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(Encyclopedia) telemarketing, the practice of selling goods or services to customers by means of the telephone or of surveying consumer preferences in telephone conversations. Telemarketing firms use…Canyonlands National Park
(Encyclopedia) Canyonlands National Park, 337,598 acres (136,679 hectares), SE Utah; est. 1964. Located in a desert region, the park contains a maze of deep canyons and many unusual features carved…Cabell, Branch
(Encyclopedia) Cabell, Branch (James Branch Cabell)Cabell, Branchkăˈbəl [key], 1879–1958, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va., grad. William and Mary, 1898. After various experiences as a journalist…benefice
(Encyclopedia) beneficebeneficebĕnˈəfĭs [key], in canon law, a position in the church that has attached to it a source of income; also, more narrowly, that income itself. The occupant of a benefice…toadfish
(Encyclopedia) toadfish, common name for the sluggish, bottom-feeding fishes of the family Batrachoididae, found mainly in marine and brackish waters worldwide. Toadfishes feed largely on crustaceans…Thorvaldsen, Albert Bertel
(Encyclopedia) Thorvaldsen or Thorwaldsen, Albert BertelThorvaldsen or Thorwaldsen, Albert Bertelboth: älˈbĕrt bĕrˈtəl tôrˈvälsən [key], 1770–1844, Danish sculptor, b. Copenhagen. In 1797 he went to…Taos, town, United States
(Encyclopedia) TaosTaostous [key], town (1990 pop. 4,065), alt. c.7,000 ft (2,130 m), seat of Taos co., N N.Mex., between the Rio Grande and the Sangre de Cristo Mts.; founded c.1615, inc. 1934. In…Vesalius, Andreas
(Encyclopedia) Vesalius, AndreasVesalius, Andreasvĭsāˈlēəs [key], 1514–64, Flemish anatomist. He made many discoveries in anatomy and became noted as professor of anatomy at the Univ. of Padua. There…women's clubs
(Encyclopedia) women's clubs, groups that offer social, recreational, and cultural activities for adult females. Particularly strong in the United States, they became an important part of American…adaptive radiation
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Adaptive radiation in Hawaiian honey-creepers adaptive radiation, in biology, the evolution of an ancestral species, which was adapted to a particular way of life, into many…Trending
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