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On April 12, 1976, as part of a bicentennial celebration, Congress dedicated a 20-foot (6 m) tall marble statue in Philadelphia's Franklin Institute as the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller presided over the dedication ceremony. [300] Many of Franklin's personal possessions are on display at the institute.
Philippa Ruth Foot FBA (/ ˈ f ɪ l ɪ p ə ˈ f ʊ t /; née Bosanquet; 3 October 1920 – 3 October 2010) was an English philosopher and one of the founders of contemporary virtue ethics. Her work was inspired by Aristotelian ethics .
Cuba is 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Florida The stern of a Cuban "chug" (homemade boat used by refugees) on display at Fort Jefferson. The wet feet, dry feet policy or wet foot, dry foot policy was the name given to a former interpretation of the 1995 revision of the application of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 that essentially says that anyone who emigrated from Cuba and entered the ...
In 2014, the company broke ground on a 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m 2) distribution hub and corporate headquarters at Harlem River Yards in the Bronx. [33] The new facility was forecast to expand the company's operations capacity and create 1,000 additional jobs. [33] [34]
Smallfoot is a 2018 American animated musical comedy film co-produced by Warner Animation Group and Zaftig Films, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.Based on the unpublished children's book Yeti Tracks by Sergio Pablos, the film was co-written and directed by Karey Kirkpatrick, and stars the voices of Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James, Gina Rodriguez, Danny ...
1 ⁄ 12 of a ligne. This unit is usually called the Truchet point in English. Prior to the French Revolution the Fournier point was also in use. It was 1 ⁄ 6 of a ligne or 1 ⁄ 864 of the smaller French foot. ligne: 1 ⁄ 144: 2.256 mm 88.81 thou 1 ⁄ 12 of a pouce. This corresponds to the line, a traditional English unit. pouce: 1 ⁄ 12: ...
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovids. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The virus causes a high fever lasting two to six days, followed by blisters inside the mouth and near the hoof that may rupture and cause lameness .
Friction ridges are disrupted by plantar warts; if the lesion is not a plantar wart, the striations continue across the top layer of the skin. Plantar warts tend to be painful on application of pressure from either side of the lesion rather than direct pressure, unlike corns (which tend to be painful on direct pressure, instead). [citation needed]