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flong

(flɒŋ)
n
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing a material, usually pulped paper or cardboard, used for making moulds in stereotyping
2. (Journalism & Publishing) journalism slang material that is not urgently topical
[C20: variant of flan]
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There is nothing like Hindu, Muslim, Sikh in this matter especially Muslims come here from far flong areas.
(1.) Familiar usage today calls the process "offset lithography" or simply "offset." Offset replaced stereotyping, a process in which type was set and an impression was taken using a soft, flexible substance (sometimes papier-mache, sometimes a mixture of flour and starch, called "flong"); that impression was used to cast the semi-cylindrical plates from which sheets were printed.
International System Symbol Definition (SI) units P Density at 12% moisture content kg [m.sup.-3] Flong Longitudinal vibration frequency Hz dMOE Dynamic modulus of elasticity MPa LD Logarithmic decrement -- Table 3.--Basic properties of the 2x 4 specimens.
(15) For further explanation, read Swee Flong Lim, Giving Voice to
(157) South Korea is a good example of enhanced cross-listing, where listed companies are given the option to cross-list in nine foreign stock markets, including NESE, NASDAQ, AMEX, and stock markets in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo, Flong Kong and Singapore, as part of the country's modernization, globalization and convergent corporate governance practice.
Optimal peritoneal dialysis for patients from Flong Kong.
She recently retired from global energy company BP PLC, where she served in numerous management positions, including chief executive-petrochemicals, located in Flong Kong.
Wells Fargo Global Bank currently has banking offices for its commercial banking clients in Dublin, London, Frankfurt, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Flong Kong, India and Australia with team members underwriting direct credit and operating lines throughout Asia and Europe, according to Samuelson.
DeFronzo, R.A., Flompesch, M., Kasichayanula, S., Liu, X., Flong, Y.,
Yachts from 17 countries and territories competed in the offshore race--Austria, Belgium, the British Virgin Islands, France, Germany, Flong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland the United Kingdom and the United States: a demonstration of the race's burgeoning international reputation.
* Flong Ru, MIT, and Antoinette Schoar, MIT and NBER, "Do Credit Card Companies Screen for Behavioral Biases?"