So the Hanging Committee is, after all, to have the pleasure of gazing upon the portraits of Mrs. Harrison and Miss Milsom... (D. L. Sayers and R. Eustace, ‘The Documents in the Case’, section 1) — В конце концов выставочный комитет решил насладиться написанными мной портретами миссис Харрисон и мисс Милсом...
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hanging committee — noun : a committee having charge of the hanging of pictures in an exhibition * * * hanging committee noun A committee that chooses the works of art to be shown in an exhibition • • • Main Entry: ↑hang … Useful english dictionary
hanging committee — committee that deals with the details of a display (at an exhibition) … English contemporary dictionary
Hanging Rock State Park — Geobox Protected Area name = Hanging Rock State Park native name = other name = other name1 = category local = North Carolina State Park category iucn = III image caption = Enjoying the view from Hanging Rock State Park etymology type = etymology … Wikipedia
Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Gaza Strip) — The Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice is a group in the Gaza Strip responsible for enforcing Muslim codes of behavior.[1][2][3] According to journalist Khaled Abu Toameh and Middle East researcher Dr. Jonathan… … Wikipedia
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance — Charles Cora and James Casey are hanged by the Committee of Vigilance, San Francisco, 1856. The San Francisco Committee of Vigilance was a popular ad hoc organization formed in 1851 and revived in 1856. Their purpose was to rein in rampant crime… … Wikipedia
Lenin's Hanging Order — is a term given to Vladimir Lenin s hand written order, [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/ad2kulak.html Library of Congress Translation] ] dated 11 August 1918, instructing the Communists operating in the Penza area to publicly hang at least… … Wikipedia
Overman Committee — Three of the five members of the Overman Committee in 1919 during hearings: Senator Josiah Oliver Wolcott (D Del.), Chairman Lee Slater Overman (D N.C.), Senator Knute Nelson (R Minn.) The Overman Committee was a special subcommittee … Wikipedia
leave\ hanging — • leave hanging • leave hanging in the air v. phr. To leave undecided or unsettled. Because the committee could not decide on a time and place, the matter of the spring dance was left hanging. Ted s mother didn t know what to do about the broken… … Словарь американских идиом
leave\ hanging\ in\ the\ air — • leave hanging • leave hanging in the air v. phr. To leave undecided or unsettled. Because the committee could not decide on a time and place, the matter of the spring dance was left hanging. Ted s mother didn t know what to do about the broken… … Словарь американских идиом
Reform Committee (Transvaal) — The Reform Committee was an organisation of prominent Johannesburg citizens which existed late 1895/early 1896. The Transvaal gold rush had brought in a considerable foreign population, chiefly British although there were substantial minorities… … Wikipedia
Pike Committee Report — U.S. representative Otis Pike chaired a committee in the House of Representatives during the mid 1970s that investigated the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Although the Pike Committee proved much less important in investigating the CIA… … Historical Dictionary of the Kurds
