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Nuclear Age
NUCLEAR AGE. The nuclear age began in mid-July 1945 when an 18.6-kiloton nuclear bomb was detonated at the Trinity test site near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Three weeks later, on 6 August 1945, the world became aware of the existence of nuclear weapons when a U.S. B-29 bomber known as Enola Gay... Read more |
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Arcos de la Frontera
Arcos de la Frontera , town (1990 pop. 27,722), Cádiz prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on a rocky hill above the Guadalete River. A Gothic church and the palace of the duke of Arcos are at the summit. Wine and olive oil are produced. The Moors were driven out in 1250, and it became a Christian... Read more |
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ice hockey
ice hockey team sport in which players use sticks to propel a hard, round disk into a net-backed goal. Rules and Equipment Ice hockey is played on a rectangular rink with curved corners whose length may vary from 184 to 200 ft (56-61 m), its width from 85 to 98 ft (26-30 m). Six players—a... Read more |
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poodle
poodle popular breed of dog probably originating in Germany but generally associated with France, where it has been raised for centuries. There are three varieties, differing in size only. The standard poodle, classified in the nonsporting-dog group (see nonsporting dog ), stands over 15 in. (38.1... Read more |
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Donald H. Barden
Don H. Barden 1943– Business executive At a Glance… Tried His Hand at Politics Traveled Information Superhighway Music or Politics? Sources Don Barden, the former owner of a Detroit cable television empire that employs more than 300 workers and serves nearly 120,000 households, has... Read more |
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solar wind
solar wind stream of ionized hydrogen—protons and electrons—with an 8% component of helium ions and trace amounts of heavier ions that radiates outward from the sun at high speeds. The continuous expansion of the solar corona into the surrounding vacuum of space carries away from the... Read more |
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Research
RESEARCH METHODS overviewgeorgine m. piondavid s. cordray qualitative and ethnographicleann g. putneyjudith l. greencarol n. dixon school and program evaluationlaura desimone verbal protocolstammy bourg OVERVIEW How do people learn to be effective teachers? What percentage of American... Read more |
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Compensatory Education
COMPENSATORY EDUCATION united statesgeoffrey d. borman policies and programs in latin americafernando reimers UNITED STATES The detrimental effects of poverty on children's academic outcomes and general well being are well documented. Children who grow up in poverty suffer higher incidences of... Read more |
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pump
pump device to lift, transfer, or increase the pressure of a fluid (gas or liquid) or to create a vacuum in an enclosed space by the removal of a gas (see vacuum pumps under vacuum ). The centrifugal pump, the most common kind, consists basically of a rotating device, called an impeller, inside a... Read more |
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