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beware the ides of March

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beware the ides of March

A phrase used to foreshadow something bad. "Ides" refers to the 15th day of the month. In the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar, a prophet tells Caesar to "beware the ides of March"—and Caesar is subsequently killed on that day. You have History next period? Well, beware the ides of March—Mr. Smith is in a bad mood today and gave us extra homework. A: "I guess the boss has heard about the printing error by now?" B: "Yep, so beware the ides of March, if you know what I mean." Hey, man, beware the ides of March—Lisa knows you lied to her.
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Till next fortnight...Beware the Ides of March; bura na mano Holi hai!
This paper briefly discusses the historical development of the IDES. The paper then defines the readiness problem created by the IDES and discusses some of the ways commanders navigate this problem under the current rules.
DOD and Veterans Affairs (VA) are taking steps to improve IDES performance, but progress to date is uneven and it is too early to assess their overall impact.
One Soldier, currently awaiting her fit-for-duty decision through IDES, said her PEBLO contacted her right away and she started her VA appointments from the very beginning.
and Florence (Thornton) Ide. He was educated in the public schools of East Providence, and was a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and Worcester Polytechnic Institute's School of Industrial Management.
The functionality is now supported within the core of the IDE, integrated into Java code and the persistence environment.
The company, IDES Inc., operates The Plastics Web, which is built on a database of product information from about 700 plastics suppliers around the world.
Penton Media's (Cleveland, OH) "Machine Design" magazine has entered into a partnership with IDES (Laramie, WY) to provide an engineering plastics search engine.
IDES, Laramie, Wyo., has come up with a new version of its Prospector online materials database search engine that makes it easier to find alternative materials that satisfy the same application needs as current materials while potentially offering lower cost or other advantages.
Compiler vendors hastened to add programmer-friendly features like source code browsers and debuggers to their own toolsets, leading to popular IDEs like Microsoft Visual Studio and Borland Delphi.
* Database Explorer - Brings functionality previously found almost exclusively in mid-tier commercial IDEs into the free, open source NetBeans IDE.
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