Plimsoll Mark
In the mid-1800s, Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898), an unemployed British coal merchant, became acquainted with the unjust treatment of the impoverished, particularly with regard to the poor ...
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A Japanese whaling ship returned to port from Antarctica Friday with a catch of 508 whales, despite having its annual hunt cut short by a deadly fire.The Nisshin Maru's hunt had triggered a high-se...
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IRobot Corp., the maker of robots to clean carpets and hard floors, has decided the water is warm enough in the pool-cleaning market to take a swim there, too.The maker of consumer and military rob...
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VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - Around half a
million Mexicans were made homeless and one man died
Wednesday as heavy rains devastated the southern Mexican state
of Tabasco and flooded 70 percent...
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The ultimate essence of dentistry is that all patients should be guaranteed the best possible health care, with the best possible quality and safety to reasonable costs and as few side effects as p...
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An anti-whaling group's boat and a Japanese whale-spotting vessel collided in Antarctic waters Monday during violent clashes over a pod of whales, conservationists and Japanese officials said.The a...
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Give Eyes a Pop of Color How to get it:Use liquid eyeliner, or dip a tiny, wet brush into the powder of your choice. Then draw a line right along your top lashes, getting a little thicker toward th...
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Robert Zemeckis used Beowulf (No. 1), once the scourge of high-school English classes nationwide, to lure unsuspecting children and families to the box office this weekend, promising a 3-D spectac...
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The lethal combination of Will Smith in the tentpole apocalypse-drama I Am Legend (No. 1), the nasty weather enveloping the Northeast, and nothing good happening on TV (which translates to nothing ...
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Plimsoll Mark
Japan ship returns home with 508 whales
