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Change
CHANGE. "Cold things warm up, the hot cools off, wet becomes dry, dry becomes wet," observes Heracleitus (fr. 126), as if to state an obvious fact. Yet this fact became highly troublesome to early philosophers. Antiquity Although his predecessors had theories to account for natural changes,... Read more |
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Maria Irene Fornes
María Irene Fornés Cuban-born playwright María Irene Fornés (born 1930) is one of American theater's most acclaimed, yet relatively unknown, talents. Since the early 1960s, Fornés's Off-Broadway plays have raised timely political and philosophical questions with their... Read more |
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United Irishmen
United Irishmen or United Irish Society, Irish political organization. It was founded at Belfast in 1791 by Theobald Wolfe Tone . Disgruntled by the use of English patronage to control Irish politics, the organization aimed at legislative reform "founded on the principles of civil,... Read more |
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water pollution
water pollution contamination of water resources by harmful wastes; see also sewerage , water supply , pollution , and environmentalism . Industrial Pollution In the United States industry is the greatest source of pollution, accounting for more than half the volume of all water pollution and... Read more |
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Ru
Ru symbol for the element ruthenium .... Read more |
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Dione (mythology)
Dione in Greek religion and mythology, earth goddess. In some legends she is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; in others she is a Titaness, born to Uranus and Gaea. In yet another version she is the mother of Aphrodite. Her name is the feminine form of Zeus. Her cult was associated with the... Read more |
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Bahr al-Ghazal
BAHR AL-GHAZAL Tributary of the Nile. Bahr al-Ghazal (the Gazelle River) drains a basin the size of France, yet its contribution to the Nile is insignificant. Its tributaries, which come from the Congo Read more |
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Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette Singer “Debbie Gibson” of Canada Unimaginable Success Took Personal Time Off Returned to Acting Selected discography Sources Alanis Morissette’s 1995 release Jagged Little Pill sold more than 25 million copies around the world and won her four Grammy Awards.... Read more |
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Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter , 1932-, German painter, b. Dresden, studied Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden (1951-56) and Düsseldorf (1961-63). Widely considered one of the foremost painters of his generation, he lived for nearly 30 years in East Germany where, cut off from contemporary art, he painted social... Read more |
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Darryl Strawberry
Darryl Strawberry 1962- American baseball player When Darryl Strawberry was sentenced to an eighteen-month prison term in April 2002 for violating the terms of his court-ordered drug treatment, it marked the lowest point in a decline that had stared two decades earlier. Signed to the New York Mets... Read more |
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RU:Stung Wallabies ready for re-match
...Sports News (Australia) 08-30-2010 RU:Stung Wallabies ready for re-match...just hang onto the ball. They will yet again be seeking a first win at altitude...and I'm pretty sure everyone's pissed off and I hope everyone's pissedoff... |
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RU: Mooney backs Reds to end seven years of failure
...Sports News (Australia) 04-12-2009 RU: Mooney backs Reds to end seven years...April 12 AAP - Another road defeat, yet another frustrating missed opportunity...group don't like losing. They get so pissed off and whenthey get in the dressing room... |
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Syracuse lacrosse players come out of Rutgers win looking to improve
...Rutgers on Saturday.Yet someone sitting...I was pretty pissed off with the way we...the Dome)," RU head coach and...the afternoon.Yet that defense held...including two in RU's scoreless first...enough to "piss" ... |