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At Chinese New Year celebrations, people wear red clothes, give children “lucky money” in red envelopes and set off firecrackers. Red symbolizes fire, which the Chinese believe drives away bad luck. Family members gather at each other’s homes for extravagant meals. Chinese New Year ends with a lantern festival. People hang decorated lanterns in temples and carry lanterns to an evening parade under the light of the full moon. The highlight of the lantern festival is often the dragon dance....

Badlands: The Badlands is a rugged and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska. The soil there is too poor to farm. Highlands: The Highlands is a mountainous region of northern Scotland that is famous for its beautiful terrain. High Seas: The high seas is the area beyond three miles from any nation’s territory, where no country has authority. Modern pirates still sail on these waters. Klondike: The entire region of gold fields in northwestern Canada extending to Alaska is the Klondike....

An early opponent of British colonial policy, he drafted the nonimportation resolutions adopted (1769) by the burgesses against the British and also wrote (1774) the Fairfax Resolves, which restated the constitutional position of the colonies in relation to the crown. Mason served on the Virginia committee of safety, and as a member of the Virginia constitutional convention of 1776 he drafted the well-known declaration of rights, which was extensively copied by other American states, and which was drawn on by Thomas Jefferson in the first part of the Declaration of Independence....

Even the 19-year period required adjustment, but it became the basis of the calendars of the ancient Chinese, Babylonians, Greeks, and Jews. This same calendar was also used by the Arabs, but Muhammad later forbade shifting from 12 months to 13 months, so that the Islamic calendar now has a lunar year of about 354 days. As a result, the months of the Islamic calendar, as well as the Islamic religious festivals, migrate through all the seasons of the year....

Most dinosaur genera presently contain only one species (for example, Deinonychus) but some have more (for example, Iguanodon). Even if all of the roughly 700 published species are valid, their number is still less than one-tenth the number of currently known living bird species, less than one-fifth the number of currently known mammal species, and less than one-third the number of currently known spider species.

According to the Hebrew Scriptures, the Hebrew patriarch Abraham (20th century? B.C.) founded Judaism. God (Yahweh) promised to bless his descendants if they remained faithful in worship. Abraham’s line descended through Isaac, then Jacob (Jacob was also called Israel; his descendants came to be called Israelites). The 12 families that descended from Jacob migrated to Egypt, where they were forced into slavery. They were led out of bondage (13th century?...

Related Links Olympics Overview 20122008 Summer Games: SoccerHope SoloDavid BeckhamEncyclopedia: Soccer Men’s soccer has appeared at the games every year since 1900, while women’s soccer is making its third appearance as a medal sport. What makes the men’s soccer event unique from the World Cup tournament is a rule that restricts teams to players under 23 years old (with the exception of three older players), making the Olympics a showcase for the world’s up-and-coming stars....

Organic Act Day is observed during Carnival—a month-long celebration in the Virgin Islands that includes parades, fireworks, calypso music and dancing, and more. More from State Holidays

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