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Midwinter in the southern hemisphere comes in June and July,
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Columnist: George Orwell’s book 1984 has exercised much influence on a
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We can distinguish three different realms of matter, three l
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A common misconception is that color refers only to a wavele
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In a recent psychological survey, participants aged 40 to 60 were aske
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Editorial: In order to preserve the health of its local economy, Metro
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When school administrators translate educational research in
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Though he left us with numerous great works and, to be sure,
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Precipitationin the form of dew in the warmer months and frost
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When a major fire occurs in the city of Springfield, the number of med
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Letter to the editor: Proposition Q, a controversial measure on this
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Last year, after the number of subway riders who had had their pockets
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The current administration and Congress have once again practiced bad
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Although we manufacture one hundred types of mobile phones, we current
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The number of stray dogs picked up in Ford City last year by
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Roger Rosenblatt's book Black Fiction, in attempting to ap
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The US Constitution established both gold and silver as the
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Paleoanthropologists have long believed that the growth of the human
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QOTD # 6-7-8-9 What causes a helix in nature to appear with
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Consider three fish swimming together in a school. The space
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A pioneering figure in modern sociology, French social theorist Emile
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At the Freedom Party presidential nominating convention, Candidate Aku
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Low levels of calcium in the blood are known to cause laryngeal polyps
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A new weight-loss drug causes the loss of body fat in all patients who
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In Don Giovanni, what is perhaps Mozart’s best-known opera,
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Certain oil companies have been called poor corporate citizens because
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Some animals, such as dolphins, dogs, and African grey parrots, seem
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The idea of medical nanotechnology often conjures up the potentially
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Species interdependence in nature confers many benefits on the species
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Consumer Advocate: Happy Smiles Daycare, a popular child-car
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