Search results for "The Cross" - New World Encyclopedia
From New World Encyclopedia
Page title matches
- Saint John of the Cross (June 24, 1542 – December 14, 1591), born Juan de Yepes Alvarez, was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 08:11, 3 August 2022
Page text matches
- [[Image:Lilac-Chaser.gif|right|thumb|380px|Stare at the center cross ... In fact, it is not necessary to fixate on the cross for the effect; any stationary ...5 KB (816 words) - 01:40, 26 October 2022
- summit of the Mount. Fourteen stations of the cross have been erected on the ... old Sassanid Pahlavi inscriptions on it. The cross, reputed to have been chiseled ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 16:21, 8 February 2023
- The Iron Cross was a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia, and later of Germany, which was established by King Frederick William III ...23 KB (3,657 words) - 13:20, 6 March 2024
- Christianity, and Christ's death on the cross. However, it was originally ... offered through Christ's death on the cross to those who believe. It ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- An elastomer is a polymer with the property of elasticity. In other ... on the specific material. Without the cross-linkages or with short ...7 KB (1,017 words) - 07:38, 10 August 2023
- Saint John of the Cross (June 24, 1542 – December 14, 1591), born Juan de Yepes Alvarez, was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 08:11, 3 August 2022
- of the male and female symbols of Osiris (the cross) and Isis (the oval), and ... ==The Ankh and the Cross== The Christian cross, which is today one ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 06:39, 28 July 2023
- The Geneva Conventions consist of four treaties formulated in Geneva ... The Conventions were the results of efforts by Henry Dunant, who was ...11 KB (1,605 words) - 06:47, 18 April 2024
- The Silver Star is the third highest military decoration that can ... It ranks fifth in the precedence of military awards behind the Medal ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- Clarissa Harlowe Barton (better known as Clara Barton) (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was the founder of the American Red Cross. As an ...14 KB (2,285 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- Titulus Crucis (Latin for "Title of the Cross") was inscribed in ... As the Roman soldiers nailed Jesus on the cross, they mocked him and placed ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- The term True Cross denotes the actual cross on which Jesus was crucified. According to legend, the True Cross was hidden following Jesus’ ...22 KB (3,738 words) - 18:26, 2 May 2023
- brave"), called Protocletos, or the First-called in the Orthodox ... Luqa (Malta). Many national flags depict the cross on which he was crucified ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- Electric power is defined as the rate at which electrical energy is ... or from storage such as batteries. The SI unit of power is the watt. ...5 KB (743 words) - 00:16, 13 February 2024
- is a method of scientific dating based on the analysis of tree-ring growth ... annual rings, can be seen in a horizontal cross section cut through the trunk ...10 KB (1,580 words) - 09:41, 28 January 2024
- The cross, found in many cultures and religions of the world, is an ancient human symbol that has become closely connected with the religion ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- The symbol of the Cross has been revered by Christians but controversial ... The cross, which is today one of the most widely recognized symbols ...18 KB (2,807 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023
- considered by many critics to be one of the finest representatives of ... one of his most controversial paintings, The Cross in the Mountains (Gemaldegalerie ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 14:22, 29 November 2023
- in rural Florida and wrote novels describing the richly detailed natural settings ... pioneer environmentalist who reacted against the growing urbanization around ...16 KB (2,394 words) - 15:59, 6 November 2022
- and Columba, her feast day is February 1, the traditional first day of spring ... the ground beside a dying man, fashioning the cross in order to convert him ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- such as Dressage to intense types like cross-country sports. These types ... of show jumping, and the fitness demands the cross-country jumping phase. ...17 KB (2,688 words) - 19:15, 13 February 2024
- Rubin's vase (sometimes known as the Rubin face or the Figure ... The Rubin vase illusion was first developed by psychologist Edgar ...6 KB (934 words) - 20:58, 21 December 2022
- Echidna, also known as spiny anteater, is any of the egg-laying mammals ... The echidna species are not related to the anteater species, even ...11 KB (1,540 words) - 02:46, 1 October 2020
- Because of the cross product, L is a vector perpendicular to both ... To do this, one takes the definition of the cross product and discards the ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 06:03, 28 July 2023
- Iona is a small island located in the north-west region of Scotland ... In Gaelic, the island is called Ì Chaluim Cille (Saint Columba's ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 11:11, 6 March 2024
- among Charlemagne's heirs destabalizing the political context. Dependent ... little information is available on the personal and early lives of ...9 KB (1,412 words) - 06:17, 15 June 2023
- long distance runner, and at one point held the American record in every running ... He continued rigorous training at the end of the cross country season ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
- canonized as Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (her Carmelite monastic ... and took the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. There she wrote her metaphysical ...16 KB (2,393 words) - 20:38, 8 August 2023
- philosopher, and economist. In light of the ideological struggles in early ... *Evtuhov, C. 1997. The Cross & the Sickle: Sergei Bulgakov and ...7 KB (887 words) - 10:02, 26 January 2023
- Clement of Rome and Clemens Romanus, he was the fourth pope according to Catholic ... Clement of Rome is considered one of the Apostolic Fathers, and the ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2022
