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heads
heads, the name given to that part of the older sailing ships forward of the forecastle and around the beak which was used by the crew as their lavatory. In the US Navy it was simply known as the head, but in the Royal Navy the word was always used in the plural to indicate the weather and lee... Read more |
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minstrel show
minstrel show stage entertainment by white performers made up as blacks. Thomas Dartmouth Rice, who gave (c.1828) the first solo performance in blackface and introduced the song-and-dance act Jim Crow, is called the "father of American minstrelsy." The first public performance of a minstrel... Read more |
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score
score in musical notation , manuscript or printed music in which the various parts are placed one above the other so that notes that are to be played simultaneously are in vertical alignment. Early polyphony was notated in score until the early 13th cent., when choir books, in which the parts were... Read more |
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Deer hunting
TIFLIS Tiflis (Tbilisi in Georgian) is the capital of the Republic of Georgia. Its legendary origins begin with the early medieval king of eastern Georgia (Kartli), Vakhtang Gorgasali (c. 447–522), who is said to have shot a deer that fell into a pool of hot spring water on the spot where he... Read more |
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make-up
make-up, or cosmetics, along with clothing fashions, jewellery, body piercing, tattooing, and hair adornment, is one of the many forms of body decoration regularly practised around the world. Like hairstyles and clothing fashions, make-up is usually a temporary form of adornment, one that can be... Read more |
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splint
splint rigid or semiflexible device for the immobilization of displaced or fractured parts of the body. Most commonly employed for fractures of bones, a splint may be a first-aid measure that allows the patient to be moved without displacing the injured part, or it may be a means of fixation to... Read more |
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Southwest
SOUTHWEST SOUTHWEST may be roughly defined as the southwestern quarter of the United States, although any distinct delimitation of the area is necessarily arbitrary. So considered, it includes Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, the southern half of California, and the southern portions of... Read more |
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environmental toxicology
...conurbations around the world have...nitrogen makes up 80% of the...low as 0.5 parts per million...share many of these properties of...principle, the easiest of the environmental...provision of clean water supplies...be for ... |
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Beyond streamers and cake 'Woodland Birthdays' are educational, fun, and easy...
...parties where up to 15 kids can...t even have to clean your house. In...job. They are part of the "Nature...they were small, these kids were no longer...and the pond in these woods usually...Blue herons pick up sticky fish ... |
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How healthy is your house? As the weather cools, we shut our windows and...
...is safe and clean. Oh, if only...outside of them. Part of the problem...that it maybe these indoor nasties...in your house cleaner is simply not...first place. Easy ways to do that...can stir it up, causing you...before ... |
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Peter Surridge Gardening Club: Making the big clean-up the big easy.
...extra-efficient cleaner with a unique...rather than carried around. We are offering two of these superb models...retail value around pounds 107 each...1500 Plus sucks up larger items of...three years on parts and one year ... |
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MAKE AND TAKE ; NO TIME TO PLAN, COOK AND CLEAN UP FROM DINNER? NEW KITCHEN...
...a growing trend around the country, is...don't have to clean up after themselves...the somewhat grim parts of cooking are...coast. Many of these kitchens, like...already serving up to 500 people a...she said. ... |
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Quick tricks for a super spruce-up; If you just don't have time to give your...
...and a coffee filter to clean your bathroom mirrors...keeps them from fogging up! 2 If a smell still...upholstery shampoo to get them clean. 7 To get greasy stains...adhesive tape wrapped around your hand. Or wet the...hydrogen peroxide (one ... |
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FRESHEN UP YOUR FINANCES; No spring clean would be complete without getting...
...By following these eight simple...your spring clean, you'll need...One of the easiest ways to get...free by signing up for a 30-day...credit card. These cards eliminate interest as part of an introductory...offer - speeding ... |
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Macon County Clean Up Crew takes pride in work, community.
...Macon County Clean Up Crew. The youths started picking up litter around the city four...litter you pick up is less that...said. "What these youths are doing...pride in being part of the ... |
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As spring arrives, clean up your patio
...little sprucing up could turn it...you need to clean under. Use a power washer to clean the surface...brightener is a good cleaner for wood surfaces...the surface is clean, you can paint...rubber "feet." These come in a ... |
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clean up the air in your home
...your lungs. These expert tactics...you breathe easier today. You...spend a large part of each day...simple ways to clean up the air around you. And many of these strategies...changes can add ... |
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Oil spills: whose technology will clean up? (Sea Sweep Inc's Sea Sweep,...
...days, it was easier for spillers not to clean up marine spills...stepped-up enforcement...not cleaning up a spill. That...nontoxic, easy to transport...achieving all these goals. However...amount of spills ... |
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