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- society and culture. He applied his method to numerous cultural systems, ... When he was six years old, his family began to feel unsafe in the pre-World ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 10:55, 19 December 2023
- new kind of poetry that, while indebted to Greek mythology, also drew ... many of the experimental turns that would be taken by modern and postmodern ...14 KB (2,228 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- and temoc (descent); by extension it can be interpreted as "setting ... Most of what we know about pre-Spanish conquest Aztec history is derived ...8 KB (1,234 words) - 19:34, 8 July 2016
- with Eve in His arm. While not strictly true to the Genesis account, this is ... A covenant is a legal and/or religiously binding agreement between ...23 KB (3,861 words) - 20:30, 28 May 2020
- and some of his official were plotting to kill some of the more powerful ... sons. The eldest, Yeon Namsaeng, defected to Tang and then led the Tang ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- Romeo and Juliet is a world-renowned tragedy by William Shakespeare ... Although Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances ...57 KB (9,012 words) - 21:40, 16 April 2023
- regional power of East Asia, fell in defeat to a Silla-Tang alliance in 668 ... According to the Samguk Sagi, a prince from the kingdom of Eastern ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- Arsenic (chemical symbol As, atomic number 33) is a notoriously poisonous ... Given its high toxicity and the ease with which it could be used surreptitiously ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- The State of Maine is a state in the northernmost portion of the New ... The original inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine were Algonquian ...36 KB (5,276 words) - 05:31, 5 November 2022
- Flann O'Brien (October 5, 1911 – April 1, 1966) is a pseudonym ... modern painting. O'Brien's fiction is as much about the act of storytelling ...13 KB (2,105 words) - 17:36, 28 March 2024
- 1475 - December 1, 1521) was Pope from 1513 to his death. He is known primarily ... The remark "It has served us well, this myth of Christ" ...28 KB (4,490 words) - 20:07, 25 October 2022
- of that era, and one of the first musicians to bring the light Italianate ... world has adopted. This moral environment is especially reflected in the ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- The United States Electoral College is a term used to describe the 538 ... Presidential electors who meet every four years to cast the official ...55 KB (8,357 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music inspired by or attempting ... In the history of rock music, psychedelic rock is a bridge from early ...40 KB (6,210 words) - 08:25, 2 December 2022
- λαλώ "speak, speaking") refers to ecstatic utterances, often ... The origin of the modern Christian concept of speaking in tongues ...22 KB (3,243 words) - 16:54, 17 December 2022
- the Church by Pope John Paul II in 1997. She is also known by many as "The ... "The Story of a Soul," is considered a classic of modern ...22 KB (3,790 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- the Joseon Dynasty are correct, the temple is one of the oldest, if not the ... The temple area is the home of six Korean National Treasures, including ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 18:42, 22 November 2023
- The Contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing ... only in negative terms, or implied a desire to restore the old order. Rebel ...20 KB (2,936 words) - 02:50, 8 January 2024
- was among the first public intellectuals to make that case for smaller ... Buckley was born in New York City to lawyer and oil baron William ...39 KB (5,642 words) - 12:09, 8 May 2023
- the Mediterranean world: from the Almoravids to the Algerian War. Cass series—history ... The exact meaning of "Murabit" (from which Almoravid is ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 08:18, 23 July 2023
- Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Nominated to the Court ... Due to her case-by-case approach to jurisprudence and her relatively ...45 KB (6,555 words) - 21:58, 19 December 2023
- Daily Record and the Sunday Pictorial. He is known in particular, with his ... He left school early to become a tax clerk, and then a postal clerk ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- Political abuse of psychiatry is the misuse of psychiatric diagnosis ... Leonid Brezhnev, psychiatry was used to disable and remove from society ...199 KB (24,192 words) - 20:08, 19 September 2022
- and Rudolf Kjellen, that the state can be viewed as a living organism ... Hitler's anti-Semitism, partly due to his wife being half-Jewish ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 00:43, 5 March 2024
- and the political parties in relation to the devolution of power to ... Agreement, the St Andrews talks were able to achieve the goal of an inclusive ...19 KB (2,877 words) - 15:48, 27 April 2023
- Placozoa is a phylum of very simple, small, balloon-like marine animals ... Little is known about placozoan ecology, with the animals observed ...38 KB (5,754 words) - 16:47, 2 May 2023
- of imperial power. His main concern was to thwart any possibility of Russian ... he was a favorite of Oscar Browning, leading to his tutor's eventual dismissal. ...36 KB (5,555 words) - 08:08, 23 January 2023
- O. C. Marsh is famous for his "paleontological battle," ... While competition can spur individuals to greater accomplishment, ...12 KB (1,930 words) - 04:44, 18 November 2022
- Philosophy of mathematics is the branch of philosophy that studies ... :* What are the sources of mathematical subject matter? ...31 KB (4,571 words) - 04:15, 24 November 2022
- Schechter came to England as a tutor of the future leader of Progressive ... of Zionism, as well as a major contributor to the Jewish Encyclopedia. In ...13 KB (1,934 words) - 01:02, 4 February 2023
- Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby a woman agrees to become pregnant ... mother and contracting couple must pay heed to when deciding to put themselves ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 13:57, 28 April 2023
- Cuban jazz, a modern jazz equivalent of what jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton ... Gillespie adopted the Baha'i Faith in his later life and came ...17 KB (2,671 words) - 09:19, 15 January 2023
- gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to the illegal traffic of alcoholic ... Capone was born to Gabriele Capone and his wife Teresina Capone in ...18 KB (2,835 words) - 04:20, 17 June 2023
- Northern Nigeria region from 1954-1966. He is considered to be a founding ... State, the son of a district head and heir to the Sokoto Emirate. His great ...11 KB (1,665 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- The term baryon usually refers to a subatomic particle composed of ... A more technical (and broader) definition is that it is a subatomic ...12 KB (1,691 words) - 11:02, 20 September 2023
- 1821 – November 30, 1894), often referred to as Joe Brown, was a Governor ... Brown was a self made man, who raised himself from rural poverty to ...6 KB (817 words) - 07:21, 10 August 2022
- the Hebrew Bible. Sarah's story is told in the Book of Genesis ... city of Ur and moved with her clan to Haran, where she lived with ...14 KB (2,282 words) - 19:23, 15 September 2022
- American philosopher and psychologist. She is particularly famous for having ... interest becoming the study of self. Calkins is deservedly remembered for her ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 16:15, 7 November 2022
- The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign ... Monaco is the world's most densely populated state and second ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 23:17, 28 March 2024
- The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is a stock exchange based in New ... Trading on the floor was available only to members who had purchased one ...22 KB (3,309 words) - 21:49, 14 November 2022
- were built, including those belonging to public and university library ... Rather, he had a motto—"Let there be light"—inscribed over ...16 KB (2,208 words) - 00:36, 29 November 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Hopeh) is a province of the People's Republic ... It borders Liaoning to the northeast, Inner Mongolia to the north ...26 KB (3,622 words) - 15:13, 25 January 2023
- A coffin, or casket, is a funerary box used in the display and containment ... design, made from wood with a lining to make the deceased look comfortable ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 22:26, 7 January 2024
- through his comic strip Pogo brought humor to his readers and poignancy to ... While he was still a child, his family moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut where ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 22:09, 3 May 2023
- and lower Canada and Nova Scotia, from 1812 to 1815 on land and sea. The Americans ... The war started unsuccessfully for the Americans as their attempts ...42 KB (6,479 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
- when the Qing government recognized he need to train a modern army, Yuan was ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- Information science (also information studies) is an interdisciplinary ... In this respect, information science can be seen as a response to technological ...37 KB (5,078 words) - 17:20, 15 April 2021
- 16, 1957) was an Italian musician. He is considered by many critics ... Emilia-Romagna, Italy and won a scholarship to the local music conservatory ...28 KB (4,180 words) - 17:43, 16 August 2023
- For some time, when Austria vied with Prussia to initiate unification ... as “Prussian spirit” - which refers to its militaristic spirit; Prussia ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- eclectic musicianship, but also his tendency to good cheer and general goodwill ... from the Galicia region of northwest Spain to San Francisco; his mother was ...37 KB (5,901 words) - 08:01, 3 April 2024
- expedition and second overland journey to the Pacific coast, following ... trek, the expedition lost only one man, to appendicitis. The expedition ...22 KB (3,473 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- whose talent and charisma made it easy to transcend musical spheres that ... crowded into a two-room apartment. According to Pavarotti, his father had a ...22 KB (3,379 words) - 10:36, 9 March 2023
- had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new king, Willem III of ... In 1688 William, glad to enlist British help in his wars with France ...14 KB (2,279 words) - 16:47, 7 November 2022
- Uranium (chemical symbol U, atomic number 92) is a silvery metallic ... alpha particle. The half-life of uranium-238 is about 4.5 billion years and ...48 KB (6,867 words) - 15:33, 16 January 2024
- and amphiboles, the substitution occurs only to a limited extent in most pyroxenes. " It was named that way due to their presence in volcanic ...9 KB (1,340 words) - 03:53, 7 December 2022
- that the naive set theory of Frege leads to a contradiction. ... Assume, as in Frege's Grundgesetze der Arithmetik, that sets ...14 KB (2,342 words) - 18:15, 22 December 2022
- worth nor from the effort (labor) required to produce them, but rather from ... Emperor Franz Josef, appointed Menger to the chair of political economy ...18 KB (2,699 words) - 19:20, 26 November 2023
- A calculator is a device for performing calculations. Modern calculators ... calculators. Another possible advance may be similar to a handheld computer ...24 KB (3,458 words) - 18:22, 25 November 2023
- Corporal punishment is forced pain intended to change or punish a ... outlawed in many societies. Yet, the need to discipline those who violate ...28 KB (4,287 words) - 03:35, 8 January 2024
