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Leo Fall
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Falls
Falls The study of materials or objects falling onto the earth was first initiated by Charles Fort in his remarkable work The Book of the Damned (1919). Fort collected and correlated accounts of the most astonishing variety of falls, including black rain, red snow, butter, manna, large blocks of... Read more |
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Churchill Falls
Churchill Falls spectacular waterfalls of the upper Churchill River, 245 ft (75 m) high, SW Labrador, N.L., Canada; known as Grand Falls until renamed (1965) in honor of Sir Winston Churchill. The falls were first explored (1839) by John McLean, a trader of the Hudson Bay Company. Four miles (6.4... Read more |
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the Fall
The Fall Rock band For the Record… Read more |
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Granada (Spain)
Granada a city in Andalusia in southern Spain. Founded in the 8th century, it became the capital of the Moorish kingdom of Granada in 1238, and was the last Moorish stronghold to fall in the reconquest of Spain in 1492. It is the site of the Alhambra palace.... Read more |
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hypnagogic
hypnagogic (hip-nă-goj-ik) adj. relating to the period immediately before falling asleep. h. imagery the production of vivid mental images just before falling asleep. h. hallucination a vivid and intense auditory or visual hallucination occurring at the beginning of sleep in 30–60% of... Read more |
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Jamnia
Jamnia , biblical Jabneel and Jabneh [Heb.,=God causes to build], ancient city, central Israel. Its modern name is Yavne. A central city of Philistia, the Bible refers to its walls being destroyed by Uzziah. It was pillaged by Judas Maccabaeus and later rebuilt. In the last years before the sack... Read more |
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Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara-on-the-Lake or Niagara, town (1991 pop. 12,945), S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Niagara River. It was settled (1784) by American Loyalists and in 1792 Lieutenant Governor Simcoe made the town the capital of Upper Canada, renaming it Newark. The legislature met... Read more |
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Huldah
Huldah , in the Bible, prophetess, consulted by Josiah, King of Judah (640-609 BC) on the finding of the Law. She prophesied that divine judgment would fall on Judah, but that Josiah would die in peace before that judgment fell. While the first part of her prophecy was fulfilled, Josiah died in... Read more |
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Book Binding; The written word - whether being banned, burned or secreted...
...must conceal every treasure." That is what...Stalin's purges and show trials are raging...be accounted for before being destroyed...theft, but likely a capital offense. Pavel...and when will the hammer fall? No one feels ... |