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  Longman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The founder of the firm, Thomas Longman (1) (1699-1755) was the son of Ezekiel Longman (d.
In December, 1940, Longman's Paternoster Row offices were destroyed in the Blitz, along with most of the company's stock.
Longman was acquired by the media conglomerate Pearson in 1968.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Longman   (634 words)

  
 Longman's Beaked Whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Longman’s Beaked Whale (Indopacetus pacificus), also known as the Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale and the Tropical Bottlenose Whale, was considered to be the world’s rarest cetacean until recently, but the Spade Toothed Whale now holds that position.
Another specimen claimed to be a Longman’s Beaked Whale which washed up in South Africa in August 2002 is likely a misidentified Cuvier's Beaked Whale.
Longman’s Beaked Whales look rather similar to both Mesoplodont Beaked Whales as well as Bottlenose Whales, which led to a great deal of taxonomic confusion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indopacetus   (1056 words)

  
 Records of the Longman Group
It was the third Thomas Longman, who took over in 1797, who led the firm to a position as one of the most distinguished publishing houses of its time.
In 1842 the fourth Thomas Longman took over the business, which he managed together with his brother William, and they were succeeded by their sons in the later years of the century.
Longman premises suffered from two fires, the first in 1861 and the second in the Blitz in December 1940.
www.library.rdg.ac.uk /colls/special/longman.html   (687 words)

  
 Factsheets - Longman's Beaked Whale
Longman's Beaked Whales have been seen at sea in tight groups of 5-20 animals, and sometimes up to 100 animals; pods appear to be close-knit and cohesive.
Longman's Beaked Whale is restricted to offshore waters of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Nothing is known about the diet of Longman's Beaked Whales, although, based on the examination of the stomach contents of other species, they probably feed on deep-sea fish, squid and possibly crustaceans and echinoderms (sea urchins and starfish) found on the sea floor.
www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/longmans_beaked.htm   (923 words)

  
 34-43710
John B. Longman ("Longman"), age 60, resides in Parker, Colorado, is the president of Longman and Associates.
Longman was last associated with a broker-dealer from 1981 to 1988.
Longman performed additional services for interested parties, including calculating the value of any proposed merger, mediating between the parties, consulting regarding the structure of the post-merger entity, and making arrangements for an initial market maker.
www.sec.gov /litigation/admin/34-43710.htm   (673 words)

  
 Westmont College - Academics - Religious Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Tremper Longman is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies and the chair of the department.
Longman explores the genre of fictional autobiography in Akkadian literature, categorizing the texts into subgenres and comparing the Akkadian texts to similar texts from other ancient Near Eastern cultures.
Longman first provides an extensive introduction to Ecclesiastes, exploring background matters and arguing that the author of Ecclesiastes is not Solomon, as has been traditionally thought, but a writer who adopts a Solomonic persona.
www.westmont.edu /_academics/pages/departments/religious_studies/pages/longman.html   (1742 words)

  
 Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source
In Longman's view, modernity itself is to blame for the population debacle.
Longman cannot make up his mind as to whether economic disincentives or existential despair account for collapsing birthrates.
Longman is right about the correlation between faith and fertility, but wrong about the cause.
www.atimes.com /atimes/Front_Page/FI08Aa01.html   (1127 words)

  
 Longman's Beaked Whales
The shape of the skeleton and its skull closely resemble remains of other Longman's beaked whales preserved overseas, and results of DNA testing matched those of a specimen at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, the National Science Museum said in a statement.
Longman's beaked whales, also known as Indo-Pacific beaked whales, have long beak-shaped mouths and resemble elongated dolphins.
Much about the Longman's whale remains unknown, including how many there are and where they live.
www.seasabres.com /\Longmanwhale.htm   (303 words)

  
 Focus on the Family responds to Andrew Longman
In spite of Longman's admission that he made one single error (involving S.B.166's application to heterosexuals), Focus stands by its assertion that additional factual errors appeared in Longman's initial piece, which was subsequently removed from the RenewAmerica website.
Somewhat hysterically, Longman errs yet again in claiming that pedophiles will be covered by legislation like S.B. -even though the bill specifically states in Section 1, Title 14, Article 15-103 that both parties to a Reciprocal Beneficiary Contract must be at least 18 years of age.
Regarding Longman's claim that health care benefits are "marriage-like," it must be noted that some companies already provide various benefits under various circumstances to various forms of cohabitation among adults.
www.renewamerica.us /news/060311focus.htm   (1555 words)

