HERCULES'-CLUB

common name for several small, thorny trees, chiefly the devil's-walking-stick of the family Aralaceae (ginseng family) and the prickly ash of the family Rutaceae (orange family). The families are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, orders Apiales and Sapindales, respectively.

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books on: Hercules Club  - 681 results

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The Ethics of Hercules: A Study of Man's Body as the Sole Determinant of Ethical Values
Book by Robert Chenault Givler; A. A. Knopf, 1924
Subjects: Ethics, Psychophysiology
automobile tires, of the right golf club to use near a bunker, of the wrong side of a sheet of drawing paper, and of the evil that men do which lives after them. When...
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The Early Years of the Saturday Club, 1855-1870
Book by Edward Waldo Emerson; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918
Subjects: Authors, American, Saturday Club (Boston, Mass.)
...days!" Emerson found the Club much to his purpose when Englishmen...woods and bringing him to the Club is shown in this letter from...asked him, "Are there no clubs in Boston?" -- "I have...word I say. They have got a Club, the handle of which is in...fit for a club to dine off. Hercules with his club The Dragon did...
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The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War
Book by Greg Marinovich, Joaao Silva; Basic Books, 2000
Subjects: Death Squads--South Africa, Massacres--South Africa, Violence--South Africa
...settlement of Lokichokio, just a few hundred metres from Sudan. Lokichokio was a tent-city, an UN forward-base for the big Hercules cargo aircraft that flew food and medical supplies into the famine areas. Kevin and Joao were allocated a tent, then they...
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California Social Welfare, Legislation, Financing, Services, Statistics: A Research Study Commissioned by the Commonwealth Club of California
Book by Vaughn Davis Bornet; Prentice Hall, 1956
Subjects: Charities--California, Public Welfare--California
...market" value of stock, 436 n finances of, 432 Henry Schussler Memorial Fund: finances of, 432 Hemophilia Foundation, 326 Hercules, allocations to, 154 Herrick Memorial Hospital, 310 , 325 Hicks, W. Wesley, Foundation, 435 Highland Hospital see Alameda...
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Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus
Book by John Arbuthnot, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, John Gay, Thomas Parnell, Robert Harley, Charles Kerby-Miller; Published for Wellesley College by Yale University Press, 1950
Subjects: Scriblerus Club
...174 Henley, Anthony, 62 , 362 Herbert, Lord, of Cherbury, 281 Hercules, cradle of, 102 , 207 Hermaphroditus, 143 , 301 ; 154 , 311 Herodotus...Useful Transactions, 72 , 222 , 226 , 228 ; Works, 301 Kit-Cat Club, 5
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journal articles on: Hercules Club  - 103 results

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The Mouth of Truth and the Forum Boarium: Oceanus, Hercules, and Hadrian
Journal article by Fabio Barry; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 93, 2011
Subjects: Centuries, Creeks & streams, Mythology
...of the Hesperides, in a Hercules type diat both rested his club on a bulls head and grasped...conserved two relics of Hercules, his club and, more pertinently...and after Trajan display Hercules or simply his club, only five emperors...
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Courtship with a Club: Wife-Capture in Prehistoric Fiction, 1865-1914
Journal article by Nicholas Ruddick; Yearbook of English Studies, Vol. 37, 2007
Subjects: Courtship--Analysis, Courtship--Myths and legends, Science fiction, Sexual politics--Analysis, Sexual politics--Myths and legends, Stone age
Courtship with a Club: Wife-Capture in Prehistoric...beat her senseless with his club, and drag her back to his...father with his formidable club and makes off with Deer as...literature of a skin-clad Hercules wielding a club, while other...
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'Those Ungodly Pressmen': The Early Years of the Brisbane Johnsonian Club
Journal article by Leanne Day; Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 21, 2003
Subjects: Authors, Australian, Johnson, Samuel, Literary societies--History, Literary societies--Social aspects
...University of Virginia Johnson Club was operating in 1961 (Clifford...Sheppard 42). Johnsonian clubs and societies continue to be...currently a Samuel Johnson Club of Japan, provides some indication...strength as the Australian Hercules. He toured England in 1880...Brisbane. Timbs, John. Clubs and Club Life in London: With Anecdotes...
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"A Hero Will Rise": the Myth of the Fascist Man in Fight Club and Gladiator
Journal article by Jennifer Barker; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 36, 2008
Subjects: Masculinity, Motion pictures, Politics, Violence
...7 Both Gladiator and Fight Club reflect many of these characteristics...imperial insignia, and Fight Clubs black-shirts, militaristic...Yet while Gladiator and Fight Club replace a realistic approach...for example, he emulated Hercules and performed many times as...imperialism within him. Fight Clubs Misrecognition of the Self David Finchers Fight Club opens with a similar nod to...
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Reading Othello's Skin: Contexts and Pretexts
Journal article by Meredith Anne Skura; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 87, 2008
...struggle against passion, in which Hercules strength, rather than weakness...Orlando goes mad he calls himself Hercules, drags a man offstage by the leg...with the leg on his shoulder like Hercules club. (62) In Shakespeares play...
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magazine articles on: Hercules Club  - 70 results

