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Fishing tackle
Fishing Lure Background The way to a fish's stomach is through his eyeballs, and fishing lures are objects that resemble any of the naturally occurring foods that fish might find attractive. The purpose of the lure is to use movement, color, and vibration to grab the fish's... Read more |
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David Satcher
David Satcher1941– Physician, educator, administrator Dr. David Satcher attained distinction for his leadership at the highest levels of American health care. The first African-American director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Satcher increased the agency's attention on... Read more |
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Attention
AttentionBIBLIOGRAPHYThe contemporary approach to attention has been strongly influenced by neurophysiological research on the attention, or arousal, systems of the brain (Lindsley 1960). Attention as behavior is associated with the responses of these systems and also with the neuromuscular... Read more |
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Zona Gale
Zona Gale 1874-1938, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Portage, Wis., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1895. After five years (1899-1904) of newspaper work in Milwaukee and New York City, she returned to her home town, determined to win success as a fiction writer. Of her bleak, realistic... Read more |
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Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller
Waldmüller, Ferdinand Georg (b Vienna, 15 Jan. 1793; d Helmstreitmühle, nr. Baden, 23 Aug. 1865). One of the leading Austrian painters of the Biedermeier period. He painted portraits, genre subjects, and still-life, but is perhaps best known for his landscapes, which in their loving... Read more |
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Young British Artists
Young British Artists (YBAs). An imprecise term applied to a number of highly publicized British avant-garde artists active from the late 1980s, several of whom are well known for their grubbily glamorous lifestyles as well as for what they create; they do not form an organized group and their work... Read more |
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Kelis
Kelis1979– Vocalist Kelis enjoyed a rush of popularity with the success of her 2003 hit "Milkshake." A songwriter who asserted control over her career, Kelis had been recording her material—featuring a strong female perspective—since 1999. Despite the pop phenomenon of "Milkshake," Kelis remained... Read more |
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Hockey
HOCKEY 1980 Olympic Attention The new heights of popularity achieved by the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1980s stems in part from the interest in the sport generated when the United States hockey team shocked the world by upsetting the mighty Soviets and later winning... Read more |
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