  
 Welcome to Longman Nigeria plc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Longman was established in Nigeria in 1961 as a book publishing company.
Longman places emphasis on product quality, as a means of giving good value for money, providing a healthy challenge to its competitors, as well as attracting and, motivating talented people among its clientele.
Rather, it vigorously pursues its aims, encouraged by the knowledge that, at the end of the day, it will have contributed significantly to the growth and development of the nation's human resources, and thus enhanced the general standard of living.
longmannigeria.com /HOME.asp   (284 words)

  
 Pearson Education: Higher Education
Our higher education publishing brands—Prentice Hall, Addison-Wesley, Longman, Allyn & Bacon, and Benjamin Cummings—have earned the trust of educators and students because of their commitment to accuracy, integrity, and independence of thought.
Pearson Longman continues to build on its rich history of publishing quality materials for educators and students alike, with offerings in English, history, philosophy, political science, and religion.
Longman Multimedia Programs provides interactive resources for teachers and learners of English.
www.pearsoned.com /higher-ed   (445 words)

  
 Longman Dictionary of American English (Softcover + CD PC/MAC)
Longman's lexicographers analyzed the written work of intermediate students of English and the language used in their textbooks.
The Longman American Spoken Corpus is a brand new databse consisting of 5 million words, undertaken for Longman by Professor Jack du Bois at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Longman lexicographers use this computerized wordbank to acquire a new depth of knowledge about words, usage, collocations, prepositions, the latest language trends and grammatical patters using up-to-the-minute technology.
www.elearnaid.com /londicofamen1.html   (665 words)

  
 Downsizing Civilization: The Empty Cradle, by Phillip Longman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
That’s despite that Longman's whole thematic pitch from the outset is to warn against the revival and triumph of “fundamentalism” over liberal institutions weakened by the decline in secular fertility rates.
His vague definition of "fundamentalism" in the one paragraph Preface becomes explicit on pg 165—near the end of the salient stuff—when he notes that the "response of religious fundamentalists to the population collapse will be to promote traditional family life...
In other words, both those Psalms and Dr. Longman agree where the future is headed, though Longman makes it explicit upon noting the "worldwide drop in birthrates that will, with cruel irony, leave a rising share of the world's population enfeebled by advancing age and without adequate support from the young.
www.godspy.com /reviews/Downsizing-Civilization-The-Empty-Cradle-Phillip-Longman.cfm   (1878 words)

  
 New America Foundation : Bio - Phillip Longman
Phillip Longman, a Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, is the author of numerous articles and books on demographics and public policy.
Longman is also the author of Born to Pay: The New Politics of Aging in America (1987) and The Return of Thrift: How the Collapse of the Middle Class Welfare State will Reawaken Values in America (1997).
Longman’s work has appeared in such publications as The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, and The Wall Street Journal.
www.newamerica.net /index.cfm?pg=Bio&contactID=198   (188 words)

  
 Longman English Interactive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Longman English Interactive is a video-based multimedia program, providing ESL/EFL learners opportunities to develop the integrated skills of listening, speaking, grammar, pronunciation, reading, writing, and vocabulary.
Integration of Longman English Interactive into regular classroom instruction is facilitated by an accompanying Communication Companion, a printed text which provides activities and discussions for class use.
Longman English Interactive is designed for self-paced learning with abundant resources but can be integrated as well into regular classroom instruction.
www.calico.org /CALICO_Review/review/enginter00.htm   (3418 words)

  
 Longman Nigeria Plc - Board of Directors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Is the Regional Sales and Marketing Director, Longman Schools Interntational Department and has overall responsibility for the sales and marketing of all UK group product into Africa and the Caribbean.
Is the Senior Publishing Director, Longman Schools and has overall responsibility for the development and management of Longman Schools Division's UK and International Publishing Programme.
He first joined Longman in 1969, and worked as Publisher and Publishing Manager in Longman Nigeria from 1971-4 and in the Longman Africa Division from 1974-80.
longmannigeria.com /about/board.asp   (507 words)

  
 Longman English Reading Website
Longman Language Arts Parade, the Longman Inter-school Creative Writing competition and the Drama competition.
The Longman Storytelling Conference 2006 was held this year on April 22-23, 2006.
The first issue of the Longman Reading Newsletters was launched in March.
reading.ilongman.com   (203 words)

  
 Longman Jones - We are one of the largest providers of Student Accommodation in Hull - selection of properties - ...
Longman Jones - We are one of the largest providers of Student Accommodation in Hull - selection of properties - available - letting - students - cottingham road campus
We are one of the largest providers of Student Accommodation in Hull.
Please browse through our site for information about Longman Jones, our service and the properties we have to offer.
www.longmanjones.co.uk   (110 words)

