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Use in Literature

Janes

I have known rich Jawbone Janes to travel half across the continent to harangue a poor bunch of striking hunyaks.–James J. Davis in The Iron Puddler.

That was decided by Bishop Simpson in the New Hampshire Conference, and by Bishop Janes afterward in one of the New York Conferences.–Marietta Holley (Josiah Allen's Wife) in Samantha Among the Brethren, entire.

Nonfiction Usage

Presidential Usage

Joes and Janes, all the ones who fought faithfully for freedom, who hit the ground and sucked the dust and knew their share of Horror.–George Bush, 1989-1993

Journalism Usage

China - News: August 23, 2006 — Headline: Harare Orders More Jets From China; Opposition Objects. Author: Blessing Zulu & Carole Gombakomba. Excerpt: For a specialist view of the jet deal, Zulu turned to defense analyst Helmoed-Romer Heitman of Janes Defense Weekly, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Germany - News: September 21, 2002 — Headline: A Close Finish Predicted in German Elections. Excerpt: So what will determine who wins Sunday's election? Will it be the sad state of Germany's economy, as the conservatives hope? Or will it be the fear of war that the Social Democrats have made into their main issue? Jackson Janes, of Johns Hopkins University's Berlin Center, says it depends on which of the two men Germans feel most secure with.

Germany - News: May 4, 2005 — Headline: Germans Review Their World War Two Losses. Excerpt: But in recent years, the media, books and public forums have focused more attention on the human tragedy of the massive air raids. Jackson Janes says one reason for the current interest in the allied bombing of Germany is the curiosity of the new generation of Germans, free of the guilt their grandparents might have felt.

Germany - News: November 30, 2005 — Headline: New German Chancellor Brings Strengths to Difficult Assignment. Excerpt: The Executive Director of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Jackson Janes, says he doubts the coalition itself will last more than four years. … Mr. Janes added, "She has the ability to bridge things because she's unique, because she's new, and because of the fact that she's a person that people are curious [about] and expecting things from. She's not a run-of-the-mill politician, if you will, in the German political establishment. And that's why people might just give her more benefit of the doubt than perhaps others would get." … Jackson Janes says, having lived under the repressive East German government has given Ms. Merkel has a strong sense of what freedom means. … Dr. Janes also says Chancellor Merkel wants to repair Germany's relationship with the United States, which was damaged in the dispute over going to war with Iraq. There is evidence that she is already trying to achieve that goal. Just a week after taking office Germany's new Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, was in Washington Tuesday meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Iran - News: August 19, 2005 — Headline: Iran's Missiles Extend Their Reach. Author: Jeffrey Young. Excerpt: Early models of the Scud missile had a range of just under 200 kilometers. Then, as Andrew Koch with Janes Defence Weekly says, Iran sought longer-range missiles.

Japan - News: December 14, 2002 — Headline: Economists Worried Germany Could Follow Japanese No-Growth Pattern. Excerpt: Dr. Jackson Janes, executive director of the American Institute of Contemporary German Studies, says that Germany's high labor costs and its rigid job market have scared away foreign investment. "Germany may suffer because of the fact that they haven't been able to unleash themselves from some of the constraints like high labor wage, prices and rigidity in the job market. That scares away people who would like to invest," he says. "Germany's foreign direct investment level plummeted last year, in many ways because of the fact that foreign direct investment capital is skittish about where Germany is headed." … Dr. Janes says as a member of the EU monetary union, Germany has to come within the 3-percent budget deficit limit, while Japan has no such obligation.

Macedonia - News: August 27, 2001 — Headline: NATO Peacekeeper Killed in Macedonia. Excerpt: The authoritative publication Janes' Defense Weekly said in a report Saturday that its intelligence sources estimate that the ethnic-Albanian rebels have many more weapons than NATO is willing to collect. The magazine reported that they include 8,000 assault rifles and 15,000 bolt action or semi-automatic rifles, as well as thousands of land mines, hand grenades, and even dozens of shoulder launched missile launchers.

Nigeria - News: December 13, 2005 — Headline: Nigerian President Grounds Two Airlines. Excerpt: But an industry expert and editor with the British-based publication Janes Aircraft Components, Philip Butterworth-Hayes says the problem may be one of increasing air traffic and not necessarily old planes.

• Preface iv
• Use in Literature 1
• Janes 1
• Nonfiction Usage 2
• Presidential Usage 2
• Journalism Usage 2
• Patent Usage 4
• Bibliographic Usage 5
• Lexicographic Usage 60
• Index 66