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As a practical matter, the copper
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It would be expected that a novel by a figure
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To describe a style as Faulknerian or Beckettian or Nabokovi
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As the works of dozens of women writers have been rescued fr
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, it was believed by many in c
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In the early years of television, Vladimir Zworykin was cons
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According to most scientists, the universe began approximat
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Each year, fires in the United States cause $ 12 billion in
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Rain-soaked soil contains less oxygen than does drier soil.
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In periods when there are more qualified candidates than job
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Insecticide Q is noteworthy both for its control of pests that attack
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The more that is discovered about the intricate organization
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By 1950, the results of attempts to relate brain processes t
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The stability that had marked the Iroquois Confederacy’s gen
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When the manufacturer of Voltage, a major soft drink, change
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Infection is the biggest threat to the life of a burn patien
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Art Historian: Recently, computer analysis has revealed that
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Exterminator: Using poisoned food is the most effective tact
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In early-twentieth-century England, it was fashionable to cl
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An industry analyst asserted in his recent report that the relative
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Isadora Duncan's masterly writings on the di:lnCe reveal the
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In our state, many a couple with teenage kids has fallen
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Scholars often fail to see that music playe
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During World War I, the issue of neutral rights on the seas
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Og_VPR # 22-23-24 Experts have differed about where the genu
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QOTD # 1 That sales can be increased by the presence of sunl
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The social sciences are less likely than other intellectual
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A common misconception is that color refers only to a wavele
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Whenever Ned is outdoors and the sun is shining, Ned wears h
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Volcanic rock that forms as fluid lava chills rapidly is cal
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Most scholarship regarding the sudden disappearance of the O
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In its 1903 decision in the case of Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, the United
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For the last five years, the XYZ Courier Company has made regular deli
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Picture-taking is a technique both for annexing the objectiv
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Two relatively recent independent developments stand behind
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In eighteenth-century France and England, r
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Historians have long recognized the traditional Japanese swo
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Quantum mechanics is a highly successful theory:
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