`` We '' were Bill Garrett of the National Geographic Illustrations Staff, whose three cameras and eight lenses made him look as formidable as any fighting man we met ; ;

" Without a clear Sinhala connection, they suggest one from the Tamil language instead: anai-kondra ( anaik-konda ), meaning " which killed an elephant .” Per National Geographic, the word anaconda comes from the Tamil word anaikolra, which means elephant killer.

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* National Geographic: Fear of Spiders rooted in Evolution

Using Nevado Mismi, which in 2001 was labeled by the National Geographic Society as the Amazon's source, these scientists made new calculations of the Amazon's length.

* National Geographic Society, Alton Biggs, Lucy Daniel, Edward Ortleb, Peter Rillero, Dinah Zike.

* Cline, Eric H. ( 2007 ), From Eden to Exile: Unravelling Mysteries of the Bible, National Geographic Society, ISBN 978-1-4262-0084-7

Atlanta ’ s tree coverage does not go unnoticed — it was the main reason cited by ‘‘ National Geographic ’’ in naming Atlanta a " Place of a Lifetime.

National Geographic Society ( 2004 ) ISBN 0-7922-7313-3

* National Geographic Society.

( 1957, 1970, 2001, 2007 ) The Heavens ( 1970 ), Cartographic Division of the National Geographic Society ( NGS ), Washington, D. C., U. S. A., two sided large map chart depicting the constellations of the heavens ; as special supplement to the August 1970 issue of National Geographic.

In 2003 Lance Milbrand stayed on the island for 41 days on a National Geographic Society expedition, recording his adventure in video, photos, and a written diary ( see links below ).

In 1968 the Casiquiare was navigated by an SRN6 hovercraft during a National Geographic expedition.

McCarry was editor-at-large for National Geographic and has contributed pieces to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and other national publications.

* Isles of the Caribbean ( National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 1980, co-author )

* From the Field: A Collection of Writings from National Geographic ( 1997, editor )

National Geographic Traveler ranked Columbus 11th on its historic destinations list in late 2008, describing the city as " authentic, unique, and unspoiled.

National Geographic Magazine once devoted an entire article to the town's architecture.

Men, Ships and the Sea ( National Geographic Society )

Most of the organisms collected were simple, soft-shelled foraminifera ( 432 species according to National Geographic ), with four of the others representing species of the complex, multi-chambered genera Leptohalysis and Reophax.

* John Roach, " Delphic Oracle's Lips May Have Been Loosened by Gas Vapors " in National Geographic news, August 2001

This finding was covered by National Geographic and the New York Times.

In 1886 the secret Polish League ( Liga Polska ) was founded, in 1893 renamed National League ( Liga Narodowa ).

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* Polska Organizacja Narodowa, now called Polish National Organization

His films The Big Sleep, Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, Red River, Scarface, Sergeant York, The Thing from Another World and Twentieth Century were rated " culturally significant " by the United States Library of Congress and inducted into the National Film Registry.

National Journal rated her votes in 2006 in three areas: Economic, Social, and Foreign.

Progressive Farmer rated Grafton County fourth in its list of the " Best Places to Live in Rural America " in 2006, citing low unemployment ( despite slow economic growth ), a favorable cost of living, and the presence of White Mountain National Forest, the state's only national forest.

Southampton is highly regarded as a centre for educational excellence and outstanding teaching, considered one of the top universities in the UK, ranking nationally as a top 15 university in various tables, 12th in the UK according to the 2009 the Sunday Times, and regularly rated in the top 10 of the National Student Survey.

The tornado was confirmed by National Weather Service survey crews, who has rated the tornado a high end EF2.

The National Weather Service rated this damaging event as an EF-2 tornado.

Southampton was rated having the best tasting tap water in the country in 2008 by the National Rural Water Association.

In the annual National Student Survey the majority of the top 10 universities rated on student satisfaction are 1994 Group members every year.

The eruptions of July 19, 1646, September 22, 1760 and December 28, 1861 are rated 4 in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Global Volcanism Program's Large Volcano Explocivity Index.

Later National Grid's report revealed that the second fault, and the ultimate cause of the blackout, was the fitting of a wrongly rated part in a backup system-similar to fitting a 1 ampere fuse instead of a 5 ampere fuse.

It runs a highly rated research centre, the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies ( incorporating the Welsh Dictionary Unit ), which is adjacent to the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.

The University of Essex was rated ninth in the UK in the Research Assessment Exercise ( RAE, 2008 ) and was in the top 20 for student satisfaction, amongst mainstream English universities, following the National Student Survey ( NSS, 2011 ).

" The National Journal has rated Chafee as the least Conservative Republican in the Senate, and placed him to the left of two Democrats, Nebraska's Ben Nelson and Louisiana's Mary Landrieu, the only Republican to the left of the latter.

Grijalva co-chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus with Keith Ellison of Minnesota and in 2008 was among 12 members rated by National Journal as tied for most liberal overall.

The National Rifle Association rated his voting record “ A ” in its scorecard.

National Journal recently rated him the 7th most conservative Senator in the Senate.

Planned Parenthood, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association and NARAL Pro-Choice America have all highly rated his position on abortion.

During Boswell's 2010 re-election campaign, his views on gun rights and armed self-defense earned him an " A " rating from the National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund, which endorsed him over his ( also " A "- rated ) Republican rival.

This Cache River Bridge | 1934 Parker pony truss bridge formerly carried US 412 over the Cache River ( Arkansas ) | Cache River, but was rated National Bridge Inventory | structurally deficient in 1991 and was bypassed in 1995.

The maximum flow occurred between December 1964 and January 1965 during the Christmas flood of 1964, which was rated by the National Weather Service as one of Oregon's top 10 weather events of the 20th century.

Hiking the Narrows was rated # 5 in the National Geographic ranking of America's Best 100 Adventures.

Houston competes with other notable sports teams, such as the baseball team, which has made 18 NCAA Tournament appearances with two trips to the College World Series ; the men's golf team, which has won 16 NCAA National Championships ; the women's soccer team, which was rated as the top first-year women's program in the country in 1998 ; the swimming and diving teams, which have spawned multiple Olympians and All-Americans ; the track and field team, which perennially ranks in the top 10 as an NCAA team ; and the volleyball team, which had a streak of ten consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament.

The online community and media network for social issues Change. org and the Case Foundation co-hosted this event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to announce the top 10 rated ideas.

It is usually rated at Level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework and is equivalent to A-level, BTEC National Diploma or NVQ Level 3 standard.