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Definition: Land |
LandAdjective1. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land; "land vehicles". 2. Operating or living or growing on land. Noun1. The land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city". 2. Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil". 3. The solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground". 4. Territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land". 5. The territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries". 6. A domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south". 7. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island". 8. The people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him". 9. A politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land". 10. : United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991). 11. : working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more". Verb1. Reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul". 2. Cause to come to the ground; of aircraft. 3. Bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail". 4. Bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island". 5. Deliver, as of a blow; "He landed several blows on his opponent's head". 6. Arrive on shore; of ships. 7. Shoot at and force to come down; of aircraft. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "land" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Satire | LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. Carried to its logical conclusion, it means that some have the right to prevent others from living; for the right to own implies the right exclusively to occupy; and in fact laws of trespass are enacted wherever property in land is recognized. It follows that if the whole area of terra firma is owned by A, B and C, there will be no place for D, E, F and G to be born, or, born as trespassers, to exist. A life on the ocean wave, A home on the rolling deep, For the spark the nature gave I have there the right to keep. They give me the cat-o'-nine Whenever I go ashore. Then ho! for the flashing brine -- I'm a natural commodore! Dodle. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of land, when it appears fertile, omens good; but if sterile and rocky, failure and dispondency is prognosticated. To see land from the ocean, denotes that vast avenues of prosperity and happiness will disclose themselves to you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | On a printed circuit, the conductive area to which components or separate circuits are attached, usually surrounding a hole through the conductive pattern and the base material. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The drilled hole, after all, must attempt to hit a bull's eye on an internal, completely invisible termination pad. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The space between adjacent recording grooves. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Environment | The terrestrial bio-productive system that comprises soil, vegetation, other biota, and the ecological and hydrological processes that operate within the system. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Land See how the land lies. See what we have to do; see in what state matters are. See in what state the land is that we have to travel or pass over, or in what direction we must go. Joshua sent spies (ii. 1) "to view the land" before he attempted to pass the Jordan. "Put your blankets down there, boys, and turn in. You'll see how the land lies in the morning."- Boldrewood: Robbery under Arms, ch. xi. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | The land(UK)or margin(USA)is the cylindrical portion of the body which is not cut away to provide clearance. In U. S. the land is the peripheral portion of the body between adjacent flutes. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The surface on a twist drill point which extends behind the tip to the following flute(UK). Surface between margin and heel of twist drill(USA). Source: European Union. (references) | |
Metallurgy | Surface of a die adjacent to the impression over which the flash is extruded. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military & Defense | To return to the Earth's surface under control. Source: European Union. (references) |
| You may spend some time on the drop zone watching experienced jumpers land, and be perplexed at the unusual sight of a fellow running downwind. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. To set or allow the bottom end of a drivepipe or casing to rest at a preselected horizon in a borehole b. For reamers, drills, and taps, the solid section between the flute. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | LAND. How lies the land? How stands the reckoning? Who has any land in Appleby? a question asked the man at whose door the glass stands long, or who does not ciculate it in due time. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
- Land is sometimes used synonymously with country.
- The land is the part of the Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- In economics, land is a factor of production. It refers to naturally occurring goods, such as soil and minerals, real estates, that are used in the production of other goods.
- The terms motherland, fatherland, and homeland refer to someone's country of affiliation, birth or ancestral origin.
- Bundesland (plural: Bundesländer) is the name for the states of Germany and the states of Austria.
- Historically the parts of the Scandinavian kingdoms were called lands of the respective peoples, as in for instance Jutland (the land of the Jutes), Gotland (the land of the Goths), or the historical lands of Sweden and lands of Denmark.
- To land, i.e. the landing, is the final part of a flight.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Land."
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In economics, land refers to all naturally occurring resources, such as geographical locations, mineral deposits, and even portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. In classical economics it is considered one of three factors of production, the other two being capital and labor.Because land is not produced, the market for land responds differently to taxation from the market for labor and produced goods. An ideally implemented land value tax would not affect the opportunity cost of using land, but would instead decrease the value of legal land ownership.
