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James Hull Cosmetic cosmetic dentistry

2006-07-18T08:15:00.000-07:00

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Hound's-tongue

2005-10-16T17:45:00.000-07:00

Two purplish-red-flowered, European species of hound's-tongue, C. officinale and C. germanicum, are widespread along roadsides

Rodent

2005-08-08T22:35:00.000-07:00

As documented by fossils, the evolutionary history of rodents extends back 56 million years to the Late Paleocene Epoch in North America. Those species, however, are considered to have originated in Eurasia, so the origin of the order Rodentia is certainly older. However, lack of fossil evidence prior to the Late Paleocene makes the understanding of evolutionary relationships

Macaire

2005-07-27T20:25:00.000-07:00

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Joyce, William

2005-07-23T14:30:00.000-07:00

Though his father was a naturalized U.S. citizen, Joyce lived most of his life in Ireland and England. He was active in Sir Oswald Mosley's British fascist organization and was also a cofounder

Vail, Alfred Lewis

2005-07-08T11:55:00.000-07:00

Shortly after Vail graduated from the University of the City of New York in 1836, he met Morse and became interested in Morse's telegraph experiments. In return for a share in the

Christian X

2005-07-06T16:20:00.000-07:00

The eldest son of the future King Frederick VIII and Louise of Sweden and Norway, Christian became chief of the royal guard in 1898 and married Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Becoming crown prince in 1906, Christian led the

Turan Plain

2005-06-30T18:05:00.000-07:00

Uzbek Turon extensive lowland in southwestern Kazakhstan and northwestern Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. It is bounded by the Saryarqa (Kazakh uplands) in the north, the outliers of the Tien Shan, Pamir, and Alay mountains in the east, the Kopet-Dag Range in the south, and the Caspian Sea in the west. It is traversed by the lower courses of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya, both of which drain

Gauge Theory

2005-06-16T09:40:00.000-07:00

Class of quantum field theory, a mathematical theory involving both quantum mechanics and Einstein's special theory of relativity that is commonly used to describe subatomic particles and their associated wave fields. In a gauge theory there is a group of transformations of the field variables (gauge transformations) that leaves the basic physics of the quantum

Episome

2005-06-13T04:30:00.000-07:00

In bacteria, one of a group of extrachromosomal genetic elements called plasmids, consisting of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and capable of conferring a selective advantage upon the bacteria in which they occur. Episomes may be attached to the bacterial cell membrane (such a cell is designated F+) or become integrated into the chromosome (such a cell is designated

Rameswaram

2005-06-01T13:15:00.000-07:00

Island, southeastern Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India. It forms part of Adams Bridge, a series of coral reef islands connecting India and Sri Lanka. The island contains a temple that is one of the most venerated of all Hindu shrines. The great Temple of Rameswaram was built in the 17th century on the traditional site said to be sanctified by the god Rama's footprints when

Wahhab, Muhammad Ibn 'abd Al-

2005-05-16T09:40:00.000-07:00

Having completed his formal education in the holy city of Medina, in Arabia, 'Abd al-Wahhab lived abroad for many years. He taught for four years in Basra, Iraq, and in Baghdad he married an affluent woman whose property he inherited

Earth, Isostasy

2005-05-14T07:30:00.000-07:00

The general concept that higher portions of the Earth's crust are lighter and are maintained in position by correspondingly light roots beneath is very old. The quantitative description of this “compensation” of the Earth's topographic features dates from the geodetic triangulation of India in which the effect of the attraction of the Himalayas on the deflection

Masai

2005-03-14T14:03:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Maasai � nomadic pastoralists of East Africa. Masai is essentially a linguistic term, referring to speakers of this Eastern Sudanic language (usually called Maa) of the Nilo-Saharan language family. These include the pastoral Masai who range along the Great Rift Valley of Kenya and Tanzania, the Samburu of Kenya, and the semipastoral Arusha and Baraguyu (or Kwafi) of

Berbice River

2005-03-11T15:12:00.000-08:00

River in eastern Guyana. The Berbice River rises in the highlands of the Rupununi region and flows northward for 370 miles (595 km) through dense forests to the coastal plain. It enters the Atlantic Ocean at New Amsterdam, where its flow is obstructed by shallows. The basin of the Berbice is restricted by the proximity of its larger neighbours, the Essequibo and Courantyne

