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Kamaishi

2005-04-04T15:13:00.000-07:00

City, Iwate Prefecture (ken), Honshu, Japan, facing Kamaishi Bay on the Pacific Ocean. Kamaishi was a small fishing village until magnetite was discovered in the area in 1727, and Japan's first European-style blast furnace was constructed in the city in 1857. In 1885 a government-controlled iron foundry was built using coal from Hokkaido and later using ore from China after the Sino-Japanese

Absaroka Range

2005-04-04T08:55:00.000-07:00

Mountain segment of the northern Rocky Mountains, in northwestern Wyoming and southern Montana, U.S. Extending in a northwest-southeast direction, the range is 170 miles (270 km) long and 50 miles wide. A large plateau, the result of volcanic action, was uplifted in the area, and stream and glacial erosion have produced spectacular features. Eight summits exceed 12,000 feet (3,700 m), including

Turkey, The southern folded zone

2005-04-02T05:36:00.000-08:00

The southern folded zone occupies the southern third of the country from the Aegean to the Gulf of Iskenderun, from which it extends to the northeast and east around the northern side of the Arabian platform. Over most of its length, the Mediterranean coastal plain is narrow, but there are two major lowland embayments. The Antalya Plain extends inland some 20 miles from

Thoracic Squeeze

2005-04-01T09:24:00.000-08:00

Because the lung tissue is elastic and interspersed with tubules

Ms.

2005-04-01T02:59:00.000-08:00

Periodical, launched in 1972 by American feminists Gloria Steinem, Patricia Carbine, and others, that was the first nationally circulated women's magazine to bring feminism and the issues of the women's movement into the mainstream. From the beginning, the editors of the magazine assumed that their readers were interested in more than new recipes and household hints.

Wandiwash, Battle Of

2005-03-30T04:57:00.000-08:00

Lally, cut off from sea support by the withdrawal of Admiral d'Aché's fleet and hampered by lack of funds and dissensions among his troops, tried

Afonso I

2005-03-30T04:27:00.000-08:00

Nzinga Mbemba, who became the sixth manikongo (lord of the Kongo) in 1506 or 1507, encouraged the penetration of his country by the Portuguese that had begun under his predecessor, Nzinga Nkuwa. Becoming a Christian and adopting

Biblical Literature, The New English Bible

2005-03-30T00:42:00.000-08:00

The New English

Music, Western, Solo and ensemble instruments

2005-03-28T07:49:00.000-08:00

The four major vehicles for instrumental music of the period were the lute, the organ, stringed keyboard instruments, and instrumental ensembles. Most popular by far was the lute, which could produce the major elements of instrumental style except for long, sustained tones. Noteworthy composers of lute music included Luis Milán in Spain, Arnold Schlick in Germany,

France, History Of

2005-03-28T05:40:00.000-08:00

The year 1789 is the great dividing line in the history of modern France. The fall of the Bastille, the French state prison, on July 14, 1789, symbolizes for that nation, as well as for all other nations, the end of the premodern era characterized by an organicist and religiously sanctioned traditionalism. With the French Revolution began the institutionalization of secularized

Ribaut, Jean

2005-03-28T01:26:00.000-08:00

Jean Ribaut began his naval career as a youth, rising through the ranks to become one of the most dependable officers serving under Admiral Gaspard de Coligny. In 1558 Ribaut was commander of a French supply vessel at the successful capture of Calais from the English, and the following year

Quincy

2005-03-27T20:03:00.000-08:00

City, seat (1825) of Adams county, western Illinois, U.S., on the Mississippi River, there bridged to Missouri. Settled in 1822 by John Wood (12th governor of Illinois, 1860–61), it was first known as Bluffs. It became the county seat on March 4, 1825, the day that President John Quincy Adams was inaugurated, and was renamed in his honour. As a river town, Quincy was an important stop for travelers. It became a

The Peoples Known As Mimi

2005-03-27T06:18:00.000-08:00

The Mimi of Nachtigal and the Mimi of Gaudefroy-Demombynes, both of which speak a Maban language of the Nilo-Saharan language family, are identified by the names of their first investigators—Gustav Nachtigal and Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes, respectively. The name Mimi sometimes is applied to a people who call themselves Amdang and are also known as Biltine; although

