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	A Heritage of Loving Service: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in Tucson
		Sister Martha was resting on an old cowhide.
		The remainder of the Sisters were in the wagon, while I employed myself in washing our stockings and handkerchiefs, and amused myself by taking notes for my "Journal." Father and the boy prepared dinner, after which we resumed our journey.
		Balls of combustible matter were thrown in the streets through which we passed; at each explosion, Sister Euphrasia made the sign of the cross.
	parentseyes.arizona.edu /carondelet/trekofthesevensisters_reaching.html (1301 words)

	Supporting Schools
		It was a time when students achieved, schools and teachers were recognized for quality instruction, and all students had the opportunity to succeed, and the means to reach their dreams.
		Seven district special-education programs were recognized in the 2005 Showcase of Promising Practices, a collaborative project among statewide special-education programs, education service centers, and the Texas Education Agency.
		Schools and teachers are recognized for excellence, statewide and nationally.
	www.tasb.org /schools/index.aspx?f=l (599 words)

	What are the Seven Sisters?
		The Seven Sisters were all founded in the 19th century with the goal of opening up educational opportunities to women, since most colleges were all male at the time.
		The colleges considered part of the Seven Sisters are: Mount Holyoke College, Vassar College, Wellesley College, Smith College, Radcliffe College, Bryn Mawr College, and Barnard College.
		Members of the Seven Sisters that remain all female believe that maintaining a female student body has important value for their graduates, and many famous graduates have written about the benefit of attending a women's college.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-are-the-seven-sisters.htm (714 words)

	Meanings of Numbers 2 - Crystalinks
		Buddhist: Seven is the number of ascent and of ascending to the higest; attaining the center.
		Seven is the number of Samon's bonds; the child raised by Elisha sneezed seven times.
		There are seven gates of hell, seven demons of Tiamat and seven winds to destroy her---interesting to note that in many belief systems it is said that the astral plane has seven levels to it--one sound on one of those levels is "wind".
	www.crystalinks.com /numerology3.html (3669 words)

	Study English in the United Kingdom. English Language Schools in the UK.
		The glorious white cliffs of Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters are part of a magnificent headland which sweeps across the Downs as far as Brighton.
		The school is located in a 100 year old building in the centre of London, only 5 minutes from the West End, "Theatre Land" and the British Museum.
		The school is very well equipped for self study with a reference library and TV/video centre, a 16 station language laboratory and separate computer laboratory.
	www.studyabroadinternational.com /file/schools_UK.html (652 words)

	A Heritage of Loving Service: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in Tucson
		Sister Euphrasia and I remained in the wagon, and the other Sisters rested themselves on a pile of straw.
		As some of our Sisters may be going there at some future day, a brief description of the place may not prove uninteresting.
		When the driver descried her in the distance, he ran as fast as possible in order to overtake her and she, on perceiving a man running after her, and not recognizing him, ran too, with all her might.
	parentseyes.arizona.edu /carondelet/trekofthesevensisters_crossing.html (1167 words)

	Schools
		Xavier Elementary School: Catholic doctrine and values are taught for a class period a day in each of the elementary schools.
		The Catholic School System in Leavenworth reflects a tradition of excellence in education since 1861, when the first parochial grade school was founded by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth.
		Xavier Elementary is a city-wide school, supported by the eight Catholic parishes in the Leavenworth Region.
	www.shsc.org /schools.htm (637 words)

	History of Diocese of Tucson Catholic Schools
		The Sisters took up residence in St. Joseph’s Convent, which was adjacent to the Cathedral of St. Augustine, and it was in the convent that just a few weeks after their arrival that the Sisters opened their first school as a boarding academy for girls and a day school for boys.
		The school is waiting for teachers, and it is on behalf of his flock in Bisbee that Bishop Granjon contacts the Sisters of Loretto of the Foot of the Cross to ask if they will staff a Catholic school for the children of the miners.
		The school is housed a novitiate that had been built in 1926 by the Bishop of Sonora during the persecution of the Church in Mexico.
	www.diocesetucson.org /schoolshistory.html (1975 words)

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		She was born fourth in the line of the Seven Sisters.
		Born fifth among the sisters, Bert is known for her lively and unpredictable antics on the stage.
		She is the youngest of the seven sisters.
	www.sevenquilts.com /sevenquiltsbio.htm (1028 words)

