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Peachtree Center (MARTA station) Peachtree Center station is the deepest station in the MARTA rail system, at 120 feet below Peachtree Street. This is the fifth busiest station in the MARTA system, handling an average of 17,800 boardings per weekday and as of April 2006, 7,155 daily fares were collected at the gates.
Peachtree Ridge High School Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Georgia, USA is a part of Gwinnett County Public Schools. Peachtree Ridge is one of only two Gwinnett County Public Schools to use block scheduling; the other is Shiloh High School.
Peachtree Road Race The Peachtree Road Race, founded in 1970, is the largest, and one of the most famous, 10 kilometer running event in the world, boasting a field of 55,000 participants annually. It takes place on July 4th each year, in Atlanta, Georgia, and is hosted by the Atlanta Track Club.
Peak Alarm Peak Alarm is a Utah based security service provider established in 1969 with regional offices covering Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Nevada. They offer full security services including burglary and fire protection and guard and patrol services.
Peak bagging Peak bagging (also hill bagging, mountain bagging, or among enthusiasts, just bagging) is an activity in which hillwalkers and mountaineers attempt to reach the summit of some collection of peaks, usually those above some height in a particular region, or having a particular feature.
Peak Downs Shire, Queensland Peak Downs Shire is a Local Government Area located in the Central Highlands of Queensland, Australia, 320km west of both Rockhampton and Mackay. It has about 4,000 inhabitants, the primary economic activities in the shire are coal mining, farming and grazing.
Peak experiences Peak experience is a term used to describe certain extra-personal and ecstatic states, particularly ones tinged with themes of unification, harmonization and interconnectedness. Participants characterize these experiences, and the revelations imparted therein, as possessing an ineffably mystical (or overtly religious) quality or essence.
Peak flow meter A peak flow meter is a small, hand-held device used to manage asthma by monitoring airflow through the bronchi and thus the degree of restriction in the airways. The peak flow meter measures the patient's maximum ability to expel air from the lungs, or peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR or PEF).
Peak halyard In sailing, the peak halyard (or peak for short) is a line that raises the end of a gaff further from the mast, as opposed to the throat halyard which raises the end nearer to the mast. Such rigging was normal in classic gaff-rigged schooners and in other ships with fore-and-aft rigging.
Peak meter A peak meter is a type of visual measuring instrument that indicates the instantaneous level of an audio signal that is passing through it (a sound level meter). In sound reproduction, the meter, whether peak or not, is usually meant to correspond to the perceived loudness of a particular signal.
Peak Practice Peak Practice was a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 1993 to 2002, and was one of their most successful series at the time.
Peak signal-to-noise ratio The phrase peak signal-to-noise ratio, often abbreviated PSNR, is an engineering term for the ratio between the maximum possible power of a signal and the power of corrupting noise that affects the fidelity of its representation. Because many signals have a very wide dynamic range, PSNR is usually expressed in terms of the logarithmic decibel scale.
Peak Tram The Peak Tramway () is a funicular railway in Hong Kong, which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island. It provides the most direct route and offers good views over the harbour and skyscrapers of Hong Kong.
Peak-end rule According to the peak-end rule, we judge our past experiences almost entirely on how they were at their peak (pleasant or unpleasant) and how they ended. Virtually all other information appears to be discarded, including net pleasantness or unpleasantness and how long the experience lasted.
Peak-to-peak An AC voltage (or other alternating signal) can be measured in a variety of ways. When measured by looking at the difference between the maximum positive and maximum negative swing, the measurement is said to be peak-to-peak.
Peaked Hill Peaked Hill, also known as Kai Yek Kok (雞翼角), is an island on the westmost point of Hong Kong territories. The island is close to the west side of southwest Lantau Island, near Tsin Yue Wan (煎魚灣) and can be spotted from the 7th stage of Lantau Trail.
Peakhurst Public School Peakhurst Public School (often abbreviated as PPS) is a primary school located in Peakhurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on Bonds Road and Bailey Parade, though several houses occupy the corner of the 2 streets.
Peaks (album) This was the third and most popular of Klaatu's "Greatest Hits" collections, initially released by Attic Records but eventually being remastered by Bullseye Records (the only of the Greatest Hits collections to receive that treatment.)