Antarctica, National rivalries and claims

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

The early discoveries led to a few controversies not only for territorial claims but also in geographic nomenclature. The struggle for national influence was especially acute in the slender peninsular landmass south of Scotia Sea that became known as O'Higgins Land (Tierra O'Higgins) to Chileans and San Martin Land (Tierra San Mart�n) to Argentines, named for national

Alkaloid

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

Alkaloids are found primarily in plants and are especially common in certain families of flowering plants. More

Ryde

2005-03-02T07:02:00.000-08:00

Town on the northeastern coast of the Isle of Wight, historic county of Hampshire, England, opposite Portsmouth on the mainland. It is located on the site of a former village called La Rye, which the French destroyed early in the 14th century. Still a small fishing hamlet by 1800, Ryde grew rapidly in the railway age as an attractive holiday resort (being incorporated in 1868). It is

Oratorian

2005-03-01T07:37:00.000-08:00

The Institute of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri was founded by the saint in Rome in 1575, approved in 1612, and confederated and reapproved in 1942. It consists of independent communities of secular priests held under obedience but not bound by vows, and it is dedicated

Quinton, Amelia Stone

2005-02-28T22:41:00.000-08:00

Amelia Stone grew up in a deeply religious Baptist household. As a young woman, she worked as a teacher and did charitable work at almshouses and prisons. She joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1874 and worked as its New York organizer until 1877, when she

Paleoclimatology

2005-02-27T10:51:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Palaeoclimatology, � scientific study of the extended climatic conditions of past geologic ages. Paleoclimatologists seek to explain climate variations for all parts of the Earth during any given geologic period, beginning with the time of the Earth's formation. Many related fields contribute to the field of paleoclimatology, but the basic research data are drawn mainly from geology

Abbadie, Antoine-thomson D'; And Abbadie, Arnaud-michel D'

2005-02-26T20:03:00.000-08:00

Their parents, a French father and an Irish mother, moved to France in 1818. In 1835 the French Academy sent Antoine on a scientific mission to Brazil. Arnaud

Murnau, F.w.

2005-02-25T08:39:00.000-08:00

Murnau studied philosophy, art history, and literature at the Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin. In 1908 he joined the company of renowned

Holi

2005-02-24T21:21:00.000-08:00

Hindu spring festival celebrated on the full-moon day of Phalguna (February - March). The festival, probably of ancient origin, has many characteristics of a saturnalia. Participants throw coloured waters and powders on one another, and, on this one day only, the usual restrictions of caste, sex, status, and age are disregarded. In the streets the celebrations are often marked

Siberut Island

2005-02-23T19:28:00.000-08:00

Indonesian �Pulau Siberut�, also spelled �Siberoet� largest island in the Mentawai group of islands, Sumatera Barat provinsi (province), Indonesia. Siberut lies off the western coast of Sumatra, about 90 miles (145 km) west-southwest of and across the Mentawai Strait from Padang city. The island is 25 miles (40 km) wide and 70 miles (110 km) long. Its terrain is generally low, rising to about 1,260 feet (384 m) in the western portion. Rainfall is heavy, and the

Rabin, Leah

2005-02-22T18:07:00.000-08:00

German-born Israeli consort and peace activist (b. April 8, 1928, K�nigsberg, Ger. [now Kaliningrad, Russia] - d. Nov. 12, 2000, Tel Aviv, Israel), was the wife of former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated in 1995. She grew up in Tel Aviv and met her husband while both were serving in the Palmach, a Jewish militia unit. The two were married during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948 - 49. Leah Rabin

Dewar, Sir James

2005-02-21T14:02:00.000-08:00

Educated at the University of Edinburgh, Dewar became a professor at the University of Cambridge (1875) and at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London

Dewar, Sir James

2005-02-20T01:32:00.000-08:00

Educated at the University of Edinburgh, Dewar became a professor at the University of Cambridge (1875) and at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London

Dach�, Lilly

2005-02-19T22:29:00.000-08:00

Dach� left school at the age of 14 and was apprenticed to her aunt, a milliner in Bordeaux, and later to the famous milliner Caroline Reboux of Paris. In 1924 Dach� moved to New York City, where she worked as a salesclerk at Macy's

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

2005-02-18T00:33:00.000-08:00

Shelley was the heir to rich estates acquired by his grandfather, Bysshe (pronounced �Bish�) Shelley.