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The Last Temptation of MTC: The 'Corpus Christi' Controversy Takes to the Streets
Magazine article by Charles Mcnulty; American Theatre, Vol. 15, December 1998
Subjects: Corpus Christi (Theater)--Demonstrations, protests, etc., Gays--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Jesus Christ--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Manhattan Theater Club--Demonstrations, protests, etc.
...McNulty The swirl of controversy that attended Manhattan Theatre Clubs off-again, on-again production of Terrence McNallys Corpus...gay or straight - hes a mythological character, like Zeus or Hercules." Her questioner looked skeptical. The two sides rarely...
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Rising to New Heights
Magazine article by Whit Bronaugh; American Forests, Vol. 110, Spring 2004
Subjects: Forests, Trees, United States
...variety. For example, the sand live oak and Texas Hercules-club "champions" were actually just regular varieties of live oak and Hercules-club. Identifying trees is not always as simple as field...
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Sovereign Species
Magazine article by Whit Bronaugh; American Forests, Vol. 108, Spring 2002
Subjects: Records & achievements, Trees
...year Massachusetts joined the unfortunate club of states without champs (other members...those states can draw hope from former club member Nebraska, which returned to the...green hawthorn, and a nonTexas hercules-club, respectively. But the most ignominious...
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The Two Centuries of Caddo Lake
Magazine article by Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Natural History, Vol. 110, May 2001
Subjects: Caddo Lake, Ecosystems, Habitats, Lakes, Louisiana, Texas
...large aquatic plants include spatterdock, with yellow, club-shaped flowers; white water lily; and water lotus...Here and there is the large-leaved, prickly stemmed Hercules club, also known as the devils walking-stick. The brilliant...
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Secrets of Bark
Magazine article by Dwight G. Smith; World and I, Vol. 19, March 2004
Subjects: Bark (Botany)--Natural history, Bark (Botany)--Usage, Bark--Natural history, Bark--Usage
...tend to ignore them. There are, indeed, some real attention getters, such as the cone-shaped projections on the Hercules- club tree and the thorny spines on the honey locust--but count those as exceptions, not the rule. For the woody plant...
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newspaper articles on: Hercules Club  - 317 results

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Ronaldo on a Roll to End Dream Start by Hercules
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 31, 2010
Subjects: Real Madrid Club de Futbol, Ronaldo, Cristiano
...Ronaldo on a Roll to End Dream Start by Hercules. Byline: From Pete Jenson IN ALICANTE...team top of La Liga with a 3-1 win at Hercules. He has now scored 38 times in his last...the scalp of Barcelona already taken, Hercules were confident of rattling the leaders...
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NELSON'S HIGH; Valdez Is 2-Goal Hero as Hercules Shock Barca: SPAIN
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 13, 2010
Subjects: Real Madrid Club de Futbol
...NELSONS HIGH; Valdez Is 2-Goal Hero as Hercules Shock Barca: SPAIN. PEP GUARDIOLA has...after being humbled by newly promoted Hercules at the Nou Camp. The stunning 2-0...Maduro first-half header. STUNNER: Hercules scored an historic win against Barcelona...
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Hercules' Dream Team; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 27, 2011
...affiliation with heracles/hercules than anywhere else in...lion-skin clad, club-wielding demi-god...Evidently, the spirit of hercules was alive and well in...Llosa Alfosea founded hercules Football Club in Alicante. A hunchback...
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Hercules' Dream Team; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 27, 2011
...affiliation with Heracles/ Hercules than anywhere else in...lion-skin clad, club-wielding demi-god...Evidently, the spirit of Hercules was alive and well in...Llosa Alfosea founded Hercules Football Club in Alicante. A hunchback...
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Hercules' Dream Team
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 27, 2011
...affiliation with Heracles/ Hercules than anywhere else in...lion-skin-clad, club-wielding demi-god...Evidently, the spirit of Hercules was alive and well in...Llosa Alfosea founded Hercules Football Club in Alicante. A hunchback...
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encyclopedia articles on: Hercules Club  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Hercules'-Club
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HERCULES-CLUB common name for several small, thorny trees, chiefly the devils-walking-stick of the family Aralaceae ( ginseng family...
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Hercules , Greek Hero
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Although worshiped as a god, Hercules was properly a hero, frequently...various evils. In art Hercules was portrayed as a powerful...skin and armed with a huge club. Perhaps the most famous statue of him is the Farnese Hercules in the National Museum...
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Prickly Ash
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...local name toothache tree). Z. clava-herculis, of more southerly distribution, is also known as Hercules-club. Both Hercules-club and prickly ash are names sometimes used for an unrelated plant of the family Araliaceae ( ginseng family...
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Ginseng
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...trifolium ) of North America; the English ivy ( Hedera helix ), a popular ornamental evergreen vine; the Hercules-club, devils-club, or devils-walking-stick (names applied to several related species) of North America and E Asia, used...


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