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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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Am (americium)
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AmSouth Bancorporation
AmSouth Bancorporation AmSouth Center1900 Fifth Avenue NorthBirmingham, Alabama 35203U.S.A.Telephone: (205) 320-7151Fax: (205) 581-7755Web site: http://www.amsouth.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1972Employees: 12,296Total Assets: $38.6 billion (2001)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol:... 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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Heinrich Anton De Bary
De Bary, (Heinrich) Anton (b. Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, 26 January 1831; d. Strassburg, Germany [now Strasbourg, France], 19 January 1888) botany. Heinrich Anton de Bary Read more |
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Hans Fischer
Hans Fischer The German organic chemist Hans Fischer (1881-1945) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1930 for his researches into the constitution of hemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of hemin. Hans Fischer, the son of Dr. Eugen Fischer, a manufacturer of... Read more |
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Disaster
183. Disaster (See also Shipwreck.) Amoco Cadiz oil tanker broke up off Britanny coast; 1.6 million barrels spilled (1978). [Fr. Hist.: Facts (1978), 201, 202] Angur-boda Utgard giantess, worker of disaster; literally, ‘anguish-boding.’ [Norse Myth.: Leach, 58] Chicago fire ... 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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Deceit
163. Deceit Aimwell pretends to be titled to wed into wealth. [Br. Lit.: The Beaux’ Stratagem ] Ananias lies about amount of money received for land. [N.T.: Acts 5:1–6] Ananias Club all its members are liars. [Am. Lit.: Worth, 10] angel of light false apostles are like... Read more |
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Outlawry
482. Outlawry (See also Highwaymen, Thievery.) Bass, Sam (1851–1878) train robber and all-around desperado. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 244] Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney, 1859–1881) infamous cold-blooded killer. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 30] Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie Parker and Clyde... Read more |
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