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Venus

2,484 words, approx. 9 pages

Venus Venus was one of the last planets to be explored, despite its position as the closest planet to Earth. This is largely because it is perpetually shrouded in a uniformly bland covering of clouds.... Read more

Venus

929 words, approx. 4 pages

Venus VENUS is perhaps the most singular example from among the divinized abstractions that make up the Roman pantheon. The word venus, in its origin, is a neuter noun of the same kind as genus or opu... Read more

Venus

852 words, approx. 3 pages

Venus The second planet from the Sun, Venus is often called Earth's "sister planet" because it is the closest planet to Earth and because the two planets are nearly identical in size and mass. Venus g... Read more

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News & Journals (10)

Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc.

263 words, approx. 1 pages

Corporate description Ben Venue can produce clinical to commercial batches of liquid or lyophilized sterile products. The company is an experienced contract manufacturer of parenteral... Read more

Live-Blog! Venus Williams-Justine Henin

1,253 words, approx. 5 pages

I tried it once, and nothing terrible happened. So here, for our second attempt at live-blogging the Open, I'll be presenting a running account of the women's semifinal between Venus Williams and J... Read more

Venus has frequent bursts of lightning

396 words, approx. 2 pages

Nearby Venus is looking a bit more Earth-like with frequent bursts of lightning confirmed by a new European space probe.For nearly three decades, astronomers have said Venus probably had lightning ... Read more

Father of Venus, Serena Williams liable

362 words, approx. 2 pages

The father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams is liable but doesn't have to pay damages in a lawsuit that claimed he reneged on a deal for his daughters to play in an exhibition match, a jur... Read more

Olympic Watercube swimming venue opens

408 words, approx. 2 pages

Organizers of the Beijing Olympics unveiled the "Watercube" swimming venue Monday, one of the more stunning structures built for the 2008 Games.Known officially as the National Aquatics Center, the... Read more

Beijing unveils Watercube Olympic venue

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Venus Williams makes return in Memphis

347 words, approx. 2 pages

Venus Williams doesn't exactly know how her injured left wrist will respond in her return to competitive tennis. She just knows it's time."I've been working fairly hard, but obviously with match pl... Read more

Venus Williams ousted from French Open

864 words, approx. 3 pages

Venus Williams stood still, all straight-faced and serious, during a TV interview right before she played in the French Open's third round.Her opponent, Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, giggled while del... Read more

Venus Williams advances at Family Circle

251 words, approx. 1 pages

Venus Williams needed just 49 minutes to reach the third round of the Family Circle Cup, defeating Vasilisa Bardina 6-2, 6-1 Wednesday in a match briefly suspended because of rain.Williams, ranked ... Read more

Polygamist's attorney wants venue change

376 words, approx. 2 pages

A lawyer for polygamous-sect leader Warren Jeffs, convicted in Utah for arranging a marriage between an underage woman and her cousin, said Monday that he will ask for a change of venue for his cli... Read more