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  Kronos: A Chronological History of the Martial Arts and Combative Sports
Being a compendium of useful facts and figures to assist in the research and development of the knowledge of the martial arts, East and West.
Rather than listing everything one should read, this bibliography lists only published sources that were consulted during the preparation of this chronology.
Although we could list the people who helped this way, we thought maybe it was better if we didn't, as that way these nice people couldn't be blamed for our mistakes.
ejmas.com /kronos/index.html   (3234 words)

  
 Science News Online: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Although the American Medical Association denounced homeopathic practitioners, Copeland's bill to legitimize homeopathic medicine passed Congress in 1935, and the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 acknowledged the practice.
Although the quest to figure out the universe is as old as humanity, we are "the first generation who can claim to have a respectable, rational, and coherent description" for it, reports Singh.
For instance, he looks at how and why societies such as the Native American Maya and Anasazi met their demise, as well as the details of the fall of the Vikings of Greenland and the prehistoric Polynesian culture that once thrived on Easter Island.
www.sciencenews.org /pages/books0105.asp   (10547 words)

  
 Phrase and word origins
But England, I fancy, had from early times pipers who lived by their piping, the expense of which was, doubtless, on frequent occasions defrayed by one out of the many that had enjoyed the pleasure of the dance.
Figurative paint was probably applied, in later years, by young cowboys from outlying ranches who, bent on riotous revelry, rode into the main streets of a town whooping at the top of their lungs and firing their guns into the air as if actually a band of Comanches.
It's common in American English and it is recommended in the Chicago Manual of Style and other US style guides, though American newspapers frequently omit it, supposedly to save space.
www.yaelf.com /questions.shtml   (8665 words)

  
 MBR: Internet Bookwatch, November 2004
Susan Hough is a research seismologist in one of North America's most active earthquake zones: her title succeeds in aptly communicating the science of earthquake research to a lay audience, injecting a healthy dose of lively history for those with no prior background in the subject.
It is not a standard book; instead, it features lists of medical conditions, illnesses, and injuries, in English and in French, that any English-speaking traveler can point to and immediately inform a French-speaking doctor his or her ailments.
Enhanced with maps, genealogical charts, bibliography, a subject list, a listing of Tudor-themed historical novels, an annotated listing of Tudor websites, Bosworth Field To Bloody Mary is a strongly recommended and core addition to personal, academic, and community library British History collections.
www.midwestbookreview.com /ibw/nov_04.htm   (15655 words)

  
 Racial Issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Unless otherwise stated, all facts and figures are for the United States, and are current as of April of 2000.
The teachers for the next school year were given a list of names, and were told that the test had identified these children as exceptional learners.
The American Federation of Teachers (one of the 2 largest teacher's unions) suggested these schools were inferior and criticized them because they had no "educational track record." The Harvard study found that within one year, students attending these schools made statistically significant improvements to their national percentile rankings in reading and math.
www.justfacts.com /racial_issues.htm   (13773 words)

  
 The Learning Place - Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
If you know of a Women’s History link you feel should be included in our list, please email the information and URL to us at nwhp@nwhp.org.
Biographies of women in seventeen sports, from baseball to soccer to hockey to cycling.
List of significant repositories for American Jewish women’s history, with information on published guides, examples of collections of oral histories and private papers, location of records of national offices of Jewish women’s organizations; historical scholarship from 1970 to the present from journals, anthologies, and monographs.
www.nwhp.org /tlp/links/links.html   (3636 words)

  
 Scottish Heritage - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
For genealogies in Scotland, the GR site at http://www.origins.net/ is probably the best and includes tutorials on how to use their research capabilities.
Once you and I have approved the final list, it will be made public on the internet as to who is competing at your game.
Also, you may be interested in a list of all Nigel Tranter's books at http://www.nigeltranter.co.uk/.
www.thecapitalscot.com /faq_capscot.html   (11143 words)

  
 Category:Sports - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out under a publicly agreed set of rules, and with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of skill, or some combination of these.
The difference of purpose is what characterises sport, combined with the notion of individual (or team) skill or prowess.
For more information, see the main article about Sport.
www.unipedia.info /Category:Sports.html   (223 words)

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