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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: 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 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'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 Loves You: Natural Selection and the Re-enchantment of the World.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History; 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Darwin Loves You: Natural Selection and the Re...Available Australia from Footprint Books. Was Darwin a mindless mechanist who ejected love and...mysterious from this world" (p.23). Darwin would seem, at least superficially, to...
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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 Professional Underwriters, First IPO on NYSE Arca, Celebrates Transfer to NYSE.
Business Wire; 4/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...One Year After Going Public NEW YORK -- Darwin Professional Underwriters (NYSE Arca...remain unchanged. On May 19, 2006, Darwin Professional Underwriters became the first...listing and trading emerging issuers. "Darwin is very pleased to again be making history...
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Darwin
Magazine article from: Nursing History Review; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Darwin. The Museum of Science, Boston, February...appeals to the person well versed in Charles Darwin's (1809-82) theory of evolution by...to the theory. The exhibition introduces Darwin as the fifth of six children born to the...
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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 has some deep problems
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/5/1991; ; 668 words
; ...you think you're doing wrong? Danny Darwin heard all those questions in the Red Sox...endured. In case you were wondering, Darwin threw Cecil Fielder a fastball in the...inning. Right over the plate. And yes, Darwin knew it was gone the second it left his...
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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, 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, 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 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, Charles
Book article from: Biology
Darwin, Charles English naturalist 1809 – 1882 Charles Darwin was the founder of modern evolutionary thought, and...selection is a principle driving force in evolution. Darwin is generally recognized as the single greatest thinker...
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Darwin, Charles Robert
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Darwin, Charles Robert ( b . The Mount, Shrewsbury, England...April 1882) natural history, geology, evolution . Darwin was the fifth child and second son of Robert Waring Darwin, a successful and respected physician practicing in...
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