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Mystic
Mystic 1 River, c.10 mi (16 km) long, rising in SE Conn. and flowing S past Old Mystic and Mystic villages to the Long Island Sound. Mystic Seaport, a maritime museum, is at its mouth. 2 River, c.7 mi (11 km) long, rising in Mystic Lakes, E Mass., and flowing SE, past Medford, into Boston... Read more |
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Giya Kancheli
Giya Kancheli Composer For the Record… Selected compositions Selected discography Sources Composer Giya Kancheli is the most important Georgian composer of the past 50 years, and one of the most significant international composers of the past century. He is noted for the strong... Read more |
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Dnieper
Dnieper , Rus. Dnepr, Ukr. Dnipro, river, c.1,430 mi (2,300 km) long, in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. One of the longest rivers in Europe, it rises in the Valdai Hills, W of Moscow. It flows generally S past Smolensk, through Belarus, past Mogilev, then through Ukraine, past Kiev, Cherkasy,... Read more |
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Salinas (river)
Salinas river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in the Santa Lucia Mts., S Calif., and flowing (partly underground) past King City, Paso Robles, and Salinas, NW to Monterey Bay. The irrigated valley is highly productive and is one of the chief lettuce-producing regions in the United States.... Read more |
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Eden (river)
Eden name of several rivers in England and Scotland. The principal one rises in Cumbria, N England, and flows 65 mi (105 km) NW past Carlisle , into Solway Firth. The Vale of Eden is a rich farming region.... Read more |
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Phylogeny
Phylogeny Phylogeny is the inferred evolutionary history of a group of organisms (including microorganisms ). Paleontologists are interested in understanding life through time, not just at one time in the past or present, but over long periods of past time. Before they can attempt to reconstruct... Read more |
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Retroactive
RETROACTIVE Having reference to things that happened in the past, prior to the occurrence of the act in question. A retroactive or retrospective law is one that takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, creates new obligations, imposes new duties, or attaches a new and... Read more |
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Tracy Reese
Tracy Reese1964— Designer Tracy Reese ranks as one of the fashion industry's most successful African-American women whose realm is not relegated to the runway. In a business where few designer labels seem to make it past their fifth anniversary, Reese has two clothing lines, TR and Plenty, which... Read more |
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sleep
...unlikely and, during the past fifty years, scientific...same time, there is no one to watch over those few...consist of two rooms; one with a bed for the subject, connected via a one-way window and by cables...electroencephalogram or EEG); from the ... |
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leprosy
...affecting the nerves, skin, and eyes, caused by a bacillus, Mycobacterium...severe and widespread, affecting eyes, face, or limbs; and (v...leprosy worldwide to less then one case per 10 000 of the population...somewhat tropical, but in the past leprosy has ... |
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cephalopods
...sense organs, particularly the eyes (which show a similar design to the vertebrate eye). The main feature that enabled...lost entirely in the octopus. One feature of major taxonomic importance...importance of this group in the past. Using this abundant ... |
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global geomorphology
...landscape. During the past century of research, geomorphologists...synthesis and turn blind eyes to the role of time...distinctly bimodal, with one mode near sea level and...compression or magmatism. At one time or another during...been so pervasive in the ... |
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evolution, human
...mobile shoulder, the eyes that look forward with...for some reason in our past, long before any movement...leaping perilously from one tree branch to another...evolutionary heritage, but one that is used every time...messy mix of this ancient ... |
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Harlan, John Marshall, II
...Clark, Buckner & Howland, one of New York City's most prestigious...Under Buckner's watchful eye, Harlan honed the litigator's skills...lawyer's lawyer” in the eyes of his contemporaries. The elder attorney...World War II, Harlan was well past the usual age ... |
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Hinduism and the body
...lie in South Asia's ancient past. Its most sacred books are the...bodies burn for them. In one such charm (Atharvaveda 3. 25...creation; the sun came from his eye, the moon from his mind, Indra...became sight and entered the eyes’ (Aitareya 2). The single ... |
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...circular form and meant ‘eye’. The Greeks adopted it as a vowel...e in gone, shone, in one pronunciation of scone (contrast...Scandinavian compound of wind + eye) and bungalow (from Hindi...st, th (ghost, most, past; both, sloth, but contrast...with the ... |
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prostitution
...controls the body and the self. What one does, then, defines who one is. A whore is always a...however, has been boosted in the past two decades by the development...cultures and times have turned a blind eye, criminalizing it but not enforcing... |
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pubic wigs
...fur, or hair against one's own skin, or that...has taken fashion one step further. It has formulated its...the image it projects is one of virginal youth and...The merkins of the past were made to cover the...cases the lips, nose or eyes ... |
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meet
...mēt/ • v. (past and past part. met / met/ ) [tr...middle | fig. our eyes met across the table. ∎ encounter...meet someone's eye (or eyes) be visible...meet someone's eye (or eyes or gaze) look ... |
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light
...expression in someone's eyes indicating a particular...shrewd light entered his eyes. ∎ the amount or quality...Goldwin Smith. • v. (past and past part. lit / lit/ or light·ed...electric light): only one of the table lamps was... |
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see
...see·ing / sē-ing/ ; past saw / sô/ ; past part. seen / sēn/ ) [tr.] 1. perceive with the eyes; discern visually: in...t see out of his left eye | fig. I can't see into the future. ∎ be...come. 3. meet (someone one knows) socially or by ... |
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cast