Peaks of Otter The Peaks of Otter are three mountain peaks in the Blue Ridge Mountains, near , overlooking the town of Bedford, Virginia, nine miles (14km) to the southeast along State Route 43. These peaks are Sharp Top (3875 feet or 1154m), Flat Top (4001 feet or 1220m), and Harkening Hill (3372 feet or 1028m AMSL).
Peal A peal is a term used in change ringing to describe the process of ringing a certain number of combinations, or permutations in the order of the bells, without repetition of any of the changes. Peals usually consist of between 5000-5280 changes, or permutations, and can take anywhere from one and a half to over four hours to ring, depending on the weight of the bells, and whether handbells or tower bells are being rung.
Peale's Dolphin The Peale's Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis) is a small dolphin found in the waters around Tierra del Fuego at the foot of South America. It is also commonly known as the Black-chinned Dolphin or even Peale's Black-chinned Dolphin.
Peano axioms In mathematics, the Peano axioms (or Peano postulates) are a set of second-order axioms proposed by Giuseppe Peano which determine the theory of the natural numbers. These axioms are usually encountered in a first-order form, where the crucial second-order induction axiom is replaced by an infinite first-order induction schema; this first order theory is called Peano Arithmetic (PA).
Peanut butter Peanut butter is a food made of roasted, ground, and blended peanuts, usually salted and sweetened. Many styles are available; the most popular are creamy (smooth) and crunchy (with small chunks of peanuts), but honey-roasted, whole-nut varieties, varieties mixed with chocolate, and other variations can also be found.
Peanut butter wrench A peanut butter wrench is the name used in N. America for a single-ended box wrench or ring spanner used in cycling to tighten cranks, or the wheel nuts (track nuts) on hubs with solid axles commonly found on track bicycles, particularly the 15 mm wrench made by Campagnolo.
Peanut Buster Parfait A Peanut Buster Parfait is an ice cream treat sold exclusively at Dairy Queen restaurants. It is about half a foot in height, two inches in diameter at the top and with a neck tapered down to one inch at the bottom.
Peanut Butter Jelly Time Peanut Butter Jelly Time is a Flash animation that emerged in the early 2000s and became an Internet phenomenon. Based upon a song of the same name recorded by the Buckwheat Boys, the best known version of the animation (usually distributed as a Flash clip) shows a heavily pixelated animated Dancing Banana (itself a well-known emoticon) moving back and forth to the song's repetitive chorus.
Peanut Butter Wolf Chris Manak, aka Peanut Butter Wolf, is a DJ and Hip Hop producer originally from San Jose, California who has been active since 1986 when he produced a song by Lyrical Prophecy called "You Can't Swing This". In 1990 he began to work with Charizma, an emcee, and both of them were soon signed to Hollywood Basic, a division of Disney.
Peanut gallery The phrase peanut gallery dates back to the early 20th century in America, referring to the least expensive section in the rear of a theater. The patrons in the peanut gallery, often of the lower classes, were known for a strong sense of community, a penchant for heckling, and the use of peanuts as missiles to express their distaste of the entertainment.
Peanut Chews Peanut Chews are candies manufactured by Just Born (which acquired the Goldenberg Candy Company brand). They consist of peanuts and caramel covered in chocolate, and appear in original dark chocolate and new milk chocolate.
Peanut Island Peanut Island is a 79-acre island at the mouth of the Lake Worth Inlet in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The island was created by dredging-related projects in 1918 which also created the inlet and the Port of Palm Beach.
Peanut sauce Peanut sauce (also called "satay sauce") is initially an oriental sauce and widely use in Indonesian cuisine (known as kacang sambal). Its main ingredient is peanut butter with kecap giving it a salty and spicy taste.
Peanuts Lowrey Harry Lee (Peanuts) Lowrey (August 27, 1917 - July 2, 1986) was a outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1942-1943, 1945-1949[start]), Cincinnati Reds (1949[end]-1950[start]), St. Louis Cardinals (1950[end]-1954) and Philadelphia Phillies (1955).