- English society. Its heroine, Becky Sharp, is one of the stronger female ... on October 13, 1810 after being sent to India in 1809. She was sent ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 11:11, 10 May 2023
- has impacted the lives of millions. The NHS is considered by some to be the ... made a significant ideological contribution to British socialism represented ...28 KB (4,168 words) - 18:03, 27 July 2023
- school_tradition = Precursor to Existentialism | main_interests = Ethics ... notable_ideas = Eternal Recurrence, Will to Power, Nihilism, Herd ...52 KB (7,901 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- by American biochemist Van Rensselaer Potter to describe a new philosophy that ... dealing with questions of ethics related to medicine, and environmental ...12 KB (1,586 words) - 17:53, 31 October 2023
- astronomy as an avocation. However, it is for his work in astronomy and ... 1997, ISBN 0415141230), xxi. A modern view is that he was an ethnically German ...33 KB (5,163 words) - 02:58, 8 January 2024
- more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is a highly prestigious annual ... it typically takes place in February prior to the Academy Awards. The awards ...26 KB (3,803 words) - 02:24, 22 November 2023
- Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon ... The maximum solubility of carbon in iron is 1.7 percent by weight ...29 KB (4,547 words) - 04:40, 28 April 2023
- In English-speaking countries, libertarianism usually refers to a ... Libertarianism can also be an ethical theory or stance that holds ...55 KB (8,054 words) - 11:02, 7 March 2023
- plays are recognized literary classics. He is best known for In Cold Blood ... Streckfus Persons in New Orleans, Louisiana, to salesman Archulus "Arch ...40 KB (6,280 words) - 18:27, 2 May 2023
- Packaging is the science, art, and technology of enclosing or protecting ... Packaging is heavily integrated into daily life. It can be seen on ...16 KB (2,163 words) - 06:12, 18 November 2022
- instances in which individuals appeared to be functioning autonomously ... psychology while still a child, mostly due to his uncle Paul Janet, a professor ...12 KB (1,594 words) - 05:23, 24 November 2022
- by the Roman Republic, Pyrrhus was forced to retreat back to Epirus. On ... 283–239 B.C.E.), managing to take control of Macedon. In 272 B.C ...24 KB (3,591 words) - 22:02, 26 February 2024
- hits. Wynette's troubled marriage to country star George Jones brought ... Chester and Flora A. Russell, and moved to Memphis to work in a World ...18 KB (2,712 words) - 04:00, 27 February 2023
- 16, 2003) was President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. His reign was characterized ... enjoyed popular support, while his promise to improve the economy, schools ...36 KB (5,445 words) - 21:36, 25 July 2021
- The Felidae family is a part of the order Carnivora within the mammals ... Some cats present a threat to domestic animals, even to humans in ...12 KB (1,871 words) - 12:24, 30 April 2021
- AMNH), located in Manhattan, New York, U.S., is one of the largest and most ... them were Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (father to former president Theodore Roosevelt ...26 KB (3,976 words) - 06:38, 25 July 2023
- part of the endgame of the war that led up to the Allied victory later that ... Iwo Jima is a volcanic island about 1,200 km (650 nautical miles) ...41 KB (6,399 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity, as well as establishing ... of Christian Science, having been born to a Catholic family in Peticse ...38 KB (5,689 words) - 17:42, 21 November 2022
- The Ford Foundation is a charitable foundation incorporated in Michigan ... While the Foundation has been criticized by some for lending its name ...17 KB (2,437 words) - 06:20, 1 April 2024
- in the history of Western philosophy that is considerably greater than he ... Schlick was born in Berlin to a wealthy family. On his mother’s ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 21:22, 9 November 2022
- dvaitadvaita, duality in unity. There is considerable disagreement regarding ... Nimbarka’s philosophical position is simultaneous duality and non ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 04:44, 15 November 2022
- cardinal who resigned his church office to became a military commander ... and film. Cesare Borgia and his family came to represent the height of the ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- power of the former USSR. Russia managed to make the other ex-Soviet republics ... past, as the transition from communism to democracy and capitalism has ...65 KB (9,740 words) - 15:57, 25 January 2023
- The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa ... by Pope Eugene III. The initial response to the new crusade bull was poor ...44 KB (6,838 words) - 00:35, 6 March 2024
- sometimes spelled cummin) is the common name for a small, herbaceous ... Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) is sometimes confused with caraway (Carum ...12 KB (1,736 words) - 19:46, 11 May 2020
- Watercolor painting is a painting method. A watercolor is either the ... The technique of water-based painting dates to ancient times, and ...20 KB (2,883 words) - 23:18, 3 May 2023
- the Tang Dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649. Since he encouraged his ... Du Ruhui, and Wei Zheng, and for listening to their advice and welcoming ...60 KB (9,319 words) - 21:30, 31 December 2021
- In biology, evidence of evolution or evidence for evolution is generally ... construct, assert that natural selection is a single continuous process ...79 KB (11,963 words) - 23:52, 24 March 2024
- Astrometry is a branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements ... astronomical research. For example, it is valuable for studies in celestial ...10 KB (1,442 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- The Dialectic (Greek: διαλεκτική) is a line of thought, ... In appreciating the dialectic, one question is whether it over-emphasizes ...34 KB (5,249 words) - 10:22, 29 January 2024
