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Lobster FAQ

Source: National Marine Fisheries Services' Northeast Fisheries Science CenterHow many kinds of lobsters are there in the United States? Two kinds of lobster-like crustaceans exist in U.S. waters…

Ebola Fact Sheet

Facts and stats about the virus   2014 West Africa Ebola Virus Outbreak Map Related Links Ebola FAQs Common Infectious Diseases Worldwide Medical Advances…

Taliban Timeline

Key dates in the history of the Taliban and Contemporary Afghanistan by Laura Hayes and Borgna Brunner 1979-2000 2001 2002-2006 2006-present 2002 January The Taliban officially…

America's Most Endangered Places 2007

Brooklyn's Industrial Waterfront among American sites most at risk by Mark Zurlo Greer Spring, Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered…

Phrases: Verbal Phrases: Talk Soup

Verbal Phrases: Talk SoupPhrasesIntroductionPrepositional Phrases: The Big Daddy of PhrasesAppositives: Something More for Your MoneyVerbal Phrases: Talk Soup A verbal is a verb form used as…

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

(Encyclopedia) Rossetti, Dante GabrielRossetti, Dante Gabrieldănˈtē gāˈbrēəl [key]Rossetti, Dante Gabriel rōsĕtˈē [key], 1828–82, English poet and painter; son of Gabriele Rossetti and brother of…

tiger

(Encyclopedia) tiger, large carnivore of the cat family, Panthera tigris, found in the forests of Asia. There are six subspecies of P. tigris: Amur or Siberian, Sumatran, Malayan, North Indochinese,…

sporting dog

(Encyclopedia) sporting dog, classification used by breeders and kennel clubs to designate dogs bred for pointing, flushing, and retrieving game. These dogs hunt by air scent—as opposed to most…