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Mother Shipton
Shipton, Mother Legendary British prophetess, supposed to have been born in the reign of King Henry VII and to have predicted the deaths of Cardinal Wolsey and Lord Percy, as well as other events. Her prophecies had a clarity quite unlike the cryptic verses of Nostradamus. Shipton was also... Read more |
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Greater World Christian Spiritualist Association
Greater World Christian Spiritualist Association British Spiritualist organization founded in 1931 as the Greater World Christian Spiritualist League. It grew out of the Zodiac Circle, which was organized in the early 1920s around the mediumship of Winifred Moyes. Moyes was a channel who... Read more |
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Terrorist Use as a Biological Weapon Anthrax
Anthrax, Terrorist Use as a Biological Weapon ¦ BRIAN HOYLE During the past two decades, the potential use of biological weapons by terrorist groups has received a great deal of attention, particularly in the United States. The existence of an anthrax bioweapon development... Read more |
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New World vultures
Cathartidae (New World vultures, condors; class Aves, order Falconiformes) A family of large, long-winged, brownish-black vultures that have bare heads which are often coloured. Their nostrils are perforate and many have a ruff of feathers around their neck. Their feet are weak with a small hind... Read more |
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Yams
Dioscorea Second only to potatoes in terms of world tuber production, true yams (genus Dioscorea) are more closely related to tulips (both are monocots) than to the sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas), which is also often called a yam. The genus Dioscoreaincludes... Read more |
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Worlds Columbian Exposition
World's Columbian Exposition. See World's Fairs and Expositions.... Read more |
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World Fellowship of Buddhists
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Tropical diseases
Tropical spastic paraparesis Definition Tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) is a slowly progressive spastic paraparesis caused by the human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1), with an insidious onset in adulthood. It has been found all around the world (except in the poles), mainly in tropical... Read more |
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Chemical and Biological Weapons and Warfare
...century: notably World War I (1914–18), the...1980–88).In World War I, lethal...protection had yet been found against mustard...opening phases of World War II, it was...deterrent shield around his more vulnerable...agents (including ... |
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ANTHRAX LETHAL GRADE IN LETTER TO DASCHLE.(MAIN)
...treating animal anthrax. Samples derived...distributed to labs around the world. Ridge said...identify and treat anthrax victims. He...post offices around the country as...pulmonary form of anthrax. Health officials...said ... |
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ANTHRAX CASE FOUND IN N.Y.C.
...10-13-2001 ANTHRAX CASE FOUND IN N.Y.C...the skin form of anthrax after opening an...reeling from the World Trade Center disaster...being tested for anthrax, too. On Friday...exception of a small area around Miller's desk... |
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ANTHRAX SCARE GROWS BIOTERRORISM THREATS PUT U.S. ON ALERT.(NEWS)
...terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and...multiplying reports of anthrax scares around the nation and even...planning clinics around the country received...threatening notes. An anthrax scare drove German...that the substance ... |
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Anthrax Anxiety Spreads Worldwide
...and gloves. No anthrax attacks have been...hoaxes have spread anthrax anxiety around the globe at the...for exposure to anthrax. Postal workers...on a white powder found in the mailroom...Meanwhile, the World Health ... |
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Anthrax could have come from labs in U.S., Iraq, Russia, or culled from...
...ubiquitous around the world," said Calvin...home of the anthrax database...strains isolated around the world...others since found to harbor...labs, it has found its way into labs around the ... |
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Anthrax threat to White House?
...gain public support. ANTHRAX SCARES AROUND THE WORLD(PHOTO - Color) INDIA...issued guidelines on anthrax treatment to stay prepared...tested positive for anthrax.(PHOTO - Color...infected mail has been found, the Israeli ... |
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SENATE ANTHRAX DEEMED A POTENT TYPE
...that traces of anthrax have been found in a building...tested positive for anthrax exposure, the...in universities around the world and a focus of...but that the anthrax sent to Daschle...of anthrax were ... |
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Anthrax found at more government mailrooms.
...Peru. No anthrax was found in the air filter system...headquarters. The source of the anthrax remained unknown...mailrooms in Washington and around the world. At Health and Human Services, trace amounts of anthrax were ... |
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Anthrax spores found in mailbox
...five people died from anthrax infection. Last November, anthrax was found at four postal centers...closed since October. Around the same time, spores were also found on a letter-carrier...authorities believed the anthrax ... |
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ANTHRAX: IS THE THREAT REAL? FBI looks for criminal link in Florida death,...
...a successful attack." Anthrax is a bacterium that for...spores and become dormant. Anthrax spores have been found in soil samples around the world. If an animal grazing close...how many have developed anthrax. Iraq is among ... |
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