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The Age of Abolitionism

Notable Figures in Abolitionism   Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders Religious Leaders Scientists…

Algebra: Investigating Variation

Investigating Variation Algebra Rational Equations and Inequalities Solving Rational Equations Proportions and Cross Multiplying Investigating Variation Solving Rational Inequalities There…

Home Run Derby for Baseball's 2000 Season

Results of the All-Star Home Run Derby at Turner Field, Atlanta, Ga. on July 10. Avg. refers to the average distance traveled by the home runs, in feet. First Round   No. Long Sammy Sosa…

Nick's Time Travel Essay

Crossing the Delaware with George Washington Related Links American Revolution How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay…

The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

by W. B. Yeats This BookBelief and UnbeliefA Teller of Tales Many of the tales in this book were told me by one Paddy Flynn, a little bright-eyed old man, who lived in a leaky and one-…

vineyard

(Encyclopedia) vineyard, land on which cultivation of the grape—known as viticulture—takes place. As many as 40 varieties of grape, Vitis vinifera, are known. The few that grow wild are generally not…

Brewer's: Bonus

A bounty over and above the interest of a share in any company. (Latin, bonus quæstus, a good profit or bounty. The interest or fruit of money put out in an investment was by the Romans…

Brewer's: Cestus

in Homer, is the girdle of Venus, of magical power to move to ardent love. In Jerusalem Delivered, Armida wore a similar cestus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…

Brewer's: Chimaera

[kimera]. An illusory fancy, a wild, incongruous scheme, a castle in the air. Homer describes the chimæra as a monster with a goat's body, a lion's head, and a dragon's tail. It was born…