Search results for "The Spectator" - New World Encyclopedia
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- art movement that began in Germany. Unlike the French impressionists, who ... that with simple colors and shapes the spectator could perceive the moods ...15 KB (2,114 words) - 23:58, 24 March 2024
- or any form of content that is not music. In the U.S., the Library of Congress ... *Mann, Sargy. 2007. "BOOKS - Audio Books." The Spectator. 50. ...17 KB (2,579 words) - 18:27, 21 August 2023
- writer, and editor. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship ... Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758, in the West Division of ...15 KB (2,342 words) - 02:32, 16 November 2022
- is marked by a close collaboration between the photographer and the subject. Her most famous photo appeared on the front cover of Rolling Stone ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- The following year she edited Selections from the Spectator, Tatler ... *Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder, ...41 KB (6,156 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- professor and theologian, a key leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and ... Although he was pitted against the Swiss reformers at the Marburg ...46 KB (7,311 words) - 03:55, 24 November 2022
- The Council of Europe is the oldest international organization working ... The most famous bodies of the Council of Europe are the European Court ...42 KB (6,144 words) - 08:27, 10 January 2024
- for her sympathetic coverage of Russia and the Bolsheviks during the Russian ... publications and in newspapers—The Spectator, where Bryant was society ...42 KB (6,349 words) - 09:05, 9 March 2023
- The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the world's premier ... of USA Basketball, which is recognized by the International Basketball ...32 KB (4,894 words) - 01:38, 11 November 2022
- all others, however, and that was The Spectator (1711), written by Joseph ... (1704–1706). The London Spy, before The Spectator, took up the position ...61 KB (9,767 words) - 03:12, 31 January 2023
- go down an inrun with a take-off ramp (the jump), attempting to go fly ... Ski jumping, like skydiving, is a sport practiced by those who enjoy ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
- On December 10, 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her ... a headscarf and for allegedly shaking the hand of a man. Defending her ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- videbimus lumen(In Thy light shall we see the light) (a paraphrase of Psalm ... Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies ...35 KB (5,049 words) - 22:45, 7 January 2024
- de Marisco is drawn to his execution tied to the back of a horse.]] To be drawn and quartered was the penalty ordained in England for ...18 KB (2,928 words) - 19:19, 14 August 2020
- Prose is a form of written or spoken language that follows the natural ... outsold and dominated all others, The Spectator, written by Joseph Addison ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 18:29, 28 February 2023
- The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private ... The term "Ivy League" is now most commonly used to refer ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 01:07, 8 February 2023
- Juggling is a form of skillful, often artful, object manipulation ... audience for the purpose of creating joy for the spectator. ...19 KB (3,000 words) - 09:05, 12 May 2024
- American economist and a major influence on the modern libertarian movement ... read." Jay Douglas, writing in The Spectator, derided Socialism as ...19 KB (2,970 words) - 02:41, 5 November 2022
- The term drama comes from a Greek word meaning "action" ... and time were seen as essential for the spectator's complete absorption ...37 KB (5,637 words) - 17:32, 30 January 2024
- The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most prestigious ... The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association ...39 KB (6,001 words) - 14:44, 11 November 2022
- Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. The ... The varying forms of football have several aspects in common. They ...41 KB (6,352 words) - 10:33, 10 November 2023
- The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American ... After the Civil War, the South was largely devastated in terms of ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 15:40, 4 February 2023
- as Classical Yoga or simply Yoga) is one of the six orthodox (astika) schools ... Raja yoga is concerned principally with the cultivation of the mind using ...21 KB (3,177 words) - 00:10, 8 December 2022
