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In the News (Wed 23 Dec 09)

  
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Whether /The Nabob/ is Daudet's greatest novel is a question that may be postponed, but it may be safely asserted that there are good reasons why it should have been chosen to represent Daudet in the present series.
Part of the early success of /The Nabob/ was due to this fact, although the brilliant description of the Second Empire and the introduction of exotic elements, the Tunisian and Corsican episodes and characters, counted, probably, for not a little.
On the other side of the Nabob was an old gentleman, buttoned up to the chin in a frock-coat having a straight collar without lapels, like an Oriental tunic, his face slashed by a thousand little bloodshot veins and wearing a white moustache of military cut.
www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/etext00/nabob10.txt   (16278 words)

  
 BlackBusinessList.Com - DaimlerChrysler and National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) Award Fellowships ...
The NABOB DaimlerChrysler Management Fellowship is offered through DaimlerChrysler's Leadership in Diversity and Communications Program, or LIDAC, a far-reaching educational program established by the automaker designed to increase the number of minorities in executive leadership positions in the communications industry.
NABOB is the first and largest trade organization representing the interests of African-American owners of radio and television stations across the country.
NABOB is a non-profit corporation and is governed by a volunteer board of directors elected by its members.
www.blackbusinesslist.com /biznews/national/2005/09/nabob.htm   (682 words)

  
 Minicoy Pages- History
The Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur will cause the troops in those places to be supplied with provisions and any other necessary assistance for their voyage to Bombay (they paying for the same).
Article 7th.--This being the happy period of general peace and reconciliation, the Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur as a testimony and proof of his friendship to the English, agrees that the Rajahs or Zemindars on this coast, who have favoured the English in the late war shall not be molested on that account.
Article 8th.--The Nabob Tippoo Sultan Bahadur hereby renews and confirms all the commercial priviledges and immunities given to the English by the late Nabob Hyder Ali Cawn Bahadur, who is in heaven, and particularly stipulated and specified in the treaty between the Company, and the said Nabob concluded the 8th of August 1770.
www.maldivesroyalfamily.com /minicoy_treaty_of_mangalore.shtml   (396 words)

  
 Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Renamed and commissioned as HMS NABOB (D77) by the Royal Navy, she was immediately handed over to the Royal Canadian Navy who in turn manned and serviced the ship.
Nabob participated in Operation Goodwood, the mass attack on the German battleship Tirpitz by a three British fleet carriers, a battleship, three cruisers, and numerous support ships.
Nabob remained afloat, pressed on to Scapa Flow, Scotland at 10 knots in rough seas and arrived safely at her base.
www.jproc.ca /r17/nabob.html   (330 words)

  
 Nabob - 150,000 eBooks - eBookMall - World's Largest Selection!
For them, every rich foreigner is a nabob, no matter whence he comes.
Furthermore, this nabob has all the physical qualities for the part--a copper- coloured skin, eyes like burning coals, and, what is more, gigantic wealth, of which he makes, I do not fear to say it, the most noble and the most intelligent use.
Daudet once remarked that England was the last of foreign countries to welcome his novels, and that he was surprised at the fact, since for him, as for the typical Englishman, the intimacy of home life had great significance.
www.ebookmall.com /ebooks/nabob-daudet-ebooks.htm   (246 words)

  
 F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: Nabob
Actually Nabob is not a virus at all.
It could be classified as a joke program than an actual Trojan Horse - it claims to be the most efficient packing program in the world, and when it is used, it does indeed pack great volumes of data into a single one-byte file.
It is indeed a pity that Nabob cannot extract the packed files it creates...
www.f-secure.com /v-descs/nabob.shtml   (66 words)

  
 The Daily Herald Newspaper | St. Maarten/St. Martin - Caribbean
NABOB met executives and leaders in the telecommunications and entertainment fields to discuss current trends and industry issues.
The NABOB conference will continue today and will feature panel discussions and workshops that focus on the critical issues and trends in the broadcast industry that impact the growth of minority broadcast entrepreneurs.
A press release from NABOB explained, "The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) was organized in 1976 in response to the abysmal under-representation of African-Americans in the communications industry.
www.thedailyherald.com /news/daily/f8/nabob8.html   (410 words)

  
 Nabob
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Nabob Espresso is a classic espresso with a thick, velvety flavour and a dark lingering finish.
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www.kraftcanada.com /en/ProductsPromotions/M-O/NABOB.htm   (1293 words)

  
 The Nabob Alphonse Daudet
That is the really terrible part of it.) and we are expected to believe that a man, a great financier like this Nabob, even though he were just arrived from the Congo, or dropped from the moon the same day, would be fool enough to put his money into a concern like this.
He, it was he himself, the Nabob, the rich among the rich, the great Parisian curiosity, spiced by that relish of adventure which is so pleasing to the surfeited crowd.
All heads turned, all conversations were interrupted; near the door there was a pushing among the guests, a crush as upon the quay of a seaport to witness the entry of a felucca laden with gold.
jollyroger.com /library/TheNabobbyAlphonseDaudetebook.html   (15664 words)

