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pa suhj

  • n  the act of passing from one state or place to the next
  • n  a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
  • n  a way through or along which someone or something may pass
  • n  the passing of a law by a legislative body
  • n  a journey usually by ship
    the outward passage took 10 days
  • n  a short section of a musical composition
  • n  a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
    the nasal passages
  • n  a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
    the passage of air from the lungs
  • n  the motion of one object relative to another
  • n  the act of passing something to another person

  • They turn out to be en route to oblivion, a passage that brings them up against the desert, the Arabs, the French colonizers, a very unsavory motherson combination and their .
  • From the painful passage of the civil rights movement to the soaring magic of Jordan, the passion of Gates and the hip-hop beat of Hill, browse PTI's words and LIFE's images .
  • Today, despite the passage of laws and the passage of time, they seem even worse off than they were.
News & Articles

  • Great Allegheny Passage’s point will be made at Saturday gala
    By Laura Szepesi EDITOR’S NOTE: A ceremony on Saturday in Pittsburgh will officially open the Great Allegheny Passage — a recreational trail that meanders from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, ...
    June 13, 2013 - The Mckeesport Daily News
  • DTCC Statement on the U.S. House of Representatives Passage of H.R. 742
    The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation General Counsel Larry Thompson today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013 (H.R.
    June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
  • Ark. senators praise farm bill passage
    Arkansas' U.S. Senate delegation is praising the passage of a farm bill. The bill passed the Senate on Monday on a 66-27 vote. The five-year, half-trillion bill includes greater subsidies for rice farmers ...
    June 11, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Quotes

  • President Bush in International Herald Tribune
    We all deeply regret the tragic suffering of the Armenian people that began in 1915,Bush said in a brief statement from the White House. "But this resolution is not the right response to these historic mass killings, and its passage would...
  • Barack Obama in News-Insurances (press release)
    The bill "contains Democratic ideas, Republican ideas and plenty of compromises in between," Obama said, hailing the Senate's "progress last night, with a creative new framework I believe will pave the way for final passage."
  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan in International Herald Tribune
    The passage of the motion in Parliament does not mean that an operation will be carried out at once,Erdogan said Tuesday. "Turkey will act with common sense and determination when necessary and when the time is ripe."

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