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Kidnap, 2016 Kidnap insurance depends on orderly and stable markets for protection and hostages. The governance system for these three interlinked markets is best described as polycentric—i.e. consisting of multiple decision-making centres.
A. Shortland
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Romance Loans in Middle Dutch and Middle English: Retained or Lost? A Matter of Metre1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Romance words have been borrowed into all medieval West‐Germanic languages. Modern cognates show that the metrical patterns of loans can differ although the Germanic words remain constant: loan words Dutch kolónie, English cólony, German Koloníe compared with Germanic words Dutch wéduwe, English wídow, German Wítwe.
Johanneke Sytsema, Aditi Lahiri
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
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The Ransom of the Soul: Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity
, 2015 they could be deprived only as a disciplinary punishment. One is almost tempted to link the phoideratoi with the remarkable archaeological record of the late fi fth and early sixth century forts along the Lower Danube, particularly with certain classes ...
P. Brown
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PORWANIE LUB PRZETRZYMYWANIE DLA OKUPU WEDŁUG KODEKSU KANONÓW KOŚCIOŁÓW WSCHODNICH Z 1990 ROKU
Civitas et Lex, 2014 Subject of this article is the legal research on crime of kidnapping or hostage- keeping for ransom in jurisdiction of Code of Canons of Oriental Churches. Dogmatic and legal analysis of norms of the present code shows that can. 1445 and can.
Olga Arent
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The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The acquisition of silver was a key motive propelling the Viking expansion out of Scandinavia; identifying the sources of Viking silver during the early part of the Viking Age can provide critical insights into the relative significance of western European and eastern, Islamic wealth in the Viking expansion.
Jane Kershaw +5 more
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James Ransom Heirtzler: A Tribute
Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, 2022 James Ransom Heirtzler passed away in Silver Spring, Maryland, on 15 July 2022, at age 96. He was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on 16 September 1925. James served in the U.S. Navy in the tropical and western Pacific during 1944–1946.
Katherine Nazarova‐Heirtzler +1 more
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Ending the Code of Silence on Abductions of Aid Workers
Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, 2019 This article discusses the policy of absolute secrecy on abductions adopted by aid organisations. It argues that the information blackout on past and current cases is to a large extent a function of the growing role of private security companies in the ...
Fabrice Weissman
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Canadian Planning and Policy, 2022 In British Columbia, First Nation consultation is formally operationalized through land referrals, a system by which governments and industry proponents share information with First Nations about specific developments on their territories.
Rebecca DeLorey +3 more
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Mixed Helminthosis in Sheep Intestines in Dagestan
Российский паразитологический журнал, 2020 The purpose of the research is studying mixed zoonosis of sheep intestines and helminth biodiversity in the altitudinal zonation of Dagestan. Materials and methods.
M. M. Zubairova +4 more
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