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The replacement of the Knights of Labor by the International Longshoremen's Association in the port of Boston
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The growth of the Knights of Labor as a national labor organization in the United States was meteoric, but its life was exceedingly short. Between 1879 and 1885-87 its membership grew from less than 10,000 to more than 700,000, and by 1890 it had declined to 100,000. In his popular history of American labor, Thomas Brooks concludes that "before the Gay Nineties had expired, the Noble Order was all but dead."1 This common picture of the growth and decline of the Knights obscures the fact that the organization retained a substantial membership in some labor markets into the early decades of the ...
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Mantid OZ kids get backyard bugs guide.
M2 Presswire
; M2 PRESSWIRE-29 October 2001-CSIRO: Mantid OZ kids get backyard bugs guide (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29102001 A new Backyard Bugs Guide will familiarise...
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Mating behavior of the mantid Ameles decolor (Insecta, Mantodea): courtship and cannibalism.
Magazine article from: Journal of Orthoptera Research
; Introduction Ameles decolor (Charpentier, 1825) is a small rather common mantis, typical of arid fields of the Mediterranean basin from Southern and insular Europe to northern Africa (Ehrmann 2002, Battiston & Fontana 2005). Despite its well-known distribution and taxonomy, its biology is
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Intriguing Praying Mantis a wonder in the insect world.(Neighbor)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; ...meal. The native species, the Carolina mantid, ranges from 2 1/2 to 3 inches in length...to Illinois and Indiana. The European mantid is similar in appearance to the Carolina...America on nursery stock in 1899, European mantid held promise as a predator of Gypsy Moth...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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OIL SPRAYS ERADICATE THOSE WINTER PESTS.(Home Front)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...by far, the most commonly observed is the European mantid. This mantid reaches about 3 inches when full-grown and may be...distinctive. In warmer areas of Colorado, the European mantid can be common. The insect, however, is marginally...
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Sound generation in Mantis religiosa (Mantodea: Mantidae): stridulatory structures and acoustic signal.
Magazine article from: Journal of Orthoptera Research
; ...rate of syllable production depends on a mantid's sex. The acoustic output of M. religiosa...mechanisms of predator deterrence. Key words mantid, acoustic, defense, display, stridulation...encounter with a predator, the European mantid, Mantis religiosa L. mayperfonn a dramatic...
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Introducing a "boundary-flux" approach to quantifying insect diffusion rates.
Magazine article from: Ecology
; ...methods. Using published data on praying mantid dispersal, I introduce and illustrate...nonoverlapping generations: in late spring mantid nymphs emerge during a narrow window of...which can result in extremely high mantid densities immediately after hatch (up...
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Manny the Praying Mantis.
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children
; Manny the mantid clings to a branch of the mint plant that...praying mantises. In early May I bought a mantid egg case at a garden shop. Gardeners...in early August, a three-inch-long mantid peered at me through the leaves of a mint...
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MANTIDS - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE JUST PLAIN WRONG - ON VIEW AT FILM FEST
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...opportunity to explode the many, many mantid myths that Hollywood has exploited for...demonstrations on stage of a variety of mantid-inspired Kung Fu styles. Exhibitions...Chinese paper-cut animation about a mantid that has to dodge its own predators while...
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Lichens.
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick
; ...you look carefully, you can see a grizzled mantid hiding on the lichen above. Like many other insects, the mantid has colors and patterns that match lichens almost perfectly. This helps the mantid hide from its enemies. And some lacewing insects...
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Interview: Piotr Naskrecki discusses his book "The Smaller Majority"
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday
; ...example. Let's talk about this grass mantid. Why did you choose to photograph that...long time. And... FLATOW What is a mantid? Describe it for people who are not seeing...OK. Let me start with this statement. Mantid--praying mantises--are basically...
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