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Democratic National Convention Keynote Address

'Divide and Conquer' RepublicansWhat They Do/What They Say'To Be All That We Can Be' Now, we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a…

Geology of the Grand Canyon: Corrasion.

WEATHERING.CORRASION.Mr. G. K. Gilbert has embodied in his admirable monograph on the Henry Mountains, a chapter on Land Sculpture, which sets forth in most logical and condensed from the…

erosion

(Encyclopedia) erosionerosionĭrōˈzhən [key], general term for the processes by which the surface of the earth is constantly being worn away. The principal agents are gravity, running water, near-…

World Heritage Sites in the United States

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has identified 878 World Heritage sites that it considers of “outstanding universal value.“ In the United States…

Books Under Fire

Banned Books Week calls attention to the most challenged and banned books in the U.S. by Borgna Brunner More information on Banned Books Week American Library…

lake, body of water

(Encyclopedia) lake, inland body of standing water occupying a hollow in the earth's surface. The study of lakes and other freshwater basins is known as limnology. Lakes are of particular importance…

Who Then Will Speak for the Common Good?

by Barbara Jordan Democratic Convention Keynote Address One hundred and fourty-four years ago, members of the Democratic Party first net in convention to select a Presidential…

Principal Deserts of the World

Deserts are arid regions, generally receiving less than ten inches of precipitation a year, or regions where the potential evaporation rate is twice as great as the precipitation. The world'…