- In many Christian churches, Ash Wednesday is a day of repentance and ... contemplating one's transgressions. In the Anglican church, the Book ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 04:01, 18 August 2023
- Saint Teresa of the Andes, known formally as Saint Teresa of Jesus ... of the Church. She immolates herself on the cross, and her blood falls on ...8 KB (1,399 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- French physicist, Nobel laureate, and one of the discoverers of radioactivity ... of new discoveries about energy, including the newly recognized X-rays of ...11 KB (1,682 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- :A is the cross-sectional area, measured in square meters ... The larger the cross-sectional area of the conductor, the more electrons ...12 KB (1,798 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- The Battle of Flodden or Flodden Field was fought in the county of ... This conflict began when King James declared war on England, to honor ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 17:39, 28 March 2024
- The Delaware Crossing was declared to be the moment of George Washington’s ... General Washington was faced with overwhelming military odds and the ...16 KB (2,582 words) - 23:10, 3 May 2023
- the cold winter waters and try to recover the cross. The person who gets the ... by a Blessing of Waters, during which the cross is immersed in the water ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 19:09, 13 February 2024
- He also pioneered cultural relativism and the cross-cultural method in anthropology. Cushing's work provided unique insights into the lives of the ...10 KB (1,434 words) - 05:03, 9 April 2024
- Single cross hybrids. Single cross hybrids result from the cross between ... Double cross hybrids. Double cross hybrids result from the cross between ...30 KB (4,469 words) - 21:31, 9 February 2024
- also argued that God could not suffer on the cross, as he is omnipotent. Therefore ... God the Word did not suffer and die on the cross, while Jesus the man did ...10 KB (1,525 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- – November 9, 1934) is often considered the founder of modern public relations ... suspect, Lee did outstanding work for the Red Cross during World War ...11 KB (1,658 words) - 01:07, 8 February 2023
- "Golgotha" meaning: "place of the skull") is the English ... The New Testament describes Calvary as being located close to Jerusalem ...7 KB (1,139 words) - 18:36, 25 November 2023
- ) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. The nucleus of tritium (sometimes ... The properties of tritium make it useful for various applications ...18 KB (2,638 words) - 16:50, 5 November 2022
- horse-like animals. It is sometimes known as the horse family. All extant equids ... The extant horses (subgenus Equus) include the domestic horse (E. ...18 KB (2,488 words) - 07:29, 6 September 2023
- [[Image:Cole Thomas The Cross and the World Study 1846-48.jpg|thumb ... peaks, with one youth taking the path of the cross and the other the path ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 21:34, 7 September 2023
- The insignia were drastically altered. The cross now displayed tricolor flags. ... suspended the nominations to be awarded the Cross of the Liberation (decree ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
- with two sets of parallel sides. The opposite sides of a parallelogram ... *The two parallel sides are of equal length. *The area, A, of a parallelogram ...4 KB (631 words) - 07:47, 18 November 2022
- events which represents a critical threat to the health, safety, security, ... The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate ...20 KB (2,745 words) - 17:19, 9 February 2024
- death required burial; leaving a body on the cross, so as to mutilate it and ... The person executed may sometimes have been attached to the cross ...29 KB (4,573 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- library and information science to refer to the practice of creating and maintaining ... or has appeared under more than one title. The phrases conventional title ...12 KB (1,766 words) - 19:17, 22 August 2023
- and/or historical significance, often the human remains of an important ... A relic is also the term for something that has survived the passage ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- The Gemara (also Gemorah) ('גמרא' - from gamar: Hebrew ... There are two recensions of the Gemara, one compiled by the scholars ...8 KB (1,227 words) - 06:37, 18 April 2024
- Rosicrucianism (meaning "Rose Cross") refers to a family ... The rose can clearly be seen at the center of the cross. ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 19:19, 16 December 2022
- Paris from 1228 until his death in 1249, was the first of the thirteenth century ... William, who was at his bedside, for the cross of a crusader. William ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 15:20, 14 May 2023
- The traditional back-of-the-book index is a list of words that point ... The Periodical index is a guide used to locate articles in periodicals ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- did not come to atone for sin by dying on the Cross. Instead, he came to uplift ... of Cyrene, who was constrained to carry the cross for him, assumed Jesus ...17 KB (2,600 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- was an archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen known as the "Apostle of the North ... *Carver, M. O. H. The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in ...11 KB (1,722 words) - 05:16, 31 July 2023
- the Rood, the dreamer dreams of Christ on the cross, and during the vision ... mourned the death of the king. Christ was on the cross." ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- The Dublin Core metadata element set is a standard for cross-domain information resource description. It provides a simple and standardized set ...13 KB (1,902 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
- The Diatessaron (c 150 - 160 C.E.) (meaning "Harmony of Four ... who combined the four canonical gospels into a single harmonious narrative ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- Disaster relief (or emergency management) refers to the process of ... away and in circumstances entirely foreign, the desire to help comes from ...28 KB (4,048 words) - 15:27, 29 January 2024
