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SUMMARY: Ever need a fact or quotation on chronicles? Designed for speechwriters, journalists, writers, researchers, students, professors, teachers, historians, academics, scrapbookers, trivia buffs and word lovers, this is the largest book ever created for this single word. It represents a compilation from a variety of sources with a linguistic emphasis on anything relating to the term chronicles, including non-conventional usage and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities. The entries cover all parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb or adjective usage) as well as use in modern slang, pop culture, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This data dump results in many unexpected examples for chronicles, since the editorial decision to include or exclude terms is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under fair use conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org). SUMMARY: Glawen Clattuc -seize ans, toute la t├®m├®rit├® des Clattuc- devient stagiaire au Bureau des enqu├¬tes. Il sera fonctionnaire, s'il am├®liore son indice : sa m├¿re, n'est-ce pas, est n├®e hors plan├¿te ! D├®cor : Cadwal, plan├¿te-r├®serve o├╣ la protection de la nature passe d'abord ; on restreint m├¬me le nombre des fonctionnaires et bien des cadets de famille tombent au rang ingrat de collat├®raux. Glawen fait donc du z├¿le, il est de toutes les enqu├¬tes, mais o├╣ m├¿nent-elles ? Aux autres enqu├¬teurs, qui vendraient leur grand-m├¿re pour devenir fonctionnaire ; aux immigr├®s, les Yips, trop nombreux aussi, impatients d'occuper la r├®serve ; au mouvement Vie, Paix et Libert├®, qui les soutient, ce qui divise les ma├«tres de Cadwal. Trop de gens ont int├®r├¬t ├á brouiller les pistes. Alors, les crimes se multiplient. Les enqu├¬tes s'enlisent. Et le cercle se resserre autour de Glawen. Dans ce monde ├®touffant et splendide, il lui faut beaucoup d'audace et de prudence pour parer les terribles coups qui lui sont port├®s.
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