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U.K. Holidays: Religious and Secular, 2008

Society and Culture > Calendar & Holidays   Related Links Holidays: Frequently Asked Questions National Holidays Around the World Holiday Census Facts   In England and Wales there are…

Plagiarism

What is and what is not plagiarism by Holly Hartman Homework Center Links Writing SkillsTips for Writing EssaysReading Your Sources and Taking Notes Using Footnotes or Endnotes to…

Using Punctuation

End MarksCommaColonSemicolonDashes & HyphensBrackets & ParenthesesApostropheQuotation MarksSee also: Punctuation Matters

Gilded Age

(Encyclopedia) Gilded Age, a term used to describe a period in United States history—from roughly 1870 to 1900—when the wealthy elite consisted of…

Great Plains

(Encyclopedia) Great Plains, extensive grassland region on the continental slope of central North America. They extend from the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba south through…

Anselm, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Anselm, SaintAnselm, Saintănˈsĕlm [key], 1033?–1109, prelate in Normandy and England, archbishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church (1720), b. Aosta, Piedmont. After a carefree youth…

depression, in economics

(Encyclopedia) depression, in economics, period of economic crisis in commerce, finance, and industry, characterized by falling prices, restriction of credit, low output and investment, numerous…

monarchy

(Encyclopedia) monarchy, form of government in which sovereignty is vested in a single person whose right to rule is generally hereditary and who is empowered to remain in office for life. The power…

seafloor spreading

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Schematic model of the oceanic crust, showing seafloor spreading seafloor spreading, theory of lithospheric evolution that holds that the ocean floors are spreading outward…