Land, particularly geographic locations and mineral desposits, has historically been the cause of much conflict and dispute; land reform programmes, which are designed to redistribute geographic land, are often the cause of much controversy and mineral deposits have contributed to many civil wars, particularly in Africa.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Land (economics)."
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Landing is the last part of a flight. Hitting the ground too hard is prevented by wings (including rotor wings), a parachute or rockets or a vertically directed jet engine; in the case of a balloon the buoyancy is slightly decreased for a soft landing.For aircraft or birds, landing is generally accomplished by trading airspeed for lift. During the flare, they will reduce the rate of descent and rotate into a landing attitude shortly before reaching the ground. The nose continues to rise which increases the angle of attack of the wings and therefore the amount of lift generated, as the airspeed gradually reduces.
In a perfect touchdown, assuming there is no crosswind, contact with the ground is made just as the forward speed is reduced to the point where there is no longer sufficient lift to remain aloft.
During landing, the ground effect becomes significant for aircraft. This tends to make the aircraft "keep flying" when it ordinarly would not (at higher altitudes) and therefore to extend the distance required to land.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Landing."
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Sweden was historically divided into four Lands or Landsdelar:
Götaland and Svealand were once rival kingdoms before being united under one Crown. Götaland represents southern Sweden and Svealand is to its north in middle Sweden. Österland is the old name for Finland, which today represents the southern part of that country. Norrland is the name for the lands uncovered as the kingdom expanded to the north on both sides of the Gulf of Bothnia. Österland and Norrland litterally mean Eastern and Northern lands.
- Götaland
- Svealand
- Norrland
- Österland
The Finnish War (1808-1809) the eastern half of Sweden was ceded to Russia, thus becoming the Russian Grand Duchy Finland, and Norrland was divided into two parts. The Swedish portion of Norrland still represents more than half of Sweden's territory; it remains, however, sparsly populated compared to the south. The Swedish capital Stockholm is geographically located in the south of Sweden, but in the Swedish mindset this is rather more perceived as middle Sweden.
See also
- Provinces of Sweden
- Historical provinces of Finland
- Dominions of Sweden
- Terra Scania
- Old Finland
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lands of Sweden."
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In all modern states, some land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land. The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countries. The following examples illustrate some of the range.
Australia and New Zealand
In several Commonwealth countries, public lands are referred to as Crown lands. Recent proposals to sell Crown lands have been highly controversial.
France
In France, public lands may he held by Communes, Départements, or the nation
United States
In the United States, public land is any lands or rights interest to which the title is held by the federal government. The majority of public lands are managed by the Bureau of Land Management under the Secretary of Interior. National Parks and Monuments are also public lands, but they are managed by the National Park Service, which is also part of the Interior Department.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Public land."
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Germany is a federation of 16 states called Länder (singular Land) or Bundesländer (singular Bundesland).
The 16 Länder are:
- Baden-Württemberg
- Bavaria (Bayern)
- Berlin (city-state)
- Brandenburg
- Bremen (city-state)
- Hamburg (city-state)
- Hesse (Hessen)
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
- North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
- Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)
- Saarland
- Saxony (Sachsen)
- Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt)
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Thuringia (Thüringen)
Functions
The Basic Law stipulates that the structure of Land government must "conform to the principles of republican, democratic, and social government based on the rule of law" (Article 28[1]). Thirteen of the Länder are governed by a cabinet led by a minister president together with a unicameral legislative body, the Landtag (pl., Landtage). The relationship between the legislative and executive branches mirrors that in the federal system: the legislatures are popularly elected, typically for four years, and the minister president is chosen by a majority vote among Landtag members. The minister president appoints a cabinet to run Land agencies and carry out the executive duties of the Land government. Until 1999, Bavaria was the only Land with a bicameral legislature; the Landtag being popularly elected, with the second chamber, the Senate, consists of representatives of the major social and economic groups in Bavaria. In 1998, voters approved a proposal to abolish the Senate, with effect from December 1999. In the city Länder of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, the executive branch consists of a popularly elected Senate. The senators carry out duties equivalent to those of the ministers in the larger Länder. The senate chooses a senate president in Bremen and a mayor in Berlin and Hamburg to serve as chief executive. Land cabinets consist of about ten ministers; the most important is the minister of the interior, who directs the internal administration of the Land and commands the police.
