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The Worst United States Man-Made Disasters: Levee Breaks After Hurricane Katrina
Jennie Wood 1. Flint Water Crisis 2. Hurricane Katrina 3. BP Gulf Oil Spill 4. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 5. Three Mile Island 6. St. Francis Dam 7. Picher Lead 8…Brewer's: Splay
is a contraction of display (to unfold; Latin, dis-plico A splay window is one in a V-shape, the external opening being very wide, to admit as much light as possible, but the inner opening…Brewer's: Ipso Facto
Irrespective of all external considerations of right or wrong; absolutely; by the very deed itself. It sometimes means the act itself carries the consequences (as excommunication without…Brewer's: Column
The Alexandrine Column. Made of granite; in memory of the Emperor Alexander. The Column of Antoninus. At Rome; made of marble, 176 feet high; in memory of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius…Brewer's: Chrysalis
[ch = k]. The form which caterpillars assume before they are converted into butterflies or moths. The chrysalis is also called an aurelia, from the Latin aurum, gold. The external covering…Brewer's: Bailey
The space enclosed within the external walls of a castle, not including the “Keep.” The entrance was over a drawbridge, and through the embattled gate (Middle-age Latin balium or ballium,…Pitcairn Islands Map
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Greenland Profile: History · Government · Economy · Population Greenland Information Encyclopedia: Greenland In-depth entries covering: Economy,…Turks and Caicos Islands Map
Turks and Caicos Islands Profile: History · Government · Economy · Population Turks and Caicos Islands Information Encyclopedia: Turks and Caicos Islands…Republic of Congo Map
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