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Among the splendid Picassos, the large, Cézanne-influenced "Dryad" (1909) is striking.
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– Since last night two yachts have come into harbour, the "Dryad" (Lord Cardigan's) and the "Maraquita" (Mr. Carew's).
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It's been a while since the Redmondians have talked up "Dryad," Microsoft's answer to
Resources | ZDNet 2010
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"Dryad," is still a reference architecture and not a production technology.
CodeGuru.com 2010
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It's been a while since the Redmondians have talked up "Dryad," Microsoft's answer to
Resources | ZDNet 2010
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In July 1810, Admiral Lord Gambier (after whom Mount Gambier is named) placed Captain Robert Mends, master of H.M.S. Arethusa, in command of a small squadron, consisting also of the Dryad, the Amazon, the Cossack, and the Narcissus, with secret orders to co-operate with the anti-French Junta General del Principado de Asturias by making further punitive attacks against French occupying forces along the Cantabrian coast.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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William Howell, who had been a boatswain at Trafalgar and a sergeant at Waterloo, turns up in the journals years later, aged 55, on the Dryad, described as "very much dissipated and suffered much from stricture and perineal tumours".
Amputations, acid gargles and ammonia rubs: Royal Navy surgeons' 1793-1880 journals revealed Maev Kennedy 2010
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The Dryad also carried poor young Samuel Tapper, whose life must have been made a misery.
Amputations, acid gargles and ammonia rubs: Royal Navy surgeons' 1793-1880 journals revealed Maev Kennedy 2010
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We have heard threats against the lives of Americans before but it strikes me as being very, very unusual why they would kill hostages outright, said Graeme Gibbon-Brooks, the head of Dryad Maritime Intelligence, adding that the pirates must realize that killing Americans would invite a military response.
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Graeme Gibbon-Brooks, the head of Dryad Maritime Intelligence, said the test was "remarkable" for how the Navy was able to concentrate the beam over such a long distance at sea, and given how the boat was being tossed about in rough water.
U.S. Navy's New Laser Could Put Pressure On Pirates (VIDEO) 2011
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