Erethizontidae
Erethizontidae (New World porcupines; order Rodentita, suborder Hystricomorpha) A family of arboreal rodents in which some hairs are modified to form barbed spines. The body is thickset, the legs short, and long claws are borne on each of the four digits of all limbs. First digits are reduced. In the tree porcupines (
Coendou) the tail is
prehensile. Porcupines are distributed widely throughout N. America and tropical S. America.
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CRIK: West Indies tour schedule in Australia
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 11/4/2000; 405 words
; ...Australia) 11-04-2000 CRIK: West Indies tour schedule in Australia PERTH, Nov 4 Reuters - Schedule for West Indies' cricket tour of Australia, including...2000 Nov 7 Chairman's XI v West Indies, Perth Nov 9-12 Western Australia...
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West Indies Win Series 3-1 as Lara Hits 375
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Today; 5/31/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Caribbean Today 05-31-1994 West Indies Win Series 3-1 as Lara Hits 375. England ended their tour of the West Indies on a more encouraging note as they...predict the series as I had the West Indies winning the series 3 nil, but...
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England in the West Indies
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Today; 1/31/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Today 01-31-1994 England in the West Indies. England will once again visit...their Five Test Series against the West Indies and Five One Day Internationals...Phillip Defreitas. England and the West Indies who started playing from 1929...
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Crik: West Indies and India to tour England in 2007
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 9/3/2006; 542 words
; ...Australia) 09-03-2006 Crik: West Indies and India to tour England in 2007...Julian Guyer LONDON, Sept 2 AFP - West Indies and India will tour England next...Twenty20 internationals, against the West Indies and three Tests and seven one...
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West Indies keeps its nerve to end long wait for victory Cricket
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 3/12/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...International Herald Tribune 03-12-2009 West Indies keeps its nerve to end long wait...Group Edition: 1 Section: SPORTS West Indies ended a run of five years without...17 runs. In the final session, West Indies scored only 36 runs from 35 six...
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Cricket: West Indies secure record-breaking victory Australia 240 & 417 West Indies 240 & 418-7 West Indies win by 3 wickets
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/14/2003; ; 700+ words
; THE West Indies completed what, in every other regard...and India, with 406 for 4 against the West Indies in Port-of- Spain in 1976, are the...to win by scoring more than 400. The West Indies captain, Brian Lara, rated it "the...
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UPDATED: Digicel Secures West Indies Cricket Team Sponsorship; New sponsorship deal to pave the way to future success.
PR Newswire; 7/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...the coveted sponsorship of the West Indies Cricket Team. The US$ multi-million sponsorship deal with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), is for...to Australia. The deal with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) was signed...
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Cricket: West Indies cling on to steal series
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/30/2000; ; 700+ words
; Pakistan 269 & 219 West Indies 273 & 216-9 West Indies win by 1 wicket THE WEST INDIES survived a Pakistan bowling onslaught to win the final Test, and with it the series...
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India arrive for West Indies cricket tour
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/1/2002; ; 620 words
; ...day internationals against the West Indies, aiming to end a mediocre overseas...by the present weakness of the West Indies team. But vice-captain Rahul Dravid cautioned that the West Indies had the advantage of playing at...
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Dynasty Without Heirs Declining West Indies Faces Rising Zimbabwe
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 7/19/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.West Indies will start as favorite, but only...Council's world championship. West Indies is fifth, but lower on current...few years ago, Zimbabwe against West Indies would have been akin to the office...
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East Indies
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...x201D; Indies (i.e., India), the terms East Indies and West Indies were applied by Europeans to highlight territorial...the label East Indian added another polemic in the West Indies, where it designated people of South Asian origin...
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West Indies, British and French
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
WEST INDIES, BRITISH AND FRENCH WEST INDIES, BRITISH AND FRENCH. The terms British West Indies and French West Indies refer to those islands in the Caribbean...
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West Indies
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
West Indies archipelago, between North and South...the clear tropical seas have made the West Indies a very popular resort area. Some 34 million...European settlement on the islands of the West Indies, they were inhabited by three different...
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West Indies Federation
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
West Indies Federation former federation of 10 British...and the Bahamas in 1973. In 1967 the West Indies Associated States were created, made...is the successor in many ways to the West Indies Associated States. The OECS promotes...
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East Indies Trade
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
EAST INDIES TRADE EAST INDIES TRADE. During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, East Indies commerce spanned the Atlantic and Indian...See also Colonial Commerce ; Dutch West India Company ; East India Company...
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