  
 Etext » books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Furthermore, this nabob has all the physical qualities for the part--a coppercoloured skin, eyes like burning coals, and, what is more, gigantic wealth, of which he makes, I do not fear to say it, the most noble and the most intelligent use.
The man in the fez, quickly leaving the liqueur-stand, walks majestically across the room, whispers, moves away, and returns with an inkstand and a counterfoil check-book from which the slips detach themselves and fly away of their own accord.
And the old rascal calculates, as he goes away, that the twenty thousand of the Nabob added to the ten thousand promised him by the duke if he gets rid of his picture for him, will make a nice little profit for himself.
etext.teamnesbitt.com /books/etext/etext00/nabob10.txt.html   (16812 words)

  
 AMEER Class
NABOB saw some action, including an attack on the Tirpitz, but was torpedoed soon after entering active service, and was judged not worth repairing.
PUNCHER never saw action, but was used as a landing training ship for a while before being converted to a troop transport to repatriate Canadian soldiers from Britain.
HMS NABOB, off the coast of British Columbia, in March of 1944.
www.hazegray.org /navhist/canada/ww2/escar   (236 words)

  
 NABOB: BMI MusicWorld® Music People Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
NABOB) recently held its 20th Annual Communications Awards Dinner in Washington, DC where BMI songwriter/artist Patti LaBelle received a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Pictured at the dinner are BMI's Del Bryant, NABOB honoree Patti Labelle and BMI's Michael O'Neill.
The association was organized in 1976 by a small group of African-American broadcasters who desired to establish a voice and a viable presence in the industry and to address specific concerns facing African-American broadcasters.
www.bmi.com /musicworld/musicpeople/200404/nabob.asp   (166 words)

  
 Nabob - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Nawab.
It was erroneously used instead of Nawab but, also, since 1764, came to refer to commoners: a merchant-leader of high social status and wealth or a capitalist.
It can also be used metaphorically for people who have a grandiose style or manner (including of speech) as in Spiro Agnew's famous dismissal of the press as "nattering nabobs of negativism".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nabob   (169 words)

  
 NABOB - National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
Our goal at NABOB is to improve and increase the opportunities for success for fl and minority owners in the broadcast industry.
It is our hope that this website will provide a means for you to become informed about our organization and about the issues that effect minority broadcasters, as well as function to provide a means for our members and other interested parties to keep up with various NABOB events and news.
We invite you to browse our website to learn more about our organization and to feel free to contact us should you have any questions or would like more information.
www.nabob.org   (144 words)

  
 Escort Carrier Photo Index: EDISTO (CVE-41) / HMS NABOB
HMS Nabob was torpedoed by German submarine U-354 in the Barents Sea on August 22, 1944.
Though she made Scapa Flow under her own power on the 27th, she was deemed to be too badly damaged and decommissioned on 10 October.
Under this name the vessel operated very successfully for another 16 years, until she was sold to Hong Kong - Chinese owners in 1967, being renamed the Glory.
www.navsource.org /archives/03/041.htm   (259 words)

  
 NABOB - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Its user interface was designed to imitate those of ARC, PKARC, LHA, and (early versions of) PKZIP.
RAR/UNRAR, PKZIP/PKUNZIP), NABOB was distributed as "compress only" tool.
This page was last modified 20:47, 17 November 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NABOB   (230 words)

  
 NABOB - National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Welcome to the webcast of the NABOB 2003 Communications Awards Dinner.
On this webcast you will see, Kim Coles, Muhammad Ali, Audra McDonald, Alexis Herman, LL Cool J, Diana Ross and many others.
Presentation of NABOB Entertainer Of The Year Award
www.broadcasturban.net /webcast/nabob   (88 words)

  
 Hyder Collection - 'The Nabob'
"The Nabob Rumbled," English Political Caricature, Late 18th Century
Sir Thomas Rumbold, regarded as the typical nabob of fabulous and ill-gotten wealth, was tried for corruption.
Here he is shown spewing gold coins into a pot held by Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland.
tarlton.law.utexas.edu /collections/hyder/nabob.html   (105 words)

  
 NABOB News
10/9/2003 - Second Petition for Reconsideration of NABOB and the Rainbow/Push Coalition, Inc. in the FCC Broadcast Ownership Rulemaking Proceeding - Exhibit 2
10/9/2003 - Second Petition for Reconsideration of NABOB and the Rainbow/Push Coalition, Inc. in the FCC Broadcast Ownership Rulemaking Proceeding - Exhibit 1
10/9/2003 - Second Petition for Reconsideration of NABOB and the Rainbow/Push Coalition, Inc. in the FCC Broadcast Ownership Rulemaking Proceeding
www.nabob.org /news.html   (390 words)

  
 Nabob - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Read LoveToKnow 1911:Explanation to get more explanation and see how you can help!
NABOB, a corruption of the Hindostani nawab, originally used for native rulers.
In the 18th century, when Clive's victories made Indian terms familiar in England, it began to be applied to Anglo-Indians who returned with fortunes from the East.
www.1911ency.org /N/NA/NABOB.htm   (74 words)

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