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  • |image=[[Image:Anishinabe.svg|200px]] Crest of the Ojibwa people ... The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) is one of ...
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  • The Great Lakes of the Laurentian Shield are a group of five large ... The five Great Lakes of North America are: *Lake Superior (the largest ...
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  • |birth_place=Whitewater, Wisconsin, U.S. |death_date=October 19, 1952 ... 1868 - October 19, 1952) was a photographer of the American West and of Native ...
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  • and human rights activist. The father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, he ... Born in Moscow in 1921, Sakharov entered Moscow State University in ...
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  • which the seed grows. Pisum sativum was one of the first plants cultivated ... * Oelke, E. A., et al. 1991. Dry Field Pea. University of Wisconsin ...
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  • – November 25, 1956) was a writer, producer, and director of films ... The Cinema of Alexander Dovzhenko. University of Wisconsin Press, 1986. ISBN ...
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  • was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology ... Life in Archaeology. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0299146243 ...
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  • such as cousins, vary. Whatever the extent of the prohibition, however, incest ... Arms: A True Story of Incest. University of Wisconsin Press, 1999. ISBN ...
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  • other awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. insight, touching on the essentials of life. He had an unfailing faith ...
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  • v. Sandford," The American Journal of Legal History 32(4): 373-390. ... " was a lawsuit, pivotal in the history of the United States, decided ...
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  • or Alexander Hamilton, the fifty-fourth of The Federalist Papers. It was ... Study of the American Constitution University of Wisconsin, 1986. Retrieved ...
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  • the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. Since the ... The region encompasses some of the Louisiana Purchase, most of the ...
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  • #039;Oresme (c.1323 - July 11, 1382) was one of the most original thinkers ... Kinematics of Circular Motion, (University of Wisconsin Publications in ...
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  • Iowa is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America ... A north central state, it forms a bridge between the forests of the ...
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  • |flag = [[Image:Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg|center|135px]] ... |region2 = United States(New York, Wisconsin, Oklahoma) ...
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  • perhaps the best known representative of nineteenth century child advocacy ... whose best known works were The Best Method of Disposing of Our Pauper and ...
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  • to the Partisan Review and member of the group known as "The ... A. in 1926. After teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at Hunter ...
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  • The Objectivist poets were a loose-knit group of second-generation ... The core group consisted of the American poets Zukofsky, Williams ...
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  • inspired novels and plays reveal his views of the universal truths in human ... worldwide. An thought provoking aspect of his literary legacy is that ...
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  • was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians ... Maine, on December 14, 1897, the daughter of Carrie Murray and George Emery ...
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  • Microbiology is the study of microorganisms (microbes), which are ... A Look at All Things Small]. 'University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved ...
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  • 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving ... America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states' ...
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  • Joseph Smith III (1832-1914) was the eldest surviving son of Joseph ... father was arrested partially as a result of the events in the so-called ...
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  • a professor at what is now Columbia University in 1826, he was the first ... Mozart's Librettist. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2002. ISBN ...
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  • Mayfly is the common name for any of the insects that belong to the ... There are about 2,500 species of mayflies worldwide, including about ...
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  • , as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural ... proofs, and a conclusion.University of Wisconsin, Madison, [http://www ...
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  • Michigan is a Midwestern state of the United States of America, located ... Bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair, Michigan ...
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  • the world. A similar hybrid, the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion ... While there is a great deal of diversity in nature, the rarity of ...
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  • Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern region of the ... The majority of Minnesota's residents live in the Minneapolis ...
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  • music student in Canada, for the creation of a virtual library of public ... for courses at Stanford and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. It is recommended ...
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  • leader, nurse, and fundraiser, all as part of her efforts to end slavery ... and Life Stories. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003. ISBN ...
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  • or private school. Prior to the introduction of compulsory school attendance ... to provide their children with a quality of education they believe is unattainable ...
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  • 21, 1843) was an English poet and writer of the Romantic school. Southey ... : Presented online by The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections ...
