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Plant Kingdom

(or Plantae ) Virtually all other living creatures depend on plants to survive. Through photosynthesis, plants convert energy from sunlight into…

Year in Review, 2008

News of the nation in 2008 from the financial crisis to the presidential election Ben Bernanke Related Links 2008 Year in…

Movies and Film: It's Art, Stupid!

It's Art, Stupid!Movies and FilmFrench Film HistoryIt's Art, Stupid!A Century of Cinematic SplendorBefore the WarSurfing the "New Wave"The Eighties and NinetiesTen Fabulous French Films Perhaps…

Classical Mythology: Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering HeroClassical MythologyEven the Wisest Cannot See: Oedipus the KingExile and Triumphant ReturnHail the Conquering HeroA Tainted Legacy: The Curse of Oedipus Oedipus was hailed as…

Advent: Dates, Traditions, and History

The start of the Christmas season by Holly Hartman Want to know what day Advent begins next year? Use the perpetual calendar. The Advent wreath is a symbol of ongoing life…

Dewey, John

(Encyclopedia) Dewey, John, 1859–1952, American philosopher and educator, b. Burlington, Vt., grad. Univ. of Vermont, 1879, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1884. He taught at the universities of Minnesota (1888…

grain, in agriculture

(Encyclopedia) grain, in agriculture, term referring to the caryopsis, or dry fruit, of a cereal grass. The term is also applied to the seedlike fruits of buckwheat and of certain other plants and is…

centipede

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Centipede, representative of the class Chilopoda centipede, common name for members of a single class, Chilopoda, of the phylum Arthropoda. Centipedes are the most familiar of…