Excerpt: Chapter 1. THERE IS NO ONE LEFT. When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable?looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression. Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. Her father had held a position under the English Governm...
Government Reference Publication
By any measure, small businesses make large contributions to the american economy. Including the self-employed, small businesses account for 58 percent of the private, nonfarm work force, contribute 43 percent of all sales in the country, and generate 51 percent of the private gross domestic product. Small businesses contributed a major share of the millions of new jobs created during the late 1990s. (sources: bureau of labor statistics; SBA office of advocacy-funded rep...
Alice is about to pick daisies when a white rabbit approaches her, but this rabbit is not like any other rabbit she has seen. Her curious nature forces her to follow the rabbit for a wonderful adventure.
Excerpt: ?To the contrary,? demurred greyboar, toying with his mug, ?the secret lies entirely in the fingerwork.?
Statistical Reference Document
Excerpt: ... (leading dot indicates sub-part) All Number of Children Designated Parent Other Parent Sibling Grandparent Other Relative Organized Care Day Care Center Nursery, Preschool All 18,212 3.0 18.2 3.4 22.8 8.4 22.3 13.5 5.5 MARITAL STATUS .Married 13,551 3.3 20.8 2.9 20.0 7.1 21.7 12.6 6.2 .Widowed, separated, divorced 1,476 3.7 12.7 5.3 30.4 12.3 30.6 19.2 4.8 .Never married 3,185 1.4 10.0 4.6 31.2 12.2 21.2 14.4 3.2 RACE .White 14,709 3.1 19.1 2.9 21.3 7.9 21.2...
Medical Reference Publication
La información recogida de 10 países que se presenta en este informe confirma que la violencia infligida por la pareja contribuye en gran medida a la mala salud de las mujeres. El Estudio aporta nuevos datos no sólo sobre la prevalencia de la violencia en países donde se había recopilado poca información al respecto, sino sobre las formas y pautas de la violencia en distintos países y culturas. También documenta cuáles son las consecuencias de la violencia para la salud ...
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Excerpt: The Specialty Equipment Market Association, (SEMA), sponsored an April 2004 trade mission to China to investigate what it believes is a fertile business environment for its members in the world's fastest growing automotive market.
Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
Excerpt: Regarding GAO's published report HeadStart: Increased Percentage ofTeachers Nationwide Have Required Degrees, butBetterIniormstion on Classroom Teachers' Qualjfjcations Needed, GAO-04-05, issued October 1, 2003, we have identified a correction to the Highlights page. On this page in the first paragraph in the What GAOFound section, fourth and fifth lines, the sentence reads This represented more than a 4-percentage point increase in teachers with such degrees si...
Program Example The Michigan Diabetes Outreach Network includes six regional Diabetes Outreach Networks. The networks have a Diabetes Care Improvement Project and work with more than 150 agencies in the state, including physician offices, community health centers, home care agencies, and state-certified Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs. The networks work with the agencies to ensure that people with diabetes receive care according to current American Diabetes A...
Economics
Como parte de su mandato, el Departamento de Evaluacion de Operaciones (DEO) del Banco Mundial se ocupa de estimular y ayudar a los países miembros en desarrollo de la institucion a crear capacidades y sistemas eficaces de seguimiento y evaluacion (SyE). El DEO desempena una funcion catalizadora, en cuyo contexto da apoyo a unos pocos países para que desarrollen practicas recomendadas en materia de SyE que otros países puedan adaptar en consonancia con sus circunstancias...
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Excerpt: Chapter 1 how utterly delightful! exclaimed Richelieu. i've never seen a cat with such delicate features. The coloration is marvelous, as well.
Las estatuas / Enrique Anderson Imbert -- Padre nuestro que est s en los cielos / Leandro Urbina -- Retrato de una dama / Leandro Urbina -- Los dos reyes y los dos laberintos / Jorge Luis Borges -- El otro ni¤o / Ana Mar¡a Matute -- Una carta a Dios / Gregorio L¢pez y Fuentes -- L grimas del valle / Concha Espina -- China / Jos‚ Donoso -- Las p‚rdidas de Juan Bueno / Rub‚n Dar¡o -- Juan Dari‚n / Horacio Quiroga -- Las dos evangelistas / Isabel Allende -- Vocabulario
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