Pear Pears are trees of the genus Pyrus and the juicy fruit of that tree, edible in some species. The English word pear is probably from Common West Germanic *pera, probably a loanword of Vulgar Latin pira, the plural of pirum, which is itself of unknown origin.
Pear of Anguish The Pear of Anguish ("Poire d'angoisse") was an alleged torture instrument shaped like a pear with several lobes, which was inserted in the victim's mouth, anus or vagina. Upon insertion, the handle could be turned, causing the lobes to separate, preventing the removal of the pear.
Pear Tree House Pear Tree House was the former Civil Defence control centre for South-East London. It is a block of council flats in the Central Hill Estate of Upper Norwood with 8 two-bedroom flats and the control centre in the basement.
Pearce Bailey (neurologist) Pearce Bailey (1865-1922) was an American neurologist and psychiatrist, educated at Princeton and Columbia Universities. He became a consultant in several New York hospitals and with Collins and Frankel founded the Neurological Institute.
Pearcea Pearcea is a South American genus of 17 species of tropical herbs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus Kohleria, in which some of its species were previously included.
Pearic languages The Pearic languages are a group of endangered languages of the Austro-Asiatic language family. They are remnants of the aboriginal languages of much of Cambodia, but have dwindled in numbers due to slavery, pogroms, and assimilation.
Pearl (miniseries) Pearl was a 1978 American miniseries on ABC about events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. It starred a large cast, notably Dennis Weaver, Robert Wagner, Angie Dickinson, Max Gail, Richard Anderson, Marion Ross, and Audra Lindley.
Pearl (poem) Pearl is a Middle English alliterative poem written in the late 14th century. Its unknown author, designated the "Pearl poet" or "Gawain poet", also appears, on the basis of dialect and stylistic evidence, to be the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience, and Cleanness and may have composed St.
Pearl and Hermes Atoll The Pearl and Hermes Atoll (Hawaiian: Holoikauaua), is part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Discovered in 1857, a few, small, sandy islands exist, contained within a lagoon and surrounded by a coral reef.
Pearl Aviation Pearl Aviation is an airline based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It operates specialist aviation services including air ambulance, search and rescue, mining site flights, off shore oil support and contract charter.
Pearl Beach, New South Wales Pearl Beach is a suburb located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, as part of the Gosford City Council local government area. The suburb has interesting street names, most of which are named after precious stones.
Pearl Binder Lady Elwyn-Jones née Pearl Binder (born 1904, died 1990). Author, playwright, stained-glass artist, lithographer, sculptor, ceramicist and champion of the Pearly Kings and Queens, she was a legendary character who had a lifelong fascination with the East End of London where she settled in the 1920s.
Pearl class cruiser The Pearl class cruiser was a class of nine third class cruisers designed by Sir William White, five of which were paid for by Australia under the terms of the Imperial Defence Act of 1887 to serve in Australian waters. Pearl class ships displaced 2,575 tons with a length of 278 ft (84.
Pearl City (Boca Raton) Pearl City is a neighborhood in Boca Raton, Florida north of downtown. It was developed for African American workers who were employed at hotels in Boca Raton itself, Palm Beach, and West Palm Beach (many workers moved to Pleasant City, a West Palm Beach neighborhood equivalent to Pearl City).
Pearl Cleage Pearl Cleage (born 7 December, 1948) is an American poet, essayist, and journalist living in Atlanta, Georgia. An activist on issues including AIDS, women's rights, and black life, her first novel, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (1997), was an Oprah Book Club selection and appeared on the New York Times best-seller list for nine weeks.
Pearl Drums The Pearl Musical Instrument Company (in Japanese: パール楽器製造株式会社 Pāru Gakki Seizō Kabushiki Gaisha) is a world leader in the manufacturing of percussion equipment, including drum kits, hand drums, drum hardware, bass drum pedals, mallet percussion, and other auxiliary percussion instruments. It also makes flutes as well.
Pearl gourami The Pearl Gourami (Trichogaster leeri) is a tropical fish often bred and kept for aquaria. It is a graceful fish which moves slowly and unhurriedly across the aquarium, often preferring the top and middle levels of the water.
