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Definition: Service |
ServiceNoun1. Work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services". 2. A company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation. 3. The act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service". 4. An act of help or assistance; "he did them a service". 5. Employment in or work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service". 6. A force that is a branch of the armed forces. 7. The performance of duties by a waiter or servant; "that restaurant has excellent service". 8. Periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor". 9. Tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table. 10. : a stroke (in tennis or badminton or squash) that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game". 11. : the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena". 12. : Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958). 13. : a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it". 14. : the act of mating by male animals; "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees". 15. : (common law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him. Verb1. Be used by; as of a utility: "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses". 2. Make fit for use, as of appliances or cars; "service my truck". 3. Mate with; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "service" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Service \Serv"ice\, noun. [Old English servise, Old French servise, service, French service, from Latin servitium. See Serve.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Service |
Economics | The performance of activities by a supplier. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A line for connecting a current consuming installation to the distributing network. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | The process of inspecting or checking a unit or system to ensure it is functioning correctly, or to determine why it is not operating correctly. Repairing or renewing defective or damaged components, adjusting settings and controls to maintain the required or specified performance. Source: European Union. (references) |
Shipping | A string of vessels which makes a particular voyage and serves a particular market. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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The first memorials to the victims of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack began to take shape online, as hundreds of webmasters posted their own thoughts, links to the Red Cross and other rescue agencies, photos and eyewitness accounts. Numerous online Sept. 11 memorials began appearing a few hours after the attacks, although many of these memorials were only temporary. (For an assessment of the response of webloggers to the attacks, see When blogging came of age .)The Tribute in Light was the first major physical memorial at the World Trade Center site. A permanent memorial at the World Trade Center site is planned, as part of the design by Studio Daniel Libeskind. The plans call for preservation of much of the towers' foundational "bathtub", with glass towers wending around to a 1776-foot high spire.
The first anniversary of the attack brought numerous memorials and services.
81 streets in New York City, mostly in Staten Island, were renamed after victims.
Vigils and services
In New York City, candlelight vigils were held across the city on Wednesday night [September 12] and Friday night [September 14] at 7:00 PM. (A related email hoax spread, encouraging people to "go outside at 7pm so NASA can take a photo". See Misinformation and rumors.)Several thousand citizens march in a candlelight procession through the Adams Morgan district, through Dupont Circle, past dozens of embassies and onto the National Mall, where they join additional thousands of their fellow citizens holding vigil over The Pentagon, just across the Potomac River.
In England, in a break with the long-standing usual procedures at Buckingham Palace, the Queen ordered the Changing of the Guard to be paused for a two minute silence on September 13th, followed by the playing of the American national anthem. A memorial service was held in St. Paul's cathedral, London, attended by the Queen and politicians on the 14th September. A three minute silence at 11 o'clock was held throughout Europe on the 14th. Rev. Billy Graham led a service at Washington National Cathedral, with George W. Bush, the former presidents other than Reagan, Congressional leaders, other top officials in attendance. George W. Bush spoke, beginning with the memorable phrase We are here in the middle hour of our grief.
Vigils and memorial services continued to be held in the following days. On Sunday the families of the victims of the crash of United Airlines flight 93 gathered at the crash site in Pennsylvania for a private ceremony, then joined in a service attended by governor Tom Ridge and First Lady Laura Bush.
Church services are held across the United States and much of the world. Here is [one service held September 16].
On October 4, a memorial Mass is held before 3 PM EDT in St. Patrick's Cathedral for NYFD captain Terence Hatton; Giuliani and Pataki are in attendance. Hatton's wife was Rudy Giuliani's executive assistant, Beth Patrone. She discovered that she was pregnant on September 13th. A service is held after 3 PM EDT in Madison Square Garden for the 74 employees of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who are missing and presumed dead.
St. Patricks CathedralAt 11 AM: Blessing of the Animals
A memorial is constructed and then set ablaze at the Playa del Fuego event on the October 19-21 weekend [1]
- Special service dedicated to the World Trade Center search and rescue teams at the Church of the Resurrection, 119 E. 74th St., free (212.879.4320). Service begins at 11; blessing is at 12:30 PM.
At noon on November 29, a national memorial service was held at Westminster Abbey in London, attended by relatives of the British dead, and broadcast on UK television and radio.
On May 28, the last steel beam standing at the site was cut down and placed on a flatbed truck in a quiet ceremony.
