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START I Treaty
START I Treaty ¦ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, now known as START I, was one of the key weapons agreements forged during the détente period of the late Cold War era. Negotiations for strategic weapon reductions of the United States and Soviet... Read more |
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United States. Administration for Children and Families. Head Start Bureau
Head Start programs Definition Head Start is a federally funded preschool program that provides comprehensives services to both low-income children and their families. Description Head Start is a federal program for preschool children three to five years of age in low-income families. Its aim is... Read more |
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Sidney Hillman
Sidney Hillman 1887-1946, American labor leader, b. Lithuania. He emigrated to the United States in 1907. Beginning as a garment worker, he became a union leader after his key participation in a successful clothing workers' strike (1910) in Chicago. In 1914 he began his long tenure as president of... Read more |
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dagger
dagger, a steel bar which plays an essential part in the launching mechanism of a ship. When the dog shores, the blocks of timber which support either side of a ship on the launching ways, are knocked out, the dagger acts as a trigger which releases the vessel and starts it down the launching ways.... Read more |
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Rhabdomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma Definition Rhabdomyosarcoma is a childhood cancer. It begins in cells that will become skeletal muscle cells. Skeletal muscle is attached to bones and is different from the smooth muscle that lines the intestinal tract (esophagus, stomach, small and large... Read more |
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Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor association in evangelical Protestant Churches for strengthening spiritual life and promoting Christian activities among its members. The first Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor was started in 1881 by Dr. Francis E. Clark in Portland, Maine. Within a few years the... Read more |
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Battle of Nashville 1864
Nashville, Battle of (1864).After losing the Battle of Atlanta, John B. Hood in November 1864 took the Confederacy's chief western army into Tennessee in a quixotic campaign to reverse the situation. Opposing him was George H. Thomas, who would have a very substantial force once he gathered the... Read more |
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North and South
North and South Source Heading Toward Disunion.Prior to the Civil War, no American faith took a stand on the question of what, if anything, justified secession from the Union. When the war started in 1861, some denominations escaped its divisiveness by virtue of... Read more |
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Early Childhood Education
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION overviewjanet s. hansen preparation of teachersdaniel j. walsh betty j. liebovich international contextrobert g. myers OVERVIEW Early childhood education is concerned with the learning experiences of children below the age when compulsory schooling begins (usually... Read more |
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