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Writing Well: Stop, Thief!

Stop, Thief!Writing WellIn the End ZoneCredit Given HereStop, Thief!Light at the End of the Tunnel As you learned in “Paper Chase,” you write a research paper to argue a thesis. To do so, you cite…

Disease-Carrying Animals

Animals can carry diseases that are harmful to people. Here is a list of animals and the diseases they may carry.Photographed by Ernie Frank, the TAMU Department of Agricultural…

patent

(Encyclopedia) patent, in law, governmental grant of some privilege, property, or authority. Today patent refers to the granting to the inventor of a useful product or process the privilege to…

Escherichia coli

(Encyclopedia) Escherichia coliEscherichia coliĕshˌərĭkˈēə kōˈlī [key], common bacterium that normally inhabits the intestinal tracts of humans and animals, but can cause infection in other parts of…

noise pollution

(Encyclopedia) noise pollution, human-created noise harmful to health or welfare. Transportation vehicles are the worst offenders, with aircraft, railroad stock, trucks, buses, automobiles, and…

diary

(Encyclopedia) diary [Lat.,=day], a daily record of events and observations. As distinguished from memoir (an account of events placed in perspective by the author long after they have occurred), the…

heroin

(Encyclopedia) heroinheroinhĕˈrəwən [key], opiate drug synthesized from morphine (see narcotic). Originally produced in 1874, it was thought to be not only nonaddictive but useful as a cure for…

Dentist

Mark S. Jacobs, D.D.S. Tell us about your work--what do you do? I'm in general dentistry , serving people from two or three years old up to the elderly…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 21, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 20, 1806March 22, 1806March 21, 1806 Friday March 21st 1806. As we could not set out we thought it best to send out some hunters and…