Physical memorials
Impromptu memorials are put up at Washington Square, with hundreds of candles and flowers, and Union Square, where people write messages on large rolls of paper taped to the ground amidst candles, including a 6-foot high concrete candle. A mural is spray-painted on a wall in the Lower East Side. In the coming days the memorials continue to grow, especially at Union Square Park, where thousands come to congregate, grieve, and celebrate--the statue George Washington in Union Square overtaken as a shrine for peace, memory and the United States, thousands of candles are added, a metal sculpture of the American flag and 2500 roses planted in the shape of the World Trade Center towers.
The Stars and Stripes appear on front stoops, flagpoles, cars, clothing, and on public buildings across the country.
A statue in honor of fallen firefighters, commissioned in 2000 by the Firefighters Association of Missouri, was in New York City en route to Missouri at the time of the attack. It was since donated to New York City in honor of the hundreds of firefighters who lost their lives in the collapse of the World Trade Center.
On October 4, Reverend Brian Jordan, a Franciscan priest, blessed two beams at the crash site which had formed a cross spontaneously, and then had been welded together by ironworkers.
On March 11, the damaged Sphere sculpture formerly in the World Trade Center was dedicated by the city as a temporary memorial in Battery Park City.
Beginning March 11, the Tribute in Light project, 88 searchlights placed next to the site of the World Trade Center created two vertical columns of light, lasting until April 14.
Performances and benefits
On Thursday, September 20, the New York Philharmonic performed a memorial concert of the Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem in Avery Fisher Hall. The concert was led off by the national anthem, and on the stage was a flag which appeared on stage during all Philharmonic World War II concerts. All proceeds went to disaster relief. At the request of the Philharmonic director, all applause was held, and the audience filed out in silence.
On Friday, September 21, America: A Tribute to Heroes
On Tuesday, October 2, beginning at 8 PM EDT: Come Together: A Night of John Lennon's Words and Music
- A two-hour live telethon entitled "", with musical performances and spoken tributes by top American performers, was simultaneously broadcast on nearly every single network. Celebrities such as Al Pacino, George Clooney and Jack Nicholson manned the phones.
On Thursday, October 4, at 9 PM EDT: ART Benefit for Sept. 11 Fund
- A tribute to John Lennon that became a concert of prayer and healing for New York City to benefit the relief efforts, hosted by Kevin Spacey and featuring Dave Matthews, Moby, Stone Temple Pilots, Nelly Furtado, Shelby Lynne, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, The Isley Brothers, Lou Reed, Marc Anthony, Natalie Merchant, Yolanda Adams, Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono, was held at Radio City Music Hall and simultaneously broadcast live on the TNT and WB networks. It had been scheduled before the attack to be taped September 20 and broadcast on October 9 to promote a non-violent world.
On Saturday, October 6, at 6 PM EDT: And the Sun Went Down
- Silent auction of photography, mixed media, painting and sculpture to benefit the victims, at View Bar, 232 8th Ave., free (212.929.2243).
On Sunday, October 7: AMF National Bowl-a-thon
- Luvchild Theatre Ensemble performs a work in progress based on stories of people directly affected by the events of Sept. 11. All proceeds benefit victims and families, at New York Comedy Club, 241 E. 24th St., $10 plus two drink minimum (212.330.9314).
On Monday, October 8: New York City Columbus Day Parade
- National effort to raise $3 million for the Twin Towers Fund. In New York City at 3 PM: Chelsea Piers, $200 per lane. [1]
At 3 p.m. EDT:
- The annual Columbus Day parade is dedicated to victims and rescue and relief workers. The NYPD and FDNY do not march in the parade as they usually do, but send a single fire truck instead, in somber memory.
On Monday, October 8 and October 15, from 11-8: Haircut for Life
- Free Brooklyn Philharmonic concert conducted by Robert Spano at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with music from American composers, including George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, and Aaron Copland. The concert is rebroadcast on WNYC at 8 p.m.
On Tuesday, October 9: Benefit for WTC Disaster Fund: Celebration of John Lennon's Birthday
- Roberto Novo and his stylists cut hair to benefit WTC victims at the Roberto Novo Salon, 192 8th Ave., $25 minimum (212.929.1652).
On October 17, Marvel Comics and other members of the comic industry release a tribute book, primarily with drawings of firefighters and police officers, with proceeds going to the victims. Other charity books are also in production.
