Long Beach
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Long Beach, Canada, USA USA (California): publicized in 1881 as a seaside resort called Willmore City after its founder, W. E. Willmore, it was renamed in 1888 because of its 8.5 mile (13.5 km) long beach.
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Unusual palmaris longus muscle
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Dear Sir, The palmaris longus muscle (PLM) is a slender fusiform...ambulation. [2] For example, the Palmaris longus is always present in the orangutan...In humans, the absence of Palmaris longus appears to be hereditary but its genetic...
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Flexor accessorius longus: A rare variation of the deep extrinsic digital flexors of the leg and its phylogenetic significance
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...commonly known as the M. flexor accessorius longus (also named accessorius ad accessorium...secondus, accessory flexor digitorum longus or pronator pedis) is a very variable...of the tendon of the flexor digitorum longus.[3] The total or partial absence of...
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Extensor digitorum longus tenosynovitis caused by talar head impingement in an ultramarathon runner: a case report
Magazine article from: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...tenosynovitis of the extensor digitorum longus tendon is an injury related to ultramarathon...was diagnosed with extensor digitorum longus tenosynovitis caused by talar head impingement...tenosynovectomy of the extensor digitorum longus tendon. The pain was relieved without...
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Md. Court of Special Appeals: Longus v. State
Newspaper article from: The Daily Record (Baltimore); 4/20/2009; 700+ words
; ...for partial courtroom closure. CASE: Longus v. State, CSA No. 863, September Term...FACTS: On Sept. 28, 2006, Kenneth Longus and two friends went to the home of Lindsay...he had found in his shop. At trial, Longus admitted the cap was his. The day after...
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Former professor to share King's message; Pharnal Longus known for work to counter prejudice
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 1/5/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...rights commission announced that Pharnal Longus, retired professor at the school of social...celebrating, reflecting and sharing" with Longus. Two city choral groups will perform...community service awards. MacDonald said Longus will reflect on King's life and its...
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J.R. Morgan: Longus: Daphnis and Chloe.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Ancient Narrative; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; J.R. MORGAN: Longus: Daphnis and Chloe Pp. 253. Oxford...Perhaps the most guilty of brutalising Longus' text was Lowe, whose 1908 translation...an attempt to bottle the essence of Longus' bucolic mood, and the inspiration...
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Longus in the Mir Istkusstva: Leon Bakst, Maurice Ravel and Marc Chagall.
Magazine article from: Ancient Narrative; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...ignored in the creation of the paintings of Longus' novel, as is evidenced by the most...image of Greece, which suited neither Longus nor Ravel." (9) A brief biography...musical and artistic interpretation of Longus' Daphnis and Chloe is here supplied in...
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Rupture of the flexor pollicis longus musculotendinous junction: A case report
Magazine article from: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...musculotendinous junction of the flexor pollicis longus. A 42-year-old healthy woman complained...a light. We found the flexor pollicis longus tendon ruptured at the musculotendinous...words: tendon rupture, flexor pollicis longus, musculotendinous junction INTRODUCTION...
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Flexor hallucis longus tendon transfer for reconstruction of chronically ruptured Achilles tendons
Magazine article from: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...report the mid-term results of flexor hallucis longus (FHL) tendon transfer for reconstruction of...gastrosoleus,4 and either the flexor digitorum longus (FDL) or flexor hallucis longus (FHL) tendon.7 Other materials used include...
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Acromioclavicular joint dislocation: a comparative biomechanical study of the palmaris-longus tendon graft reconstruction with other augmentative methods in cadaveric models.(Research article)
Magazine article from: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research; 11/27/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...capsuloligamentous complex using the palmaris-longus tendon graft since the palmaris-longus tendon is dispensable and can be harvested with...biomechanical properties of this novel palmaris-longus tendon reconstruction with those of the native...
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Longus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Longus Daphnis and Chloe, a pastoral romance attributed to the Greek author, Longus (flourished 3rd century), inspired other writers...modern novel. As the writer of an enduring work, Longus was a man about whom virtually nothing was known...
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pastoral
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...the Idylls of Theocritus in which shepherds lead a sunlit, idealized existence of love and song. The eclogues of Virgil and Longus' romance Daphnis and Chloe blended the idealization with a more authentic picture of country life, and Virgil added an important...
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prolong
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
prolong extend in duration XV; lengthen in space XVI. — Late L. prōlongāre , f. PRO-1 + longus LONG1 . So prolongation XV. — (O)F. or late L.
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long
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
long1 great from end to end. OE. lang , long = OS. (Du.), (O)HG. lang , ON. langr , Goth. laggs :- Gmc. * laŋgaz . The nature of the relation with L. longus , Ir. long long, and Gaulish longo- (in a proper name) is disputed.
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elongate
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
...lengthen XVI. f. pp. stem of late L. ēlongāre remove, prolong, orig. f. E- + longē far off, but later taken as if f. E- + longus LONG , i.e. ‘lengthen out’. So elongation XIV.
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