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aven

[′av·ən]
(geology)
(mining engineering)
A vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The young reformers, as Aven and Kokh stress, were not dissidents: they were mainly highly educated economists who saw that the Soviet system was finished, and that the market and, with it, democracy had to be embraced.
With Pont Aven a five-minute drive away, we ventured down to the small town made famous by the artist Paul Gauguin who, along with other artists like Emile Bernard and Paul Serusier, formed what became known as the Pont Aven School.
To get at whether all-broker or nonbroker teams fare better, Aven turned to data from late imperialist Russia, when railroads and population were expanding and there was explosive growth in private enterprise and industrial output.
Although Gwenllian and I had been mesmerised in previous visits by the magical stones and beaches at Carnac and by the beauty of Pont Aven, our boys didn't quite feel the same.
As the AVEN community grows and becomes more visible, it is inevitable that asexuality will garner more public attention.
Alfa Bank recorded a 5.7% increase in its loan portfolio for the first five months of 2010, which is seen to rise by between 10% and 15% for the full year, Aven added.
The village that continues to be most strongly associated with a tradition of Breton art is the former fishing port of Pont Aven, where Paul Gauguin's bedroom remains almost intact.
Picturesque Pont Aven, on the River Aven, was three miles from our campsite and quickly fell in love with it.
Peter Aven is president of Alfa Bank and former minister of foreign economics relations for the Russian Federation.
GE has completed ground tests of its Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle (AVEN) on a GE F110 turbofan at Edwards Air Force Base in California and is scheduled to fly it on the Air Force's F-16 variablestability inflight simulator aircraft (VISTA) as early as May.
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