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81Digital television in Canada — (more specifically, digital terrestrial television in Canada or digital over the air television (OTA) in Canada) is transmitted using the ATSC standards developed for and in use in the United States. Because Canada and the U.S. use the same… …
82pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… …
83Maya Indians — • The most important of the cultured native peoples of North America, both in the degree of their civilization and in population and resources, formerly occupying a territory of about 60,000 square miles, including the whole of the peninsula of… …
84Latter Day Saint polygamy in the late 19th century — Possibly as early as the 1830s, followers of the Latter Day Saint movement (also known as Mormonism), were practicing the doctrine of polygamy or plural marriage . After the death of church founder Joseph Smith, Jr., the doctrine was officially… …
85trademark — /trayd mahrk /, n. 1. any name, symbol, figure, letter, word, or mark adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant in order to designate his or her goods and to distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others. A trademark is a… …
86St. Charles Borromeo — St. Charles Borromeo † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Charles Borromeo St. Charles Borromeo Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Priest of the Title of St. Prassede, Papal Secretary of State under Pius IV, and one of the chief factors in the… …
87John M. Snowden — This article is about the mayor of Pittsburgh, for other people named John Snowden see John Snowden (disambiguation). John Maugridge Snowden (1776 ndash;April 3, 1845), served as Mayor of Pittsburgh City from 1825 to 1828.Early lifeSnowden was… …
88The Awakening (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = The Awakening Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Johannesburg, South Africa Instrument = Genre = Gothic rock Industrial rock Occupation = Years active = 1995 – present Label …
89McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act — The McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100 77, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 482, 42 U.S.C. § 11301 et seq.) is a United States federal law that provides federal money for homeless shelter programs.[1][2] It was the… …
90WRITING — (Scripts, Materials, and Inscriptions). SCRIPTS AND MATERIALS General Survey From the end of the third millennium B.C.E., the art of writing was practiced in the ancient Near East (see alphabet ). Here, the pictographic, cuneiform, and… …
