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91Breyer Horse — Breyer Animal Creations (or just Breyer), a division of Reeves International, is one of the oldest model animal companies in existence. The company specializes in models made from cellulose acetate (a form of plastic) and are best known for their …
92Mississippi Records — History= Mississippi Records was founded by Alex Yusimov. Yusimov used the name and address of his longtime friend, Eric Isaacson, who was starting a record store called Mississippi records in Portland, Oregon, because he had no permanent address …
93bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 …
94Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …
95dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… …
96totemism — totemistic, adj. /toh teuh miz euhm/, n. 1. the practice of having totems. 2. the system of tribal division according to totems. [1785 95, Amer.; TOTEM + ISM] * * * Complex of ideas and practices based on the belief in kinship or mystical… …
97Chekhov, Anton — ▪ Russian author Introduction in full Anton Pavlovich Chekhov born Jan. 29 [Jan. 17, Old Style], 1860, Taganrog, Russia died July 14/15 [July 1/2], 1904, Badenweiler, Ger. major Russian playwright and master of the modern short story. He was a …
98Numismatics — • The science of coins and medals Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Numismatics Numismatics † …
99Newton, Isaac — (1642–1727) British mathematician and physicist, and a principal source of the classical scientific view of the world. The man Hume called ‘the greatest and rarest genius that ever arose for the ornament and instruction of the species’ was born… …
100Philately — is the study and collecting of revenue and postage stamps. This includes the design, production and uses of stamps after they are authorized for issue, usually by government officials such as postal authorities. Philately is the distinct activity …
