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November 2011 Current Events: U.S. News
World News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in U. S. news for the month of November…The Supreme Court: Accepting Homosexuality
Accepting HomosexualityThe Supreme CourtSeparating Government PowersWho's in Control—the States or the Federal Government?Killing Gun ControlSupporting Family LeaveAccepting Homosexuality…Combining Rational Expressions
Combining Rational Expressions Algebra Rational Expressions Simplifying Rational Expressions Combining Rational Expressions Multiplying and Dividing Rationally Encountering Complex Fractions…Brewer's: Cut
To renounce acquaintance. There are four sorts of cut—(1) The cut direct is to stare an acquaintance in the face and pretend not to know him. (2) The cut indirect, to look another way, and…Brewer's: Back and Edge
Entirely, heartily, tooth and nail, with might and main. The reference is to a wedge driven home to split wood. “They were working back and edge for me.” —Boldrewood: Robbery under Arms…Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 2
Part 2Houses and rooms are full of perfumes, the shelves are crowded with perfumes, I breathe the fragrance myself and know it and like it, The distillation would intoxicate me also, but…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 8, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 7, 1805April 9, 1805April 8, 1805 April 8th Set out early this morning, the wind blew hard against us from the N. W. we therefore traveled…Amy Lowell: A Japanese Wood-Carving
A Japanese Wood-CarvingHigh up above the open, welcoming door It hangs, a piece of wood with colours dim. Once, long ago, it was a waving tree And knew the sun and shadow through the leaves…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: The Kingdom of Cards, VI
by Rabindranath Tagore V VII VI Where are vanished now their prim, round, regular, complacent features? Here is a face full of love-sick longing. Here is a heart heating wild with regrets.…June 2002 Disasters
June–early July, mainly western U.S.: Several major wildfires burned throughout the West and Southwest, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes. The Hayman fire in the Pike…Trending
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