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We must not jurare in verba magistri -- swear to the dictates of any creature, not the wisest or best, nor pin our faith on any man's sleeve, because we know not whither he will carry it.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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Yesterday's term was in haec verba, which is defined as:
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Yesterday's term was in haec verba, which is defined as:
Define That Term #69 2006
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Here an initial letter, bent into an L, in the lower part generated a dragon; there a great V, which began the word "verba," produced as a natural shoot from its trunk a serpent with a thousand coils, which in turn begot other serpents as leaves and clusters.
The Name of the Rose Eco, Umberto 1980
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Hence the motto of the Royal Society of London, one of the world's oldest scientific academies founded in 1660, Nullius in verba: "Take nobody's word."
Peter H. Gleick: A Brief Lesson in the Integrity of Science: Climate Scientists Challenge Bad Science, No Matter the Source Peter H. Gleick 2011
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Hence the motto of the Royal Society of London, one of the world's oldest scientific academies founded in 1660, Nullius in verba: "Take nobody's word."
Peter H. Gleick: A Brief Lesson in the Integrity of Science: Climate Scientists Challenge Bad Science, No Matter the Source Peter H. Gleick 2011
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Os gabinetes já têm verba suficiente para bancar as viagens dos parlamentares aos seus estados de origem, portanto eles que se virem com o que já têm e fim de papo.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Fly me to the moon with public money 2009
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Recentemente, o Senado dos EUA aprovou uma verba de US$ 140 milhes para o programa de "guerra eletrnica" das Socom (Special Operations Command), nelas esto includos os escudos antimsseis Asat (Army Tactical Anti Satellite Technologies) e Haarp.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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Just to be pedantic here: “verba” means involving words.
Matthew Yglesias » Health Care Plan Getting More Popular 2010
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I was insulting myself for writing “verba” instead of “verbal” and “no” instead of “not.”
Matthew Yglesias » Health Care Plan Getting More Popular 2010
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