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antibiotic

(Encyclopedia) antibiotic, any of a variety of substances, usually obtained from microorganisms, that inhibit the growth of or destroy certain other microorganisms. Although for centuries…

drugs

(Encyclopedia) drugs, substances used in medicine either externally or internally for curing, alleviating, or preventing a disease or deficiency. At the turn of the century only a few medically…

1946 Academy Awards

The 1946 Academy Awards were presented March 13, 1947 at the Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles.Best Motion PictureThe Best Years of Our Lives (Goldwyn; RKO Radio)Henry V (J. Arthur Rank-…

Book Twelve

Book Twelve   All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road, thou canst have now, if thou dost not refuse them to thyself. And this means, if thou wilt take no…

Peter Pan: The Little House

The Island Come True The Home Under the Ground The Little House Foolish Tootles was standing like a conqueror over Wendy's body when the other boys sprang, armed, from their trees…

The Boys

The BoysWhile Nat takes a good long sleep, I will tell my little readers something about the boys, among whom he found himself when he woke up. To begin with our old friends. Franz was a tall…

Federalist No. 43

No 42 No 44 The Same Subject Continued(The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered) For the Independent Journal.Madison To the People of the State of…

The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 43

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 42Federalist No. 44Federalist No. 43 The Same Subject Continued(The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered…

Brewer's: Misnomers

Absalom means a Father's Peace, a fatal name for David's rebellious son. Acid (sour) applied in chemistry to a class of bodies to which sourness is only accidental and by no means a…