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Vascular plants
Rhyniophyta , division of plants known only from fossils, of which the genus Rhynia was perhaps the most important. These plants date from the Silurian and Devonian age. Relatively simple in structure, they resemble the Psilotophyta in many features, such as the lack of clearly developed roots.... Read more |
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Antietam campaign
Antietam campaign , Sept., 1862, of the Civil War. After the second battle of Bull Run , Gen. Robert E. Lee crossed the Potomac to invade Maryland and Pennsylvania. At Frederick, Md., he divided (Sept. 10) his army, sending Stonewall Jackson to capture the large Union garrison at Harpers Ferry... Read more |
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type metal
type metal alloy of lead with antimony, tin, and sometimes copper, so named because of its one time extensive use for making printing type. Expanding upon solidification, the alloy takes a fine and clear impression of the mold in which it hardens. It has a low melting point. Once used extensively... Read more |
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Dennis Russell Davies
Dennis Russell Davies Conductor For the Record… Programmed New Music Made Late Met Debut Selected discography Sources It is clear that conductor Dennis Russell Davies once hoped to make his career at home rather than abroad, but the kind of professional opportunities he sought... Read more |
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Cameras
Camera Lens Background The camera lens is an invention that attempts to duplicate the operation of the human eye. Just like the eye, the lens sees an image, focuses it, and transmits its colors, sharpness, and brightness through the camera to the photographic... Read more |
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Gravity surveying
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Dmitri Donskoi
religion. The attitude all religious traditions should adopt towards war has always been a contentious and divisive topic, and the Second World War proved to be no exception. The circumstances in which war should be supported, or whether it should ever be supported, had been a matter of public... Read more |
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From Clinic to Combat
...that guy's live...across the country. In peace...person's life...at least once before...a week's time, all...his job. So much time...professional are blurred. "We all...Administration ... |
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Listless campaign ends as Israelis vote today
...a bird's-eye view...probably form a so-called...is pretty clear, so the voters say, `What's left for...campaign has blurred the ideological divisions with Likud...for this ... |
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Creatures from the Blue Lagoon
...match. It's also a pretty...Mogwai's guitar player...mouthpiece, once said about...1999's Come On Die...copies, so they're...increasingly clear that the...window at the blurred lava-fields...Valentine, Joy ... |