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1Banana production in the Caribbean — The Banana industry in the Caribbean is widely spread to each island. Bananas are cultivated by both small farmers and large land holders. The plant is perennial and is planted either in pure stands or in mixed cultivation as it is in Jamaica.… …
2Haddingtonshire — HADDINGTONSHIRE, a maritime county, in the south east of Scotland, bounded on the north and east by the Frith of Forth, on the south by the county of Berwick, and on the west by Edinburghshire. It lies between 55°; 46 10 and 56°; 4 (N. Lat.)… …
3Penpont — PENPONT, a parish and village, and the seat of a presbytery, in the county of Dumfries, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Thornhill; containing 1266 inhabitants, of whom 492 are in the village. This parish is supposed to have derived its name from a… …
4Greek Anthology — The Greek Anthology (also called Anthologia Graeca or, sometimes, the Palatine Anthology ) is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature.While papyri containing fragments of… …
5Webster-Hayne debate — The Webster Hayne debate was a famous debate in the U.S. between Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and Senator Robert Y. Hayne of South Carolina that took place on January 19 27, 1830 regarding protectionist tariffs. The heated speeches… …
6Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
7Ecclesiastical Art — • Article explores the origin, history, and types Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Art Ecclesiastical Art …
8History of Chicago — Site of Chicagou on the lake, in Guillaume de L Isle s map (Paris, 1718) The history of Chicago, Illinois, has played an important role in the history of the United States. Americans founded the city in 1832. The Chicago area s recorded history… …
9Art sale — An art sale is the practice of selling objects of art by auction.In England this dates from the latter part of the 17th century, when in most cases the names of the auctioneers were suppressed. Evelyn (under date June 21, 1693) mentions a great… …
10Death panel — is a term or phrase from a debunked 2009 partisan, political claim the death panel myth. Repeated or editorialized by politicians, news media, and commentators from both TV and radio, it portrayed the United States government as attempting to… …
