(n.) A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.
(n.) Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
(n.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.
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Bassa
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(n.) Alt. of Bassaw
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(1) So far more than 60 crew have been suspended and at least 14 have been sacked, including senior figures at Bassa.
(2) Walsh spoke as BA's biggest cabin crew union, Bassa, indicated that a new peace deal could be brokered with the firm in a long-running industrial dispute.
(3) 1967; Yamamoto et al., 1974; Shanson et al., 1977; Bassa et al., 1989).
(4) Bassa was noncommittal about the offer, adding that it was still considering a "formal response", but said the proposals would be considered by shop stewards and ultimately by members.
(5) Serum samples from 119 healthy individuals and 106 epilepsy patients inhabiting Grand Bassa County, Liberia, were tested for antibodies to hemorrhagic fever viruses (HFV) by indirect immunofluorescence.
(6) Unite's main cabin crew branch, Bassa, told members that the offer contained changes to a previous peace deal that was rejected in a ballot during the summer.
(7) BA has asked that Unite and its main cabin crew branch, Bassa, recommend the offer as a precondition for tabling it to Unite members.
(8) With the possible exception of Bassa women, the findings are more congruent with the alternative assimilationist hypothesis which argues that when sociodemographic differences between majority and minority groups are controlled, their fertility should converge.
(9) In an ambivalent statement Bassa said it would, technically, recommend the offer but would still leave the final decision to the discretion of individual members: "Contained in the offer from [BA chief executive Willie Walsh], you will notice his insistence that your union recommends the offer or it will not be made available for you to vote on, denying you your democratic vote.
(10) Using a subsample of women from the 1974 Liberian census, the study examines interethnic variations in fertility by comparing 5 ethnic minorities--Bassa, Vai, Grebo, Kru, Kpelle--with the majority group, Americo-Liberian.
(11) Athens wants nothing else back – including that other pillaged masterpiece, the Bassae frieze, which in high relief depicts the Greeks fighting the Amazons and is also on display at the British Museum, but on account of staff shortages rarely available for viewing.
(12) Bassa has threatened to stage walkouts over the Christmas period but BA has insisted it will run 100% of its long-haul services during a strike, including all long-haul and short-haul flights from Gatwick and City airports.
(13) Unite and Bassa declined to comment on the pay rises, although Bassa emailed its 10,000 members a wire report detailing the increases.
(14) However, sources state that BA is planning to take strenuous measures for any fresh round of strikes .Willie Walsh, BA chief executive, said last week that he expected to operate 100% of BA's long-haul schedule during any next wave of strike action and effectively lock out Unite and its two cabin crew branches: Bassa and Cabin Crew 89.
(15) "We do now have details of the offer and also a reasonable understanding of its detail; as you would expect, it contains both good and bad," said Bassa in an email to members.
(16) According to Unite's main cabin crew branch, Bassa, the talks have resulted in the outlines of a new peace offer.
(17) Among a population of 4.436 Bassa, Kpelle and Mano people in the Gbawein and Wroughbarh Clan region of Grand Bassa Country, Liberia, 123 cases of epilepsy could be documented.
(18) Tony Woodley, joint general secretary of Bassa's parent union, Unite, held talks with Walsh last week.
(19) In 1971 Jack Straw – who went on to be home and foreign secretary in Tony Blair’s government – was giving his farewell speech as president of the National Union of Students when he was interrupted halfway through for an important announcement: Barclays Bank had stopped financing the Cahora Bassa dam project in Mozambique .
(20) Using a subsample of women from the 1974 Liberian census, the study examines interethnic variations in fertility by comparing five ethnic minorities--Bassa, Vai, Grebo, Kru, Kpelle--with the majority group, Americo-Liberian.