This one contained a slab of grey stone from the Marecchia River Formation in Italy, bearing the complete skeleton of a 20+ centimeter specimen of Syngnathus acus, an extinct species of pipefish from the Lower Pliocene (about 3-5 million years old). ❋ Faustfatale (2010)
The word acupuncture was coined by French Jesuits from the Latin acus (needle) and punctura (puncture). ❋ Beverley Golden (2011)
Another pipefish, the Longsnout (Syngnathus acus) was common in these rivers and used to co-exist with the River Pipefish. ❋ Unknown (1994)
A. cruentus x hypochondri - acus (d) 2.97 17.4 8.0 4.3 3.0 ❋ Unknown (1984)
The following nouns in - us are Feminine: acus, _needle_; domus, ❋ Charles E. Bennett (N/A)
"Apostoli mirabantur quasi nimis dura esset ac severa sententia; respondit Christus, eam, etiam atque etiam exaggerens, et severiorem reddens; atque hoc est quod ait: ` iterum dico vobis, 'quasi dicat," non solum quod modo dixi verum est, sed amplius etiam dico vobis, facilius esse camelum per foramen acus transire, quam divitem intrare in regnum coelorum ... v. 26. ❋ C. 1300-1361 (1910)
* "Apostoli mirabantur quasi nimis dura esset ac severa sententia; respondit Christus, eam, etiam atque etiam exaggerens, et severiorem reddens; atque hoc est quod ait: ` iterum dico vobis, 'quasi dicat," non solum quod modo dixi verum est, sed amplius etiam dico vobis, facilius esse camelum per foramen acus transire, quam divitem intrare in regnum coelorum ... ❋ C. 1300-1361 (1910)
According to an absurd story, which has been repeated by various writers, misled by the forgeries already mentioned, the monks, when they came to this part of the valley of the Célé, found it an uninhabited wilderness without a name, and somebody exclaimed, 'Fige acus!' ❋ Edward Harrison Barker (1885)
'Facilius elephas per foramen acus', is among the Hebrew adages collected by Drusius; the same metaphor is found in two other Jewish proverbs, and this appears to determine the signification of [Greek (transliterated): chamaelos]. ❋ Robert Southey (1808)
Flagitium et flagellum sunt tanquam acus et filum [Punishment follows wickedness as the thread the needle]. ❋ Unknown (1692)
* [2185] Flagitium et flagellum sunt tanquam acus et filum ❋ Unknown (1692)
A.acus transactions for securities fraud, evaluate the extent of any receipt, by Goldman Sachs, of fraudulently generated A. I.G.-issued credit default swap payments, and vigorously pursue the recovery of such payments on behalf of the U.S. ❋ By GRETCHEN MORGENSON (2010)
A. I.G.'s participation was crucial to the success of many A.acus securities issued by Goldman Sachs. ❋ By GRETCHEN MORGENSON (2010)
A.cording to the complaint, Goldman created A.acus 2007-A.1 in February 2007, at the request of John A. Paulson, a prominent hedge fund manager who earned an estimated $3.7 billion in ❋ Unknown (2010)
