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  • important figure to scholars of Asian, Asian-American, and American culture ... In 1964, to provide support for Asian-American children who were not ...
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  • considered one of the world's great Asian scholars. During the first ... Way and its Power (Tao Te Ching) introduced Asian philosophical concepts to ...
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  • Plegadis (glossy ibises), Pseudibis (South Asian ibises), Thaumatibis (giant ... is an open question. The South American Checklist Committee's ...
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  • of modern elephants and in particular the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus ... and subtribe (Elephantina), as the modern Asian elephants (genus Elephas ...
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  • are comprised of peoples from various South Asian, Middle Eastern, North American ... a minority. Most expatriates are from South Asian countries, mainly India, ...
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  • AACR2 stands for the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition ... Arabic, Greek, and East Asian scripts. MARC 21 in unicode (UTF-8) ...
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  • 000 years ago, when the only known North American species, the American mastodon ... be larger than those of mammoths, and the American mastodons (Mammut americanum ...
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  • Ancient Khmer Empire. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: ... Laos), in European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists." Roberto ...
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  • memorandum meant to smooth over Japanese-American relations. ... years previous, Japan became the leading Asian power by defeating China ...
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  • ivory made form seeds of a South American palm tree (MFMHS). ... detectable differences between African and Asian ivory, with African ivory ...
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  • in Africa that many consider the mainly Asian populations H. erectus and ... and the African population, rather than the Asian population, is considered ...
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  • known collectively as coral snakes, the American coral snake genera Micrurus ... name with species belonging to Micrurus (American coral snakes or American ...
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  • known as Saigon.Franklin Ng, The Asian American Encyclopedia (New York: ... * Ng, Franklin. 1995. The Asian American Encyclopedia. New York: Marshall ...
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  • jutting out from the far east of the Asian land mass into the Yellow ... measures slightly larger than the American state of Indiana. The country ...
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  • although the General Sherman hoisted an American flag, and the incident became ... In 1853 the USS South America, an American gunboat, visited Busan on ...
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  • List of Asian countries {|class="wikitable" |+ ... Georgia, and Turkey are classified as Asian countries by the United Nations ...
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  • The following year, Japan opened three of its ports to American and ... Fukuzawa had himself photographed with an American girl (one of the most famous ...
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  • used as a spice in curries and other South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine ... , pasupu (Telugu), or manjal (Tamil) in Asian countries. In Assamese, it ...
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  • one of the early leaders of the Korean-American immigrant community in the ... The American Courage Award from the Asian American Justice Center in Washington ...
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  • 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, who served as ... who was the great-great granddaughter of American founding father Roger Sherman ...
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  • was white, a famous nineteenth century American example of "miscegenation ... the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro. The ...
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  • | Non-profit_name = American Friends Service Committee | founded_date ... The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Religious Society ...
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  • early African H. ergaster and the mainly Asian populations H. erectus (Smithsonian ... evidence; these are curated at the American Museum of Natural History ...
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  • Nestorian influence, the era of the Central Asian khanates, and the Soviet period. time, it maintains the charm of a Central Asian city, with Soviet-period ...
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  • marrying a Jew) or racial (such as an Asian person marrying a person ... was white, a famous nineteenth century American example of "miscegenation ...
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  • |African or Venomous Garter snakes (unrelated to North American non ... monophyly of two groups: The African, Asian, and New World Elapinae, ...
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  • 90 to 95 percent of indigenous North American peoples, and corn found ... ** The "Asian Flu," 1957–1958. An H2N2 caused about 70 ...
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  • a zoological park, but delayed due to the American Civil War. The Philadelphia ... in conservation programmes and the American Zoo Association soon asserted ...
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  • American Samoa is an unorganized, incorporated territory of the United ... climate and miles of clear sandy beaches. American Samoan people are typically ...
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  • People's Day (also known as Native American Day) is now celebrated instead ... at that time. It was to celebrate all of American History, not just since ...