	GENUKI: Seven Sisters in the Parish of Cadoxton Juxta Neath
		GENUKI: Seven Sisters in the Parish of Cadoxton Juxta Neath
		Seven Sisters in the Parish of Cadoxton Juxta Neath
		The church is dedicated to St. Mary, is in the Benefice of Seven Sisters, and diocese of Llandaff.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/wal/GLA/CadoxtonJuxtaNeath/SevenSisters (404 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)

	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)

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		Seven Sisters Inn Bed and Breakfast, located in Ocala, Florida, was chosen "Inn of the Month" by Country Inns Bed and Breakfast Magazine and is located in the heart of the historic district.
		Independent nonprofit women’s colleges, which included the "Seven Sisters" and other similar institutions, were founded to provide educational opportunities to women equal to those available to men and were geared toward women who wanted to study the liberal arts.
		This so grieved the sisters that Zeus placed them in the heavens so that they could be close to their father.
	www.lycos.com /info/seven-sisters.html (614 words)

	Midlife educational, career, and family outcomes of women educated at two single-sex colleges Sex Roles: A Journal of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The highly selective women's colleges (members of the Seven Sisters) produced more achievers than the less selective women's colleges and twice as many achievers as coeducational selective institutions; however, the less selective women's colleges produced three times as many achievers as their coeducational counterparts and with less expenditure.
		In addition, it is quite likely that the effectiveness of single-sex schooling depends on factors such as the context and objectives of the particular school attended.
		Both were Seven Sisters schools located in New England, colleges that Tidball (1980) identified as overproducers of women achievers.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2294/is_2002_Sept/ai_96736799 (730 words)

	The Plaited Pages
		The Seven Sunderland Sisters were special to PT, and they were part of the stage showed, which was not part of the side show.
		At the end of there performance the seven sisters would all turn their backs to the audience and let down their hair.
		It was not all good times for the sisters as several died at an early age from malaria, had many of the others had gold digging husbands.
	www.fortunecity.com /millennium/scooby/105/sutherland.html (487 words)

	Sisters of St. Joseph Springfield - History
		In 1836, nearly two centuries after their founding in France, a small group of Sisters came to Carondolet, Missouri to begin a school for the deaf.
		The Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield was founded in 1883 following a request by the pastor of St. Patrick’s in Chicopee Falls.
		In the mid 1970s, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Fall River merged with the Springfield Congregation.
	www.ssjspringfield.com /about/history.htm (315 words)

	Seven Sisters (colleges) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bryn Mawr College is a part of the Tri-College Consortium in suburban Philadelphia, with its sister schools, Haverford College and Swarthmore College.
		Beginning in 1963, students at Radcliffe College received Harvard diplomas signed by the presidents of Radcliffe and Harvard and joint commencement exercises began in 1970.
		In exchange, bee moderator George Plimpton offers her free tuition at any Seven Sisters college of her choice, each of which is subsequently represented in Lisa's dream by an archetypal woman corresponding to the alleged characteristics of each school
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seven_Sisters_(colleges) (887 words)

	What are the Seven Sisters schools?
		The Seven Sisters schools make up a group of American women's colleges that was organized in 1927 to better promote female education.
		Not all of the Seven Sisters remain all-female colleges; some have become coeducational.
		Students at each of these schools often take classes at the other colleges ("cross-registration" is permitted and often encouraged).
	www.answerbag.com /a_view.php/7918 (531 words)

	Mount Holyoke College :: Basketball Team
		The 2005-2006 basketball team capped off a banner season, compiling the most wins in school history with a final record of 23-6 en route to its first ECAC New England Championship title.
		The Lyons got off to a strong start, clinching their fourth consecutive Seven Sisters Championship in December and closing out the first semester with eight consecutive wins.
		The Lyons rebounded to win the next seven games, including victories against Clark and Smith, but the Pride would again break their momentum in an offensive overtime battle that ended with SC ahead, 86-80.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /athletics/varsity/basketball (465 words)

	Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Omaha Regional Community: History, Nebraska
		Seven Sisters of Mercy arrived in the muddy pioneer town of Omaha in 1864 after a long journey from New Hampshire.
		This was the beginning of the sisters' presence in many schools, both elementary and secondary, in Nebraska.
		They established parish schools and academies in several Irish settlements, in addition to schools in Lincoln and Chadron.
	www.mercyoma.org /nebraska.htm (125 words)

