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albino
albino Person or animal with a rare hereditary absence of pigment from the skin, hair, and eyes. The hair is white and the skin and eyes are pink because, in the absence of pigment, the blood vessels are visible. The eyes are abnormally sensitive to light and vision is often poor.
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Albinos in Tanzania killed for body parts
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 6/9/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...criminal trade in albino body parts. Many...matter - believe albinos have magical powers...out. Advocates for albinos have also said that...doctors are selling albino skin in Congo. The...he said. Many albinos in Tanzania are turning to the Tanzanian Albino Society for help...
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Albinos Find Voice in Tanzania
Transcript from: NPR Tell Me More; 6/12/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...More 06-12-2008 Albinos Find Voice in Tanzania...violence against its Albino population. Albinos have a genetic condition...past year, about 20 albinos, including children...throughout the country use Albino body parts in their...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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ALBINO TELLS OF NICHOL THREAT EX-CU PRESIDENT SAYS HE PRESSURED HER FOR DONATION.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/21/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...University of Colorado president Judith Albino says Senate candidate Gene Nichol pestered...letter to the Federal Election Commission, Albino complained that Nichol had pushed her...toward me as very high pressure,'' Albino said Saturday. ``He said to me...
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MALAWI: ALBINOS FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 11/4/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Through the Albino Association of...April this year, Albinos have launched...they claim that Albinos have a short life span. Albino women also rarely...teachers so that Albino children can be...said Malawian Albinos formed the association...
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ALBINO RAISES SEX-HARASSMENT ISSUE EX-CU CHIEF TESTIFIES ABOUT EX-CHANCELLOR CORBRIDGE; LAWYER SAYS CLAIMS BASED ON RUMOR.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 3/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...University of Colorado president Judith Albino told regents that former Boulder chancellor...she testified in a sworn deposition. Albino testified under subpoena as part of a...obtained by the Rocky Mountain News, Albino said she went to the regents after harassment...
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African albinos are outcasts at birth Professor hopes to change image; seeks money to provide sunscreen, glasses
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/9/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...a handful of other albinos, Makumbe has founded the Zimbabwe Albino Trust. He dreams...battles prejudice on albinos' behalf. But his...witches survives, and albino children were once...belief that adult albinos do not die, but simply...
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The Albino Code Unleashes the Fury of Albino Assassins Everywhere; Short Film Parody Gives Real-World Glimpse into the Life of an Albino Assassin, Debunking Myths Portrayed in The Da Vinci Code.
Business Wire; 5/18/2006; 700+ words
; ...absence from the silver screen, the "evil albino" returns as Silas, the gun-toting monk...Code. Hollywood is notorious for casting the albino as the villain or mystical freak, so one albino dares to move beyond these stereotypes and...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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ALBINO MULE DEER A RARE, EERIE SIGHT.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 11/20/1997; 700+ words
; ...same stories for years but didn't see his first albino mule deer until the early 1990s, while trapping pheasants...me when I saw it. Instantly I recognized it as an albino, a true albino buck in a group of bucks.'' The biologist has since...
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`The Albino Code' unravels mystery of condition.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 5/10/2006; ; 612 words
; ...parody flick, "The Albino Code," stars Hurley...absurdity of a red-eyed albino assassin. Albinos are considered legally...60 films that portray albinos as "the butt of a joke...outcast or the evil magical albino," Hurley said. Hurley...
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A spontaneous albino mutant of Ceratocystis resinifera results from a point mutation in the polyketide synthase gene, PKS1.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Microbiology; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...PKS1 gene was defective in the albino mutant. Sequence analysis...the PKS1 allele found in the albino contained a single point mutation...polyketide synthase, sap stain, albino mutant, biological control...avons caracterise un mutant albinos spontane chez Ceratocystis...
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albino
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...lack of pigment leaves albinos defenseless against both...hurts the eyes of an albino, for without pigment...unbearable brightness. Albinos regularly turn their...trade, were ‘albinos’ (a word...medical interest. An albino displayed in Paris in...
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John Paul I (Albino Luciani)
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
John Paul I (Albino Luciani) (b. 17 Oct. 1912, d. 28 Sept. 1978). Pope 1978 The Patriarch of Venice since 1969, he was made a cardinal in...
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Albinism
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...pink eyes of these albino animals contrast...horses are partial albinos. They retain pigment...feet. In the past, albinos were often regarded...birth, although albino births were common...130 births is an albino. In the mid-nineteenth century, albinos were exhibited in...
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John Paul I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...of the Roman Catholic Church was born Albino Luciani in the town of Canale d'Agordo...Edoardo told reporters at the time of Albino's election as pope that as children...had to go without shoes half the year. Albino did well in school and by the fourth grade...
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Moroni, Giovanni Battista
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Moroni, Giovanni Battista ( b Albino, c. 1520/4; d Albino, ?(5 Feb.) 1578). Italian painter. He trained under Moretto in Brescia and worked mainly in his home town of Albino and in nearby Bergamo. His style was based closely on...
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