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(Encyclopedia) Sand Creek, Colorado, site of a massacre (1864) of Cheyenne by Col. John M. Chivington and his Colorado Volunteers. The Cheyennes, led by Black Kettle, had offered to make peace and,…child labor
(Encyclopedia) child labor, use of the young as workers in factories, farms, mines, and other facilities, especially in work that is physically hazardous or morally, socially, or mentally harmful,…child abuse
(Encyclopedia) child abuse, physical, sexual, or emotional maltreatment or neglect of children by parents, guardians, or others responsible for a child's welfare. Physical abuse is characterized by…child welfare
(Encyclopedia) child welfare, services provided for the care of disadvantaged children. Foundling institutions for orphans and abandoned children were the earliest attempts at child care, usually…Child, Julia
(Encyclopedia) Child, Julia, 1912–2004, American cooking teacher, author, and television personality, b. Pasadena, Calif., as Julia Carolyn McWilliams. In the early 1940s both she and her husband-to-…Walt Whitman: Sands at Seventy
Sands at SeventyMannahattaPaumanokFrom Montauk PointTo Those Who've Fail'dA Carol Closing Sixty-NineThe Bravest SoldiersA Font of TypeAs I Sit Writing HereMy Canary BirdQueries to My…Brewer's: Sand-man is about
(The). (See Dustman.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SandsSand-blind A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Sand, George
(Encyclopedia) Sand, GeorgeSand, Georgesănd, Fr. zhôrzh säN [key], pseud. of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, baronne DudevantSand, GeorgeämäNdēnˈ ôrôrˈ lüsēˈ düpăN, bärônˈ düdväNˈ [key], 1804–76, French…Sand Springs
(Encyclopedia) Sand Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,346), Tulsa co., NE Okla., an industrial suburb of Tulsa, on the Arkansas River; founded 1907. There are oil and natural-gas wells and food-processing…dune
(Encyclopedia) dune, mound or ridge of wind-blown sand formed in arid regions and along coasts. Dunes are common in most of the great deserts of the world. Often a dune begins to form because…Trending
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