- The East Village Antifolk scene play John Lennon's and their own songs to raise money. Performances from The Voyces, Joie DBG, Amos, Bionic Finger, Laura Fay, Barry Bliss, Tony Hightower, Linda Draper, Pat Cisarano, Lach, Testosterone Kills, Kenny Davidsen, Jude Kastle, Bree Sharp, Erica Smith, Fenton Lawless, Grey Revell, at the Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Ave. A, two-drink minimum (212-473-7373).
Memorial efforts
Several reporters for The New York Times, including Metro reporter Wendell Jameson, are writing 150-word entries for each of the World Trade Center victims, which highlight brief anecdotes about their lives. They expect the effort to take about 10 months.See also
In Memoriam to add a memorial to an individual victim
Personal Experiences to add a general memorial or tribute by describing your experienceSeptember 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack - Full Timeline
In Memoriam - Casualties - Missing Persons - Survivors- Personal experiencesDonations - Assistance
External links
- America Survives
- Attack on America: The Victims' Voice
- From 88 Searchlights, an Ethereal Tribute, The New York Times, March 4, 2002
- THE VICTIMS: A Homegrown Memorial Brings Strangers Together
- Statue to Fallen Firefighters to Make Its Home in New York, New York Times, 9/19/2001
- THE PENNSYLVANIA CRASH: 44 Victims Are Remembered, and Lauded, New York Times, 9/18/2001
- NY Times--THE VIGILS: Surrounded by Grief, People Around the World Pause and Turn to Prayer Information to be incorporated
- Pilgrims Flock to Crash Site, The New York Times, September 9, 2002
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack memorials and services."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In economics, a service is the non-material equivalent of a good. Service provision has been defined as an economic activity that does not result in ownership, and this is what differentiates it from providing physical goods. It is claimed to be a process that creates benefits by facilitating either a change in customers, a change in their physical possessions, or a change in their intangible assets.
By supplying some level of skill, ingenuity, and experience, providers of a service participate in an economy without the restrictions of carrying stock (inventory) or the need to concern themselves with bulky raw materials. On the other hand, their investment in expertise does require marketing and upgrading in the face of competition which has equally few physical restrictions.
Key attributes
Services are said to have several key attributes:
- Intangibility - They cannot be seen, handled, smelled, ect. There is no need for storage. Because they are difficult to conceptualize, services marketing requires creative visualizations to effectively make the intangible more concrete. From the customers point of view, this makes it difficult to evaluate or compare services prior to experiencing the service.
- Perishability - Unsold service time is "lost", that is, it cannot be regained. It is a lost economic opportunity. For example a doctor that is booked for only two hours a day can never regain that economic opportunity.
- Lack of transportability - Services must be consumed at the point of "production".
- Lack of standardization - Services are typically custom designed for each client or each new situation. Mass production of services is very difficult. This can be seen as a problem of inconsistent quality. Both inputs and outputs are highly variable making it difficult to maintain consistent quality.
- Labour intensity - Services usually involve considerable human activities. Human resource management is important. The human factor is often the key success factor in service industries. It is difficult to achieve economies of scale or gain dominant market share.
- Demand fluctuations - It is very difficult to estimate demand. Demand can vary by season, time of day, business cycle, etc.
- Buyer involvement - Most service provision requires a high degree of interaction between client and service provider.
Service Delivery
The delivery of a service typically involves five factors:
The service encounter is defined as all activities involved in the service delivery process. Some service managers use the term "moment of truth" to indicate that defining point in a specific service encounter where interactions are most intense.
- The service providers (people)
- Equipment used to provide the service
- The physical facilities (building, parking,waiting rooms, ect.)
- The client
- Other customers at the service delivery location
Many business theorists view service provision as a performance or act (sometimes referred to as dramalurgy). The location of the service delivery is referred to as the stage and the objects that facilitate the service process are called props. A script is a sequence of behaviours followed by all those involved, including the client(s). Some service dramas are tightly scripted, others are more ad lib. Role congruence occurs when each actor follows a script that harmonizes with the roles played by the other actors.
Service-Goods continuum
The Service-Goods Continuum
The dichotomy between physical goods and intangible services should not be given too much credence. These are not discrete categories. Most business theorists see a continuum with pure service on one terminal point and pure commodity good on the other terminal point. Most products fall between these two extremes. For example, a restaurant provides a physical good (the food) and also provides a service.In a narrower sense, service refers to quality of servicing: the measured appropriateness of assistance and support provided to a customer. (This usage occurs frequently in retailing.)