Centre

2005-02-17T00:42:00.000-08:00

Industrial district in Hainaut province, southwestern Belgium. It lies in the upper valley of the Haine River and is centred on the town of La Louvi�re between Mons and Charleroi. The coal mines that gave rise to the district are now closed, but heavy industry continues in the form of blast furnaces and steelworks at La Louvi�re, a petroleum refinery at Felay, and an

Great Leap Forward

2005-02-16T00:16:00.000-08:00

The campaign undertaken by the Chinese Communists between 1958 and early 1960 to organize its vast population, especially in large-scale rural communes, to meet China's industrial and agricultural problems. The Chinese hoped to develop labour-intensive methods of industrialization, which would emphasize manpower rather than machines. Thereby, it was hoped, the country

Augustus, Caesar

2005-02-15T01:32:00.000-08:00

Remembering, however, that Caesar had been assassinated because of his resort to naked power, Octavian realized that the governing class would welcome him as the terminator of civil war only if he concealed his autocracy beneath provisions avowedly harking back to republican traditions. From 31 until 23 BC the constitutional basis of his power remained a continuous

Diet

2005-02-13T05:04:00.000-08:00

Under the Meiji Constitution of 1889, the Imperial Diet was established on the basis of two houses with coequal powers. The upper house, the House of Peers (Kizokuin), was almost wholly appointive. Initially, its membership was slightly less than 300, but it was subsequently increased to approximately 400. The peers were intended to represent

Jetty

2005-02-12T23:06:00.000-08:00

Any of a variety of engineering structures connected with river, harbour, and coastal works designed to influence the current or tide or to protect a harbour or beach from waves (breakwater). The two principal kinds of jetties are those constructed at river mouths and other coastal entrances and those used for the berthing of ships in harbours and offshore where

Spanish Literature, Drama

2005-02-11T01:48:00.000-08:00

With the new century, drama achieved renewed vigour under the stimulus of Jacinto Benavente y Mart�nez, a prolific playwright noted for his craftsmanship and wit. A social satirist preoccupied with ethics, Benavente stopped short of alienating the sympathies of his devoted upper-class public, as, for example, in Los intereses creados (1907; The Bonds of Interest). The bourgeois

Ascanian Dynasties

2005-02-10T14:05:00.000-08:00

Albert the Bear (see Albert I under Albert [Brandenburg]) was the first to raise the family's rank from that of

Ascanian Dynasties

2005-02-09T04:00:00.000-08:00

Albert the Bear (see Albert I under Albert [Brandenburg]) was the first to raise the family's rank from that of

F-117

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

Also called �Nighthawk,� single-seat, twin-engine jet fighter-bomber built by the Lockheed Corporation (now part of the Lockheed Martin Corporation) for the U.S. Air Force. It was the first stealth aircraft - i.e., an aircraft designed entirely around the concept of evading detection by radar and other sensors. After a difficult development period, during which several prototypes crashed during

Amman, Jost

2005-02-07T02:55:00.000-08:00

His engraving of the

Iapetus

2005-02-06T05:15:00.000-08:00

Exterior moon in the Saturn system, extraordinary because of its surface markings. Discovered by Gian Domenico Cassini in 1671, Iapetus orbits Saturn once every 79.33 Earth days at a distance of 3,561,000 km (2,212,800 miles). The satellite's radius and mass are, respectively, 730 � 10 km (454 � 6 miles) and 1.88 � 0.12 � 1024 grams, implying a bulk density of 1.16 � 0.09 grams per cubic centimetre. A solid object with so low a density must be composed

