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agony
agony extreme mental or physical suffering.agony column originally (in the mid 19th century) the column of a newspaper containing special advertisements, particularly those for missing relatives or friends, and thus containing evidence of great distress. Later (the current meaning), it became a... Read more |
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vertebral column
vertebral column (backbone; spinal column; spine) A flexible bony column in vertebrates that extends down the long axis of the body and provides the main skeletal support. It also encloses and protects the spinal cord and provides attachment for the muscles of the back. The vertebral column consists... Read more |
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Spina Bifida
Spina bifida Definition Spina bifida belongs to a group of disorders known as neural tube defects (NTDs). These all involve problems in the development and closure of the neural tube, a structure in the human fetus that begins forming very early in a pregnancy. The neural tube eventually becomes... Read more |
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entasis
entasis [Gr.,=stretching], the slight convex curvature of a classical column that diminishes in diameter as it rises. This device, as used by Greek builders, was of extreme subtlety, the freehand curvature being merely sufficient to guard the contours of the column from any appearance of inward... Read more |
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Monreale
Monreale , town (1991 pop. 26,256), NW Sicily, Italy, near Palermo. An agricultural market and tourist center, it commands a magnificent view of the fertile Conca d'Oro plain. A famous cathedral, one of the masterpieces of Norman-Sicilian architecture, was begun there (1174) by William II of Sicily.... Read more |
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column
column vertical architectural support, circular or polygonal in plan. A column is generally at least four or five times as high as its diameter or width; stubbier freestanding masses of masonry are usually called piers or pillars, particularly those with a rectangular plan. In fully developed... Read more |
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Martin Gardner
Gardner, Martin American Author 1914– One of the most well-known creators of mathematical puzzles is Martin Gardner. From 1957 to 1982, he wrote a column for Scientific Americancalled "Mathematical Recreations." He presented intriguing problems,... Read more |
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periodic table
periodic table chart of the elements arranged according to the periodic law discovered by Dmitri I. Mendeleev and revised by Henry G. J. Moseley . In the periodic table the elements are arranged in columns and rows according to increasing atomic number (see the table entitled Periodic Table... Read more |
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chromatography
chromatography , resolution of a chemical mixture into its component compounds by passing it through a system that retards each compound to a varying degree; a system capable of accomplishing this is called a chromatograph. The retarding system can be a surface adsorbant, such as silica, alumina,... Read more |
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A `Shrill Account' of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
...precisely the Arabs' unwillingness...root of the Arab-Israeli conflict...accepted the Arabs as human beings...one courageous Arab, Anwar Sadat...forward in 1977? Israel responded and...Palestinian problem, ... |
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The hallucination of peace
...my recent column analyzing the failure of Palestinian activists...cliff of Palestinian-Israeli...have muddled Palestinian- Israeli...the real problem Palestinians and Israeli...write my columns ... |
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Netanyahu, Arafat and the 'Diary of Anne Frank'.(Yassir Arafat wrong to visit...
The Arab-Israeli peace...leader of the Palestinian Liberation...political problem" and that Israel, the only...Holocaust is about remembering quite specifically...silenced forever. Remembering her story is ... |
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COLUMN: Fox, scorpion swim across river of terrorism
...native people. Remembering how a fellow...creation of Israel, a call to...tensions around Israel were flaring...looking in, Israel and the Palestinians have been the...look at the problem from the outside...assassinate an ... |
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Not about nothing
...foreign affairs column. Journalists...utterances in Israel are becoming...workers in Israel. String...Racism in Israel should be a...unlike "Arabs." Then they...the jobs that Palestinians did. It did...It's a ... |
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TILTING AT WINDMILLS: ; D.C. dislikes the issues
...captures the problem: "Getting...guarantees a Palestinian state as well as the security of Israel. I would like...Rabin and the Arabs who blow up...hand. I keep remembering that when Clinton...from which this column was ... |
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