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Ferrets
How to Care for Ferrets
1: Pick Out Some Furniture
Ferrets' ancestors were den animals, so the home you create should be like a den, too. Use a wire cage that's at…
The Swallows of San Juan Capistrano Back from winter vacation in Argentina by Gerry Brown The interior of the San Juan Capistrano mission. They're on their way. The famous…
American League Preseason Picks MVP: Alex Rodriguez, SS, Seattle Rookie of the Year: Eric Chavez, 3B, Oakland Cy Young: Pedro Martinez, Boston Red Sox A.L. Champion: New York Yankees Wild Card…
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A pendulum clock: Weight-driven clock mechanism
clock, instrument for measuring and indicating time. Predecessors of the clock were the sundial, the hourglass, and the…
(Encyclopedia) computer music, term used to describe music composed or performed with the aid of a computer. The first substantial piece of music composed on a computer was the Illiac Suite (1956) by…
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Wind instruments
wind instrument, in music, any instrument whose tone is produced by a vibrating column of air. In the pipe organ the column of air is set into vibration by…
(Encyclopedia) Revere, Paul, 1735–1818, American silversmith and political leader in the American Revolution, b. Boston. In his father's smithy he learned to work gold and silver, and he became a…