- a basketball through a 10-foot high hoop (the basket) under organized rules ... Points are scored by passing the ball through the basket from above; ...42 KB (6,657 words) - 11:07, 20 September 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 word Magi refers to a class of ancient Zoroastrian astrologer ... scene with the Virgin and Christ facing the spectator, while the Magi devoutly ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- (MLB) as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs between 1953 ... Banks is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He began ...48 KB (7,068 words) - 20:11, 27 April 2024
- Gujarati writers and educators involved in the debate over social reforms ... Manilal's writings belong to the Pandit Yuga, or "Scholar ...44 KB (6,296 words) - 21:42, 30 October 2023
- and encouraged the use of her middle initial to facilitate this pronunciati ... by various Wimseys and published in The Spectator during World War II. ...39 KB (6,001 words) - 17:27, 30 January 2024
- ), a form of ritual dance drama, originated in the Southern Indian ... when cultural influences were eroding the adherence of the people to ...22 KB (3,220 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- Honolulu is the capital and most populous city area in the United ... Honolulu's history includes habitation beginning in the twelfth ...22 KB (3,108 words) - 13:26, 2 February 2024
- A cowboy is an animal herder, usually in charge of the horses and/or ... in rodeos, while some work exclusively in the rodeo. Cowboys also spawned ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 06:14, 11 January 2024
- diplomat, and jurist, best known as the first Chief Justice of the ... Considered one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 22:16, 31 October 2023
- Volleyball is a globally recognized sport that found its origins in ... The complete rules of volleyball are extensive, but in general, play ...62 KB (10,612 words) - 21:01, 3 May 2023
- The Olympic Games (often referred to simply as The Olympics) are the ... The original Olympic Games began in c. 776 B.C.E. in Olympia, Greece ...28 KB (4,253 words) - 00:34, 18 November 2022
- in Giorgio Vasari's Vite (Lives of the Artists). Alberti studied ... mathematically coherent and related to the spectator. However, the technical ...24 KB (3,831 words) - 20:08, 25 October 2022
- and humanist who greatly influenced the cultural and literary renaissance ... *El Espectador (The Spectator, 8 volumes published 1916-1934) ...25 KB (3,932 words) - 01:34, 8 September 2022
- Kābul (Persian: کابل, IPA: [kɑː'bʊl]) is the capital ... Many empires have fought over the city during its 3,500 year history ...23 KB (3,382 words) - 16:50, 14 May 2024
- The America’s Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta ... During the year of the first World's Fair, American boatbuilders ...31 KB (4,811 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- ), was an ancient Iranian prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism ... C. S. Lewis, "Evil and God" The Spectator CLXVI (1941) ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east ... The lands have been inhabited for millennia by aboriginal peoples ...54 KB (7,539 words) - 19:09, 25 November 2023
- coercion in order to achieve justice. The boycott serves as a nonviolent ... 039; London from Kew to Mile End" (The Spectator, January 22, 1881). ...24 KB (3,816 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- South Korea's contemporary culture has been shaped by the passionate ... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- Yoga (from the Sanskrit root yuj ("to yoke")) refers to ... During the twentieth century, the philosophy and practice of Yoga ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La ... The Spectator, Volume 50 (F.C. Westley, 1877), 983. During this time ...25 KB (3,656 words) - 17:50, 4 May 2023
- romanized: Kyiv, pronounced [ˈkɪjiu̯], the capital and the largest city ... Founded in the fifth or sixth century as a trading post, it acquired ...26 KB (3,695 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- In the arts, Baroque is a period as well as the style that used exaggerated ... One of the defining aspects of music of the Baroque era was its connection ...30 KB (4,617 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- superhero widely considered to be one of the most famous and popular such ... A. C. Grayling, writing in The Spectator, traces Superman's stances ...61 KB (9,123 words) - 13:55, 28 April 2023
- The horse or domestic horse (Equus caballus) is a sizable ungulate ... Horses, one of the most historically vital domesticated animals to ...30 KB (4,944 words) - 19:37, 21 February 2022
- The Volga ( Во́лга|a=Ru-Волга.ogg|p=ˈvoɫɡə ... has always been Russia’s lifeblood] The Spectator, January 16, 2021. Retrieved ...31 KB (4,503 words) - 21:00, 3 May 2023