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  • == East Asian calligraphy == [[Image:Mifu01.jpg|frame|250px|right|Chinese ... Asia and as the most refined form of East Asian painting. ...
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  • United States. The Journal also publishes Asian and European editions. Its ... front page advertising on the European and Asian editions in late 2005. ...
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  • similar in some respects to that of the American banjo, in that the drum ... itself deriving originally from Central Asian instruments. Around 1562 ...
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  • kidnapped young women throughout Japan’s Asian colonies and occupied territories ... s/toc/jaas6.1.html Journal of Asian American Studies 6:1, Feb 2003 ...
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  • masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Met ... from 1st century Rome through modern American design, are permanently ...
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  • where she worked as a translator for the American News Agency for three years ... *Trudeau, Lawrence J. Asian American Literature: Reviews and Criticism ...
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  • 1899, after its defeat during the Spanish-American War, Spain sold the islands ... Peleliu was the scene of a hard-fought battle between American and ...
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  • Edward Said, American Palestinian scholar, is best known for describing ... of Arab elites who internalized the American and British orientalists ...
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  • response by the Federal Reserve was the Asian financial crisis of 1997 ... & Monetarism: A Further Analysis The American Economic Review, 67/4. ...
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  • On March 14, 1995, astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American ... Alan Shepard became the first American in space in May 1961, while ...
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  • James Darmesteter, (translator) (From Sacred Books of the East, American ... ===Central Asian Role=== [[Image:ChineseShapedSogdianCoinKelpin8thCenturyCE ...
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  • ; मसाला) is a term used in South Asian cuisines (including Indian ... quot;) are a common sight in many South Asian neighborhoods. In India, ...
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  • grasslands. Prairies are found in the American Midwest, eastern Argentina ... Almost all the cultivated rice is Asian rice, Oryza sativa. There ...
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  • "Song of the Elk" of the Native American Sioux people says (Bauer1995): ... species and divides them into the East Asian/North American Red Deer ...
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  • 23, 1926 – October 30, 2006) was an American cultural anthropologist ... 1960s several other works that dealt with Asian and African cultures. His ...
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  • The late American rock singer Jeff Buckley paid tribute to Nusrat ... TIME magazine's issue of November 6, 2006, "60 Years of ...
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  • diffuse political power in early Southeast Asian history. The concept of a ... wheels are still used today in the Native American spirituality, however most ...
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  • the most important foods in European and American culture, and is the defining ... different than those from America. Some American flours and British equivalents ...
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  • Several such exercises of mercy have been recorded in some Asian kingdoms ... parts of the world, by both Western and Asian empires. The earliest records ...
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  • * Marlay, Ross, and Clark D. Neher. 1999. Patriots and tyrants: ten ... * Marr, David G. 1984. Vietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945. American ...
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  • Zealand. Furthermore, the concept of two American continents is prevalent ... to sail around the southern end of the Asian mainland into the Indian ...
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  • honor. In the picture at the right, the American patriot Alexander Hamilton ... in a battle. A modern inheritance of the Asian tradition of military honor ...
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  • Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 - April 1, 1991), an American dancer and ... style, but one that was quintessentially American. Her philosophy, which helped ...
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  • particular animal. The Siberian and North American elk carry the largest antlers ... females and calves of Siberian and North American elk all grow thick neck ...
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  • *The American bison (Bison bison), the most famous bison, formerly ... There are two extant subspecies of the American bison, the Plains ...
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  • accolades bestowed for excellence in both American and international film and ... criticism for nominating Asian and Asian American films, such as The Farewell ...
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  • In traditional Asian families, in China and Korea for instance, the ... a "social good."Institute for American Values, Why Marriage Matters: ...
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  • the most developed tradition of Southeast Asian archaic gong-ensembles. ... Kolintang Music in Maranao Society." Asian Music 27 (2) (Spring - Summer ...
