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...xtended the debate on the Civil Rights Act for 74 days. Filibuster is originally a Dutch word meaning "pirate, hijacker". In Spanish "filibustero" ... ...it, busy devouring colonists on Devil's Island, in French Guiana, off the coast of Brazil, in 1859. These are bluish-green flies with three longi... ... emerged as a leader in the cable industry in Continental Europe by purchasing the Dutch cable company NKF. During the 1990s the consolidated g... ...31 by Electric and Musical Industries (EMI). RCA refined its own system, as did the Dutch Philips. Not until 1951 were the standards for public broa...

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...n, A. L., (1996) Women’s Social Representation of Sex, Sexuality and AIDS in Brazil. in Women’s Experiences : An International Perspective, Ankrah ... ... 74. Loes Schenk–Sandbergen (1995) Women and Seasonal Labour Migration. Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives –16, Sage, New Delhi. 75...

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...ary KETOS, GREEK. CETUS, LA TIN. WHOEL, ANGLO-SAXON. HV ALT, DANISH. W AL, DUTCH. HW AL, SWEDISH. WHALE, ICELANDIC. 4 Moby Dick WHALE, ENGLISH. BALEI... ...ck. Another version of the Whale-Ship Globe narrative. “The voyages of the Dutch and English to the Northern Ocean, in order, if possible, to discover... ... all sorts of scales; see what we whalemen are, and have been. Why did the Dutch in De Witt’s time have admirals of their whaling fleets? Why did Loui... ...ghtened world by the whaleman. After its first blunder-born discovery by a Dutchman, all other ships long shunned those shores as pestiferously barbar... ...is the whale which for more than two centuries past has been hunted by the Dutch and English in the Arctic seas; it is the whale which the American fi... ...which the American fishermen have long pursued in the Indian ocean, on the Brazil Banks, on the Nor’ West Coast, and various other parts of the world,... ...gs that you do those of *That part of the sea known among whalemen as the “Brazil Banks” does not bear that name as the Banks of Newfound- land do, be...

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...w. ^ o& , Greek. CETUS, Latin. WHAEL, Anglo Saxon. HV AL, Danish. WAL, Dutch. HWAL, Swedish. HV ALUR, Icelandic. WHALE, English. BALEINE, French. ... ...ck. Another Version of the whale ship Globe narrative. “The voyages of the Dutch and English to the Northern Ocean, in order, if possible, to discover... ... all sorts of scales; see what we whalemen are, and have been. Why did the Dutch in De Witt’s time have admirals of their whaling fleets? Why did Louis... ...ightened world by the whaleman. After its first blunder born discovery by a Dutchman, all other ships long shunned those shores as pestiferously barbar... ...is the whale which for more than two centuries past has been hunted by the Dutch and English in the Arctic seas; it is the whale which the American fis... ... which the American fishermen have long pursued in the Indian ocean, on the Brazil Banks, on the Nor’ West Coast, and various other parts of the world,... ...dashes even the might 1 That part of the sea known among whalemen as the “Brazil Banks” does not bear that name as the Banks of Newfoundland do, beca...

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...I don‘t know how true it is but I‘ve read in the popular press that 70% of Brazilian women use artificial contraception.‖ --―Father, I was l... ...of the world's Catholics, but the number of evangelicals is surging. Some Brazilians warn that Brazil could eventually become a Protestant country. S... ...s authorities for advocating the use of condoms to stop HIV transference. Brazilians, like so many other Catholics want to see the Church change its ... ...governments. ―But traditionally Catholic countries like Spain and Brazil are finding the influence of the Papacy reducing. Self-centered mor... ...s a year, Norwegians average 1380, Swedes 1580, and Germans 1445. And the Dutch work the least. On the other end of the working scale, Koreans work... ...? —―Of course you have to question how much freedom is actually good. The Dutch allowed prostitution and many drugs, but that freedom, or license we... ...d negatives?‖ From a self centered point of view it is immoral. —―A Dutch friend of mine was complaining that while he was working and paying ... ...nment was sending their welfare checks to them in the Canary islands. The Dutch welfare system was not fair from his point of view.‖ ―The sam... ...ut 3% of the total number of deaths. If the U.S. had the same rates as the Dutch approximately 62,000 Americans , that is 2.7 percent of the 2.3 mi...

