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The Supreme Court: Saving Wetlands

Saving WetlandsThe Supreme CourtDeciding Property RightsProtecting Land and HomeSaving WetlandsProtecting Patents, Copyrights and TrademarksTrademark for Sex Shop Anthony Palazzolo owned…

DK Science: Digestive System

PARTS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MOUTH STOMACH INTESTINES FIND OUT MORE The job of the digestive system is to break down the food we eat into smaller units called nutrients. The nutrients…

Chemistry: Heterogeneous Equilibria

Heterogeneous EquilibriaChemistrySolution Chemistry/emical EquilibriaWhat Is an Equilibrium?Equilibrium ConstantsHeterogeneous EquilibriaDisturbing Equilibria: Le Chtelier's Principle All of the…

endocytosis

(Encyclopedia) endocytosisendocytosisĕnˌdōsītōˈsəs [key], in biology, process by which substances are taken into the cell. When the cell membrane comes into contact with a suitable food, a portion of…

2008 Year in Review

2008 Year in Review Top events for the nation and the world News and Analysis News of the Nation Historic Presidential Election • Obama Assembles a Centrist…

Emanuel, Rahm Israel

(Encyclopedia) Emanuel, Rahm Israel, 1959–, American politician, b. Chicago, grad. Sarah Lawrence College (B.A., 1981), Northwestern Univ. (M.A., 1985). A seasoned Democratic power broker and skilled…

Tarleton, Sir Banastre

(Encyclopedia) Tarleton, Sir BanastreTarleton, Sir Banastrebăˈnəstər tärlˈtən [key], 1754–1833, British army officer in the American Revolution. He arrived (1775) in America with General Cornwallis…

Yousafzai, Malala

(Encyclopedia) Yousafzai, Malala, 1997–, Pakistani advocate for girls' education. When Islamic militants took control of her native Swat in 2009, she wrote—with the encouragement of her father, an…

State Department Notes on Germany

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-German Relations PEOPLEMost inhabitants of Germany are ethnic…