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U.K. Holidays: Religious and Secular, 2008

Society and Culture > Calendar & Holidays   Related Links Holidays: Frequently Asked Questions National Holidays Around the World Holiday Census Facts   In England and Wales there are…

Plagiarism

What is and what is not plagiarism by Holly Hartman Homework Center Links Writing SkillsTips for Writing EssaysReading Your Sources and Taking Notes Using Footnotes or Endnotes to…

Using Punctuation

End MarksCommaColonSemicolonDashes & HyphensBrackets & ParenthesesApostropheQuotation MarksSee also: Punctuation Matters

1997 Major League Baseball Milestones

58 Big FliesMark McGwireFell short of Roger Maris' fabled mark of 61 home runs in a season but did club 58 to tie the mark for right-handers set by Jimmie Foxx in 1932 and matched by Hank…

Spanish language

(Encyclopedia) CEE Spanish language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Spain and 19…

seafloor spreading

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Schematic model of the oceanic crust, showing seafloor spreading seafloor spreading, theory of lithospheric evolution that holds that the ocean floors are spreading outward…

Great Plains

(Encyclopedia) Great Plains, extensive grassland region on the continental slope of central North America. They extend from the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba south through…

monarchy

(Encyclopedia) monarchy, form of government in which sovereignty is vested in a single person whose right to rule is generally hereditary and who is empowered to remain in office for life. The power…