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...ery major migration from the Portuguese to the Spanish to the Africans to the Dutch to the English is matched with a tectonic plate arriving in the ... ...lates arrived in the exact same locations where the first Portuguese, Spanish Dutch and English colonies were founded. This is definitely not a coin... ...ffice. The list goes on and on… from Mexico, to Japan, to the Philippines, to Brazil, to Korea: as banks try desperately to stabilize economies that... ...ership and throw away that property as useless, valueless waste. The instant Brazilian ranchers cannot use a piece of cleared rainforest anymore to ... ...ership and throw away that property as useless, valueless waste. The instant Brazilian ranchers cannot use a piece of cleared rainforest anymore to ... ...re dietary need for protein, more animal husbandry… until we have ranchers in brazil cutting down ancient rainforests to raise cattle for a few short... ... they reduce the cost of their gas until the profits go up again. This has a Dutch origin. It’s principle in Dutch is called: Tanstaffl… or loosely... ... until these two small states were the envy of Europe. The Portuguese and the Dutch people were small enough as a population and lived in a small en... ...ortuguese greed to the ultimate limit… Only to be outclassed in greed by the Dutch. Who were then outclassed by the English. Who have been outcla...

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...d stories. He described the different pugilistic qualities of Molyneux and Dutch Sam, offered playfully to give Lady Jane the odds upon the Tutbury Pe... ...ord George gave up his post on the European continent, and was gazetted to Brazil. But people knew better; he never returned from that Brazil expediti... ...there—never was there at all. He was nowhere; he was gone out altogether. “Brazil,” said one gossip to another, with a grin—”Brazil is St. John’s Wood... ...the conversa- tion at dinner, how his dear friend, George Gaunt, liked the Brazils? He and George had been most intimate at Naples and had gone up V e... ...x of the carriage, Georgy made prodigious advance in the knowledge of High Dutch, and could talk to hotel waiters and postilions in a way that charmed...

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...e business was engrossed by Merenhout, the French Consul at T ahiti, but a Dutchman by birth, who, in one year, is said to have sent to France fifty t... ...e passionate old man made as much fuss as a white squall aboard the Flying Dutchman. Jim turned out to be the regular pilot of the harbour; a post, be... ...utmost light-heartedness on receiving the present of a penny whistle, or a Dutch looking-glass. Similar instances, also, have come under my own observ... ...est fruit of the is- lands, and in their greatest perfection. The “Ve,” or Brazil- ian plum, here attained the size of an orange; and the gor- geous “... ..., and divers odds and ends of European articles—strings of beads, ribbons, Dutch look- ing-glasses, knives, coarse prints, bunches of keys, bits of cr...

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...this lost rock at the extrem- ity of the American continent, to which some Dutch sail- ors gave the name of their native town, Cape Horn. The course w... ...eat displeasure, did not like the neighbourhood of the inhabited coasts of Brazil, for we went at a giddy speed. Not a fish, not a bird of the swift- ...

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...19 Belgium 20 Belize 22 Benin 23 Bermuda 25 Bhutan 26 Bolivia 27 Botswana 28 Brazil 30 British Indian Ocean Territory 31 British Virgin Islands 32 Bru... ...tial military deliveries Major trade partners: US, USSR, Cuba, Portugal, and Brazil Budget: total expenditures $2.7 billion (1986 est.) Monetary conve... ...esertification Special notes: second largest country in South America (after Brazil); strategic location relative to sea lanes between Atlantic and Pa... ... Netherlands, 5% Bra- zil, 5% Italy, 5% Japan, 4% FRG; im- ports 18% US, 16% Brazil, 14% FRG, 9% Bolivia, 7% Japan, 6% France (1985) Budget: (1986) ge... ...es- tant; also small Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, and Jewish minority Language: Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English dia- ... ...nde- pendence from the Netherlands is granted in 1996 Legal system: based on Dutch civil law system, with some English common law influence Government... ... Roman Catholic; remainder Protestant, none, or other Language: 56% Flemish (Dutch), 32% French, 1% German; 11% legally bilingual; divided along ethni... ...rative divisions: 10 administra- tive districts Legal system: based on Roman-Dutch law and local customary law; constitution came into effect 1966; ju... ... Legal system: based on English common law with certain admixtures of Roman- Dutch law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction National holiday:...

