This study attempts to capture one critical index of our nation’s social health—the literacy of its major cities (population of 250,000 and above). The study focuses on six…
—Francis Scott Key, 1814O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,O'er…
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actorBorn: 9/8/1925Birthplace: Southsea, England Inimitable, eccentric film actor who starred in the British comic radio series The Goon Show before making his mark as the bemused Inspector…
The Department of Agriculture has introduced a new food pyramid-pyramids to be precise. Instead of a one-size fits all pyramid, there are now 12 different versions,…
SalmonellaFood-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosis The Salmonella bacterium was first isolated from a pig's intestine by American…
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