Pearl Gibbs Pearl Gibbs (1901 — 1983) was an Aboriginal Australian activist, and the most prominent female activist within the Aboriginal movement in the early 20th century. She was a member of the Aborigines Progressive Association (APA), and was involved with various protest events such as the 1938 Day of Mourning.
Pearl hunting Pearl hunting or pearl diving refers to a now largely obsolete method of retrieving pearls from oysters. Before the beginning of the 20th century, the only means of obtaining pearls was by manually opening oysters found on the ocean floor or river bottom.
Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge debate Ever since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, there has been much debate as to how and why the United States had been caught unaware, and how much and when American officials knew of Japanese plans and related topics. Several writers, including journalist Robert Stinnett and former United States rear admiral Robert Alfred Theobald, have argued that various parties high in the US and British governments knew of the attack in advance and may even have let it happen or encouraged it in order to force America into war via the so-called "back door.
Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal The Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal, also known as the Pearl Harbor Survivor’s Medal, is a decoration of the United States military which was established by the United States Congress in 1991. The medal recognizes veterans of the U.
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge The Severn River Bridge, officially known as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, is a bridge that crosses the Severn River northwest of the city limits of Annapolis, Maryland. The bridge serves as part of the John Hanson Highway, as well as U.
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, founded in 1958 and recognized by the United States Congress in 1985is an organization whose members were at or in the vicinity of Pearl Harbor], Hawaii during the Japanese [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|attack of December 7, 1941.
Pearl Harbour and the Explosions Pearl Harbour and the Explosions was a musical act out of San Francisco, California. Forming in 1978, the new wave band had limited success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with their debut single, "You Got It (Release It)," reaching the lower end of the American top 40 charts in 1978.
Pearl millet Pearl millet is the most widely grown type of millet. Grown in India and Africa since prehistoric times, it is generally accepted that pearl millet originated in Africa and was subsequently introduced into India.
Pearl necklace (sexuality) A pearl necklace is a slang term referring to a sexual act in which a man ejaculates semen on or near the neck and/or chest of another person. The result is said to look like a necklace of pearls due to the stringy translucent white clumps of semen that form there.
Pearl onion A pearl onion is a type of tree onion grown mostly for pickling as a cocktail onion. However because of its unique diminutive appearance and much sweeter than bulb onion taste it has found use in dishes ranging from middle 20th century American casserole dishes such as succotash to sweetly flavored onion relishes in Indian cuisine.
Pearl Ondaatje Pearl Ondaatje was a pioneer of Radio Ceylon the oldest radio station in South Asia. She was one of the radio station's first female newsreaders and a presenter of radio programs, including programs for women listeners of the radio station.
Pearl Poet The "Pearl Poet", or the "Gawain Poet", is the name given to the author of Pearl, an alliterative poem written in Middle English. Its author appears also to have been the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience, and Cleanness; some scholars have suggested he may also have composed Saint Erkenwald.
Pearl River (China) The Zhu Jiang, (珠江 Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng), or Pearl River, is China's third longest river (2,200 km, after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River), and second largest by volume (after the Yangtze). Located in the south, it flows into the South China Sea between Hong Kong and Macau.
Pearl River Delta The Pearl River Delta (PRD) in China occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl river flows into the South China Sea. Since the "Open Door Policy" was adopted by the Communist Party of China in the late 1970s, the portion of the delta in Guangdong Province has become one of the leading economic regions and a massive manufacturing center of mainland China.
Pearl River Tower Pearl River Tower is a skyscraper that is under construction at the junction of Jinsui Road/Zhujiang Avenue West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China. It will be 303 metres (994 feet) tall with 69 floors and a total floor area of 212,165 m².
Pearl Starr Rosie Lee "Pearl" Reed was born in 1868 in Rich Hill, Missouri and spent most of her life in Fort Smith, Arkansas as the owner of a bordello. She was the first child of Belle Starr, the famous "Bandit Queen", and Jim Reed, Belle's first husband and a known thief and murderer.
Pearl Station Pearl Station is a DART light rail station located in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) at Bryan Street, east of Pearl Street. It opened 14 June 1996 and is a station on the and Lines, serving the Plaza of the Americas, the Adam's Mark Hotel, 2001 Bryan Tower, the San Jacinto Tower, the Morton H.
