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radioactive waste

(Encyclopedia) radioactive waste, material containing the unusable radioactive byproducts of the scientific, military, and industrial applications of nuclear energy. Since its radioactivity presents…

National Republican party

(Encyclopedia) National Republican party, in U.S. history, a short-lived political party opposed to Andrew Jackson. In the election of 1828, which Jackson won overwhelmingly, some of the supporters…

kaolinite

(Encyclopedia) kaolinitekaolinitekāˈəlĭnīt [key], clay mineral crystallizing in the monoclinic system and forming the chief constituent of china clay and kaolin. It is a hydrous aluminum silicate…

firing

(Encyclopedia) firing, process of treating clay or other plastic ceramic materials with heat to produce a hard, durable but brittle material such as pottery. Primitive potters baked their clay in an…

Conrad Aiken: Evening Song of Senlin

Evening Song of SenlinConrad AikenIt is moonlight. Alone in the silence I ascend my stairs once more, While waves, remote in a pale blue starlight, Crash on a white sand shore. It is…

Conrad Aiken: Morning Song of Senlin

Morning Song of SenlinConrad AikenIt is morning, Senlin says, and in the morning When the light drips through the shutters like the dew, I arise, I face the sunrise, And do the things my…

Aiken County, SC Social Statistics

Aiken county south carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school37,855100.0Nursery…

Aiken County, SC Economic Statistics

Aiken county south carolina dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over109,551100.0In labor force67,96962.…

Aiken County, SC Housing Statistics

Aiken county south carolina dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units61,987100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached39,95664.51-unit,…

Aiken County, SC Census Data

South carolina Aiken County, South Carolina People QuickFactsAiken CountySouth CarolinaPopulation, 2005 estimate 150,1814,255,083Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 5.4%6…