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In this technique, the reflection of sound waves is recorded to produce images from inside the body
Ultrasound
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Also called nettle rash, they're characterized by itchy red or white patches
Hives
Joining Great Britain, Congress passed an act in 1807 abolishing this international African trade
the slave trade
The 1944 Invasion of Normandy
June
A hemostat is this device that's closed over a cut blood vessel to stop bleeding
Clamp
Miami University
Oxford, OH
It's a region politically controlled by a distant country such as Angola by Portugal before its independence
The Credit Mobilier scandal involved this "oceanic" railroad company
Union Pacific
Kwanza begins
December
To relieve pressure, trepanning is boring or drilling a hole through this
Cranium (skull)
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
It's an elaborate confidence game like the one pulled off by Paul Newman & Robert Redford in a 1973 film
Sting
62,000 men in parallel corps columns covered up to 15 miles a day on their way to Savannah in this general's march to the sea
Sherman
Grandparents Day
September
When used to open the thoracic cavity, a surgical guillotine transects this group of bones, not the neck
Ribs
Florida State University
Tallahassee
Some modern fireworks shows choose to use these flying robots to light up in patterns to mimic firework explosions
Drone
In 1890 this bureau of the government reported that the West was so settled that no frontier could be said to exist
the Census (bureau)
The Indy 500 roars to life
May
It's the intentional burning away of tissue by electric current or heat
Cauterization
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
There are several shapes of these atop chickens' heads, including the rose, the walnut & the pea
Comb
This American naval hero wasn't killed in the Illinois city that bears his surname, but rather in a duel in Maryland
The Bastille Day military parade marches on
July