Sokodé

2005-03-27T04:00:00.000-08:00

Town, central Togo. A historically important trading centre because of its location in a gap of the Togo Mountains, Sokodé is Togo's second largest town and a major centre for commercial trade. Industrial activities there include cotton ginning and sugar processing. Sokodé has road links with Kara to the north and Lomé, the national capital, to the south. The Tem (Cotocoli),

Religion, Study Of, The Chicago school

2005-03-25T18:38:00.000-08:00

The phenomenological method was brought to the United States primarily by the German-American historian of religions Joachim Wach (1898–1955), who established Religionswissenschaft (Science of Religion) in Chicago and was thus the founder of the modern “Chicago school” (though his successor, Mircea Eliade, has a rather different slant). Wach was concerned with emphasizing

Displacement

2005-03-24T21:03:00.000-08:00

In mechanics, distance moved by a particle or body in a specific direction. It is a vector quantity, possessing both magnitude and direction. In the Figure, A is the initial position of a point, B is the final position, and the vector directed from A to B is the displacement. The distance traveled by the point depends on the path that it follows; it will be equal to the magnitude

Nahua

2005-03-24T11:07:00.000-08:00

The modern Nahua are an agricultural people; their staple crops are corn (maize), beans, chili peppers, tomatoes, and squash. Also common

Talaud Islands

2005-03-23T14:46:00.000-08:00

Indonesian Kepulauan Talaud , also spelled Talaur , or Talaut islands administered from Manado as part of Sulawesi Utara provinsi (“province”), Indonesia. The group includes Karakelong (the largest), Salebabu, Kaburuang, and numerous islets, with a total area of 495 square miles (1,281 square km). The coast of Karakelong Island is steep except on the southern shore, which is fringed by a wide reef. The seven tiny Nanusa Islands lie northeast of

Furniture, Greece and Rome

2005-03-23T04:16:00.000-08:00

The typical Greek chair, the klismos, is known not from any ancient specimen still extant, but from a wealth of pictorial material. The best known is the klismos depicted on the Hegeso Stele at the Dipylon burial place outside Athens (c. 410 BC). It is a chair with a backward-sloping, curved backboard and four curving legs, only two of which are shown. These unusual legs were presumably

Bahubali

2005-03-21T05:25:00.000-08:00

After winning a duel with his half-brother for control of the kingdom, Bahubali is believed by the Jains to have realized the transience of temporal affairs and renounced the world. According

Biblical Literature, The purpose and style of Acts

2005-03-21T03:12:00.000-08:00

Although the title, Acts of the Apostles, suggests that the aim of Acts is to give an account of the deeds of the Apostles, the title actually was a later addition to the work (about the end of the 2nd century). Acts depicts the shift from Jewish Christianity to Gentile Christianity as relatively smooth and portrays the Roman government as regarding the Christian doctrine

Swallow-tanager

2005-03-20T02:18:00.000-08:00

(Tersina viridis), bird of northern South America, the sole member of the subfamily Tersininae, family Emberizidae; some authors give it family rank (Tersinidae). About 15 cm (6 inches) long, it resembles a tanager with long wings and a swallowlike bill. The male is light blue, with black markings; the female is mostly green. Swallow-tanagers catch insects on the

Graham, Martha

2005-03-19T21:03:00.000-08:00

Influential American dancer, teacher, and choreographer of modern dance, whose ballets and other works were intended to “reveal the inner man.” Over more than 50 years she created more than 180 works, from solos to large-scale works, in most of which she herself danced. She gave modern dance new depth as a vehicle for

Bharhut Sculpture

2005-03-19T02:08:00.000-08:00

The Bharhut style, though at times archaic and primitive in its conception, marks the beginnings of a tradition

Gabar

2005-03-18T11:00:00.000-08:00

Any member of the small Zoroastrian minority in Iran. The name Gabar was formerly applied derogatorily to the Iranian Zoroastrians; the term is linguistically related to the Arabic kafir, meaning “infidel.” The Zoroastrians who remained in Persia (modern Iran) after the Arab–Muslim conquest (7th century AD) had a long history as outcasts. Although they purchased some toleration

Mcpherson, Aimee Semple

2005-03-18T06:52:00.000-08:00

Aimee Kennedy was reared by her mother in the work of the Salvation Army. She preached her own brand of the

Baranovichi

2005-03-17T16:11:00.000-08:00

Also spelled Baranovici, town, Brest oblast (province), Belarus, on the southern edge of the Novogrudok Hills. It developed from a small village in the late 19th century into a major railway junction, with lines to Moscow, Warsaw, and other eastern European centres. It has cotton, food-processing, and machine construction industries. Pop. (1991 est.) 166,700.