  
 2004 Federal Election. Longman Electorate Profile. Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC)
Created in 1996 and named after Mrs Irene Longman, who was the first woman elected to the Queensland Parliament, holding the seat of Bulimba 1929-32.
The seat recorded a 9.0% swing to Labor in 1998 and 1.8% to the Coalition in 2001.
A key contest, as with a margin of 2.5%, Longman is at the point on the electoral pendulum where if Labor wins, a change in government is on the cards.
www.abc.net.au /elections/federal/2004/guide/long.htm   (209 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Longman Language Activator: Books: Longman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Longman Language Activator is a new kind of dictionary - it is a dictionary that enables language students to selectively encode what they want to state in English to a degree of linguistic accuracy that had hitherto been impossible using conventional dictionaries.
The Longman Language Activator is an excellent reference guide for teachers, and simply a must have for any advanced learner hoping to turn passive knowledge into active use.
All the words in the Longman Essential Activator are the crucial bricks which helps us build our strong wall of English vocabulary.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0582415489?v=glance   (1602 words)

  
 Longman Dictionaries
Find out about the new edition of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
Wordwise is ideal for making that move from bilingual to monolingual dictionaries, because it is one of the easiest and clearest dictionaries to use.
The Longman Dictionaries Website is your gateway to information, teachers' resources, online activities and much, much more.
www.longman-elt.com /dictionaries   (118 words)

  
 Longman English Language Teaching Catalogue - Topic Area
A separate edition of the Longman Basico for young learners in Latin American, written in their own variety of Spanish and American English, with fun illustrations to make English words easier to learn.
Longman Diccionario Ingles Basico Mexico Mexican Edition Paper
Up-to-date, natural language based on both an English and a Latin American Spanish corpus, this is the ideal dictionary for Latin American learners.
eltcatalogue.pearsoned-ema.com /TopicArea.asp?TopicAreaID=AG0007   (135 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Longman Preparation Series for the TOEIC Test: Advanced Course, Third Edition: Books: Lin Lougheed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Longman Preparation Series for the TOEIC Test: More Practice Tests, Third Edition by Lin Lougheed
Longman Preparation Series for the TOEIC® Test: Advanced Course, Third Edition, by Lin Lougheed, gives advanced students the skills, strategies, practice, and confidence they need to increase their scores on the TOEIC® Test.
In the Longman TOEIC, I have found the vocabulary work and the systematic grammar review especially useful.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130988421?v=glance   (1071 words)

  
 Pearson Education: History
LONGMAN is founded in London by Thomas Longman I. A Longman family member remains at the helm from 1724 until Mark Longman's death in 1972.
LONGMAN publishes Dr. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, the first comprehensive English-language dictionary.
LONGMAN launches the "Look Ahead" multimedia series (with the BBC and British Council) to teach the world English.
www.pearsoned.com /about/history.htm   (5590 words)

  
 eBay - Book: The Longman Reader (ISBN: 0321142632)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Longman Reader by Eliza A. Comodromos, John Langan, Judith Nadell (2002)
The Longman Reader by Eliza A. Comodromos, John Lang...
The Longman Reader (6th Edition) by Judith A Nadell, J
product.ebay.com /The-Longman-Reader_ISBN_0321142632_W0QQfvcsZ1392QQsoprZ2252211   (282 words)

  
 Bob Longman's Web Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
I was not the lead live broadcast engineer at the BBC for many years, who was instrumental in their live casts of Parliament sessions.
I was not the son (1785 - 1850) of William & Matilda Longman.
I am not the Longman who is affiliated with Green Living Now.
users.aol.com /rlongman1/longman.html   (764 words)

  
 Foreign Affairs - The Global Baby Bust - Phillip Longman
Summary: Most people think overpopulation is one of the worst dangers facing the globe.
The right policies could help turn the tide, but only if enacted before it's too late.
Phillip Longman is Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation and author of the forthcoming The Empty Cradle (Basic Books, 2004), from which this article is adapted.
www.foreignaffairs.org /20040501faessay83307/phillip-longman/the-global-baby-bust.html?mode=print   (5533 words)

  
 Longman English Language Teaching (ELT)
The Longman Essential Activator® guides students to exactly the word they need to express themselves.
There are over 70 Companion Websites for key Longman titles.
Join us for access to free course support and regular updates on products, services and local events.
www.longman-elt.com   (221 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/longmans
Longman's Latest Blog Entry [Subscribe to this Blog]
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www.myspace.com /longmans   (821 words)

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