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Elsie de Wolfe
DE WOLFE, ELSIE 1865-1950 I NTERIOR DECORATOR Professional Design Elsie de Wolfe was the first professional interior designer in America. Before de Wolfe began helping her friends with home decoration around 1900, American homes had never been "designed." Upper-class ... Read more |
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cell line
cell line A lineage or pedigree of cells that are related through asexual division. The cell line of an organ traces the course taken by cell division from a single-celled zygote to the formation of that particular multicellular organ. A cell line may also be derived in the laboratory from a primary... Read more |
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Trails
BUFFALO TRAILS BUFFALO TRAILS. The first thoroughfares of North America were the traces made by buffalo and deer in seasonal migration as they searched for feeding grounds and salt licks. Before hunting reduced their populations, as many as 50 million buffalo roamed the Great Plains in sprawling... Read more |
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Trace Elements
TRACE ELEMENTS TRACE ELEMENTS. Early in the twentieth century, scientists were able to qualitatively detect small amounts of several elements in living organisms. At the time, these elements were often described as being present in "traces" or "trace amounts." This apparently led to the term... Read more |
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Red Queen effect
Red Queen effect An evolutionary principle, first proposed by L. Van Valen, that much of the evolution of a lineage consists simply of keeping up with environmental changes (mainly, tracking a deteriorating environment), rather than occupying or adapting to new environments. The name is derived... Read more |
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Richard Hamilton
Hamilton, Richard (1922– ) British painter, printmaker, teacher, exhibition organizer, and writer, one of the leading pioneers of Pop art. He was born in London and after leaving school at 14 worked in advertising and commercial art whilst attending evening classes in painting. He then... Read more |
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genealogy
genealogy , the study of family lineage. Genealogies have existed since ancient times. Family lineage was originally transmitted through oral tradition and later, with the invention of writing, was passed on through written records. The genealogies in the Bible probably originated in oral tradition.... Read more |
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clan
clan social group based on actual or alleged unilineal descent from a common ancestor. Such groups have been known in all parts of the world and include some that claim the parentage or special protection of an animal, plant, or other object (see totem ). They also include such familiar groups as... Read more |
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