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silverfish

(Encyclopedia) silverfish, common name for primitive, wingless insects of the family Lepismatidae. The silverfish, which has two long antennae and three long tail bristles, is named for its covering…

decimal system

(Encyclopedia) decimal system [Lat.,=of tenths], numeration system based on powers of 10. A number is written as a row of digits, with each position in the row corresponding to a certain power of 10…

Walt Whitman: What Place Is Besieged?

What Place Is Besieged?What place is besieged, and vainly tries to raise the siege? Lo, I send to that place a commander, swift, brave, immortal, And with him horse and foot, and parks of…

America's Most Endangered Places 2002

Eleven historic sites in danger of being lost forever In a report released in early June 2002, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (www.nationaltrust.org ) listed 11 historic sites across…

America's Most Endangered Places 2003

Eleven historic sites in danger of being lost forever In a report released in late May 2003, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (www.nationaltrust.org ) listed 11 historic sites across…

America's Most Endangered Places 2004

Eleven historic sites in danger of being lost forever In a report released in late May 2004, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (www.nationaltrust.org ) listed 11 historic sites across…

America's Most Endangered Places 2005

Finca Vigía, National Landscape Conservation System, King Island and “The Journey Through Hallowed Ground” Corridor Endangered In a report released in June 2005, the National Trust for Historic…

America's Most Endangered Places 2006

The Smithsonian Institution and the World Trade Center stairs are considered endangered properties by Mark Zurlo Arts and Industries Building of Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.…

America's Most Endangered Places 2007

Brooklyn's Industrial Waterfront among American sites most at risk by Mark Zurlo Greer Spring, Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered…

America's Most Endangered Places 2009

Mount Taylor in Grants, New Mexico is among American sites most at risk by Elizabeth Olson America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered Places 2007America's Most Endangered Places…