...he had a cast in one eye. 5. a convoluted mass...adriftsee adrift. cast one's bread upon the waterssee bread. cast one's eyes over have a quick appraising...cast lotssee lot. cast one's mind back think...production. • v. ... |
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sleep
...rubbing the sleep from her eyes. • v. (past and past part. slept / slept/ ) [intr...silver birches. PHRASES: one could do something in one's sleep inf. one regards...at night). sleep with one ... |
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tear
...te(ə)r/ • v. (past tore / tôr/ ; past part. torn / tôrn/ ) 1. [tr.] pull...paint. PHRASES: tear one's hair out inf. act with or show...when they cry or when the eye is irritated. ∎ a drop of...intr.] (of the eye) produce tears: she...coat, ... |
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have
...flavor she's got blue eyes the house has gas heat...something) to be done for one by someone else: it is...attribute or quality) by one's actions or attitude...take or invite into one's home so as to provide...aux. v. used with a past ... |
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swim
...swim/ • v. (swim·ming ; past swam / swam/ ; past part. swum / swəm/ ) 1. [intr...appear to reel or whirl before one's eyes: Emily rubbed her eyes as the...dizzily confusing sensation in one's head: the drink made his... |
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catch
...kach; kech/ • v. (past caught / kôt/ ) [tr...arm as she tried to push past him. ∎ [intr.] (catch...person) have (a part of one's body or clothing) become entangled or...after exertion. catch one's death (of cold) see death. catch someone's ... |
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sink
...sink1 / singk/ • v. (past sank / sangk/ sunk / səngk/ ; past part. sunk / səngk...condition, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant...intr.] (of eyes) appear unusually deep...or succeed entirely by one's own efforts.DERIVATIVES... |
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lay
...synonyms: put aside, put to one side, keep, save. 2...call the shots. lay eyes on informal something...lay/get hold of, get one's hands on, seize...to lay the carpet. The past tense and the past participle of lay is laid... |
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pass
...other runners passing themsynonyms: go past, move past, go ahead of, get ahead of, go by...gloss over, take no notice of, close one's eyes to, turn a deaf ear to, turn a blind eye to. 2. he was passed over for promotionsynonyms... |
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ignore
...pass over, shrug off, push aside, shut one's eyes to, be oblivious to, turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to. 2. ignore her...cold-shoulder, look right through, look past, turn one's back on; inf. give someone the brush... |
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dead
...immobilized, frozen. 6. she has dead eyes synonyms: emotionless, unemotional...gone, no more; a thing of the past, ancient history. 8. a dead...lackluster, lifeless; informal one-horse, dullsville.antonym...undoubtedly, surely; in every way, one hundred ... |
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dry
...were dry synonyms: hard, stale, old, past its best.antonyms: moist, fresh...soak up, absorb. 4. she dried her eyes synonyms: wipe, rub, dab. 5. methods...therefore extremely or abnormally dry (one side of the island was arid); it is most... |
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Eye-care benefits impact performance and morale.(EMPLOYEE MATTERS)(Survey)
...according to a 2007 Eye-Q survey conducted...be harmful to their eyes and vision. The AOA...scheduling regular eye-care health screenings...corrective vision lenses, one-third report not seeing their eye doctors annually...specialists in the ... |
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Eye Doctor Finds Hidden Epidemic of Dry Eye Key to Contact Lens Success and...
...contribute to dry eyes. Medications for...replacement therapy in the past may have increased the dry eye epidemic. *With...many aspects of our past healthy lifestyles...incidence of dry eyes. The long term shift...nerves that drive the ... |
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Eye-Fi Unveils the 4GB Eye-Fi Anniversary Edition.
Eye-Fi Celebrates First...Edition -- to celebrate the one-year anniversary of...it has been chosen as one of Popular Science's...recipients. "For the past year, we've been reinventing...camera to a computer and to one of more than 25 online... |
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Eye M.D.s Warn Paintballs Are Serious Threat to Vision.
...paintballs to the eyes. Ophthalmologists (Eye M.D.s) are...injuries over the past five years. According...likelihood the eye will be lost...Unfortunately, most of the eyes I have treated...chamber washout. One month later, ... |
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Eye banking--Are we really up to it in India?.(Editorial)
...should have equal access to the eyes donated to eye banks on a first-come first...envisages the establishment of one eye bank for every 20 million...through the contribution of eye donation centers, with 50 eyes (25 donors) ... |
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Eye-care utilization among women aged [greater than or equal to] 40 years...
...not having visited an eye-care professional in...period) or "within the past month," "within the past year," or "within the past 2 years (for the 24...last time you had your eyes examined by any doctor...were asked to select the ... |
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SMI Eye Tracking Glasses: World's First Binocular Glasses-Type Eye Tracker...
Eye Tracking Glasses by SensoMotoric...Combine Outstanding Eye Tracking Data and HD Scene...years a world leader in eye tracking technology...needs to briefly fixate on one point in the environment...eyetracking that in the past needed explicit ... |
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BEAUTY all eyes on YOU!; Fed up with eyes that are tired and puffy? Want to...
...Klorane Wild Cornflower Eye Make-Up Remover...gentle skin around the eyes. Avon's Eye Block environmental protection cream takes eye care one stage further. Avon...puffy and irritated eyes. oVirgin Vie's...bags a thing of ... |
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American Eye-Q Survey: Adults Not Making the Grade When it Comes to Eye Care...
...Never Been to the Eye Doctor ST. LOUIS...revealed that only one in 10 parents adhere...birthday. Nearly one-third (29 percent...eye doctor in the past two years. Nearly...through a comprehensive eye exam. The survey...may be ... |
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The amazing false eye that moves - and lets Teddie cry real tears; ... and...
...are not removed. In the past, drops were needed to...London and Moorfields Eye Hospital, says: 'Artificial eyes have been used for more...actually kept imagining the eye falling out and rolling...matched to Teddie's hazel eyes and if he ... |
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