Knebel, Karl Ludwig Von

2005-03-17T13:24:00.000-08:00

After serving in the Prussian army, Knebel became tutor to Prince Konstantine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. While traveling with the prince and his older brother,

Jacques Cartier, Mount

2005-03-17T06:15:00.000-08:00

French Mont Jacques-cartier, also called Tabletop, mountain on the north side of the Gaspé Peninsula in Gaspesian Provincial Park, eastern Quebec province, Canada. The highest peak in the well-forested Monts Chic-Choc (Shickshock Mountains), an extension of the Appalachians, is Mount Jacques Cartier, which has an elevation of 4,160 feet (1,268 m). The name Tabletop indicates its flat summit.

Midas

2005-03-17T01:06:00.000-08:00

Abbreviation of Missile Defense Alarm System, any of a series of unmanned U.S. military satellites developed to provide warning against surprise attacks by Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles. Midas was the first such warning system in the world. Launched during the early 1960s, the reconnaissance satellites were equipped with infrared sensors capable of detecting the heat of a ballistic missile's rocket

Kirin

2005-03-15T01:03:00.000-08:00

Chinese (Wade-Giles) Chi-lin, (Pinyin) Jilin, sheng (province) of the Northeast region of China (formerly called Manchuria). It borders Russia to the east, North Korea to the southeast, the Chinese provinces of Liaoning to the south and Heilungkiang to the north, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the west. It has an area of about 72,200 square miles (187,000 square kilometres). The capital is Ch'ang-ch'un.

Wagner, Honus

2005-03-14T20:08:00.000-08:00

The “Flying Dutchman” played for the Louisville Colonels

Canada West

2005-03-13T08:25:00.000-08:00

Canada West was settled primarily by English-speaking immigrants. The inhabitants nevertheless sought confederation with Canada East (which was populated largely

Ea

2005-03-12T20:32:00.000-08:00

(Akkadian), Sumerian Enki Mesopotamian god of water and a member of the triad of deities completed by Anu (Sumerian: An) and Enlil. From a local deity worshiped in the city of Eridu, Ea evolved into a major god, Lord of Apsu (also spelled Abzu), the fresh waters beneath the earth (although Enki means literally “lord of the earth”). In the Sumerian myth “Enki and the World Order,” Enki is said to have fixed national

North Ossetia

2005-03-12T18:53:00.000-08:00

North Ossetia is mountainous, with the Glavny (Main) Range reaching 15,682 feet (4,780 m) at Mount Dzhimara and other peaks in the republic reaching more than 14,000 feet (4,250 m). Parallel to the Glavny crest range is a series

Yuzu Nembutsu

2005-03-12T05:10:00.000-08:00

Japanese Buddhist sect that stresses the permeating effect (yuzu) of nembutsu, the invocation of the name of the Buddha Amida (Amitabha). Thus, the belief was that not only the person who chants the name but all humanity benefits from the practice of nembutsu. The sect was founded in the early 12th century by an evangelistic Tendai monk, Ryonin, and was a forerunner of the devotional

Waterfall

2005-03-11T14:53:00.000-08:00

Area where flowing river water drops abruptly and nearly vertically (see video). Waterfalls represent major interruptions in river flow. Under most circumstances rivers tend to smooth out irregularities in their flow by processes of erosion and deposition. In time, the long profile of a river (the graph of its gradient) takes the form of a smooth curve, steepest toward

Theatre, Western, Imitation of Greek models

2005-03-11T11:04:00.000-08:00

In the literary theatre, plot invention and characters were largely taken from Greek plays. Livius Andronicus, a Greek living in Rome, was the first to adapt Greek plays (in 240 BC), and his example was followed in 235 BC by the poet Gnaeus Naevius, a native of Campania. Naevius can be regarded as the first native Italian playwright, and the genre of comedies he founded was called fabula

