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day
day period of time for the earth to rotate once on its axis. The ordinary day, or solar day, is measured relative to the sun, being the time between successive passages of the sun over a stationary observer's celestial meridian . The length of a solar day varies during the course of a year, so... Read more |
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Days
Days, blank‐verse poem by Emerson, published in the Atlantic Monthly (1857) and reprinted in May‐Day and Other Pieces (1867). When the Days come to offer gifts “to each …after his will,” the poet hastily chooses only “a few herbs and apples,”... Read more |
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Day of Atonement
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Day of Judgement
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Lammas Day
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day of the Lord
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Station Days
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field day
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Lords day
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Flag Day
Flag Day anniversary of the adoption of the American flag in 1777. It is celebrated on June 14 but is not a legal holiday.... Read more |
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44 Liquormart v. Rhode Island (1996)
...to avoid further muddying the interpretive waters and merely affirm its existing precedents. The other justices—Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Stephen G. Breyer, and David H. Souter—believed that while the ban should have been... |
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AB
...abbreviated title for the rating of able seaman, indicating someone able to perform all the duties of a seaman on board ship. In the days of sail it was someone who could hand, reef, and steer, but today he or she must have many more maritime skills than that... |
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ABBREVIATION
...addition, short forms such as IMP CAES (Imperator Caesar Emperor Caesar) were common on inscriptions and coins.Although present-day abbreviation in English descends from such forms, its more immediate origin was in the practices of medieval scribes, among whom short... |
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Abell, Kjeld
...Hedvig (1939), The Queen on Tour (1943), a protest against the loss of freedom during the German occupation of Denmark, and Days on a Cloud (1947). Abell's work represents a sustained attempt to bring an experimental theatre of dream and vision to Denmark... |
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aboard
...also widely used in other maritime meanings: for one ship to fall aboard another was for it to fall foul of another; in the days of sailing navies to lay an enemy aboard was to sail alongside it with the intention of carrying it with boarders; in square... |
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abox
abox, an old sailing ship expression used in the days of square-riggers rigged with yards. To lay the head-yards abox was to lay them square to the foremast in order to heave to... |
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Adams, John Quincy
...union to cordon off slavery, for which he was rewarded with threats of expulsion from the House. On 21 February 1848, during the House roll call, Adams suffered a cataclysmic stroke. He died two days later. Sandra F. Van Burkleo |
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Agassiz, Louis
...doors experience and study.Agassiz was beyond question one of the most able, wise, and well-informed biologists of his day. Although he was a contemporary of Charles Darwin, he seems to have been little influenced by Darwinism. Indeed, he misunderstood... |
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Agee, James
...photographs by Walker Evans as Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941). The Morning Watch (1951), a novella sensitively depicting a day in the life of a 12‐year‐old boy in a Tennessee school, was a prelude to his major work of fiction, A Death in the... |
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agriculture
...a new shape.From about 1760 the most common means of enclosing land was by parliamentary legislation—a reversal of the days in the 16th cent. when government opposed enclosure—and between 1750 and 1830 about 21 per cent of the land area of Britain... |
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Part 1 Animal science.(Part 2: D-G)(Definition)
...Daughter Cell--(Doter) A newly formed cell resulting from the division of another cell. Day-old Chick--Designating a chick which is less than a day old. Chicks are commonly at this age from a hatchery. DDG--See Distiller Dried Grains... |
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Part 4 Plant science.(Part 5: R-S)(Definition)
...a strip of cloth which is then rolled, soaked in water, and stored at the proper temperature for germination. After a few days the cloth is unrolled and the percentage germination is determined. Rag Sumpweed--Iva zanthifolia, family Compositae; an... |
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Abiola, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale
...elections against Babangida. When his victory was clear, the military government annulled the elections and imprisoned him. He died of heart failure days before he was to be released from prison under a compromise negotiated by the UN. |
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abortion
...the foetus from the womb. It has been strongly opposed by many religions which emphasize the sanctity of human life from the day of conception. By contrast, its legalization has been demanded by ‘pro-choice’ groups which stress each individual... |
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abstinence
...and certain other occasions. In 1966 the number of penitential days was reduced and Episcopal Conferences were empowered to substitute...the E. Church the practice is more rigid. There are about 150 days of abstinence in the year, and fish, eggs, milk, cheese... |
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accounting ratio
...performance and position of that company. Ratios may be expressed as a percentage (e.g. return on capital employed), in days (e.g. debtor collection period), or as a multiple (e.g. rate of turnover). See financial-statement analysis; ratio... |
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Aclea, battle of
...in Kent. Men from 350 ships stormed Canterbury and London, driving the Mercians to flight, before facing the West Saxon king south of the Thames. The Wessex men made ‘the greatest slaughter of a heathen host’ heard of to that day. |
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actualism
actualism The theory that present-day processes provide a sufficient explanation for past geomorphological phenomena, although the rate of activity of these processes... |
