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ringer

1. a quoit thrown so as to encircle a peg

2. such a throw

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On behalf of the audit committee, Ringer spends at least two hours on a line-by-line review of Forms 10-K and 10-Q, and prepares comments for response by the CEO and CFO, external auditors and company attorneys, a dramatic change from three or four years ago.

Audit committees step up: Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF) interviews with audit committee members find that audit committees are more proactive than ever in governing their organizations--regardless of their company's size

McRae and Ringer, who won the 1995 world title, marked their debut for Citroen with second place in the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally.

FORMULA ONE: McRAE RINGS UP SUCCESS

The Blaire Hog Ringer, another widely employed tool, used two sizes of round rings, and the Champion Hog Ringer used a double "u"-shaped ring that made two passes through the snout instead of one.

No rooting period: collectible 'jewelry' tells grim tale of hog control

Patricia Ringer, a student in transportation technology and auto collision repair, is a recipient of the Kansas "Breaking the Traditions" scholarship for her success in collision repair technology courses and also took first place in collision repair at the state competition of SkillsUSA VICA.

A Wichita Area Technical College student is one of the first women to take and pass I-CAR's welding qualification test in Kansas

The Dead Ringer from Satellite is a hybrid head" whose blades start from a swept back position and remain there throughout flight.

A Mechanical Without The Kick

An elderly bell ringer told her team to keep playing as she lay in agony after breaking her leg in the tower of an abbey.

Play on, it's just a broken leg!

This dangles down to the ringer below and must be pulled just hard enough for the bell to swing round on the wheel and come to a balance at the top before it swings back again the way it came.

Bells, the bells

Ringer, Education and Society in Modern Europe (Bloomington, IN, 1979); Peter Lundgreen, "Bildung und Besitz-Einheit oder Inkongruenz in der europaischen Sozialgeschichte," Geschichte und Gesellschaft 7 (1981): 262-75; Ringer, "Bestimmung und Messung von Segmentierung: Eine Teilantwort an Peter Lundgreen," Geschichte und Gesellschaft 8 (1982): 280-85.

Secondary schools and social structure in 19th century Germany

Kaley Cuoco, who plays Penny in CBS's hugely popular series "The Big Bang Theory," is starring in an action romantic comedy film, "The Wedding Ringer.

'The Big Bang Theory' Actress Kaley Cuoco Wears Dishevelled, Grouchy Look As A Bride

For a feature about grassroots football on the BBC's One Show, I was disguised in a prosthetic mask, black beard and wig (right) to sign for Bradley Park as a ringer in their 6-3 defeat by The Turf FC.

ROBBIE'S STORY OF THE WEEK

Perhaps not a natural bell ringer, but at least I remembered to let go.

Good chimes; Rachel Conner went to Llandaff Cathedral to see what the ancient art of bell-ringing is all about Club of the week

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