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Wovoka
Wovoka , c.1858-1932, Paiute , prophet of a messianic religion sometimes called the Ghost Dance religion. Also known as Jack Wilson, he was influenced by his father (a mystic) as well as by the Christian family for whom he worked and the Shaker religion. Wovoka claimed that during an eclipse of... Read more |
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Sassafras
Sassafras Description Sassafras is a small tree, Sassafras albidum, belonging to the laurel family native to eastern North America. Sassafras grows in woodlands in rich sandy well-drained soil from Maine to Florida, reaching a height of about 75 ft (25 m). The tree has also been imported to... Read more |
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Dathan
Korah The leader of a revolt against Moses and Aaron (Num. 16), who complained that the leaders were keeping the priesthood to themselves. The narrative may conceal a historical probability that there was a dispute about priestly prerogatives—who had the right to offer incense before the... Read more |
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Indian literature
Indian literature Oral literature in the vernacular languages of India is of great antiquity, but it was not until about the 16th cent. that an extensive written literature appeared. Chief factors in this development were the intellectual and literary predominance of Sanskrit until then (except in... Read more |
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Quakers
Quakers Sources Radical Roots. The Society of Friends, or Quakers as they are better known, have always stood apart from the mainstream of American religion. Because of this, they offer some important lessons about the range of religious beliefs and practices in early America. During the... Read more |
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Per Capita
PER CAPITA [ Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the descent and distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. In a per capita distribution, an equal share of an estate is given to each heir, all of... Read more |
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Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel 1928-, American writer, writing in French, b. Sighet, Romania. At 16 he was imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, where his family perished. After the war, he studied at the Sorbonne. In the 1950s he was a correspondent for Israeli, American, and French... Read more |
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Indian Education
EDUCATION, INDIAN EDUCATION, INDIAN. For generations, Native Americans educated their children through ceremony, story telling, and observation, teaching them about their cultural heritage and a spiritual relationship with the earth and all beings. Then came the suyapo (the Yakama word for "white... Read more |
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Basement Jaxx
Basement JaxxRock group With the release of 1999's Remedy, the British house music duo Basement Jaxx—DJs Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe—set the dance world on fire with a sound they call punk garage, turning the pair into club land messiahs. Given the pair's diverse musical influences—Timbaland,... Read more |
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Randall Jarrell's Lost World
...century-were still alive, he would dice this biographical...Pritchard were Santa Claus...passion; here all is dust and...Pritchard never digs at all. Jarrell...might have written? ... |
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MEMORIAL DAY; FLAME OF GRATITUDE MAY FLICKER AT TIMES, BUT IT SHOULD NEVER...
...fight over its true meaning: the day...who may have been alive last Memorial Day...glow, Loved and were loved, and now...Flanders Fields. The words written by World War I...the freedom to take Memorial Day for...sacrificial ... |
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The 'little Christmas tale' that has everything
...000 copies were snapped up...surprised at all the manifestations...edited, re-written, abridged...universal word, as 'a...the yard were, but had...Christmas Past takes him to his...dancing and all. The ... |
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. . .The Cat Will Play; In classic children's literature, nothing interesting...
...to use a word when an acronym...a book, take their seats...quietly -- is never referred...along with all this book...Menand, was written not long...list of 300 words and instructed...finds them all in this ... |
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Denying Knowledge Problem Of Priorities Picture This Targeting The Nra...
...Testament was written while eyewitnesses...Jesus' life were still alive." In the...could be true; for the...Jesus to die and save...the arts. Take the Lancaster...thousand words. But will...for art is ... |
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Hair today, gone tomorrow? You never know EXTRA POINT
...going to come true. When that...wrote these words actually...And seeing all of them...his dream die ... at...is still alive. For the...reading words written by someone...would it take for ... |
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Secrets revealed: the man who died for Yuri Gagarin and Space Travel
...has been written in to history...Laika was never meant to...Even the true details of...boiled alive'. Laika...first man to die in Space...documents that were taken off...he would never make it back to Earth ... |
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HEART OF THE MATTER DENVER AUTHOR WARNS WOMEN OF HEART ATTACK RISK.(Special...
...life and all of a sudden...struggling to stay alive.'' Two...her they were more than...recalling his words, she was...felt fine all afternoon...five women die of heart...lifestyle but written a book ... |
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Shane Lynch: 'I had everything money can buy but wasn't happy'
...Lynch had it all -- everything...happiest man alive with a string...It's true what they...in his own words "an extremely...exams having never got to grips...I was written off as a...I had to take a ... |
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On Killing Your Ego.
...disciples were upset because...many people were flocking...John add the words I started...get beyond all that...quality. True life, fulfilled...we can die to ourselves...God will take care of us...according ... |
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