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  Seven Sisters, Sussex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Seven Sisters cliffs and the lifeboat cottages, from Seaford Head across the River Cuckmere
The Seven Sisters are a famous series of chalk cliffs by the English Channel.
They form part of the South Downs in East Sussex, between the towns of Seaford and Eastbourne in southern England, and are within the Seven Sisters Country Park.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seven_Sisters,_Sussex   (175 words)

  
 ';'Seven Sisters'
Seven Sisters' is a legendary and famous rose in the Old South, whose flowers of include a range of colors from carmine pink through mauve in a single cluster.
'Seven Sisters', is is a vigorous once-blooming climbing rose that is frequently found in old gardens and homesites throughout the southern United States.
'Seven Sisters' is an old oriental rose that is thought to have been brought from Japan to Europe in 1816.
www.ph-rose-gardens.com /00106.htm   (413 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
She arranged to have sisters come over from the motherhouse in Paris 1810 to affiliate her young community at Emmitsburg, Maryland to the daughters of St. Vincent, but Napoleon forbade the departure of the sisters for America.
Seven sisters were martyred during the French Revolution, and ten laid down their lives for the Faith in 1870 at T'ien-tsin, among whom was an Irishwoman, Sister Alice O'Sullivan.
In 1830 at the motherhouse of the sisters, Rue du Bac, Paris, Sister Catherine Labouré (declared venerable in 1907) had a vision of the Blessed Virgin, who urged her to have a medal made and distributed, since well known as the miraculous medal, through the wonders wrought in favour of those who wear it devoutly.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03605a.htm   (2480 words)

  
 Seven sisters on a pedestal.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Seven female figures representing the seven sisters (sat-bahini) here stand in a row, their arms wrapped around one another's backs in folk-dance formation.
In western India groups of seven water nymphs are propitiated to protect women from infertility and miscarriages.
These bronze figurines depicting the seven divine maidens may also refer to the girls engaged in ritual dances in their honor.
www.asia.si.edu /education/devi/fulldevi/deviCat100.htm   (157 words)

  
 Peace Corps | World Wise Schools | Lesson Plans | Teacher Guides | Nepal
The seven sisters then went to a corner in the house, threw away the cakes given to the two youngest ones, and then shared whatever was left among themselves.
As the monkey was preoccupied in punishing himself, the seven sisters broke into the room and pushed the monkey into the cauldron of boiling oil, which killed him instantly.
The sisters were delighted with their new home for the larder was well stocked and the coffers were filled with gold and silver.
www.peacecorps.gov /wws/guides/nepal/myst.html   (1447 words)

  
 Seven Sisters
The legend of Wahn the Crow and the Seven Sisters is probably even better known; in another legend the sisters are Emu Women, who were pursued with amorous intentions by the Dingo Men.
Before the Meamei sisters left the earth they went into the mountains and made springs of water to feed the rivers, so that there would be water for men and women for all time.
The Seven Sisters were making the Honey Ants when they all got thirsty and they said to the younger sister, 'Go and look for some gubbee, some nice water.
www.kitezh.com /sevensisters/7sisters.htm   (8267 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: SEVEN SISTERS, TX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Seven Sisters, on Farm Road 2359 near the McMullen county line ten miles northeast of Freer in northern Duval County, has followed the fortunes of the oil and gas industry.
It was named for the nearby Seven Sisters oilfield, which it served as a supply point.
Although the population of Seven Sisters remained sixty from 1950 to 1990, the post office had closed by 1970.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/SS/hns34.html   (282 words)

  
 London My Seven Sisters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Seven sisters is a dive, worse than wood green, full of junkies.
Five minutes walk from seven sisters tube..You do not need to pay to join in..There is a fitness first on the High Road, but do not know whether they have a pool....
I have booked to stay in the spring park hotel along seven sisters, but have now heard that it is an unsafe area.is this true?could anybody please send me some information on this area.
www.movethat.co.uk /London/My/Seven_Sisters   (2432 words)

  
 Seven Sisters --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The name, which in English means “seven sisters,” is derived from the seven separate streams that join at the top of the falls.
It contains a large amount of bright nebulous material and several hundred stars, of which six or seven can be seen by the unaided eye and have figured prominently in the myths and literature of many cultures.
Survey of the seven structures historically considered to be the wonders of the ancient world: the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Pharos of Alexandria.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9126065?tocId=9126065   (991 words)

  
 Minnesota - Seven Sisters Prairie
Seven Sisters Preserve is the notable ridge on the north side of the road about three miles east of Ashby, along the shore of Lake Christina.
The unusual plants of Seven Sisters Prairie have attracted botanists since 1893, when the first collections were made.
All three grama grasses can be found at Seven Sisters: sideoats grama, blue grama, and hairy grama.
nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/minnesota/preserves/art6954.html   (369 words)

