.globe-images.com /sites/united-kingdom.htm (1986 words)

	FLORA CELTICA: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SCOTTISH PLANTS : page 15
		ICMAP (2000) Sustainable supply of wildcrafted medicinal plant — drugs: aspects towards a balance between economy and conservation, ICMAP News No. 7, June 2000, International Council for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.
		Broom, GF, Crabtree, JR, Roberts, D and Hill, G (1999) Socio-economic benefits from Natura 2000, Edinburgh: Scottish Office Central Research Unit
		Armstrong, A (1999) Establishment of short rotation coppice - Practice note, Edinburgh: Forestry Commission
	www.scotland.gov.uk /cru/kd01/orange/sdsp-15.asp (1986 words)

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