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it also began to mean written texts having primarily aesthetic qualities: in 1764, Voltaire consciously excluded technical writing from his definition of it. Even so, Fréron’s periodical L’Année littéraire, despite its title, continued to reflect the wider scientific and intellectual concerns of the Enlightenment. Gattel’s Dictionnaire portatif (1797) still defined literature as ‘Science des BellesLettres; doctrine; érudition’ and La Harpe’s Cours de littérature (1799) took it to mean the knowledge and

(S.W) the Greatest, and there is none like Him. “There is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the One that hears and sees (all things).” (Holy Quran 42:11) He (S.W) the one and only, “Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him.” (Holy Quran 112:1 - 4) “Invent not similitude for Allah: for Allah knows, and ye know not.” (Holy Quran 16:74). Believing in Allah (S.W), who has these perfect characteristics

nature of aging for the interested layperson. Most textbooks are filled with the findings of scholarly research. They often fail to yield a useful portrait of getting old for reasons we hope will become obvious to the reader as we proceed. By this we mean that they do not provide a clear idea about what it means to an individual person to be old or to be getting old and what it often takes to remain cheerful, active, and fully engaged in living in the presence of physical and mental decline. One of

been adopted appear to be disproportionate to the threats posed or the goal of enhancing national security. A number of these measures violate fundamental human rights that the OSCE member states are committed to uphold, including some which are absolute rights even in times of emergency. There are many examples of the erosion of rights in the OSCE region since September 11, but nowhere is the concern more acute than in the United States itself. The US, which has strong traditions of ensuring

beyond the confines of corporate America to include government agencies, hospitals, and educational institutions. For example, the skyrocketing costs of a college education, cutbacks in federal aid for students and research, and the decline in the absolute number of high school graduates have led many university administrators to assess their colleges’ aspirations and identify a market niche in which they can survive and prosper. 3-4. The Nature of Strategic Planning Organizations exist

industriel porte beaucoup d’intérêt à la fiabilité de ses prévisions de ventes, car c’est un indicateur important qui permet de suivre la réactivité de l’entreprise face à son comportement dans le marché. Un des indicateurs le plus suivi est le Mean Absolute Percent Error (MAPE) qui traduit la fiabilité des prévisions. L’entreprise est alors « challengée » confrontée à sa capacité de saisir la complexité de l’environnement dans lequel elle évolue. Comme nous le verrons par la suite, plus le MAPE est proche

Luettecke, who taught me about Roman names; Dr. Ed Uthman, who helps me with medical stuff; Victoria and Debi, my continuity mavens; Toni L. P. Kelner and Dana Cameron, whose gentle comments after their first reading keep me from committing many an error; Paula Woldan, whose help and friendship keep me going; Lisa Desimini, the cover artist; Jodi Rosoff, my wonderful publicist; Ginjer Buchanan, my long-suffering editor; and my Mod Squad: Michele, Victoria, Kerri, MariCarmen, and Lindsay (current),

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lawful, personal to the promisor, of interest to the creditor, certain and capable of being dealt with.47 If the object of the contract is absolutely impossible, the object lapses and this will render the contract null and void. Verification of the absolute impossibility of the object depends upon the nature of the object. Here one must distinguish between the impossibility of an 'activity' ("faire" in French or "facere" in Italian) - for example the obligation to perform technical assistance in the

they say: "We are really with you: We (were) only jesting." 15. Allah will throw back their mockery on them, and give them rope in their trespasses; so they will wander like blind ones (To and fro). 16. These are they who have bartered Guidance for error: But their traffic is profitless, and they have lost true direction, 17. Their similitude is that of a man who kindled a fire; when it lighted all around him, Allah took away their light and left them in utter darkness. So they could not see. 18