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James Lawrence
James Lawrence James Lawrence (1781-1813), American naval officer, became a symbol of bravery to the American Navy during the War of 1812 with his dying words, "Don't give up the ship." James Lawrence was born in Burlington, N. J., on Oct. 1, 1781, and was educated in the local grammar... Read more |
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Jones Very
Jones Very 1813-80, American poet, b. Salem, Mass., studied at Harvard Divinity School. His mystical poems express his belief in total surrender to the will of God and his reverence for nature as a symbol of the Divine. Emerson edited Very's Essays and Poems (1839). Posthumous volumes of Very's... Read more |
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Hsia Kuei
Hsia Kuei Hsia Kuei (active 1190-1225) was a Chinese painter who, with Ma Yüan, was the creator of the "Ma-Hsia school" of landscape painting. Hsia Kuei, also named Yüyü, was a native of Ch'ient'ang, the modern Hangchou in Chekiang Province. Of his life it is known only that... Read more |
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Scipione
Scipione (Gino Bonichi) , 1904-33, Italian painter. Together with Mario Mafai, Scipione was a cofounder of the Roman school, an expressionist movement, in 1928. His highly personal symbolism depicts fantasy tinged with violence. Roman Courtesan (1930; Mattioli Coll., Milan) is a characteristic... Read more |
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Speech disorders
Speech Disorders Definition According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), a language disorder is an impairment in comprehension use of the spoken, written, or other symbol system. Description Speech disorders affect the language and mechanics, the content of speech, or... Read more |
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eight auspicious symbols
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Jons Jakob Baron Berzelius
Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Baron , 1779-1848, Swedish chemist, M.D. Univ. of Uppsala, 1802. He was noted for his work as teacher at the medical school and other institutions in Stockholm and for his discoveries in diverse fields of chemistry. He developed the modern system of symbols and formulas in... Read more |
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Hawaiian
Hawaiian member of the Polynesian group of the Austronesian family of languages. Of the fewer than 10,000 people who speak Hawaiian, only a few hundred are native speakers, but the language is taught in some Hawaiian schools and remains important as a symbol of ethnic identity. It also is an... Read more |
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COLUMN: Mascot debate should be turning perpetrators red
...long-time debate red-hot...athletic team mascots -- shines...uniforms bore a mascot of a middle...Eaton High School mascot, the Fightin...change their mascot for years...issue of ethnic mascots is not ... |
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Even after vote, will Ole Miss mascot debate rage on?
...finding a new school mascot. In 2003, school officials retired...unofficial face of the school or if sports fans...should never stop fighting for. I was born...the Colonel Reb debate. As we hail freedom...never forget those ... |
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Justice Department launches civil rights probe on school mascot.
...After years of debate over school mascots...Asheville-area school for its first...of Erwin High School stir up so much...since the school opened more than...Buncombe County Schools Superintendent...because ... |
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War of words; Process of changing Central nickname an intense off-field struggle
...speaker at a school board meeting...It was one word and two syllables...Illiniwek, the mascot for the University of Illinois' Fighting Illini. A program...television with a debate on American Indian mascots. In the ... |
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For Some Teams, Finding A PC Mascot Can Be a Bear
...world.So many mascots have been sacked...maintained a "mascot watch" on...Often the mascot mending has...the multiple debates over Indian...intriguing debates have been political...refused, but the debate continues...Colonel ... |
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COLUMN: Offensive American Indian mascots need be thrown out
...Indians as a mascot. The sentiment...where about 165 schools and universities...some form of the word "Indian" as a mascot, despite the...Indian" as a mascot, including...in March, the debate is still going...stemming from ... |
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Baseball Game Renews Mascot Discussion
...games with schools that have American Indian mascots."We would...American mascot," athletic...said the school would keep...nicknamed the Fighting Illini...commit to the word they give...at other schools ... |
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Iowa baseball game renews mascot policy discussion; Bowlsby dropped game with...
...games with schools that have American Indian mascots. "We would...Native American mascot," athletic...nicknamed the Fighting Illini, is...the Illinois mascot, Chief Illiniwek...commit to the word they give to...Division I ... |
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NCAA must go further in mascot ban
...Neither did Fighting Illini, Savages...collegiate and high school teams. Nicknames and mascots such as the...and the "Fighting Illini" of...different high schools and colleges...protective of their mascot and ... |
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University of Illinois chairman fires back at ruling over mascot names.
...discussion and debate on an important...Indian nicknames, mascots and imagery at...will prohibit 18 schools, including Illinois...events. The school's mascot is Chief Illiniwek...are nicknamed "Fighting Illini." In...related ... |