- Lights, Big City," "Baby What You Want Me To Do," and ... Reed's battles with alcoholism led to his early decline and caused ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 13:23, 1 August 2022
- [[Image:BLAKE12.JPG|thumb|"A Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs to ... Lynching is a form of violence, usually murder, considered by its ...23 KB (3,493 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- The finished structure was considered to be such an aesthetic triumph ... died and left the control of the kingdom to his son, Maussollos. Hecatomnus ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 00:51, 9 November 2022
- Valine is an α-amino acid that is found in most proteins and is essential ... The L-isomer of valine, which is the only form that is involved in ...8 KB (1,183 words) - 14:14, 3 May 2023
- socio-religious reform movements. He turned to religious reform after a career ... In 1828, prior to his departure to England, Rammohan founded, with ...18 KB (2,857 words) - 00:31, 8 December 2022
- was the first person born in the Americas to be canonized as a Catholic ... Saint Catherine of Siena, she was inspired to take that saint as her model ...10 KB (1,614 words) - 00:52, 23 December 2022
- The thermoelectric effect is a phenomenon by which a temperature difference ... This effect can be used to generate electricity, to measure temperature ...25 KB (3,886 words) - 18:30, 30 April 2023
- the founder of modern phenomenology, and is credited with the introduction ... Franz Brentano, who influenced Stumpf to change his major toward philosophy ...10 KB (1,352 words) - 15:19, 27 November 2023
- Cougar (Puma concolor) is a very large, New World wild cat (family ... An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is found in every major ...41 KB (6,179 words) - 00:14, 15 January 2023
- William Shakespeare, brought about what would be a revolution in English ... Spenser's poetry, likewise, is more Romantic in the sense that ...12 KB (1,990 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- Zion National Park is a United States national park located in the ... A prominent feature in the 229-square-mile (593 square kilometer) ...32 KB (4,872 words) - 06:07, 13 June 2023
- Her essays demonstrated that it was possible for women to be publicly ... Even more importantly, her poetry was foundational to the development ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- Anodizing is a technique used to coat the surface of a metal with ... derives its name from the fact that the part to be treated forms the anode ...10 KB (1,610 words) - 05:12, 31 July 2023
- content (denoted as H, h, or rarely as χ) is a quotient or description of ... The term enthalpy was composed of the prefix en-, meaning to "put ...18 KB (2,941 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- she was noted for her many contributions to the entertainment industry ... shows," White became the first woman to receive the Daytime Emmy Award ...54 KB (7,980 words) - 18:02, 29 September 2023
- ) sits in Southern Siberia in Russia, located between Irkutsk Oblast ... or Lake Victoria. Baikal serves as home to more than 1,700 species of ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- Tardigrade, or water bear, is any of the various very small, segmented ... Water bears are able to survive in extreme environments that would ...13 KB (1,883 words) - 04:32, 27 February 2023
- Turkish literature (Turkish: Türk edebiyatı or Türk yazını) is ... River valley in central Mongolia and dating to the eighth century C.E. Subsequent ...56 KB (8,547 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2023
- Papaya is a palm-like, soft-stemmed, evergreen tree, Carica papaya ... The papaya fruit is both delicious and nutritious. It provides several ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 07:31, 18 November 2022
- :This article is about plasma in the sense of an ionized gas. The ... In physics and chemistry, a plasma is one of the four principal states ...35 KB (5,311 words) - 07:58, 24 November 2022
- The impossible cube or irrational cube is one of several impossible ... research into human perceptual processes and to bring joy and fascination to ...5 KB (696 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- "song for the goat," is any event with a sad and unfortunate ... According to Aristotle, "The structure of the best tragedy should ...26 KB (4,004 words) - 17:24, 6 March 2023
- ) is a central concept in Buddhism, which corresponds to a number ... Dukkha is one of the Four Noble Truths of the Buddha's teachings ...11 KB (1,613 words) - 18:37, 24 August 2020
- Ecology or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution ... Ecology may be more simply defined as the relationship between living ...38 KB (5,612 words) - 18:02, 12 February 2024
- Child welfare is a term used to describe a set of government services ... The idea behind child welfare programs is that, in certain circumstances ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 15:33, 10 December 2023
- A fjord (or fiord) is a long, narrow deep inlet of the sea bordered ... and glaciers retreat. Sea level rises due to an influx of water from melting ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- last battle. His defeat put a final end to his rule as Emperor of France ... After Napoleon returned to power, many countries which had previously ...52 KB (8,210 words) - 01:42, 26 September 2023
- typically given as the first lessons to anyone being introduced to ... Why have I declared (the four noble truths)? Because it is beneficial ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- Shaking Quakers, which had been given to them by their many detractors. ... marriage for which they became known began to typify the movement. She joined ...23 KB (3,664 words) - 10:17, 26 January 2023
