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Definition: | (verb) Expose to radiation. |
Synonyms: | ray |
Usage: | The government regulators insist that we irradiate farm produce so as to destroy bacteria. |
![]() ![]() The Natufian CultureThe Natufian culture existed in the Mediterranean region of the Levant between 14,560 and 11,560 years ago and was unique in that its members established permanent settlements prior to the development of agriculture. While the Natufians were hunter-gatherers, some evidence suggests that they began to cultivate cereals after a sudden climate change threatened their naturally occurring food sources. Natufian sites contain the earliest archaeological evidence of the domestication of what animal? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() US Supreme Court Decides Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)In 1961, Estelle Griswold, executive director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, opened a birth control clinic for women in deliberate defiance of an 1879 law outlawing the use or distribution of contraceptives. She was arrested and fined. Her appeal made it to the US Supreme Court, which stated in a landmark 1965 decision that married couples had a right to "marital privacy," which included the right to use birth control. When was the same right extended to unwed individuals? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() George Szell (1897)Szell was a Hungarian-born conductor and pianist who immigrated to the US during WWII. Having already conducted many European orchestras, he soon became the principal conductor at the Metropolitan Opera. In 1946, he took over the Cleveland Orchestra and, by means of his famously dictatorial approach, built it into one of the most respected ensembles in the world, famed for its precision. Nearly 20 years after Szell's death, who complained that he still got credit when the orchestra did well? More... Discuss |
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It has been 8 months already since my father died and I terribly miss him.It really seem so different now that he's gone.I'm the youngest in the family and my parents are very dear to me...I can never still believe that my "papa' has gone to be with the Lord.
Atty. Galacio, thank you very much for posting these pictures and keeping them posted until this time. I really appreciate your efforts.
Charlene Thel Narvaez Galan
Carson, California
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