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Bonny
Bonny , town, SE Nigeria, in the Niger River delta, on the Bight of Biafra. In the 18th and 19th cent., Bonny was the center of a powerful trading state, and in the 19th cent. it became the leading site for slave exportation in W Africa. From 1885 to 1894 it was the administrative center of the... Read more |
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Center of mass
center of mass the point at which all the mass of a body may be considered to be concentrated in analyzing its motion. The center of mass of a sphere of uniform density coincides with the center of the sphere. The center of mass of a body need not be within the body itself; the center of mass of... Read more |
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Germaine Richier
Germaine Richier , 1904-59, French sculptor. She studied with Bourdelle (1925-29) and after 1940 developed a tortured awareness expressed in powerful, distorted figures. Richier's works embody a brittle tension between mass and surface that influenced numerous younger sculptors. Don Quichotte de la... Read more |
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Trois Rivieres
Trois Rivières or Three Rivers, city (1991 pop. 49,426), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Maurice rivers. It is a port and an industrial center. The city was founded (1634) by Champlain and took its name from the three channels through which the St. Maurice... Read more |
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centering
centering the framework of wood or of wood and steel built to support a masonry arch or vault during its construction. The centering itself must be rigidly supported, either by posts from the ground or by trusses when piers are available to receive their ends. After the centering is built, the... Read more |
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High Point
High Point city (1990 pop. 69,496), Davidson, Guilford, and Randolph counties, N N.C., in a heavily forested Piedmont region; settled before 1750, inc. 1859. It is a trade, industrial, and commercial center for an agricultural area. Noted for the production of furniture and hosiery, the city has... Read more |
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Bridgetown
Bridgetown city (1990 pop. 5,928), capital, commercial center, and chief port of Barbados , West Indies. It is, in addition, a tourist and health resort. Sugar, rum, and molasses are the leading exports, and Bridgetown also serves as an important financial center and transshipment point. The city... Read more |
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ellipse
ellipse closed plane curve consisting of all points for which the sum of the distances between a point on the curve and two fixed points (foci) is the same. It is the conic section formed by a plane cutting all the elements of the cone in the same nappe. The center of an ellipse is the point... Read more |
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Amersfoort
Amersfoort , city (1994 pop. 110,117), Utrecht prov., central Netherlands. It is a transportation and manufacturing center. Points of interest include a 14th-century water gate, the 15th-century Gate of Our Lady, and the old town, which has medieval houses. Johan van Oldenbarneveldt, the Dutch... Read more |
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Who gave John Waters the keys to the museum? At the Walker, "the pope of...
...t trust John Waters to rearrange...magnetic poetry. Walker Art Center is giving him...audacious Walker show is aiming for...curated a museum show. I think they...behind the Walker show? A: ... |
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Walker gets down to basketball business.
...the Illinois Center for a workout...This IS Antoine Walker's business...running this show, guiding Walker...his legs to power up a smooth...stop for the water fountain count...But because Walker has become ... |
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Mason County, W.Va., Without Power, Water, Phone Service.
...Feb. 19--POINT PLEASANT, W...beginning to show in his flat...knocked out power to 22,500...8,000 lost water, too, as pumping...including the 911 center. "That was...people. Two water systems that...Apple Grove and ... |
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'A living nightmare': Mason County without power, water, phone service
...wvgazette.com POINT PLEASANT - Chuck...beginning to show in his flat...knocked out power to 22,500...8,000 lost water, too, as pumping...including the 911 center. "That was...people. Two water systems that...Apple Grove and ... |
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CITY ON TRIAL OVER WRECKED BOAT A JUDGE WILL DECIDE IF WARNINGS OF RUDEE...
...Edward J. Powers of Norfolk...the Miami Boat Show in Florida when...captain, Joe Walker of New Jersey...Beach Fishing Center, inside the...where the water was deeper...the city map shows a depth of 9.4 feet at that ... |
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ANGLERS REMAIN ON THIN ICE
...seeing a boat show and getting...Cooks Bay. Walkers and machine...at Jackson Point and around...Georgina islands shows open water...depths off Deep Water Point. Western...and Conesus show ... |
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A lake for birds and artists. (Mono Lake, California)
...Water and Power (DWP) to divert water flowing into...years. These waters have accounted...s supply water and are the...Parker Lake-Walker Lake Road...the Black Point fissures...under Mono's ... |
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Could this happen here?(Local)
...find more free water and ice if...knocks out power for an extended...Hui-Shan Walker , Chesapeake...distribute water and ice from...distribution centers down there...Census data show that Hampton...potential pickup ... |
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Emergency officials talking, working to ready Hampton Roads for a big storm.
...find more free water and ice if...knocks out power for an extended...Hui-Shan Walker , Chesapeake...distribute water and ice from...distribution centers down there...Census data show that Hampton...potential pickup ... |
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Commission Silences Opposition to Proposed San Jose, Calif.-Area Power Plant.
...construction of power plants, top...transcripts show that senior...Metcalf Energy Center in their final...licensing of power plants, said...review should point out sites better...for recycled water before construction...its ... |
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