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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

CHAPTER ONE: THE CYCLONE by L. Frank Baum DOROTHY LIVED IN THE MIDST of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. Their house was…

Baltimore

(Encyclopedia) Baltimore, city (2020 pop. 575,584), N central Md., surrounded by but politically independent of Baltimore co., on the Patapsco River…

Anatomy and
Physiology: You've Got Some Nerve!

You've Got Some Nerve!Anatomy and PhysiologyThe Central and Peripheral Nervous SystemsYou've Got Some Nerve!Gyri and SulciThe Control CenterSensory and Motor ControlThalamus: The Switching…

Paraguay Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Paraguay Index: People Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense U.S.-Paraguay Relations PEOPLE Pre-Columbian civilization in the…

mole, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) mole, in zoology, common name for the small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae, found throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Moles are trapped as pests,…

lichen

(Encyclopedia) lichenlichenlīˈkən [key], usually slow-growing organism of simple structure, composed of fungi (see Fungi) and photosynthetic green algae or cyanobacteria living together in a…

Corman, Roger William

(Encyclopedia) Corman, Roger William, 1926-, American film director, screenwriter, and producer, b. Detroit, Mi., Stanford Univ. (B.S., 1947). Corman…

gorilla

(Encyclopedia) gorilla, an ape, genus Gorilla, native to the lowland and mountain forests of western and central equatorial Africa. The two gorilla species are the western, comprising the western…

Staël, Germaine de

(Encyclopedia) Staël, Germaine deStaël, Germaine dezhĕrmĕnˈ də stäl [key], 1766–1817, French-Swiss woman of letters, whose full name was Anne Louise Germaine Necker, baronne de Staël-Holstein. Born…