Going Going Wipeout Near for Blue Whale
In the Antarctic waters the last blue whales face extinction due to factory whaling. Hearings on a ten year moratorium seek global cooperation as nations like Russia and Japan drive most whaling. Marine biologist Roger Payne cites flagging ships and widespread kills to press conservation.
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Ashington
Antarctica
Harrison Williams
Diffi
Russia
Japan
International Whaling Commission
Roger Payne
Arctic Ocean
Nantucket
New England
Herman Melville
Payne
Ambergris
Ernest Hollings
Ocean Subcommittee
Florida
Presidents of Manifest Destiny Bold Champion of Expansion
A compact historical profile of Thomas Jefferson and the early 1800s expansion policy. It notes the 1800 election deadlock with Jefferson and Burr as Democratic Republicans, Adams as Federalist, Jefferson becoming president in 1801, and his shift to Jeffersonian policies. It covers the Louisiana Purchase, cabinet choices, and notable events including Polly Jefferson’s death and Burr’s duel with Hamilton.
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Manifest Destiny
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
John Adams
House of Representatives
Jefferson
Burr
Adams
Washington
Capitol
President’s Palace
President’s House
James Madison
Albert Gallatin
Madison
Gallatin
Napoleon
Louisiana Territory
Union
Polly
Alexander Hamilton
George Clinton
Charles C. Pinckney
South Carolina
Alfred Landon
Franklin Roosevelt
Okay and flaunt versus flout in language use
A New York Times feature contrasts okay with other filler words and explains correct usage of flaunt versus flout. It cites a White House spokesman example and offers memory tips linking turbid to mud and turgid to grandiloquent.
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White House
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Blue Whale
Marquis Childs
Commission
United Feature Syndicate
By Wallace Patterson
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Bernstein
Texas
Special Features Syndicate
New York Times
Theodore M. Bernstein
Richman Brothers
Richman
Bankamericard
Cedar Rapids
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