- lived in China and, together with Confucius, is considered one of the two great ... of favor when the legalist Qin Dynasty came to power. During that period, ...15 KB (2,461 words) - 17:52, 10 November 2022
- of nobility, or central governing authority, to the general populace. For Elias, society consists of individuals who are in relationship ...13 KB (1,741 words) - 02:41, 16 November 2022
- 5, 1829, although he sometimes claimed to be born in 1830. His parents ... in the roadway. Pretty soon, he would be ordering this one to bring ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna is one of the most important cultural ... Schönbrunn was built to be on a par with the Palace of Versailles ...11 KB (1,678 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- He served as Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a U.S. senator ... corporations and individuals of great wealth to curb the poverty and crime ...48 KB (7,371 words) - 15:05, 9 February 2024
- intensity that the only parallel one is able to think of is that of ... Born to a Polish-speaking family in Lithuania, Milosz as a young man ...18 KB (2,685 words) - 07:32, 12 January 2024
- Wayne Douglas Gretzky (January 26, 1961 - ) is a retired Canadian ... the Indianapolis Racers before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers. ...25 KB (3,378 words) - 23:22, 3 May 2023
- harmonies of many of his works are said to evoke the vast American landscape ... Much of the greatness of Copland's art is due to the ways he ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- Abidjan is the largest city, chief port, and de facto capital of Côte ... The name name "Abidjan," according to legend, came from ...16 KB (2,261 words) - 04:48, 14 June 2023
- The Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica in Portuguese) is a region of ... Because of its isolation from the Amazon Basin by a drier region to ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- whole. Thus, he applied terrestrial physics to celestial bodies. This approach ... Many of Kepler's writings reflect his deep desire to understand ...31 KB (4,812 words) - 07:18, 5 April 2024
- the National Basketball Association. Hearn is remembered for his rapid fire ... Chick Hearn was married to Marge Hearn, who shared his passion for ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 21:00, 9 December 2023
- Trichinosis, also called trichinellosis or trichiniasis, is a parasitic ... While infection is most common from consumption of infected pigs, ...13 KB (1,997 words) - 12:40, 18 April 2023
- ) is a branch of physics involving study of the movement of physical ... Isaac Newton, laid the foundations for what is now known as classical ...11 KB (1,457 words) - 03:51, 9 November 2022
- save up their minimal earnings in order to purchase their own copies of ... Those who wished to adapt this system urged their co-religionists ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 00:11, 19 November 2023
- Red blood cell, or erythrocyte, is a hemoglobin-containing blood cell ... means, and all of the oxygen transported is for the sake of other cells ...16 KB (2,383 words) - 02:30, 8 December 2022
- the water-powered cotton mill, he migrated to the U.S. in 1789, despite the ... and seized it. Some consider him a traitor to British manufacturing, others ...8 KB (1,244 words) - 03:02, 23 December 2022
- who applied the evolutionary approach to the study of economic institutions ... until he was a teenager. The family moved to Wheeling, Minnesota in 1865 ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 23:02, 30 April 2023
- The United States House of Representatives is the larger of the two ... party in opposition. The presiding officer is the Speaker of the House, who ...85 KB (12,273 words) - 00:47, 30 December 2023
- in Italian as the Volto Santo or Holy Face, is a Roman Catholic relic, which ... The story, however, is not found in the Bible and does not appear ...20 KB (3,228 words) - 14:45, 3 May 2023
- These tactics have been adopted in subsequent wars. He was preparing ... Slim was born in Bishopston, near Bristol to John and Charlotte Slim ...24 KB (3,728 words) - 18:26, 17 April 2023
- The book of 4 Maccabees is a homily or philosophic discourse praising ... clear, reasonable thinking about true virtue is the key to overcoming every ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- The gallbladder (also gall bladder), or cholecyst, is a pear-shaped ... In humans, the gallbladder is about seven to ten centimeters long ...11 KB (1,595 words) - 14:53, 27 June 2021
- considerable attention, and did much to shape the course of modern ... one in France, with various connections to the convent at Port-Royal ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 06:41, 31 July 2023
- 1920s. He was a major star from the 1940s to the 1970s. Wayne is most famous ... American folk figure. He had become a hero to some, while he was a villain ...21 KB (3,062 words) - 16:07, 1 October 2022
- from London, England in the early 1700s to Virginia, where they lived ... movie theater. Crawford's ambition was to be a dancer. Unfortunately ...17 KB (2,572 words) - 13:41, 1 August 2022
- Lamprey is the common name for elongated, eel-like, jawless fish comprising ... (living mostly in the oceans but returning to freshwater to breed), with ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 20:56, 22 October 2022
- essential goodness of God and his creation, to a fundamental questioning of ... gigantic fissures five-metres (16 ft) wide to appear in the city center. ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 04:24, 29 October 2022
- Cultural Organization), established in 1945, is an agency of the United Nations ... human rights, such as a woman's right to have an abortion and individuals ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 01:23, 3 May 2023
