10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOUNTAINOUSNESS»
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mountainousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mountainousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Institutions V. Geography: Sub-National Evidence from the ...
However, the degree of mountainousness (as defined below) differs from one
county to another, often considerably. This narrow geographical feature,
mountainousness, has been discussed widely (although anecdotally) for a long
time as an ...
Alma Romero-Barrutieta, Eric V. Clifton, 2006
2
State Death: The Politics and Geography of Conquest, ...
The second control variable—state mountainousness—is used to test the
intuition that it will be difficult to conquer states that are particularly mountainous.
States with rugged terrain—such as Switzerland and Afghanistan—are thought to
be ...
3
Key Issues for Mountain Areas
Consequently, analyses assessed the implications of different thresholds of ''
mountainousness.'' The results were similar to those discussed above – namely,
that conditions in mountain areas tended to reflect national trends. However,
when ...
Martin F. Price, Libor Jansky, Andrei A. Iatsenia, 2004
4
Galileo and the Church: Political Inquisition Or Critical ...
Blancanus had spoken about the "mountainousness" ("montuosita") of the moon
as being limited to its central area and not existing at its margins. Also, he had
justified his claim by an argument from observation which, in this particular case,
...
5
Journal of Regional Policy
As can be seen in Table 9, the collection per single inhabilitant of the banking
system is explained clearly by per capita income (R2 = 0.915). If we take the
mountainousness index into account, this only produces a marginal improvement
...
6
The Rural Cyclopedia: Or A General Dictionary of ...
Other elements than mere altitude, indeed, contribute to the aggregate character
of climate,—particularly the direction of slope or exposure, the angle of elevation,
the lowness or mountainousness of surrounding country, nearness or distance ...
7
Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum: a Dictionary of the Gaelic ...
MONADALACHD, s. ind. Mountainousness: montosus aspectus. C. S. Mén-
AIGEANTACB, uncrm, adj. Vide Mbr-aigneach, Diet. MORARAIL, -E, adj. Lordlike
: domino similis. C. S. MGR-BMLEACH, 4:10:13, Broad-brimmed: laté marginatus
.
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, ...
MOUNTAINOUSNESS, mddnitin-nils-nés, 0. The state of being full of mountains.
*Movnranr, mdilnitdnt, a. Rising on high. Mouursnaxx, mddnite-Mnk, s. A doctor
who mounts a bench in the market, and boasts his infallible remedies and cures;
...
... the villages have been considered not promising under the pretext of
foodlessness, mountainousness and others, instead of making the roads, the
conditions adapt the will, the needs of men, men have followed the roads,
adapted the will, ...
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The United Service Journal
It was near the end of the second dog-watch, and old Mr. Blowhard was moving,
or rather rolling, his mountainousness fore-and-aft the quarter-deck, and with a
stretch of condescension he suffered Mr. Winkletap, the midshipman, to walk ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOUNTAINOUSNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
mountainousness is used in the context of the following news items.
Theatre of shattered dreams
... it with characters relatable to all Nepalis—regardless the plainness or hilliness or mountainousness of the places they originally come from. «E Kantipur, Jan 15»
Michael Sorkin Throws in with the Lucas Museum Defenders
In the mountainousness of Yansong's design, which Kamin compared to fictinal crime lord Jabba the Hut, Sorkin finds hints of "a Frei Otto tent ... «Curbed National, Jan 15»
State BOE approves pilot program for more flexible school days
Officials said some schools, like those in mountainousness areas with transportation challenges, may find it hard to meet the new requirement ... «Charleston Gazette, Dec 14»
Zorb's NZ inventors say Russian fatality 'completely avoidable'
"Operating in mountainousness, rocky and snow conditions is very dangerous. Operating any inflatable in these conditions would require ... «TVNZ, Jan 13»
Fact box: Details of the Osama bin Laden raid
Their departure route could be straight to Kunnar Province of Afghanistan while, again, flying low and fast in mountainousness terrain over ... «The Express Tribune, May 11»
