southernmost city of Macedonia, 2,019 feet (615 metres) in altitude on the Dragor River and at the western edge of the Bitola Plain, a few miles from the Greek frontier. ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Cleobis and Biton") in Greek legend, as recounted by Herodotus, the sons of Cydippe (who was identified by Cicero, in Tusculan Disputations, as the priestess of Hera, queen of the ...
town and episcopal see, Puglia (Apulia) region, southeastern Italy, just west-southwest of Bari. Many coins have been found at Bitonto dating from the 6th to the 3rd century BC. A ...
(from the article "Congo, Republic of the") ...disarmament and reintegration of 30,000 members of "Ninja" militias, as stipulated by the March 2003 peace agreement, demobilization had not been implemented. On March 14 Ninja leader Frederic Bitsangou announced ...
(from the article "Anatolian religion") ...oil or fat and wrapped in cloth. A feast followed their placement on a stool in a stone chamber. Although cremations were practiced, burial of the body in an earthen ...
(from the article "almond") (Prunus dulcis), tree native to southwestern Asia and its edible seed, or nut. The nuts are of two types, sweet and bitter. Sweet almonds are the familiar edible type consumed ...
(from the article "cress") ...a coarse, often weedy plant rarely cultivated. The closely related winter cress, or yellow rocket (B. vulgaris), is a common weed, conspicuous in fields for its bright-yellow spring flowers. Bitter ...
(from the article "lake") Lakes that contain high concentrations of sodium sulfate are called bitter lakes, and those containing sodium carbonate are called alkali lakes. Soda Lake, California, is estimated to contain nearly 1,000,000 ...
(from the article "Suez Canal") ...the isthmus, which is only 75 miles, but utilizes several lakes, from north to south, Lake Manzala (Buhayrat al-Manzilah), Lake Timsah (Buhayrat at-Timsah), and the Bitter Lakes: Great Bitter Lake ...
(from the article "Bitter Springs microfossils") assemblage of microscopic fossil structures uncovered in the Bitter Springs Formation, a rock layer about 800,000,000 years old exposed in central Australia. Collections first made in 1965 revealed at least ...
assemblage of microscopic fossil structures uncovered in the Bitter Springs Formation, a rock layer about 800,000,000 years old exposed in central Australia. Collections first made in 1965 revealed at least ... [1 Related Articles]
(Rhodeus), any of several small, carplike fish of the family Cyprinidae noted for their unusual manner of breeding. Native to clear, stony streams of central and southern Europe, the bitterling ... [1 Related Articles]
any of 12 species of solitary marsh birds of the subfamily Botaurinae, family Ardeidae (order Ciconiiformes), allied to the herons (subfamily Ardeinae) but with shorter neck and stouter body. Most ... [2 Related Articles]
very bitter-tasting solution that remains after evaporation and crystallization of sodium chloride (table salt) from brines and seawater. It contains in concentrated form the calcium and magnesium chlorides and sulfates, ... [2 Related Articles]
(Lewisia rediviva), ornamental succulent plant of the purslane family (Portulacaceae), native to western North America and cultivated in rock gardens. The main stem and root merge into a tuberous structure. ...
segment of the northern Rocky Mountains, U.S., extending southward for 300 mi (480 km) along the Idaho-Montana border. Peaks average about 9,000 ft (2,700 m), with Scott Peak, in Idaho, ...
any of numerous aromatized and often alcoholic liquids containing bitter substances (chiefly alkaloids, glycosides, or complexes), used as tonics, liqueurs, appetizers, digestives, flavourings, and ingredients to add tang or smoothness ...
any of several vines with colourful fruit. The genus Celastrus, in the staff tree family (Celastraceae), includes the American bittersweet, or staff vine (C. scandens), and the Oriental bittersweet (C. ...
(from the article "cocoa") ...or milder in taste because of its lower content of bitter chocolate liquor. Processing is similar to that of sweet chocolate. "Bitter chocolate" refers to either baking chocolate or bittersweet ...
any of various solid or semisolid mixtures of hydrocarbons that occur in nature or that are obtained as residues from the distillation of petroleum or ... [10 Related Articles]
the most abundant form of coal, intermediate in rank between subbituminous coal and anthracite according to the coal classification used in the United States and Canada. In Britain bituminous coal ...
Celtic tribe that in about 600 BC was the most powerful in Gaul. By about 500 BC the tribe was divided into two groups: the Cubi, with a capital at ... [1 Related Articles]
U.S. motion-picture cameraman who, in partnership with the pioneer director D.W. Griffith, developed camera techniques that set the standard for all future motion pictures and stimulated important experimentation in the ...
town, historic kingdom, and traditional emirate, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. The town lies on the Biu Plateau and has road connections to Damaturu, Mubi, and Shani.
highlands in northeastern Nigeria, covering an area of approximately 2,000 square miles (5,200 square km) with an average elevation of 2,300 feet (700 m). Its highest point is Wiga Hill ...
