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Louis Washkansky (1913-67)
Louis Washkansky was a Lithuanian Jew who moved to South Africa in 1922 and became a grocer. Although he participated in sport and led a healthy lifestyle, he was diabetic and suffered from an incurable heart disease, resulting in three heart attacks which led to congestive heart failure.
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WHARTON, JOHN AUSTIN (1828–1865). John Austin Wharton, Confederate major-general, the son of Sarah Ann (Groce) and William Harris Wharton, was born near Nashville, Tennessee, on July 3, 1828. Wharton was brought to Galveston as an infant and spent his early years on a Brazoria County plan... |
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(Hübner, 1796)Wingspan 9-10 mm.
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(Fabricius, 1787)Wingspan c.13mm.
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Ulbrich : Glossary
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Antebellum and Civil War America, 1784-1865
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International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN)
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UNICEF’s flagship report, ‘The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World’, was launched on 28 February, focusing attention on children in urban areas. One billion children live in urban areas, a number that is growing rapidly. Yet disparities within cities reveal that many lack access... |
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Wildlife you see in a national park or other reserved area don't know about the park boundary. Bobcat, martens, mink, and moose need different types of living space and habitat. Development outside the park affects their ability to inhabit the park.
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Post-War history and the current situation at Colditz.
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A character in Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam Novel, Going After Cacciato, comments that “things may be viewed from many angles. From down below, or from inside out, you often discover entirely new understandings.” This course will examine the age-o... |
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We've heard a lot about the benefits of breastfeeding, and the idea that it reduces the risk of a child becoming overweight or obese has been around for decades.
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Canadian hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, also called hemlock spruce and eastern hemlock is another of the East’s mighty evergreens. It is the state tree of Pennsylvania. Trees can live 500 years, grow from 100 to 170 feet tall and be five to six feet in diameter. Rickett’s Glen State Park in Pennsylvania has many of these b... |
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- n. A brownish-gray deer (Odocoileus hemionus) of western North America, having long mulelike ears, large branching antlers in the male, and a black-tipped tail. Also called black-tailed deer.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Not: noncombatant.
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Someone saying negative things about the Harry Potter series practically elicits the same reaction as cursing motherhood, apple pie, and baseball--how dare anyone question something, anything, that motivates children to read? Reading is a wholesome activity. Reading is good. Reading is fundamental. Reading is the found... |
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Origin: ModL: so named (1789) by M. H. Klaproth (see tellurium), its discoverer, after Uranus, recently (1781) discovered planet + -ium
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