Pearl Street (Manhattan) Pearl Street is a street in the Lower section of the New York City borough of Manhattan, running northeast from Battery Park to the Brooklyn Bridge, then turning west and terminating at Centre Street. Pearl Street generally marks the original eastern boundary of the lower part of Manhattan Island; extensive use of landfill over the course of several hundred years has extended the shoreline roughly 700-900 feet further into the East River.
Pearl Street Mall Pearl Street Mall is a four block walking mall in downtown Boulder, Colorado. The pedestrian mall stretches on Pearl Street from the 1100 to 1400 block (inclusive) and is home to a number of local businesses and restaurants as well as the Boulder County Courthouse.
Pearl Street Station Pearl Street Station was the first central power plant in the United States and the second in the world (the first was built in Godalming in Britain). It was located at 255-257 Pearl Street in Manhattan on a site measuring 50 by 100 feet.
Pearl vodka Pearl Vodka is a new "super-premium" vodka that is produced in Alberta, Canada by a California-based company. It is made with Albertan wheat and water from the Canadian Rockies and is distilled 5 times.
Pearl-bordered Fritillary The Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is widespread throughout Europe, ranging from Scandinavia and northern Spain and from Britain eastwards towards Russia and Asia.
Pearl-spotted Owlet The Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) is an owl which breeds in Africa south of the Sahara. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl.
Pearlfish Pearlfish is a general name for a variety of marine fish species in the Carapidae family. Pearlfish have been found in both tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans at depths up to 2 km (1.
Pearling (body modification) Pearling refers to the practice of permanently inserting small beads made of various materials beneath the skin of the shaft or foreskin of the penis. As well as being an aesthetic practice, this is usually intended to enhance the sexual pleasure of partners during vaginal or anal intercourse.
Pearling in Western Australia Pearling in Western Australia existed well before European settlement. Coastal dwelling aborigines had collected and traded pearl shell as well as trepang and tortoise with fishermen from Sulawesi for possibly hundreds of years.
Pearlite A two-phase microstructure found in some steels and cast irons; it results from the transformation of austenite of eutectoid composition and consists of alternating layers (or lamallae) of alpha-ferrite and cementite.
Pearlridge Center Pearlridge Center (renamed Pearlridge) is the second largest shopping center in Hawaii and Hawaii's largest enclosed shopping center, located in Aiea. Opened in 1972 and expanded in 1976, the enclosed mall is split up into two separate areas (Uptown and Downtown) and overlooks historic Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial.
Pearls Before Swine (comic strip) Pearls Before Swine is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Stephan Pastis, formerly a lawyer in San Francisco, California. It chronicles the daily lives of two anthropomorphic roommates, Pig and Rat.
Pearls Before Swine (film) Pearls Before Swine is a 1999 film by Australian director Richard Wolstencroft that premiered at the Stockholm International Film festival in November 1999. The film portrays the life of a hitman with an interest in such things as fascism, S&M, collecting erotic literature, Dr Who and philosophy.
Pearlsides The pearlsides, pearlside, Mueller's bristle-mouth fish, Muller's bristlemouth fish, or Mueller's pearlsides, Maurolicus muelleri, a marine hatchetfish of the genus Maurolicus, is found in deep tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans, from the surface to depths of 1,500 m. Its length is between 5 and 8 cm.
Pearly Beach Pearly Beach village lazes partly obscured between heather covered dunes which undulate for kilometers above a magnificent shoreline. Its caravan park, shaded by ancient milkwood trees, is completely sheltered.
Pearly gates The Pearly gates, in Christian beliefs, is an informal name for the gateway to Heaven, inspired by the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:21— The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate being made from a single pearl.
Pearly Kings and Queens A Pearly King (feminine form Pearly Queen) is a person dressed in a traditional cockney costume covered in mother-of-pearl buttons. These costumes were treasured heirlooms, hand made and sometime representing much of a family's material worth.
Pearry Green Pearry Green was born on July 1, 1933 in Louisiana. He lived in Texas during his early years and in 1965 moved to Tucson, Arizona where he founded and is the current pastor of Tucson Tabernacle, where approximately 400 people attend.
