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Gurkha

a member of a Hindu people, descended from Brahmins and Rajputs, living chiefly in Nepal, where they achieved dominance after being driven from India by the Muslims
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Elpern, E.H., Stutz, L., Peterson, S., Gurka, D.P., & Skipper, A.
Sailer, Peter; Ellen Yau; and Kurt Gurka, "Comparing Salaries and Wages of Women Shown on Forms W-2 to Those of Men, 1969-1999," Statistics of Income Bulletin, Fall 2003, Internal Revenue Service.
"Our products use ingredients with proven results that are specially formulated to deliver beneficial nutrients directly where they can do the most good," executive vice president Dennis Gurka says.
Gurka, "Elevated resting heart rate as a predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder after severe traumatic brain injury," Psychosomatic Medicine, vol.
Female adolescents with disabilities are at an increased risk for forced sex, possibly due to complicated caregiver roles or social isolation from peers (Alexander, 2006; Casteel, Martin, Smith, Gurka, & Kupper, 2008).
Bridesmaids were Courtney Chester, Kerry Gayhr, Caroline Glenn, Marie Gurka, Amanda McClung, Kelly Palmer, and Dianne Wilson.
"Of course in England we would not do that because we comply with laws, so in the Gurka regiment in Folkestone the demon is represented by a cucumber with sticks for legs and that is cut in two."
Overall demand for store brands is up, especially on the high-end skincare side, says Dennis Gurka, vice president of Calabasas, Calif.-based Garcoa Laboratories.
(see Tomaselli [10] for p = q, Gurka [3] for p < q), and the conditions [A.sub.PS] < [infinity] or [A.sup.*.sub.PS] < [infinity], where