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Najib Mahfuz
Najib Mahfuz Najib Mahfuz (born 1912) was Egypt's foremost novelist and the first Arab to win the Nobel Prize in literature. He had wide influence in the Arab world and was the author from that area best known to the West in the latter half of the 20th century. Najib Mahfuz was born in the... Read more |
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Hans J. Morgenthau
Hans J. Morgenthau Hans J. Morgenthau (1904-1979) was an American political scientist who taught at the University of Chicago and at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. His classic text, Politics Among Nations, was the leading work for students of international politics for... Read more |
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Corbridge
Corbridge. Coriostopitum was a major Roman military base and important town in the valley of the Tyne. The first base, dating to the campaigns of Agricola (c.80), lay at Red House. Subsequently the base was moved three-quarters of a mile east to where the east–west road (the Stanegate) met... Read more |
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Ada
Ada , city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. The city is also noted for horsebreeding, especially of quarter horses. East Central State Univ. and the Sciences and Natural Resources Center of... Read more |
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parbuckle
parbuckle, a means of hauling up or lowering a cask or other cylindrical object where it is not possible to use a purchase. The middle of a length of rope is passed round a bitt, bollard, or any convenient post and the two ends are led under the two quarters of the object to be hoisted or lowered... Read more |
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Caleb Bingham
Caleb Bingham , 1757-1817, American textbook writer, b. Salisbury, Conn. He taught until 1796, then became a bookseller and publisher in Boston. He wrote and published some of the earliest grammars, spelling books, and geographies. He was best known for his readers The American Preceptor (1794)... Read more |
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University of Washington
University of Washington at Seattle; state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1861 as the Territorial Univ. of Washington, renamed 1889. There are noted schools of medicine and engineering, and the university operates laboratories for the marine sciences. Also of note is the Washington... Read more |
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Burlington Central boys finish 2nd at Geneva.(Sports)
...Correspondent Burlington Central closed out the...events. Burlington Central also used its...untouchable in the middle and long distances...trailing Burlington Central senior Chris Parks...second-place quarter-mile time from...Bartlett: For ... |
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KENNETH PRIVRATSKY ATTAINS RANK OF BRIGADIER GENERAL
...Clark High School and Eastern...Division, 2nd Armored Division...a national honor society for...a national honor society for...of Psi Chi Honor Society. She...received Lincoln Middle School Student of the ... |
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School happenings, Jan. 8, 2006
BENTON HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday: Last...finals in 1st and 2nd classes. Makeup...meeting. BODE MIDDLE SCHOOL Monday...boys at home. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL...Four-State Honors Band at NWMSU...HALL ELEMENTARY ... |
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School happenings, Jan. 15, 2012
...Auditorium (2nd hour), 9...concert w/ Central Band at MWSU...Auditorium (2nd hour), 9...SATURDAY: 4 State Honor Band at NWMSU...R ROBIDOUX MIDDLE SCHOOL Library Open...ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TUESDAY: Zumba...m. ... |
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ACHIEVEMENTS
...class at Glover Middle School placed third...Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert...a senior at Central Valley High School, has been accepted...President's Honor Roll. The following...during the winter quarter at ... |
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Long Beach: A city that's second to none
...in trade. Its school district is the...Lowenthal's 2nd District has most...represents the central area's 6th District...to be upper-middle class to rich...generally in the middle, when it comes...with less than a quarter of ... |
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albany county calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
...Farnsworth Middle School, 6076 State...13th St. and 2nd Ave., Watervliet...Ronconi; for school age kids...Albany High School, 700 Washington...Radio, 339 Central Ave., Albany...which author Honor Moore ... |