coll.

coll.

abbr.
1. collateral
2. collect
3. college
4. colloquial
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The incident was reported to the coastguard at 1.50pm, while the Tobermory lifeboat and Coll coast rescue team were towing a fishing vessel with two persons on it into Arinagour Harbour on Coll.
Yet another ISI-bashing book unsurprisingly by Steve Coll. It is merely a repetition of the boring and bias laden anti-ISI narrative.
A police spokesman said: "Officers were called to a report of a man causing a disturbance at a hotel on the Isle of Coll.
www.theliver Mr Mitchell said: "She was taken inside the property by Mr Coll. He became very aggressive and shoved the inspector on the back, pushing her towards the staircase.
Steve Coll. Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power.
Material examined: Holotype: Female, CHINA, Hainan Province, Baisha County, Jiujialing, 17-20.VII.2010, Huayan Chen coll. (SCAU).
That $10.5 million acquisition, expected to close May 31, comprises Nicos' "assets, the book of business, the technology and the 180,000-square-foot plant," said Coll. Coll Materials will assume roughly $10 million of Nicos' debt.
MATERIAL EXAMINED: 1[female], CHINA: Beijing, 3.VI.1950, coll. Chikun Yang; 1[female], Beijing, 18.IX.1951, coll.