ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VILLAGE
From Old French, from ville farm, from Latin: villa.
10 QUOTES WITH «VILLAGE»
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village.
Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.
One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business.
In 1978, the tradition of running from village to village with a message was revived. that first run was from Davis to Los Angeles, a distance of 500 miles.
As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywood movie on the television. After a few minutes watching a bunch of sari-clad dancers cavorting on a Swiss mountain to tuneless music, I would switch over to some proper drama about housing estates and single mothers.
The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders.
My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for the Yorkshire second team as an opening fast bowler - to me he was a gorgeously heroic man. He helped form a union and closed down the Barnsley seam because it was seeping gas, and saved many, many lives.
Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.
I have asked the village blacksmith to forge golden chains to tie our ankles together. I have gathered all the gay ribbons in the world to wind around and around and around and around and around and around again around our two waists.
Benteen, come on, big village, be quick. Bring packs.
I come from a small village in Sicily. For all Italian people, family is very important. We don't fight with our families.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VILLAGE»
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village in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
village and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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If the World Were a
Village: A Book about the World's People
By narrowing down the world's population to a village of one hundred people, the author offers up some surprising statistics about religion, food, water, nationalities, language, age, and education.
This new edition elucidates how the choices we make about how we raise our children, and how we support families, will determine how all nations will face the challenges of this century.
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
2012
3
A Child From The
Village
" "A Child from the Village was written just prior to Qutb's conversion to the Islamist cause and reflects his concerns for social justice.
Sayyid Quṭb, Dr. John Calvert, William E. Shepard,
2004
4
Puritan
Village: The Formation of a New England Town
One might even see the story of early Sadbury as a type of local morality play, replete with Devil, Greed, and Ambition, opposed by both Faith and Prudence.
Sumner Chilton Powell,
1970
5
The
Village of Cannibals: Rage and Murder in France, 1870
"The Village of Cannibals" is a fascinating inquiry into the social and political ingredients of an alchemy that transformed ordinary people into brutal executioners in nineteenth-century France.
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The Early Mesoamerican
Village: UPDATED EDITION
This is a seminal tract on scientific method in archaeology and a series of studies on formative Mesoamerica that has influenced generations of archaeologist. A new Foreword by Jeremy Sabloff is featured in this edition.
Kent V Flannery, Jeremy A Sabloff,
2009
Published in 1998, Indian Village is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology & Social Policy.
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Chen
Village Under Mao and Deng
Chen Village Under Mao and Deng includes not only the bulk of the original text of Chen Village, but also three new chapters on village life under Deng: gripping descriptions of the village leader's purge, the rapid industrialization of the ...
Anita Chan, Jonathan Unger,
1992
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Globalization and Media: Global
Village of Babel
This lively and accessible book argues for the central role of media in understanding globalization. Indeed, Jack Lule convincingly shows that globalization could not have occurred without media.
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Palestinian
Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced
This book chronicles the local histories written by modern Palestinians about their villages that were destroyed in the 1948 war.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VILLAGE»
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village is used in the context of the following news items.
Life in Susiya, the Palestinian village under threat from Israeli …
Israeli authorities have denied the villagers permission to build, in part because they say the village does not have proper infrastructure, and because those who ... «CNN, Jul 15»
Golf Stars Urged to Stay in Olympic Village During Rio Games
The head of the IOC is urging the world's top golfers to ditch the luxury hotels and "share the Olympic spirit" by staying in the athletes' village when the sport ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
Mali: Gunmen attack village near Ivory Coast border
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Gunmen identifying as Islamic extremists attacked and briefly occupied a village in southern Mali near Ivory Coast on Sunday before ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»
Crackdown on Albanian marijuana village after fatal shooting
1 of 2 Medical staff transport a police officer to a hospital after he was injured in a shootout in the village of Lazarat, 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of the ... «The Seattle Times, Jun 15»
Spain's 'Fort Kill Jews' village changes name
The name of a Spanish village that translates as "Fort Kill Jews" has been changed following a referendum and local government approval. Castrillo Matajudios ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
Search for bodies in Nepal village suspended due to avalanches
Officials remained unsure how many people were in Langtang village, in the heart of a popular trekking and climbing area, when the earthquake and landslide ... «Reuters, May 15»
Bicester Village fire at Carluccio's restaurant
A large fire broke out in a restaurant at a major shopping outlet in Oxfordshire. Bicester Village was shut after the fire started at about 08:45 BST. As the fire took ... «BBC News, Apr 15»
ISIL attacks Syrian village, kills scores
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) killed at least 37 people in a Syrian village near the city of Hama overnight, a group monitoring the country's civil ... «Al Jazeera America, Mar 15»
Video Shows Moment Of East Village Explosion
Security camera video has surfaced showing the powerful explosion that rocked an East Village tenement yesterday afternoon, bringing down three buildings ... «Gothamist, Mar 15»
Improper Access to Gas Line Eyed as Cause of East Village Explosion
Inspectors with Con Ed had been to the East Village building to check on ongoing work to upgrade gas service. The utility said the work didn't pass inspection, ... «NBC New York, Mar 15»