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Palisades Sill (from the article "Triassic Period") ...and reliable radiometric dates are available only from Upper Triassic rocks. Examples of extrusive basalt ... Palisades, The basalt bluffs 200-540 feet (60-165 metres) high along the west side of the Hudson River, ... [1 Related Articles] Palissy, Bernard French Huguenot potter and writer, particularly associated with decorated rustic ware, a type of earthenware ... [3 Related Articles] Palitzsch, Johann Georg (from the article "comet") ...curves open to infinity, the orbit is closed and brings the same comet periodically back ... Palizada, Rio (from the article "Usumacinta River") ...and empties into the Bay of Campeche below Frontera in northern Tabasco state; the central ... Palk Strait inlet of the Bay of Bengal, between southeastern India and northern Sri Lanka and bounded ... Palkhivala, Nani Adeshir Indian jurist and civil rights activist (b. Jan. 16, 1920, Bombay [now Mumbai], India-d. Dec. ... Palko v. Connecticut (from the article "Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan") ...and other Social Security cases (1937), upholding the federal Social Security program on the basis ... Palkonda Hills series of ranges in southern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. The hills trend northwest to ... Palkovic, Jiri (from the article "biblical literature") Closely allied to the Czech language, but not identical with it, Slovakian became a literary ... Palkuriki Somanatha (from the article "South Asian arts") Contemporary with the 13th-century Virasaiva saints were Telugu Saiva poets such as Palkuriki Somanatha, who ... pall (from the article "heraldry") ...tinctures, like a checkerboard. Billets are oblong figures. If their number exceeds 10 and they ... Pall Mall (from the article "American Brands, Inc.") 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Pallenberg, Max actor, an exponent of the Austrian tradition of extempore farce, whose talents contributed to the ... Pallene (from the article "Peisistratus") ...in Thebes, Argos, Naxos, and elsewhere. In 546 he went to Eretria on the island ... pallet (from the article "logistics") ...buys and takes home. These containers fit into boxes that are about one cubic foot ... pallet (from the article "organ") The pipes are arranged over a wind chest that is connected to the keys via ... pallet load (from the article "logistics") ...vehicles with two lifting prongs in front that fit into slots in the pallet and ... pallial line (from the article "bivalve") ...margins, although increases in thickness take place everywhere. The mantle is withdrawn between the shell ... palliative surgery (from the article "cancer") Although surgery often is intended to be curative, it may sometimes be used to assuage ... pallid harrier (from the article "harrier") ...Also common are the marsh harrier (C. aeruginosus) and Montagu's harrier (C. pygargus) ranging over ... pallidotomy (from the article "parkinsonism") ...of dopamine, and bromocriptine and pergolide, two drugs that mimic the effects of dopamine. Surgical ... Palliser, John (from the article "Cypress Hills") ...acres [20,720 hectares] in Alberta, 44,800 acres in Saskatchewan), although coal has been mined in ... Palliser, Sir Hugh (from the article "Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, Baron Elden") ...When he fought against France in 1778 as commander of the western squadron, he believed ... pallium liturgical vestment worn over the chasuble by the pope, archbishops, and some bishops in the ... [2 Related Articles] Pallo, Jackie British professional wrestler (b. Jan. 12, 1926, London, Eng.-d. Feb. 11, 2006, Ramsgate, Kent, Eng.), ... palm any member of the Arecaceae, or Palmae, the single family of monocotyledonous flowering plants of ... [10 Related Articles] palm (from the article "measurement system") ...inch); the inch (uncia or pollicus), or 112 foot, ... palm (from the article "measurement system") ...20.62 inches) was subdivided in an extraordinarily complicated way. The basic subunit was the digit, ... Palm Bay city, Brevard county, east-central Florida, U.S. It lies along the Indian River, a lagoon (part ... Palm Beach town, Palm Beach county, southeastern Florida, U.S., on a narrow barrier island between the Atlantic ... palm borer (from the article "branch and twig borer") any of approximately 700 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that live in dry wood ... palm cabbage (from the article "coconut palm") Other useful products derived from the coconut palm include toddy, palm cabbage, and construction materials. ... palm chestnut edible nut of the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes, or in some classifications Guilielma gasipaes), family ... palm civet (from the article "civet") Civets are usually solitary and live in tree hollows, among rocks, and in similar places, ... palm cockatoo (from the article "cockatoo") Largest of cockatoos and with the biggest beak among psittaciform birds is the palm, or ... palm oil (from the article "Biofuels-The Next Great Source of Energy?") ...as 100% ethanol fuel or in gasoline blends containing 85% ethanol. The second most common ... Palm Pilot (from the article "computer") The potential of this new kind of device was realized in 1996 when Palm Computing, ... palm print (from the article "hand") ...the tips of the fingers are covered by fingernails-a specialization that improves manipulation. The palms ... Palm Springs city, Riverside county, southern California, U.S. It lies in the Coachella Valley, at the foot ... Palm Sunday in the Christian tradition, first day of Holy Week and the Sunday before Easter, commemorating ... [4 Related Articles] Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965 series of tornados that struck the Midwestern region of the United States on April 11, ... [2 Related Articles] palm-chat (species Dulus dominicus), songbird of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and nearby Gonave Island, ... 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Palma, Jose (from the article "Southeast Asian arts") ...beginning with Noli me tangere ("Touch Me Not"). Other prominent writers, all essayists, were Mariano ... Palma, Ricardo Peruvian writer best known for his collected legends of colonial Peru, one of the most ... [2 Related Articles] Palmach (from the article "Allon, Yigal") Allon was one of the first commanders of the Palmach, an elite branch of the ... palmar and plantar keratosis (from the article "keratosis") 1. Palmar and plantar keratosis is a congenital, often hereditary, thickening of the horny layer ... Palmares autonomous republic within Alagoas state in northeastern Brazil during the period 1630-94; it was formed ... Palmaria (from the article "algae") ...absent; coralline red algae contribute to coral reefs and coral sands; predominantly marine; approximately 4,100 ...

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