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British South Africa Company
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South West Africa Peoples Organization
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South West Africa Peoples Organization
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Godfrey Hounsfield
Cormack, Allan 1924–1998Hounsfield, Godfrey Newbold 1919– Developers of Computer-Assisted Tomography Allan McLeod Cormack and Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1979 for their work in the development of ... Read more |
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Alan Paton
Alan Paton , 1903-88, South African novelist. A devoted leader in the struggle to end the oppression of the South African blacks, he served (1935-47) as principal of the Diepkloof Reformatory (near Johannesburg) for delinquent boys, where he instituted many reforms. After the publication of his... Read more |
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Sub-Saharan Africa
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Sub-Saharan Africa, referred to as "Africa" in this article, comprises the forty-two countries on the African continent south of the Sahara and the six island nations close to it. Africa's rich cultural and ethnic traditions reflect different heritages in all... Read more |
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Thryonomyidae
Thryonomyidae (cane rats, grass-cutters; order Rodentia, suborder Hystricomorpha) A family of heavily built, burrowing rodents that have small eyes and ears and short, fully haired tails. The fifth digit is vestigial on all limbs. The hair is coarse and flattened, has grooves on its upper surfaces,... Read more |
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Royal African Co
Royal Africa Company. A number of short-lived charters in particular areas had been granted in the late 16th and early 17th cents., but the Royal Africa Company was not established until 1672. It traded with west Africa for gold and ivory but its main concern was to supply slaves to the West Indian... Read more |
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San
San , people of SW Africa (mainly Botswana, Namibia, Angola, and South Africa), consisting of several groups and numbering about 100,000 in all. They are generally short in stature; their skin is yellowish brown in color; and they have broad noses, flat ears, bulging foreheads, and prominent... Read more |
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Partition of Africa
Africa, partition of. Africa is the nearest continent to western Europe, yet its colonization lagged far behind more distant parts of the world. That was partly because of the health risks it presented to Europeans, and partly because there seemed little to take them there. The main exception was... Read more |
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TESL
TESL Short for Teaching English as a...itself (apart from courses for teacher trainers...cities, offer adult courses and make provision...West Indies and West Africa (where English and...Uganda (mainly South Asian traders), ... |
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leprosy
...numbers of cases in Africa, Asia, and Polynesia...beneficial effects were short-lived and it was not...They are mainly in South and Cental America, Africa and the Far East...alters the clinical course of the disease or response... |
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anti-imperialism
...dramatically affected were those in South-East Asia following the outbreak...there. Racial exclusivity, in short, was the Achilles' heel of the...displays of martial arts. Of course, all this hectic activity was intended...Middle East, including North ... |
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flash floods
...killed in flash flooding in South Africa, Morocco, and Afghanistan...of the Black Hills in South Dakota (USA), has developed...of flash floods and the short lead times. Because of...watering of urban golf courses saves cities millions... |
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The second RSSA short course on Current Ethical Issues in Radiology: 31 July...
...Following the success of the first short course in Cape Town in January, it was...The four topics (as in the January course) were: * Ethical Considerations...who again arranged an excellent course, and thanks to the ConsultUS team... |
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Chad Le Clos of South Africa celebrates his win in the men's 200m freestyle...
Bangladesh, Nov. 14 -- Chad Le Clos of South Africa celebrates his win in the men's 200m freestyle final at the FINA Swimming World Cup short-course meet in Tokyo on Saturday. Le Clos won won the final... |
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The third RSSA short course on current ethical issues in radiology: 6 March...
Following the success of the first two short courses in Cape Town and Johannesburg during 2010, a third was held at the SORSA-RSSA Imaging Congress in Durban on 6 March. It was... |
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COMING EVENTS/SHORT COURSES
...Lake Resort and Golf Course, Ina, IL. Contact...and Construction Short Course. Westin Atlanta...Box 660, Carlton South, VIC 3053, Australia...Center. Pretoria, South Africa. Contact: The Secretariat...Johannesburg. ... |
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Prexy to 'stay course': South Africa native's 30-year presence at the HFPA...
...tables. To make a long story short, Berk left South Africa--and his film career there...out, however. He returned to South Africa, where his liberal views didn...intentions are to "stay the course--we're doing all the ... |
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Records tumble at World Cup meet; Beijing Olympians in outstanding form at...
...47.24sec, beating the world short-course record holder, Stefan Nystrand...emphatically last night in a new Africa and South Africa record of 26.45 from Australian...in 4:09.07, the closest a South African has come to Terence ... |
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Cielo leads solid cast at short-course swim worlds
...establish his No. 1 status in short-course swimming this week, when...said recently. "I love short course, I've always been really good at short course, and my records...the world record set by South ... |
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Short-course antiretroviral regimens protect African children.
...NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Short-course nevirapine and zidovudine-lamivudine...African newborns. Researchers in South Africa conducted a study "to determine...maternity health institutions in South Africa and were enrolled ... |
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Short course swimming World Cup results
Short course swimming World Cup results STOCKHOLM...23.51 seconds 2. Roland Schoeman, South Africa, 23.70 3. Andriy Serdinov, Ukraine...100m freestyle: 1. Roland Schoeman, South Africa, 46.45 seconds 2. Ryk Neethling... |
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SWIM: World Cup short course results
...0000 SWIM: World Cup short course results BERLIN, Jan 26...medley 1. Terence Parkin (South Africa) 4:10.39 2. Tobias...38 2. Han Kyu-chul (South Korea) 3:43.98 3...Terence Parkin (South Africa) 2:08.91 3. ... |
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