Olympic Games, Helsinki, Finland, 1952

2005-03-11T09:51:00.000-08:00

The 1952 Games were the first Olympics since 1912 in which the Soviet Union participated, and the international tension caused by the Cold War initially prevailed. Prior to the Games, the U.S. Olympic Committee used the rivalry between East and West to raise funds for the U.S. team. The Soviet Union announced plans to house their athletes in Leningrad and fly into Helsinki each

Fredegarius

2005-03-10T23:54:00.000-08:00

The supposed author of a chronicle of Frankish history composed between 658 and 661. All the extant manuscripts of this chronicle are anonymous, and the attribution of it to “Fredegarius” dates from the edition of it by Claude Fauchet in 1579. The author set a fairly detailed history of his own times in the framework of a universal chronicle, drawing, for early Merovingian

Naga

2005-03-08T19:46:00.000-08:00

Group of tribes inhabiting the Naga Hills of Nagaland (q.v.) state in northeastern India. They include more than 20 tribes of mixed origin, varying cultures, and very different physiques and appearances. The numerous Naga languages (sometimes classified as dialects) belong to the Tibeto-Burman group of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Almost every village has its own dialect;

Botany

2005-03-08T13:01:00.000-08:00

The branch of biology that deals with plants. It involves the study of the structure, properties, and biochemical processes of all forms of plant life, including trees. Also included within its scope are plant classification and the study of plant diseases and of the interactions of plants with their physical environment. Over the years various specialized branches

Nabokov, Vladimir

2005-03-07T19:49:00.000-08:00

Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory (1967), the author's autobiography up to 1940; three books by Andrew Field, Nabokov: His Life in Art (1967), Nabokov: A Bibliography (1972), and Nabokov: His Life in Part (1977); C. Newman and Alfred Appel, Jr. (eds.), For Vladimir Nabokov on His Seventieth Birthday (1971), a Festschrift of reminiscences of Nabokov and critical articles and tributes; Alfred Appel Jr., Nabokov's Dark Cinema (1974), on Nabokov's work in film; Peter Quennell (ed.), Vladimir Nabokov, His Life, His Work, His World: A Tribute (1980).

Saptamatrka

2005-03-06T18:20:00.000-08:00

Representations of the goddesses are found in shrines throughout

Rea Express, Inc.

2005-03-06T11:01:00.000-08:00

American Railway Express Company was established by the U.S. government in 1918, during World War I, at the same time that the government took over the nation's railroads. The domestic express businesses and property

China, Antiforeign movement and the Arrow, or second Opium, War

2005-03-06T04:28:00.000-08:00

At the signing of the Treaty of Nanking there was a difference between China and Britain as to whether foreigners were allowed to enter the walled city of Canton. Though Canton was declared open in July 1843, the British faced Cantonese opposition. After 1847 trouble rapidly grew, and as a result of an incident at nearby Fo-shan, a promise was given the British that they would

Graziano, Rocky

2005-03-05T21:59:00.000-08:00

In his youth Graziano was a juvenile delinquent, and he later deserted from the U.S. Army after punching an officer. Though he had begun using the name Graziano, he was nevertheless found, sentenced to nine months in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, and dishonourably

Acton (of Aldenham), John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron, 8th Baronet

2005-03-05T15:49:00.000-08:00

English Liberal historian and moralist, the first great modern philosopher of resistance to the evil state, whether its form be authoritarian, democratic, or socialist. A comment that he wrote in a letter, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” today has become a familiar aphorism. He succeeded to the

Nervous System Disease, Facial nerve

2005-03-04T09:51:00.000-08:00

The herpes

Basasiri, Arslan Al-muzaffar Al-

2005-03-04T08:41:00.000-08:00

Al-Basasiri was born a Turkish slave, and his activities were first mentioned about 1025. At the time, the weakened 'Abbasid caliphs at Baghdad, who represented Sunnite Islam, were under continuous pressure from the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt, representing the Shi'ite sect, and the insurgent Turks commanded by Toghrïl Beg.

