2 QUOTES WITH «DAMOCLES»
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Damocles.
The world may end up under a Sword of Damocles on a tightrope over the abyss.
Living with AIDS is like always having the sword of Damocles over your head. The disease is scarier than death itself. The disease is so messy, so devastating, so pervasive. It robs you of everything you hold dear.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAMOCLES»
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Damocles in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Damocles and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Literally worlds apart, they are two unexpectedly kindred spirits, whose chance meeting will be the first step toward life-changing history: contact with an extraterrestrial race.Dispatched from Earth after being thrown into chaos by the ...
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Star Trek: Titan #4: Sword of
Damocles
Fate: It is an idea as old as life itself.
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Damocles On The Couch: How Simple Logic And Humorous Stories ...
Morality plays, such as The Sword Of Damocles, help us to learn life lessons and understand the human condition. In this story, Damocles finds himself placed in a chair with a sword dangling over his head suspended by a single hair.
Herbert L. Stricklin, 2013
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The Darkroom of
Damocles
A new translation of an acclaimed Dutch thriller finds tobacconist Henri Osewoudt visited by a man named Dorbeck during the German occupation of Holland and given a series of increasingly dangerous assignments designed to help British ...
Willem Frederik Hermans, 2009
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Operation
Damocles: Israel's Secret War Agaisnt Hitler's ...
Exactly half a century later, this book tells the gripping story of the mysterious arms dealers, Mossad assassins, scientific genii, and leading figures who all played their part in Operation Damocles.
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The Sword of
Damocles: A Story of New York Life
Damocles, one of the courtiers of Dionysius, was perpetually extolling with
rapture that tyrant's treasures, grandeur, the number of his troops, the extent of
his dominions, the magnificence of his palaces, and the universal abundance of
all good ...
Anna Katharine Green, 1881
The fate of the earth hangs in the balance in a dispute involving a dutiful spy, a newscaster with a price on her head, a rascal scientist, a grouchy former CIA agent, a murderous idealist, and a treasonous president. Original.
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Damocles' Wife: The Inside Story of Cancer Caregiving and ...
Damocles' Wife is the inner journey of a cancer caregiver whose husband becomes a long-term survivor of brain cancer.
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The Sword of
Damocles: U.S. Financial Hegemony in Colombia ...
Gutierrez told Fund officials that he felt a profound uneasiness having the "Sword
of Damocles" hanging over his head while negotiating.1 The Sword of Damocles,
the austere monetary, fiscal, and trade policies that the IMF, the World Bank, ...
Rogue trader patriarch Lucian Gerrit and his family get swept up in an Imperial Crusade to track down and exterminate the alien tau.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAMOCLES»
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A parallel universe of political moral relativity
At some point on Wednesday morning, the image of the trade union royal commission's Sword of Damocles hovering over Opposition Leader ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
Vote in Greece threatens entire EU
Serious because the fate of the European Union hangs in the precarious balance, by a gossamer thread, sword of Damocles, tip of the iceberg. «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
What one thing would you change about Aston Villa?
I'm not necessarily certain that it's going to fix anything to switch owners, but having the possibility ever-present feels like a sword of Damocles ... «7500 To Holte, Jul 15»
She Continues to Run, for a Comeback
HYDERABAD: Dutee Chand is back on the track after a period of confusion and dilemma. With the Sword of Damocles hanging precariously ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
Common Ground Music Festival begins today
By Corey Damocles / The State News. Fans cheer as Juicy J enters Auto Value Main Stage on July 11, 2014, at Adado Riverfront Park in ... «The State News, Jul 15»
One Last Ditch Effort To Agree
With all this high drama, and "unknowns" hanging over the euro this morning like the Sword of Damocles, the euro is getting sold once again. «FXStreet, Jul 15»
Greek debt crisis: How Greece's banking system is beholden to politics
... €3.5bn is due to be paid to the ECB - the very institution that is effectively holding the Sword of Damocles over the county's banking system. «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
Two prosecutors arrested in bribe sting
... that the office likes to keep a few swords of Damocles hanging over those whom it might want to influence in the cases it deals with. «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»
From the Floor: All that is solid melts into air
... and Continental indices are actually looking somewhat lively this morning, even as Greece's sword of Damocles hangs over the euro area. «TradingFloor.com, Jul 15»
Your serve: the reader replies to The Irish Times Women's Power List
@Damocles wrote: “They have to cater to the public's voracious appetite for celeb gossip. That's commerce for you. The public doesn't flock to ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