Endocrine System, Human

2005-02-05T10:57:00.000-08:00

It is important to

Endocrine System, Human

2005-02-04T22:38:00.000-08:00

It is important to

E Region

2005-02-03T01:02:00.000-08:00

Also called �Kennelly-heaviside Layer, � ionospheric region that extends from an altitude of 90 kilometres (60 miles) to about 160 kilometres (100 miles). As in the D region (70 - 90 kilometres), the ionization is primarily molecular - i.e., resulting from the splitting of neutral molecules - oxygen (O2) and nitrogen (N2) - into electrons and positively charged molecules. Unlike that of the D region, the ionization of the E region remains at

E Region

2005-02-02T06:54:00.000-08:00

Puerto Ais�

2005-02-01T00:48:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Puerto Ays�n� capital of Ais�n province and commune in Ais�n region, southern Chile, located on the Ais�n River at the head of a deep fjord facing the Chonos Archipelago. Colonization of the surrounding area of rugged topography and rigorous climate began only in the 19th century. Puerto Ais�n is a port and commercial centre for the developing agricultural, mining, and lumbering

Bermuda Race

2005-01-31T06:53:00.000-08:00

One of the world's major ocean races for sailing yachts. Originating in 1906, it has been held biennially since 1924 (except during World War II); since 1936 it has covered the 635-nautical-mile (1,176-kilometre) distance from Newport, R.I., U.S., to Bermuda. The race is cosponsored by the Cruising Club of America and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, with the winners determined by a handicapping formula.

Olson, Elder (james)

2005-01-30T04:50:00.000-08:00

After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1938, Olson taught for several years at the Armour Institute of Technology

Czernin, Ottokar, Count

2005-01-29T16:47:00.000-08:00

Czernin, born into the Czech aristocracy, entered the Austro-Hungarian diplomatic service in the

Alabama Claims

2005-01-28T11:58:00.000-08:00

Maritime grievances of the United States against Great Britain, accumulated during and after the American Civil War (1861 - 65). The claims are significant in international law for furthering the use of arbitration to settle disputes peacefully and for delineating certain responsibilities of neutrals toward belligerents. The dispute centred on

Hugh Of Lincoln, Little Saint

2005-01-27T05:22:00.000-08:00

The victim of an anonymous

Oastler, Richard

2005-01-26T05:28:00.000-08:00

In 1830 Oastler, who was managing a large Yorkshire agricultural estate, learned of the evils of child labour in factories and immediately

Qatar, Resources

2005-01-25T20:14:00.000-08:00

Qatar's petroleum reserves, found both onshore along the western coast at Dukhan and offshore from the eastern coast, are modest by regional standards and are expected to last only until the early decades of the 21st century at present rates of production. Oil continues to dominate Qatar's economy, however, accounting for the great bulk of government revenues and one-third

Welles, Gideon

2005-01-24T19:21:00.000-08:00

Born into a wealthy family, Welles was educated at private schools. He studied law but in 1826 became cofounder and editor of the Hartford Times. The next year, he became the youngest member of the Connecticut legislature and served there until 1835. An ardent

Uzlovaya

2005-01-23T22:05:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Uzlovaja, � city and centre of a rayon (sector), Tula oblast (province), western Russia. In Soviet times it developed as a centre of coal mining on the Moscow - Donets Basin railway; it was incorporated in 1938. Lignite (brown coal) is mined there. The city also has chemical industries and manufactures machinery for the mining industry. Pop. (1993 est.) 62,900.

Kermadec Islands

2005-01-22T00:34:00.000-08:00

Volcanic island group in the South Pacific Ocean, 600 mi (1,000 km) northeast of Auckland, New Zealand; they are a dependency of New Zealand. They include Raoul (Sunday), Macauley, and Curtis islands and l'Esperance Rock and have a total land area of 13 sq mi (34 sq km). Raoul, the largest (11.3 sq mi), has rugged coastal cliffs that rise to Mt. Mumukai (1,723 ft [525 m]). It is heavily wooded and fertile, but its indigenous

Tafsir

2005-01-21T15:59:00.000-08:00

The science of explanation of the Qur'an, the sacred scripture of Islam, or of Qur'anic commentary. So long as Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, was alive, no other authority for interpretations of the Qur'anic revelations was recognized by Muslims. Upon his death, however, commentaries were needed because the text, when it achieved written form, lacked historical sequence in the

