There are many things you can do to help save the environment. You can begin by reading the books and pamphlets in your school or public library. Below is a list of some of the most active…
A pre-Halloween storm of scary proportions by Catherine McNiff The eye of the storm bears down on the eastern seaboard Hurricane Links Hurricane Katrina TimelineHurricane Season 2008Maps…
Dethroning a PresidentThe Supreme CourtBurger CourtPolitical Firestorm That FizzledDethroning a PresidentStarting the Abortion DebateActivism Takes Over the Court Ironically President Nixon…
(Encyclopedia) ArthropodaArthropodaärthrŏpˈədə [key] [Gr.,=jointed feet], largest and most diverse animal phylum. The arthropods include crustaceans, insects, centipedes, millipedes, spiders,…
(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…
(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…
(Encyclopedia) PythagorasPythagoraspĭthăgˈərəs [key], c.582–c.507 b.c., pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, founder of the Pythagorean school. He migrated from his native Samos to Crotona and established…
(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…
(Amendments I to X inclusive, popularly known as the Bill of Rights, were proposed and sent to the states by the first session of the First Congress. They were ratified Dec. 15, 1791.)Amendment I[…
(Encyclopedia) flag, piece of cloth, usually bunting or similar light material, plain, colored, or bearing a device, varying in size and shape, but often oblong or square, used as an ensign, standard…
