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How does this disabling state occur?

Related Links Use of Alternative Therapies for Common Medical Conditions, 1997Mental Illness in AmericaThe SeasonsSeasons in the N. Hemisphere, 1999Seasons in the N. Hemisphere, 2000The human…

Memphis, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) MemphisMemphismĕmˈfĭs [key], city (1990 pop. 610,337), seat of Shelby co., SW Tenn., on the Fourth, or Lower, Chickasaw Bluff above the Mississippi, at the mouth of the Wolf River; inc…

sharecropping

(Encyclopedia) sharecropping, an agricultural system in which a landowner allows a tenant to use their land in return for a share of the crop produced…

Eliot, George

(Encyclopedia) Eliot, George, pseud. of Mary Ann or Marian Evans, 1819–80, English novelist, b. Arbury, Warwickshire. One of the great English novelists, she was reared in a strict atmosphere of…

student movements

(Encyclopedia) student movements, designation given to the ideas and activities of student groups involved in social protest. Historically, student movements have been in existence almost as long as…

Two Centuries of Railroading

Source: Association of American Railroads. Web: www.aar.org .1797The steam locomotive is invented in England. 1823The first public railway in the world opens in England.1827The first railroad in…

Atlanta Compromise

by Booker T. Washington Speech at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Board of Directors and Citizens: One-third of the…

chronic fatigue syndrome

(Encyclopedia) chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), collection of persistent, debilitating symptoms, the most notable of which is severe, lasting fatigue. It is also…