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Willie Wins

Willie Wins

Almira Astudillo Gilles

Willie's father tells him there is something special in an old coconut bank brought from the Philippines, but Willie is embarrassed to take it to school for a contest, especially since he knows that one of his classmates will make fun of ...
Gratoony the Loony: The Wild, Unpredictable Life of Gilles ...

Gratoony the Loony: The Wild, Unpredictable Life of Gilles ...

Gilles Gratton

A rare view of the wilder side of hockey from the lost soul behind the tiger mask. In this honest and revealing tale of soul searching, skating naked, and defying management, New York Rangers legend Gilles Gratton finally tells his tale.
Hypermodern Times

Hypermodern Times

Gilles Lipovetsky

Gilles Lipovetsky, French social theorist, argues that we've entered a new phase of 'hypermodernity', characterized by hyper-consumption and the hypermodern individual.
Empire de L'éphémère:

Empire de L'éphémère:

Gilles Lipovetsky

In a book full of playful irony and striking insights, the controversial social philosopher Gilles Lipovetsky draws on the history of fashion to demonstrate that the modern cult of appearance and superficiality actually serves the common ...
The Supreme Court Review, 2011

The Supreme Court Review, 2011

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Professor Myriam Gilles predicted the “near-total demise” of the class action, partly because of contractual arbitration clauses, before the litigation in AT&T Mobility even commenced. Myriam Gilles, Opting Out of Liability: The Forthcoming, ...
A era do vazio: ensaio sobre o individualismo contemporâneo

A era do vazio: ensaio sobre o individualismo contemporâneo

Gilles Lipovetsky

Gilles Lipovetsky escreve sobre as novas atitudes surgidas na Europa e nos Estados Unidos, a apatia, a indiferença e a substituição do princípio da sedução ao da convicção.
Chemical Optimization Algorithm for Fuzzy Controller Design

Chemical Optimization Algorithm for Fuzzy Controller Design

Leslie Astudillo

In this book, a novel optimization method inspired by a paradigm from nature is introduced.
Culture-monde (La): Réponse à une société désorientée

Culture-monde (La): Réponse à une société désorientée

Gilles Lipovetsky

Gilles Lipovetsky et Jean Serroy, tout en analysant ce bouleversement, avancent des pistes d’action possibles visant à faire reculer l’empire croissant du consumérisme et la désorientation généralisée de l’époque.
Les temps hypermodernes

Les temps hypermodernes

Gilles Lipovetsky

L'un des mérites des analyses que propose Gilles Lipovetsky depuis vingtans est de rompre avec ces jugements excessifs, toujours trop élémentaires parce qu'ils n'envisagent qu'un aspectdes choses, afinde dégager toutela complexité ...
Resolving Mass Disputes: ADR and Settlement of Mass Claims

Resolving Mass Disputes: ADR and Settlement of Mass Claims

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... see Myriam Gilles and Gary Friedman 'After Class: Aggregate Litigation in the Wake of AT&T Mobility v Concepcion' 79 U Chi L Rev 623 (2012); Myriam Gilles, ' Opting Out of Liability: The Forthcoming Near-Total Demise of the Modern Class  ...
Gilles

Gilles

Pierre Drieu la Rochelle

Soudain, il eut peur de lâcher la parole décisive : « Je ne l'aime pas, je n'en veux qu'à son argent » Cette parole frapperait enfin Ruth qui la relaterait à Myriam. Gilles eut peur et par quelques transitions amena la conversation à finir. Ce qui ...
Piet Mondrian, 1872-1944: Structures in Space

Piet Mondrian, 1872-1944: Structures in Space

Susanne Deicher

... Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen Alexander Calder Jacob Baal-Teshuva Caravaccio Gilles Lambert Paul Ce'zanne Ulrike Becks-Malorny Marc Chagall IngoF. Walther Christo & Jeanne-Claude Jacob Baal-Teshuva Salvador Dal( Gilles Neret ...
Opting out of liability: the forthcoming near-total demise ...

Opting out of liability: the forthcoming near-total demise ...

