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• Tie Ning — (simplified Chinese: 铁凝; traditional Chinese: 鐵凝; pinyin: Tiě Níng; Wade–Giles: T ieh Ning, born 1957) is a Chinese author born in 1957 in Peking, China, with her ancestral hometown in Hebei Province. Her works include short stories, Ah, Xiangxue …   Wikipedia

• Tie-breaking in Swiss system tournaments — Tie break systems are used in chess Swiss system tournaments to break ties between players who have the same total number of points after the last round. If the players are still tied after one tie break system is used, another system is used,… …   Wikipedia

• Tie-breaking in Swiss-system tournaments — Tie break systems are used in chess Swiss system tournaments to break ties between players who have the same total number of points after the last round. If the players are still tied after one tie break system is used, another system is used,… …   Wikipedia

• tie-in — ˈtie in noun [countable] MARKETING 1. a product such as a record, book, or toy that is connected with a new film, TV show etc: • Many of the books in the bestseller lists are TV tie ins. 2. a way of Promoting (= attracting people s attention to)… …   Financial and business terms

• Tie — Tie, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tied}(Obs. {Tight}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tying}.] [OE. ti?en, teyen, AS. t[=i]gan, ti[ e]gan, fr. te[ a]g, te[ a]h, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS. te[ o]n to draw, to pull. See {Tug}, v. t., and cf. {Tow} to drag.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tie-in — This article is about the commercial release of a product or work related to another work. For the term used with respect to collegiate football in the United States, see Automatic bids to college bowl games. For the road term, see On ramp. A tie …   Wikipedia

• Tie (engineering) — A hurricane tie used to fasten a rafter to a stud A tie, structural tie, connector, or structural connector is a structural component designed to resist tension.[1] It is the opposite of a strut, which is designed to resist compression. Ties are… …   Wikipedia

• Tie press — A tie press is a device, based solely on pressure, to flatten neckties. Its use is necessitated by ties usually being of silk or some other textile ill suited to the heat of ironing. Tie presses usually operate based on two separate wooden boards …   Wikipedia

• To ride and tie — Tie Tie, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tied}(Obs. {Tight}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tying}.] [OE. ti?en, teyen, AS. t[=i]gan, ti[ e]gan, fr. te[ a]g, te[ a]h, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS. te[ o]n to draw, to pull. See {Tug}, v. t., and cf. {Tow} to drag.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To tie down — Tie Tie, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tied}(Obs. {Tight}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tying}.] [OE. ti?en, teyen, AS. t[=i]gan, ti[ e]gan, fr. te[ a]g, te[ a]h, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS. te[ o]n to draw, to pull. See {Tug}, v. t., and cf. {Tow} to drag.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English