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With more than three thousand colleges and universities from which to choose, every student who takes the time to intelligently explore his or her educational options (and adheres to application and financial aid deadlines) should gain admission to at least three or four institutions in which they are highly likely to be happy and successful. Students and parents will therefore not find the college application process an anxiety provoking experience if they understand there is no single “right” college, if they maintain reasonable expectations, do a little planning, and take full advantage of the many informational resources available to them.

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DEFINITION: (noun) A junction where one street or road crosses another. SYNONYMS: crossroad, crossway, intersection, crossing. USAGE: When his jalopy broke down right in the middle of a busy carrefour, he swore he would invest in a more reliable car.

Whitman was an American poet whose works celebrate the freedom and dignity of the individual and sing the praises of democracy and the brotherhood of man. His Leaves of Grass, unconventional in both its content and technique, is one of the most influential volumes of poems in the history of American literature. He also penned "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," which is considered one of the finest elegies in the English language and is a tribute to what US president?

The 1970 Ancash earthquake was an undersea earthquake that affected the Peruvian regions of Ancash and La Libertad. Combined with a subsequent landslide, it killed 47,194 people and was the most catastrophic natural disaster ever recorded in the history of Peru. The 45-second quake destabilized the northern wall of Mount Huascaran and triggered a rock and snow avalanche that buried the towns of Yungay and Ranrahirca. What did the earthquake register on the Richter scale?

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents. Before perfumes can be composed, the odorants used in various perfume compositions must first be obtained. Synthetic odorants are produced through organic synthesis and purified, while odorants from natural sources must be extracted from raw materials. What are the seven olfactive families in which fragrances are traditionally classified?