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automimicry
automimicry Mimicry that exploits polymorphism for palatability to predators. In the monarch butterfly, for example, unpalatability arises from the food plants which are chosen by the ovipositing female. After hatching, the feeding larvae take in substances that are toxic to birds but not to the... Read more |
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Dependent Variable
Dependent variable The variable measured in an experiment or study; what the experimenter measures. When conducting research, a psychologist typically takes two or more similar groups of people or animals and exposes them to different treatments or situations. Then the researcher monitors a... Read more |
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Amy Tan
Amy Tan 1952-, American novelist, b. Oakland, Calif. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she has taken for her theme the lives of Asian-Americans and the generational and cultural differences among them, concentrating on women's experiences. Tan's novels include The Joy Luck Club (1989), The... Read more |
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Conventicles Act
Conventicles Act, 1664. This Act (16 Car. II c. 4) was one of the fiercest provisions of the Clarendon code, which aimed at restoring Anglican supremacy after the Restoration. It forbade attendance at any meeting of more than five persons for religious purposes other than Church of England... Read more |
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Jose Carreras
José Carreras Opera singer Luck and Hard Work More Dramatic Roles Diagnosed with Leukemia Read more |
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Composition with Creditors
COMPOSITION WITH CREDITORS A contract made by an insolvent or financially pressed debtor with two or more creditors in which the creditors agree to accept one specific partial payment of the total amount of their claims, which is to be divided pro rata among them in full satisfaction of their... Read more |
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solitaire
solitaire or patience, any card game that can be played by one person. Solitaire is the American name; in England it is known as patience. There are probably more kinds of solitaire than all other card games together. The aim in most is to segregate the four suits, each in sequence, against the... Read more |
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Tower of London
Tower of London ancient fortress in London, England, just east of the City and on the north bank of the Thames, covering about 13 acres (5.3 hectares). Now used mainly as a museum, it was a royal residence in the Middle Ages. Later it was a jail for illustrious prisoners. The Tower is enclosed by a... Read more |
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James Shirley
James Shirley 1596-1666, English dramatist. Ordained in the Church of England, he later was converted to Roman Catholicism and became a schoolmaster. He resigned that position, however, soon after the success of his first play, Love Tricks, in 1625. Included among his more than 37 plays are the... Read more |
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Saba
Saba In ancient Irish legend, the wife of Finn Mac Cummal and mother of Oisin. Finn captured her in the form of a fawn while hunting, but noticing that his hounds would not hurt her, he gave her shelter. The next morning he found her transformed into a beautiful woman. She told him than an... Read more |
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Sven's restoration; But England must take more than Lady Luck with them to...
...little of it, but after Saturday...convinced that Lady Luck has Swedish...Greece, Sven-Goran Eriksson...have been. England were quite...knew it. But there is...Eriksson's contribution...glorious ... |