- In Judaism, Gehenna (or Ge-hinnom) is a fiery place where the wicked ... The word derives from the Hebrew: גי(א)-הינום Gêhinnôm ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- basketball player who, as point guard with the National Basketball Association ... junior year. He obtained a scholarship to the College of the Holy Cross ...19 KB (2,900 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- , Manx: Laa’l Breeshey), is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning ... Imbolc is mentioned in some of the earliest Irish literature and it ...20 KB (3,131 words) - 15:26, 4 February 2023
- A Fabergé egg is considered to be any one of the sixty-nine ... and 1917. Fifty of those eggs—known as the Imperial Fabergé Easter eggs—were ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- by linear force multiplied by a radius. The symbol for torque is τ, the ... some reference frame) can be defined as the cross product: ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 15:22, 28 June 2023
- Radish is the common name for herbaceous plant, Raphanus sativus, ... As a root vegetable, the radish has been cultivated since pre-Roman ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- that moved the nobles to take up the Cross in the thirteenth century ... journey. The pueri marched, following the Cross and associating themselves ...16 KB (2,418 words) - 15:33, 10 December 2023
- deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object ... at right angles to the bed. Sitting atop the cross slide is a toolpost, which ...20 KB (3,348 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke ... Burke was born in St. Clerah's, County Galway, Ireland, in 1821 ...8 KB (1,267 words) - 01:46, 16 December 2022
- arguing that God could not suffer on the cross, as God is omnipotent. ... arguing that God could not suffer on the cross, as God is omnipotent. ...12 KB (1,909 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- of Nero some 820 feet away. Including the cross on top and its base, the ... 1639), St. Andrew (southeast, spread upon the cross which bears his name, by ...25 KB (3,946 words) - 18:31, 14 October 2022
- bird, Benedict defeated it by the sign of the Cross. Soon, however, he faced ... Sancti Patris Benedicti" ("The Cross of Our Holy Father Benedict ...20 KB (3,232 words) - 09:12, 27 September 2023
- ) is the Islamic equivalent to hell. Its roots come from the Hebrew ... The Qur'an provides detailed descriptions of Jahannam that have ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 12:41, 6 November 2021
- for his long-term ethnographic work among the Navajo people and his contributions ... on January 11, 1905, in Le Mars, Iowa, into the family of Clyde Clofford and ...10 KB (1,350 words) - 22:13, 7 January 2024
- Alpha and Omega (Greek: Αλφα and Ω) is an appellation of God ... was often written under the arms of the cross within a circle or triangle ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- Boysenberry is the common name for a hybrid plant of the blackberry/raspberry ... work as antioxidants), and a source of iron. The boysenberry is a human creation ...10 KB (1,507 words) - 22:33, 20 November 2023
- The World Heritage Site known as the Monasteries on the slopes of ... chapels and central cross. Stations of the Cross were incorporated into ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 13:08, 10 March 2023
- (November 3, 1852 – July 30, 1912) was the 122nd imperial ruler of Japan ... political power, but he presided over the Westernization of Japan by ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 18:29, 13 February 2024
- baptized are marked with the sign of the cross in oil on their foreheads ... crucifixion victims were simply left on the cross until they died of asphyxiation ...21 KB (3,372 words) - 18:00, 21 October 2022
- * The loincloth that Christ wore on the Cross * The cloth on which ... image:Augstus kameo.jpg|Roman cameo (Augustus) on the cross of Lothair ...13 KB (1,948 words) - 07:09, 13 June 2023
- they 'brought the Christ of God to the Cross ... These kinds of statements ... given: the Jews brought the Christ of God to the cross!" ...17 KB (2,576 words) - 23:11, 15 May 2023
- treatises. Catherine of Siena and John of the Cross wrote mystical theology ... || St. John of the Cross, Doctor Mysticus ||June 24, 1542 ||December ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 16:32, 29 January 2024
- the feet of Christ as he is depicted on the cross. The confessor will often ... by the priest, often accompanied by the sign of the cross. ...20 KB (3,112 words) - 18:56, 15 May 2020
- Father suffered" (and died on the cross). Noetus denied that this ... that God the Father suffered on the Cross. The term was coined by ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 20:36, 17 April 2023
- In vascular plants, the root is that organ of a plant body that typically ... Similarly, a stem called a rhizome grows horizontally below the surface ...11 KB (1,643 words) - 21:37, 15 August 2022
- form of cellulose. In chemical terms, it is the acetate ester of cellulose ... and rayon. Two methods are used: in the cross-dyeing method, yarns of ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 01:40, 13 January 2023
- born pianist, composer and champion of the saxophone and the Concert ... not otherwise be well known. By utilizing the music of cultures other than ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- throat or scarlet fever) and can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain ... One of the most obvious preventive actions is addressing the original ...14 KB (1,938 words) - 20:01, 8 December 2022
- through the vicarious death of Christ on the cross. ===Atonement by ... " i.e., his own sacrificial death on the cross, unlike in other religions ...32 KB (5,060 words) - 18:12, 21 August 2023
- principally as a painter, Matisse is one of the best-known artists of the ... chapel are the traditional 14 stations of the cross. Although the 14 stations ...14 KB (2,268 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- #039;s field), each of whom uses a netted stick (the cross) in order to pass and catch a hard rubber ball with the aim of scoring goals (each worth ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 22:41, 30 April 2023
