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geologic timescale
geologic timescale a chronological scale of earth's history used to measure the relative or absolute age of any part of geologic time. Of the numerous timescales, the most common is based on geologic time units, which divide time into eras, periods, and epochs. Each division is based on a specific... Read more |
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ornament (music)
ornament in music, notes added to a melodic line for the purpose of embellishment or decoration, often called graces. Ornamentation was practiced as early as the Middle Ages by the singers of plainsong, and the practice seems to have reached its height in the baroque era. Treatises were written and... Read more |
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Mildred Bailey
Mildred Bailey One of the first female singers to make a name for herself in the American pantheon of jazz, Mildred Bailey (1907-1951) managed to capture the subtleties of the era's African American blues and ragtime music. Bailey early on developed her own unique way to underline the meaning of... Read more |
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Potlatch Corp
Potlatch Corporation EARLY HISTORY GREAT DEPRESSION: CRISIS AND MERGER POSTWAR ERA: NEW PRODUCTS AND GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION THE MADDEN ERA, 1971– Read more |
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quarantine
quarantine , isolation of persons, animals, places, and effects that carry or are suspected of harboring communicable disease. The term originally referred to the 40 days of offshore wait during which incoming vessels could not discharge passengers or cargo in the era when plague and other great... Read more |
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Victorian
Victorian Art The Victorian era (1837 Read more |
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Eliza Lucas Pinckney
Eliza Pinckney American business pioneer Eliza Pinckney (1722–1793) single-handedly launched the indigo industry in pre-Revolutionary era South Carolina. Determined to make the highly prized tropical crop flourish in the Carolina soil, Pinckney carried out several experimental plantings... Read more |
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Legal Profession
The Legal Profession Sources Golden Age.The plasticity of American law and its strategic position in American cultural life helped to make 1815 to 1850 a period that would be remembered as a golden age of the bar. The most glamorous attorneys of the era were the... Read more |
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Maltese
Maltese , breed of very small toy dog of obscure origin that was widely popular in Europe by the beginning of the 19th cent. It stands about 5 in. (12.7 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 2 to 7 lb (0.9-1.4 kg). Its long, flat-lying, silky coat is pure white and hangs down on either side of... Read more |
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Cyril Ritchard
Ritchard, Cyril [né Cyril Trimnell‐Ritchard] (1897–1977), actor and director. His era's consummate portrayer of fops, he was born in Sydney, Australia, and made his first American appearance in Puzzles of 1925. However, he did not call attention to himself with American... Read more |
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