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Donner Party
Donner Party group of emigrants to California who in the winter of 1846-47 met with one of the most famous tragedies in Western history. The California-bound families were mostly from Illinois and Iowa, and most prominent among them were the two Donner families and the Reed family. In going West... Read more |
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La Salette
La Salette La Salette, a mountain in the Alps of southeastern France, was the sight on September 19, 1846, of an apparition of the Virgin Mary to two children, Maximin Gigaud (age 11) and Melanie Matthieu (age 15). The young people were out tending cattle when they fell asleep. Upon awakening,... Read more |
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Aimee Mann
Mann, Aimee Singer, songwriter, bass guitarist For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This was not only the essence of the great physicist Sir Isaac Newton's third law of motion, it also seemed to be the governing principle of Aimee Mann's life. Her breakthrough success with 'Til... Read more |
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toad
toad name applied to certain members of the amphibian order Anura, which also includes the frog . Although there is no clear-cut distinction between toads and frogs, the name toad commonly refers to those species that have relatively short legs, stout bodies, and thick skins, and are less... Read more |
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Parenchyma (Botany)
endodermis The innermost layer of the root cortex of a plant, lying immediately outside the vascular tissue. Various modifications of the endodermal cell walls enable them to regulate the passage of materials both into and out of the vascular system (see Casparian strip). An endodermis may also be... Read more |
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Roy Chapman Andrews
Roy Chapman Andrews 1884-1960, American naturalist and explorer, b. Beloit, Wis., B.A. Beloit College, 1906, M.A. Columbia Univ., 1913. Associated with the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, from 1906, he was its director from 1935 to 1942. Between 1908 and 1914 he made several... Read more |
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The Klezmatics
The Klezmatics Klezmer music group What do you get when you throw together a collection of gifted musicians from such diverse musical worlds as rock, experimental jazz, Balkan folk, and classical, and get them to play a hip, updated version of traditional Eastern European Jewish party music?... Read more |
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Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers 1925–1963 Civil rights leader At a Glance… Mandated Change for Mississippi Two Fallen Leaders—One Theme The Evers Legacy Sources The Mississippi in which Medgar Evers lived was a place of blatant discrimination where blacks dared not even speak of civil rights much... Read more |
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centaur
centaur , in Greek mythology, creature, half man and half horse. The centaurs were fathered by Ixion or by Centaurus, who was Ixion's son. Followers of Dionysus, they were uncouth and savage, but some, such as Chiron , became friends and teachers of men. Their half-brothers, the Lapiths, engaged... Read more |
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lotus-eaters
lotus-eaters or Lotophagi , a fabulous people who occupied the north coast of Africa and lived on the lotus, which brought forgetfulness and happy indolence. They appear in the Odyssey. When Odysseus landed among them, some of his men ate the food. They forgot their friends and home and had to... Read more |
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A Frog's Friend Meets a Toad
...are fine art, some are folk art and some are everything...with me and frogs - - and, until...with my pet frog. "When are you going to get rid of that...would often come out back to observe...question, or ... |
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Frogs and toads.
...Frogs and toads help farmers...insects. One frog can eat as...Try this toad code. Write...group of frogs is called...group of toads is called...Lab Tree frogs have sticky...s test some ... |
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A night for frog friends ; A hundred people are on alert, ready to help...
...night for frog friends ; A hundred...FinalSection: Your Neighbors...waiting to get the word. Some of them were...and wood frogs to vernal...breed. For some, the journey...before heading out ... |
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NT: Toads jumping into town for Xmas
...the native frogs,cicadas...the mating toads - a prospect...othersto bust toads at Leanyer...first cane toad almost two...would head out of town in...strangers become friends followinga...cream on the toad ... |
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NT: Toads jumping into town for Xmas - rpt
...the native frogs,cicadas...the mating toads - a prospect...othersto bust toads at Leanyer...first cane toad almost two...would head out of town in...strangers become friends followinga...cream on the toad ... |
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Interview: Jim Metzner of "Pulse of the Planet" discusses frogs, the sounds...
...Coming up, some annoying...States, the frogs seem to be...Metzner, our friend who's host...the lack of frog patronage...that way in your neck of the...American toads. Want to...you're out there, ... |
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Library can even teach you about frogs.(Neighbor)(Sleepy Hollow)
...uncovered a little toad, or maybe frog, coming out of hibernation...Department on "Frogs, Toads and Salamanders...Korb is a friend of the head...somewhat of a frog expert herself...m. The ... |
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Let's make a little green guy for frog month.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
...cousins, toads. For instance...That's why some Australian...mosquitoes. Frogs are the source...folklore. Some people believe...the first frog you see in...jumps in your direction...have many friends. ... |
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Wild weather memories from snow drifts to tropical frogs; It's been hard to...
...be jumping out our bedroom...trying to get people off...fight broke out. The crowd...can't take your jacket off...so they got some Italian prisoners...Australians out by helicopter...all their toads and ... |
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Charming twist not exactly greatest story ever toad, but...
...story ever toad, but...sensitivities tend to get aroused about...they cut off your ear if they don't like your face" from...Princess and the Frog, because the...exercising some sense and sensitivity...into, yep, a ... |
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