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tarpon

(Encyclopedia) tarpontarpontärˈpŏn [key], common name for members of the family Megalopidae, or Elopidae, large game fish of the warm seas of the Western Hemisphere, ranging occasionally from Long…

Big Bend National Park

(Encyclopedia) Big Bend National Park, 801,163 acres (324,471 hectares), W Tex.; authorized 1935, est. 1944. It is a triangle formed where the Rio Grande runs southeast then northeast in a big bend…

Cévennes

(Encyclopedia) CévennesCévennessāvĕnˈ [key], mountain range, S France, bordering the Massif Central on the southeast. The Cévennes proper occupy the central section of a mountainous arc (average…

measles

(Encyclopedia) measles or rubeolarubeolar&oomacr;bēˈələ [key], highly contagious disease typically contracted during childhood, caused by a filterable virus and spread by droplet spray from the…

SARS

(Encyclopedia) SARS or severe acute respiratory syndrome, communicable viral disease that can progress to a potentially fatal pneumonia. The first symptoms of SARS are usually a high fever, headache…

Childhood Diseases: Infectious Mononucleosis

Infectious MononucleosisChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of…

John Keats: The Eve of St. Agnes

by John Keats Isabella; or, The Pot of BasilPoemsThe Eve of St. Agnes St. Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare…

William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act IV, Scene VII

Scene VIIAnother part of the fieldEnter Fluellen and GowerFluellenKill the poys and the luggage! 'tis expressly against the law of arms: 'tis as arrant a piece of knavery, mark you now, as…