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Am (americium)
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Today
TODAY. In 1952, no network television programming was scheduled earlier than 10:00 a.m. (EST). NBC president Sylvester "Pat" Weaver created Today with the idea that people might watch TV early in the morning before going to work and sending their children off to school. The two-hour show,... Read more |
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Walter Clark
Walter Clark 1846-1924, American jurist, b. Halifax co., N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina (A.B., 1864; A.M., 1867). He entered the Confederate army at 15 and was commended for gallantry in action at Antietam and Fredericksburg. Clark was appointed (1885) judge of the superior court and elected... Read more |
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Sir William Herschel
Sir William Herschel The German-born English astronomer Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) discovered the planet Uranus, the intrinsic motion of the sun in space, and the form of the Milky Way. William (originally Friedrich Wilhelm) Herschel was born in Hanover on Nov. 15, 1738. His father was... Read more |
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Wild West
697. Wild West Apache North American Indians of Southwest who fought against frontiersmen. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 123] Arapaho North American Plains Indians living along the Platte and Arkansas rivers. [Am. Hist.: EB, I: 477–478] Bass, Sam (1851–1878) desperado whose career... Read more |
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equinoctial
equinoctial, from the Latin aequus, equal, and nox, night, the great circle on the celestial sphere in the plane of the earth's equator, sometimes called the celestial equator. The sun is on the equinoctial on two occasions each year, these occurring on 21 March and 23 September, days known as the... Read more |
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Juan Terry Trippe
Juan Terry Trippe , 1899-1981, pioneering American aviation executive, b. Sea Bright, N.J. A U.S. Navy pilot (1917-18), he graduated (1921) from Yale, and worked briefly on Wall Street. Fascinated with aviation, Trippe founded (1922) a short-lived air taxi service. Two years later he and three... Read more |
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Substitution
616. Substitution Arsinoë put her own son in place of Orestes; her son was killed and Orestes was saved. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 32] Barabbas robber freed in Christ’s stead. [N.T.: Matthew 27:15–18; Swed. Lit.: Barabbas ] Canty, Tom young beggar takes to throne in... Read more |
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Castaway
97. Castaway Arden, Enoch shipwrecked sailor; lost for eleven years. [Br. Lit.: “Enoch Arden” in Benét, 316] Bligh, Captain commander of H.M.S. Bounty who was cast adrift by mutinous crew. [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty ] Byam, Roger crew member of the Bounty cast onto... Read more |
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Diapers
Disposable Diapers During the past forty years, disposable diapers have become an important part of the economy. Since the average baby uses at least ten diapers per day for an average of two years, the convenience of the product has made it a very popular as well as... Read more |
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