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archery
Sport of shooting with bow and arrow. As the bow began to be replaced by the gun as the principal weapon of warfare and the hunt beginning in the 16th cent., it increasingly became a sporting device. By the mid-19th cent., many archery clubs had sprung up in England and the U.S. Competitions incl. target-shooting were held at the Olympic Games in the early 20th cent., but were then suspended until 1972. Other varieties of archery include field archery, or roving (a simulation of hunting), and flight shooting (a distance event).


Ashur
Ancient religious capital of Assyria, on the Tigris River, 60 mi (97 km) south of Mosul, N Iraq. The name Ashur was applied to the city, to Assyria itself, and to Assyria's principal god. The capital's site was originally occupied c.2500 BC, and later became part of Akkad. By the late 12th cent. BC it was under Assyrian control. Its religious sanctity ensured its continuous upkeep until 614 BC, when it was destroyed by Babylonia. The archaeological site has yielded fortifications, temples, and palaces.


aster
Any of various chiefly fall-blooming, leafy-stemmed herbaceous plants (Aster and closely related genera) in the composite family, often with showy flowers. Included among the asters are many perennial wildflowers and hundreds of garden varieties.


cashew
Edible seed or nut of Anacardium occidentale, a tropical and subtropical evergreen shrub or tree in the sumac family, native to tropical Central and S. America. Important chiefly for its nuts, the tree also produces wood used for shipping crates, boats, and charcoal, and a gum similar to gum arabic. Related to poison ivy and poison sumac, it must be handled with care. The two-shelled nut is shaped like a large, thick bean. A brown oil between the two shells blisters human skin and is used as a lubricant and an insecticide and in the production of plastics. The nut is rich and distinctively flavored.


Casper
City (pop., 1996 est.: 49,000), E central Wyoming, on the N. Platte River. Founded in 1888, it was located on the Oregon Trail and the Pony Express route. The discovery of oil in the 1890s began an oil boom, and the oilfields of the Teapot Dome Scandal were located nearby. Casper's economy is based on the production of oil and natural gas and the manufacture of oilfield equipment. Mining (uranium, coal, bentonite) and cattle and sheep raising also are important.


Cather
U.S. novelist. Born in Winchester, Va., she moved with her family to Nebraska at 10; she returned east 12 years later, eventually settling in New York. The Troll Garden (1905), her first short-story collection, contains some of her best-known work. The novels O Pioneers! (1913) and My Á ntonia (1918), often judged her finest achievement, celebrate frontier spirit and courage. Song of the Lark (1915), Youth and the Bright Medusa (1920), and other works reflect the struggle of a ...

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