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	Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln , 1809-65, 16th President of the United States (1861-65). Early Life Born on Feb. 12, 1809, in a log cabin in backwoods Hardin co., Ky. (now Larue co.), he grew up on newly broken pioneer farms of the frontier. His father, Thomas Lincoln, was a migratory carpenter and farme... Read more
	Civil War Civil War in U.S. history, conflict (1861-65) between the Northern states (the Union) and the Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederacy . It is generally known in the South as the War between the States and is also called the War of the Rebellion (the official Union de... Read more
	William Henry Herndon William Henry Herndon 1818-91, friend, law partner, and biographer of Abraham Lincoln , b. Greensburg, Ky. In 1844 he became the junior member of the Springfield, Ill., law firm of Lincoln and Herndon, a partnership that was never dissolved. The two became close friends, and Herndon played a major... Read more
	Lincoln Lincoln 1 City (1990 pop. 15,418), seat of Logan co., central Ill., in a farm area; inc. 1865. It is a shipping and industrial center in an agricultural area with light manufacturing. The city was platted and promoted (1853) with the aid of Abraham Lincoln and named for him when he was still an u... Read more
	textiles textiles all fabrics made by weaving, felting, knitting, braiding, or netting, from the various textile fibers (see fiber ). Types of Textiles Textiles are classified according to their component fibers into silk, wool, linen, cotton, such synthetic fibers as rayon, nylon, and polyesters... Read more
	weaving weaving the art of forming a fabric by interlacing at right angles two or more sets of yarn or other material. It is one of the most ancient fundamental arts, as indicated by archaeological evidence. Discoveries in the early 1990s in the Czech Republic point to a possible origin in the Paleolithic... Read more
	silk silk fine, horny, translucent, yellowish fiber produced by the silkworm in making its cocoon and covered with sericin, a protein. Many varieties of silk-spinning worms and insects are known, but the silkworm of commerce is the larva of the Bombyx mori, or mulberry silkworm, and other closely rela... Read more
	Joseph Marie Jacquard Joseph Marie Jacquard , 1752-1834, French inventor, whose loom is of the greatest importance in modern mechanical figure weaving. After several years of experimentation, he received a bronze medal for his model exhibited at the Industrial Exposition at Paris (1801). In 1806 his perfected loom was bo... Read more
	loom loom frame or machine used for weaving ; there is evidence that the loom has been in use since 4400 BC Modern looms are of two types, those with a shuttle (the part that carries the weft through the shed) and those without; the latter draw the weft from a stationary supply. There are basicall... Read more
	Bradford Bradford city (1991 pop. 293,336) and metropolitan district, N central England, on a small tributary of the Aire River. It is a center of the worsted industry, which dates from the Middle Ages. Bradford has an important wool exchange, along with the making of other fabrics (including synthetics). E... Read more

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	Lincoln still looms large in Washington.(Travel) Newspaper article from: The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario); 2/7/2009; 700+ words ; ...four historically significant visits Lincoln made to Cincinnati between 1849 and 1861...future president grew up, has a guide to Lincoln sites and events at www.in.gov/lincoln/. Fauves artist still a fave MONTREAL A major retrospective...
	Lincoln's legacy looms large on 200th birthday.(PAGE ONE) Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/12/2009; 700+ words ; ...throughout the world, said Harry V. Jaffa, a Lincoln scholar whose acclaimed 1959 book on the Lincoln-Douglas debates is still in print. He would have been amazed. Mr. Jaffa cites Lincoln's affability, accessibility and eloquence as...
	Lincoln Logjam. Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 11/25/2008; 700+ words ; ...pages, $40 Lincoln looms large this Thanksgiving...overtly to claim Lincoln for the Democratic...fact, they left Lincoln a long time before...Why do we love Lincoln? One simple answer...our searching, we still haven't found him...
	Words of solace genuine, even if note may not be Copy of Lincoln letter to Hub mother found Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/18/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...a poor Boston woman looms large in the legacy of Lincoln. "He was a president...and he grieved." Lincoln penned the letter...sympathy" in town, and Lincoln's letter was well...something different." Still, despite all this...
	Looking for Lincoln.(Books)(Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon)(Book review) Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 12/9/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...two characters loom largest in aLooking for Lincolna: Lincoln's oldest son...control the meaning of Lincoln's legacy but for...the case of Robert Lincoln, his motivation...the country was still deeply divided over...
	WIRED FOR TRAVEL/ USING THE INTERNET TO AVOID TRAVAILS Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 6/1/2003; ; 626 words ; ...for your taste, there is still plenty to see and do in Wyoming...Wyoming has the world's largest elkhorn arch, a giant head of Abe Lincoln, a pyramid and America...htm A giant head of Abe Lincoln looms over I-80 near Laramie...
	D'Argento, Ashland roll into playoffs.(Sports) Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 5/28/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...Tewksbury, which won the MVC Large title, will take on the...state champion Lexington. Still, one has to believe the...Acton-Boxboro and Lincoln-Sudbury loom on the other side of the...the league. Braintree still has the lethal Liz DiMascio...
	College-bound face tough choice as day of reckoning looms Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/26/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...choice as day of reckoning looms -- To fly far from the...t increased he could still end up at the University...schools farther from home. Still, for all sorts of reasons...We expect to see this large group of kids ... say...Oakeson, a counselor at Lincoln High School there...
	Modest recovery on the horizon for paper mills ; Foreign competition and fiber shortages loom, but market prices are rising and one company is rehiring workers. Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...fiber shortages loom, but market prices...logging; "We're still not rosy, but we...company's Brewer and Lincoln mills, giving some...the industry on a larger scale, despite...9,000 Mainers still work at paper mills...it the state's largest industrial sector...around. We're ...
	An Oasis Hidden in Plain Sight Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/15/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...according to the brochure still distributed by the...August, but it still looks spanking new...of Teddy and four large tablets of TRology...nicely reflecting the still leafy trees. During...Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial loom. These are beautiful...