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  • worldwide in scope. By contrast, during most of the nineteenth and twentieth ... htm Velikovsky,] University of Wisconsin--Green Bay. Retrieved ...
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  • still very young. In 1450 he entered the University of Vienna, where he became ... De triangulis omnimodis. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. ...
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  • the evolutionary approach to the study of economic institutions. His ... Bunde Veblen on July 30, 1857 in Cato, Wisconsin, into a family of Norwegian ...
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  • and political figure, and the father of President John F. Kennedy and ... to the United Kingdom at the start of World War II. His term as Ambassador ...
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  • in the Middle Ages. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. ... force of percussion. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299064044 ...
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  • Abstraction is the process of generalization by reducing the information ... relation, and induction. University of Wisconsin Press, 1965. ...
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  • was an American engineer, early advocate of scientific management and a ... from 1953 to 1954, and at the University of Wisconsin in 1955. ...
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  • American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Democratic ... As chairman of the Committee on Territories, Douglas dominated the ...
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  • World monkeys comprising the genus Alouatta of the primate family Atelidae ... National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved ...
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  • Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that applies scientific ... *1905--the University of Wisconsin awards the first Ph.D. in chemical ...
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  • World monkeys comprising the genus Ateles of the primate family Atelidae ... National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
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  • Industrial engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with ... edu/CEAS/assets/ienewsept2003.pdf University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee]. ...
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  • organization dedicated to the public purpose of furthering access to the world ... eContent provider, in 2002 and owns 100% of the shares of OCLC PICA, a ...
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  • [[File:Durham 2534.jpg|thumb|325px|Men of the Shkreli tribe at the ... A tribe is a human social system existing before the emergence of ...
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  • and Definition (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1980, ISBN ... and Definition. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1980. ISBN ...
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  • Comparison and Definition. University of Wisconsin Press, 1980. of Fascism, 1914-45. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. ISBN ...
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  • Philosophy of history or historiosophy is an area of philosophy concerning ... eds. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1978. ISBN ...
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  • [[Image:Laas Geel cow herd.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Detail of the Laas ... approximately 40,000 years ago. The purpose of the cave paintings is not known ...
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  • Annenberg Foundation, famous for its support of numerous educational institutions ... Annenberg was born on March 13, 1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Sarah ...
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  • also an important forerunner in the school of art known as Expressionism. ... Flames Which Pour out of the Earth University of Wisconsin Press (2005). ISBN ...
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  • playwright to create a realistic portrayal of African-American urban family ... Hansberry attended the University of Wisconsin for two years. It was ...
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  • 1212, initiated separately by two boys, each of whom claimed to have been inspired ... Europe (History of the Crusades). University of Wisconsin Press, 1990. ISBN ...
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  • Women's suffrage is the most widely applicable aspect of the ... in New Jersey by the state constitution of 1776, where the word "inhabitants ...
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  • neuroanatomist and physiologist, the father of phrenology. He was also one ... and his collection. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Medical School. ...
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  • Volumes I-III (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press) ... H. Lawrence (Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press) ...
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  • Egyptian Love Songs. (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985. ISBN ... Egyptian Love Songs. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985. ISBN ...
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  • The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church ... dedicated to justice, outreach and youth. As of 2006, the Community of Christ ...
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  • Environmental ethics is a branch of applied ethics and a part of environmental ... thought and culture. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. ISBN ...
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  • The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April ... On April 5, the IV Corps of Brigadier General Erasmus D. Keyes was ...
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  • | order=26th President of the United States | date1=September 14, 1901 ... Progressive Movement. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1946. ASIN ...
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  • The Cayuga were members of a powerful confederacy of tribes of the ... to Canada when the British were defeated. Of those who remained, many moved ...
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  • Lake Ontario is the smallest and most easterly of the Great Lakes ... The recent history of Lake Ontario has been affected by wars: Britain ...
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  • having taken inspiration from early works of Andrei Tarkovsky and Pier Paolo ... of Sergei Parajanov. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2013. ISBN ...
