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  • :The fleet foot on the sill of shade, :And hold to the low lintel up :The still-defended challenge-cup. :And round the early-laureled head ...
    10 KB (1,687 words) - 06:50, 13 June 2023
  • *Suicide attack on foot: explosive belt *Attempted suicide attack with a plane as target: Richard Reid on American Airlines Flight 63 ...
    11 KB (1,667 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
  • influenced = Philippa Foot, Michael Dummett, Cora Diamond, Rosalind ... on Anscombe] featuring remarks of Philippa Foot and Rosalind Hursthouse. ...
    23 KB (3,440 words) - 07:26, 15 April 2024
  • factors in the American Civil War, such as trench foot. Scurvy, undernourishment, and foodborne illnesses also contributed to the high number of prison ...
    11 KB (1,681 words) - 19:58, 26 July 2023
  • According to the Ramayana, rakshasas were created from Brahma's foot; other sources claim they are descended from Pulastya, or from Khasa ...
    11 KB (1,695 words) - 00:11, 8 December 2022
  • The border of the desert to the north and east is the foot of the Great Western Escarpment of Namibia, atop which more humid lands prevail. But ...
    11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:13, 11 November 2022
  • Thereafter, Philippa Foot published a collection of essays in 1978 ... *Foot, Philippa. Virtues and Vices and Other Essays in Moral Philosophy ...
    28 KB (4,212 words) - 20:38, 3 May 2023
  • of the K'iche' nation. Prior to setting foot in Guatemala, the Kaqchikels had already surrendered to the Spaniards in 1520 and asked for assistance ...
    12 KB (1,982 words) - 02:50, 19 April 2023
  • moment of her conception. Ribera's 9-by-6 foot painting depicts the Virgin Mary floating atop cumulous clouds and a host of cherubs and was one ...
    11 KB (1,669 words) - 06:44, 28 February 2023
  • Megabat is the common name for any of the largely herbivorous Old World bats comprising the suborder Megachiroptera of the order Chiroptera ...
    12 KB (1,663 words) - 09:38, 10 March 2023
  • and the Kuomintang, declined. He never set foot in mainland China again. He died on October 14, 2001, of pneumonia at the age of 100 (following ...
    11 KB (1,688 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
  • for much of its length the wall can be followed on foot. It is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern England, where it is often known simply ...
    23 KB (3,617 words) - 16:37, 21 January 2024
  • in that it grows from a seed to a seven meter (20 foot), fruit-bearing tree in less than 18 months (Herbst 2001). The tree is usually unbranched if unlopped. ...
    11 KB (1,652 words) - 07:31, 18 November 2022
  • For instance, it is harder to stand on one foot with eyes closed than with eyes open. [[Image:Zuni-girl-with-jar2.png|thumb|right|170px|Balance ...
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  • City, where the 11,875-pound (5,386-kg), 12-foot-diameter (3.7-m) Times Square ... of a friend or neighbor—the "first foot"—and this person usually ...
    24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
  • quieted his "hard beat pounding" left foot. For years, the balding, bearded Winston would walk out on stage in a flannel shirt and jeans, and ...
    27 KB (3,773 words) - 15:07, 21 May 2024
  • but abuse. He threatened to bind us hand and foot and sell us over into some distant island. He tried, moreover, to cut off the ears of both of us ...
    11 KB (1,681 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
  • which form the framework, are arranged at one-foot intervals and are bound together at the top with yucca-leaf strands. Over them a thatching of bundles ...
    11 KB (1,808 words) - 18:44, 4 May 2023
  • meaning "black"; and pous meaning "foot." The name impala comes from the Zulu language. ==Distribution and habitat== ...
    10 KB (1,571 words) - 16:37, 12 February 2024
  • after an opium-processing factory located at the foot of the hill. At that place, C Company of the Malay Regiment made their final stand against the ...
    11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023

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