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Socialist Party of America
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Boy Scouts of America
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Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee
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Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia
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Francis Makemie
Francis Makemie , c.1658-1708, American clergyman, considered the founder of Presbyterianism in America. Born in Ireland, he studied in Scotland and c.1682 was ordained a missionary to America. In 1683 he arrived in Maryland. He traveled and preached from the Carolinas to New York. Makemie organized... Read more |
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caribou
caribou name in North America for the genus ( Rangifer ) of deer from which the Old World reindeer was originally domesticated. Caribou are found in arctic and subarctic regions. They are the only deer in which both sexes have antlers. The broad hooves support the animal (males may weigh over 300... Read more |
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Democracy in America
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, by Alexis de Tocqueville. The most influential study of the United States ever written, Democracy in America owes its enduring significance to the complexity of Tocqueville's analysis. This child of aristocracy was "a liberal of a new kind"... Read more |
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America
America [for Amerigo Vespucci ], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. In English, America and American are... Read more |
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Latin America
Latin America the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. The 20 republics are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,... Read more |
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Building materials
BUILDING MATERIALS BUILDING MATERIALS. The Indian peoples of North America had developed mature building techniques suitable to Neolithic cultures long before Europeans established their first settlements on the continent. In the eastern area of America, forests covered most of the land, and... Read more |
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glaciers and glaciology
...will form whenever a body of snow accumulates, compacts, and...of northern Europe and North America and the landscape of these regions...network of valley glaciers and snow fields, while a cirque glacier...between the accumulation of snow or ice and its loss ... |
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mountain geomorphology
...on altitude. In Britain and America, for example, elevations...as the Great Plains of North America, and the plains of central...glacially carved valleys, snow-capped peaks, severe weather...Western Cordillera of North America are the best ... |
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Quaternary ice sheets and climate
...covered large areas of North America, Europe, and Russia. During...significant lowering of the snow-line (frequently by as much...where large ice sheets in North America and Eurasia resulted in the...above the ice sheets in North America and Eurasia. This ... |
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landscape and climate
...sea, nor so cold but that the snow of winter all disappears in...was common in eastern North America and western Europe in...per cent; boreal forest with snow, 21 per cent; and cold, treeless snow regions, 17 per cent. By other... |
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Poetry
...Tenth Muse, Lately Sprung up in America (published in England in 1650). Taylor...enough to win recognition as America's first significant black poet...1858), and Whittier's Snow‐Bound (1866) are generally...Concord Hymn (1837) and The Snow‐Storm (1841). ... |
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crater lake
...Accumulation of water, usually by precipitation of rain or snow but sometimes groundwater, in a volcanic crater (caldera...precipitation and the waters are maintained solely by rain and snow. It is the second deepest lake in North America. |
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Matthiessen, Peter
...and wild fauna in the wilderness of South America; Under the Mountain Wall (1963), dealing...dealing with his trips to East Africa; The Snow Leopard (1978, National Book Award), telling...recent nonfiction includes Tigers in the Snow (2000), an account of his travels into... |
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glacial rivers
...followed in early midsummer by a rapid rise in snow-melt run-off. Further seasonal warming leads to melting of glacier...of the Pleistocene ice sheets in North America, ‘Glacial Lake Missoula’, which impounded...slopes, fans, avalanches, and rain- and snow-fed tributary ... |
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Arctic
...northerly lands of Asia, Europe, and North America. by far the greater part of the huge...generally have a summer free from ice and snow. Most of the Arctic tundra is flat and...000 Eskimos spread across polar North America, Greenland, and ne Siberia. Several... |
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rivers
...precipitation (rain, hail, sleet, snow, etc.). Some of the water that falls...large rivers such as the Amazon in South America, and the Congo in Africa. The second...kiang in Asia and the Mississippi in North America.The composition of major dissolved solids... |
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United States of America
United States of America (USA) The world's fourth...the central belt of North America together with Alaska, Hawaii...are fringed inland by the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra...indigenous peoples of North America probably came from Asia... |
