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Latin America
Latin America the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. The 20 republics are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,... Read more |
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Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci , 1454-1512, Italian navigator in whose honor America was named, b. Florence. He entered the commercial service of the Medici and in 1492 moved to Seville. He accompanied Alonso de Ojeda in 1499, but by agreement the two separated shortly before land was sighted in the West... Read more |
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America
America [for Amerigo Vespucci ], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. In English, America and American are... Read more |
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Democracy in America
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, by Alexis de Tocqueville. The most influential study of the United States ever written, Democracy in America owes its enduring significance to the complexity of Tocqueville's analysis. This child of aristocracy was "a liberal of a new kind"... Read more |
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Martim Afonso de Sousa
Martim Afonso de Sousa Martim Afonso de Sousa (ca. 1500-1564) was a Portuguese colonizer and viceroy who founded the first permanent Portuguese settlement in South America, and served as viceroy of India. The exact date of the birth of Martim Afonso de Sousa remains unknown, but some... Read more |
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Spanish Main
Spanish Main mainland of Spanish America, particularly the coast of South America from the isthmus of Panama to the mouth of the Orinoco River. Spanish treasure fleets, sailing home from the New World, passed through the Caribbean N of the Main and were attacked by English buccaneers raiding from... Read more |
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First of America Bank Corp
First of America Bank Corporation 108 East Michigan AvenueKalamazoo, Michigan 49007U.S.A.(616) 376-9000Fax: (616) 376-7273 Public Company Incorporated: 1971Employees: 10,387Sales: $20 billionStock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 6021 National Commercial Banks; 6022 State Commercial Banks; 6035... Read more |
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Spanish America
SPANISH AMERICA The missionary effort in the regions of the Americas controlled by Spain provided a pretext for converting peoples beyond the Mediterranean. The Catholic missionaries relied heavily on the efforts of Portuguese and other missionaries in the Old World as models for successfully... Read more |
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bushmaster
bushmaster large venomous snake, Lachesis muta, of Central America and N South America. It is a member of the pit viper family, which also includes the rattlesnake. The largest New World snake, it reaches a length of 8 to 12 ft (2.5-5.5 m). It is gray and brown, with a diamond pattern. Unlike... Read more |
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Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca Ayahuasca, the hallucinogenic drug favored by many traditional peoples of South America, has in the twentieth century become the center of a major new religious movement in Brazil and began to spread among neo-shamanistic groups in North America and Europe in the 1990s. Ayahuasca (or... Read more |
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wrinkles
wrinkles are folds and creases in the...denser, and less resilient.Wrinkles have intrinsic and extrinsic...ageing.People have considered wrinkles highly undesirable for millennia...modern times. Universe Books, New York.See also ageing; skin... |
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muscle wasting
...the facial nerve on one side). This results in inability to wrinkle the forehead muscles of that side, to close the eye and mouth...recover and to reinnervate the denervated face muscles. The new nerve fibres slowly extend down the nerve, although not always... |
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...ew, ow preferred syllable finally: law, saw, taut; dew, new, feud; cow, how loud. (2) When the preceding vowel opens...wrench, wrest, wrestle, wretch, wriggle, wright, wring, wrinkle, wrist, writ, write, writhe, wrong, wrote, wroth, wreak... |
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sun and the body
...from the blue end of the spectrum — is used for jaundice in new-born babies, caused by the immature liver's inability to rid the...and elastin, begin to break down, ultimately resulting in wrinkles. The skin has the ability to repair itself, but repeated and... |
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mar
mar / mär/ • v. (marred , mar·ring ) [tr.] impair the appearance of; disfigure: no wrinkles marred her face. ∎ impair the quality of; spoil: violence marred a number of New Year celebrations. |
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line
...were lines around her eyes synonyms: wrinkle, furrow, crease, groove, crinkle...sphere, area, area of expertise. 16. a new line of cologne synonyms: brand, kind...was lined with age synonyms: furrow, wrinkle, crease, pucker, mark with lines... |
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crush
...dress will get crushed synonyms: crease, crumple, rumple, wrinkle, crinkle, scrunch (up). 3. crush the cookies with a rolling...synonyms: hug, squeeze, hold tight, embrace, enfold. 5. the new regime crushed all popular uprisings synonyms: suppress, put... |
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A lot of new wrinkles in the anti-aging segment.(Anti-Aging & Cosmeceutical...
...propelled by a stream of new and technologically...has thickened. Wrinkle Anatomy: Over time...begins to sag and wrinkles form. Inflammatory...collagenase and elastase. Wrinkles occur naturally as a result of aging. Wrinkle Causes: These ... |
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Mills adding new wrinkles to WR fabrics: updating treatments, using new...
NEW YORK - The wrinkle-resistant fabric business continues to...interesting that while there was nothing really new, the WR trend nevertheless continues to...processes or in blends. "We are developing a new treatment to assure a softer hand," said... |
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New wrinkles. (textile design)
NEW WRINKLES You remember all...also doing a lot of wrinkle and finely pleated...reincarnation crinkle and wrinkle has gotten a lot...Campi these organized wrinkles are on a jacquard...get this stretchy wrinkle effeect in a ... |
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Frequent Travelers Offer New Wrinkles on Packing It All In. (Originated from...
...frequently travels to New York, and John R. Buerkle...garment bag, pack to prevent wrinkles. Keep your suits on one side...a suit jacket with minimal wrinkles and keep its shape: Extend...other than suits to prevent wrinkles and save space. Avoid linen...of ... |
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Two new wrinkles for cigarette smokers. (premature wrinkling and urinary...
...research has shown. But two new reports focusing on certain...and Gynecologists, held in New Orleans. Many physicians suspected...numerical score as an estimate of wrinkle severity. After controlling...may work together to produce wrinkles. The team ... |
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Adding new wrinkles.(Editor's Note)
...got religion. Seriously, along with the new size and an updated look, we've added a few new wrinkles to make your monthly magazine more relevant...Stagnito's Rollout" for food technologists and new product developers. So why do monthlies keep... |
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Tricks up the sleeve?, Look for a few new wrinkles from WVU, Cards
...are certain to be some new wrinkles on both sides of the...months of the season. A wrinkle here and a wrinkle there, certainly...there with all these new plays and you don...Will you have a few wrinkles and a few things ... |
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New wrinkles develop at sectional tourneys
...championship journey. Never one to let its constituents get too comfortable, the district committee has added a couple of wrinkles to this year's festivities. Foremost, all sectional tournaments will be one-day tournaments. Wrestling will be on...Triple-A, where there are 56 schools, as opposed to 35 in ... |
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New wrinkles on HDTV
...heavier than they actually are. New high-definition TV cameras...add 10 years as they highlight wrinkles and other defects not visible...performers. Appearance in a new medium can be everything. Vilma...presidential election. Will the new technology make it ... |
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NEW WRINKLES FOR AN OLD CRAFT TAXIDERMIST FILLS SOME TALL...
...giraffe, where would you have wrinkles,'' explains Bob Sanders...giraffe stuffed deserves accurate wrinkles. And since this big fella's headed to a New Mexico museum, the folks at...Jonas Bros., is one of the new guys. The business opened... |
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