• John Crossley Swallow FRS (11 October 1923 – 3 December 1994) was an English oceanographer who invented the Swallow float (sometimes referred to as a...
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    ethylene. It was the first grade of polyethylene, produced in 1933 by Dr John C. Swallow and M.W Perrin who were working for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI)...
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    The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally...
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    Emily in the video game The Last of Us Part II. Swallow was born on December 18, 1979, in Washington, D.C. She grew up in Sterling, Virginia and Jacksonville...
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    Silas Comfort Swallow (March 5, 1839 – August 13, 1930) was a United States Methodist preacher and prohibitionist politician who was a lifelong opponent...
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    The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world, occurring on all continents, with vagrants reported even in...
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    The welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae that is native to Australia and nearby islands. It has...
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    Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla...
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  • Yorkshire, Somerset James Swallow, British writer Jerod Swallow, American figure skater Jodie Swallow, British triathlete John C. Swallow (born 1923), English...
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    Sword swallowing is a skill in which the performer passes a sword through the mouth and down the esophagus to the stomach. This feat is not swallowing in...
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  • mortar – Wilfred Stokes Strowger switch – Almon Brown Strowger Swallow float – John C. Swallow Taj Mahal - Mumtaz Mahal Tesla coil, Tesla turbine – Nikola...
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    The tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) is a migratory bird of the family Hirundinidae. Found in the Americas, the tree swallow was first described in...
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  • The Swallow New Swallow, also known as the Swallow Commercial Three-Seater is an American-built general purpose biplane of the mid- to late 1920s. The...
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    the earth." 1966 Columbus O'D. Iselin (WHOI) 1964 Bruce C. Heezen (WHOI) 1962 John C. Swallow (WHOI) 1960 Henry Bryant Bigelow Over the years, WHOI scientists...
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  • in 1992, UGK released their major-label debut studio album Too Hard to Swallow to critical acclaim. The group followed this with their second and third...
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    Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (née Swallow; December 3, 1842 – March 30, 1911) was an American industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist...
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  • Dagger by James Swallow (February 2019) The saga chronologically continued with the Siege of Terra novels. Book 001 - The Solar War by John French (May 2019)...
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    Stommel in 1955 and John C. Swallow in 1955. The design of the Swallow float allows it to stabilize itself at a given depth. However Swallow's design was the...
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    The blue swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea) is a small bird within the swallow family which is in the order Passeriformes. Swallows are somewhat similar in...
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    The wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It has two subspecies: H. s. smithii, which occurs throughout...
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    HMS Swallow was a 10-gun Merlin-class sloop of the Royal Navy that prior to her commissioning was briefly known as HMS Galgo. Launched in 1744, the ship...
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  • Kenneth Charles Edwards 1965 Prof. John C. Swallow 1966 Prof. S.G. Davis 1967 Prof. Edmund William Gilbert 1968 C.T. Smith 1969 Prof. J.T. Coppock 1970...
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  • the Journal of Meteorology/Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 1978 John C. Swallow for his pioneering measurements of low-frequency variability in the...
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    torture in December 2014, saying "The truth is sometimes a hard pill to swallow. It sometimes causes us difficulties at home and abroad. It is sometimes...
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  • An upper gastrointestinal series, also called a barium swallow, barium study, or barium meal, is a series of radiographs used to examine the gastrointestinal...
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    form is no longer a clear alternative to realism, but has, in fact, been swallowed up by it." Mearsheimer is the leading proponent of offensive realism....
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    Risk factors include decreased level of consciousness, problems with swallowing, alcoholism, tube feeding, and poor oral health. Diagnosis is typically...
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  • Hard to Swallow is the third studio album by American rapper Vanilla Ice. Released by Republic Records in 1998, the album was the first album Vanilla...
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    of Jazz in 2001–2002 and 2006. In 2004 EnRoute: John Scofield Trio LIVE was released with Steve Swallow on bass and Bill Stewart on drums. It was recorded...
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  • Bernard "Bun B" Freeman and Chad "Pimp C" Butler. They released their first major-label album, Too Hard to Swallow, in 1992, followed by several other albums...
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