Politics at the Land level often carry implications for federal politics. Opposition victories in Landtag elections--which take place throughout the federal government's four-year term--can weaken the federal government coalition. This was the case for the fall from the chancellorship of Konrad Adenauer in 1963 and that of Willy Brandt in 1974. The Land elections are also viewed as a barometer of support for the policies of the federal government. If the parties of the governing coalition lose support in successive Land elections, those results may foreshadow difficulties for the federal government. The outcome of Land elections also directly affects the composition of the Bundesrat. In the early 1990s, the opposition SPD commanded a two-thirds majority in that legislative chamber, which made it particularly difficult for the CDU/CSU-FDP government to achieve the constitutional changes it sought. Today (2003) the situation is reversed, the SPD government being severely hindered by a large CDU majority in the Bundesrat. At the same time, the powers of the Lands in their own territories have been much diminished in the last decades with the ever-increasing amount of federal legislation. Due to these twin problems, a commision has been formed to examine the possibility of instituting a clearer separation of federal and Land powers.
Further subdivisions
The city-states of Berlin and Hamburg are not subdivided. The state Bremen consists of two district-cities, Bremen and Bremerhaven. In the other Länder there are the following subdivisions:
Gemeinden are ruled by elected councils and an executive, the mayor, who is chosen by either the council or the people, depending on the Bundesland. Gemeinden have two major policy responsibilities. First, they administer programs authorized by the federal or Land government. Such programs typically might relate to youth, public health, and social assistance. Second, Article 28(2) of the Basic Law guarantees Gemeinden "the right to regulate on their own responsibility all the affairs of the local community within the limits set by law." Under this broad statement of competence, local governments can justify a wide range of activities. For instance, many municipalities develop the economic infrastructure of their communities through the development of industrial parks. Local authorities foster cultural activities by supporting local artists and building arts centers. Local government also provides basic public utilities, such as gas and electricity, as well as public transportation. Most of these functions are currently (2003) under threat since the communities are notoriously badly financed.
- Regierungsbezirke: The large states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt are divided into administrative regions, or Regierungsbezirke (officially not called "Regierungsbezirk" in Rhineland-Palatinate). These districts decentralize Land administration and are run by district presidents who are appointed by the Land minister president and report to the Land minister of the interior.
- Kreise: Every state consists of districts, or Kreise; there are 438 districts; in addition there are district-free cities; a district-free city is by itself a district. Each consists of an elected council and an executive, who is selected by the council and whose duties are comparable to those of a county manager supervising local government administration. The Landkreise have primary administrative functions in specific areas, such as highways, hospitals, and public utilities.
- Ämter: In some states there is an administrative unit between districts and municipalities. These units are called Ämter (singular Amt), Samtgemeinden, Verbandgemeinden or Verwaltungsgemeinschaften.
- Gemeinden: Every district and every Amt is subdivided into municipalities; there are 13,912 municipalities, which are the smallest administrative units in Germany. Cities are municipalities as well, which have city rights (Stadtrecht). Nowadays this is mostly just the right to be called a city; however, in older times it included many privileges such as to have their own taxes or to allow industry inside cities only. .
See also:
- List of cities in Germany includes a table of cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants (Städte) and a general listing of cities, other municipalities, and villages.