Kaddish

2005-01-20T14:21:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Qaddish� in Judaism, a doxology (hymn of praise to God) that is usually recited in Aramaic at the end of principal sections of all synagogue services. The nucleus of the prayer is the phrase �Glorified and sanctified be God's great name throughout the world which He has created according to His will. May He establish His kingdom in your lifetime and during your days.� The congregation

Endlicher, Stephan

2005-01-19T01:34:00.000-08:00

Endlicher turned from the study of theology to that of natural history and medicine while at the Universities of Budapest and Vienna (M.D., 1840). In 1836 he became curator of the Vienna Museum of Natural History, to which he would eventually

Arts, Central Asian, Social role of music

2005-01-18T19:19:00.000-08:00

Three basic functions of music are common throughout most of the region: music as ritual, with magical connotations (shamanism); music as tribal record, aiding group solidarity (epic recitation); and music as entertainment (itinerant performers, festivals). Music is the medium of the shaman, or priest-medicine man, as he performs his role as mediator between the seen, or

West Devon

2005-01-17T00:20:00.000-08:00

The bleak granite mass of Dartmoor comprises about

Olm�tz, Punctation Of

2005-01-16T08:52:00.000-08:00

German �Olm�tzer Punktation � (Nov. 29, 1850), agreement signed at Olm�tz (Olomouc, Moravia, in modern Czech Republic) between Prussia and Austria that regulated those two powers' relations. The development leading up to the punctation was triggered when the elector of Hesse in the autumn of 1850 appealed for help against his rebellious subjects; both Austria and Prussia sent troops in response, and these threatened

Athelney

2005-01-15T18:51:00.000-08:00

Small eminence, formerly an island, rising above the drained marshes around the confluence of the Rivers Tone and Parrett in the administrative and historic county of Somerset, England. In 878 King Alfred sought refuge from the Danes in the marshes and constructed a stronghold at Athelney, from where he broke out and won a decisive victory at Edington, near Chippenham.

Argentina

2005-01-14T09:21:00.000-08:00

Carlos Menem's 10-year tenure as Argentine president ended on Dec. 10, 1999. Menem was constitutionally prohibited from seeking reelection; nevertheless, he spent the first half of 1999 attempting to clear the constitutional and political obstacles preventing him from seeking a third term. Menem was driven primarily by a desire to maintain control of his Justicialist Party

Scandinavian Literature, The Eddaic verse forms

2005-01-13T08:04:00.000-08:00

Three metres are commonly distinguished in Eddaic poetry: the epic measure, the speech measure, and the song measure. Most narrative poems were in the first measure, which consisted of short lines of two beats joined in pairs by alliteration. The number of weakly stressed syllables might vary, but the total number of syllables in the line was rarely fewer than four.

Biblical Literature, Special nature and problems

2005-01-12T01:20:00.000-08:00

The English title of this work, meaning �second law,� is derived from a faulty Greek translation of chapter 17, verse 18, referring to �a copy of this law�: the implication being that the book is a second law or an expanded version of the original law for the new generation of Israelites about to enter Canaan. Hebrew texts take the opening words of the book as title, Ele ha-Devarim

Plains Indian

2005-01-11T16:29:00.000-08:00

The Indians of the North American Great Plains are popularly regarded as the typical American Indians. They were essentially big-game hunters, the buffalo being a primary source of food and equally important as a source of materials for clothing,

Lophophyllum

2005-01-09T00:27:00.000-08:00

Extinct genus of solitary marine corals found as fossils especially characteristic of the Late Carboniferous epoch (between 320 million and 286 million years ago) in North America. Lophophyllum, included in the horn corals (so named because of the hornlike form of the individual), probably preferred warm, clear, shallow marine waters.

