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Vitamin B15
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Gustav Rose
ROSE, GUSTAV (b. Berlin, Germany, 18 March 1798; d. Berlin, 15 July 1873) mineralogy, crystallography. Rose Read more |
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Buju Banton
Buju Banton Reggae musician For the Record … Selected discography Sources A 12-year-old sensation in the dancehall music scene of Jamaica, Buju Banton later scored a series of number-one hits in his homeland as a teenage deejay and performer. Banton’s debut on the international stage,... Read more |
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Sacco-Vanzetti Case
Sacco-Vanzetti Case . On Apr. 15, 1920, a paymaster for a shoe company in South Braintree, Mass., and his guard were shot and killed by two men who escaped with over $15,000. It was thought from reports of witnesses that the murderers were Italians. Because Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti had... Read more |
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Emil Herman Fischer
Fischer, Emil Hermann (b. Euskirchen, near Bonn, Germany, 9 October 1852; d. Berlin, Germany, 15 July 1919) chemistry Fischer was the son of Laurenz Fischer, a successful merchant, and Julie Poensgen Fischer. His father hoped that he would become a businessman; but after a trial period in... Read more |
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Carle van Loo
Loo, Carle van ( Carle Vanloo Loo) (b Nice, 15 Feb. 1705; d Paris, 15 July 1765). French painter of Flemish descent, the most illustrious member of a family of artists. He won the Prix de Rome in 1724 (he was in Italy 1727–34) and enjoyed a career of unbroken success, ending his life as... Read more |
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Georges Auric
AURIC, Georges Composer. Nationality:French. Born:Lodève, 15 February 1899. Studied at the Paris Conservatory, and under d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum, Paris, 1914–16. Family:Married Nora Smith, 1938. Career:Composer from age 15; member of the group... Read more |
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Adolf Ferdinand Gehlen
GEHLEN, ADOLF FERDINAND(b. Bütow, Pom—erania (now Bytów, Poland], 15 September 1775; d. Munich, Germany, 15 July 1815),pharmacy, chemistry.The last decades of the eighteenth century and the first of the nineteenth century constituted a high point in the development of pharmacy in Germany. The... Read more |
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bore
bore inrush of water that advances upstream with a wavelike front, caused by the progress of incoming tide from a wide-mouthed bay into its narrower portion. The tidal movement tends to be retarded by friction as it reaches the shallower water and meets the river current; it therefore piles up and... Read more |
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Saint Swithin
Saint Swithin , fl. 860, English bishop of Winchester. He was buried, according to his wishes, outside his church, but his relics were later removed to the new cathedral. According to tradition, if it rains on his feast day, July 15, the anniversary of the removal, it will rain daily thereafter for... Read more |
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Sutherland, George
...Sutherland, George (b. Buckinghamshire, England, 15 March 1862; d. Stockbridge, Mass., 18 July 1942; interred Cedar Hill Cemetery, Washington...condition of seamen. Justice Sutherland's record on the Court likewise defies facile ideological... |
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Sitting Bull
...as a political chief and holy man. His record in war with enemy tribes was exemplary even...Dwindling buffalo forced his surrender in July 1881.On the Standing Rock Reservation in...whom authorities determined to remove. On 15 December 1890, while attempting his arrest... |
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climate records
climate records 1 Verkhoyansk also registered the greatest...98°F)2 Cherrapunji also holds the record for rainfall in one month: 930 mm (37 in) fell in July 18613 Killed 92 people4 Three times...Ocean, 1870 mm (73.6 in), March 15–16, 1952Heaviest hailstones: ... |
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Mary
...to Saint Matthew and Saint Luke, which record Christ's birth. Mary has always been...developed the feast of the Assumption (August 15). Other Marian feasts are: the Nativity...Candlemas (February 2), the Visitation (July 2), and (for Roman Catholics) the Immaculate... |
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vegetation and climatic change
...northern limit corresponds to the 15 °C July mean isotherm. Marshall suggests...changed over time. Fossil pollen records have, however, been used...is independent of the pollen record. Fortunately, we can also...oxygen and deuterium isotope ... |
