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Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil Rock band, activists For the Record |
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Aminah Robinson
Aminah Robinson 1940— Artist "For me, art is not a job or a career," Columbus, Ohio, artist Aminah Robinson told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "It's a way of life. Always has been." Many artists live by a similar credo, but few have immersed themselves in art as intensely as Robinson,... Read more |
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Mars
Mars in astronomy, 4th planet from the sun, with an orbit next in order beyond that of the earth. Physical Characteristics Mars has a striking red appearance, and in its most favorable position for viewing, when it is opposite the sun, it is twice as bright as Sirius, the brightest star. Mars has... Read more |
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midnight sun
midnight sun phenomenon in which the sun remains visible in the sky continuously for 24 hr or longer, occurring only in the polar regions. The midnight sun is due to the fact that the plane of the earth's equator is tilted about 23 1/2 ° to the plane of the ecliptic (the apparent path of... Read more |
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Julian Green
Julian Green 1900-1998, French writer, b. Paris, of American parentage. Except for the years from 1918 to 1922 and from 1940 to 1945, Green lived in France. His 18 novels, written in French, are somber psychological tales concerning vice and near-madness. Among the best known are The Closed Garden... Read more |
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Midnight Judges
MIDNIGHT JUDGES Presidents throughout history have sought to influence law through their judicial appointments. However, the skirmish involving the midnight judges had a much broader significance: it belonged to a fight that had begun shortly after the war of independence between the leaders of the... Read more |
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Appetizers
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Salman Rushdie
Sir Salman Rushdie , 1947-, British novelist, b. Bombay (now Mumbai, India). He is known for the allusive richness of his language and the wide variety of Eastern and Western characters and cultures he explores. His first novels, including Midnight's Children (1981; Booker Prize; adapted for the... Read more |
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universal time
universal time (UT), the international time standard common to every place in the world, it nominally reflects the mean solar time along the earth's prime meridian (renumbered to equate to civil time ). In 1884, under international agreement, the prime meridian was established as running through... Read more |
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Antarctic Circle
Antarctic Circle imaginary circle on the surface of the earth at 66 1/2 °S lat., i.e., 23 1/2 ° north of the South Pole. It marks the southernmost point at which the sun can be seen at the winter solstice (about June 22) and the northernmost point of the southern polar regions at... Read more |
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Delights at Kamehachi go beyond sushi
...5 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday...good place to keep in mind for...Japanese fare. Appetizers and sushi creations...whites," rolling and pressing...like eel. For those not familiar...Kamehachi. Hot appetizers, cold ... |