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Soy sauce
Soy Sauce Background Soy sauce is one of the world's oldest condiments and has been used in China for more than 2,500 years. It is made from fermenting a mixture of mashed soybeans, salt, and enzymes. It is also made artificially through a chemical process known as acid... Read more |
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Esquire History of Henry Esmond The
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Sofa
Sofa Background Sometimes called a couch or a davenport, a sofa is a long upholstered seat with both arms and a back. Today, it is a common luxury that indicates humans' progression away from the nomadic "pack and evacuate" lifestyle of our recent past. History Upholstery... Read more |
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Sextus Julius Africanus
Sextus Julius Africanus , c.160-c.240, Christian historian. He wrote Chronologia, a history of the world from the creation to 221. Tying together the events of the Old Testament, the Greek world, and Christianity, this history helped to place the new religion in a historical context.... Read more |
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dance
dance [Old High Ger. danson =to drag, stretch], the art of precise, expressive, and graceful human movement, traditionally, but not necessarily, performed in accord with musical accompaniment. Dancing developed as a natural expression of united feeling and action. The Origins of Dance The... Read more |
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Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus , d. after 21 BC, Sicilian historian. He wrote, in Greek, a world history in 40 books, ending with Caesar's Gallic Wars. Fully preserved are Books I-V and XI-XX, which cover Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Indian, Scythian, Arabian, and North African history and parts of Greek and Roman... Read more |
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German history 1871-1945
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oral history
oral history compilation of historical data through interviews, usually tape-recorded and sometimes videotaped, with participants in, or observers of, significant events or times. Primitive societies have long relied on oral tradition to preserve a record of the past in the absence of written... Read more |
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Andrea Doria
Andrea Doria , b. 1466 or 1468, d. 1560, Italian admiral and statesman, of an ancient family prominent in the history of Genoa . He started his career as a condottiere and in the Italian Wars fought for Francis I of France. In 1528 he fell out with Francis and went over to Charles V, Holy Roman... Read more |
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Bob Cousy
Bob Cousy 1928- American basketball player Bob Cousy was one of greatest passers and playmakers in NBA history. A showman with flair and an entertainer as much as he was a basketball player, Cousy was a renegade in an era of rather conventional league play. He helped to build one of the... Read more |
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Squirreling Away Cultural Legacies // Pack Rats Help to Preserve Our Past
...neighbors probably dismiss them as pack rats, said David Redden, senior...s great auction houses. "Pack rats have a noble place in life...It's these people that preserve the past and preserve history. If you ... |
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Woman helps preserve Glen Ellyn's history.(Neighbor)
...devoted to taking oral histories and newspaper clippings...pertinent to the village's history since her grandparents...admitting she was a pack rat. She discovered that...logged working on the history for seven years until...accomplishment ... |
 "The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)")
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History makers: where are the founders of the modern gay rights movement, and...
...experience--and gay history in general--can help gay rights in the days...children learn their history. In Native American...to look hard for our history in order to learn it...protests. "I'm a pack rat," Kameny says... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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AGENCY COLLECTS OLD NEWSPAPERS TO HELP PRESERVE STATE'S PAST.(LOCAL)
...Byline: ASSOCIATED PRESS Pack rats take notice: some of...their children. ``In history books, you get the bare...Resources have been trying to preserve old newspapers before...and ordinary, everyday pack rats to check their ... |
 "The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV)")
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Out of the blue: Photos bring early fayette history back to life
...interested in the history of his home county...to Fayette County history. Caldwell bid for...Fly Tunnel." With help from his friend Kevin...Service hopes to preserve what is left of this...self-proclaimed pack rat, and the ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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TWO ARCHIVISTS STRIVE TO CHRONICLE BOSTON'S DIVERSITY
...Preserving the History of Boston's...are looking to preserve it." Preserving...interested in history, people making...historians to help us know how best...proclaimed pack rat, said that the...way to better ... |
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The things you collect; The weekend's here and you're on the hunt, prowling...
...busy trying to preserve childhood memories...set, while she packs away another...says. Weaving a history Minassian is far...and the other helps instill a sense of history in her children...self-professed pack ... |
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From trash to treasure.(Front)
...treasures. The history of Joplin, Mo...stepped up to help. Volunteers at...that wants to preserve their memories ... help them move forward...think I'm a pack rat, but it's honestly...instance - to help ... |
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Joplin victims reunited with treasured photos
...treasures. The history of Joplin, Mo...stepped up to help. Volunteers at...that wants to preserve their memories ... help them move forward...think I'm a pack rat, but it's honestly...instance - to help ... |
 "The Herald News - Joliet (IL)")
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Past coming back into focus
...lost treasures.The history of Joplin, Mo...Carthage stepped up to help. Volunteers at the church...community here that wants to preserve their memories ... help them move forward and...think I’m a pack rat, but it’s... |
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