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Development of the human embryo
embryoembryoĕmˈbrēō [key], name for the developing young of an animal or plant. In its widest definition, the embryo is the young from the…
Shockoe Bottom, Virginia is among American sites most at risk America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered Places 2013America's Most Endangered Places 2012America's Most…
Hard Labor How unions fought to honor the American worker by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco In the 1930s, strikes like the one at the Paterson Silk Factory helped workers secure fair wages and…
(Encyclopedia) Dickinson, Emily, 1830–86, American poet, b. Amherst, Mass. She is widely considered one of the greatest poets in American literature. Her unique, gemlike lyrics are distillations of…
(Encyclopedia) mutation, in biology, a sudden, random change in a gene, or unit of hereditary material, that can alter an inheritable characteristic. Most mutations are not beneficial, since any…
(Encyclopedia) Melville, Herman, 1819–91, American author, b. New York City, considered one of the great American writers and a major figure in world literature.
Like Moby-Dick, Pierre; or, The…
(Encyclopedia) wildlife refuge, haven or sanctuary for animals; an area of land or of land and water set aside and maintained, usually by government or private organization, for the preservation and…
(Encyclopedia) news agency, local, national, international, or technical organization that gathers and distributes news, usually for newspapers, periodicals, and broadcasters.
From 1915 until the…