  
 Women's Magazines Hope Changes Halt Decline
Determined to halt their circulation slippage, the Seven Sisters are in a period of self-examination.
McCall's was in last place among the Seven Sisters in the number of advertising pages for the first half of this year.
The odd sister of the seven is Meredith's Better Homes & Gardens, which really belongs in the women's home-decorating category rather than the women's services field.
www.holysmoke.org /sdhok/fem043.htm   (1303 words)

  
 Welcome to the Seven Sisters site.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Seven Sisters, Incorporated has been a major player in the electrical market since the seven daughters of William Snelson purchased his electrical contracting business in 1980.
Since the company's inception, Seven Sisters has undertaken many new construction projects and has an enviable record for completing them on schedule and under budget.
At the new Tulalip Casino in Marysville, Seven Sisters completed the electrical work on their sewage treatment plant in May 2003; as well as an adjoining pump station.
www.sevensisters.com   (315 words)

  
 Mythology of the Seven Sisters (Pleiads)
The Pleiad(e)s were the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and half-sisters of the Hyades, whose mother was Æthra (`bright sky'; a different Æthra than the mother of Theseus).
Yet another Merope and her sister Cleothera (with alternate names of Cameiro and Clytië for the two of them) were orphaned daughters of Pandareus.
This sister is variously said to be Electra, who veiled her face at the burning of Troy, appearing to mortals afterwards only as a comet; or Merope, who was shamed for marrying a mortal;
www.ras.ucalgary.ca /~gibson/pleiades/pleiades_myth.html   (1920 words)

  
 Seven Sisters: The Pleiades
The Seven Sisters representing the Pleiades were rendered algorithmically within a specified set of parameters.
The Sisters resemble each other as they were created with the same form generator sharing a common set of parameters.
The "Sisters" are presented as one work of art encompassing a family of seven.
www.verostko.com /gladbeck/pleiades.html   (287 words)

  
 Seven Sisters Dreaming
One night the seven sisters decided to visit earth, so they folowed the Milky Way until they came to earth near a creek.
She started to cry as well, so he let her go and she waved good-bye with tears in her eyes, the hunter was very sad.
He married one of his promised wives and told his story to all his children and to this day as you look towards the sky you can see the younger sister still trying to catch up with her other sisters.
www.aboriginalartpaintings.com /store/prod23.htm   (279 words)

  
 Seven Sisters Country Park
This site provides information on Seven Sisters Country Park, which is situated in the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in southeast England.
The Country Park is named after the famous Seven Sisters that form part of the Sussex chalk cliffs on Britain's heritage coastline.
Seven Sisters is among 25 areas nominated for the National Trust's Vote For The Coast contest.
www.sevensisters.org.uk   (216 words)

  
 Lucky Number Seven
We were part of a team of seven, and for each round of the game (a rather silly one involving bending over and throwing bowling balls between your legs) we adopted a different set of seven names.
When Inanna the Queen of Heaven (the major love, fertility, and war goddess of the Sumerians) descended into Hell, she was forced to pass through seven gates, at each of which she was required to remove one of her garments, until she stood before her sister Erishkigal the Queen of the Underworld, naked and defenseless.
The Seven Sisters is a term used to indicate the constellation of the Pleiades -- but The Seven Sisters of New Orleans were a family of hoodoo women who lived and practiced in the Crescent City in the 1920s - 30s.
www.luckymojo.com /number7.html   (3182 words)

  
 'Seven sisters' rose
I found out from a neighbor that my grandmother was under the impression (mistakenly, I think) that the rose she planted outside the bedroom window many years ago was called 'seven sisters.' Besides having four brothers, she was one of seven Olson girls who grew up on the farm a mile north of this house.
As a group, the seven sisters were quite a force to be reckoned with.
Seven sisters is truly a beautifull rose as is dorthy perkins.
forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/restoration/msg0201442624299.html?9   (1182 words)

  
 7Sisters
Seven Sisters at Pan Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS Conference, Auckland, from 25 - 28 October, 2005.
View new materials from Seven Sisters at the Resource Centre.
A Report of the Seven Sisters Asia Pacific Alternative Community Forum from 12-14 January in Bangkok, Thailand is now posted.
www.7sisters.org   (228 words)

  
 Rare Lucky Charms - Seven Sisters for Good Luck
SEVEN SISTERS is brought to you as one such wish that inculcates the oldest of traditions.
It has its orgin from greek mythology and in accordance with this the Pleiades were the seven daughters of atlas and pleione.
For each individual sister parllel stories are there, the names of these sister were as
www.astroshastra.com /store/indian/tantra/seven_sis.asp   (340 words)

