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shell

(Encyclopedia) shell, in zoology, hard outer covering secreted by an animal for protection. It is also called the test, crust, or carapace. The term usually refers to the calcareous shells of the…

Chevy Chase

(Encyclopedia) Chevy Chase Chevy Chase chĕvˈē [key], town (2020 pop. 10,176), Montgomery co., W central Md., a…

Brewer's: J. J.

(In Hogarth's Gin Lane, written on a gibbet), is intended for Sir Joseph Jekyll, obnoxious for his bill for increasing the duty on gin. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Coetzee, J. M.

(Encyclopedia) Coetzee, J. M. (John Maxwell Coetzee)Coetzee, J. M.köˈtsē [key], 1940–, South African novelist, b. John Michael Coetzee. Educated at the Univ. of Cape Town (M.A. 1963) and the Univ. of…

Warren, J. Robin

(Encyclopedia) Warren, J. Robin (John Robin Warren), 1937–, Australian pathologist, grad. Univ. of Adelaide (M.B., B.S., 1961). He spent most of his career (1968–99) as a pathologist at the Royal…

Audubon County, IA Social Statistics

Audubon county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school1,616100.0Nursery school,…

Audubon County, IA Economic Statistics

Audubon county iowa dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over5,288100.0In labor force3,35263.4Civilian labor…

Audubon County, IA Housing Statistics

Audubon county iowa dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units2,995100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached2,76092.21-unit, attached291.…

Audubon County, IA Census Data

Iowa Audubon County, Iowa People QuickFactsAudubon CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 6,4572,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -5.5%1.4%Population, 2000 6,8302,…

Wilson, J. Tuzo

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, J. Tuzo (John Tuzo Wilson), 1908–93, Canadian geologist and geophysicist, b. Ottawa, Ph.D. Princeton (1936), M.A. Cambridge (1940). He worked for the Geological Survey of…