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Darwin
Darwin Port in
n Australia, on the Beagle Gulf, an inlet of the Timor Sea; capital of Northern Territory. Founded in the late 1860s as Palmerston, it became Port Darwin in 1911. The Allied headquarters in
n Australia during World War II, it was bombed by the Japanese in 1942. In 1974 most of the city was destroyed by a cyclone. Darwin's harbour is the major shipping point for the sparsely populated and relatively undeveloped
n region of Australia. Pop. (1999 est.) 88,100.
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Darwin's Garden Exhibition Opens at The New York Botanical Garden.
PR Newswire; 4/25/2008; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire/ -- The untold story of Charles Darwin's lifelong fascination and work with...is presented in an exhibition entitled Darwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure...cgi-bin/prnh/20080425/NYF059 ) Darwin's Garden includes exhibitions of living...
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Darwin: The Evolution Revolution.(Featured Exhibition)
Magazine article from: ROM Magazine; 3/22/2008; 700+ words
; Darwin: The Evolution Revolution Saturday, March...2008, to Monday, August 4, 2008 Charles Darwin's curiosity, observations, and discoveries...own. This wide-ranging exploration of Darwin's life and work is presented in the Michael...
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Darwin's Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Darwin's Sacred Cause Race, Slavery and the...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As we are being flooded by Darwin lollipops, t-shirts, quills and stamps...are in it for profit. Accordingly, the Darwin industry has left the hands of scholarly...
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Darwin Announces School Violence Crisis Management Coverage for Educators.
PR Newswire; 7/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...Conn., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. (Darwin), introduces school violence crisis management...executed by its management. Additionally, Darwin does not reserve the right to invoke control...
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Darwin to Announce First Quarter 2007 Financial Results.
PR Newswire; 4/16/2007; 649 words
; ...April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. (Darwin) today announced that it expects to release...20060829/NETU014LOGO ) The live webcast of Darwin's earnings conference call can be accessed...
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Darwin to Announce Fourth Quarter and Year-end 2006 Financial Results.
PR Newswire; 2/7/2007; 647 words
; ...Conn., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. (Darwin) today announced that it will release its fourth...20060829/NETU014LOGO ) The live webcast of Darwin's earnings conference call can be accessed...
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Darwin Announces the Election of Irving B. Yoskowitz to Its Board of Directors.
PR Newswire; 1/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. (Darwin) said today that Irving B. Yoskowitz has been...during his career. In announcing the election, Darwin's chairman and CEO, Stephen Sills, said...
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Darwin at home. (transformation of Charles Darwin's Down House into museum)
Magazine article from: History Today; 4/1/1998; 700+ words
; ...1868 of the eminent evolutionist Charles Darwin. This serious, reflective-looking profile of Darwin takes pride of place in a line-up of portraits...in May 1996 will recall that, apart from Darwin's old study, those rooms open to the...
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Darwin Announces New Specialty Liability Coverage for Short Line Railroads.
PR Newswire; 7/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...Conn., July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. (Darwin), launches premier railroad liability coverage...cgi-bin/prnh/20060829/NETU014LOGO) Darwin offers claims-made coverage with limits of...
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Darwin Announces New Obstetrical Risk-Reduction Program.
PR Newswire; 6/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...Conn., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. (Darwin), introduces a new risk-reduction program...quality considerations. The program is offered to Darwin's medical professional liability policyholders...
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Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882)
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882) English naturalist Charles Robert Darwin is credited with popularizing the concept of organic evolution by means of natural selection. Though Darwin was not the first naturalist to propose a model...
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Darwin, Charles Galton
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Darwin, Charles Galton ( b . Cambridge, England, 19 December 1887...1962) applied mathematics, theoretical and general physics . Darwin was the grandson of Charles Darwin and the son of George Darwin. His contributions to science were...
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Darwin, Erasmus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Darwin, Erasmus ( b . Elston Hall, near Nottingham, England...scientific poetry, botany, technology . Erasmus Darwin was the seventh child and fourth and youngest son of Robert Darwin, a retired barrister of independent means. He was...
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Darwin, Charles
Book article from: Animal Sciences
Darwin, Charles Naturalist 1809-1882 Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. He died at the age of seventy-three on April 19, 1882. Darwin revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution by natural...
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Darwin in America
Book article from: American Eras
Darwin in America On the Origin of Species. In 1859 the British scientist Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species by Means of...not entirely new to the scientific community, Darwin ’ s hypothesis generated immediate...
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