- List of subnational entities
- List of capitals of subnational entities
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "States of Germany."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LAND | English | LAN Directory | Computing |
| LADSS | English | Land Allocation Decision Support System | N/A |
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Synonyms: LandSynonyms: land(a) (adj), terrestrial (adj), a people (n), acres (n), body politic (n), commonwealth (n), country (n), demesne (n), domain (n), dry land (n), earth (n), estate (n), farming (n), ground (n), kingdom (n), landed estate (n), nation (n), realm (n), res publica (n), soil (n), solid ground (n), state (n), terra firma (n), bring (v), bring down (v), down (v), put down (v), set ashore (v), set down (v), shoot down (v), shore (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: air(a) (adj), amphibious (adj), aquatic (adj), sea(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arrival | Light, alight, dismount; land, go ashore; debark, disembark; put in, put into; visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent; sit down; (be located); get to one's journey's end; make the land; be in at the death; come back, get back, come home, get home; return; come in; (ingress); make one's appearance; (appear); drop in; detrain, deplane; outspan; de-orbit. |
Navigation | Fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket; take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight; wing one's flight, wing one's way; aviate; parachute, jump, glide. |
Property | Landed property, landed real estate property; realty; land, lands; tenements; hereditaments; corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments; acres; ground; (earth); acquest, messuage, toft. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | You're 5 foot and nothin', a hundred and nothin', not one ounce of athletic ability, yet you hung in with the best college football team in the land and are gonna walk out of here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame (Rudy; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo) How'd you land a job like that with a brother in the slammer (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe) We need all the land we can get. (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) Remember kids were in England, the land of good manners (Hook; writing credit: J.M. Barrie;) I been thinking about us, too, about our people living like pigs and good rich land layin' fallow (The Grapes of Wrath; writing credit: John Steinbeck; Nunnally Johnson) | |
Lyrics | Tell me why, this is a land of confusion (Land Of Confusion; performing artist: Genesis) I followed Alice into wonder land (Sunshine; performing artist: Aerosmith) Until you see it land (Www.memory; performing artist: Alan Jackson) She's looking for her promised land (Birmingham; performing artist: Amanda Marshall) You turned the sea into dry land ("El Shaddai"; performing artist: Amy Grant) | |
Clever | Those who jump to conclusions often land in ignorance. (references; author: unknown) Montana: Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, And Very Little Else (references; author: unknown) America is a land where citizens vote for Democrats but hope to live like Republicans. (references; author: unknown) A pessimist is someone who looks at the land of milk and honey and sees only calories and cholesterol. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Return to Never Land (2002) Du Land der Liebe (1974) Een Klein land in een grote oorlog (1974) Das Land des Lächelns (1974) Land of the Brave (1974) | |
Song Titles | Land Of Confusion (performing artist: Genesis) This Land Is Your Land (performing artist: The Kingston Trio) Land (performing artist: Patti Smith) LAND OF 1000 DANCES (performing artist: Wilson Pickett ) | |
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 | Members of the first National Advisory Cancer Council at the groundbreaking ceremonies at the NCI's building 6 in June, 1938. (Left to right) Francis Wood, C.C Little, James Ewing, Arthur Compton, James Conant, Thomas Parran, and Ludwig Hektoen. This new building, erected on land donated by Mrs. Luke J. Wilson was the fourth to be constructed in the complex that is now the National Institutes of Health. The structure was unique in that year of 1939, with its physical equipment and facilities designed solely for scientific research in a specialized field of science. Building 6 was to house the National Cancer Institute, the first of the nine specialized institutes that would comprise NIH. See also ar003810. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Luke I. Wilson donated much of the land on which the National Institutes of Health Stands, including Building 6 which was the first home of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. See also ar000752. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | The CDC moved its location to Clifton Road after construction was completed in 1960. In 1947, Emory University donated the land on Clifton Road for the new CDC headquarters, but construction did not begin for more than a decade. Credit: CDC. |  | Loran stands for LOng RANge navigation, and is a long distance radio-navigation land station that transmits synchronized radio wave pulses. Credit: CDC. |
 | Center pivot irrigation systems created these circular patterns in crop land near Garden City, Kansas. The red circles indicate irrigated crops of healthy vegetation. The light-colored circles represent harvested crops.. Credit: NASA. |  | The West Fjords are a series of peninsulas in northwestern Iceland. They represent less than one-eighth the country's land area, but their jagged perimeter accounts for more than half of Iceland's total coastline. Credit: NASA. |
