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Charles Richard Drew Charles Richard Drew
Charles Richard Drew 1904-50, African-American physician, b. Washington, D.C. A surgeon and a professor at Howard Univ. (1935-36; 1942-50), he developed a means of preserving blood plasma for transfusion. During World War II he headed (1940-41) the program that sent blood to Great Britain and was... Read more
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Head Flattening Head flattening is the practice of permanently elongating the skull by wrapping young children's heads while their skulls are still forming. African cultures reshaped the skulls of their members to increase an individual's beauty and to improve social status. Among the people who... Read more
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Anubis , Egyptian god of the dead. He presided over the embalming of the dead and is represented as a dog-headed or jackal-headed man.... Read more
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Baginbun, battle of, 1170. In 1169 Richard de Clare, earl of Pembroke, known as Strongbow, decided to seek territory in Ireland. A small advance party commanded by Raymond le Gros dug in on the coast at Baginbun Head, between Hook Head and Wexford, and was attacked by a vastly superior force of... Read more
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Head injury Definition Head injury is an injury to the scalp, skull, or brain. The most important consequence of head trauma is traumatic brain injury. Head injury may occur either as a closed head injury, such as the head hitting a car's windshield; or as a penetrating head... Read more
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monsters and imaginary beasts The mythologies and legends of ancient and modern cultures teem with an enormous variety of monsters and imaginary beasts. A great number of these are composites of different existing animals and of human beings and animals. Among the animal composites are the... Read more
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Patricia Head Summitt 1952- American college basketball coach Patricia Head Summitt is one of college basketball's greatest coaches. In 2003, during her 29th season with the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers, Summitt earned her 800th win. She is the first women's basketball coach and one of... Read more

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