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kame

[kām]
(geology)
A low, long, steep-sided mound of glacial drift, commonly stratified sand and gravel, deposited as an alluvial fan or delta at the terminal margin of a melting glacier.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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JBK and Pogi Kame are now available in various digital music stores, including Spotify, iTunes, Deezer, and Amazon.
O mito de origem Kaingang refere uma grande inundacao que destruiu a terra conhecida, na qual morreram afogados seus ancestrais Kame e Kanhru, cujas almas foram morar no interior da Serra de Krinjijimbe, e de onde sairam, ressuscitados: Kame saiu por um lado que nao tinha agua [OESTE], e Kanhru pelo lado onde havia agua (nascentes) [LESTE].
But while the top lot, The Rockhole and Soakage Water Site of Marrapinti (2001), with its intriguing repeated horseshoe patterns, by Papunya artist Naata Nungurrayi, equalled, at A$216,000, her previous record price set in 2007 (way above its A$60,000-A$80,000 estimate), the highest price for a work by Emily Kame Kngwarreye was A$126,000--a fraction of her 2007 artist's record.
Nolan Evangelista, legal counsel of the Kame Hachi, said the firm and its teachers are planning to file more complaints and sue for damages against the raiding team.
Additional chapters feature Ingrid, a girl of the Viking settlement in Vinland, 1002, who sadly returns home after conflict with the Skraelings, or Indians; Kame of Kamakaura, Japan in 1205, Kofi of Timbuktu, Mali Empire (1345), and more stories about young people in Venice, Toledo, and England and even Baghdad, the Islamic Empire, in medieval times.
Maureen Kame, Susan Spencer, Tessa Hafen (candidate for Congress).
Research: Researchers tested whether consumption of fruit and vegetable juices, containing a high concentration of polyphenols, decreases the risk of incident probable Alzheimer's disease in the "Kame Project" cohort, a population-based prospective study of 1836 Japanese Americans in King County, Washington, who were dementia-free at baseline (1992-1994) and were followed through 2001.
In Andover, Massachusetts, for example, an unpretentious sign announces the entrance to Indian Ridge, a glacial kame retrieved from logging activity by the Andover Village Improvement Society during the 1890s.
SPURRED BY rising consumer interest in pan-Asian cuisine, KAME, imported and distributed by Saddle Brook, N.J.-based Liberty Richter, has introduced Noodle Boxes, which offer authentic Asian noodle dishes that are ready in just two minutes--without adding water.
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