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Wear
Wear , river, c.65 mi (100 km) long, rising in the Pennines in County Durham, NE England, and flowing to the North Sea at Sunderland. Navigable for barges to Durham city, the river waters a rich agricultural area. The lower Wear passes through an industrial region.... Read more |
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chiffon
chiffon , plain-weave, lightweight, sheer, transparent fabric made of cotton, silk, or synthetic fiber; it is made of fine, highly twisted, strong yarn. Chiffon is difficult to handle, but it drapes and wears well and is very durable despite its light weight. It is piece-dyed or piece-printed and... Read more |
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Continental Margin
Continental Margin Theyare the drowned edges of continents. Covered by the oceans, continental margins are part of the same crust (thin, solid outermost layer of Earth) that forms the continents. They are covered in sediments that have been eroded from dry land. (Erosion... Read more |
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Monkwearmouth
Monkwearmouth, at the mouth of the Wear, was founded in 674 by a Northumbrian nobleman, Benedict Biscop. All that now remains above ground of his monastery is the west wall of St Peter's church, begun with the aid of Gallic masons in 675, to which the surviving porch was added before 716. These... Read more |
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Polyethylene terephthalate
Dacron , trademark for a polyester fiber. Dacron is a condensation polymer obtained from ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid. Its properties include high tensile strength, high resistance to stretching, both wet and dry, and good resistance to degradation by chemical bleaches and to abrasion. The... Read more |
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Jan Swart van Groningen
Swart van Groningen, Jan (b Groningen, c.1500; d ?Antwerp, c.1560). Netherlandish painter, book illustrator, and designer of stained glass. He worked mainly in Antwerp and Gouda, and also travelled to Italy early in his career. His pictures show that he was familiar with the work of Dürer,... Read more |
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Beefeaters
Beefeaters popular name for the Yeomen of the Guard and for the warders of the Tower of London. Both wear colorful uniforms modeled after those of the Elizabethan period.... Read more |
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Hymen
Hymen or Hymenaeus , in Greek mythology, personification of marriage, represented as a beautiful youth carrying a bridal torch and wearing a veil.... Read more |
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Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear former metropolitan county, NE England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Newcastle upon Tyne conurbation and comprised five metropolitan districts: Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Gateshead, and Sunderland. Tyne and Wear... Read more |
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wrist
wrist The joint between the end of the forearm and the hand. Confusion can arise because a ‘wrist’ watch is actually worn above the wrist (it would be both inconvenient and uncomfortable to wear a watch over the joint itself). Movements occur in two planes — flexion/extension... Read more |
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Football: Jackson big on pride and passion Huddersfield old boy rekindles...
...Even Manchester City were above them. Now the club head...bearing the words "Be proud to wear this shirt" gives a clue...Yorath and Terry Dolan. Folly, on the face of it, in...waited 26 years to be as high as this so I want the fans... |
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After 40 Years, NFL Films Still Operates Much Like Mom-and-Pop...
...St. Louis Rams to wear a microphone for...good. This is the highest profile he can get...where every employee wears a few different hats and no one is too proud to get involved in...have their superstar wear the microphone...second-floor ... |
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McLeish refuses to lose his focus amid euphoria Italy and France are still...
...The men who wear the blazers now...With his stock higher than ever, it...when the next high-profile vacancy...like us to finish above the giants in...should finish above those two, then...McLeish was justly proud of every ... |
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Album Review: CD of the week: Swell guys struggling in these deeper waters
...McFly for being a cut above the usual boy band blueprint...rocker" Danny Jones, who wears checked shirts and the...appear to be immensely proud of this new direction...hair, you're taking me higher") on the set of their...ambitious - to the point of ... |
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This good soldier is never inclined to complain
...ability. I'm a very proud person." He's also...his being drafted that high, you must feel for...crowd catalyst. He wears his heart on the outside, right above that No. 53. He...fails to understand the folly of ever DNP-ing Joe... |