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... sea once every century -- Wandering islands -- The Phantom Ship -- The Flying Dutchman -- The crimes for which he suffers -- In pursuit of the spectr... ...ly ship -- Real spectres of the sea -- Why the spectre ship was commanded by a Dutchman -- Dying superstition 81-89 CHAPTER VII. Marco Polo's visit to... ...edition, of thirteen sail, proceeds to India -- It results in the discovery of Brazil -- Destruction of enterprises founded in the east 163- 173 CHAPT... ...bearing tree -- Man-eaters of the deep -- Mother Carey's chickens -- Giants of Brazil -- Some wonderful stories -- Seeking a passage to the Pacific --... ...s -- Capture of a Spanish vessel -- A strange sight witnessed on the shores of Brazil -- The natives recite incantations and make an offering of sacri... ... Start for the South Sea. -- Splendid equipment of the expedition -- Among the Brazilians -- Lost on the mountains of Terre del Fuego -- Habits of the... ...he commonly accepted version of the story is that given by Jal: An unbelieving Dutch captain, endeavoring to double Cape Horn against the force of a h... ...to sail the sea, the evil genius of sailors. Thus the appearance of the Flying Dutchman is ever dreaded as the fore- runner of disaster. O'Reilly sing... ...their destined port, they'll see their homes no more; They who see the Flying Dutchman never, never reach the shore." IN PURSUIT OF THE SPECTRAL SHIP...

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... models and inventing the “Poldermodel”, a Third Way. Wim Duisenberg, the Dutch Banker (currently Governor of the European Central Bank), attributed... ...fits and transfers Flexible labour markets Stable exchange rate. The Dutch miracle started in 1982 with the Wassenaar Agreement in which employ... ...ion of unemployment emerges, not ameliorated by labour mobility. The Dutch model sought to battle all these rigidities: The Dutch reduced soc... ...er was responsible to pay the first year of sickness benefits. Even the Dutch model is not a success. More than 13% of the population is receiving... ...r and Guillermo de la Dehesa, Cambridge University Press, 1997. 14. “The Dutch Model”, Frits Bolkestein, By Invitation, The Economist, May 22 nd , ... ...work force - yet, the published rate is 29%. In numerous countries - from Brazil to Sri Lanka - many people are mainly employed in casual work. The... ...rding to the "Global Entrepreneurship Monitor", is behind South Korea and Brazil in entrepreneurial activity prevalence index. But 7 percent of its ... ...mpathetic politicians. Ask the denizens of Thailand, sub-Saharan Africa, Brazil, or Morocco and they will tell you how they regard this altruistic ...

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...rends) of municipal finance in the USA, Europe, Latin America (mainly Argentina and Brazil), and in emerging economies (e.g., central and eastern Eu... ...nd price - auction the winner pays an amount equal to the second highest bid. In a Dutch auction, the auctioneer announces a series of decreasing p... ...often been claimed that IMF bailouts, in the wake of financial crises - in Mexico, Brazil, Asia, and Turkey, to mention but a few - created moral h... ...onds saw average profits of 10 percent this year - masking a surge of 30 percent in Brazilian and Ecuadorian paper, for instance. JP Morgan Chase's ... ...s reduced and the term of payment is prolonged. Brady countries include Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Mexico, to name just a few. The b...

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... Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("Index of Prohibited Books"). A few (mainly Dutch) publishers even went to the stake (a habit worth reviving, some cur... ...ry differential pricing (as pharmaceutical companies were forced to do in Brazil and South Africa). A Macedonian with an average monthly income of 16... ...rman, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Swedish, Danish, Welsh, Portuguese, Old Dutch, Bulgarian, Dutch/Flemish, Greek, Hebrew. We have texts in Old Frenc... ...n pilfering intellectual property digitally. The Italians, Portuguese and Dutch haven't even considered the option. Hardware manufacturers are liv... ... accounts and Web hosting services to encourage them to purchase PC's. The Dutch established public computer literacy centers for the disenfranchised...

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...ould not have thought that one could patent the idea of having an electronic Dutch auction on the Internet, working out the daily prices of a bundle o... ...he World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), put forward by India and Brazil, includes similar themes, as do the Geneva Declaration and the Ade...