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white
...the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible...1970s, originally in North America) refers to the colour and perceived...white Christmas Christmas with snow on the ground, a term first recorded...white Christmas, I expect. Snow's ... |
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storm
...usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow. ∎ (also storm system) an intense low...controversy: the book caused a storm in South America she has been at the center of a storm...usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow: when it stormed in the day, I shoveled... |
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Peru
Peru A country on the Pacific coast of South America, bounded by Ecuador and Colombia on the north, Brazil and...west half is occupied by the Andes mountain ranges, whose snow-capped peaks rise to over 6500 m (21,000 feet). Between... |
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boreal climate
...65–70°N in the west and 50°N in the east, and North America, where it extends from the fringe of the tundra southwards to...temperatures averaging more than 10°C. Precipitation, as snow in winter, typically amounts to 380–635 mm per annum. |
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Nevada
Nevada, USA A state and three towns. It is a Spanish name ‘Snow‐clad’, a reference to the Sierra Nevada mountains. The state was part of Spanish America until 1821 when it joined the newly independent state of Mexico. In 1848 Nevada... |
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north
...part of the horizon lying in this direction.In 19th-century America, the North was used for those northern states of the United States...6 by Roald Amundsen.north wind doth blow, we shall have snow traditional weather rhyme, deriving from a nursery rhyme of... |
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scene
...particular impression: a scene of carnage. ∎ a landscape: thick snow had turned the scene outside into a picture postcard. ∎ an...a place or representation of an incident: scenes of 1930s America. ∎ a specified area of activity or interest: the country... |
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sleet
sleet Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and melting snow. In N. America the term is applied to ice pellets of less than 5 mm in diameter. |
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The dollar hit a four-year low of $1.10 against the euro after comments by...
...of $1.10 against the euro after comments by John Snow, America's treasury secretary, that he was "not particularly concerned" about the currency's decline. America's GDP growth in the fourth quarter was revised up... |
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`Snow in America,'
`Snow in America,' by Bernard Mergen Smithsonian...are rare." In Snow in America, Mergen sets out to explore...than the simple pursuit of snow trivia. The heart of his...the beaten track. Snow in America is ... |
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Snow in America
Snow in America. Bernard Mergen. 1997. 321 pp. $24...ISBN 1-56098-780-4. Everyone has snow-related memories-the first flakes in...cultural and social meaning of "snow in America" for over a decade. The result is this... |
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Snow in America.
SNOW IN AMERICA. By Bernard Mergen. Smithsonian; 321...Bille August's "Smilla's Feeling for Snow", as well as dysfunctional family dramas...s lively and good-natured "Snow in America", snow has long been an American fixation... |
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Success without snow in America's 'Mile High City'.(Farming Life)
DENVER, America's 'Mile High City', hosted the National...almost 40 countries particularly in South America, Europe and Australasia. In 2003, a...rather than the usual January Colorado snow. The event's record attendance of more... |
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World's Top Snowboarders Tackle 75 Foot Tall Custom Built Ramp, 40 Tons of...
...world's top 24 snowboarders competing in America's first-ever indoor quarterpipe competition...venerable sporting facility, and 40 tons of snow will facilitate big air as well as rotational...the year 2000. About Sega Sega(R)of America Dreamcast Inc. is the U.S. arm of... |
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Stone Mountain Park Announces Opening of Coca-Cola Snow Mountain, America's...
...more than 200 tons of fresh snow daily. To our knowledge, this...time in the U.S. an outdoor snow park of this scope has been...Plans are for the new family snow park to be open all weekends...Alliances, Coca-Cola North America. "Building upon our ... |
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The snow that tarnished America's golden door
...in. It doesn't normally snow in Brooklyn in September...cities. We forget that modern America does not know such domestic...as about the shattering of America's sense of invulnerability...history. Some may consider America's grief self- indulgent... |
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Treasury's Snow says America stands firm with "strong dollar policy"
...WASHINGTONTreasury Secretary John Snow reiterated America's strong dollar policy on Thursday...competitive currency markets," Snow said outside the White House after...government planned to intervene, Snow replied:"I've told you what... |
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TREASURY SECRETARY SNOW ADDRESSES AMERICA'S COMMUNITY BANKERS ANNUAL...
...following speech: The Honorable John W. Snow Prepared Remarks America's Community Bankers Annual Government...of investment for building a strong America. You are at the forefront of investing in America's local communities. You're doing... |
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