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Chymotrypsinogen
chymotrypsinogen (ky-moh-trip-sin-ŏ-jin) n. see chymotrypsin.... Read more |
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Pierre Esprit Radisson
Pierre Esprit Radisson , c.1632-1710, French explorer and fur trader in North America. He arrived in Canada in 1651. His journals, first published as the Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson (1885), are confusing documents, often leaving great doubt as to the location of places and the time of events.... Read more |
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Semisonic
SEMISONIC Formed: 1995, Minneapolis, Minnesota Members: Dan Wilson, guitar, lead vocals (born Guam, 20 May 1961); John Munson, vocals, guitar, bass (born St. Paul, Minnesota); Jacob Slichter, drums (born 5 April 1961). Genre: Rock Best-selling album since 1990: Feeling Strangely Fine... Read more |
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Seneca
Seneca the elder (Lucius, or Marcus, Annaeus Seneca) , c.60 BC-c.AD 37, Roman rhetorician and writer, b. Corduba (present-day Córdoba), Spain; grandfather of Lucan and father of Seneca the younger. He spent most of his life in Spain but made frequent trips to Rome, where he observed the... Read more |
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Grand Tour
GRAND TOUR GRAND TOUR. Protracted travel for pleasure was scarcely unknown in classical and medieval times, but it developed greatly in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, becoming part of the ideal education and image of the social elite as well as an important source of... Read more |
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Theodore Thomas
Theodore Thomas Theodore Thomas (1835-1905) was one of the fore most American orchestral conductors of his time and the original director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Theodore Thomas was born in Germany, the son of the town musician of Esens. When Theodore was 10, the family moved to... Read more |
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George Ault
Ault, George (1891–1948). American painter, born in Cleveland, Ohio. His family moved to England in 1899 and he lived there until 1911. He studied in London at the Slade School and St John's Wood School of Art and made several trips to Paris. In 1911 he settled in New York. Ault is something... Read more |
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Portishead
Portishead Trip-hop band For the Record… Selected discography Sources The Bristol band Portishead has been credited with launching an entirely new genre in alternative musicȁ... Read more |
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LSD
LSD or lysergic acid diethylamide , alkaloid synthesized from lysergic acid, which is found in the fungus ergot ( Claviceps purpurea ). It is a hallucinogenic drug that intensifies sense perceptions and produces hallucinations, mood changes, and changes in the sense of time. It also can... Read more |
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Trip to Niagara, a; or, Travellers in America
Trip to Niagara, a; or, Travellers in America...brother . . . we shall have reason to bless our Trip to Niagara.” The play was one of the first...a way, though not common practice at the time, this was only natural since even Dunlap... |
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Trip to Chinatown, a; or, an Idyl of San Francisco
Trip to Chinatown, a; or, an Idyl of San Francisco (1891), a musical comedy...songs and minor principals. Loie Fuller, for example, danced in it for a time. The immense success of “After the Ball,” which was added by the manager... |
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Clemens, Samuel Langhorne
...Roughing It he describes the trip west and his subsequent adventures...tradition. His articles of the time are collected in Mark Twain of...letters and lectures about his trip to the Sandwich Islands...novel of post‐Civil War boom times that gave a name to ... |
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Melville, Herman
...In Tahiti he worked for a time as a field laborer, studying the island...libraries. In 1849 he made a trip to England to arrange for foreign...1852) was published at the same time as Hawthorne's Blithedale Romance...great stimulus, and from this time he drew ... |
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Aaron Manby
...knots. After a few regular passenger trips on this run she was purchased by a group...several more years running pleasure trips on the Seine. Though the Vulcan had already been built, it was the first time that iron plates, and not wood, had... |
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Stowe, Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher
...discussion and availed herself of leisure time to write Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852...At the height of her fame, she made a trip to England (1853), where she was enthusiastically...slavery upon the whites.After another trip abroad, during which she was honored by... |
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Thoreau, Henry David
...taught school in his native town, for a time in collaboration with his brother John...Alcott. With his brother he also made a trip on the Concord and Merrimack rivers...also one of master and disciple. At this time he became an intimate of the members of the...terms of ... |
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Winthrop, John
