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Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam Rock band For the Record…<... Read more |
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Jam
jam jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today used to express resignation or regret for opportunity failing to present itself; this proverbial saying derives from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass (1872), ‘The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday—but never jam... Read more |
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Jimmy and Lewis Jam Terry
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Took Control Ideal Partnership Successful “Hobby Read more |
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jelly and jam
jelly and jam gelatinous, sweet food prepared by preserving fresh fruits. Since most fresh fruits contain about 80% water and from 10% to 15% sugar, they are subject to fermentation. They may be preserved by adding sugar and reducing the water content. Almost any fresh fruit can be made into jam by... Read more |
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Indigenous
Indigenous Blues-rock group Early Jam Sessions at Home Family and Tribal Ties Public Career Selected discography Sources Great blues music and a strong family tradition combine to inspire the members of Indigenous, hailed as one of the greatest electric blues bands of the early 2000s.... Read more |
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marmalade
marmalade [Port.,=quince preparation], thick preserve of fruit pulp, originally made from quinces ( marmelos ) and known in England from the 15th cent. Marmalade has a jellylike consistency and a slightly bitter flavor, caused by including the rind of some tart fruit such as the Seville orange or... Read more |
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tinsel
TINSEL, British codename for a small transmitter fitted on some British bombers adjacent to one of their engines. When operating, it jammed the radio communications of German controllers with their night fighters by transmitting the noise of the engine on the same frequency. First used in the autumn... Read more |
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slippery hitch
slippery hitch, a bend or hitch used on board ship to attach a rope to a ring or spar so that, by a pull on the rope, the hitch comes free. This is achieved by passing a bight of the rope under the other part so that when the strain is taken the bight is jammed. A pull on the end of the bight will... Read more |
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James Stevenson
Stevenson, James 1929– Personal Born 1929, in New York, NY; son of Harvey (an architect) and Winifred (Worcester) Stevenson; married Jane Walker, 1953 (deceased); married Josephine Merck (a painter), 1993; children: Jams, Harvey, three other sons, four daughters. Education: Yale University,... Read more |
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acerola
acerola or barbados cherry, the edible fruit of Malpighia glabra, of the genera Bunchiosa and Malpighia of the family Malpighiaceae. The fleshy red stone fruits, about the size of a cherry, contain very high amounts of vitamin C and are eaten fresh, used to make jams and jellies, and are... Read more |
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POLITICS-AFGHANISTAN: MORE FOOD AID NEEDED, SAY RELIEF WORKERS
...8 (IPS) -- The strawberry jam and butter thatfell from Afghanistan...Dropping butter and strawberry jam is not appropriate in thissituation...all sides must "fully respect humanrights and international humanitarian law." The United States, Britain... |
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MEDIA: DISSIDENT EXPATS PASS BURMESE CENSORS WITH SATELLITE TV
...military government'stactic of changing laws to suit political circumstances. "Many...activity, and persecutes democracy and humanrights activists. Undercover journalists based...radio stationand the government would jam it, but not any more. Gradually eventhe... |