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11Mercury in the fiction of Leigh Brackett — The planet Mercury appears frequently as a setting for many of the stories of Leigh Brackett, and Mercury and Mercurians are frequently mentioned in other stories of the Leigh Brackett Solar System. Brackett s Mercury shares some characteristics… …
12Indigenous Tribes to the Elk Grove Region — were natives peoples to Elk Grove, California, a city in Sacramento County, California, located just south of the state capital of Sacramento. Today, Elk Grove is known for its large population as well as its fast paced residential expansion and… …
13Vlad the Impaler — Vlad Tepes redirects here. For other uses, see Vlad Tepes (disambiguation). Vlad III Dracula Prince of Wallachia The Ambras Castle portrait of Vlad III, c. 1560, reputedly a copy of an original made during his lifetime …
14Jesse Jackson, Jr.: Speech to the Democratic National Convention (1992) — ▪ Primary Source Between the Civil War and the Great Depression, the overwhelming majority of African American voters cast their ballots for the Republican Party. As the party of President Abraham Lincoln, signer of the Emancipation… …
15Epistle To the Romans — Epistle to the Romans † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle to the Romans This subject will be treated under the following heads: I. The Roman Church and St. Paul; II. Character, Contents, and Arrangement of the Epistle; III.… …
16Geography of Armenia — Armenia is a landlocked country in the South Caucasus region, between the Black and Caspian Seas, bordered on the north and east by Georgia and Azerbaijan and on the south and west by Iran and Turkey. The terrain is mostly mountainous and flat,… …
17Washington Avenue Bridge (Minneapolis) — Infobox Bridge bridge name=Washington Avenue Bridge caption=The Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, looking south from NP Bridge #9 official name= crosses=Mississippi River carries=Four lanes of County Road 122 on the lower deck, bicycles… …
18Canopy (vine) — The canopy of a grapevine includes the parts of the vine visible above ground the trunk, cordon, stems, leaves, and fruit. Management of the canopy is an important viticultural task due to its affect on grape yields, quality, vigour and the… …
19Islamic fundamentalism in Iran — The history of fundamentalist Islam in Iran (or History of Principle ism) covers the history of Islamic revivalism and the rise of political Islam in modern Iran. Today, there are basically three types of Islam in Iran: traditionalism, modernism …
20UNITED STATES LITERATURE — The Influence of the Bible and Hebrew Culture The Jewish influence on American literary expression predated the actual arrival of Jews in the United States in 1654, for the Puritan culture of New England was marked from the outset by a deep… …
