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thin into thin air used to refer to the state of being invisible or non-existent.
the thin red line the British army (in reference to the traditional scarlet uniform); the phrase first occurs in the war correspondent William Howard Russell's book
The British Expedition to the Crimea (1877) of the Russians charging the British at Balaclava. Russell's original dispatch to
The Times, 14 November 1854, had read ‘That thin red streak topped with a line of steel’. In an alteration of the phrase, the police are sometimes referred to as
the thin blue line.
See also
thin as Banbury cheese,
on thin ice,
as thin as a rake.
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Line Dancing: An Atlas of Geography Curriculum and Poetic Possibilities.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...as well as bird's-eye geography will enjoy this atlas greatly. Wanda Hurren...of academic and curricular geography, focusing on the relationships...Line Dancing, Landscapes of Geography, and Poetic Possibilities...and United States school geographies while postulating new ...
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Line Dancing: an Atlas of Geography Curriculum and Poetic Possibilities.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Environmental Education; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; Line Dancing: An Atlas of Geography Curriculum and Poetic...Hurren argues that school geography should be inclusive...is not a traditional atlas; the way Hurren has...presents the subject of geography as a construction with...
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Gov. Robert P. Casey presents Pennsylvania Atlas to Geography Bee winner. (National Geography Bee winner, Susannah Batko-Yovino)
PR Newswire; 6/8/1990; 700+ words
; ...GOV. CASEY PRESENTS PENNSYLVANIA ATLAS TO GEOGRAPHY BEE WINNER HARRISBURG, Pa., June...presented a copy of the newly published Atlas of Pennsylvania to Susannah Batko...intensify our efforts." The 300-page Atlas of Pennsylvania, published in 1989...
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Tele Atlas Takes Geography on the Road to Upper Valley Students.
PR Newswire; 11/8/2006; 700+ words
; ...feature guided tours of Tele Atlas' digital mapping facility...types of jobs available in geography and related technology fields. * Tele Atlas Teacher Night * WHEN: Wednesday...30 p.m. * WHERE: Tele Atlas Americas Headquarters, 11...
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Tele Atlas Takes Geography on the Road to N.H. Upper Valley Schools
Newspaper article from: Wireless News; 11/12/2006; 425 words
; ...Wireless News 11-12-2006 Tele Atlas Takes Geography on the Road to N.H. Upper Valley...NEWS-November 12, 2006-Tele Atlas Takes Geography on the Road to N...www.10meters.com Tele Atlas, a global provider of digital maps...
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Virgin's One World Atlas. (Geography)(New CD-ROMs This Month) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Information Today; 11/1/1994; 520 words
; Contains over 600 customized maps, over 1100 original photographs, and 1200 pages of information on geography, economics, politics, and recent history of areas around the world; includes edited music relevant to the areas covered. IBM...
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Atlas of North America.(GEOGRAPHY, HYDROLOGY, ENVIRONMENT)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2005; 482 words
; G1105 2004-045005 0-19-516993-X Atlas of North America. Title main entry. Ed...oversize format (11.25X14.75"). The atlas begins with several full-page maps on aspects of geography for the entire continent, including energy...
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Historical Atlas of the Arctic.(Geography)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: American Review of Canadian Studies; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; Derek Hayes, Historical Atlas of the Arctic. Vancouver: Douglas...author of the highly regarded Historical Atlas of Canada (2002) has returned with...circle. Donn K. Haglund Department of Geography University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee
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Atlas.(geography quiz)
Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic; 1/5/2004; 605 words
; Questions 1. Which river connects the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean? -- 2. What Is the latitude and longitude of New Orleans, Louisiana? -- 3. The Missouri River begins in Montana, it flown into the Mississippi River just north of which city? -- 4. Which large national park is located at
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Get Lost in the Art of Geography.(using atlases)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 12/31/2007; 607 words
; Byline: Eddy Ramirez "Geography is not just learning something...to master the fading art of geography. In fact, there is a simple...recommend to people is to use an atlas like they use a dictionary...heard of, just pick up the atlas and look it up." And guess...
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atlas
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
atlas in geography, collection of maps or charts. It usually...main industries. In astronomy, a star atlas is a collection of maps or photographs...other objects. Although the first known atlas was compiled by the Greek geographer Ptolemy...
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Geography
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
178. Geography See also 133. EARTH ; 143. EQUATOR...alphabetically. 2 . an index to an atlas. geography 1 . the science that studies and describes...the effect of political or economic geography on the political structure, programs...
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LINGUISTIC ATLAS
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
LINGUISTIC ATLAS, also dialect atlas . A book of maps which show...postal enquiry. Linguistic atlases have been made for Scotland...1977, 1986, The Linguistic Atlas of Scotland , 3 volumes...Thomas (1973, The Linguistic Geography of Wales ), and for England...
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LINGUISTIC GEOGRAPHY
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
LINGUISTIC GEOGRAPHY, also dialect geography [1920s]. The study of regional dialect variation. See ISOGLOSS , LINGUISTIC ATLAS .
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Alexander Keith Johnston
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...He issued many notable atlases, maps, and gazetteers, including The National Atlas of Historical, Commercial, and Political Geography (1843), The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena...Gazetteer ), and The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography...
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