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Cricket (game)
cricket. As with most games, cricket was played in a primitive form many years before rules were drawn up, and some of the most enjoyable cricket is still played in back lanes with a dustbin as wicket. There are suggestions that shepherds in the Sussex weald played some form of the game in forest... Read more |
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I Ching
I Ching (Yi King or Y-Kim) The ancient Chinese Book of Changes, attributed to the emperor Fo-Hi in 3468 B.C.E. It expounds a classical Chinese philosophy based on the dual cosmic principles of yin and yang and claims to elucidate the outcome of any given situation by a technique involving... Read more |
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crayon
crayon any drawing material available in stick form. The term includes charcoal, conte crayon, chalk, pastel, grease crayon, litho crayon, and children's wax colors. The pigment is often bound with gum tragacanth or wax, and the sticks are wrapped in paper or embedded in wood.... Read more |
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snuff
snuff preparation of pulverized tobacco used by sniffing it into the nostrils, chewing it, or placing it between the gums and the cheek. The blended tobacco from which it is made is often aged for two or three years, fermented at least twice, ground, and usually flavored and scented. In... Read more |
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Wayne Brady
Wayne Brady1972— Actor, comedian, singer Emmy-award winning actor Wayne Brady is a versatile comedian and singer who rose to fame for his improvisational comedic skills on the hit television series Whose Line Is It Anyway? Displaying charm, humor, and vocal ability, the multitalented Brady also... Read more |
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graptolites
graptolites The graptolites were a group of colonial marine organisms that lived from the Cambrian to the Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous). The colonies ranged in size from 5 mm to 1 m in length and were linear or complexly branched. They are generally preserved as carbon films, stick-like and... Read more |
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field hockey
field hockey outdoor stick and ball game. Field hockey, like many sports, is of obscure origins, but traces in one form or another to the ancient Egyptians and Persians, making it one of the world's oldest known sports. London's Wimbledon Hockey Club (organized 1883) standardized the game after... Read more |
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Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn Singer, songwriter, guitarist, activist Journeyed to Central America Proponent of Change Recorded First Album in the U.S. Selected discography Sources Canadian singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist Bruce Cockburn is, according to Maclean’s writer Nicholas Jennings,... Read more |
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walking stick
walking stick or stick insect, names applied to extremely longbodied, slow-moving, herbivorous insects , forming a single family in the order Phasmatodea. Walking sticks have green, gray, or brown bodies that closely resemble twigs or grass stems. Most are wingless and have long antennae. They... Read more |
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Silly Putty: 50 years and sticking
...Fifty Silliest Uses for Silly Putty" contest. The contest...The top prize for the silliest use will receive a...gold 50th Anniversary Silly Putty egg and a lifetime supply...the beach." "Fifty years and 300 ... |
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'Flamingo Lady' brings humor to Presentation.
...spoke to more than 50 Presentation College...suggested wearing silly earrings or even...the last seven years offering tips...celebration. Fifteen years ago while teaching...One table had silly putty that they said...her ... |
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SIMPLE ENERGY SAVERS; WAYS TO TRIM YOUR MONTHLY HEATING COSTS.(SERIES: Daily...
...said. "Something silly like your basement...buy for less than $50 at a hardware or...and acts like gray Silly Putty. Where: Caulk can...your window and then sticking the plastic wrap...help you save energy year-round. ... |