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Big Dipper, and Little Dipper
Big Dipper, and Little Dipper see Ursa Major and Ursa Minor .
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Dot-to-dot dippers.(finding the Big Dipper and Little Dipper constellations)
Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 6/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Little Dipper. And the Big Dipper points right to it...United States, the dippers never set. They always...and set. While the dippers seem changeless, fixed...the far future, the Big Dipper will no longer resemble...the two dot-to-dot dippers will continue to dip...
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Dot-to-Dot Dippers.(the Big Dipper constellation)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Little Dipper. And the Big Dipper points right to it...United States, the dippers never set. They always...and set. While the dippers seem changeless, fixed...the far future, the Big Dipper will no longer resemble...the two dot-to-dot dippers will continue to dip...
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THE BIG DIPPER IS A BIG SIGNPOST
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/23/2000; ; 694 words
; Springtime is Big Dipper time. Green leaves and warm evenings mean the Dipper is floating overhead after...bent handle to the right. The Dipper appears two or three times...at arm's length. The Big Dipper really looks like what it...one of those big metal water dippers ...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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BIRDING; On the Wing; Our own bird mystery; The American dipper isn't supposed to be here, but if you see one ...(HOME & GARDEN)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 5/25/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...turned to spring, four other dipper sightings were reported along...sightings include a report of a dipper seen near Mink Lake in Cook...a rock" was reported from Big Falls in Koochiching County...But the myth of the Minnesota dipper was revived in the 1990s...experienced birders) reported ...
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The Big Dipper returns
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 4/10/2004; ; 590 words
; ...constellation form the well-known group called the Big Dipper. The Big Dipper never sets from Lancaster's latitude, but during...his mistress Callisto - into the sky by her tail. The Big Dipper has two naked-eye sights of interest. First...
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MOON, BIG DIPPER'S 7 STARS HIGHLIGHT SPRING SKY IN JUNE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/7/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...pair of binoculars makes them more obvious. Dipper overhead By 10 p.m. it's about as dark as...went down) and look high up. You'll see the Big Dipper, hanging straight down. The Dipper is the most familiar star pattern in the spring...
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 "SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL)")
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Illini's Weber pays a call at Dipper
Newspaper article from: SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL); 12/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...the 35th SouthtownStar/Rich South Big Dipper Tournament on Thursday in Richton Park...for the holidays and working at the Big Dipper for athletic director Mark Hopman...team. "But my best memories of the Big Dipper are when the announcer, Mr...
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GREAT BIG DIPPER DISHES OUT SURPRISES
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 11/24/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...time of year. It traces a giant dipper-shaped figure. No, it is not the Big Dipper, which stands high in...horizon, but rather the "Great Big Dipper." This huge pattern -- more than twice the size of the Big Dipper -- pulls stars from three...
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LIL' DIPPER PLANS GRADUAL LAUNCH OF BABY PRODUCTS.
Magazine article from: WWD; 8/19/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Bryn Kenny NEW YORK - Lil' Dipper, a new line of skin care products...carefully," according to Lil' Dipper president Adam Agensky, a former...Starting next month, Lil' Dipper will be available in L.A...babies' fingers. They were so big, and the wipes at the top of...
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 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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NSW: Sydney loses Big Dipper attraction to QLD s Dreamworld
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 5/22/2001; 502 words
; ...22-2001 NSW: Sydney loses Big Dipper attraction to QLD s Dreamworld...with the sale of Luna Park's Big Dipper. The rollercoaster ride...Smith said the ride was the biggest high-speed gravity rollercoaster...operation. "Purchasing the Big Dipper was a win-win situation...
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Big Dipper, and Little Dipper
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Big Dipper, and Little Dipper see Ursa Major and Ursa Minor .
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Little Dipper
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Little Dipper Popular name for the shape formed by the seven main stars of the constellation Ursa Minor, which resembles a smaller version of the Big Dipper, or Plough, formed by seven stars in Ursa Major.
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Big Dipper
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Big Dipper Popular name for the asterism formed by the seven main stars of Ursa Major (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, and Eta Ursae Majoris), resembling a saucepan or ladle. An alternative name is the Plough.
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Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of Ursa Major is called the Big Dipper (or the Drinking Gourd...stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper are known as the Pointers...the extreme end of the Little Dipper. Including Polaris there are...in the handle of the Little Dipper and four forming the bowl. The handles of the two ...
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Backhoe
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...bulldozer and crawler tractor (big loaders that move earth by digging...machinery began in 1835 when the dipper shovel was invented to excavate...rock and to load trucks. The dipper shovel was steam-powered and...and large excavations so the dipper shovel could move around and...
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