  
 Seven Sisters' CD
All songs are arranged by the Williams Sisters of Clayton, New Jersey and sung acapella.
For The Seven Quilts for Seven Sisters' Day in the Life of a Slave program information, click here.
Contact one of the Seven Sisters, Phyllis Walker, at 856-478-6811 or via email at cornyw@aol.com for questions about the Seven Sisters' show availability.
www.sevenquilts.com /sevenquiltscd.htm   (285 words)

  
 Messier Object 45
The Pleiades also carry the name "Seven Sisters"; according to Greek mythology, seven daughters and their parents.
The present author prefers the view that the name may be derived from the mythological mother, Pleione, which is also the name of one of the brighter stars.
According to Greek mythology, the main, visible stars are named for the seven daughters of "father" Atlas and "mother" Pleione: Alcyone, Asterope (a double star, also sometimes called Sterope), Electra, Maia, Merope, Taygeta and Celaeno.
www.seds.org /messier/m/m045.html   (1912 words)

  
 Seven Sisters - Earlene Fowler - Penguin Group (USA)
When Benni’s stepson announces his plans to marry into the wealthy, influential Brown family, she and her husband are invited to the Browns’ sprawling ranch, Seven Sisters, to celebrate the engagement.
Seven Sisters, a challenging pattern that features a single six-pointed star surrounded by six identical stars, was most likely inspired by an observation of nature—the Seven Sisters is a loose grouping of stars in the constellation Taurus.
Although the stars in the cluster appear to be close together, they are, in fact, quite far apart.
www.penguinputnam.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_0425179176,00.html   (347 words)

  
 Seven Sisters
The Seven Sisters of India are the seven relatively unexplored and isolated Indian states -- Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh -- which for many years was closed to foreigners.
India's remote northeast, the area comprising the seven states stretching from Tibet in the north to Myanmar (Burma) in the south, among them Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Assam.
Extensive, complex patterns of violence continues in the seven states of northeastern India.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/seven-sisters.htm   (472 words)

  
 The Seven Sisters: Why Choose a Women's College?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Seven Sisters refers to the seven most prestigious liberal arts women's colleges in the country, and consists of Smith, Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Radcliffe and Vassar.
As a recent graduate of a Seven Sisters school, I can attest to the enormous benefits of a single-sex education.
Academically, women's colleges are equally as dedicated to the education of their students as Ivy League universities and other liberal arts colleges.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/elite_womens_colleges/68301   (602 words)

  
 The Fallen Temple of the White Goddess
As Artemis is in myth the most feminist/separatist form of the goddess, the seven sisters symbolise in their circle an exclusively female part of goddess lore, that is, secret womens' business.
The Pleiades were seven sisters who traveled together and one time they land in their favorite place and found Yayarr men there.
When the sister ran she saw that her sisters were in the sky.
www.big.com.au /fallen/pleiades.html   (878 words)

  
 The Seven Sisters Oil Companies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The term "The Seven Sisters" in reference to oil companies was coined by Enrico Mattei, the chairman of ENI, Italy's state oil company.
He used the term to refer to the group of oil companies, which, through joint ventures, virtually controlled the industry in the post-World War II era.
His real complaint against the exclusive club of major companies was not its existence, but rather that he was not in it." (p.
www.ealmanac.com /numbers/seven/7sistoil.htm   (193 words)

  
 The Phoenix Online - Hobbs wins Seven Sisters, squad beats Haverford
Jokotade Agunloye ’01 won Seven Sisters at Wellesley in 1999 and at Vassar in 2000.
Hobbs’ time ranks as the second-fastest in Seven Sisters history, surpassed only by Jen Marazano, who ran the 5K course in 18:01 in 1993.
She competed with the soccer team at Bates over fall break before winning Seven Sisters for the cross country team.
phoenix.swarthmore.edu /2004-10-21/sports/14313   (792 words)

  
 Seven Sisters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Seven Sisters of the chalk headland of Beachy Head near Eastbourne stretch from Birling Gap in the east to Cuckmere Haven in the west.
These sheer white cliffs drop to a depth of 200 metres while their tops undulate softly.
Until they were worn away by the sea (the last one disappeared in 1854) the Seven Sisters had seven brothers known as the Seven Charles.
www.britishpanoramics.com /Landscape/ProofTwo/SevenSisters.htm   (66 words)

  
 DiscoverHongKong - Heritage - Chinese Festivals - Seven Sisters' Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Hong Kong's girls and young lovers have the Seven Sisters Festival all to themselves.
The legend, features a weaver maid (with six older sisters), who led a lonely life working at her loom throughout the year.
Her father, the Heavenly Emperor, felt sorry for her and allowed her to marry a cowherder from across the Milky Way.
www.discoverhongkong.com /eng/heritage/festivals/he_fest_seve.jhtml   (221 words)

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