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Industries
INDUSTRY INDUSTRY. The subject of industry is part of the general pattern of economic development in the early modern period. This development had three basic phases: the first, a period of expansion running from the middle of the fifteenth century through to the very end of the sixteenth; the... Read more |
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Richard Parsons
Parsons, Richard April 4, 1948 • Brooklyn, New York Chairman and CEO, Time Warner Business executive Richard Parsons has been called a teddy bear, a master diplomat, and a charmer, but perhaps the best description that has been applied to him is "friendly giant." Standing at 6 feet 4... Read more |
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halibut
halibut A white fish, Hippoglossus spp.... Read more |
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Animal Bite Infections
Animal bite infections Definition Animal bite infections develop in humans when an animal's teeth break the skin and introduce saliva containing disease organisms below the skin surface. The saliva of dogs, cats, ferrets, and rabbits is known to contain a wide variety of... Read more |
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gadfly
gadfly name for various biting flies, especially those that attack livestock, e.g., the botfly and the horsefly .... Read more |
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Human Bite Infections
Human bite infections Definition Human bite infections are potentially serious injuries that develop when a person's teeth break the skin of the hand or other body part and introduce saliva containing disease organisms below the skin surface. Description There are three... Read more |
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Bites and Stings
Bites and Stings Definition Humans can be injured by the bites or stings of many kinds of animals, including mammals such as dogs, cats, and fellow humans; arthropods such as spiders, bees, and wasps; snakes; and marine animals such as jellyfish and stingrays. Description Mammals DOGS. In... Read more |
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Ischnocera
Mallophaga (chewing lice, biting lice; subclass Pterygota, order Phthiraptera) Group of lice, comprising the suborders Ischnocera, Amblycera, and Rhyncophthirina, all of which possess functional mandibles. The common name chewing lice’ applied to this group is preferred to ‘biting... Read more |
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Rat-bite fever
Rat-bite fever Definition Rat-bite fever refers to an infection which develops in a person after being bitten or scratched by an infected animal. Description Rat-bite fever occurs most often among laboratory workers who handle lab rats in their jobs, and among people who live in... Read more |
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Bay Area Fishing Scene
...3474 CAMANCHE: Best bite is by catfish after the...PABLO RESERVOIR: Catfish bite is on the upswing. Scow Canyon and boat...Rider on Monday had eight halibut and half limits of rock...they are not targeted. Halibut scores on potluck trips... |
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Northern California fishing report
...shot plastics. Crappie bite has picked up in south...last week but is on the upswing. Top spots are the Narrows...SALTWATER BERKELEY: A halibut trip and a sturgeon trip...last weekend but one halibut was caught and no sturgeon...s a little early for ... |