Con Son

2005-01-08T08:39:00.000-08:00

The

Anticholinesterase

2005-01-04T03:12:00.000-08:00

Any of several drugs that prevent destruction of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine by the enzyme acetylcholinesterase within the nervous system. Acetylcholine acts to transmit nerve impulses within the parasympathetic nervous system - i.e., that part of the autonomic nervous system that tends to induce secretion, to contract smooth muscles, and to dilate

Chaadayev, Pyotr Yakovlevich

2005-01-03T09:21:00.000-08:00

In his early years Chaadayev was an army officer and a liberal. During the 1820s he experienced a conversion to mystical Christianity, with strong leanings

Ancient Italic People

2005-01-02T03:19:00.000-08:00

Any of the peoples diverse in origin, language, traditions, stage of development, and territorial extension who inhabited pre-Roman Italy, a region heavily influenced by neighbouring Greece, with its well-defined national characteristics, expansive vigour, and aesthetic and intellectual maturity. Italy attained a unified ethnolinguistic, political, and cultural

Hasdrubal

2005-01-01T04:51:00.000-08:00

Late in 210 BC, Publius Cornelius

Murad I

2004-12-30T23:09:00.000-08:00

Murad ascended the throne in succession to his father, Orhan. Shortly after Murad's accession, his forces penetrated

Grudziadz

2004-12-29T16:06:00.000-08:00

German �Graudenz, � city, Torun wojew�dztwo (province), north-central Poland, on the lower Vistula River. Founded in the 10th century as a Polish stronghold against Prussian attack, Grudziadz in the 1230s came under the rule of the Teutonic Knights, who fortified the town and granted it municipal rights (1291). It was acquired by Poland in the mid-15th century, but after the First Partition of 1772 the town became

Bonavista

2004-12-28T22:56:00.000-08:00

An important cod- and salmon-fishing port, the town has modern fish-drying, filleting,

Welch

2004-12-26T09:26:00.000-08:00

City, seat of McDowell county, southern West Virginia, U.S., at the confluence of Elkhorn Creek and Tug Fork. Settled in 1885, it was named for I.A. Welch, an early settler. The county seat was moved there from Perryville in 1891. There were no bridges or wagons in this extremely mountainous area until the 1880s, and the principal products at that time were furs and ginseng. The arrival of the

Performing Arts, Latin America.

2004-12-25T09:57:00.000-08:00

Gerardo Tort's unsparing picture of street children in Mexico City, De la calle (Streeters), was based on a play by Jes�s Gonz�lez D�vila. Marysa Sistach's Perfuma de violetas, nadie te oye (Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You) dealt intelligently with rape in working-class Mexico City. Guillermo del Toro's Spanish co-production El espinazo del diablo (The Devil's

Torfaen

2004-12-24T17:47:00.000-08:00

Pontypool was an early metalworking centre, with iron smelting dating back to 1577, and immigrants from Pontypool reputedly

Ghazni

2004-12-23T16:55:00.000-08:00

Formerly �Ghazna, � city, east-central Afghanistan. It lies beside the Ghazni River on a high plateau at an elevation of 7,300 feet (2,225 m). Afghanistan's only remaining walled town, it is dominated by a 150-foot- (45-metre-) high citadel built in the 13th century. Around the nearby village of Rowzeh-e Sultan, on the old road to Kabul (the nation's capital, 80 miles [130 km] northeast), are the ruins of ancient Ghazna, including two

Switzerland, Wind systems

2004-12-22T19:11:00.000-08:00

Prevailing winds are mainly from the west, but in valleys air currents are channeled into particularly frequent or violent local winds such as the Bise, a cold northeast wind that sweeps across the Mittelland and funnels down Lake Geneva to the city of Geneva. Foehn (German: f�hn) winds, which are associated with the leading edge of a low-pressure system moving across

Price, Thomas

2004-12-21T14:33:00.000-08:00

A stonecutter in England, Price emigrated to South Australia in 1883, continued his trade, and served as secretary of the masons and bricklayers union (1891 - 93). At one time he worked in

Argentina, Mesopotamia

2004-12-20T08:12:00.000-08:00

East of the Gran Chaco, in a narrow depression 60 to 180 miles (100 to 300 km) wide, lies Mesopotamia, which is bordered to the north by the highlands of southern Brazil. The narrow lowland stretches for 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southward, finally merging with the Pampas south of the R�o de la Plata. Its designation as Mesopotamia (Greek: �Between the Rivers�) reflects the fact that its western and eastern