Pears Cyclopaedia Pears Cyclopaedia is a one volume encyclopaedia published in the United Kingdom. The 58th edition, published in the autumn of 1948, stated that 'This book is published annually', however the 61st edition was not published until 1953, the 60th being published in 1950.
Pearse Museum The Pearse Museum is dedicated to the memory of Patrick Pearse, educationalist and nationalist who was executed for his part in the 1916 Rising. It is situated in the suburb of Rathfarnham on the south side of Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Pearse Stadium Pearse Stadium (Irish: Páirc an Phiarsaigh) is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Galway, Ireland. The stadium opened on June 16, 1957 as 16,000 people came to watch Galway beat Tipperary in hurling, and Kerry in football, and to watch Bishop Michael Browne bless the facility.
Pearson Award for Best New Play The Pearson Award for Best New Play has been awarded annually since 1982 and has recognised some of the finest British playwriting talent. It carries a cash prize and is awarded as part of the Pearson Playwrights' Scheme.
Pearson Brick House The Pearson Brick House (also known as the Barnes House, Barnes Plantation House, or The Old Brick House on the River) is a historic structure located on the north shore of Fort Patrick Henry Lake in Sullivan County, Tennessee. The site is located near the section of the Holston River once referred to as the Great Falls.
Pearson Commission on International Development The Pearson Commission on International Development investigated the effectiveness of the World Bank's development assistance in the 20 years to 1968 and made recommendations for future operation of the organization.
Pearson Medal of Peace The Pearson Medal of Peace is an award given out annually by the United Nations Association in Canada to recognize an individual Canadian's "contribution to international service". Nominations are made by any Canadian for any Canadian, excluding one's self.
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient In statistics, the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (sometimes known as the PMCC) (r) is a measure of the correlation of two variables X and Y measured on the same object or organism, that is, a measure of the tendency of the variables to increase or decrease together. It is defined as the sum of the products of the standard scores of the two measures divided by the degrees of freedom:
Pearson Peacekeeping Centre Established in 1994 by the Government of Canada, the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) is an independent, not-for-profit organization whose mandate is to support Canada's contribution to international peace and security. It was named in honour of Lester Bowles Pearson, former Prime Minister of Canada who was awarded the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the inception of peacekeeping.
Pearson's chi-square test Pearson's chi-square test (χ<SUP>2</SUP>) is one of a variety of chi-square tests – statistical procedures whose results are evaluated by reference to the chi-square distribution. It tests a null hypothesis that the relative frequencies of occurrence of observed events follow a specified frequency distribution.
Peartree railway station Peartree railway station is a railway station serving the districts of Pear Tree, Normanton and Osmaston in the city of Derby, England. It is one of only two stations currently open in the city other than the main Derby Midland Station, and is situated about one mile south of there on the main line to Birmingham.
Peary Caribou The Peary Caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) is a caribou subspecies found in the high Arctic islands of Canada's Nunavut and Northwest territories. They are the smallest of the North American caribou, with the females weighing an average of 60 kg (132 lb) and the males 110 kg (243 lb).
Peary Chand Mitra Peary Chand Mitra (1814-1883), a member of Derozio’s renowned Young Bengal group, author and journalist, played a leading role in the Bengal renaissance with the introduction of simple Bengali prose which everybody could understand. His novel Alaler Gharer Dulal was a landmark publication published under the pseudonym Tek Chand Thakur.
Peary Land Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the North, with Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of Greenland's mainland, and Cape Bridgman in the northeast.
Peasant A peasant, derived from 15th century French paĂŻsant meaning one from the pays, the countryside or region, which itself derives from the Latin pagus, country district, is an agricultural worker with roots in the countryside in which he or she dwells, either working for others or, more specifically, owning or renting and working by his or her own labour a small plot of ground. They are also referred to in England as a "cottager".
Peasant foods Peasant foods (or poor people's food, sometimes including traditional foods) are those dishes specific to a particular culture made from accessible and inexpensive ingredients and usually prepared and spiced to make them more palatable. They have often formed a significant part of the diets of poor people.

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