- Particulates, also referred to as particulate matter (PM), aerosols ... in the bronchial cavities and lungs, leading to health problems such as asthma ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 08:57, 18 November 2022
- are a class of organic compounds with 1 to 10 chlorine atoms attached ... are more viscous, for example, Aroclor 1260 is a "sticky resin" ...24 KB (3,627 words) - 08:41, 24 November 2022
- An integrated library system, or ILS, is an enterprise resource planning ... An ILS is usually comprised of a relational database, software to ...16 KB (2,219 words) - 22:54, 5 February 2023
- Fleet and as a guardpost for the approaches to Petrograd, now Saint Petersburg ... the latter year added the final chapter to the disaster. In the years ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- In Christianity, Sabellianism is the belief that God the Father, God ... later became an antipope rather than submit to Zephyrinius' protege and ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 20:36, 17 April 2023
- The Book of Daniel, written in Hebrew and Aramaic, is a book in both ... most of the predictions of the book refer to events that had already occurred. ...20 KB (3,175 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- he had a long and fruitful career, Resnais is best known internationally ... Holocaust against the Jews. Resnais chose to approach the subject indirectly ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 04:23, 17 June 2023
- Polyester is the name for a class of polymers that contain the ester ... In addition, polyesters are used to make bottles, films, liquid ...8 KB (1,111 words) - 17:38, 9 October 2021
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- Benjamin Harrison in 1891. The forest is within the Greater Yellowstone ... Wind River Indian Reservation, which belongs to the Shoshone and Arapaho Indians ...41 KB (6,175 words) - 20:03, 21 April 2023
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- The nucleus of an atom is the very dense region at the center of the ... The term nucleus is from Latin nucleus ("kernel"), derived ...13 KB (1,903 words) - 06:57, 21 August 2023
- Performing Arts and also commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center), located ... Washington, D.C. area. The Kennedy Center is one of the three most important ...21 KB (3,033 words) - 23:38, 5 July 2023
- anti-immigrant, and anti-anarchist sentiment to prejudice the jury. Prominent ... "any stigma and disgrace should be forever removed from the names ...47 KB (7,315 words) - 18:33, 22 December 2022
- Mandaeism or Mandaeanism (Arabic,مندائية) is a monotheistic ... Worldwide, there are thought to be between 60,000 and 70,000 Mandaeans ...22 KB (3,408 words) - 11:01, 9 March 2023
- The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a black basalt ... displayed at the Louvre Museum in Paris, it is 124 cm high and 71 cm wide ...13 KB (2,054 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- Revolutionary War. A tense situation due to a heavy British military presence ... apprentice named Edward Garrick called out to a British officer, Captain ...9 KB (1,444 words) - 19:51, 20 November 2023
- the English Restoration. Sheridan helped to perfect the comedy of manners ... throughout his political career as well. He is said to have have paid the ...24 KB (3,861 words) - 20:13, 8 December 2022
- C.E.) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India ... Much about his life is unknown except what can be inferred from his ...29 KB (4,367 words) - 18:38, 26 January 2023
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- century. Franck's skill and dedication to the musical organ led him to ... Belgium. His father had ambitions for him to become a concert pianist, and ...9 KB (1,338 words) - 00:07, 4 December 2023
- Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), ... on the south. It borders the Adriatic Sea to the west. Its mainland territory ...44 KB (6,383 words) - 06:26, 11 January 2024
- bill intended for the final negotiations to resolve the Mexican-American ... After an earlier attempt to acquire Texas by treaty had failed to ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 10:55, 15 May 2023
- Ethology is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of animal ... role as stewards of creation. Behavior is one aspect of the vast diversity ...16 KB (2,274 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- Gdańsk is situated in northern Poland on the southern edge of Gdańsk ... Gdańsk is an important seaport and shipbuilding center. Historically ...22 KB (3,336 words) - 06:28, 18 April 2024
- director of the Library of Alexandria. He is best known for his epic poem ... Argonautica was written in hexameters and is comparable to these epic poems ...10 KB (1,538 words) - 15:46, 11 August 2023
- proliferation of conflicting European claims to African territory during the ... military influence and economic dominance to that of direct rule. Attempts ...50 KB (7,409 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- Ragtime is an American musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity ... the right hand. A composition in this style is called a "rag". A ...20 KB (3,149 words) - 00:05, 8 December 2022
- the two main branches of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Sunnism ... that accepted the caliphate of Abu Bakr due to him being chosen by Shurah ...27 KB (4,335 words) - 13:53, 28 April 2023
- The theremin is an electronic musical instrument controlled without ... from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker. ...52 KB (7,562 words) - 23:57, 12 March 2023
- A neutron star is an extremely dense, compact star with an interior ... radius between 10 and 20 km—about 30,000 to 70,000 times smaller than the ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 16:26, 11 November 2022
- White's illusion is an optical illusion illustrating the fact ... White's illusion is made up of a series of black and white horizontal ...3 KB (488 words) - 18:29, 17 April 2023