Cordeliers, Club Of The

2005-03-03T21:23:00.000-08:00

Formally Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen , French Club des Cordeliers , or Société des Amis des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen one of the popular clubs of the French Revolution, founded in 1790 to prevent the abuse of power and “infractions of the rights of man.” The club's popular name was derived from its original meeting place in Paris, the nationalized monastery of the Cordeliers (Franciscans). It became a political force under the leadership of such men as Jean-Paul Marat and Georges Danton. After

Nature, Philosophy Of, Evolutionary ethics

2005-03-03T06:23:00.000-08:00

Toward the end of the 19th century, Herbert Spencer, in England,

Alabama, Cultural life

2005-03-02T20:03:00.000-08:00

Alabama enjoys a rich vein of folk culture in the rural areas, especially among blacks. Story telling has attracted the attention of folklore specialists. The experiences of rural life contributed important elements to the development of modern American popular music, including ragtime and jazz. Sacred music, in the form of gospel quartets and shape-note, or “fa-so-la,

Unification Church

2005-03-02T08:47:00.000-08:00

Born in 1920, Moon was raised in the Presbyterian church, which eventually excommunicated him for heresy. As a teenager he had a

Refraction

2005-03-01T07:28:00.000-08:00

In physics, the change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another caused by its change in speed. For example, waves in deep water travel faster than in shallow; if an ocean wave approaches a beach obliquely, the part of the wave farther from the beach will move faster than that closer in, and so the wave will swing around until it moves in a direction perpendicular

Mah-jongg

2005-02-28T20:23:00.000-08:00

A game of Chinese origin, played with tiles, or p'ais, similar in physical description to those used in dominoes but engraved with Chinese symbols and characters and divided into suits and honours. A fad in England, the United States, and Australia in the mid-1920s, the game was revived in the United States after 1935 but never regained its initial popularity. In the United States,

Accent

2005-02-28T07:57:00.000-08:00

Accent has various

Phonolite

2005-02-28T07:49:00.000-08:00

The most important constituent of phonolite is alkali feldspar, either sanidine or anorthoclase,

Mithan

2005-02-26T21:48:00.000-08:00

Cattle species also known as gayal (q.v.).

China, Armed forces

2005-02-26T08:44:00.000-08:00

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the unified organization of all Chinese land, sea, and air forces. The history of the PLA is officially traced to the Nan-ch'ang Uprising of Aug. 1, 1927, which is celebrated annually as PLA Day. The PLA is one of the world's largest military forces, with approximately 3,000,000 members. Military service is compulsory for all men who attain the age of 18; women

Refraction

2005-02-26T08:32:00.000-08:00

The EEC was created in 1957 by the Treaty of Rome, which was signed by Belgium

Kuharic, Franjo Cardinal

2005-02-26T04:35:00.000-08:00

Croatian Roman Catholic cleric (b. April 15, 1919, Pribic, Yugos.—d. March 11, 2002, Zagreb, Croatia), served as a strong nationalist symbol for his countrymen during Croatia's 1991 secession from Yugoslavia and the war that ensued (1991–95). In his role as archbishop of Zagreb (1970–97) and, thus, Roman Catholic primate of Croatia, Kuharic condemned religious intolerance and violence against Serbs and Muslims.

Smith, Huey (piano)

2005-02-25T20:13:00.000-08:00

Smith contributed vocals and his aggressive, boogie-based piano style to the rhythm-and-blues recordings of others before forming his own band. For a time Huey Smith and the Clowns, which featured singer-comedian

Mauritius

2005-02-25T18:09:00.000-08:00

Officially Republic Of Mauritius, island country, the central independent island state of the Mascarene group, lying about 500 miles (800 km) east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. It is situated at latitude 20°18¢ S and longitude 57°36¢ E and extends 38 miles (61 km) from north to south and 29 miles (47 km) from east to west. Its outlying territories are Rodrigues Island, lying 344 miles (553 km) eastward, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, 250 miles (402 km) northeastward,

Esterházy Family

2005-02-24T19:02:00.000-08:00

By the 18th century the Esterházys had become the largest landowners in Hungary, and they came to possess a private fortune even larger than that of the Habsburg emperors whose supporters they were. The various members of the family continued to hold important

