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  • Censors or Censorate (Tu Ch'a Yuan) has two presidents (Tu Yu-she), four vice-presidents, twenty-four supervising censors (Liu k'o), divided into six boards, and thirty-eight censors (Yu-che) distributed over fifteen Tao or circuits.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • Emperor K'ang-hi the day is divided into 96 k'o, or quarters, sub-divided into 15 fen, or minutes, the minute into 60 miao, or seconds, each second into 60 wei; these in turn are divided into 12 shih, subdivided into two siao-shi (ch'u and cheng).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • The equivalent of our own phrase "the baseless fabric of a vision" is in Chinese _nan k'o chih mêng_ -- a dream of the south branch.

    Myths and Legends of China 1909

  • The _Nan k'o mêng_, or _Dream of the South Branch_ (as the title, literally translated, should read), is the work of a writer named

    Myths and Legends of China 1909

  • There is nothing wrong with any of these hits, your supposed to separate the receiver from the ball and all cases that happened. silverback was one k'o from a very rare hat-trick 3 k'os in one game would have been sweet, just don't dare touch the qb's ,we need them to make the games more interesting.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2010

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