- Pope Saint Victor I was bishop of Rome (from about 189 to 199 C.E ... Victor is best known for his role in the Easter controversy, in which ...14 KB (2,181 words) - 04:06, 26 November 2022
- Isabel Allende (born August 2, 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende ... and historical events and pay homage to the lives of women, while weaving ...17 KB (2,523 words) - 19:41, 7 February 2023
- In zoology, a mole is the common name for any of the small insectivorous ... pests. For humans, moles also add to the diversity and wonder of nature. ...11 KB (1,753 words) - 13:05, 10 March 2023
- In common terminology, wind is the flow of air. In a broader sense ... There are various types of winds, which may be classified in any of ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- Western Sahara, located in northwestern Africa, is one of the most ... proclamations by tribal chiefs of allegiance to Moroccan sultans. The Polisario ...31 KB (4,505 words) - 17:20, 4 May 2023
- United States. Nearly all the archipelago is part of Alaska and usually ... chain of volcanoes, commonly referred to as the Pacific Ring of Fire ...24 KB (3,659 words) - 05:12, 17 June 2023
- of modern industrial management, who sought to improve workers’ productivity ... Frank Gilbreth was born on July 7, 1868, in Fairfield, Maine, to John ...16 KB (2,285 words) - 05:10, 9 April 2024
- The Elizabeth Tower, formerly known as the Clock Tower, is the world ... there. Buildings and monuments often come to represent the spirit of the ...22 KB (3,639 words) - 22:14, 23 November 2023
- Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating ... Book collecting can be easy and inexpensive: there are millions of ...12 KB (1,694 words) - 07:24, 17 November 2023
- spawned numerous imitators, leading to a brief profusion of stylitism ... as “athletes of Christ” and strove to emulate their founder’s actions ...22 KB (3,506 words) - 20:42, 21 April 2023
- Shinshi, a semi-legendary ancient city that, according to the history ... Koreans North and South. South Korea tends to emphasize the founding of Korea ...10 KB (1,470 words) - 22:56, 23 April 2023
- I and a cousin of Napoleon II, whose claim to be emperor was only ever really ... with democracy may not have been solely due to his own moral failings. The ...48 KB (7,305 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- The octave is the span or intervallic space between one tone and another ... The frequent use of the octave is a part of most music, though there ...7 KB (1,075 words) - 23:50, 17 November 2022
- Coeducation is the integrated education of males and females at the ... Modern-day education is primarily co-educational, but many single ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 22:24, 7 January 2024
- Sheet music, or score, is a hand-written or printed form of musical ... Although the role of sheet music, as a recording medium, is similar ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- Ishtar, a goddess of both fertility and war, is the Akkadian name ... There were two conflicting aspects to this goddess: She was the deity ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 03:03, 8 March 2024
- the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the United States Senate for ... In addition to his government service, Moyihan was a distinguished ...25 KB (3,714 words) - 22:06, 25 January 2024
- Persian: دربند, Darband) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan ... the area has been valued as the gate to the Caucasus, and Derbent has ...18 KB (2,614 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
- Mycenae (Greek grc|Μυκῆναι), is an archaeological site in ... in the nineteenth century began to excavate the site, and Heinrich ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 22:40, 10 November 2022
- area near Montgomery Creek in Shasta County to Goose Lake on the Oregon state ... The Achomawi lived a relatively peaceful albeit difficult life prior ...18 KB (2,714 words) - 07:37, 14 June 2023
- In mathematics and set theory, an axiomatic system is any set of specified ... An axiomatic system is said to be consistent if it lacks contradiction ...10 KB (1,582 words) - 07:21, 23 August 2023
- Guarana is the common name for a South American woody vine or sprawling ... The high concentration of caffeine in the seeds, which is more concentrated ...15 KB (2,227 words) - 22:26, 2 December 2021
- States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama. He was also known for his work in the 1990s to restore diplomatic relations ...89 KB (12,407 words) - 00:34, 10 February 2023
- who dedicated more than 40 years of his life to the education of the children ... and universal education, he put an end to the tradition of teaching reading ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 19:49, 22 December 2022
- occupation of Korea. The name refers to an event that occurred on March ... the nationwide demonstrations failed to accomplish the goal of effecting ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- In addition to his literary output, Crichton also drew notoriety for ... World.] Retrieved August 5, 2008. Illinois, to John Henderson Crichton and ...24 KB (3,558 words) - 10:38, 10 March 2023
- Bride price, also known as bride wealth, is an amount of money, property ... Bride price or bride wealth is money, property, or wealth "paid ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:03, 12 January 2023
- the sales of Dahl's books continue to flourish, due to the loyal ... To the young, Dahl is an adult figure who seems to have taken their ...26 KB (4,117 words) - 03:07, 15 December 2022
- The sea in a general sense refers to the ocean or world ocean, the ... from the sunlit surface and shoreline to the great depths and pressures ...69 KB (10,326 words) - 23:04, 22 April 2023
