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Edward Samuel Corwin
CORWIN, EDWARD SAMUEL Edward Samuel Corwin was a noted historian, political scientist, and constitutional law scholar. Born January 19, 1878, on a farm in rural Plymouth, Michigan, Corwin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan in 1900, where he was president of his class. He... Read more |
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Green marketing
Green Marketing Environmentally-responsible or "green" marketing is a business practice that takes into account consumer concerns about promoting preservation and conservation of the natural environment. Green marketing campaigns highlight the superior environmental protection characteristics of a... Read more |
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Elias Hicks
Elias Hicks 1748-1830, American Quaker preacher, b. Hempstead, N.Y. He worked on his Long Island farm between his preaching tours, which established his reputation as one of the most able Quaker preachers of the times. Hicks worked against slavery, publishing his Observations on Slavery in 1811.... Read more |
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John Burroughs
John Burroughs 1837-1921, American naturalist and author, b. Roxbury, N.Y.; son of a farmer. He was a journalist, a treasury clerk in Washington, and a bank examiner, before settling in 1874 on a farm near Esopus, N.Y. There he studied fruit culture and literature. His first book, Walt Whitman,... Read more |
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cervix
cervix In full, cervix uteri, the ‘neck of the womb’. A short thick tube of smooth muscle around a narrow channel leading from the body of the uterus to the vagina, the first part of the long and hazardous route which sperm must navigate to reach an ovum, but which, at fertile times,... Read more |
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Darien venture
Darien venture. Previous Scottish attempts to establish colonies had been small scale, but the Company of Scotland, established in 1695, had grand ideas. It aimed at raising £400,000—perhaps half the capital in Scotland. ‘They came in shoals,’ wrote an eye-witness:... Read more |
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