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The fictional Struan family is based on the historical 'Jardine' family -- (additional info and facts about Jardine-Matheson) Jardine-Matheson.
Dirk is the founder of the Noble House and plays a major role in establishing (Formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world's leading commercial centers) Hong Kong.
Tai-Pan is the first book about the Struan family, although it is preceded by (A hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68) Shogun in the Asian saga.
The Struan family and company (also called the Noble House in Clavell'snovels) is a fictional family featuring heavily in many of the Asian Saganovels by writer James Clavell.
The fictional Struan family is based on the historical 'Jardine' family -- Jardine-Matheson.
The Struan family begins its journey with the story of Dirk Struan, a trader of opium and other goods between China and England.
In remembrance of absent friends or those who had died, special Struans, blessed at an early morning Mass, were given to the poor in their names.
The greatest loss is of the ritual itself, the consecrating of such a concise symbol of the harvest, of the diverse growth of a fertile land during an entire year, the loss of offering this symbol for a blessing, which is another symbol in the great chain of symbols that ends only in the numinous.
Struan is not merely bread--it is bread that represents the essence of bread, which is one of the great analogies of life itself.
At Struans our focus has always been on satisfying customers, with teamwork at the centre of everything we do, and because we are a family business we are closer to our customers, closer to our employees and closer to the community.
Many of Struans staff have progressed "through the ranks" and offer a continuity and structure to the business and their belief in our core values is infectious.
At Struans we are committed to the training and development of all our staff and haw a policy of promoting from within whenever possible.
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The struan is baked by the eldest daughter in the family, guided by her mother, and assisted by her eager sisters.
This struan is shared among the family and special friends of the absent one in his or her name, or given to the poor who have no corn of their own.
The individual struans of a family are uniform in size but irregular in form, some being three-cornered, symbolic of the Trinity; some five symbolic of the Trinity with Mary and Joseph added; some seven, symbolic of the seven mysteries; some nine, symbolic of the nine archangels; some round, symbolic of eternity.
Struan Toyota have built up and enviable, award winning reputation over the last 20 years.
At Struans Motor Village you’ll find a huge range of new Peugeots on display from the much loved 206 hatchback to the 607 executive saloon, plus vans to suits almost any business.
Struans always have a huge range of new, nearly new and used Mazdas on display.
The struan was baked by the eldest daughter of the family.
Were the struan flag (baking stone) to fall and the struan with it, the omen is full of evil augury to the family.
On the morning of the Feast of Michael all go to early mass, taking their struans with them to church to be blessed by the priest, who urges them to praise Michael for the bounty of grain and wool, the fruits of the field and of the flocks.
The story begin in 1960 when Ian Struan Dunross, a newly appointed tai-pan, decided to make Struan's (one of the bigges trading house in Hong Kong) go public.
The decision was strongly against his ancestors' will for Struans had existed and been succeeded for roughly one and a half century as a private company.
Struans were seeking new deals with Toda Shipping, and made everyone shocked by its takeover plan toward GeneralFood ("By what guarantee?" Gornt always sneering to Dunross).
The philosophy at Struans Motor Village is a simple one: to give our customers the best possible choice from one convenient location whether it be for new cars, nearly new cars, used cars, 4x4 vehicles, sports cars or light commercial vehicles.
The Struan Motors web site uses the latest.NET technology and a desktop web application to allow our client to be in total control of their online used cars database.
This enables our client to add, amend and update vehicle information simply and effective directly from their desktop keeping them in total control of all the used cars display in the web site.
This results in increased reliability, a longer life of the part, and in certain cases increased safety.
Struans always hold a large stock of parts for Toyotas, Peugeots, Mazdas, Rovers and MG’s, and when a more unusual part is required we can normally supply it within 24 hours.
Struans offer a large range of manufacturer’s accessories, to compliment your vehicle whether it be for convenience, style or protection.
Hi there I'm sure I'm not misinterpreting what he has written but it would seem that the main problem here is that another strawman is being created by Struan, as the position, as he describes it, is not entirely accurate which makes it easier to knock down.
I'm using the term strawman here as being no more than an inaccurate representation of an opponents view and not necessarily "..a position of an opponent [that] is cleverly twisted into an insubstantial and highly simplistic caricature of its target...".
Horse On 21 Dec 2000, at 21:21, Struan Hellier wrote: > Greetings, > > I have just been reading the 'problems with the moq' on MF with interest, > having found myself 'drinking white rum in a Portuguese bar' with an > afternoon to fill.
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You'll Never Walk Alone: April 2005(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Struan, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into an impregnable fortress of British power, and to make himself supreme ruler...
ROBB STRUAN - half-brother of Dirk, co-owner of Struans
She will eventually become the greatest Tai-pan in Struans' history, so a person with character will be needed.
*STRUANS WAR: BATTLEGROUNDS, RECREATION AND SIGHTSEEING IN NORTH AFRICA, 1941-1944, IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIARIES OF NEW ZEALAND DIVISION GUNNER STRUAN MACGIBBON* edited by John MacGibbon
One man's World War II, seen through the camera lens of gunner Struan MacGibbon, an excellent photographer who sometimes acted as official photographer for the units he served with.
He was also a diligent diarist who wrote diary entries on all but four days of the 1,188 days he spent in North Africa and the Middle East, in and out of action.