- Balmont wrote poetry and prose prolifically, publishing his works ... ru. Retrieved June 20, 2023. Balmont learned to read at the age of five. He ...51 KB (7,071 words) - 15:34, 30 June 2023
- dubbed "Yardbird," later shortened to "Bird," which remained ... or bebop, Parker's innovative approach to melody, rhythm and harmony ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- A supporter of the Jewish Enlightenment, Jacobson worked to create ... of German and American Jews, among whom he is regarded as one of the leading ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 06:05, 11 March 2024
- in Arabic "Dawlat Isrā'īl") is a country in the Southwest ... primarily Jewish religion and background, it is the world's only Jewish state. ...69 KB (10,208 words) - 15:25, 19 March 2023
- The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose ... emphasized the gradual reform of capitalism to greater meet the needs of the ...17 KB (2,508 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- The World Cup, sometimes called the FIFA World Cup, is an international ... The tournament's final phase is often called the World Cup Finals ...41 KB (6,235 words) - 19:26, 13 March 2024
- ) is an Islamic term referring to the religious duty of Muslims to ... ), the plural of which is mujahideen ( ar|مجاهدين ...48 KB (7,155 words) - 12:39, 1 August 2022
- whose brilliant career was cut short due to excessive use of alcohol. He ... prowess, and the ineffable ability to run through entire defenses ...22 KB (3,398 words) - 07:05, 18 April 2024
- The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. ... , the Arkansas is the sixth longest river in the United States, the ...11 KB (1,582 words) - 03:27, 30 January 2023
- Ethylene (or IUPAC name ethene) is a chemical compound with the formula ... networks, Plant Cell 14 Suppl: S131-51. It is also extremely important in ...26 KB (3,781 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- pay), and education; and putting an end to domestic violence, gender stereotypes ... in the 1960s and 1970s, encouraged women to understand aspects of their ...71 KB (9,858 words) - 17:15, 26 March 2024
- , more correctly categorical syllogism, is a kind of logical argument ... In the case of the major premise this is the major term, or the predicate ...9 KB (1,397 words) - 01:55, 27 February 2023
- Logical positivism (later referred to as logical empiricism, rational ... statements are analytic. So, according to the logical positivists, there ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- Heart disease is a general category for grouping diseases that involve ... Currently, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United ...11 KB (1,487 words) - 15:13, 25 January 2023
- Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements ... Perjury is the giving of false testimony under oath. The word comes ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- Positive psychology is a recent branch of psychology which emphasizes ... as well as the ways in which they can be promoted by social systems ...40 KB (5,742 words) - 16:04, 12 September 2023
- the seminal figures of modernism. Comparable to Pablo Picasso in visual arts ... narrative voice. The unfiltered access to a character's thought ...32 KB (5,105 words) - 21:18, 20 March 2024
- Sir Arnaud de Gabaston, a soldier in service to King Edward I of England. Arnaud ... Following pressure to banish Gavesto, Edward instead appointed him ...19 KB (3,020 words) - 22:48, 28 March 2023
- Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the most populous ... The Niger River Delta, once a source of slaves, now is the source ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- liberty and democracy, and observed that it is easier for the world to accept ... Tocqueville's insights into what made the United States successful ...22 KB (3,185 words) - 06:41, 20 July 2023
- ," poiesis, a "making" or "creating") is ... Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts ...69 KB (10,532 words) - 00:11, 5 March 2023
- :This article is about the star. {{Starbox begin | name =Betelgeuse ... Betelgeuse (also called Alpha Orionis, α Orionis, or α Ori) is one ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 17:58, 29 September 2023
- A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad ... The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 20:15, 11 March 2024
- Just War refers to the concept of warfare as being justified, typically ... The Just War tradition is, first of all, a set of criteria that act ...18 KB (2,937 words) - 06:46, 28 February 2023
- |motto = EN THI APETHI THN ΓΝΩΣΙΝ - To Virtue Knowledge ... Smith College is a private, independent women's Liberal arts ...19 KB (2,939 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- | Non-profit_slogan = "To inspire Americans to protect wildlife ... The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is the United States' ...15 KB (2,010 words) - 04:19, 11 March 2023
- Omnipotence (literally, "all power") is power without limits ... #Absolutist view—God is absolutely able to do anything; that is ...25 KB (3,894 words) - 00:37, 18 November 2022
- Equipment" ("WEEE") is a waste type consisting of ... by their original users. While there is no generally accepted definition ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 16:03, 13 February 2024
- of his immediate predecessors. He attempted to demonstrate that most Greek ... province from the first century B.C.E. He is known to have studied philosophy ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- C.E.) (meaning "Harmony of Four") is an early Christian text written ... harmonious narrative. Tatian attempted to resolve some of the contradictions ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- Refugee was defined as a legal group in response to the large numbers ... The lead international agency coordinating refugee protection is the ...35 KB (5,240 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
