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swallow

(Encyclopedia) swallow, common name for small perching birds of almost worldwide distribution. There are about 100 species of swallows, including the martins, which belong to the same family.…

South Carolina NPR Member Stations

StationCityFrequencyWLJK-FMAiken89.1WJWJ-FMBeaufort89.9WSCI-FMCharleston89.3WLTR-FMColumbia91.3WHMC-FMConway90.1WEPR-FMGreenville90.1WSSB-FMOrangeburg90.3WNSC-FMRock Hill88.9WRJA-FMSumter88.…

January 2005 Disasters

Jan. 6, Aiken County, S.C.: a 42-car freight train collided with a smaller train parked on a siding, resulting in a leak of chlorine gas that killed 9 and led to the evacuation of thousands…

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Terminology: A

by Robert Burns B A A', all. A-back, behind, away. Abiegh, aloof, off. Ablins, v. aiblins. Aboon, above up. Abread, abroad. Abreed, in breadth. Ae, one. Aff, off. Aff-hand, at once. Aff-loof,…

James Strom THURMOND, Congress, SC (1902-2003)

Senate Years of Service: 1954-1956; 1956-2003 Party: Democrat; Republican THURMOND James Strom , a Senator from South Carolina; born in Edgefield, S.C., December 5, 1902; attended the public…

pipe smoking

(Encyclopedia) pipe smoking. The habit of smoking various substances probably arose independently in different parts of the world. Herodotus in the 5th cent. b.c. describes the Scythians as inhaling…

loess

(Encyclopedia) loessloesslĕs, lōˈəs, Ger. lös [key], unstratified soil deposit of varying thickness, usually yellowish and composed of fine-grained angular mineral particles mixed with clay. It is…

National Road

(Encyclopedia) National Road, U.S. highway built in the early 19th cent. At the time of its construction, the National Road was the most ambitious road-building project ever undertaken in the United…