 | A bull sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) doesn't agree that Coast Surveyors should land on his rock. Waving flare in vain attempting to frighten him off Crew off of Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Land surveyor using odometer in United States A private county surveyor. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | A fish cleaning expert awaits the next load of fish to land at the Dolphin Docks. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Kilauea lava flows that extend to the sea - relatively new land at this location. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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| "Disney Land" by Stevan Sheets Commentary: "Roller coaster!." | "Land Rover in the Rain" by Luke Wertz Commentary: "I saw the reflection of the car in the rain puddle -- I thought it was a pretty cool effect." |
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Charles Dudley Warner | The thing generally raised on city land is taxes. |
Henry Ford | The farther we get away from the land, the greater our insecurity. |
Henry George | Property in land is as indefensible as property in man. |
Marcus T. Cicero | The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind. |
Samuel Bowles | Journalism has already come to be the first power in the land. |
Samuel Johnson | When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land. |
Seneca | Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure. |
Virgil | Unwillingly I left your land, O Queen. |
William Shakespeare | Nimble thought can jump both sea and land. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | No freemen shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | By the law of the land, which is not to be violated. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 2: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. (reference) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | The question, whether an act, repugnant to the constitution, can become the law of the land, is a question deeply interesting to the United States; but happily, not of an intricacy proportioned to its interest. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Within two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty the personnel of air forces on the rolls of the German land and sea forces shall be demobilised. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | If we adhere faithfully to the Charter of the United Nations and walk forward in sedate and sober strength seeking no one's land or treasure, seeking to lay no arbitrary control upon the thoughts of men; if all British moral and material forces and convictions are joined with your own in fraternal association, the high-roads of the future will be clear, not only for us but for all, not only for our time, but for a century to come. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1931) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | It is such a secret place, the land of tears |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | For I am a stranger in your land. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | There are none in this land that know me. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Religious establishments in the Holy Land, one hundred livres |
Absalom and Achitophel | John Dryden | But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The blackest protestant in the land would not speak the language I have heard this evening |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | If you deny them, all the land will rue it. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The bank owned the land then, but we stayed and we got a little bit of what we raised |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Here I put in my canoe, and climbing up a part of the rock, I could plainly discover land to the east, extending from south to north |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | But as it was, I considered that I enhanced the value of the land by squatting on it. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In the north-central states, I. scapularis is generally found in heavily wooded areas often surrounded by broad tracts of land cleared for agriculture. (references) | |
In some areas, such as the Southern United States, draining swamps and changing the way land was used was somewhat successful in eliminating mosquitoes. (references) | ||
Taken together, these types of rodents are located across the greater proportion of the earth’s land mass, including Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. (references) | ||
Business | Land is generally considered to be a fixed asset. (references) | |
Land typically does not include depletable resources. (references) | ||
In 1999, the Land Transport Safety Authority recorded 8,444 road crashes. (references) | ||
Children | Pakistan | In rural areas, it is a traditional practice for poor parents to give children to rich landlords in exchange for money or land, according to human rights advocates. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | Persons with Disabilities The laws provide for convenient access to public transportation and parking for persons with disabilities, for subsidies to mass media sources that make their services available to the hearing or visually impaired, and for free plots of land for the construction of a home. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Oman | Hindu temples also exist on government-provided land. (references) |
Discrimination | Papua New Guinea | Skirmishes and conflicts tend to be based on disputes between clans over issues such as boundaries, land ownership, injuries, and insults suffered by one clan at the hands of another; they are not ethnically based. (references) |
Tonga | Social, cultural, and economic facilities are available to all citizens regardless of race or religion; however, members of the hereditary nobility have substantial advantages, including control over most land and a generally privileged status. (references) | |
Economic History | Chad | Arable land - 30%. (references) |
Human Rights | Honduras | The land farmed by the cooperative is under dispute. (references) |
