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Idun
Idun In Norse* mythology, Idun (Iduna) was the goddess of spring and rebirth. She and her husband, Bragi, the god of music and poetry, lived in Asgard, the home of the gods. Idun took care of the magic apples the gods ate to remain immortal. The Prose Edda,a... Read more |
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Old Man
Old Man Old Man, also known as Napi, is a creator god and tricksterfigure in the mythology of the Blackfoot Indians of North America. He is said to have created the world and all the creatures in it. To make humans, Old Man fashioned figures out of clay and breathed ... Read more |
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Evangeline
Evangeline; or, The Belle of Acadia (1874), a musical burlesque by J. Cheever Goodwin (book, lyrics), E. E. Rice (music). [Niblo's Garden, 16 perf.] When her people are expelled by the British from their Acadian village, Evangeline ( Ione Burke) and her lover Gabriel ( Connie Thompson) are... Read more |
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Recombinant DNA
Recombinant DNA Recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) technology allows the creation and manipulation of DNA sequences that come from different sources, even different species. The development of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s was hailed as the most exciting... Read more |
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Illegal immigrants
Chapter 5Illegal Aliens BARRIERS TO LEGAL IMMIGRATION: TIME AND MONEY According to Stuart Anderson and David Miller, in Legal Immigrants: Waiting Forever (May 2006, http://www.competeamerica.org/resource/h1b_glance/NFAP_Study.pdf), "those who 'play by the rules' are likely to wait many years" to... Read more |
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P G Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse (Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse) , 1881-1975, English-American novelist and humorist. After a short period, first working at a bank and then writing for a London newspaper, he became a full-time fiction writer. For over 70 years Wodehouse entertained readers with his comic novels... Read more |
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Mase
MA$E Born: Mason Durrell Betha; Jacksonville, Florida, 27 August 1978 Genre: Rap Best-selling album since 1990: Harlem World (1997) Hit songs since 1990: "What You Want," "Lookin' At Me" Like punch-drunk boxers, rap stars are forever threatening to quit the music business, only to stage... Read more |
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Ursula Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams, Ursula Wood 1911–2007(Joan Ursula Penton Lock, Ursula Wood Vaughan Williams, Ursula Wood) OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for SATA sketch: Born March 15, 1911, in Valletta, Malta; died October 23, 2007, in London, England. Philanthropist, biographer, lyricist, poet, and novelist.... Read more |
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stonecrop
stonecrop common name for members of the Crassulaceae (also called orpine, or hen-and-chickens, family), a family of succulent, fleshy herbs and shrubs mostly inhabiting arid regions in many parts of the world. Among the larger genera are the S African genus Crassula and the genus Sedum with... Read more |
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Savitri
Savitri Savitri is the name of several figures in Hindu mythology. According to tradition, Savitri is a god of the sun who rides through the sky each day granting long life to humans and immortalityto the gods. Savitri is also the wife of the god Brahma*; together she... Read more |
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