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21Columbia Slough — Coordinates: 45°38′36″N 122°46′07″W / 45.64333°N 122.76861°W / 45.64333; 122.76861 …
22Regrading in Seattle — The topography of central Seattle was radically altered by a series of regrades in the city s first century of urban settlement, in what might be the largest such alteration of urban terrain in history.Harvnb|Peterson|1950|p=44] The heart of… …
23Holocene Epoch — formerly Recent Epoch Latest interval of the Earth s geologic history, dating from 10,000 years ago to the present. The younger of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period, the Holocene follows the last glacial stage of the… …
24slough — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sloughe, slo, from Old English slōh; akin to Middle High German slouche ditch Date: before 12th century 1. a. a place of deep mud or mire b. (also slew) (or slue) (1) swamp …
25to heaven — adverb or to heavens or to high heaven or to high heavens : to an unusual and often an exaggerated or excessive level or degree the muddy tide flat smelled to high heavens complained to heaven about the tax burden …
26flats — Flat lands, especially tidelands and lands along a river. Mr. Justice Story defined shores or flats to be the space between the margin of the water at low stage and the banks which contain it in its greatest flow; Lord Hale defined the term shore …
27china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
28China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
29Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
30United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