Somalia | Persons were killed during disputes over land during the year. (references) | |
Mexico | The eviction reportedly was the result of a 1997 land dispute. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bangladesh | Part of the land would be taken from the Garo tribals. (references) |
Indonesia | Competition for land and resources remains acute in Sumatra. (references) | |
Indonesia | Transmigrants sometimes are settled on land who ownership is disputed. (references) | |
Minorities | Fiji | Control of the land remains a highly sensitive issue. (references) |
Georgia | By year's end, no further construction had taken place on the land. (references) | |
Palau | Non-Palauans are prohibited from purchasing land or obtaining citizenship. (references) | |
Political Economy | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Non-GCC nationals cannot own land. (references) |
Djibouti | Only one-tenth of the land is arable and only 1 percent is forested. (references) | |
BAHRAIN | As of January 2001, non-Bahraini firms and GCC nationals may own land. (references) | |
Political Rights | Marshall Islands | Society is matrilineal, and those men and women who exercise traditional leadership and land ownership powers derive their rights either from their own positions in the family, or from relationships deriving from their mother's and sister's lineage. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | By land, many products head to or come from the Chilean ports in Valparaiso and Puerto Bandera. (references) |
Pakistan | Re-export is made against sight letters of credit or advance payment and payment of full duties if re-exported through land routes. (references) | |
Travel | Mexico | Hot land ranges between sea level and 3,000 feet. (references) |
Ghana | Land for development may be obtained from the state, traditional (stool/family) or individual owners. (references) | |
Mexico | Visitors entering by land transportation may pay the fee at any Mexican bank before leaving the country. (references) | |
Women | Mozambique | Under customary law, they often have no rights to the disposition of the land. (references) |
United Arab Emirates | In the case of women who are married, the land must be granted to the husbands. (references) | |
Guinea-Bissau | Among certain ethnic groups, women cannot own or manage land or inherit property. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Nepal | Resettlement of the Kamaiyas began on January 18, and distribution of land began in March. (references) |
Bhutan | Land laws prohibit a farmer from selling his or her last 5 acres and require the sale of holdings in excess of 25 acres. (references) | |
Comoros | Farming on small land holdings, subsistence fishing, and petty commerce make up the daily activity of most of the population. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ABRACADABRA. By Abracadabra we signify An infinite number of things. 'Tis the answer to What? and How? and Why? And Whence? and Whither? -- a word whereby The Truth (with the comfort it brings) Is open to all who grope in night, Crying for Wisdom's holy light. Whether the word is a verb or a noun Is knowledge beyond my reach. I only know that 'tis handed down. From sage to sage, From age to age -- An immortal part of speech! Of an ancient man the tale is told That he lived to be ten centuries old, In a cave on a mountain side. (True, he finally died.) The fame of his wisdom filled the land, For his head was bald, and you'll understand His beard was long and white And his eyes uncommonly bright. Philosophers gathered from far and near To sit at his feat and hear and hear, Though he never was heard To utter a word But "Abracadabra, abracadab, Abracada, abracad, Abraca, abrac, abra, ab!" 'Twas all he had, 'Twas all they wanted to hear, and each Made copious notes of the mystical speech, Which they published next -- A trickle of text In the meadow of commentary. Mighty big books were these, In a number, as leaves of trees; In learning, remarkably -- very! He's dead, As I said, And the books of the sages have perished, But his wisdom is sacredly cherished. In Abracadabra it solemnly rings, Like an ancient bell that forever swings. O, I love to hear That word make clear Humanity's General Sense of Things. Jamrach Holobom |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Art Linkletter | He'd be a little surprised at some of it. But it's beautiful what's out there. In fact, they got a new show down at Adventure Land called Aladin that he would be delighted with. It's one of the best shows I've ever seen. |
Rush Limbaugh | That's the new home of communism, where they tell you what you can do with your land and your income. |
Yasser Arafat | Not to forget, first of all, we had agreed upon, from the beginning, to go together and to participate in the Madrid conference, according to this initiative which has been declared by President Bush, peace for land and land for peace. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Whether it will be necessary to augment our land forces will be decided by occurrences probably in the course of your session. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Now we have become a land of great responsibilities to all the people of all the world. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Oceans and land and sky are avenues for our colossal commerce. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Neighborhoods are the fabric and soul of this great land. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | More than two centuries later, America remains on a voyage of discovery, a land that has never become, but is always in the act of becoming. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Our children are watching in schools throughout our great land. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | One thousand days to build a bridge to a land of new promise. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Accountability for results is now the law of the land. |
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