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- Greek philosopher who is traditionally considered the first Western philosopher and a founder of geometry and abstract astronomy. He maintained that matter is composed of water.
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- proper noun A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from
Miletus inAsia Minor .
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- noun a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC)
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Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) wrote about a philosopher called Thales "who was very poor."
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The Sunday Times reported Masekela as saying she had arranged a meeting between Mbeki - who was then deputy president and overseeing the arms procurement process - and French arms company Thompson CSF, now called Thales, that was bidding for a South African contract.
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Thomson is now called Thales and its South African subsidiary is
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Thomson-CSF (now called Thales) in Paris while he served as deputy president in 1998 and it bidded for a stake in the deal.
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Thomson is now called Thales and its South African subsidiary is
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The company Thint, previously known as Thales and before that as
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According to Vidar Karlsen, a manager at the Norwegian branch of the French electronics firm Thales, which is helping develop the system, each emergency worker would carry cell phones or other mobile equipment that allows them to talk with each other and the command vehicle, as well as transmit on-the-scene video of the disaster.
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According to Vidar Karlsen, a manager at the Norwegian branch of the French electronics firm Thales, which is helping develop the system, each emergency worker would carry cell phones or other mobile equipment that allows them to talk with each other and the command vehicle, as well as transmit on-the-scene video of the disaster.
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The system, called DeHiGate, allows emergency workers to effectively set up their own private network in a crisis, one that can't be clogged by outside communications. cell phones or other mobile equipment that allows them to talk with each other and the command vehicle, as well as transmit on-the-scene video of the disaster, said Vidar Karlsen, a manager at the Norwegian branch of the French electronics firm Thales, which is helping develop the system.
Livescience.com 2009
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The Taiwanese Navy bought the six Lafayette-class frigates from French defense company Thomson-CSF (now called Thales).
Taipei Times 2008
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