centaur


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(classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse

a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross

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Thursday's launch was the 251st flight of the hydrogen-fueled Centaur. For this mission, it carried an experimental CubeSat as a rideshare payload.
"The conclusions of the inspection are reported as No Action Indicated (NAI) which is vindication of Centaur's efforts over the past 40 years in ensuring quality and maintaining international standards across the pharmaceutical value chain in API, formulations, clinical research and contract manufacturing," said Dr Jayashing Sawant, President- Technical, Centaur Pharmaceuticals.
Negotiations for the sale of The Lawyer are continuing, Centaur Media highlighted.
This transaction follows the recent disposals of Centaur's financial services business, its travel and meetings exhibitions and its HR business.
The sale of Centaur's engineering businesses will take aggregate proceeds to GBP 21.75m in cash.
Also, the fund's current adviser, Centaur Capital Partners, will continue to manage the portfolio until DCM Advisors assumes the role.
This function of hybridity is evident in Lucian himself, as in Lucian's Fugitivi, the sophist is not unlike the centaur: a hybrid creature, incapable of being wholly dedicated to philosophy or to ignorance, wandering in the interspace between an impersonator and a philosopher (Luc.
Bruce Rogers (1870-1957) perpetuated a lovely tradition in naming one of his most celebrated typefaces "Centaur." "As William Morris had named his types from the books in which they first appeared," he wrote, "why not call the new face Centaur?" (p.
Through the GRAV-D program, Centaur's data is helping to increase the accuracy of elevation measurements to determine where water will flow, which is instrumental for scientists, urban planners, agriculture and construction industries, and flood control managers.
Southlake, Texas-based Centaur manages the Centaur Total Return Fund (NASDAQ: TILDX) in addition to managing other investments.
The Fund allows investors to gain exposure to the Centaur Natural Resources Bonds which are issued by Centaur Group Finance Ltd.
The researchers analyzed the star's light emissions, and the momentary shadow created by Chiron, and identified optical features that suggest the centaur may possess a circulating disk of debris.
DID you ever serve on board any of the light fleet carriers, HMS Bulwark, HMS Albion, or HMS Centaur? Our Association - the HMS Bulwark Albion Centaur Association - is open to anyone who served at any time on these ships.