- The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the ... Tiffany & Company of New York. The cross was not a popular award ...32 KB (4,854 words) - 23:23, 14 June 2023
- Before traveling to Dresden, the cross was exhibited for five years ... #039;s skyline as in centuries prior. The cross that once topped the dome ...20 KB (2,966 words) - 06:08, 3 August 2023
- Graphite is one of the two common but distinctively different forms ... It can therefore be used, for instance, as the material in the electrodes ...13 KB (1,840 words) - 19:59, 19 September 2021
- American aviatrix, considered to be one of the most gifted race pilots of ... awards due to her contributions, among them the Distinguished Flying Cross ...19 KB (3,058 words) - 08:12, 18 March 2024
- The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Mouvement international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge , is an international humanitarian ...66 KB (10,055 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- :This article deals with Saint Thomas Christians and the various churches ... six branches, (three on either side of the cross) represents God as the ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- theater. Kabuki theater is known for the stylization of its drama and ... The term kabuki originally suggested the unorthodox character of this ...13 KB (1,911 words) - 16:49, 14 May 2024
- begin at the solstices and equinoxes. The cross-quarter days are the midpoints ... The cross-quarter days are considered seasonal midpoints: ...16 KB (2,431 words) - 17:37, 25 January 2023
- Drying is the process of using heat to remove a liquid (such as water ... The process of drying can be undertaken by various methods for a variety ...10 KB (1,629 words) - 22:34, 19 August 2020
- Pollination, an important step in the reproduction of seed plants ... Plants, being immobile, normally require agents for the transport ...25 KB (3,659 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- Henry the Navigator (1394 - 1460) was the third son of John I of Portugal ... around him at his Vila do Infante on the Sagres Peninsula a school ...10 KB (1,543 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2017
- Conway Twitty (September 1, 1933 - June 5, 1993) was one of the United ... Arkansas, when he was ten. After serving in the U.S. Army, Twitty played both ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 02:52, 8 January 2024
- twisted, and bloody figure of Christ on the cross in the center flanked, ... Image:Grunewald Christ Carrying the Cross.jpg|The Mocking of Christ ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 16:57, 7 November 2022
- segments are called its edges or sides, and the points where two edges meet ... self-intersecting one (or, in the case of the cross-quadrilateral, the two ...23 KB (3,520 words) - 08:42, 24 November 2022
- Philippa of Hainault (June 24, 1311 – August 15, 1369) was the queen ... queen who persuaded her husband to spare the lives of the Burghers of Calais ...14 KB (2,233 words) - 03:56, 24 November 2022
- β-lactam antibiotics obtained from fungi of the Penicillium genus and used ... reproduction, fungi also serve a purpose for the whole. In particular, fungi ...17 KB (2,357 words) - 07:15, 23 November 2022
- In an arranged marriage, the marital partners are chosen by parents ... Sun Myung Moon revived this idea, promoting cross-cultural arranged marriages ...25 KB (3,836 words) - 02:27, 9 January 2023
- or maintaining orientation, based on the principle of conservation ... \boldsymbol\Omega_P is given by the cross product: :\boldsymbol\tau ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 08:50, 29 July 2023
- classical music that has been performed at the Imperial court for several ... Komagaku and togaku arrived in Japan during the Nara period (710-794 ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- located in Arlington, Virginia, near The Pentagon, and directly across ... *The Cross of Sacrifice or War Cross is the focal point of numerous ...24 KB (3,687 words) - 03:05, 15 August 2023
- Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Order of the Garter (KG), Order of the Bath ... preparing to invade and liberate Malaya when the Emperor of Japan surrendered ...24 KB (3,728 words) - 18:26, 17 April 2023
- KaihsuTai.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A rally of the trade union UNISON in Oxford ... and maintained until some demand is met by the entity against which they ...19 KB (2,876 words) - 20:58, 26 February 2023
- The perimeter of a square whose sides have length t is :P=4t. ... in two dimensions: hypercube and the cross polytope. The Schläfli ...6 KB (904 words) - 16:16, 8 February 2023
- lift and therefore flight, for travel in the air or another gaseous medium ... Cells. The cells are spaces formed by the cross-connecting of the ...23 KB (3,705 words) - 22:06, 25 November 2022
- Richard Fletcher. 2003. The Cross and the Crescent. (NY: Viking. ISBN ... * Fletcher, Richard. 2003. The Cross and the Crescent. NY: Viking ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 06:52, 20 July 2023
- Mechanical Engineering is the engineering discipline that involves ... The beginnings of mechanical engineering go back to the craftsmen ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
- to East. However, in 1550, he was part of the cross-Atlantic expedition that ... Dias died at sea in 1550, in a storm off the Cape. Just over a century ...10 KB (1,706 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- Stephen, located in Bourges, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Bourges. ... plan. It has no transepts, which form the cross-shape of most churches ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 19:58, 20 November 2023
- liquid to gel to rubber to hard plastic. The most common siloxane is polydimethylsiloxane ... The word "silicone" is derived from ketone. Dimethylsilicone ...15 KB (2,090 words) - 22:06, 29 January 2023
- St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross reformed the Carmelite ... * John of the Cross, saint. Ascent of Mount Carmel. MA: (Christian ...10 KB (1,644 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- in illegal activities, most commonly for the purpose of generating substantial ... deemed unacceptable. Equally, they use the cooperation of law enforcement ...12 KB (1,649 words) - 10:42, 11 March 2023
