10. Lesson 4c (continued) - L - English Pronunciation
11. Lesson 5a - R - English Pronunciation
12. Lesson 5a (continued) - R - English Pronunciation
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irradiate discuss | |
Definition: | (verb) Expose to radiation. |
Synonyms: | ray |
Usage: | The government regulators insist that we irradiate farm produce so as to destroy bacteria. |
![]() ![]() The Natufian CultureThe Natufian culture existed in the Mediterranean region of the Levant between 14,560 and 11,560 years ago and was unique in that its members established permanent settlements prior to the development of agriculture. While the Natufians were hunter-gatherers, some evidence suggests that they began to cultivate cereals after a sudden climate change threatened their naturally occurring food sources. Natufian sites contain the earliest archaeological evidence of the domestication of what animal? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() US Supreme Court Decides Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)In 1961, Estelle Griswold, executive director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, opened a birth control clinic for women in deliberate defiance of an 1879 law outlawing the use or distribution of contraceptives. She was arrested and fined. Her appeal made it to the US Supreme Court, which stated in a landmark 1965 decision that married couples had a right to "marital privacy," which included the right to use birth control. When was the same right extended to unwed individuals? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() John Trumbull (1756)After serving as an aide to George Washington during the American Revolution, Trumbull went to London to study painting under Benjamin West. He was imprisoned shortly thereafter—in retribution for the hanging of a British agent in the US—and left London upon his release. He returned in 1784 and began a celebrated series of historical paintings, four of which now hang in the US Capitol rotunda. His oft-reproduced Declaration of Independence is featured on what denomination of US currency? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() Henry James (1843-1916) Discuss |
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