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Traditionalism
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Tradition of the Instruments
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Oral tradition
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oak
oak allusion is often made to the hardness and durability of the oak, and to the traditional use of oak timber for ships. In traditional rhymes, it may be linked and compared with other trees, as the ash and the thorn.The Oaks is an annual flat horse race for three-year-old fillies run on Epsom... Read more |
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Bucentaur
Bucentaur, the traditional name of the state galley of the doges of Venice, from the Italian buzino d'or, golden bark. The name was also given to any great and sumptuous galley. The last and finest of the Venetian Bucentaurs was built in 1729 and, like all its predecessors, was used in the annual... Read more |
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National Audubon Society
National Audubon Society 700 BroadwayNew York, New York 10003-9562U.S.A.(212) 979-3000Fax: (212) 979-3188Web site: http://www.audubon.org Nonprofit Company Incorporated: 1905 as National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and AnimalsEmployees: 300Operating... Read more |
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Hinduism
Hinduism a major religious and cultural tradition of the Indian subcontinent, which developed from Vedic religion.Hinduism is a diverse family of devotional and ascetic cults and philosophical schools, all sharing a belief in reincarnation and involving the worship of one or more of a large... Read more |
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Robins
robin a small brown bird with a red breast, which legendarily was coloured by the blood of Christ. The robin is traditionally taken as a harbinger of death; there was also a tradition that robins would cover the bodies of the unburied dead with leaves. The name comes (in late Middle English, as... Read more |
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Qualifications
Qualifications EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALING OPPORTUNITY AND OCCUPATIONAL OUTCOMES BIBLIOGRAPHY In any society where good (desirable) jobs and high social status positions are relatively scarce, elites put mechanisms into place to limit access. Whereas in traditional societies “proof of... Read more |
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BIRDS WARM TO UP NORTH; The Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Counts...
...tracking these annual numbers...year's bird count will take...understand how birds are faring...challenges," Audubon says. The first bird counts were conducted on Christmas ... |
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Getting a beak count; Nice weather isn't always so nice for locating birds,...
...count as many birds as possible...veteran of the Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count, his...St. Paul Audubon group...but it's the best...locating ... |