Examples of economic services
- data processing
- education provision
- financial services
- consulting
- health provision
- language translation and language interpretation
- hairdressing
- dry cleaning
- landrette
- library (government funded)
- sexual services
- museum
- banks and building societies
- plumbing
- electrician
See Also:
- marketing
- product
- tertiary sector of industry
- services marketing
- experience economy
Finding related topics
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- list of finance topics
- list of human resource management topics
- list of accounting topics
- list of information technology management topics
- list of business law topics
- list of production topics
- list of business ethics, political economy, and philosophy of business topics
- list of business theorists
- list of economists
- list of corporate leaders
- list of companies
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Service."
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A Service club is a type of voluntary organisation where members meet regularly for social outings and to perform charitable works either by direct hands-on efforts or by raising money for other organisations.
See also
- List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Service club."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SE | English | Service / Systems Engineer | Computer - Computer - (ATAPI, WD, CD, DVD) |
| SEA | French | Service de l'environnement atmosphérique | Environment, Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ServiceSynonyms: armed service (n), avail (n), divine service (n), help (n), inspection and repair (n), military service (n), overhaul (n), religious service (n), service of process (n), servicing (n), serving (n), table service (n), serve (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: disservice (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Business | Office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living; situation, berth, employ; service; (servitude); engagement; undertaking. |
Office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living; situation, berth, employ; service; (servitude); engagement; undertaking. | |
Good | Noun: good, benefit, advantage; improvement; greatest good, supreme good; interest, service, behoof, behalf; weal; main chance, summum bonum, common weal; "consummation devoutly to be wished"; gain, boot; profit, harvest. |
Rite | Noun: rite; ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial; ordinance, observance, function, duty; form, formulary; solemnity, sacrament; incantation; (spell); service, psalmody; (worship). |
Use | Utilization, service, wear. |
Utility | Noun: utility; usefulness; Adjective: efficacy, efficiency, adequacy; service, use, stead, avail; help; (aid); applicability; Adjective: subservience; (instrumentality); function; (business); value; worth; (goodness); money's worth; productiveness; cui bono; (intention); utilization; (use) step in the right direction. |
Warfare | Battle, tug of war; (contention); service, campaigning, active service, tented field; kriegspiel, Kriegsspiel; fire cross, trumpet, clarion, bugle, pibroch, slogan; war-cry, war-whoop; battle cry, beat of drum, rappel, tom-tom; calumet of war; word of command; password, watchword; passage d-armes. |
Worship | Noun: worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation; kneeling, genuflection, prostration. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Service guarantees citizenship (Starship Troopers; writing credit: Edward Neumeier. Based on the novel by Robert A. Heinlein.) I'm British Secret Service. (Octopussy; writing credit: George MacDonald Fraser) You were discharged from the service 18 months ago for willful insubordination (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft) He was the guerilla terrorist in the food service industry (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) At your service. (Léon; writing credit: Luc Besson) | |
Lyrics | That's not lip service (Head Over Feet; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) And our bags is packed and the car service is not late (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez) 9 to 5, for service and devotion (9 To 5; performing artist: Dolly Parton) Start an escort service, for all the right reasons (Cowboy; performing artist: KID ROCK) We gas those up like full service and (Fatty Girl; performing artist: Ludacris) | |
Clever | Guys: No Shirt, No Service. Gals: No Shirt, No Charge. (references; author: unknown) You're trailer trash when you wonder how service stations keep their restrooms so clean. (references; author: unknown) At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | All Around Service Girls (1974) Maxine's Dating Service (1974) Lip Service (1974) Theater Service (1974) Roadside Service (1973) | |
Song Titles | Sorrow/Babylon (performing artist: Home Service) Sudden Desire (performing artist: The Service) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | This act signed December 23, 1971, amended the Public Health Service Act. It strengthened the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health so that they could more effectively carry out the national effort against cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | The R.A. Bloch Building, donated to the National Cancer Institute by several American businessmen is now the home of PDQ, an information service for physicians. The International Cancer Information Center (ICIC), the technical information office, and the JNCI staff. The building was dedicated in October 1983. The physician's data query, PDQ, is a new computerized information system developed by the National Cancer Institute to disseminate up-to-date information on cancer treatment. Using state-of-the-art computers, PDQ makes recent advances in cancer treatment readily available to physicians nationwide. Credit: Lew Bass (photographer). |
 | Public Health Service Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. Credit: CDC. |  | The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is the country's critical epidemiology training service, combating the causes of major epidemics. Over the past 50 years, EIS officers have played pivotal roles in combating the root causes of major epidemics. Credit: CDC. |