Myriam Elizabeth Gilles

Michigan Law Review April 22, 2005 Author Revisions Opting Out of Liability: The Forthcoming Near-Total Demise of the Modern Class Action Myriam Gilles* Introduction In recent years, there have been hundreds of academic articles and  ...
Die schweizerischen Berggebiete in der Politik:

Die schweizerischen Berggebiete in der Politik:

Gilles Rudaz

Gilles Rudaz, Bernard Debarbieux Interacademic Commission for Alpine Studies ICAS, Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Berggebiete SAB. Die wandelnde Rolle der Berggebiete in der schweizerischen Politik Die Schweiz ist ein ...
Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society

Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society

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Edward Taylor Fairbanks was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., May 12, 1836, being one of the two sons of Joseph P. and Almira (Taylor) Fairbanks. He was fitted for college at St. Johnsbury and PhillipsAndover Academies, graduated from Yale in  ...
Some Quaker Families, Scarborough/Haworth

Some Quaker Families, Scarborough/Haworth

Roger S. Boone

BESSIE MAY MENDENHALL, daughter of Eddie Allen Mendenhall and Almira Sylvestra England, was born 31 October 1895 Valley Junction, IA, died 15 June 1969, married 1] THOMAS SMITH, married 2] ED TODD; no issue 2nd marriage;  ...
The history of Woodstock, Connecticut

The history of Woodstock, Connecticut

Clarence Winthrop Bowen

West Brookfield * July 4., I842, divorced, living I926, daughter of Isaac Denny Matthews and his first wife Almira Reynolds; m. (2) June 22, I868 Mary Jane Allen , b. Mendon (now Blackstone), Mass., June 6, I835, d. July 13, 1919, daughter of  ...
Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850

Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850

Mendon (Mass.)

31, 1847. Willis B., Nov. 11, 1828. G.R.16. KNIGHT, Charles E., , 1842. G.R.16. Eunice W. [ ], w. of Charles E., , 1843. G.R.16. KNOWLTON, Almira, d. of Melatiah and Mary, Aug. 6, 1828. Clarisa Darling, d. of Melatiah and Mary, Mar. 11, 1832.
Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Supreme Court ...

Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Supreme Court ...

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... VVhipple Brown, all first cousins of testatrix, living at the death of the testatrix were as follows: Elizabeth Whipple Brown, Henrietta Whitman Brown, Julia Adie J astram, Maria Perkins Brown, Robert Perkins Brown, and Almira Adie Elder.
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court ...

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court ...

Joseph Kinnicut Angell

... all first cousins of testatrix, living at the death of the testatrix were as follows : Elizabeth Whipple Brown, Henrietta Whitman Brown, Julia Adie Jastram, Maria Perkins Brown, Robert Perkins Brown, and Almira Adie Elder. At that time two of the ...
Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society

Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society

Vermont Historical Society

Edward Taylor Fairbanks was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., May 12, 1836, being one of the two sons of Joseph P. and Almira (Taylor) Fairbanks. He was fitted for college at St. Johnsbury and Phillips- Andover Academies, graduated from Yale in ...
Gilles Deleuze: Vitalism and Multiplicity

Gilles Deleuze: Vitalism and Multiplicity

John Marks

The book explores what characterises a a good lifea and how this idea has been affected by globalisation and neoliberalism."
Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College: Deceased ...

Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College: Deceased ...

Yale University

Edward Taylor Fairbanks, B.A. 1859 Born May 12, 1836, in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Died January 12, 1919, in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Edward Taylor Fairbanks was the elder of the two sons of Joseph Paddock and Almira (Taylor) Fairbanks and was born ...
Cinema II

Cinema II

Gilles Deleuze

Offers a fascinating analysis of the representation of time in film and the cinematic treatment of memory, thought and speech, and looks at the work of Godard, Hitchcock and Welles.
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court ...

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court ...

Rhode Island. Supreme Court

... \Vhipple Brown, all first cousins of testatrix, living at the death of the testatrix were as follows: Elizabeth Whipple Brown, Henrietta Whitman Brown, Julia Adie Jastram, Maria Perkins Brown, Robert Perkins Brown, and Almira Adie Elder.
Gilles Deleuze and the Ruin of Representation

Gilles Deleuze and the Ruin of Representation

Dorothea Olkowski

The work of contemporary artist Mary Kelly has been central to Olkowski's thinking.

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