ASPINALL, Wayne Norviel, a Representative from Colorado; born in Middleburg, Logan County, Ohio, April 3, 1896; moved with his parents to Palisade, Mesa County, Colo., in 1904; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1971-1993Party: DemocratBENTSEN, Lloyd Millard, Jr., (uncle of Ken Bentsen), a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born in Mission, Tex., February 11, 1921;…
(Encyclopedia) Westminster Abbey, originally the abbey church of a Benedictine monastery (closed in 1539) in London. One of England's most important Gothic structures, it is also a national shrine.…
Attack on Iraq Operation Desert Fox and Operation Northern Watch by Borgna Brunner December 16, 1998, marked the beginning of four days of air strikes launched against Iraq by the…
FERTILIZATIONWIND DISPERSALCROSS FERTILIZATIONPOLLENPOLLINATORSFIND OUT MOREThe male sex cells of seed plants (flowering plants, conifers, and cycads) are contained in tough capsules called…
INSIDE A SEEDSPREADING WITHOUT SEEDSGERMINATION OF A RUNNER BEANFRUITSFIND OUT MOREMost plants grow from seeds. These seed plants fall into two groups, angiosperms and gymnosperms. Angiosperms…
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Land mammal: African elephants weigh up to 14,000 pounds and can eat as much as 600 pounds of food a day! Their trunks contain as many as 100,000 different muscles.
Marine mammal: The blue…
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 by Beth Rowen The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) Of all the films British director Robert Stevenson helmed for Disney in…
