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Defining Hate Crimes

No longer a Black and White issue by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco This article was posted on August 18, 1999. Buford O. Furrow opened fire at a Jewish community center. The avowed White supremacist…

Long Island, island, United States

(Encyclopedia) Long Island (1990 pop. 6,861,454), 1,723 sq mi (4,463 sq km), 118 mi (190 km) long, and from 12 to 20 mi (19–32 km) wide, SE N.Y.; fourth largest island of the United States and the…

walnut

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Black walnut, Juglans nigra walnut, common name for some members of the Juglandaceae, a family of chiefly deciduous, resinous trees characterized by large and aromatic compound…

Brewer's: O'riel

A fairy whose empire lay along the banks of the Thames, when King Oberon held his court in Kensington Gardens. (Tickell: Kensington Gardens.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Human Resource Manager

Nora A. Burns Tell us about your work-what do you do? My current position is with a Third Party Logistics Provider with approximately 1,0000 employees overall and…

Make Sense of Scholarships

by Roxana Hadad, FastWeb.com Scholarship dollars come from sources as diverse as the students who receive them. An understanding of who's giving away this money for college will help you…

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Introduction

Introduction Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Omar Khayyam was born at Naishapur in Khorassan in the latter half of our Eleventh, and died within the First Quarter of…

Brewer's: Oriflamme

(3 syl.). First used in France as a national banner in 1119. It consisted of a crimson flag mounted on a gilt staff (un glaive tout doré ou est attaché une bannière vermeille). The flag…

Eating Disorders: Therapies

The best therapy combines treatment of mind and body Related Links Eating Disorders: An Overview The Eating Disordered Athlete Eating Disorders: Profile of a…

Who Were These Great Romantic Icons?

The world is full of love and romance. But what do you know about these iconic individuals who have gone down in history as some of the most love-orientated people to ever exist?