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demarcation

Definition: (noun) The boundary of a specific area.
Synonyms:limit
Usage:At any garrisoned point where the line of demarcation between one country and another is so very narrow as at Niagara, desertion from the ranks can scarcely fail to be of frequent occurrence. Discuss.
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Insect Mouthparts

Though the mouthparts of arthropods all developed from the same basic form, different species have evolved unique structures adapted to suit various styles of feeding, such as chewing, lapping, and siphoning. For example, the mouthparts of aphids are suited to piercing plant tissue and sucking up the sap. Butterflies and moths have siphoning mouthparts that form a long proboscis which is coiled at rest but can be extended to suck nectar from flowers. What type of mouthparts do arachnids have? More... Discuss
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Big Bang Machine Causes Smash

Scientists have begun circulating beams of protons through the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for the first time since electrical problems 14 months ago halted its use. On Monday, two beams traveling in opposite directions collided, smashing together protons traveling at nearly the speed of light. Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) hope the multi-billion dollar collider, which took 20 years to construct, will shed light on the origin of the universe by mimicking the conditions that followed the big bang. More... Discuss
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First Serving Female British MP Elected (1919)

Nancy Witcher Astor, or Viscountess Astor, was the second woman elected to the British Parliament's House of Commons and the first to actually serve. She concentrated on women's issues, temperance, and child welfare and was reelected many times, serving until 1945. Astor attracted a great deal of attention, much of it for her caustic and witty comments. She reportedly once said to Winston Churchill, "If you were my husband, I'd put arsenic in your coffee." What was his alleged response? More... Discuss
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Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908)

Claude Lévi-Strauss is best known as the founder of structuralism, an anthropological theory that stresses the interdependence of cultural systems and the way they relate to one another. He theorized that culture is a system of symbolic communication that, like phonemic differences in language, owes its meaning to structure. Borrowing heavily from contemporary linguistics, his theory was a major departure from earlier "functionalist" theories. Why was Lévi-Strauss investigated by the FBI? More... Discuss
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