- ) is the ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty ... Rediscovered in 1899, Yin Xu numbers among the oldest and largest ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- convey water from one location to another. The word is derived from the Latin ... used for transportation, allowing barges to cross ravines and valleys. ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 15:59, 11 August 2023
- pierced Jesus' side while he hung on the cross. Yet another version declares ... and shows her where to look for the Cross, the goal of her quest ...18 KB (2,872 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
- is commemorated by one of the Stations of the Cross. In addition, the Veil ... The linking of this with the bearing of the cross in the Passion, and the ...20 KB (3,228 words) - 14:45, 3 May 2023
- said about God. This approach, often called the via negativa, is a favorite ... like Meister Eckhart and Saint John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz), ...18 KB (2,832 words) - 16:09, 11 November 2022
- Cardinal József Mindszenty (March 29, 1892 - May 6, 1975) was the ... An opponent of both Fascism and Communism, he was elevated to the ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 16:42, 14 May 2024
- Major general and Lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces ... Although convinced that the airborne attack he led against Japan in ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced ... Its headquarters are located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is the ...28 KB (3,819 words) - 04:10, 11 March 2023
- international celebrity when she became the first journalist to be expelled ... Her biographer said of her, "she was the voice of courage and ...14 KB (2,067 words) - 17:28, 30 January 2024
- A polymer (from the Greek words polys, meaning "many," and ... perform specific functions that enable the organism to survive, grow ...26 KB (3,690 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- Thermodynamics (from the Greek θερμη, therme, meaning "heat ... quot;movement;" thus, thermodynamics is the study of the movement of energy ...25 KB (3,670 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- The Battle of the Boyne was a turning point in the Williamite war ... its symbolic importance has made it one of the most infamous battles in British ...20 KB (3,207 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- The combine harvester, or simply combine, is a machine that combines ... The objective is the harvest of the crop; corn (maize), soybeans, ...16 KB (2,512 words) - 00:04, 8 January 2024
- , also known as brussels sprout (without the capital B) and brussel sprout ... to coastal southern and western Europe. The cultivars of B. oleracea are ...12 KB (1,657 words) - 16:48, 22 November 2023
- or contracts to a certain extent, and when the force is released, the spring ... Simple, non-coiled springs, such as the bow (used with an arrow), ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 16:14, 8 February 2023
- Reverse engineering (RE) is the process of discovering the technological ... * Lost documentation: Reverse engineering often is done because the ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 19:59, 8 December 2022
- / Had I from old and young! / Instead of the cross, the albatross / About ... "Instead of the cross, the Albatross / About my neck was hung ...18 KB (2,959 words) - 15:42, 30 April 2023
- as a car mechanic and servind two years in the army, Wałęsa became an electrical ... *Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana of Estonia ...29 KB (4,198 words) - 18:50, 25 October 2022
- The Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated ... The holiday has its highest prominence in Mexico, where the celebration ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- 1542 visited New Mexico and other parts of the southwest of what is now the ... Many colonial officials mistreated the American Indians without reproach ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 04:55, 9 April 2024
- Bonduca) (d. 60 - 61 C.E.) is a heroine of the Brythonic Celtic Iceni people ... Suetonius Paulinus was leading a campaign on the island of Anglesey in north ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 19:55, 20 November 2023
- The Star of David is a widely recognized symbol of Judaism, named ... to represent themselves, comparable to the cross used by most Christians. ...12 KB (2,021 words) - 19:53, 9 February 2023
- doors, the panels are low relief and the cross bars are high relief. ... to a mast being transformed into Christ on the cross. [[Image:Sarcophagus ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 03:37, 8 December 2022
- A submarine communications cable is a cable laid beneath the sea to ... introduced their working telegraph in 1839, the idea of a submarine line across ...19 KB (2,734 words) - 21:23, 26 February 2023
- The Brooklyn Bridge (originally the New York and Brooklyn Bridge) ... Construction began in January 3, 1870. The Brooklyn Bridge was completed ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 04:35, 22 November 2023
- also known as Cyclonic Storm Akash) marked the first named tropical cyclone ... The storm initially brought heavy rainfall to the Andaman and Nicobar ...14 KB (1,970 words) - 06:52, 12 January 2024
- role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy ... Russell epitomized the highest qualities aspired of every performer ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 19:15, 16 December 2022
- The terms, denotation and connotation, are used to convey and distinguish ... *In media-studies terminology, denotation is the first level of analysis: ...7 KB (986 words) - 09:46, 29 January 2024
- IAST: Nāthū Lā) a mountain pass in the Himalayas located on the Indo–China ... Nathu La constitutes one of the three trading border posts between ...20 KB (2,900 words) - 23:53, 29 May 2023
- The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic ... and from the Pacific by the 147° east meridian. The northernmost ...15 KB (2,187 words) - 18:45, 7 February 2023
- military clan-uniform. In many parts of the West, wearing a skirt may ... social group or system, often including the division of labor between ...23 KB (3,388 words) - 20:48, 23 October 2022
