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Darwin's finches
(Encyclopedia) Darwin's finches or Galapagos finchesDarwin's finchesgəläˈpəgōsˌ [key], species of small perching birds, constituting the subfamily Geospizinae of the tanager family. Not related to…Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn was a Hollywood screen star because of her movies in the 1980s, most notably the blockbuster comedy Private Benjamin. She started as a dancer, first in New York and then in Los Angeles.…Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman is the actress to whom Humphrey Bogart says "Here's looking at you, kid" in the 1942 film Casablanca. She came to Hollywood from Sweden in 1939 and became a tremendous star in the…Desert
A desert is an area where little or no life exists because of a lack of water. Scientists estimate that about one-fifth of the earth's land surface is desert. Deserts can be found on every…Goldie Hawn Biography
Goldie HawnactressBorn: 11/21/1945Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Considered one of the few bankable actresses in Hollywood for her ability to produce hits, Hawn's long career has seen her progress from…Lauren Bacall
Name at birth: Betty Joan PerskeLauren Bacall was a star of stage and screen who was best known for her debut in 1944's To Have and Have Not, opposite Humphrey Bogart, whom she married in 1945. She…Tohono O'Odham
(Encyclopedia) Tohono O'OdhamTohono O'Odhamtōhōˈnō ō-ōˈdəm [key] or PapagoTohono O'Odhampăpˈəgōˌ, päˈ– [key], Native North Americans speaking a language that belongs to the Uto-Aztecan branch of the…Walt Whitman: O Magnet-South
O Magnet-SouthO magnet-south! O glistening perfumed South! my South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! good and evil! O all dear to me! O dear to me my birth-things—all moving…Geology of the Grand Canyon: Chapter Vi. The Kaibab.
CHAPTER V. THE TOROWEAP AND UINKARET.CHAPTER VII. POINT SUBLIME.CHAPTER VI. THE KAIBAB.The Kaibab is the loftiest of the four plateaus through which the the Grand Cañon extends. It is from 1…iguana
(Encyclopedia) iguanaiguanaĭgwäˈnə [key], name for several large lizards of the family Iguanidae, found in tropical America and the Galapagos. The common iguana (Iguana iguana) is a tree-living,…