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  • Here, about six miles from the shores of the gulf, he selected a broad plain between the sea and the pleasant hills of the Mount Lofty Range; and on the bank of a small stream, which he called the Torrens, he marked out the lines of the infant city.

    History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 George Sutherland 1880

  • Paul Torrens is someone after our hearts, for he has developed a realistic computer 3D model that can predict crowd behavior in various spatial configurations.

    Modeling Urban Panic 2007

  • Paul Torrens is someone after our hearts, for he has developed a realistic computer 3D model that can predict crowd behavior in various spatial configurations.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • One proposal that held out hope for a comprehensive cure of diseases of title was the Australian system, called Torrens after its inventor, Sir Robert R. Torrens.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • The valley of the Torrens is a portion of the Park lands which run round the city to the breadth of half a mile.

    Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832

  • The issue, called Torrens Series 2009-3 Trust, was initially launched with a size of A$500 million.

    FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten 2009

  • They step across the "Torrens," without knowing it, and enquire for the inn.

    A Source Book of Australian History Gwendolen H. [Compiler] Swinburne

  • Hammer’s list as inedited, no doubt by an oversight, is evidently No. 7, which bears a similar title in Torrens.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Kelvis Ochoa, December Bueno and David Torrens have all played poolside recently.

    Top 10 paladares in Havana 2012

  • John Torrens , who teaches entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, says there might be dire consequences for start-ups that raise cash on crowd-funding sites that are later shutdown by regulators.

    Crowd-Funding Brings Unease Angus Loten 2011

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