- music and dance that was very popular in the United States in the late ... The boogaloo dance was loose and interpretive in style. Early Boogaloo ...5 KB (835 words) - 16:13, 15 March 2023
- titanium. It is obtained chiefly from the silicate mineral zircon and ... The purified metal is primarily used by the nuclear industry to form ...16 KB (2,114 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
- " the text refers to Genesis, the cross, and the baptism. It also ... at the site of the former Monastery of the cross in the Fangshan District ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 22:31, 23 September 2022
- on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance ... According to the ancient Greek author Athenaeus of Naucratis, the ...11 KB (1,823 words) - 19:34, 3 August 2023
- their neighbors or from "taking up the Cross" and following Jesus. ... grace" but instead to take up the Cross of Christ by loving one ...15 KB (2,197 words) - 14:34, 29 January 2024
- the mouth of each of the two thieves on the cross; an angel takes the soul ... as he was scourged and died on the Cross. ===Secularization=== ...20 KB (2,912 words) - 09:02, 18 November 2022
- In horticulture, cultivar refers to a group of plants of the same ... Article 2.1 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated ...14 KB (2,107 words) - 06:46, 11 January 2024
- – March 29, 1891) was a French painter and the founder of Neo-Impressionism ... Influenced by the scientist-writers of the nineteenth century, Seurat ...12 KB (1,923 words) - 22:59, 24 November 2022
- In its human-powered form, the canoe is propelled by the use of paddles ... * The cross-draw stroke is a bowman's stroke that exerts the ...28 KB (4,725 words) - 19:26, 25 November 2023
- Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (c. 1278 – March 22 1322) was one of the ... Thomas Plantagenet upheld the principles of Parliamentary oversight ...17 KB (2,615 words) - 20:54, 31 October 2022
- * 2. The face of Jesus on the Cross * 3. All creation is in God's ... * 5. The evil one defeated by the Cross * 6. God's gifts of thanks ...13 KB (2,141 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- newspaper, reporting instances of racism in the community. She was active ... as most people in town made a living at the sawmill, rented houses owned ...13 KB (1,959 words) - 07:47, 12 January 2024
- 1910–July 28, 1946) is a Catholic Saint, the second person of Indian origin ... the suffering Christ. She learned to love the Cross through her love of the ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 19:04, 22 December 2022
- The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman ... 1545, and December 4, 1563, as a response to the Protestant Reformation. It ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- The Temple of Artemis was a magnificent place of worship in the city ... the God that drives away idols, and the Cross of priests, deathless and ...16 KB (2,567 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- flourished as a church musician during the often stormy sixteenth century ... that he was born around 1505, toward the close of the reign of Henry ...6 KB (933 words) - 22:55, 30 April 2023
- famous for its shrine. According to the biblical account, altars were ... During the period of divided kingdoms, Bethel was an official shrine ...13 KB (2,035 words) - 10:23, 4 March 2023
- A design by Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela of 1918, the Cross ... quot;) is the traditional Basque emblem. The cross has four comma-shaped heads ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- body of water, or other physical obstacle. The design and structure of a ... The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 20:15, 11 March 2024
- New York. He served as a professor at the University of Chicago as well ... a private and renowned high school. During the Second World War, following ...13 KB (2,017 words) - 19:19, 23 May 2023
- jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797. The military developed parachuting ... Formerly, most parachuting was performed by the military forces of ...19 KB (3,068 words) - 22:48, 29 January 2023
- the dragon, protects himself with the sign of the cross, "He drew out his sword and garnished him with the sign of the ...36 KB (5,477 words) - 19:38, 22 December 2022
- Species are the basic taxonomic units of biological classification ... is remarkably stable. Species tend to remain the same throughout their geological ...23 KB (3,511 words) - 17:36, 14 October 2022
- In Christian theology, the satisfaction view of the atonement is the ... His solution was that Christ's death on the cross paid not a ...16 KB (2,590 words) - 18:13, 21 August 2023
- travel over any relatively smooth surface. The Hovercraft is designed for ... used intermittently for a few years on the cross-channel service due to ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 19:24, 7 February 2024
- work and was summoned to take part in the creation of many new architectural ... He was raised in poverty by his mother. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed ...13 KB (1,904 words) - 22:56, 30 April 2023
- Saint Photius, or Saint Photius the Great (Greek: Φώτιος, Phōtios ... * Simeonova, Liljana. Diplomacy of the Letter and the Cross: Photios ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- The trio of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash are a folk ... was an instant hit. When Neil Young joined the supergroup, their first album ...21 KB (3,245 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- The term Barbarian does not derive from the name of any tribe or cultural ... From the cross-cultural perspective, the term “barbarian” is used ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- 1919 – October 17, 1991), better known by the stage name Tennessee Ernie ... * 1958 Nearer the Cross - Capitol * 1958 The Star Carol - Capitol ...12 KB (1,774 words) - 06:08, 27 February 2023
- was a German fighter pilot known as "The Red Baron." He was the ... Von Richthofen was the most famous member of the Lutskreitkräfte ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 17:23, 7 December 2023
- Political asylum is the granting of refuge to an alien in a foreign ... could get a safe distance away, abandon the cross-staff and take off and ...14 KB (2,186 words) - 00:16, 12 April 2023
