William E. Warne, Director, Department of Water Resources. V. 1. Text -- v. 2. Figures [Final ed.]
Water use ; Land use ; Water-supply
Université Laval
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Excerpt: AR 27–53 Review of Legality of Weapons Under International Law This is a transitional reprint of this publication which places it in the new UPDATE format. Any previously published permanent numbered changes have been incorporated into the text.
Excerpt: Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington David Weber ?that looks like your snotty, senior chief.?
Excerpt: Prologue slate-gray seawater blew back in explosions of white as the twin- masted schooner sliced through the swell. The eastern sky ahead of her was brushed with rose and gold, a dawn that offered beauty to the eye if no warmth to cold-pinched fingers and noses, and ice glittered on her stays. The low, sleek vessel?s flag?green, badged with a golden seagull?and black hull proclaimed her marfang island registry. Not that any flags were needed. A prudent seaman w...
Excerpt: Persuasion by Jane Austen.
Includes bibliographical references : RLIN
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Excerpt: Synopsis of Program: The Cognitive Neuroscience emphasis seeks highly innovative and interdisciplinary proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, perception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior, including how such processes develop and change in the brain and through evolutionary time.
Economics
Natural disasters fit ?naturally? within the Social Risk Management (SRM) framework. The SRM framework explores how society manages risks, with the main idea being that all individuals, households and communities are exposed to multiple risks from different sources. Still, the poor are more vulnerable since they are typically more exposed to risks and have access to fewer risk management instruments that can permit them to deal with these risks. This exposure to risks an...
Excerpt: The Office of Innovation and Improvement's (OII) Innovation of the Week is the Troops-to-Teachers program. The brave men and women fighting in Iraq--and their colleagues around the world--represent one of the most highly skilled, highly trained sectors of our society,? Nina Rees, Deputy Under-secretary of OII, testified before the House Committee on Veterans? Affairs April 9. Many of our service personnel possess a command of mathematics and science, subjects th...
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Excerpt: In its resolution 809 (1993) the Security Council asked me to report before the end of May 1993 on the results of specific steps which it invited me to take with a view to expediting the implementation of the Settlement Plan. For reasons explained below, I believe it might be better to present such a report in July 1993. In the interim, the present status report summarizes the progress of my efforts to date.
Excerpt: Karl Latte, best man ever worked for me. Unconventional.... auri cocks an eyebrow, what's that supposed to mean? independent as hell. Born five centuries too late, sees himself as a knight in black ostrich hide. Used to be a cop, but doesn't give a rat's hind end about law. Convince him you're the underdog, and he'll never quit?not while he breathes.