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M. R. James
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r-process
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Ohms law
Ohm's law [for G. S. Ohm ], law stating that the electric current i flowing through a given resistance r is equal to the applied voltage v divided by the resistance, or i = v / r. For general application to alternating-current circuits where inductances and capacitances as well as... Read more |
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York New York)
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, is an international showplace for twentieth-century art, that is committed to the exhibition of nonobjective art and a movement "from the materialistic to the... Read more |
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R. L. Burnside
R. L. Burnside Guitarist For the Record… Selected discography Sources Guitarist R.L. Burns... Read more |
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A R Ammons
A. R. Ammons (Archie Randolph Ammons), 1926-2001, American poet, b. Whiteville, N.C., grad. Wake Forest College (1949). He began writing poetry while serving in the Navy during World War II, and, after working as a school principal and sales executive, he taught creative writing (1964-71) at... Read more |
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Salon
Salon annual exhibition of art works chosen by jury and presented by the French Academy since 1737; it was originally held in the Salon d'Apollon of the Louvre. By the mid-19th cent. the Salon had become an expression of conservative, established tastes in art. Until 1863 it was the only major... Read more |
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Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. Delany, Jr. 1942– Science fiction and short story writer Read more |
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Robert Livingston
LIVINGSTON, ROBERT R. Robert R. Livingston served the United States in many ways, from participating in the continental congress, to administering the oath of office to george washington and negotiating the louisiana purchase. Livingston was born November 27, 1746, in New York City. His... Read more |
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...alongside leading Maya archaeologists and...the river's harsh current. We spotted many...the thick jungle, coming to a stop at a river...the shamans of the Maya civilization had...before the first Maya had ventured inside...them fully intact ... |
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Science Notes / Archaeology, astronomy
Seven new Maya sites discovered...discovered seven ancient Maya sites on Mexico...some 170 recorded Maya sites within Merida...structures, pieces of ceramics and human burial...into the ground. "Coming back to Earth was...that is at odds with ... |
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A Different View of Life's Roots In the Prehistoric Amazon Valley; Pottery...
...in the Andes, and the Maya and Aztec in Central...Roosevelt, the Amazon is coming to be seen as one of...History, reports in the current Science that she has...is right, the Amazon ceramics would be between 1...Amazonians were making ... |