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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Word of The Day

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Subtopia: Pejorative term derived from 'suburb' and 'utopia', meaning an area that is neither urban nor rural.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Word of The Day

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Benefic: Of, having, or exerting a favorable influence.

News; Climate Change, Water Use Threaten Lake Mead

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Sid Perkins If climate changes as expected, and future water use goes unchecked, there's a 50 percent chance tha...

Today In History; Victor Hugo, Poet

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1802: Victor Hugo was one of France's most powerful and popular Romantic authors. He wrote a large number of poems and was as important ...
Monday, February 25, 2008

News; Harriet Tubman: Civil War Spy

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Text by Catherine Clarke Fox Tubman was often called Moses, after a Biblical hero who led his people out of slavery in Egypt. Photogra...

Today In History; Elizabeth I of England Excommunicated

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1570: At the end of the 16th century, England was religiously divided and Elizabeth's reign marked by religious tension. She had restore...

Word of The Day

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Dodgery: Evasion, trickery. Sentence: Thieves are very good at dodgery.
Friday, February 22, 2008

Jane Austen

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:*({Introduction})*: Jane Austen was an English novelist whose books, ...

News; The Secret Language of Dolphins

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Scientists are studying wild and captive dolphins to decipher their secret language. Dolphins can swim at a speed of 20 miles (32 kilometer...

Today in History; Cloning of Dolly Announced

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Dolly was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. The technique used place...
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