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  • proper noun A surname.

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Examples

  • In another one I jokingly suggest that Smith will have to ride a bike and carry a video camera to art openings because of the smashing success of the James Kalm report.

    Jerry Saltz is cool EAGEAGEAG 2009

  • Loren's James Kalm Report is an invaluable project.

    Hickey remarks vanish (revised) EAGEAGEAG 2009

  • Kalm was indeed a precise observer of nature, who did a great deal to identify the flowers, plants and trees of our continent.

    A Naturalist in the Colonies 2007

  • With greater success, Kalm and his university students built an Indian-style, birch-bark canoe.

    A Naturalist in the Colonies 2007

  • It was Linnaeus and the Swedish Royal Academy that had sent Kalm to America in 1748 in search of plants that might be useful in northern Europe's cold climate.

    A Naturalist in the Colonies 2007

  • Thanks in part to Kalm, Linnaeus's 1753 "Species plantarum" included more than 700 New World species.

    A Naturalist in the Colonies 2007

  • As it happens, Ms. Robbins grew up speaking Finnish as well as English, making her well-suited to Kalm research.

    A Naturalist in the Colonies 2007

  • Kalm did go into great detail on what sort of animal carcasses could be found floating in the pool at the bottom.

    A Naturalist in the Colonies 2007

  • Human performance professor Kent Kalm commented to Wired News that, β€˜It will take time for students to get better at multitasking.’

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Minnesota Tech-Rec 2005

  • Kalm was the ideal candidate and proved worthy of Linnaeus's trust.

    A Naturalist in the Colonies 2007

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