 | Apollo 10 Command and Service Module. Credit: NASA. |  | Apollo 11 Command and Service Module. Credit: NASA. |
 | Apollo 16 Command and Service Module Over the Moon. Credit: NASA. |  | Smith De France Examines Service Award. Credit: NASA. |
 | Apollo Command and Service Module. Credit: NASA. |  | C&GS Ship HYDROGRAPHER as seen from photogrammetric aircraft First photo mission for C&GS was an attempt to determined depths in clear water Project in Florida Keys - ship was used as fixed reference program Cooperative project with Aeroplane Service of the Navy. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "Church Service" by Sam Segar Commentary: "Service in progress in rural church in Mernerbes, Provence, France." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | White noise; shhhh; no signal; out of service; off-air; blaring. | | Electricity; voltage; volts; power; AC; DC; current; electromagneticism; electron; galvanism; heat; hot stuff; ignition; juice; light; magneticism; neutron; positron; proton; radioactivity; service; spark; tension; utilities; energy; kilowatts. |
| Busy signal; line occupied; unavailable; in use; tied up; off the hook; out of order; out of service. | | Electricity; voltage; volts; power; AC; DC; current; electromagneticism; electron; galvanism; heat; hot stuff; ignition; juice; light; magneticism; neutron; positron; proton; radioactivity; service; spark; tension; utilities; energy; kilowatts. |
| Electricity; voltage; volts; power; AC; DC; current; electromagneticism; electron; galvanism; heat; hot stuff; ignition; juice; light; magneticism; neutron; positron; proton; radioactivity; service; spark; tension; utilities; energy; kilowatts. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | The most acceptable service of God was the doing of good to man. |
Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley | We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers. |
Edmund Burke | There never was a bad man that had ability for good service. |
J. Reuben Clark | In the service of the Lord, it is not where but how you serve. |
James R. Cook | You are never giving, nor can you ever give, enough service. |
Muhammad Ali | Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. |
Thomas Fuller | A small demerit extinguishes a long service. |
William Shakespeare | 'Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god. |
William Wordsworth | Small service is true service, while it lasts. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | We will immediately restore all hostages and charters delivered to us by Englishmen, as sureties of the peace of faithful service. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | Indeed, having by his fault forfeited his own life, by some act that deserves death; he, to whom he has forfeited it, may (when he has him in his power) delay to take it, and make use of him to his own service, and he does him no injury by it: for, whenever he finds the hardship of his slavery outweigh the value of his life, it is in his power, by resisting the will of his master, to draw on himself the death he desires. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 3: No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. (reference) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. (Abraham Lincoln) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Universal compulsory military service shall be abolished in Germany. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | I propose that each of the Powers and States should be invited to delegate a certain number of air squadrons to the service of the world organization. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | But though I was always doing wrong things, they were very bad wrong things, and such as did me no service. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | In our days, a philosophy which is almost an official has entered into its service, wears its livery, and waits in its antechamber |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | A boon, my sovereign, for my service done |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | At Needles he drove into a service station, checked the worn tires for air, checked the spares tied to the back |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | All my retinue was that poor lad for an interpreter, whom I persuaded into my service, and at my humble request, we had each of us a mule to ride on. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The NDIC is a service of NIDDK. (references) | |
Toll-free Fax Information Service. (references) | ||
A library provides reference service. (references) | ||
Business | Service tenders are included. (references) | |
Telcel also launched two-way pager service. (references) | ||
EDGE is a faster version of GSM wireless service. (references) | ||
Children | Eritrea | When soldiers were found to be under the age of 18, they were removed from service. (references) |
Morocco | The ONDE continued to publish public service advertisements in leading publications. (references) | |
Ghana | The Ghana Education Service ordered the headmistress on ordered leave while it conducted an investigation. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Namibia | The ruling SWAPO party owns 51 percent of this cable service. (references) |
Cape Verde | There was a single, private sector Internet service provider. (references) | |
Burma | Only one, government-owned e-mail service was available at year's end. (references) | |
Economic History | Romania | The army is the largest service. (references) |
Chad | Service manuals must be in French. (references) | |
Japan | Notes: 1) Excludes software service market. (references) | |
Human Rights | Colombia | No charges have been filed against any service member. (references) |
Malawi | Four cities have begun pilot community service programs. (references) | |
Guyana | Magistrates are members of the civil service and are trained lawyers. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Jordan | They are represented disproportionately in senior military, security, and civil service jobs. (references) |
