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Franklin Pierce Adams
Franklin Pierce Adams pseud. F. P. A., 1881-1960, American columnist and author, b. Chicago. He began (1903) work as a columnist on the Chicago Journal and continued it on the New York Evening Mail, the Tribune, the World, the Herald Tribune, and the Post. His column, "The Conning... Read more |
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vertebral column
vertebral column (backbone; spinal column; spine) A flexible bony column in vertebrates that extends down the long axis of the body and provides the main skeletal support. It also encloses and protects the spinal cord and provides attachment for the muscles of the back. The vertebral column consists... Read more |
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Echinoidea
Echinoidea (sea urchins, sand-dollars, heart urchins; phylum Echinodermata, subphylum Echinozoa) A class of free-living echinoderms in which the body is enclosed in a globular, cushion-shaped, discoidal, or heart-shaped test built of meridionally arranged columns of interlocking, calcareous plates,... Read more |
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entasis
entasis [Gr.,=stretching], the slight convex curvature of a classical column that diminishes in diameter as it rises. This device, as used by Greek builders, was of extreme subtlety, the freehand curvature being merely sufficient to guard the contours of the column from any appearance of inward... Read more |
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column
column vertical architectural support, circular or polygonal in plan. A column is generally at least four or five times as high as its diameter or width; stubbier freestanding masses of masonry are usually called piers or pillars, particularly those with a rectangular plan. In fully developed... Read more |
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periodic table
periodic table chart of the elements arranged according to the periodic law discovered by Dmitri I. Mendeleev and revised by Henry G. J. Moseley . In the periodic table the elements are arranged in columns and rows according to increasing atomic number (see the table entitled Periodic Table... Read more |
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chromatography
chromatography , resolution of a chemical mixture into its component compounds by passing it through a system that retards each compound to a varying degree; a system capable of accomplishing this is called a chromatograph. The retarding system can be a surface adsorbant, such as silica, alumina,... Read more |
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colonnade
colonnade , a row of columns usually supporting a roof. Colonnades were popular with the Greeks and Romans, who employed them in the stoa and the portico ; they have continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and modern times. See column .... Read more |
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agony
agony extreme mental or physical suffering.agony column originally (in the mid 19th century) the column of a newspaper containing special advertisements, particularly those for missing relatives or friends, and thus containing evidence of great distress. Later (the current meaning), it became a... Read more |
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On second thought, Black History Month isn't such a bad idea after...
...Alonzo Nino, a navigator for Christopher Columbus: ``Your column talks about some non descript...was the navigator of one of Columbus ships, for this he should...athlete who makes millions of dollars a year where otherwise they... |
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TOM'S COLUMN: CRITICS LACK THE VISION RISK REQUIRES
...we be without it? Imagine Queen Isabella saying to Christopher Columbus, "You want funds from me to prove the world is round...convention center would bring new revenue and tourism dollars to the city. It would provide a place for entertainment... |
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Of PCs and poker at fall COMDEX in Vegas. (Levitations) (Column)
...assist board, and garnish with a three-hundred-dollar 16-bit sound card. Serve in your favorite 486DX2...yawn than a private screening of all of last year's Christopher Columbus films. All that Big Friendly Blue was willing to... |
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Shadowy secret of $5 bill revealed in bushes
...appear above the 12 columns fronting the Memorial...Q. In a recent column you wrote about the...Exposition half-dollars portraying Christopher Columbus. I have two that...average from a few dollars each in worn, circulated... |
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MAN IS NABBED IN SEX STING.(METRO)(POLICE REPORT)(Column)
...according to the Columbus Police Department. Christopher J. Hurst, 28, was arrested Monday in Columbus after allegedly chatting...arrest of this kind in Columbus within the past month...bought thousands of dollars in personal items on... |
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Jackson's bid looks to future of promise
...since the time of Christopher Columbus. It shows homage...covering the voyage of Columbus to the present...In his March 11 column, Steve Neal touted...agencies and our tax dollars? Does anyone really...Rowan's March 9 column accused former... |
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BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE
...Paterson's blighted Christopher Columbus Housing Development...the Christopher Columbus and Dean McNulty...the Christopher Columbus house and offered...shifted millions of dollars from public housing...drilled in support columns on prepared floors...the center of the ... |
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Gone the Way of Susan B.
...wanted to replace the dollar bill with the Anthony...public, retained the dollar bill and simply...million Anthony dollars, and stopped in...has abandoned its dollar coin ambitions...coin commemorating Christopher Columbus. Critics pointed...faithfully reading this column, ... |
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Childrens Books for Chanukah: The Diamond Tree; The Answered Prayer; Molly...
...discussed in this column is a small sampling...she won a five dollar gold piece in a...in the year of Christopher Columbus remembrances...Isabella who sent Columbus on his voyage were...world discovered by Columbus. He concludes... |
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THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM: A National Resource.
...a multibillion dollar commercial industry...shadow cast by a column on the grounds...until the era of Christopher Columbus, when true north...sea, however, Columbus and his contemporaries...is 15 degrees . Columbus himself attempted... |