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Clampett, Robert

2005-11-18T00:50:00.000-08:00

Clampett joined Leon Schlesinger's fledgling animation unit on the Warner Bros. lot in 1933. In 1936 he became part of director Tex Avery's innovative animation team, where the youthful energy, zany humour, and iconoclastic

Sun Tzu

2005-10-16T09:40:00.000-07:00

The book is traditionally attributed to Sun Tzu (personal name Sun Wu), a military strategist and general who served the state of Wu near the end of the Spring and Autumn Period (770–476 BC). It is more likely, however, that it was written early in the Warring

Shaharith

2005-08-08T14:20:00.000-07:00

Also spelled Shaharit, Shacharit, or Shacharith, Hebrew Shaharit (“dawn”), in Judaism, the first of three periods of daily prayer; the other daily services are minhah and maarib. They are all ideally recited in the synagogue so that a quorum (minyan) can be formed to pray as a corporate body representing “Israel.” Shaharith is considered a substitute for the dawn sacrifice formerly offered each day in the Temple of Jerusalem, but ancient

Zacatecoluca

2005-07-27T00:30:00.000-07:00

City, southern El Salvador. It lies in the Lempa River Valley, at the foot of San Vicente Volcano. A commercial centre for the surrounding agricultural area, it also trades in cotton goods, baskets, salt, and lumber and produces cement. An earthquake in 1932 caused severe damage to the city. Zacatecoluca was the birthplace of José Simeón Cañas, who fought successfully to end

Strategic Weapons System

2005-07-23T06:25:00.000-07:00

Any weapons system designed to strike an enemy at the source of his military, economic, or political power. In practice, this means destroying a nation's cities, factories, military bases, transportation and communications infrastructure, and seat of government. Strategic weapons systems use atomic or thermonuclear devices, because only these weapons have sufficient

Aecium

2005-07-13T06:40:00.000-07:00

Also called aecidium a cluster-cup or fruiting body of certain rust fungi (order Uredinales, division Mycota). Yellow to orange in colour, aecia develop after fertilization and bear one-celled spores (aeciospores, or aecidiospores). Aecia are usually found on lower leaf surfaces of plants.

Byrd, William, Of Westover

2005-07-08T03:50:00.000-07:00

His birthplace was the James River plantation home of his father, also named William Byrd, an Indian trader and slave importer. The boy went to school in England, travelled in Holland, and studied law in the Middle Temple, London.

Ribose

2005-07-06T08:20:00.000-07:00

Also called D-ribose, five-carbon sugar found in RNA (ribonucleic acid), where it alternates with phosphate groups to form the “backbone” of the RNA polymer and binds to nitrogenous bases. Ribose phosphates are components of the nucleotide coenzymes and are utilized by microorganisms in the synthesis of the amino acid histidine.

Rhétoriqueur

2005-06-30T10:05:00.000-07:00

Guillaume de Machaut, who popularized the new lyric genres such as the rondeau, ballade, lai, and virelai in the 14th century, is considered

Lea

2005-06-22T16:35:00.000-07:00

County in the High Plains of southeastern New Mexico, U.S., bordered on the east and south by Texas. The northwestern area of the county is located on the Llano Estacado, or Staked Plain, above the Mescalero Escarpment at over 4,000 feet (1,200 m) above sea level; the land slopes to the southeast to under 3,000 feet. There are no streams in Lea county, which includes several dry lakes and creek

Van Zandt, Marie

2005-06-16T01:40:00.000-07:00

Van Zandt was apparently taken to Europe as a small child by her mother, who pursued a successful career as a concert and operatic singer under the name Madame Vanzini. Marie soon displayed vocal abilities as

Dieudonné, Jean

2005-06-03T10:25:00.000-07:00

Dieudonné was educated in Paris, receiving both his bachelor's degree (1927) and his doctorate (1931) from the École Normale Supérieure. He was a founding member of the Nicolas Bourbaki (q.v.) group in the mid-1930s. After

Pyromorphite

2005-06-01T04:50:00.000-07:00

Arsenic and vanadium often replace phosphorus in the pyromorphite

China, The rise of monarchy

2005-05-17T20:00:00.000-07:00

In the state of Chin the influence of kinsmen of the ruling house had

Latrobe Valley

2005-05-16T01:40:00.000-07:00

The Latrobe River rises in the Eastern Highlands near Mount Baw Baw in the Gippsland district. Flowing in a southeasterly direction, it passes the cities of Moe and Yallourn, where it turns to flow almost directly east, past Traralgon. The Latrobe is joined

Macdonald, George

2005-05-13T23:35:00.000-07:00

Novelist of Scottish life, poet, and writer of Christian allegories of man's pilgrimage back to God, who is remembered chiefly, however, for his allegorical fairy stories, which have continued to delight children and their elders. He became a Congregational minister, then a free-lance preacher and lecturer. In 1855 he published

Cellophane

2005-03-11T14:40:00.001-08:00

In the manufacturing process, an alkaline

Cellophane

2005-03-11T14:40:00.000-08:00

In the manufacturing process, an alkaline

Arron, Henck

2004-01-29T02:31:00.000-08:00

Arron worked in banks in The Netherlands and Dutch Guiana before entering politics in 1963. He was elected to the Staten (Suriname legislature) that

Gobi, Climate

2004-01-30T08:47:00.000-08:00

The climate is acutely continental and dry: winter is severe, spring is dry and cold, and summer is warm. The annual temperature range is considerable, with average lows in January reaching -40� F (-40� C) and average highs in July climbing to 113� F (45� C); daily temperature ranges also can be quite large. The annual total precipitation varies from less than three inches in the west to more

Allegheny Plateau

2004-01-31T18:35:00.000-08:00

Western section of the Appalachian Mountains, U.S., extending southwestward from the Mohawk River valley in central New York to the Cumberland Plateau in southern West Virginia. Generally sloping toward the northwest, the plateau has been dissected by streams to form the Catskill, Allegheny, and other mountain ranges. The Allegheny, Delaware, and Susquehanna rivers

Schechter, Solomon

2004-02-01T10:34:00.000-08:00

Schechter studied the Talmud, the authoritative rabbinical compendium of Jewish law, lore, and commentary, in Vienna, Berlin, and London. In 1890 he became lecturer in Talmudic

Fl�gstad, Kjartan

2004-02-02T09:40:00.000-08:00

Fl�gstad's own poetry,

Biblical Literature, Oracles of hope

2004-02-03T05:46:00.000-08:00

In the third section, chapters 33 - 48, Ezekiel proclaimed, in oracles that have become imprinted in theological discourse and folk songs, the hope that lies in the faith that God cares for his people and will restore them to a state of wholeness. As the good shepherd, God will feed his flock and will �seek the lost,� �bring back the strayed,� �bind up the crippled,� and �strengthen the

Cam Ranh Bay

2004-02-04T14:44:00.000-08:00

The Binh Ba Bay, or outer bay, with Binh Ba Island lying off the tip of Point Cam Linh, offers some protection to ships at anchor, but the 1-mile- (1.6-kilometre-) wide