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Challenger expedition
(Encyclopedia) Challenger expedition, British oceanographic expedition under the direction of the Scottish professor Charles Wyville Thompson and the British naturalist Sir John Murray. Taking place…xerography
(Encyclopedia) xerographyxerographyzərŏgˈrəfēˌ [key], also called electrophotography, method of dry photocopying in which the image is transferred by using the attractive forces of electric charges.…Cal Ripken Sr. Biography
Cal Ripken Sr.Age: 63 gritty manager, coach and player in the Baltimore Orioles family for 36 years; the only father to manage two sons simultaneously in the majors; began career as a…Australia Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
Info Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments Date of Information: 7/19/2022 Governor Gen. David Hurley Prime Min. Anthony Albanese Dep. Prime Min. Richard…The Congress of Women: Woman's Place in Letters
by Mrs. Annie Nathan Meyer An African ExpeditionCookeryWoman's Place in Letters Annie Nathan Meyer was born in New York City, 1867. Her parents were Robert Weeks Nathan and Annie Florence…Kropotkin, Piotr Alekseyevich, Prince
(Encyclopedia) Kropotkin, Piotr Alekseyevich, PrinceKropotkin, Piotr Alekseyevich, Princepyôˈtər əlyĭksyāˈĭvĭch krəpôtˈkĭn [key], 1842–1921, Russian geographer and anarchist. He came from a wealthy…Undset, Sigrid
(Encyclopedia) Undset, SigridUndset, Sigridsĭˈgrĭd &oobreve;nˈsĕt [key], 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist. Poverty forced Undset to do secretarial work for a time (1898–1908). Her early novels of…Watergate: 40 Years After the Break-in
Take a look back at the Watergate scandal, the laws passed in response to it, and key players by Beth Rowen The Watergate ComplexThe scandal that ended the Nixon presidency began more than…Brewer's: Ella
or Alla. King of Northumberland, who married Cunstance. (Chaucer: Man of Lawes Tale.) (See Cunstance.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ElliotEll-wand A B…Brewer's: Ellyllon
The souls of the ancient Druids, which, being too good for hell, and not good enough for heaven, are permitted to wander upon earth till the judgment day, when they will be admitted to a…Trending
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