Chicago
Chicago river, formed in Chicago by the junction of its North Branch (24 mi/39 km long) and South Branch (10 mi/16 km long), and flowing southeast via a canal into the Des Plaines River at Lockport, Ill. The river formerly flowed east, then northeast via a channel, into Lake Michigan. Its course was reversed by the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, 30 mi (48 km) long, 22 ft (6.7 m) deep, and from 162 to 290 ft (49-88 m) wide, built (1892-1900) on the South Branch to prevent the pollution of Lake Michigan by Chicago's sewage; locks prevent the river from entering the lake. The use of Lake Michigan's water to flush the canal was a heated political issue finally settled in 1930 when the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a reduction in the amount of water being diverted from the lake. This decision forced Chicago to build sewage treatment plants. The channels of the Chicago River and the North Branch have been improved to aid deep-draft vessels and barges.
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THE FOUR TOPS, FROM LEFT, ARE LAWRENCE PAYTON JR., RONNIE MCNAIR, ABDUL "DUKE" FAKIR AND THEO PEOPLES.
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 8/17/2006; ; 659 words
; If Abdul "Duke" Fakir yearns for a little positive reinforcement...the mantelpiece in his home in Detroit. Fakir sings harmony tenor for the legendary Four...achievement you hold dear to your heart," Fakir said. "That means you've done it...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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If 50,000 men couldn't catch the Fakir, how will we ever get bin Laden?(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 2/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...in, firing, to finish off any survivors. But the Fakir of Ipi - the original Osama bin Laden - had gone...chief has gone as badly as British efforts to find the Fakir of Ipi. The Fakir, from the province of Waziristan (present-day Pakistan...
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Der Fakir
Magazine article from: Film - Dienst; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...So spielt sein Buchklassiker ,,Ein Fakir fr alle Flle" genussvoll mit Grusel...Konsequenz fehlt der Verfilmung des ,,Fakir-Romans leider an zu vielen Ecken: Oft...Kugelschreibergeistes", der eigentlich gar kein Fakir und erst recht kein Geist ist, sondern...
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District 136th Annual Urs celebrations of Sufi saint Bedil Fakir conclude with literary conference and music concert.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 12/30/2004; 544 words
; ...Scholar Dr. Nabi Bux Khan Baloch has termed Fakir Qadir Bux Bedil as last Sufi saint who...day of 136th Annual Urs Celebrations of Fakir Qadir Bux Bedil at Rohri last night he...thought provoking work through which Bedil Fakir had presented the essence of Sufism (mysticism...
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PG: Fakir Syed Aijazuddin takes oat as member Caretaker Cabinet.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 11/28/2007; 377 words
; LAHORE, November 27 (PPI) : Fakir Syed Aijazuddin Tuesday took oath as a...Khalid Maqbool administered the oath to Fakir Syed Aijazuddin at a simple but impressive ceremony at Governors House Lahore. Fakir Syed Aijazuddin has been allocated the...
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The Fakirs.(Brief Article)(Poem)
Magazine article from: Ploughshares; 3/22/2004; ; 420 words
; The Fakirs Cobras rise out of raw pits for them...their mind of minds they know they are fakirs, the secrets of the universe not theirs...with one short gasp recover breath: the fakirs with their snakes and their coals and their...
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Rugby: Fakir conjures French fire
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 2/12/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Beattie, but for an offside ruling. Jamal Fakir has caught many eyes as one of the likely...before the half hour. Unfortunately, Fakir became notable for other reasons, twice...Beattie, Rinaldi, Felous, Guisset, Fakir, Hindmarsh. Substitutes used: Guigue...
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Research results from Fakir Mohan University update knowledge of environmental biology.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 8/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...wrote S.K. Dey and colleagues, Fakir Mohan University. The researchers concluded...additional information, contact S.K. Dey, Fakir Mohan University, Dept. of Environmental...022, India. Keywords: Environment, Fakir Mohan University. This article was prepared...
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New physics study results from Fakir Mohan University described.
Newspaper article from: Physics Week; 6/30/2009; 700+ words
; ...interactions," wrote S. Panda and colleagues, Fakir Mohan University. The researchers concluded...additional information, contact G.C. Rout, Fakir Mohan University, Condensed Matter Physics...Electronics, Magnetic Field, Physics, Fakir Mohan University. This article was prepared...
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FAKIR AVOIDS BAN OVER HIGH TACKLES.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 2/14/2006; 372 words
; CATALANS Dragons' Jamal Fakir is clear to play in Friday's Super League clash at Salford. The...the Dragons' memorable 38-30 victory in Perpignan on Saturday. Fakir, also sin-binned for a similar offence on Godwin, has been told...
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Fakirs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...those of Western psychics. Fakirs are distinguished by their disciplined...psychic power. In 1870 a troup of fakirs from Algeria gave performances...the cataleptic state of the fakirs to artificial hibernation...hypnotist James Braid. The fakir concentrates upon the heart...
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fakir
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
fakir , [Arab.,=poverty], in Islam, usually an initiate in a Sufi order. The title fakir is borne with the understanding that poverty is the need to be in relation to God. This term, along with its Persian equivalent, dervish, was extended...
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The Four Tops
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...Obie” Benson, Abdul “Duke” Fakir, and Lawrence Payton all grew up in tough Detroit neighborhoods...1947 in Detroit, MI); Abdul “Duke” Fakir (born December 26, 1935, in Detroit); Lawrence Payton...
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Sidi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Muslim castes of Domestic servants and religious mendicants or fakirs. The social life of the Sidi caste in Gujarat is closely related...social situations: at urs of higher saints; by wandering Sidi fakirs while begging for alms; in small groups, to the order of a...
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Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...had an adventurous early life as a sailor, circus performer, fakir, and partisan fighter. His talent for vivid description and...A long, semiautobiographical novel, The Adventures of a Fakir, was translated in abridged form in 1935. His later work includes...
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