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Shanghaiing or crimping is the practice of kidnapping people to serve as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. Those engaged in this form of kidnapping were known as crimps. The related term press gang refers specifically to impressment practices in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.
Gillis' name is a reference to Fraggle Rock music arranger Don Gillis. Harmer Fraggle - A Fraggle who plays the forward on Rumple Fraggle's rock hockey team as seen in "Playing Till It Hurts." Herkimer Fraggle (performed by Richard Hunt) - A Fraggle who serves as the property caretaker of Rhyming Rock.
(v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014 [1]) and Endangered Species Act: E - endangered, T - threatened XN, XE - experimental non essential or essential population E(S/A), T(S/A) - endangered or threatened due to similarity of appearance (selected only taxa found in the US, the data is current as of March 28, 2014 [2])
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The yak (Bos grunniens), also known as the Tartary ox, grunting ox, [1] or hairy cattle, [2] is a species of long-haired domesticated cattle found throughout the Himalayan region of Gilgit-Baltistan (Kashmir, Pakistan), Nepal, Sikkim (), the Tibetan Plateau (), Tajikistan and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia.
The capybara inhabits savannas and dense forests, and lives near bodies of water. It is a highly social species and can be found in groups as large as 100 individuals, but usually live in groups of 10–20 individuals. The capybara is hunted for its meat and hide and also for grease from its thick fatty skin. [3]
A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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