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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…

1998 National Medal of Science Recipients

Bruce N. Ames, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, for changing…

Geometry: Proofs About Quadrilaterals

Proofs About QuadrilateralsGeometryProofs About QuadrilateralsWhen Is a Quadrilateral a Parallelogram?When Is a Parallelogram a Rectangle?When Is a Parallelogram a Rhombus?When Is a Parallelogram a…

Salmon Portland CHASE, Congress, OH (1808-1873)

Senate Years of Service: 1849-1855; 1861-1861 Party: Free Soil; Republican CHASE Salmon Portland , a Senator from Ohio; born in Cornish, N.H., January 13, 1808; attended schools at Windsor, Vermont…

How Many Languages Are There?

A confusion of tongues  According to Ethnologue, the premier source of linguistic data, there are 7,139 spoken languages in the world today. 1,514 of those have fewer than 1,000 living speakers. A…

Meteorites from Mars

Thirty-four meteorites, almost certainly from Mars, have been discovered as of May 2006. They are known as SNCs1 (named for the towns where the original 12 meteorites were found: Shergotty,…

Summer and Smoke

By: Tennessee WilliamsDirector: David WarrenSets: Derek McLaneCostumes: Martin PakledinazLighting: Brian MacDevittMusic and Sound: John GromadaCasting: Pat McCorkleProduction Stage Manager:…

2002 Nobel Prize Winners

Peace: Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States, was cited for “his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human…