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Medieval Warm Period
...include agricultural records and accounts—proxy indicators...provided a legacy of records in a climatically sensitive...derived from sea-ice records, indicates a peak of...mean temperature for July and August in central...3 °C compared with ... |
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ULTRA
...decrypts), can be seen in the Public Record office in London and in the National Archives...and only about 8,000 by June 1942, but 15,000 by October 1942. By the end of the war...Seeing the threat to their independence, in July 1939 they presented both the British and... |
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William III
...general of all the Dutch provinces for life in July 1672, these posts were rendered hereditary...embarrassed foreign policies by marrying his 15‐year‐old cousin Princess Mary...delegated too much, is a blight on his record; and those terms in the Act of Settlement... |
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edification
...Rocky Mountain News [Denver]; Feb. 15, 2002.)· “Everyone says vaguely snotty things about each other and hidden cameras record, for our edification [read titillation], sundry...children.” (Austin American-Statesman; July 12, 2002.) —BG |
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July Month in Review
...long-standing safety record. July 2: Five-time NHRA POWERade...triumphed in Pro Stock. July 22: NHRA announced that...duration of the 2008 season. July 22: It was announced that...11) and Chance Parker (15) - and collected the team... |
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JULY 2011 AIRLINE SYSTEM TRAFFIC UP 2.0 PERCENT FROM JULY 2010.
...of 87.2 percent was a record for July. International...From January through July, systemwide capacity...13). Top Airlines in July In July, Delta Air Lines carried...airline (Tables 3, 9, 15). Top Airports in ... |
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JULY LOOMS HOT AND HEAVY
...In 1911, it was a record 104 degrees; it tended...of self pollination. July 11 -- Our latest nester...are very particular. July 12 -- Three of our brightest...before dawn, Venus. July 13 -- Adult shorebirds...and carrying on. July ... |
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July flow of Potomac, freshwater inflow to Chesapeake reflect drought.
JULY FLOW OF POTOMAC, FRESHWATER...REFLECT DROUGHT RESTON, Va., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Flow of...normal during the first half of July, and freshwater inflow to...less than 7 percent of the record-high May flow of 25.6 bgd... |
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GM July Sales Off Slightly from Year-ago Record Volumes.
...high as GM set 19 records for the month. This CYTD- July truck sales are...new all-time record for GM trucks during...Performance Remains Brisk July and CYTD sales...percent in July and 15 percent CYTD...decline from a ... |
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July Volume Fell Below $25 Billion: Issuance Down 27% From July '03.
...issuance in 2003 - when a record $238.98 was sold...totaled $7.99 billion in July, down 6.3% from July 2003, but remains up...5% drop-off from July 2003. For the year to...issuance has totaled $15.85 billion, which is... |
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CBOE JULY VOLUME SOARS 28% TO 14.5 MILLION CONTRACTS; YEAR-TO-DATE VOLUME...
...Equity Options Open Interest Records Set CHICAGO, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire...Options Exchange (CBOE) in July 1995 rose sharply, up 28 percent...11,322,597 contracts in July 1994. Daily volume in July 1995 averaged 725,111 contracts...after setting an all-time ... |
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July events.(calendar)(Calendar)
...or call 662.2871550. JULY 8-9 Bruce 20th Annual...Call 662.983.2222. JULY 8-9,15-16, 22-23, 29...Guinness Book of World Records' longest running show...call 601.636.0471. JULY 11-15, 18-22, 25-29 Ocean... |
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JULY WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR BALMY NIGHTS
...had only one 90-degree day, July 26. Since its weather records began in 1952, Blacksburg has...degrees, hitting 99 twice (July 15, 1954, and Aug. 23, 1983). So July 2005 will not go down in the record books for its sizzling ... |
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CBOE JULY VOLUME: 16.7 MILLION CONTRACTS, UP 15 PERCENT
...interest at the close of July 1995. CBOE lists a total...AND SINGLE-DAY VOLUME RECORDS POSTED IN NDX During July, CBOE's options on...of 327 percent, to a record-breaking monthly total...982 contracts traded in July 1995. The previous ... |
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