Australia | The report states that indigenous employment mainly was concentrated in government and the indigenous service industry sectors, or in low-skilled jobs. (references) | |
Minorities | Guyana | The civil service and defense and police forces overwhelmingly are staffed by Afro-Guyanese. (references) |
Political Economy | Ghana | Service sector growth outpaced both agriculture and industry. (references) |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Fees for this service vary by consulate but can be quite substantial. (references) | |
NORWAY | Norway has taken some steps to deregulate the non-bank service sector. (references) | |
Political Rights | Hong Kong | Minorities are also represented in senior civil service positions. (references) |
Bahamas | A woman also heads the Ministry of Public Service and Cultural Affairs. (references) | |
Swaziland | A woman serves as Secretary to the Cabinet and the head of the civil service. (references) | |
Trade | Egypt | There is, however, a 0.75% annual service charge. (references) |
Colombia | Groups the firms that provide this financial service. (references) | |
Georgia | Large Georgian banks service foreign trade transactions. (references) | |
Travel | Nepal | AT&T service is not available. (references) |
Mexico | Mail service can be unreliable. (references) | |
Costa Rica | Car rental service is also available. (references) | |
Women | Botswana | Young women do not have access to military or national service training. (references) |
Zambia | Married women who are employed often suffer from discriminatory conditions of service. (references) | |
Brunei | A hot line is in service for abused spouses and the public to report domestic violence. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Girls often engage in domestic service. (references) |
Samoa | The law does not apply to service rendered to the matai. (references) | |
Argentina | The new law also established a mediation service, which is yet to be implemented. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | UNDERSTANDING, n. A cerebral secretion that enables one having it to know a house from a horse by the roof on the house. Its nature and laws have been exhaustively expounded by Locke, who rode a house, and Kant, who lived in a horse. His understanding was so keen That all things which he'd felt, heard, seen, He could interpret without fail If he was in or out of jail. He wrote at Inspiration's call Deep disquisitions on them all, Then, pent at last in an asylum, Performed the service to compile 'em. So great a writer, all men swore, They never had not read before. Jorrock Wormley |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Sure, we pay lip service to cooperation and altruism, but in the real world, those values are ignored like crunchy peanut butter at a nursing home. |
John McCain | Life in public service, you not only have to be careful about what you do, but you have to be careful about what you appear to do. And that is the real lesson. |
Mark Geragos | Supervised probation means you have a probation officer. The probation officer will tell you to do this or do that or will supervise, in this case, community service. |
Nellie Connally | Well, the Secret Service were racing around the car. And they were saying, Mr. President, Mr. President. They were trying to get Jackie, really, out of the car. They said, Ms. Kennedy, get out of the car. And she wouldn't get out of the car. |
Rush Limbaugh | Folks, I'm sitting here thinking that there's a public service we could all engage in that would be reeking of compassion and demonstrative of the heart we all possess. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Appropriations for the current service of the ensuing year and for such extraordinaries as may require provision will demand, and I doubt not will engage, your early attention. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Lewis and Clarke and their brave companions have by this arduous service deserved well of their country. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Their adoption would promote the public service and meliorate the condition of the Army. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | There is much controversy about the delivering up of fugitives from service or labor. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | I ask the help of Almighty God in this service to my country to which you have called me. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Of course there are cases of individual hardship in retention of personnel in the service. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Speaker, members of my family and friends, my countrymen, and the friends of my country, wherever they may be, we meet again, as upon a like moment four years ago, and again you have witnessed my solemn oath of service to you. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Let the public service be a proud and lively career. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | My days in this office are nearly through, but my days of service, I hope, are not. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Yet his purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Service" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.10% of the time. "Service" is used about 29,680 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.1% | 29,115 | 292 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.43% | 424 | 13,464 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.29% | 86 | 35,638 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.19% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29,680 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "service" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Service | Last name | 1,000 | 16,005 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "service". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Samson | N/A | Biblical | His service |
| Sam | N/A | English | His service |
| Sampson | N/A | English | His service |
| Sansone | N/A | Italian | His service |
| Shimshon | N/A | Jewish | His service |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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