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  • 12, 1926 – died March 25, 1995) was an American sociologist, a pioneer in ... on equal educational opportunities in American schools that led to the ...
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  • Qigong School" in the 1992 and 1993 Asian Health Expo in Beijing. The ... Most notable were his treatments at the Asian Health Fair in 1992 and 1993 ...
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  • the late Pleistocene. It is believed that Asian and American tapirs diverged ... fewer homologies with the three types of American tapirs. A number of conserved ...
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  • Thant was the secretary of the first Asian-African summit in 1955 at ... he presided over the entry of dozens of new Asian and African states into the ...
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  • a strong influence towards the eventual American withdrawal from Vietnam ... The Partition of India in 1947 was a traumatic event in South Asian ...
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  • ===Native American Flute=== [[Image:Native_American_Flute_by_Chief_Arthur_Two_Crows ... The Native American flute has achieved some measure of fame for its ...
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  • has been heavily influenced by African American musical traditions such ... which was initially popular in African American communities, and mainly ...
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  • turtles," such as with the North American genus Apalone, because their ... smaller, but with the largest species, the Asian softshell turtle Pelochelys ...
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  • quot; (豆) and "curdled" (腐).American Heritage Dictionary of the ... the tofu will be sold. For standard firm Asian tofu, the soy curd is cut ...
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  • organizations, such as the Italian-American Mafia, which may control ... Most American cities have some history of gang violence, which often ...
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  • #039;s horse also is known as the Asian wild horse, Mongolian wild ... Most "wild" horses today, such as the American mustang or ...
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  • Frederick Earl Sontag (October 2, 1924 – June 14, 2009) was an American ... . He was the theologian-in-residence at American Church in Paris in 1973 ...
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  • and Southeast Asia. K-pop often emulates American popular music, and usually ... the attention of American (especially Asian-American) audiences. ...
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  • The Western United States—commonly referred to as the American West ... The "West" played an important part in American history ...
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  • At the Asian Relations Conference of March 1947, Naidu presided over ... South Asian arts Encyclopedia Britannica Online. ===Family=== ...
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  • occupation that lasted seven years. The American occupation initiated sweeping ... occupation that lasted seven years. The American occupation initiated sweeping ...
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  • languages, panthera is probably of East Asian origin, meaning "the ... ***Panthera leo atrox - American Lion or North American cave lion † ...
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  • the Civil War. By the time of the Spanish American War, there were more types ... ernment/medal_of_honor.cfm 21 Asian American World War II Vets To ...
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  • had connected the Japanese islands with the Asian mainland. Based on archaeological ... a mingled migration from the northern Asian continent and the southern ...
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  • the other common language family on the Asian subcontinent. Some linguistic ... reveal minor genetic influence of Central Asian pastoralists."] American ...
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  • (a tent-like structure similar to Native American tipis used by Nenets people ... is itself emblematic in many Central Asian cultures. In old Kazakh communities ...
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  • century. It is sometimes called American Transcendentalism to distinguish ... the humanity of Jesus. British and American Unitarianism originated ...
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  • of the largest and most important Native American sites in North America and ... Perhaps the largest out of the state's Asian American groups ...
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  • Hawaii contains a preponderance of Asian and Polynesian cultural influence ... In 1887, a group of American-born cabinet officials and an armed militia ...
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  • stronger economic ties with Latin American and African nations. As ... *Asian American *Chinese migration *Chinatown ==Notes== ...
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  • standing, and is the only royal palace on American soil. The attack damaged or destroyed 12 American warships, destroyed 188 ...
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  • military service examinations in many East Asian countries. Leaders as diverse ... basis of what we now know as the Asian martial arts. Composed of 13 ...
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  • Vietnamese mint, commonly used in Southeast Asian cuisine, is not a member ... * Brickell, C., and J. D. Zuk. 1997. The American Horticultural Society: ...
