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  • This point, he says, "probably functioned as an atlatl dart point or knife," and "probably dates to the Late Archaic subperiod (6,000-3,000 years ago)."

    March 2009 2009

  • This point, he says, "probably functioned as an atlatl dart point or knife," and "probably dates to the Late Archaic subperiod (6,000-3,000 years ago)."

    Something really old, something really new 2009

  • The correlation over the full period is very low, but is relatively high in a selected subperiod.

    Cook et al[2004]: More Cargo Cult? « Climate Audit 2006

  • Stocks outperformed bonds and T-bills in every single subperiod between 1945 and 1996.

    Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation David Dreman 1998

  • In the last major subperiod 1926–1996 stocks returned 3½ times as much as bonds annually, and nine times as much after the War.

    Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation David Dreman 1998

  • Stocks outperformed bonds and T-bills in every single subperiod between 1945 and 1996.

    Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation David Dreman 1998

  • In the last major subperiod 1926–1996 stocks returned 3½ times as much as bonds annually, and nine times as much after the War.

    Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation David Dreman 1998

  • By comparing the strengths in the natal chart of the heavenly bodies ruling a specific period, subperiod, and division of the subperiod, you derive the interpretation of what is most likely to happen to the person during that time.

    Tibeto-Mongolian Astrology and Karma 1996

  • A third technique is to grant certain lengthy periods of time (fardārs) to each of the planets to rule in turn; and each planet in turn shares a subperiod of the fardār with its ruler.

    ASTROLOGY DAVID PINGREE 1968

  • According to this doctrine each planet depending on its synodic period (but the Metonic cycle for the Sun, the Egyptian lunar period for the Moon), governs a specific fraction of the native's life, or a specific number of months; then each period is divided into subperiods according to the same proportions, and each subperiod may be further subdivided ad infinitum.

    ASTROLOGY DAVID PINGREE 1968

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