Sabotage

2004-12-18T22:58:00.000-08:00

Deliberate destruction of property or slowing down of work with the intention of damaging a business or economic system or weakening a government or nation in a time of national emergency. The word is said to date from a French railway strike of 1910 when workers destroyed the wooden shoes (sabots) that held the rails in place. A few years later sabotage was employed in

Abbott, Berenice

2004-12-17T01:02:00.000-08:00

Abbott studied briefly at Ohio State University before moving in 1918 to New York City, where she explored sculpture and drawing on her own for four years. She continued these pursuits

Uighur Language

2004-12-16T08:29:00.000-08:00

Also called �New-uighur, � member of the Turkic subfamily of the Altaic language family, spoken by Uighurs in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang of northwestern China and in portions of Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The modern Uighur language, which was based on the Taranchi dialect spoken in Russia prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917, is classified with Uzbek in the southeastern

China 1

2004-12-15T00:55:00.000-08:00

Also called �Chicom 1�, or �PRC 1� first Earth satellite orbited by the People's Republic of China. It was launched on April 24, 1970, from the rocket facility at Shuang Cheng Tsu, and it made China the fifth nation to place a satellite into Earth orbit. Little is known about China 1. It weighed approximately 173 kg (381 pounds) and carried a radio transmitter that broadcast a patriotic anthem.

China 1

2004-12-14T21:48:00.000-08:00

Natural Bridges National Monument

2004-12-13T01:03:00.000-08:00

The largest bridge, Sipapu, rises 220 feet

Natural Bridges National Monument

2004-12-12T00:23:00.000-08:00

The largest bridge, Sipapu, rises 220 feet

Anointment

2004-12-11T07:30:00.000-08:00

Ritual application of oil or fat to the head or body of a person or to an object; an almost universal practice in the history of religions, although both the cultic practice followed and the sacred substance employed vary from one religion to another. It is possible to recognize three distinct, though not separate, meanings ascribed to ritual anointments by the devotees

Amoeba

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Also spelled �Ameba, �plural �Amoebas, or Amoebae, � any of the microscopic unicellular protozoans of the rhizopodan order Amoebida. The well-known type species, Amoeba proteus, is found on decaying bottom vegetation of freshwater streams and ponds. There are numerous parasitic amoebas. Of six species found in the human alimentary tract, Entamoeba histolytica causes amebic dysentery. Two related free-living

'abd Al-rahman Iii

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Accounts of 'Abd ar-Rahman's reign may be found in W. Montgomery Watt, A History of Islamic Spain (1965, reissued 1977); and Stanley Lane-Poole, The Story of the Moors in Spain (1886, reprinted as The Moors in Spain, 1967).

Skeleton Sledding

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Also called �Cresta sledding� winter sport in which the skeleton sled, or Cresta, consisting of steel runners fastened to a platform chassis, is ridden in a headfirst, prone position. Skeleton sledding competitions are typically held on the same courses used for bobsled contests. It is a dangerous and thrilling sport where riders, with their faces just inches above the icy course, attain speeds

Interior Design, United States

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The story of the domestic interior and its decoration in the United States is inseparable both from its own architectural development and from the story of English architecture and decoration, from which it was largely derived even long after the American Revolution. Any discussion of United States decorative design, therefore, must refer constantly to the

Maui

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Volcanic island, Maui county, Hawaii, U.S., separated from Molokai (northwest) and Hawaii (southeast) islands by the Pailolo and Alenuihaha channels. With an area of 728 square miles (1,886 square km), the island is the second largest of the Hawaiian chain (after Hawaii Island). It takes its name from a Polynesian demigod and was created by two volcanoes, Puu Kukui and Haleakala, which

Karawanken

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Italian �Caravanche�, Serbo-Croatian �Karavanke� mountain range of the Eastern Alps, extending eastward along the Slovenian-Austrian border for 50 miles (80 km) from the town of Tarvisio in Italy. The range lies between the Drava River (north) and the upper Sava River (south) and rises to Hochstuhl (7,342 feet [2,238 m]) in the eastern part. The Karawanken, consisting mainly of limestone, is crossed by road at Wurzen, Loibl, and Seeberg passes.

Karawanken

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Karawanken

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Marennes

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Popular edible variety of oyster (q.v.).