The Civil War Trust acquires land by donation or at fair market value from private parties. Once acquired, the Civil War Trust must take care of the land, usually with help of other preservation groups. If the landowner doesn’t want to sell the land, a conservation easement can be arranged with the Civil War Trust. The conservation easement prevents any commercial development on the property in the future. The U....
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Inshore lobsters tend to stay in one place, seldom moving more than a mile or so, but deepwater lobsters farther out on the Continental Shelf follow a seasonal migratory pattern shoreward in summer, returning to the Shelf again in the autumn. The record travel so far is 225 miles covered by a lobster tagged off the Continental Shelf and recovered at Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York. Colorless. When exposed to oxygen, it develops a bluish color....
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Related Links Olympics Overview 2012Artistic Gymnastics PreviewEncyclopedia: Gymnastics Heading into their final event, the vault, the U.S. had a lead over Russia and it looked liked the U.S. had its first gold in the team combined exercises all sewn up. That is until teammate Dominique Moceanu fell down on both her vaults and Strug’s first attempt also ended in a fall. Serious doubt crept into the thoughts of 32,000 spectators and Karolyi let her know that she needed to land her second and final vault in order to seal it....
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The interstate system totals 46,300 miles. All interstate highways are marked by blue signs with red tops.The north-south highways have odd numbers with 1 or 2 digits, usually including a 5. The lowest numbers are on the West Coast and increase as they move east. For example, I-5 is on the West Coast, I-95 on the East Coast.The east-west highways have even numbers with 1 or 2 digits. The lowest numbers are in the South and increase as they go north....
In 1972, Russia’s Olga Korbut helped take our minds of the horrors going on in Munich and in Vietnam. In 1976, Romania’s Nadia Comaneci recorded the first perfect score in Olympic gymnastics history, then proceeded to record six more for good measure. In 1984, American Mary Lou Retton dazzled us with her smile and spunk, and in 1996, it was the “Magnificent Seven” and Kerri Strug’s gutsy vault that ensured the gold for the United States....
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But what about the other “seed” sounds? Only one English word ends in sede: supersede. Three English words end in ceed: exceed, proceed, and succeed. All other English words that end in the “seed” sound are spelled with cede: intercede, precede, recede, secede, and so on. See also: Guide to Spelling.
