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Childhood Diseases: The Common Cold
The Common ColdChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of Childhood…Preventing Cancer
By choosing a lifestyle that avoids certain risks, you can help protect yourself from developing cancer. Many cancers are linked to factors that you can control. Tobacco. Smoking and using…Peter Pan: Peter Breaks Through
The Shadow Peter Breaks Through All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was…Baron Munchausen: The Baron goes to Petersbur...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe The Baron harangues the com... The Baron makes a speech to... The Baron goes to Petersbur... The Baron goes to Petersburgh, and converses with the Empress…Mayotte
(Encyclopedia) MayotteMayottemīŏtˈ [key], island (2015 est. pop. 240,000), 144 sq mi (374 sq km), French departmental collectivity, Indian Ocean, in the Comoro chain. Mamoudzou is the capital and…Madeira Islands
(Encyclopedia) Madeira IslandsMadeira Islandsmədērˈə, –dârˈə [key], archipelago (1991 pop. 257,692), 308 sq mi (798 sq km), autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean c.350 mi (560 km) off…New York State Canal System
(Encyclopedia) New York State Canal System, waterway system, 524 mi (843 km) long, traversing New York state and connecting the Great Lakes with the Finger Lakes, the Hudson River, and Lake Champlain…leishmaniasis
(Encyclopedia) leishmaniasisleishmaniasislēshˌmənīˈəsĭs [key], any of a group of tropical diseases caused by parasitic protozoans of the genus Leishmania. The parasites live in dogs, foxes, rodents,…Aravena, Alejandro
(Encyclopedia) Aravena, Alejandro 1967–, Chilean architect, b. Santiago, grad. Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Chile, Santiago (1992). Inspired by public service as much as by aesthetic concerns, he has…Alexander Archipelago
(Encyclopedia) Alexander ArchipelagoAlexander Archipelagoärkĭpĕlˈəgō [key], island group off SE Alaska. The islands are the exposed tops of the submerged coastal mountains that rise steeply from the…Trending
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