Peru, Westernized arts

2005-02-24T05:33:00.000-08:00

The arts have long occupied positions of esteem among Peru's educated minority. Since the late 19th century, most writers have felt a ceaseless duty to analyze their society. Ricardo Palma was among the first to utilize Peruvian themes. Aves sin nido (1889; Birds Without a Nest), by Clorinda Matto de Turner, was the first of many books whose authors exposed the conditions of Indian

Christian Brother

2005-02-23T15:47:00.000-08:00

The Institute of the Brothers of Christian Schools (F.S.C.) was founded by St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle at Reims, France, in 1684 for the education of boys, especially of poor families; the congregation is now established on all continents. Besides teaching in elementary,

Austin, John Langshaw

2005-02-23T07:21:00.000-08:00

After receiving early education at Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford, he became a fellow at All Souls College (1933) and Magdalen College (1935), where he studied traditional Greco-Roman

Galba

2005-02-22T02:00:00.000-08:00

Galba was the son of the consul Gaius Sulpicius Galba and Mummia Achaica, and in addition to great wealth and ancient lineage he enjoyed the favour of the emperors Augustus and Tiberius. He began his senatorial career before

Beit Bridge

2005-02-22T00:38:00.000-08:00

Also spelled Beitbridge town, southern Zimbabwe. It lies near the bridge named for Alfred Beit, British South African financier, across the Limpopo River. The bridge is situated on the border with Northern province, South Africa, opposite Messina and is a port of entry and a customs and immigration post. The town, founded in 1929, was for many years the terminus of the railway from Pretoria, until a

Tabasco

2005-02-20T22:51:00.000-08:00

Hot red pepper, a variety of Capsicum frutescens of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family. See pepper.

Pitchstone

2005-02-20T21:54:00.000-08:00

Most pitchstone occurs as dikes or marginal phases of dikes and therefore may grade into porphyry. Pitchstone porphyry (vitrophyre)

Performing Arts, Great Britain and Ireland.

2005-02-20T19:15:00.000-08:00

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) was plunged into turmoil again when its artistic director, Adrian Noble, resigned on April 24, 2002. Noble's announcement came the week after his West End production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a new musical based on the 1968 movie, opened to good reviews and a healthy advance at the box office at the London Palladium. Cynics saw Chitty's flying car

French Literature, Prose literature

2005-02-20T03:21:00.000-08:00

Prose flourished as a literary medium from about 1200. A few years earlier Robert de Borron had used verse for his Joseph d'Arimathie (recounting the Holy Grail's sacred origins) and his Merlin; but both were soon turned into prose. Other Arthurian romances adopted it, notably the great Vulgate cycle with its five branches by various hands. These included the immensely popular

Jesus Christ, Early heresies

2005-02-19T07:45:00.000-08:00

These misinterpretations

Field, Cyrus W(est)

2005-02-18T18:13:00.000-08:00

After an early career in the paper business, Field became interested in a proposal to lay a transatlantic telegraph cable. He was one of the founders

Wild Rice

2005-02-18T10:18:00.000-08:00

Also called Indian Rice, Water Rice, or Water Oats (species Zizania aquatica), coarse annual grass of the family Poaceae whose grain, now often considered a delicacy, has long been an important food of North American Indians. Despite its name, the plant is not related to rice (Oryza sativa). Wild rice grows in shallow water in marshes and along the shores of streams and lakes in north-central North America.

Moschopoulos, Manuel

2005-02-18T01:40:00.000-08:00

Little is known of Moschopoulos' life except what can be gathered from his correspondence and a reference in a letter of one Maximus Planudes, who describes him as his pupil. He was a prominent representative of those

Jesus Christ, Early heresies

2005-02-16T23:24:00.000-08:00

A chemical element in the oxygen family (Group VIa) of the periodic table, closely allied in chemical and physical properties with the elements sulfur and tellurium.

Tyrrell, George

2005-02-16T19:46:00.000-08:00

Tyrrell was raised in the Anglican church but converted to Roman Catholicism in 1879 and joined the Society of Jesus the

Literature, Swedish.