...controversy was compiled at the time by Thomas Weld. In 1642 occurred...Winthrop indicated his views at the time, proclaiming, “If we should...in Boston (1631). During a trip to England (1634), he was...an independent state. In his time he was known for his ... |
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Clermont
...1743–98) built in 1788, which made regular scheduled trips on the Delaware River, was no failure. Built in 1807...Watt of Birmingham, as no engineers in the USA had at that time sufficient experience to build an engine suitable for ship...a displacement (see tonnage) of 100 tons. On its ... |
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hairdressing
...employed by nearly every society from ancient time to the present. In 400 bc some Greek...women worked with women, during modern times, such distinctions have become less rigid...race or sex of the participant, a first trip to the hairdresser is often viewed as...babyhood ... |
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trip
...through the Yukon, take some time to explore our museums. • n...Sally's gone on a school trip a trip to the North Pole. ∎ an act...place and returning: a quick trip to the store. 2. a stumble...psychedelic drug, esp. LSD: acid trips. ∎ an ... |
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round trip time
round trip time A metric which measures the current loading on a computer network. It is found by timing the passage of a signal from a computer to another remote computer and back. This is usually carried out by means of a PING utility. |
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I-ching
...and remained there until 695 (with the exception of one return trip to Canton in 689 to recruit assistants). He came back with...Wu Tse-t'ien for his translation activities, and by the time of his death, had produced translations of 56 works in 230 fascicles... |
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launch
...built ship or boat) afloat for the first time, typically as part of an official ceremony...publication) to the public for the first time: the company has launched a software...large motorboat, used esp. for short trips. Also called motor launch. ∎ hist... |
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Ippen (Yugyō Shōnin)
...Founder of the Jishū (literally, ‘time school’) of Japanese Pure Land...faith? This doubt was resolved during a trip to Kumano, where a manifestation...slept. The Jishū remained strong for a time after Ippen's death, but by the 15th... |
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memory
...clubs devoted to the memory of Sherlock Holmes. ∎ the length of time over which people continue to remember a person or event...intended to remind people of, esp. to honor a dead person. take a trip (or walk) down memory lane deliberately recall pleasant or... |
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network delay
...delays arising from the finite time needed by amplifiers or repeaters...geostationary satellite (total round trip of 80 000 km) it is of the...situation is more complex. The time needed to traverse the network...packet to the destination. This time is the ... |
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Round Table Conferences
...Congress was committed to the goal of complete independence, the trip to London was useful to Gandhi more as a way to gain publicity and present his case directly to the English people. By the time of the third conference in 1932, the conciliatory Irwin had... |
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negative
...a situation or person: confidence will not be instilled by harping solely on the negative | the bus trip and the positive media have not had time to turn his significant negatives around. ∎ Gram. a word, affix, or phrase expressing negation... |
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overseas
o·ver·seas / ˈōvərˈsēz/ • adv. in or to a foreign country, esp. one across the sea: he spent quite a lot of time working overseas. • adj. from, to, or relating to a foreign country, esp. one across the sea: overseas trips. PHRASES: from overseas from abroad. |
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journey
...journey around the world synonyms: trip, expedition, excursion, tour...one's way; take/go on a trip, go on an expedition, tour...expedition, jaunt, pilgrimage, trip, voyage While all of these...that a considerable amount of time and distance will be ... |
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travel
travel • verb 1. Tim spent much of his time traveling abroad synonyms: journey, tour, take a trip, voyage, explore, go sightseeing, globe-trot, backpack...wealth during her travels synonyms: journeys, expeditions, trips, tours, excursions, voyages, treks, safaris, ... |
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dance
...danced with Katherine synonyms: sway, trip, twirl, whirl, pirouette, gyrate...shake a leg, hoof it, cut a/the rug, trip the light fantastic, get down, mosh...stomp strathspey striptease stroll tango time warpturkey trot tush push twist two-step... |
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...as, (just) when, at the time that, at the moment that...your creation.” (Florida Times-Union; Aug. 14, 1997...agree as to [read on] certain time parameters or (if music is the culprit...present level.” (Florida Times-Union; June 28, 199.).·“During a ... |
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turn
