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Heywood Campbell Broun
Heywood Campbell Broun , 1888-1939, American newspaper columnist and critic, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. He worked on the New York Tribune (1912-21) and the New York World (1921-28), where his syndicated column, "It Seems to Me," began. In 1928 he transferred it to the Scripps-Howard newspapers,... 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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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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intercolumniation
intercolumniation , in classical architecture, the clear space between the edges of two adjacent columns, as measured at the lower portion of their shafts. Vitruvius compiled standard intercolumniations for the three orders, expressed in terms of the column diameter. In the great works of Greek... Read more |
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COLUMN: America needs socialist values
...incredible debt. Instead of performing maintenance on infrastructure, our government is building permanent military bases...because political power is determined by economic power.Socialists think a system where a minority own and control the world...things and to win a world where they do ... |
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COLUMN: America should rely on ingenuity, not Chavez
...of equality. Like most socialists, Chavez is enraged because...that they are owned by a socialist nation. Of the infrastructure that Chavez has provided...sustainable and private business infrastructure that could provide for...also has not provided for ... |
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COLUMN: Intro to Socialism 101
...cities are decaying, then infrastructure should be revitalized and revamped. Socialists believe that alleviating...The great deal of world socialists consider the dictatorships...what socialism really is. Socialists call for democracy, allowing...that future ... |
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COLUMN: Holocaust an overused, misused label
...Palestinian Student Association. This comparison is both outrageous and repugnant. Nazis, through the infrastructure of their National Socialist Party, reached their repressive hand into almost every corner of European life, subverting justice... |
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Focus On Lebanon.
...July war [with Israel], which caused the destruction of Lebanese infrastructure and a major economic crisis". In a column published on Jan. 22 by his Progressive Socialist Party's al-Anba' newspaper, Jumblatt attacked Hizbullah, saying... |
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COLUMN: Chavez's polluted propaganda
...into an era of change.The Socialist Revolution teeters here...necessities such as decent infrastructure and a living wage go unfulfilled...supporting Venezuela's socialist movement are popular, as...its ridicule of Chavez's socialist reforms. Across the ... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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American dream or socialist nightmare; Progressive propaganda is seeping into...
...much damage on America's first responders and essential infrastructure, we would see it as an act of war. And what's the proper...counsel of the American Civil Rights Union, in a FoxNews.com column, Of the 14 missing Democrat state senators, at least half... |
 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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VIVA LA SHOELACE REVOLUTION! Her mother helped bring down the Berlin Wall -...
...keen are Cubans on anything that will stick their crumbling infrastructure back together. I decided to take a cycling tour around Cuba...Havana were magnificent with their handsome stone facades, columns and arches. Jazz tinkled out of clubs and restaurants... |
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COLUMN: Where have pacifists gone?
...Mass. -- When the National Socialist government of Germany collapsed after World War II, the nation's infrastructure was in ruins. Fortunately, Germany...back at the Germans. Their semi-socialist economy has gone stagnate. They... |
 "The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)")
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Gemayel accuses opposition of planning for 'regime change'.
...with Israel], which caused the destruction of Lebanese infrastructure and a major economic crisis," he added. In an op-ed column to be published Tuesday by his Progressive Socialist Party's Al-Anbaa mouthpiece, Jumblatt launched another... |
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