2005-02-16T09:06:00.000-08:00

A feeling of lost control and an urge to use language to beseech a present and a past that had gone out of hand served as a rough summary of preferred themes in Swedish literature in 2001. Per Olov Enquist's Lewis resa portrayed revivalist Lewi Pethrus, the founding father of the Swedish branch of the Pentecostal

European Parliament

2005-02-16T02:32:00.000-08:00

Legislative assembly of the European Union (EU). Inaugurated in 1958 as the Common Assembly, the European Parliament originally consisted of representatives selected by the national parliaments of EU member countries. Beginning in 1979, members of the Parliament, who now number more than 600, were elected by direct universal suffrage to terms of five years. The number of members

Pithoragarh

2005-02-15T16:47:00.000-08:00

City, northern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies east of Almora, on a ridge of the Himalayan foothills. The surrounding area lies entirely within the Himalayan Range and is bordered by Nepal to the east and China to the north. Rice, barley, and wheat are grown. Pop. (1991 prelim.) city, 27,753.

Ring

2005-02-15T13:27:00.000-08:00

Basically, a ring consists of three parts: the circle, or hoop;

Durgapur

2005-02-14T13:01:00.000-08:00

City, southern West Bengal state, northeastern India, just north of the Damodar River. Connected by road and rail with Calcutta (Kolkata), Burdwan, and Asansol, Durgapur is one of India's chief steel-producing centres. The main steel plant went into operation in 1962, and the population grew dramatically. Other major industries include a coal washery, an alloy and special steel

Progesterone

2005-02-14T04:56:00.000-08:00

Hormone secreted by the female reproductive system that functions mainly to regulate the condition of the inner lining (endometrium) of the uterus. Progesterone is produced by the ovaries, placenta, and adrenal glands; in the ovaries the site of production is the corpus luteum tissue, which begins to form prior to an egg's release and continues to grow into the empty

Religion, Seventh-day Adventist Church.

2005-02-13T23:53:00.000-08:00

Celebrating 100 years of Adventism in southern Asia, the Annual Council of the world church met in Bangalore, India, in 1993. The church at first grew very slowly there, but in recent years India had become a fruitful field for growth, and membership in 1993 approached 200,000. The church in India was also moving toward financial strength; the centenary year saw the first conference, Mizoram,

Hohenzollern Dynasty

2005-02-13T22:42:00.000-08:00

Dynasty prominent in European history, chiefly as the ruling house of Brandenburg-Prussia (1415–1918) and of imperial Germany (1871–1918). It takes its name from a castle in Swabia first mentioned as Zolorin or Zolre (the modern Hohenzollern, south of Tübingen, in the Land Baden-Württemberg). Burchard I, the first recorded ancestor of the dynasty, was count of Zollern in the 11th century. In the

Augustine, Saint

2005-02-13T08:21:00.000-08:00

The most widespread and longest-lasting theological controversies of the 4th century focused on the Christian doctrine of the Trinity—that is, the threeness of God represented in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Augustine's Africa had been left out of much of the fray, and most of what was written on the subject was in Greek, a language Augustine barely knew and had little

Empoli

2005-02-12T18:23:00.000-08:00

Town, Firenze (Florence) provincia, Toscana (Tuscany) regione, north-central Italy, on the lower Arno River. During the medieval Florentine wars, Empoli was the scene of the Ghibelline congress of 1260, where Farinata degli Uberti successfully opposed the destruction of defeated Florence, an episode referred to in Dante's Inferno. The painter Iacopo Chimenti da Empoli and

Hailar

2005-02-11T17:42:00.000-08:00

The area was occupied by the Chinese in the 7th century AD under the early T'ang dynasty, when it was part of the Hei-shui protectorate general. Chinese occupation, however, was short-lived and never very

Dinawari, Ad-

2005-02-10T18:43:00.000-08:00

Ad-Dinawari studied philology in the Iraqi cities of Basra and Kufah. The systematic approach to learning that he acquired there is reflected in the preserved fragments of

Yenisey River, Plant and animal life

2005-02-10T02:10:00.000-08:00

Most of the basin is covered with taiga (marshy, primarily coniferous forest), with Siberian spruce, fir, and cedar predominating in the south and larch farther north. In Mongolia, Transbaikalia, and Tuva there are also steppe grasslands, bordered in the extreme south of the Selenga River basin by semidesert. In the far north of the basin, taiga is superseded by tundra