- [[Image:Peter Paul Rubens 068.jpg|right|thumb|[[The Elevation of the ... Altarpieces such as The Raising of the Cross (1610) and The Descent ...28 KB (4,301 words) - 01:35, 24 November 2022
- most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He ... Durante was born in New York City, the third of four children born ...15 KB (2,360 words) - 13:22, 1 August 2022
- Twelve is believed to have stood by Jesus at the Cross. ... who remained near Jesus at the foot of the cross on Calvary, along with ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 17:09, 4 May 2024
- sense of intelligence. Serpents are found in the mythology of many cultures ... The serpent is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- Nerve cord is a term that can refer to either (1) the single, hollow ... In both cases, the term nerve cord references a bundle of nerve fibers ...7 KB (1,053 words) - 16:22, 11 November 2022
- ends, is an artistic representation of the cross of Christ and the shield ... God the Father, Creator of the Universe, the cross is symbolic of God the ...33 KB (5,125 words) - 23:21, 3 March 2023
- Weightlessness is the experience (by people and objects) during free ... *standing on the ground, sitting in a chair on the ground, etc. (gravity ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 23:27, 3 May 2023
- international events, he became Director of the Swedish Boy Scouts (Sveriges ... After achieving a truce a truce in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he began ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 22:38, 5 May 2020
- # The Carrying of the Cross. Fruit of the Mystery: Patience ... * A sign of the cross on the Crucifix and then the "Apostles ...35 KB (5,735 words) - 21:43, 16 April 2023
- colloidal suspension (known as latex) in the sap of several varieties of ... Unfortunately, the history of rubber has a dark side as well. About ...28 KB (4,420 words) - 20:57, 21 December 2022
- and Romanian physicist, whose writings in the 1920s sparked a surge of interest ... Oberth was the son of Dr. Julius Oberth, the head of a Saxon family ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 10:20, 22 January 2024
- Amulets were originally objects worn about the neck or other parts of the ... But even with such restrictions, their most holy symbol, the cross ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- *Christ Carrying the Cross (1480s) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna *Christ Carrying the Cross (1515-1516) *Christ Carrying the Cross ...17 KB (2,636 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2022
- The term supersonic is used to define a speed that exceeds the speed ... At a typical temperature, such as 21 °C (70 °F), the value of ...7 KB (968 words) - 23:49, 26 February 2023
- also transliterated Andrey Rublyov, born in the 1360s, died 1427 or January ... such as Jesus, Mary, saints, angels, or the cross. The iconic style, largely ...14 KB (2,018 words) - 20:09, 26 July 2023
- The Necker cube is an optical illusion that consists of a two dimensional ... for research into perception, since the sensory input to the eyes ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 16:07, 11 November 2022
- Mordechai Anielewicz (1919 – May 8, 1943) was the commander of the ... In January 1943, the German troops tried to enter the ghetto to round ...14 KB (2,147 words) - 21:21, 9 November 2022
- white metallic element and a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ... In nature, gadolinium is found not as the free element but in various ...13 KB (1,750 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- The Panchatantra Panachatantra translated from the Sanskrit by Arthur ... or The Lights of Canopus (in Persian) The Lights of Canopus, described ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 06:28, 18 November 2022
- was an American soldier and diplomat of the mid-twentieth century. During ... in Kansas City as a youth and graduated from the United States Military Academy ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 01:07, 9 November 2022
- Blackberry is the common name for any of the various perennial plants ... The genus Rubus also includes raspberries, although in raspberries ...19 KB (2,739 words) - 18:11, 31 October 2023
- A religious, or devotional medal, in the Roman Catholic faith, is ... These medals have their roots in the very beginnings of Christianity ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 05:56, 25 August 2020
- to Golgotha to take the body down from the cross. There, assisted by Nicodemus ... "The Son of God whom you hanged upon the cross, is able to deliver me ...19 KB (3,085 words) - 05:03, 7 May 2024
- *conserve both protons and neutrons: The cross sections for the weak ... There is also a p-7Li reaction, but the cross section is far too low ...39 KB (6,029 words) - 23:53, 16 November 2022
- proteins such as hemoglobin, is essential in the human diet and normally is ... Phenylalanine (in the L-isomer form, which is the only form involved ...15 KB (2,091 words) - 02:59, 24 November 2022
- families of apes (superfamily Hominoidea), the other family being Hylobatidae ... those more closely related to humans than the other great apes, which were ...9 KB (1,225 words) - 11:38, 2 February 2024
- The Albigensian Crusade, or Cathar Crusade (1209–1229), was a twenty ... Languedoc, offering lands belonging to the schismatics to any French ...18 KB (2,843 words) - 05:04, 17 June 2023
- Asherdu and in Ugaritic as Athirat. She was the consort of the chief deity ... In the Judeo-Christian tradition Asherah is considered a false Canaanite ...14 KB (2,179 words) - 04:03, 18 August 2023
- composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer ... Christi am Kreuz (the Seven Last Words on the Cross) and his three Passion ...6 KB (981 words) - 08:32, 21 January 2024
- known for their single-minded devotion to the religious life. ... for God. He will be buried holding the cross, and the candle will be ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- and architect of seventeenth-century Rome. The son of a Mannerist sculptor ... Bernini's architectural conceits include the piazza and colonnades ...23 KB (3,452 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- In 27 months of combat action in World War II, Murphy became the most ... Murphy had a successful movie career, including the extremely popular ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 18:26, 21 August 2023