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Adalbert of Prague, St
...opposition forced him once more to return to Rome. This time he was sent to the unconverted Pomeranians, by whom he and his fellow-missionaries were killed. His influence remained extensive. He was canonized in 999. Feast day, 23 April. |
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Adam
...human being. According to the first creation account in Genesis, Adam was created in the image of God (1. 27) on the final day of creation. In Genesis 2, he is said to have been made from the dust of the earth (Heb., adamah, ‘earth’) and to... |
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abortive
abortive • adjective the abortive coup was crushed after two days of fightingsynonyms: unsuccessful, failed, vain, thwarted, futile, useless, worthless, ineffective, ineffectual, to no effect... |
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adoration
...love, devotion, care, fondness; admiration, high regard, awe, idolization, worship, hero-worship, adulation. 2. our day of prayer and adoration synonyms: worship, glory, glorification, praise, thanksgiving, homage, exaltation, veneration... |
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altogether
...happysynonyms: completely, thoroughly, totally, entirely, absolutely, fully, utterly, perfectly, quite. 2. altogether the day was finesynonyms: on the whole, all things considered, all in all, by and large, in general, in the main. 3. nine of us... |
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bed
...substratum. 4. a river bed synonyms: bottom, floor, ground. phrase: go to bed time to go to bedsynonyms: retire, call it a day; go to sleep, have/take a nap, get some sleep; informal hit the sack, hit the hay, turn in, go (to) beddy-bye... |
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blessed
...venerated, revered, beatified; glorified, exalted. 2. blessed with talentsynonyms: fortunate, lucky, favored, endowed. 3. blessed days of peacesynonyms: happy, joyful, joyous, blissful, glad, cheerful, blithe, contented. |
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bliss
...elation, rapture, euphoria, happiness, delight, gladness, pleasure, heaven, paradise, seventh heaven, Utopia; halcyon days. 2. in a state of blisssynonyms: blessedness, rapture, heavenly joy, divine happiness, beatitude.antonyms: misery... |
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break
...15. he broke the encryption code synonyms: decipher, decode, decrypt, unravel, work out; informal figure out. 16. the day broke fair and cloudless synonyms: dawn, begin, start, emerge, appear. 17. a political scandal broke synonyms: erupt... |
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bright
...the light on a moonlit night or a summer day? All of these adjectives describe an intense...is filled with light (a bright and sunny day; a bright star). Brilliant light is even...literally or metaphorically (a radiant June day; the bride's radiant face); it describes... |
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broiling
broiling • adjective the sweaty nights and broiling days synonyms: hot, scorching, roasting, baking, boiling (hot), blistering, sweltering, parching, searing, blazing, sizzling... |
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...Pence and D. W. Emery, A Grammar of Present-Day English, 2d ed.; 1963.)· “I can't overstate how much...Wind; 2001.)These are not good writers on bad days. No: they were having good days. In 1963, researcher Francis Christensen found... |
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World War II, European Theater
...Stalingrad (Aug. 1942-Jan. 1943) Leningrad (Sept. 1941- Jan. 1944) Battle Of The Bulge (Dec. 1944 - Jan. 1945) D-day (June1944) Battle Of Britain (Aug.-Oct. 1940) El Alamein (Oct.-Nov. 1942) Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Atlantic... |
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Oregon
...Frenchglen, Gold Beach, Goose Lake, Grants Pass, Harney Basin, Heppner, Hermiston, Hillsboro, IDAHO, Idanha, John Day, Jordan Valley, Klamath Falls, La Grande, La Pine, Lakeview, Lebanon, Madras, Malheur Lake, McMinnville, Medford... |
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The Civil War In The Eastern U.S., 1861-1862
...Antietam "Sept. 17," 1862 Yorktown Richmond Monitor Vs. Merrimack "March 9, 1862" Cross Keys "June 8,1862" Seven Days' Battles "June 25 - July 1," 1862 "Washington, D.C." Fredericksburg "Dec. 13, 1862" Winchester "May 25, 1862... |
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World War II, European Theater, 1940-1945 -- North America,United...
...Great Britain,Ireland,Battle ofBritain,London,Netherlands, Amsterdam,Belgium,Battle of theBulge,Cherbourg,D-Day,Prague,Vienna, France,Paris,Luxembourg,Switzerland,Munich,Bohemia,Moravia,Slovakia, Hungary,Yugoslavia... |
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Oregon Country
...Walla Walla Fort Vancouver United States Pacific Ocean Willamette R. Fraser R. Columbia R. Snake R. Country Oregon Present-day State And Provincial Boundaries "To Great Britain, 1846" "To The United States," 1846 Willamette Valley Oregon Trail |
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Take Your Facebook Page to the Next Level with F-Commerce
REQUIRED READING Its time to transform those Tikes' into sales The days when companies could afford to ignore Facebook are over. It has become the norm for businesses, small and large alike, to invest... |
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Jumping Droplets Make a Heat Trap
...but also prevent it from creeping back in, Chen said. Or, in space vehicles, the diodes could be used to regulate thermal fluctuations from night to day, or even to harvest solar energy for powering satellites, Chen said. JEAN THILMANY |
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The Hard Work of Law Making
...typically asked by those who live "outside the beltway" and get their news through newspaper, television, and the oncea-day Internet search. The beltway is Interstate 495, which encircles the city of Washington, D.C. Inside this asphalt circle... |
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Application of video glasses for sustained affective picture presentations: A...
...sustained picture series of pleasant, neutral, and unpleasant valence with video glasses and with a projector on different days. Affective report, heart rate (HR), and skin conductance level were measured. The results showed that the video glasses... |
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Society for Computers in Psychology
...psychology. The annual meeting is held the day before the Psychonomic Society meeting in...Annual Meeting, it would be worth arriving a day early to take in this important conference. The 2005 Annual Meeting The one-day conference was held at the Sheraton Centre... |
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