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Head Flattening
Head Flattening Head flattening is the practice of permanently elongating the skull by wrapping young children's heads while their skulls are still forming. African cultures reshaped the skulls of their members to increase an individual's beauty and to improve social status. Among the people who... Read more |
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hydraulic head
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pressure head
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heads
heads, the name given to that part of the older sailing ships forward of the forecastle and around the beak which was used by the crew as their lavatory. In the US Navy it was simply known as the head, but in the Royal Navy the word was always used in the plural to indicate the weather and lee... Read more |
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Martin Beck
Beck, Martin (1865–1940), theatre owner and manager. Details of his early years are uncertain. He emigrated from Germany while still a young man and soon became manager of a Chicago beer garden, where he induced the owner to build a stage and offer variety acts, and where he earned the... Read more |
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Golf Club
Golf Club Background A golf club is used to strike the ball in the game of golf. It has a long shaft with a grip on one end and a weighted head on the other end. The head is affixed sideways at a sharp angle to the shaft, and the striking face of the head is inclined to give... Read more |
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ampulla
ampulla 1. An enlargement at one end of each of the semicircular canals of the inner ear. Each ampulla contains a group of receptors – sensory hair cells – embedded in a gelatinous cap (cupula), which detects movement in one particular dimension, corresponding to the plane of the... Read more |
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Heads of the Proposals
Heads of the Proposals, 1647. In June 1647 the army had taken custody of Charles I and, in the course of July, Lambert and Ireton worked out a basis for negotiation on behalf of the army council. The monarchy was to continue and to retain its veto; episcopacy was confirmed, though the bishops were... Read more |
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Barry Sanders
Barry Sanders 1968- American football player One of football's greatest running backs of all time, Barry Sanders is a bundle of contradictions. His sudden departure from professional football in the summer of 1999 still has observers scratching their heads. He left the game less than 1,500 yards... Read more |
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