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hawse
hawse, strictly, that part of a ship's bow where the hawseholes and hawsepipes are situated through which the anchor cables pass. But it is by extension, and in its most generally accepted meaning, also the distance between the ship's head and its anchor as it lies on the bottom. Thus another... Read more |
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Foulness
Foulness, England/UK Fughelnesse An island with a name meaning ‘Promontory frequented by Birds’ from the Old English fugol ‘bird’ and næss ‘promontory’. The use of the word ‘promontory’ indicates that Foulness was at one time joined to... Read more |
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James Douglas 4th duke of Hamilton
James Douglas Hamilton, 4th duke of 1658-1712, Scottish nobleman. He served at the courts of Charles II and James II and remained, after his grudging acceptance of William III, a sympathizer with the Jacobites. He became duke of Hamilton in 1698 and, although he had opposed the union of Scotland... Read more |
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Waterborne infections
WATER POLLUTION WATER POLLUTION. Extensive water pollution in the United States began in the nineteenth century as a result of urbanization, industrial development, and modern agricultural practices. Although lumbering and mining despoiled individual lakes and rivers, the nation's cities were the... Read more |
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Sceva
Sceva An otherwise unknown and possibly self-styled Jewish high priest whose seven sons fell foul of Paul at Ephesus (Acts 19: 14) when they attempted unsuccessfully to imitate Paul's power of exorcism.... Read more |
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warning coloration
warning coloration (aposematic coloration) The conspicuous markings of an animal that make it easily recognizable and warn would-be predators that it is a poisonous, foul-tasting, or dangerous species. For example, the yellow-and-black striped abdomen of the wasp warns of its sting. See also... Read more |
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Missing children
Missing Children Children can disappear inadvertently or as a result of deliberate abduction, or murder . Typically, an investigation will assume that the child is still alive, and so will be geared to locating the child. While much of this effort involves police work that is not... Read more |
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cockroach
cockroach or roach, name applied to approximately 3,500 species of flat-bodied, oval insects forming the order Blattodea. Cockroaches have long antennae, long legs adapted to running, and a flat extension of the upper body wall that conceals the head. They range from 1/4 in. to 3 in.... Read more |
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walking stick
walking stick or stick insect, names applied to extremely longbodied, slow-moving, herbivorous insects , forming a single family in the order Phasmatodea. Walking sticks have green, gray, or brown bodies that closely resemble twigs or grass stems. Most are wingless and have long antennae. They... Read more |
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MURDER MOST FOUL: THE KILLER AND THE AMERICAN GOTHIC IMAGINATION.(Review)
MURDER MOST FOUL: THE KILLER AND THE AMERICAN...takes as her subject in Murder Most Foul: The Killer and...the eighteenth century to more secular, urban characteristics...attempts to explain the crime of murder, whether through psychologizing... |
 "Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)")
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Murder most foul The barbaric killing of Rachel O'Reilly by her husband Joe...
Murder most foul The barbaric killing...the most high-profile murder case of the year. Sadly...girl who has left so many memories ... Not only...months before Rachel's murder, cracks started to show...He cunningly plotted a murder that would leave no trace...killing of his ... |
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Murder most foul...
...general public. Murder most foul, in the Israeli context...of the aforementioned murder syndrome is assured...memory and that the murder brought Jews closer...the case of a lesser murder situation - that of...girlfriend, as well as other murders in the immediate family...may ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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MURDER MOST FOUL.(Main)
...incredibly, responses from most anti- abortion activists...tried to justify the murder because the victim was...forced to lash out. Many disavowed the killing...his (Dr. Gunn's) murder distracts from the tragedy...strongly condemned the murder, equated the murder...is the failure of ... |
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MURDER MOST FOUL LENDS AIR OF MYSTERY TO FAIR.(Local)
...PLAY: It was murder most foul at the 13th annual Medieval...fair is the "Medieval Murder," which was written...and that's really too many to play. So now we look...whole event (fair and murder) is that all of the...they all knew that a murder game was taking place...crypt, ... |
 "The Economist (US)")
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Murder most foul. (Rajiv Gandhi possibly implicated in attempted murder of...
Murder most foul POOR Rajiv Gandhi. It is not enough...are trying to implicate him in a murder plot. To begin, more or less, at the beginning, on August...of being involved in an attempt to murder Mr Nueli Wadla, the chairman of... |
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A murder most foul that haunts Long-ago crime lingers for family
...Tribune 02-03-2009 A murder most foul that haunts Long-ago...County. Although most murders fade quickly from collective...So it was with the murder of Ellen Smith, which...Finally, there is the murder ballad called "Poor...and broadcast." For many years the ... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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MURDER MOST FOUL
...Bergen County, NJ) 06-27-1997 MURDER MOST FOUL -- AND A WITNESS RUNS FOR HIS LIFE...in 1982. Was it suicide -- or murder? And if he was murdered, who killed...homeless man who has witnessed the murder of a financier.Keywords: MOVIE... |
 "The Star (South Africa)")
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A new type of fear gripping SA; Murder Most Foul highlights the senseless...
...was just days after the murder, and each dazed actor...that would focus on the murders. Called Murder Most Foul, it had its world premiere...harrowing journey. "The more we learnt about the murders through the making of the... |
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A new type of fear gripping SA; Murder Most Foul highlights the senseless...
...was just days after the murder, and each dazed actor...that would focus on the murders. Called Murder Most Foul, it had its world premiere...harrowing journey. "The more we learnt about the murders through the making of the... |
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