Boil

2005-02-08T16:31:00.000-08:00

Also called Furuncle, or Furunculosis, a staphylococcus skin infection characterized by an inflamed nodular swelling filled with pus, located at the site of a hair follicle. The lesion is painful and feels hard to the touch; healing begins after the pus is discharged. Boils are usually located in hairy body areas exposed to friction and maceration, such as the back of the neck, the face, armpits, buttocks,

Amphibole

2005-02-08T07:26:00.000-08:00

The fundamental building block of all silicate mineral structures is the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron (SiO4)4-. It consists of a central silicon atom surrounded by four oxygen atoms in the shape of a tetrahedron. The essential characteristic of the amphibole structure is a double chain of corner-linked silicon-oxygen tetrahedrons that extend indefinitely parallel

Oral Cancer

2005-02-08T02:20:00.000-08:00

Disease characterized by the growth of cancerous cells in the mouth, including the lips. Oral cancer is often associated with cancers of the cavity located behind the tonsils and the back of the throat (oropharyngeal cancer). Most cases originate from the flattened cells that make up the lining of the oral cavity (squamous cell carcinomas). Oral cancers can spread

Cremona

2005-02-08T01:37:00.000-08:00

City, capital of Cremona provincia, Lombardia (Lombardy) regione, northern Italy, on the north bank of the Po River southeast of Milan. It was founded by the Romans in 218 BC on the site of an earlier Gallic village of the Cenomani. Virgil, the Roman poet, went to school there. With the decline of the Roman Empire, Cremona was repeatedly sacked by the Goths and the Huns before being

Bahrdt, Carl Friedrich

2005-02-07T10:14:00.000-08:00

At age 16 Bahrdt began to study theology, philosophy, and philology

Essex Decision

2005-02-07T02:50:00.000-08:00

Decision rendered by the British High Court of Admiralty in 1804 and confirmed the following year, which contributed to the bad feeling between the United States and Great Britain that eventually led to the War of 1812. Britain and France were at war, and the American merchant vessel Essex had been captured by the British while transporting goods from the French West Indies

Insurance, Liability law

2005-02-06T17:06:00.000-08:00

Legal liability exists when an individual commits a legal injury that wrongly encroaches on another person's rights. Such injuries include slander, assault, and negligent

SmoothWhistle

Kamaishi

Absaroka Range

Turkey, The southern folded zone

Thoracic Squeeze

Ms.

Wandiwash, Battle Of

Afonso I

Biblical Literature, The New English Bible

Music, Western, Solo and ensemble instruments

France, History Of

Ribaut, Jean

Quincy

The Peoples Known As Mimi

Sokodé

Religion, Study Of, The Chicago school

Displacement

Nahua

Talaud Islands

Furniture, Greece and Rome

Bahubali

Biblical Literature, The purpose and style of Acts

Swallow-tanager

Graham, Martha

Bharhut Sculpture

Gabar

Mcpherson, Aimee Semple

Baranovichi

Knebel, Karl Ludwig Von

Jacques Cartier, Mount

Midas

Kirin

Wagner, Honus

Canada West

Ea

North Ossetia

Yuzu Nembutsu

Waterfall

Theatre, Western, Imitation of Greek models

Olympic Games, Helsinki, Finland, 1952

Fredegarius

Naga

Botany

Nabokov, Vladimir

Saptamatrka

Rea Express, Inc.

China, Antiforeign movement and the Arrow, or second Opium, War

Graziano, Rocky

Acton (of Aldenham), John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron, 8th Baronet

Nervous System Disease, Facial nerve

Basasiri, Arslan Al-muzaffar Al-

Cordeliers, Club Of The

Nature, Philosophy Of, Evolutionary ethics

Alabama, Cultural life

Unification Church

Refraction

Mah-jongg

Accent

Phonolite

Mithan

China, Armed forces

Refraction

Kuharic, Franjo Cardinal

Smith, Huey (piano)

Mauritius

Esterházy Family

Peru, Westernized arts

Christian Brother

Austin, John Langshaw

Galba

Beit Bridge

Tabasco

Pitchstone

Performing Arts, Great Britain and Ireland.

French Literature, Prose literature

Jesus Christ, Early heresies

Field, Cyrus W(est)

Wild Rice

Moschopoulos, Manuel

Jesus Christ, Early heresies

Religion, Study Of, The Chicago school

Smith, Huey (piano)