...opportunity, chance, say; stint, time; try; informal go, shot...repeatedly, recurrently, all the time, always, constantly, again...other, one by one, one at a time, in succession, successively...switch on, start up, activate, trip, power up. 4. it began as... |
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vacation
vacation • noun their summer vacations in Hawaii synonyms: break, time off, recess, leave, leave of absence, furlough, sabbatical; trip, tour; chiefly Brit. holiday; formal sojourn.• verb I was vacationing in Europe... |
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call
...ruling, judgment, verdict. phrases: call for desperate times call for desperate measures synonyms: require, need, necessitate; justify, warrant. call off we had to call off the trip to Marylandsynonyms: cancel, abandon, scrap, drop, ax... |
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passage
...passing, movement, motion, traveling. 2. the passage of time synonyms: passing, advance, course, march. 3. a passage...access. 4. the overnight passage synonyms: voyage, crossing, trip, journey. 5. clearing a passage to the front door synonyms... |
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ahead
...for what lay ahead synonyms: in the future, in time, in time to come, in the fullness of time, at a later date, after this, henceforth...in front of, before. 2. we have a demanding trip ahead of us synonyms: in store for, waiting... |
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visit
...visiting the Yukon synonyms: stay in, stop over in, spend time in, vacation in; tour, explore, see. • noun 1. she paid...social call, visitation. 2. a visit to the museum synonyms: trip to, tour of, look around; stopover at, stay at; vacation... |
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Shopping trips drop.
...making one fewer shopping trip per month than they did...retailers, protecting the trips they have and the growing basket size per trip are even more critical," states IRI's "Time & Trends" report, called "Shopping Trip Missions: A New ... |
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Fundraising trips great for travelers, nonprofits
...Moosehead Lake. Nancys trip list goes on, with Massachusetts...also have benefited from trips to Canada, London and...most recent fundraising trip, when nearly 50 people...cause and a wonderful time, you can travel to The...registration deadline for this ... |
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Trips & Tours
...name. Date and cost of the trip. A contact phone number. Items...women's group, is offering a trip to New York City Dec. 6. Cost...is sponsoring the following trips: Boyd's Bear Country, Feb...double occupancy, for 23-day trip. Polka with Jimmy Sturr, ... |
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Successful field trips: A three-step approach
...science education have shown time and again that providing students...vicarious exposure prior to a field trip significantly reduces student anxiety and increases overall trip effectiveness. As part of instruction...their absence due to a field trip. To ... |
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IRI Trip Typology Study Reveals New Insights on How Americans Shop.
...Versus Small Shopping Trips Varies by Type of Product...takes one less shopping trip per month today versus...missions." The latest Times & Trends report, " Shopping Trip Missions: A New Avenue...industries, reveals that trip missions have a ... |
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Trip.com and Nickelodeon Announce Multi-Million Dollar Integrated Marketing...
...rentals, rental cars, last-minute trips, cruises, and array of personalized...addition to family travel packages, Trip.com users will benefit from NickJr...travel market as one in five domestic trips include children. In a recent survey, conducted by ... |
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Trip.com Carries You Away With Great Airfares And Hot Hawaii Vacation Resort...
PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- Trip.com, the newly re-launched...addition to great savings everyday, Trip.com customers are also treated to a free "Trip Perks(SM)" gift with the...airline ticket, for a limited time. Airfares Customers can easily... |
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Trip.com Takes Off as Cendant-Affiliate Re-launches Full-Service Leisure...
...destinations with Trip.com's "Trip Coach," which recommends...Connoisseur, and Sight Seeker. "At Trip.com, we know that people are as different as the trips they take, and we provide...travelers plan and book every trip, regardless of when, ... |
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Trip.com Offers Web Customers Choice of Free 'Trip Perks(SM)'; Hundreds of...
...two weeks of ordering. Trip.com's "Trip Perks(SM)" promotion is valid for a limited time only and is not applicable...purchase of Last Minute Trips. Customers are eligible to select one gift from the "Trip Perks(SM)" collection... |
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Trip Viewer -- Bringing Media-Rich Travel Experiences to the iPad.
...button, you can also enrich your trip experience with real-time, geo-location aware Flickr photos along the route. Trip Viewer also includes a Slideshow...that will take you through your trip waypoint by waypoint, displaying...route. You can add as many ... |
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