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Adams, John, first vice pres.
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Adams, John 1:75 (b. Oct. 30 [Oct. 19, old style], 1735, Braintree, Mass.—d. July 4, 1826, Quincy), first
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Adams, Henry, historian
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Adams, Henry (Brooks) 1:73 (b. Feb. 16, 1838, Boston—d. March 27, 1918, Washington, D.C.), historian,
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Acceleration
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acceleration, the time rate at which the velocity of a point is changing. Because velocity, being a vector
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Toghrll
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Toghrll (TuGHRIL) Beg (b. c. 990—d. Sept. 4, 1063, Rayy, Iran), founder of the Seljuq dynasty, which
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Tokugawa Yoshimune
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Tokugawa Yoshimune (b. 1684, Ku, now Wakayama Prefecture, Japan—d. 1751, Edo, modern Tokyo), eighth Tokugawa
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Toad
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toad, name commonly used for squat, rough- skinned, tailless amphibians (order Anura), especially those
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Titanium
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titanium (for the mythological Titans), symbol Ti, chemical element, silvery gray metal of transition
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Tobacco
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tobacco, any of numerous species of Nicotiana or the cured leaves of several of the species that are
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Billings, William
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Billings, William (b. Oct. 7, 1746, Boston— d. Sept. 26, 1800, Boston), foremost composer of the early
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Bierce, Ambrose
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Bierce, Ambrose (Gwinnett) (b. June 24, 1842, Meigs County, Ohio—d. 1914, Mexico), newspaperman, misanthrope,
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Sea Bass
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sea bass, common name used collectively for fishes of the family Serranidae (order Perciformes), most
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Sea Anemone
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sea anemone, any invertebrate of the order Actiniaria (class Anthozoa, phylum Cnidaria), primarily sedentary
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Moose
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moose, in North America, or elk in Europe, Alces alces, largest member of the deer family (Cervidae;
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Pirenne, Henri, historian
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Pirenne, Henri (b. Dec. 23, 1862, Verviers, Belg.—d. Oct. 24, 1935, Eccle, near Brussels), one of the
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Pire, Dominique
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Pire, Dominique (Georges) (b. Feb. 10, 1910, Dinant, Belg.—d. Jan. 30, 1969, Lou- vain), cleric and educator
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