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... he gathers, Robb’d for his daughter by the best of fathers. A monkey, a Dutch mastiff, a mackaw, Two parrots, with a Persian cat and kittens,... ...op not quite so certain as before: The Spanish, and the French, as well as Dutch, Have seen, and felt, how strongly you restore; And Waterloo ... ... done. Now go and dine from off the plate Presented by the Prince of the Brazils, And send the sentinel before your gate A slice or two from... ...2 From thence to Holland’s Hague and Helvoetsluys, That water land of Dutchmen and of ditches, Where juniper expresses its best juice, Th... ... a livelier sight: His bell mouth’d goblet makes me feel quite Danish Or Dutch with thirst—What, ho! a flask of Rhenish. O reader! if that thou ...

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...ll the ships from Europe, which sailed either to the coast of Guinea or to Brazil, or to the East Indies, made this cape, or those islands; and, in a ... ...m me, but that all I had should be delivered safe to me when I came to the Brazils. “For,” says he, “I have saved your life on no other terms than I w... ...aken up in the same condition. Besides,” said he, “when I carry you to the Brazils, so great a way from your own coun- try, if I should take from you ... ...he would give me a note of hand to pay me eighty pieces of eight for it at Brazil; and when it came there, if any one offered to give more, he would m... ...to go to him, I let the captain have him. We had a very good voyage to the Brazils, and I arrived in the Bay de Todos los Santos, or All Saints’ Bay, ... ...adfully high upon the shore, and might be well called Den Wild Zee, as the Dutch call the sea in a storm. And now our case was very dismal indeed; for... ...aft; the first of these I filled with provisions – viz. bread, rice, three Dutch cheeses, five pieces of dried goat’ s flesh (which we lived much upon... ...ied they were Englishmen, at least most of them; one or two I thought were Dutch, but it did not prove so; there were in all eleven men, whereof three...

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... somewhat below it. In the market of Europe, in the French coin and in the Dutch coin, an ounce of fine gold exchanges for about fourteen ounces of fi... ... wages of labour are said to be higher in Holland than in England, and the Dutch, it is well known, trade upon lower profits than any people in Europe... ...a greater stock being employed in it than before. During the late war, the Dutch gained the whole carrying trade of France, of which they still retain... ...t a certain quantity of tobacco for every negro, in the same manner as the Dutch are said to do of spices. If such violent methods are neces- sary to ... ...has given occasion to a regulation nearly of the same kind in that ancient dutchy. In waste and unin- closed lands, any person who discovers a tin min... ...s, are altogether new markets. New Granada, the Yucatan, Paraguay, and the Brazils, were, before discovered by the Europeans, inhabited by savage nati... ...hat if we were to judge of the quantity of gold annually imported from the Brazils to Lisbon, by the amount of the tax paid to the king of Portugal, w... ...the other. The tax, in- deed, of the king of Portugal upon the gold of the Brazils, is the same with the ancient tax of the king of Spain upon the sil... ...ntry from which it is carried on. If they are pur- chased with the gold of Brazil, for example, or with the silver of Peru, this gold and silver, like...

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...sed before, has improved them aston- ishingly.’ About this same period the Dutch were as eager about pigeons as were the old Romans. The paramount imp... ...ul collection of fossil bones made by MM. Lund and Clausen in the caves of Brazil. I was so much impressed with these facts that I strongly insisted, ... ...gigantic birds of New Zealand. We see it also in the birds of the caves of Brazil. Mr. Woodward has shown that the same law holds good with sea-shells... ... have become wholly extinct, and have left no progeny. But in the caves of Brazil, there are many extinct species which are closely allied in size and... ...pecies belong- ing to European genera occur. On the highest moun- tains of Brazil, some few European genera were found by Gardner, which do not exist ... ...t the world. I well remember, when first collecting in the fresh waters of Brazil, feeling much surprise at the simi- larity of the fresh-water insect...

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...ing like a child. The vessel in sight was a large hermaphrodite brig, of a Dutch build, and painted black, with a tawdry gilt figure-head. She had evi... ...appearance, as I have be- fore stated, led us to the belief that she was a Dutch trader, and the dresses of the crew also sustained this opinion. We m... ...ree Cape V erds and steered southwest, stretching over toward the coast of Brazil, so as to cross the equator between the meridians of twenty-eight an... ..., was first discovered by the Portuguese, and was visited afterward by the Dutch in 1643, and by the French in 1767. The three islands together form a... ...formerly taken, the group has been much vis- ited since its discovery. The Dutch and French frequented it at a very early period. In 1790, Captain Pat...