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Score: 5/5 (41 votes) "Pre-shipment" means that your package has left our warehouse and is waiting to be scanned by USPS to begin its journey to you. ... We've had plenty of instances where the package wasn't scanned by USPS, but still arrived on time and onto the wrist of its owner.Why is...
Score: 4.1/5 (52 votes) In the Biographia Literaria, Coleridge has a chapter titled “On the imagination, or esemplastic power.” Esemplastic is a word he devised himself from Greek and means “to shape into one” (7,1: 168). The phrase 'esemplastic power' suggests that the imagination itself ...
Score: 4.9/5 (41 votes) Scottish: possibly a nickname from Middle English hende 'courteous' (see Hendy), or an occupational name for a deer-keeper, from Middle English hind 'female deer'.Is Hyndman a German name?Hyndman is a Scottish surname.Where does the name Ocon come from?Man...
Score: 4.7/5 (62 votes) The Alcova Reservoir covers 2,470 surface acres. Facilities include 6 campgrounds, 8 boat ramps, interpretive trail and marina concession.What fish are in Alcova Lake Wyoming?Alcova Lake, Alcova Wyoming: Available fish species include Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Tro...
Score: 4.1/5 (31 votes) Gerontologists aren't medical doctors. They're professionals who specialize in issues of aging or professionals in various fields from dentistry and psychology to nursing and social work who study and may receive certification in gerontology.What does a gerontologis...
Score: 5/5 (5 votes) After all, it's loaded with more character than a Versa, and our close Canadian neighbors had been able to buy Micras from their introduction in the early 1980s right up until this year, when it was finally discontinued. ... But over in Europe, the Micra is still going stro...
Score: 4.5/5 (50 votes) Run of the mill is an adjective meaning "average" or "not outstanding in quality or rarity." Run-of-the-mill first began as a term for manufactured goods that had not been graded or sorted for quality and later was used in its current figurative sense.What is meant by run of ...
Score: 4.7/5 (35 votes) Red blood cells contain hemoglobin and are covered with a membrane composed of proteins and lipids. Hemoglobin—an iron-rich protein that gives blood its red color—enables red blood cells to transport oxygen and carbon dioxide. Red blood cells do not have nuclei, allowing for ...
Score: 4.8/5 (54 votes) An hour (symbol: h; also abbreviated hr) is a unit of time conventionally reckoned as 1⁄24 of a day and scientifically reckoned as 3,599–3,601 seconds, depending on conditions. There are 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day.Is hour abbreviated as hr or h?An hour (abbr...
Score: 4.6/5 (1 votes) In the U.S., the general rule is that "[a] person is privileged to use such force as reasonably appears necessary to defend him or herself against an apparent threat of unlawful and immediate violence from another." In cases involving non-deadly force, this means that the pers...
