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Portinari, Cândido
(Encyclopedia) Portinari, CândidoPortinari, Cândidokänˈdēᵺō pôrtēnäˈrē [key], 1903–62, Brazilian painter. He studied at the National School of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. In 1928 a European…Santos-Dumont, Alberto
(Encyclopedia) Santos-Dumont, AlbertoSantos-Dumont, Albertoälbĕrˈt&oobreve; sänˈt&oobreve;zh-dümôNˈ [key], 1873–1932, Brazilian aeronaut. The son of a wealthy coffee grower, he was a…Intermediate-Level Science Projects: Does Caffeine Increase Heart Rate?
Does Caffeine Increase Heart Rate?Intermediate-Level Science ProjectsHow Fast Are You? Testing and Measuring ReflexesDetermining Your Speediest ShoesDoes Caffeine Increase Heart Rate? Does your mom…Hadhramaut
(Encyclopedia) Hadhramaut or HadramautHadhramautboth: hädrəmoutˈ, –môtˈ [key], region, S Arabia, on the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, occupying the southeastern part of Yemen. Historically, the…Luanda
(Encyclopedia) LuandaLuandal&oomacr;ănˈdə, –änˈdə [key], city (1995 est. pop. 3,000,000), capital of Angola, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It is Angola's largest city, its chief port, and its…chicory
(Encyclopedia) chicorychicorychĭkˈərē [key] or succorychicorysŭkˈərē [key], Mediterannean herb (Cichorium intybus) of the family Asteraceae (aster family), naturalized in North America, where the…Davao
(Encyclopedia) Davao Davao dävouˈ [key], city, Davao del Sur prov., SE Mindanao, the Philippines, at the…Murray, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Murray, Elizabeth, 1940–2007, American abstract artist, b. Chicago. She moved in 1967 to New York, where she became part of the post-minimalism generation of artists in the 1970s. In…Port-au-Prince
(Encyclopedia) Port-au-PrincePort-au-Princepôrt-ə-prĭnsˈ, Fr. pôr-tō-prăNsˈ [key], city (1995 est. pop. 846,200), capital of Haiti, SW Haiti, on a bay at the end of the Gulf of Gonâve. The country's…senna
(Encyclopedia) senna, any plant of the genus Sennia (formerly placed in Cassia), leguminous herbs, shrubs, and trees of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), most common in warm regions. Some…Trending
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