31) home schooling. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...arose largely from educator John Holt's books How Children Fail (1964) and How Children Learn (1967), teaching responds to an individual child's talents and interests...
32) space science. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...km). Artificial satellites orbit the earth at altitudes between one hundred and several thousand miles. Space probes travel to the moon and planets. The final and...
33) NATURAL LANGUAGE, ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGE. The Columbia Guide to Standard
American English. 1993
...any sort in the effort to create a new and easily learned lingua franca. None has been successful thus far. Of greater interest to us are the dozens of artificial...
34) A.D., B.C., (A.)C.E., B.C.E.. The Columbia Guide to Standard American
English. 1993
...almost certainly some will argue that we ought to cast aside as well the conventional numbering system itself, given its Christian basis. At present the familiar...
35) computer program. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...processing the operations are allocated among multiple processors, which execute them concurrently and share the results. Programs are often written as a series of...
36) lifestyle. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...the word has proved durable and useful, if only because such categories do in fact figure importantly in the schemes that Americans commonly invoke when explaining...
37) Europa Island. The World Factbook. 2003
...none conventional short form: Europa Island local short form: Ile Europa local long form: noneDependency status:possession of France; administered by a high commissioner...
38) Bolivia. The World Factbook. 2003
...Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)Administrative divisions:9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Beni, La Paz,...
39) Hong Kong. The World Factbook. 2003
...(special administrative region of China)Independence:none (special administrative region of China)National holiday:National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the...
40) Macau. The World Factbook. 2003
...democracyAdministrative divisions:none (special administrative region of China)Independence:none (special administrative region of China)National holiday:National...
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