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Benn, Anthony Wedgwood

(Encyclopedia) Benn, Anthony Wedgwood (Tony Benn), 1925–2014, British politician, b. London, grad. New College, Oxford. After working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (1949–50), he was…

Walt Whitman: To a Common Prostitute

To a Common ProstituteBe composed—be at ease with me—I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty as Nature, Not till the sun excludes you do I exclude you, Not till the waters refuse to glisten…

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…

Decimal Equivalents of Common Fractions

1/2 .50001/3 .33331/4 .25001/5 .20001/6 .16671/7 .14291/8 .12501/9 .11111/10 .10001/11 .09091/12 .08331/16 .06251/32 .03131/64 .01562/3 .66672/5 .40002/7 .28572/9 .22222/11…

Common Usage Dilemmas: Introduction

IntroductionCommon Usage DilemmasIntroductionDangling Modifiers: CounterintelligenceMisplaced Modifiers: Lost and FoundMixed Metaphors: A Dollar Late and a Day ShortSplit Infinitives: To Boldly Go…

Algebra: Greatest Common Factors

Greatest Common Factors Algebra Factoring Polynomials Greatest Common Factors Factoring by Grouping Special Factoring Patterns Factoring Trinomials Using Their Coefficients Factoring with the…

Childhood Diseases: The Common Cold

The Common ColdChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of Childhood…

Common signs of acute anxiety

Anxiety is one of the most readily accessible and easily understood of the major symptoms of mental disorders. Each of us encounters anxiety in many forms throughout the course of our routine…

Common signs of mood disorders

Most of us have an immediate and intuitive understanding of the notion of mood. We readily comprehend what it means to feel sad or happy. These concepts are nonetheless very difficult to formulate…

Common Infectious Diseases Worldwide

Sources: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC); The World Health Organization (WHO). The following is a list of the most common infectious diseases throughout the world today. Accurate caseload…