Fewer than half of the states have laws that prohibit landlords from discriminating on the basis of marital status. In some of these states, courts have narrowly interpreted these laws so that unmarried couples do not receive protection from housing discrimination, e.g., Maryland, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota.
Websterâs 1828 defines pitch thus: 1. A thick tenacious substance, the juice of a species of pine or fir called abies picea, obtained by incision from the bark of the tree... 2. The resin of pine, or turpentine, inspissated; used in caulking ships and paying the sides and bottom.
Phylogenetic Tree. An Oversized Family Tree. The phylogenetic tree above shows the classification of the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. It begins with the hummingbird's broadest classification, the domain, Eukarya, and narrows all the way down to the species, Archilochus colubris.