Shinner


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Shinner

(ˈʃɪnə)
(in Ireland) n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) informal a supporter or member of Sinn Féin
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In a called on meeting held here with famous Turkish Social Scientist and Professor of sociology Dr Saami Shinner, he said there is an acute deficit of social scientists which must be addressed on urgent basis.
It is proposed that works will commence as soon as practicable, following the grant of planning permission." Planning officer Lyndsay Shinner took into account comments from Chester Cycling Campaign who called for cycle parking provision - an additional plan now shows storage for ten cycles - and Bridge Street Residents Association, (BSRA) who welcomed the application subject to conditions.
Constance Markievicz became the first woman to be elected an MP in 1918, but because she was a Shinner she wouldn't enter Parliament - so the honour of being the first woman MP in the House went to Tory Nancy Astor a year later.
According to Shinner, "Art is not only a cluster of concepts and organisations, at the same time that is something that people believe, a source of peace, a love object." (Shinner 2010:26) By defining her artistic approach briefly as "non- materialistic treasures" Feyza Ozgundogdu seems that she chooses to reflect peace and love and something different that we can feel.
The company was established in 1996 by Gary Shinner and Jill Portman.
Greenwich Free School was set up by Jonathan Simons - Head of Education at Gove's former thinktank Policy Exchange - and Tom Shinner, Gove's PS105,000 a year "Strategy Director".
But Alasdair Shinner, station manager of Ascent Flight Training, said the new plane's resemblance to the old aircraft is the only similarity.
The results, captured by photographer Josh Shinner who often works for Vogue, launch the More Tomorrows campaign in aid of the new PS28.5m Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC).
NatWest relationship manager Annette Shinner added: "Mark and Clive have taken a bold step in getting into a totally new sector but they have solid business experience and will I'm sure help to take this business to the next level.
Among this issue's nonfiction, we present Barrett Hathcock's "Goodbye, Arkansas," a reflective piece on the pleasures and perils of meditative driving; Barrington Smith--Seetachitt's "Luck, Statistics, Magic," an examination of how to interpret and cope with the language, logic, and math of illness; and Peggy Shinner's "Leopold and Shinner," an essay that traces the origins of a letter to Shinner's mother from one of the most infamous criminals of the twentieth century, raising compelling questions about crime, celebrity, rehabilitation, sexuality, and family.
IT'S HARD TO BE A PLAYWRIGHT--AND IT'S doubly, triply, quadruply hard to be a young playwright of color," says Sandy Shinner, associate artistic director of Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater, which has a longstanding commitment to new plays.