Proboscidea
Proboscidea (proboscideans; infraclass Eutheria, cohort Ferungulata) Order comprising the elephants and their extinct relatives, e.g. mastodons (see
MAMMUTIDAE), gomphotheres (see
GOMPHOTHERIIDAE), and mammoths (see
Mammuthus). The order was formerly highly successful and occupied the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa. Proboscideans tend toward large size. Since the late
Miocene most have possessed a long trunk: this is developed from the nose and upper lip. Teeth are reduced in number, young adults having three molars in each side of each jaw; these are used one at a time, old teeth being shed and replaced by those behind. The upper incisors are enlarged to form tusks. The jaw muscles are large, and the skull short and high. The
vertebrae and up to 20 ribs carry the weight of the abdomen, which is balanced on the fore limbs by the weight of the head, the hind limbs providing propulsion. The brain is well developed. Parental care of the young is prolonged, and social organization is complex.
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NOTRE DAME -- HAMDEN
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 11/22/2007; ; 511 words
; GREEN BOWL SERIES NOTRE DAME -- HAMDEN 1951 -- Notre Dame 19, Hamden 7 1952 -- Hamden 25, Notre Dame 19 1953 -- Notre Dame 7, Hamden 6 1954 -- Notre Dame 19, Hamden 0 1955 -- Notre Dame 13, Hamden 7 1956 -- Notre Dame 19, Hamden 14...
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Hamden Hall 1, Rye 1 Hopkins 5, KLHT 2 GIRLS' SOCCER SCC Hand 4, Hamden 0 [Derived Headline]
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Wednesday's scores BOYS' SOCCER Preps Hamden Hall 1, Rye 1 Hopkins 5, KLHT 2 GIRLS' SOCCER SCC Hand 4, Hamden 0 Non-league Branford 6, SMSA 0 Preps...Greens Farms 1 Greenwich Academy 8, Hamden Hall 4 GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL NVL Ansonia...
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Hamden off to surprising start?
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; When Hamden faces West Haven in football, it's usually...that added to the emotion of the rivalry. Hamden coach Scott Benoit was a former player...students got the better of the teacher. Hamden rallied for a 29-28 victory to remain...
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Hamden hurt by stranded runners, miscues?
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 8/3/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...explanation or excuses. To put it plainly, Hamden failed to cash in on its opportunities...Cromwell-Portland's 4-2 win over Hamden in the opening round of the 16-team...went 2-for-4 and scored both runs for Hamden (19-10). For RCP, which won the...
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Hamden Hall 81, Dexter 58 Hopkins 74, Millbrook 68 Shoreline Coginchaug 51, East [Derived Headline]
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Saturday's scores BOYS' BASKETBALL Preps Hamden Hall 81, Dexter 58 Hopkins 74, Millbrook...Old Saybrook 64 Valley Regional 38 Preps Hamden Hall 52, St. Luke's 42 Hopkins 64...Mass.) 2 (OT) Guilford 6, Barlow 3 Hamden 3, Notre Dame-West Haven 0 Lyman Hall...
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85 Karen Hamden: Preston's parent educator promotes cooperation.
Newspaper article from: Dominion Post (Morgantown, WV); 4/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...Kathy Plum Apr. 2--KINGWOOD -- Karen Hamden is one of those people who finds lemons...shared her knowledge with others. When Hamden's daughter, Alix, was 2 years old...artistic talents. The diagnosis threw Hamden into a world of physicians, educators...
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REGISTER NORTH: Hamden to honor 5 with 'Notables award'
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 4/21/2006; 613 words
; The Hamden Notables Committee has selected five outstanding residents to receive the Hamden Notables Awards for 2006. The Notables' distinguished...encompasses service within such organizations as the Hamden's Woman's Club, Hamden Regional basketball...
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Hamden remains hot in Legion play??
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 7/1/2008; ; 680 words
; ...teams in American Legion Zone II baseball, Hamden simply wasn't mentioned. Not anymore. Hamden coasted past West Haven 6-1 Monday at Piurek...prove it belongs among the Zone II elite. Hamden (12-3) is a game behind first-place...
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St. Luke's 93, Hamden Hall 69 GIRLS' BASKETBALL Preps Hamden Hall 40, Westover 38 [Derived Headline]
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 2/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...scores BOYS' BASKETBALL Preps St. Luke's 93, Hamden Hall 69 GIRLS' BASKETBALL Preps Hamden Hall 40, Westover 38 (OT) Miss Porter's...Fairfield Prep 2 East Haven 5, Immaculate 1 Hamden 6, South Windsor 1 Guilford 1, Milford 0 St...
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St. Luke's 88, Hamden Hall 62 SCC interdivision Fairfield Prep 47, Career 40 GIRLS' [Derived Headline]
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 2/15/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...BASKETBALL Preps St. Luke's 88, Hamden Hall 62 SCC interdivision Fairfield Prep...Interdivision Hillhouse 57, Career 47 Preps Hamden Hall 63, Miss Porter's 42 Miss Porter...Dame-Fairfield 0 Guilford 4, Milford 1 Hamden 2, South Windsor 1 West Haven 3, Notre...
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Hamden
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hamden town (1990 pop. 52,434), New Haven...New Haven, of which it was once a part, Hamden makes machinery, electrical and computer...mass production. A plaque marks the site. Hamden also has many early mill sites, Colonial...
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New Haven Colony
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...its hinterland, the towns of North Haven, Wallingford, and Hamden; over time the colony added the towns of Guilford, Milford...New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1934. Reprint, Hamden, Conn.: Archon, 1970. Taylor, Robert J. Colonial Connecticut...
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Blackmail
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Alfred Hitchcock; or, The Plain Man's Hitchcock, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974. Yacowar, Hamden, Hitchcock's British Films, Hamden, Connecticut, 1977. Taylor, John Russell, Hitch, London and New York, 1978. Bellour, Raymond...
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James Earl Russell
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
James Earl Russell 1864-1945, American educator, b. Hamden, N.Y., grad. Cornell Univ., 1887, Ph.D. Leipzig, 1894. From 1895 to 1897 he was professor of philosophy and pedagogy...
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Weldon, William C. 1948–
Book article from: International Directory of Business Biographies
...the basketball and football teams. After graduating from high school in 1967, Weldon enrolled at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, to study biology. Midway through college, he married Barbara Dearborn, whom he met while in high school...
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