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  • open the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade, the Japanese government ... century across four places known as the Asian tigers (Hong Kong, Singapore ...
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  • "Types of Japanese Folktales." Asian Folklore Studies 25 (1966 ... and Mysterious in the Edo Period," Asian Folklore Studies Vol. 60 ...
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  • Indian classical musician to perform on American television and record a ... of World Pacific Records, on his first American tour and recorded most of ...
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  • Duncan and Ruth St. Denis—two other American dancers who would develop ... toured extensively while researching East Asian culture and arts. Both dancers ...
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  • special place among the displaced African-American blues tradition. The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ...
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  • Opera: A Reply to Ching-Hsi Perng." Asian Theatre Journal 7(2) (1990 ... of Beijing and Guangdong Operas." Asian Music 20(2) (1989): 152–195 ...
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  • expanded their foreign trade relations with Asian countries, particularly China ... following the recommendation of the American Consul in Shanghai, General ...
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  • for printing instead of the original. American journalist Walter Lippmann ... behaved as the stereotype suggested. Asian-American women performed better ...
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  • year history. Originating from the 1945 American military occupation of the ... South Korea is an East Asian state on the southern half of the Korean ...
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  • in the city. His ideas helped lead to the American Civil War a decade after ... gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml American FactFinder] United States ...
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  • ===Medieval Asian universities=== Outside of Europe, there were many ... One of the most important Asian centers of learning was Nalanda, which ...
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  • The term bioethics was first coined by American biochemist Van Rensselaer ... journal of biomedical ethics is named the American Journal of Bioethics. ...
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  • It was the first fighting of the American Revolution. The Northeast ... the main routes of travel west in early American history. ...
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  • – December 10, 1968) was a prominent American Trappist monk, poet, and ... Drawing from early experiences with Asian art and reverence for nature ...
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  • Between these extremes are individuals of Asian, South-East Asian, Native ... Managing the hair and skin of African American pediatric patients. Journal ...
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  • [[Image:South Asian Language Families.jpg|thumb|350px|Language families ... (original 1913) reprint ed. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, Second ...
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  • * American groundnut (Apios americana) * Asparagus pea (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) * Azuki bean (Vigna angularis) * Black-eyed pea (Vigna unguiculata ...
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  • Castes of the Central Provinces of India (Asian Educational Services, 1995 ... Table: The Development of an American Hinduism (Rutgers University ...
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  • Among the most well-known species are the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana ... *Periplaneta americana, American cockroach *Eurycotis floridana, Florida ...
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  • [[Image:Central American Tapir-Belize20.jpg|thumb|left|Baird's ... The largest perissodactyl, an Asian rhinoceros called Paraceratherium ...
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  • 1892 – August 11, 1984) was a leading American publisher of the twentieth ... virtually the last major firm of the old American publishing industry that ...
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  • had, by this point, translated some ancient Asian texts into English, his role ... its name). He went on a lecture tour of American universities in 1951, and ...
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  • ==The American Journey== established English language schools with American instructors. She sent a ...
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  • Effa Manley (March 27, 1897 - April 16 1981) was an American sports ... Bertha Ford Brooks, was of German and Asian-Indian descent. Bertha, who ...
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  • music stylism and the robust sounds of American jazz, Gershwin created a ... of Western notated music with the African-American principle of improvised ...
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  • History of Convenience Store Linked to American Mobility.] National Petroleum ... American convenience stores are many times the target of armed robbery ...
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  • in the Islands, with descendants of American missionaries establishing ... White, 1.62 percent Black or African American, 0.19 percent Native American ...
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  • has been carefully researched by the American historian James Palais in ... from hyangga to pʻansori. New studies in Asian culture. Armonk, N.Y.: M ...
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  • American military cemeteries developed out of the duty of commanders ... Other American military cemeteries include the Abraham Lincoln National ...
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  • The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), located in Manhattan ... who signed a bill officially creating the American Museum of Natural History ...
