Pedetidae
Pedetidae (Cape jumping hare; order Rodentia, suborder Sciuromorpha) A monospecific family (
Pedetes capensis) of rabbit-like, burrowing or terrestrial, nocturnal rodents which move by hopping or leaping. The ears are long and can be closed by rolling the
pinna during digging, the hind limbs are long and modified for jumping, the fore limbs are short and possess long claws. There are five digits on the fore limbs and four on the hind limbs. The tail is long, and covered with long hair. Pedetidae are distributed through central and southern Africa.
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Oveta Culp Hobby Dies at 90; Organized Wacs, Led HEW
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/17/1995; ; 700+ words
; Oveta Culp Hobby, 90, who organized and led the Women's Army Corps during World War...leaving the military in 1945, she received a Distinguished Service Medal. Oveta Culp Hobby was born in Killeen, Tex., where as a child she read law books...
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OVETA CULP HOBBY, 90, MEDIA MOGUL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/17/1995; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Associated Press HOUSTON Oveta Culp Hobby, the first secretary of health...Wednesday at home. She was 90. Mrs. Hobby, whose media holdings made her one...Saralee Tiede, a spokeswoman for Mrs. Hobby's son, former Lt. Gov. Bill...
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Bush's 9/11 Farce
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/27/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...and the secretary of health, education and welfare, Oveta Culp Hobby, uttered one of the great dumb remarks of American...11 commission's report with him. From somewhere, Oveta Culp Hobby smiles. She is finally off the hook. cohenr...
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Don't be fooled by Bush's reaction to 9-11 report
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/27/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...vaccine and the health, education and welfare secretary, Oveta Culp Hobby, uttered one of the great dumb remarks of American...11 commission's report with him. From somewhere, Oveta Culp Hobby smiles. Finally, she is off the hook. Richard...
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Despite denials, Iraq outcome will be bad
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune; 8/12/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...let me offer one of my own: The Oveta Culp Hobby Award for a truly dumb statement...twice before cited the late Mrs. Hobby, the nation's chief health official...anticipated the sectarian violence." Oveta, move over. Can these high-ranking...
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Civil War? What Civil War?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/8/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...let me offer one of my own: the Oveta Culp Hobby Award for a truly dumb statement...twice before cited the late Mrs. Hobby, the nation's chief health official...anticipated the sectarian violence." Oveta, move over. Can these high-ranking...
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Women Have Helped Make Texas Great
Newspaper article from: La Prensa de San Antonio; 3/13/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...pioneers passed on to their children. Oveta Culp Hobby, mother of longserving former Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby, came up with the plan during World...that list had expanded to 239. Oveta did not want to head the WACs, but...
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Texas A&M student arrested on charges of drug possession in dorm
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/1/2007; ; 340 words
; ...Knox, 19, was arrested Monday in Oveta Culp Hobby Hall after police found a bag of...said freshman finance major and Hobby resident Austin Harmon. "It just makes us as Hobby residents look bad, what with things...
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DEATHS IN THE NEWS
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/20/1995; 700+ words
; ...Smoke! (That Cigarette)." Oveta Culp Hobby, 90, the creator of the Women...died Wednesday in Houston. Mrs. Hobby was one of the country's richest...was married to the late William P. Hobby, a former Texas governor. During...
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Clarifies history of women's military units
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 1/7/2002; ; 390 words
; ...WAACs") under the direction of Oveta Culp Hobby of Texas who had been a consultant...selection. Both ladies held equal rank, Hobby an Army colonel, and McAfee a Navy...position at Wellesley after the war. Hobby later became the first Secretary...
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Oveta Culp Hobby
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Oveta Culp Hobby American government official and businesswoman Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) held pioneering roles as the first head of both...
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Hobby, Oveta Culp
Book article from: American Home Front in World War II
Oveta Culp Hobby Born January 19, 1905...friend, William Pettus Hobby (1878 – 1964). On February 23, 1931, Oveta Culp married William Hobby...World War II In 1941 Oveta Culp Hobby was in Washington, D...
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Hobby, Oveta Culp 1905-
Book article from: American Decades
HOBBY, OVETA CULP 1905- Drector of women's army corps Administrator An unusually energetic and talented woman, Oveta Culp Hobby presided over the formation of America's first female military...
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Hobby's Army (c. 1943)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
HOBBY'S ARMY (c. 1943) During World War...leader, the capable and astute Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby (1905 – 1995), had already...Corps' Commanding Officer. Trim Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby, head woman of the WACs, found...
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Hobby hat
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Hobby hat a World War II -era WAAC service hat. [named for Oveta Culp Hobby , the first Director of the WAAC.]
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