calla
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cal·la
/ ˈkalə/
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n.
(usu. calla lily)
a plant (genus Zantedeschia) of the arum family, with a large showy white spathe.
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(also wild calla) another term for water arum.
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Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 1/21/2007; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/27/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...who dreamed of building a transcontinental railroad, called the notion "the...crews, even politicians - a transcontinental trip took months. After...a symbol of Americans' transcontinental journey. It accelerated...
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Magazine article from: Book; 9/1/2000; ; 587 words
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Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic; 2/26/2001; 700+ words
; ...lost. Wait for the Railroad: In 1851, a railroad...completion of the transcontinental rail-road. The...5. When was the transcontinental railroad completed...completion of the transcontinental railroad, how long...
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Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
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EMPIRE BUILDER AMBROSE PRAISES AMERICAN INGENUITY BEHIND TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD.(Showcase)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 9/3/2000; ; 700+ words
; Before the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869 a person...World: the Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869'' (Simon...built without workers: ``The transcontinental railroad was the last great...
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Building the Transcontinental RAILROAD.
Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic; 2/26/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...spike that completed the Transcontinental Railroad. In an instant...companies that would build the railroad. The Union Pacific (UP...made low cost loans to the railroads. In addition, the railroads...parcels of free land along the railroad route. But not until 1865...
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Nothing Like it in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869.(book review)(Brief Article)(Review)
Newspaper article from: National Forum; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Like it in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869. New York: Simon and Schuster...Ambrose presents the amazing story of how the transcontinental railroad was built. He writes of the dreamers and planners...
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Magazine article from: National Parks; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
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transcontinental railroad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...transcontinental railroad. Others followed...infrequent. The transcontinental railroads immeasurably aided...J. Grodinsky, Transcontinental Railway Strategy...Southern Pacific Railroads (1963); G. Hogg...Building of the First Transcontinental Railroad (1967, repr...
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Transcontinental Railroad, Building of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD, BUILDING OF TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD, BUILDING OF. The Transcontinental Railroad was the result of the U.S. commitment to Manifest Destiny and its burgeoning industrial might. Long distances and slow transportation...
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Transcontinental Railroad
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
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transcontinental
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x2022; adj. (esp. of a railroad line) crossing a continent...relating to two or more continents: a transcontinental radio audience. • n. Can. a transcontinental railroad or train. DERIVATIVES: trans...
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Railroads, Federal Land Grants to (Issue)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...the construction of the transcontinental railroads. The law provided that...undertake the construction of transcontinental railroad lines would be eligible...64,623,512 to the transcontinental companies. These loans...
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