	The Seven Sisters - 9
		By the end of the 'sixties, in spite of the opposition of OPEC and the competition from intruders, the seven sisters were still the dominant powers in world oil.
		The seven companies shared these same international opportunities and limitations, as they had grown up together, with their network of joint ventures and consortia closely interlocked.
		Mobil was for long regarded as Exxon's little sister, dependent on her bigger rival both for advice and for oil -- for Mobil had always been hungry for crude.
	journeytoforever.org /biofuel_library/sevensisters/7sisters9.html (7674 words)

	December 4, 2003
		The original Seven Sisters Schools were Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley.
		Barnard, now competing as Columbia, was unable to participate in all of the championships which left five of the original sister schools.
		The original Seven Sisters Championship was held at Barnard in the sport of basketball on November 21 and 22 in 1980.
	athletics.vassar.edu /news/12-04-03.html (305 words)

	Powell's Books - Review-a-Day - Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins, reviewed by The New ...
		She disguises the names of the girls, the sororities involved, and the university, and refuses to disclose the story they came up with to explain her constant presence at the sorority, including its "secret ceremonies" (read: lots of candle-holding, secret knocks, passwords, and singing — yawn).
		So right away we have learned that Robbins is willing to lie — a lot — to almost every sister in the sororities she shadows and to obfuscate all recognizable details to the reader.
		Screw those snotty lesbian Seven Sisters schools — sorority life is where sisterhood is at.
	www.powells.com /review/2004_06_10.html (1206 words)

	"Mona Lisa Smile"
		By the way, of all the Seven Sisters schools, Wellesley students are considered the most career-minded and agressive.
		You get the distinct feeling that although the school pushes the students hard, they are also enveloped in a very supportive environment.
		And that the school started out encouraging its students in a way that was radical for its time, then took a big step backward in the postwar period.
	www.collegeconfidential.com /discus/messages/8/41156.html (1585 words)

	The Two Wise Men and the Seven Sisters story explanation told by Josie Boyle
		As I look out over there I feel very sad inside, because in our Dreaming stories of the Seven Sisters, the stories tell us that this was the last cut-off point for the Seven Sisters when they had their time here on earth.
		Over there is a boundary line that tells us that that's a cut-off point into someone else's territory, so the Seven Sisters spent a lot of time here, as their last time on earth, before they went back up into the Milky Way.
		This place was once so beautiful that the Seven Sisters lived in these caves here.
	www.dreamtime.net.au /exp_seven/text.htm (442 words)

	Stanford GSB: Stanford Business December 1998: Yesterday
		ALTHOUGH the GSB was coeducational from Day One, it wasn't until the seventies that the School went out and actively recruited women--and then it looked east to the all-female Seven Sisters schools of New England.
		Barbara Burgess, MBA '73 (far right), was part of the first double-digit class (19 women), which was soon joined by the 34 women of the Class of 1974, including (from left) Anna Marie Schweizer, Nancy De Nero, Jane Strauss, and Alice Kaplan.
		All five are alumnae of Smith College, which for a short period became one of the top feeder schools of the GSB.
	www.gsb.stanford.edu /community/bmag/sbsm9812/yesterday.html (119 words)

	farmsforschools seven sisters sheep centre
		Seven Sisters Sheep Centre, East Dean, Nr Eastbourne,
		Working downland sheep farm where members of the public can watch lambing of 47 different types of British sheep, now the largest collection of sheep breeds in the world.
		School visits tailored to meet specific curriculum objectives with trained teachers on site.
	www.farmsforschools.org.uk /Farms/sevensisters.htm (105 words)

	The Memory Project
		But, in recently committing the original "Seven Sisters" schools to memory -- because I could, that's why -- I found a formula that helped me instantly recall the Seven Dwarves without omitting a single one: subcategories.
		You see, of the Seven Sister schools, two are no longer single-sex institutions.
		Of the Seven Dwarves, two have names that don't end in "y." When I broke it down that way, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Bashful, Doc came tumbling out, almost without pause.
	journalscape.com /LauraLippman/2006-11-30-12:13 (431 words)

	seven - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Number (mathematics), word or symbol used to designate quantities or entities that behave like quantities.
		Seven Seas, ancient mariner's expression referring to all the oceans of the world, specifically the North and South Atlantic, the North and South...
		- group of 7: a group of seven objects or people
	encarta.msn.com /seven.html (124 words)

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