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Genetically Modified Foods

For thousands of years, farmers have improved their crops by crossbreeding plants that have good traits. They take pollen from one plant and add it to the flowers of another plant to produce a…

Dean Stockwell

(Robert Dean Stockwell)actorBorn: 3/5/1936Birthplace: North Hollywood, California During the 1940s Stockwell was a popular child actor, appearing with Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945) and in…

Frank D. LUCAS, Congress, OK (1960)

LUCAS, Frank D., a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Okla., January 6, 1960; B.S., Oklahoma State University, 1982; Republican chair, Roger Mills County and…

Hatshepsut Biography

Queen of EgyptBorn: c. 1472–58 B.C.Birthplace: Egypt Daughter of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose I, Hatshepsut was the wife and half-sister of Thutmose II. When Thutmose I died and Thutmose…

Karl Malden Biography

actorBorn: March 22, 1912Died: July 1, 2009 (California, USA) Best Known as: actor Karl Malden was one of the great character actors of his time. His 60 year…

Emergency cords

The Question: Why do trains have emergency cords available to the public? Is there EVER a case where a passenger pulling the cord would be the right course of action…

Writing Well: Credit Given Here

Credit Given HereWriting WellIn the End ZoneCredit Given HereStop, Thief!Light at the End of the Tunnel As you weave in expert opinions, facts, examples, and statistics, provide enough information…

Sentences: Sentence Structure: The Fab Four

Sentence Structure: The Fab FourSentencesIntroductionI Know It When I See It: The SentenceSentence Structure: The Fab FourSentence Functions: The Four TopsAlley Oops In Clauses, you learned that…

Isherwood, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Isherwood, ChristopherIsherwood, Christopherishˈərw&oobreve;d [key], 1904–86, British-American author. After the appearance of his first novel, All the Conspirators (1928),…