atlas
atlas The first
cervical vertebra, a ringlike bone that joins the skull to the vertebral column in terrestrial vertebrates. In advanced vertebrates articulation between the skull and atlas permits nodding movements of the head. See also
axis.
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Armada comes to Hub to honor Constitution - World's naval vessels here to share ship's anniversary.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 7/20/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...a national icon, the USS Constitution this week celebrates the bicentennial...international salute. Naval vessels from seven nations will join...cheers went up as an enemy vessel signaled its surrender, according...raiders preying on merchant vessels. Her first true test would...several occasions, ...
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An Immutable Vision; The Constitution Is a System of Laws, Not an Empty Vessel Into Which We Can Pour Our Dreams. That Is How It Was, Is and Always Must Be
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/28/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...HUNDRED YEARS after the framing of the Constitution, people debate its meaning furiously...of problems were the framers of the Constitution wrestling with?), others the aspirations...questions so long as we suppose that the Constitution must contain the answer to every problem...
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Visiting vessel makes waves during stop in Navy Yard.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 6/13/2009; ; 369 words
; ...waters with Boston's own USS Constitution. Two sailors from the visiting vessel, based in Mayport, Fla...enlisted yesterday aboard the Constitution, reciting their oath a second...today in the Hub, where the vessel will be open for public viewing...
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Marblehead readies for Constitution-al.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 7/20/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...yesterday, the USS Constitution was officially designated an operational naval vessel for the first time in...reassignment of the Constitution from administrative...commanders that the Constitution is again operational...
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USS Constitution Museum Appoints Ronald Egalka and William Martin as Co-Chairs of the Curatorial Committee.
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 1/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...named after the United StatesE Constitution by George Washington and promotes...complement to the active duty naval vessel, the USS Constitution Museum displays artifacts...research library. About the USS Constitution Museum The USS Constitution...
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A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture.
Magazine article from: National Review; 3/18/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...motivated distortions of that Constitution that have occurred in the...into the meaning of the Constitution itself--questions of...beyond adoration of the Constitution as icon, as an empty vessel to be filled with the favorite...
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Europe says no.(European Constitution)
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...support. Among them was the constitution's main architect, former...effectively capsized the EU vessel. "Europe has to be rebuilt. The constitution is no more," pronounced...for the rejection of the constitution. "No one mentions the...
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BRITISH FIGHTING MEN SALUTE THE CONSTITUTION
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/18/1987; ; 620 words
; ...United States and to the Constitution -- both document and warship...measured 5- second count, the Constitution's sailors struck the bell...hundreds of other naval vessels nationwide to ring in the Constitution's bicentennial. Hordes...
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Preserving history ; USS Constitution's custodians fend off the ravages of time
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/21/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the deck. For now, the vessel is a work in progress. The Constitution, launched in 1797, is...impenetrable wooden hull. The Constitution won 33 engagements and...walk on the deck of the Constitution," said Margherita Desy...
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FOR CONSTITUTION, BOWS ALL AROUND
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/24/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...and the captain of the USS Constitution was beating a hasty return...On the port side of the vessel, a slice of the Boston skyline...struck city and its cherished vessel. In the distance, thunder...salute to Old Ironsides. The vessels represented France, Great...from the storm did strike one ...
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Constitution
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Constitution U.S. 44-gun frigate...perhaps the most famous vessel in the history of the...flagship for Isaac Hull , The Constitution won a battle with the...Stewart was commanding the Constitution when on Feb. 20, 1815...
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Constitution, USS
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Constitution, USS, one of six original...frigates and eight smaller vessels. Morale in the USA was low...captured two smaller British vessels in a battle lasting about...newspaper report that the Constitution was going to be broken up...the preservation of the old vessel. In fact, she stayed ...
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Cilley, Joseph
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...British cannons, muskets, and other ammunition stores from Fort William and Mary (later Fort Constitution) near Portsmouth shortly before British vessels entered the harbor. During the war he was major, and later colonel, of the 2nd New Hampshire...
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Old Ironsides
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
...popular name of the 44‐gun frigate Constitution, launched in 1797, which served in the...Isaac Hull (1773–1843), the Constitution won the battle with the British vessel Guerrière, off Cape Race, Newfoundland...
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Navy, United States
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...powerfully armed frigates and other vessels to deal with overseas threats. USS Constitution and the other warships of...interfered with American trading vessels. U.S. and French warships...five years, U.S. naval vessels sailed in all the world...Virginia. In March 1862, the vessel boldly ...
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