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  • The Servant of God Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, ... the San Francisco earthquake. Her memories of her mother helping victims ...
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  • Catholic Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit ... In 1529, while attending the University of Paris, Xavier became acquainted ...
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  • An ILS is usually comprised of a relational database, software to ... the 1970s and early 1980s. Before the advent of computers, libraries usually ...
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  • and college football coach in the early era of the sport and is the namesake ... stints at Oberlin College, Auburn University, Clemson University, Georgia ...
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  • to describe the methodology and practice of education for students with ... itself. The struggle to balance the needs of the individual student against ...
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  • referring to the complete accuracy of Scripture, including the historical ... Those adhering to biblical inerrancy usually admit the possibility ...
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  • Prairie dogs is the common name for any of the social, burrowing, ... Prairie dogs play an important role in their ecosystems as part of ...
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  • leaves with five leaflets, clusters of small flowers, and red to brown ... Magnetic Resonance Data Bank, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved ...
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  • November 22, 2011) was a biologist and university professor who pioneered ... in genetics and zoology from the University of Wisconsin. Margulis received ...
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  • ), is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of ... Utopianism Eight Essays. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1982. ISBN ...
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  • The State of Georgia is a state in the United States and was one of ... Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River by land ...
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  • was an eminent astrophysicist. Of Tamil Indian heritage, he was born ... He served on the University of Chicago faculty from 1937 until his ...
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  • was taken soon afterwards by General Bai Qi of the state of Qin. Upon receiving ... of the Chʻu tzʻu. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0299100308 ...
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  • Peter Ford, Glenn Ford: A Life (University of Wisconsin Press, 2011 ... * Ford, Peter. Glenn Ford: A Life. University of Wisconsin Press, ...
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  • and Economic Development by University of Wisconsin Press, 1970, ISBN ... and Economic Development by University of Wisconsin Press, 1970. ISBN ...
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  • Beginning in 1862, thousands of Northern abolitionists and other reformers ... the United States was restored at the end of the Civil War, not all Northerners ...
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  • later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State in 1616. Richelieu soon ... the Cardinal Richelieu. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press 1961. ISBN ...
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  • known for their plain dress and avoidance of modern conveniences such as ... divided into separate fellowships consisting of geographical districts or congregations ...
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  • armoracia, Armoracia lapathifolia)) of the mustard or cabbage family ... often mixed with vinegar, the sharp taste of horseradish offers a unique ...
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  • Health is a term that refers to a combination of the absence of illness ... In any organism, health can be said to be a "state of balance ...
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  • and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' ... In the latter part of the twentieth century opposition to Columbus ...
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  • he is sometimes called "the father of scientific management." ... Management. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1980. ISBN ...
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  • several films. Before the appearance of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Andrei ... subjects, Yevtushenko was never a member of the Soviet dissident community ...
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  • ) is a major subarctic, geographic region of the earth's surface ... The Taiga is an important ecosystem for the health and stability of ...
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  • The State of Illinois is a state of the United States of America, ... About 2,000 Native American hunters and a small number of French villagers ...
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  • His Dogpatch community became a symbol of mainstream America and its ... by a female student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It developed ...
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  • for his intellectual demeanor and advocacy of liberal causes in the Democratic ... At the close of his life, Stevenson was respected by people of all ...
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  • historian, best known as "the father of containment" and was a ... Truman Doctrine and the U.S. foreign policy of "containing" the ...
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  • Crusades: Volume I (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969, ISBN ... Hundred Years. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. ISBN ...
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  • Hayes. Rogers' nickname was "King of the Cowboys". For many ... and Dale Evans. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press/Popular Press ...
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  • The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world ... This partially landlocked body of water, an indentation in the southeastern ...
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  • from a source (Latin fons), fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away ... One of the most common features of a fountain, if there is enough ...
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  • whether it sees its shadow, announcing the result of this ... coming weather, making it a possible origin of the holiday in North America. ...
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  • January 5, 1933) was the thirtieth President of the United States. Famed for ... in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration ...
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