- that the salvific work of Jesus Christ on the cross paid the entire debt for ... Those who would say that the atonement for sins was completed at the ...14 KB (2,345 words) - 14:29, 2 July 2022
- The Second Italo–Ethiopian War (also referred to as the Second Italo ... Ethiopia had been the only African state to avoid colonization in ...21 KB (3,220 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... The Kingdom of Gandhara was located at the cross-roads of cultural ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- author who is considered to be one of the foremost figures of both Modernism ... Woolf is one of the most enduringly popular of all the Modernists ...18 KB (2,827 words) - 20:35, 3 May 2023
- The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was a magical order of the late ... popular today, were often drawn from the Golden Dawn tradition. ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 14:46, 12 February 2022
- Their 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency ... *The symbolic meanings of the number four are linked to those of the ...24 KB (3,319 words) - 06:45, 13 June 2023
- year baccalaureate degrees and is one of the original Seven Sisters Colleges ... As one of the "Seven Sisters," Wellesley has been and continues ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 23:29, 3 May 2023
- the first state ever to use the image of the cross on its coins. At its height ... coins they replaced the disc and crescent with the cross. ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the ... women to join the Order of Exaltation of the Cross (Krestodvizhenskaya obshchina ...27 KB (3,663 words) - 10:11, 11 March 2023
- The siege of Jerusalem (636–637) was part of the Muslim conquest ... as a battle-captured holy relic. The Cross was later returned to Jerusalem ...21 KB (2,975 words) - 21:24, 26 February 2024
- leader. He retired as a general from the United States Army, where ... After the 1973 resignation of H. R. Haldeman, Haig became President ...40 KB (5,553 words) - 13:50, 18 July 2023
- Richard Fletcher, The Cross and the Crescent: Christianity and Islam ... * Fletcher, Richard. The Cross and the Crescent: Christianity and ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 20:23, 1 November 2023
- George Eliot is the pen name of Mary Anne Evans Baptized Mary Anne ... 22, 1880) an English novelist who was one of the leading writers of the Victorian ...21 KB (3,133 words) - 07:37, 15 May 2024
- exist in a chain, stretching backward. The cause of the cat you see today ... The central question about such causal chains, raised by Aristotle ...8 KB (1,282 words) - 19:54, 26 March 2024
- The Saga of a Small Nation Navigating the Cross-Currents of a Big World ... *Seychelles: The Saga of a Small Nation Navigating the Cross-Currents ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- #039;s first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War ... John Paul started his maritime career at the age of 12, sailing out ...18 KB (2,783 words) - 03:55, 2 May 2024
- collide to produce products different from the initial particles. In principle ... In the case of radioactive decay, the transformation is spontaneous ...22 KB (3,405 words) - 00:39, 17 November 2022
- ) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) ... Geneva was a center of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 06:46, 18 April 2024
- blues musician and, arguably, one of the most influential. Widely known ... Johnson was also a significant figure in the transition of Delta blues ...22 KB (3,598 words) - 21:27, 16 April 2023
- attach a ship or boat to a specific point at the bottom of a body of water ... of a large mass, such as a rock, resting on the seabed, and it is usually ...30 KB (5,219 words) - 01:04, 9 January 2023
- famous as a World War I hero. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading ... York kept a diary of his years just before the war and all during ...23 KB (3,581 words) - 02:36, 24 July 2023
- Intermarriage is the marriage between two people of different backgrounds ... by religion, race, or other difference, the difference is a barrier that ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- Tracy is still widely considered one of the most skillful actors of his ... In 1999, the American Film Institute named Tracy among the Greatest ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 19:15, 7 February 2023
- [[Image:Earth Western Hemisphere.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Increasingly ... Globalization, as a concept, refers both to the "shrinking" ...36 KB (5,269 words) - 08:02, 24 January 2023
- of war as persons captured while fighting in the military. Rules on the treatment ... In the history of war (which covers basically all of human history ...27 KB (4,158 words) - 00:40, 12 April 2023
- a set of methods in analytical chemistry for the quantitative determination ... In most cases, the analyte in solution is first converted to a solid ...8 KB (1,266 words) - 19:27, 20 January 2023
- Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world ... and Wakdjunga in Winnebago mythology. Today the trickster survives as a character ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- A fjord (or fiord) is a long, narrow deep inlet of the sea bordered ... skerries (called a skjærgård); many of the cross fjords are so arranged ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- figure, holy person, or celestial being. The halo represents an aura or ... The use of halos in art has been found in diverse religious traditions ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 23:21, 3 August 2023
- and from tissues. Erythrocytes are formed in the red bone marrow and afterward ... biconcave (flattened and depressed in the center), and anucleate when ...16 KB (2,383 words) - 02:30, 8 December 2022
- 5 miles (25 km) southwest of Mostar and near the border of Croatia. The town ... completing the parish's Stations of the Cross (križni put), was completed ...28 KB (4,419 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- and death of Jesus in the Stations of the Cross. They depict the struggle ... and death of Jesus in the Stations of the Cross. August Strindberg had ...15 KB (2,114 words) - 23:58, 24 March 2024