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  • [[Image:Carya nuts.jpg|right|thumb|222px|Comparison of North American ... species from China and Indochina. Another Asian species, beaked hickory, ...
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  • north. Busan was the host city of the 2002 Asian Games and APEC 2005. It was ... during the 1940s and 1950s to cater to American soldiers in the area. ...
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  • peppers are of great importance in Native American medicine, and capsaicin ... and from there spread to other European and Asian countries. ...
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  • the Han mandate" in Journal of the American Oriental Society. 115(4). ... or Credo?" in Journal of the American Oriental Society 110(3):434-59. ...
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  • as early as 1903, although the Korean American community significant increase ... (1.0 percent) among European or Latin American destinations rated in the ...
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  • have been revived in the U.S. in the American folk music traditions. Some ... The Appalachian dulcimer is widely used in the American old time music ...
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  • common in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking. Parsley is used ... Parsley is a key ingredient in several West Asian salads, such as tabbouleh ...
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  • its acquisition and retention of Native American remains. Regardless of these ... from politics, flying no flag during the American Civil War.International ...
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  • are the largest ethnic group. The main Asian communities are the Hmong ... inhabited by a number of Native American peoples, among them the ...
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  • Less than a year later, in August 1867, an American ship General Sherman ... restoration in Yi Korea." Harvard East Asian monographs, 45. Cambridge: ...
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  • With Asian countries on the western Pacific rim projected to continue ... The deep basins that lie between the Asian continent and the island ...
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  • CNN launched two specialty news channels for the American market which ... *Hong Kong, China (Asian regional headquarters) *Islamabad, Pakistan ...
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  • Tripitaka Master Hua. San Francisco: Sino American Buddhist Assoc. 1977. ... * Watson, Burton. The Lotus Sutra (Translations from the Asian Classics ...
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  • B.C.E., and then spread throughout the American continents. It spread to ... the Spanish form of the Arawak Native American term for the plant. It is ...
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  • northern Russia and Novaya Zemlya; in the Asian parts of Russia; northern ... forest caribou, once found in the North American taiga (boreal forest) from ...
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  • crops of eggplants. Common North American pests include the potato ... moussaka, and Middle-Eastern and South Asian dishes. It may also be roasted ...
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  • into virtually all main European and Asian languages. In this book he ... 1903 – November 10, 1995) was a Czech-American comparative literary critic ...
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  • groups; some New Guinea species have an Asian origin. As New Guinea drifted ... having travelled through the south-east Asian peninsula. These first inhabitants ...
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  • the forest's longevity. In the south, Asian water buffalo are raised ... The Nature Conservancy, American Electric Power, General Motors, Texaco ...
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  • The Marshall Plan, as it came to be known, was not just an American ... been summarized by William Easterly, an American economist who specializes ...
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  • DNA Variation in Pakistan]," American Journal of Human Genetics ... they show "no detectable East or South Asian lineages. The outlying genetic ...
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  • The majority of films screened in Italy were American, which led to ... festival opened with a screening of the American film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ...
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  • The shoots of bamboo are used in numerous Asian dishes and broths; pickled ... Bamboo assumes symbolic meaning in East Asian culture, signifying ...
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  • Columbia University, he studied under the American pragmatist John Dewey. After ... Mahalingam, Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy. London: Routledge ...
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  • Examples of fauna typically considered as megafauna are the Asian ... overkill.pdf A requiem for North American overkill] Journal of Archaeological ...
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  • various European, African, and Native American influences, and a place ... "John F. Mariani, Dictionary of American Food and Drink (Hearst Books ...
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  • financial agencies such as the Asian Development Bank classifies ... of millions of dollars. The budget of the American Association of Retired Persons ...
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  • and Baluchistan. The exclusively Central Asian BMAC material inventory of ... Iranian Origins." Journal of the American Oriental Society 115(3) ...
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