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Brewer's: Rift in the Lute
(A). A small defect which mars the general result. Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. It is the little rift within the lute That by-and-by will make the music mute, And eyer…Great Rift Valley
(Encyclopedia) Great Rift Valley, geological fault system of SW Asia and E Africa. It extends c.3,000 mi (4,830 km) from N Syria to central Mozambique. The northernmost extension runs S through Syria…September 2000 Disasters
Sept. 9, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China: 60 people were killed when a truck carrying explosives blew up on a major artery in the city's western suburbs.mid-September, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam…plate tectonics
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Plate tectonics: Map of the world showing major plates and plate boundaries CE5 Plate tectonics: Schematic model of the oceanic crust, showing the three types of plate…Brewer's: Ariel
A spirit of the air and guardian of innocence. He was enslaved to the witch Sycorax, who overtasked him; and in punishment for not doing what was beyond his power, shut him up in a pine-…Brewer's: Rig
A piece of fun, a practical joke. The Scotch say of a man who indulges in intoxication, “He goes the rig.” The same word is applied in Scotland to a certain portion or division of a field…Brewer's: Rifle
is from the German reifeln (to hollow into tubes). In 1851 the French minié rifle was partially supplied to the British army. In 1853 it was superseded by the Enfield rifle, which has…Rocky Mountain High
A guide to the 2003 Winter X Games by John Gettings Related Links Winter & Summer X GamesOlympic Snowboarding ResultsOlympic Preview: SnowboardingSummer X GamesUS Ski Team Int'l Ski Fed.Int'l…Cenozoic era
(Encyclopedia) Cenozoic eraCenozoic erasēnəzōˈĭk, sĕn– [key], last major division of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale, tablegeologic timescale, table) lasting from 65 million years ago to the…Jeremiah Wright
Jeremiah Wright was pastor and spiritual advisor to Barack Obama until the two became estranged during the 2008 presidential campaign over Wright's controversial sermons and public remarks. The…Trending
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