(from the article "crystal") ...conduction electrons is constant, depending on neither temperature nor impurities. Metals conduct electricity at all temperatures, but for most metals the conductivity is best at low temperatures. Divalent atoms, such ...
(from the article "logic, history of") ...appears to have affirmed the law of excluded middle (for any proposition replacing "p," it is true that either p or not-p), but to have denied the principle of bivalence ...
any of more than 15,000 species of clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, and other members of the phylum Mollusca characterized by a shell that is divided from front to back into ... [11 Related Articles]
Japanese short-necked lute, distinguished by its graceful, pear-shaped body. The biwa has a shallow, rounded back and silk strings (usually four or five) attached to slender lateral ... [9 Related Articles]
(from the article "Japan") ...most famous is the anonymously written The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari), the various tales of which were first recited throughout the country by Buddhist troubadours called biwa hoshi. ...
largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in Shiga ken (prefecture), west-central Honshu. Approximately 40 miles (64 km) long from north to south, the lake covers an area ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Malvales") ...genera Cochlospermum and Amoreuxia) and Diegodendraceae (with genus Diegodendron) are former families that are now included in Bixaceae (which used to include only one genus, Bixa). The plants in Bixaceae ...
(from the article "Malvales") Cochlospermaceae (with genera Cochlospermum and Amoreuxia) and Diegodendraceae (with genus Diegodendron) are former families that are now included in Bixaceae (which used to include only one genus, Bixa). The plants ...
U.S. actor (b. Jan. 22, 1934, San Francisco, Calif.--d. Nov. 21, 1993, Los Angeles, Calif.), was best remembered for three starring television roles: as reporter Tim O'Hara on "My Favorite ...
(from the article "Altai Mountains") ...proper and the Mongolian Altai are crisscrossed by a network of turbulent, rapid rivers fed mainly by melted snow and summer rains, which occasion spring and summer floods. The Katun, ...
(from the article "Cameroon") Area: 475,442 sq km (183,569 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 18,060,000 | Capital: Yaounde | Chief of state: President Paul Biya | Head of government: Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni ...
city, Altay kray (region), central Russia. The city is situated on the right bank of the Biya River, just above the latter's confluence with the Katun, which then forms the ...
pottery manufactured at and near Imbe, Okayama ken (prefecture), on the Inland Sea of Japan, from at least the 6th century AD, in what was once Bizen province. Bizen ware ... [1 Related Articles]
French composer best remembered for his opera Carmen (1875). His realistic approach influenced the verismo school of opera at the end of the 19th ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Rwanda") ...of war crimes, many of them sick or elderly, were released because of prison congestion. The government called for greater efforts toward reconciliation. Pres. Paul Kagame pardoned former president Pasteur ...
(from the article "1988: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow for Rain ManAdapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton for Dangerous LiaisonsCinematography: Peter Biziou for Mississippi BurningArt Direction: Stuart Craig for Dangerous LiaisonsOriginal Score: Dave Grusin ...
(from the article "international relations") The Marshall Plan's manifold effects included the hardening of the division of Europe, the movement for integration within western Europe, and the creation of the two Germanies. "Bizonia," the product ...
Italian pathologist who, as professor of general pathology at the University of Turin, made it one of the most important European centres of medical scholarship. Among those who studied or ...
(from the article "European exploration") ...saga Karlsefnis), gives the story of the Norse discovery of Greenland in 982; the west coast was explored, and at least two settlements were established on it. About AD 1000, ...
Australian politician (b. Jan. 13, 1911, Dannevirke, N.Z.-d. April 23, 2005, Kingaroy, Queen., Australia), was the idiosyncratic right-wing premier of Queensland for a record 19 years (1968-87); he ruled with ...
Norwegian American meteorologist whose discovery that cyclones (low-pressure centres) originate as waves associated with sloping weather fronts that separate different air masses proved to be a major contribution to modern ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Skiing") The women's cross-country World Cup points race was a duel to the finish. Canadian Beckie Scott won four races but fell 17 points shy of overtaking defending champion Marit Bjorgen ...
well-preserved 7th-century monument in Blekinge, Swed. More than 12 ft (3 12 m) high, it bears a runic inscription, the exact interpretation of which has been much debated. The inscription ...
At the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen became only the third Olympian to win four gold medals at the same Winter ... [1 Related Articles]
Norwegian novelist, dramatist, essayist, and poet whose work was generally inspired by a sense of outrage at the misuse of power in the modern world. At the beginning of the ...
poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, editor, public speaker, theatre director, and one of the most prominent public figures in the Norway of his day. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for ...
British costume and set designer (b. Feb. 16, 1949, Paris, France-d. Dec. 13, 2002, London, Eng.), created imaginative and innovative designs for more than 125 opera, ballet, and theatre productions ...
the collection of Tibetan Buddhist sacred literature representing the "Word of the Buddha"-as distinct from the Bstan-'gyur ("Translation of Teachings"), or collection of commentaries and miscellaneous works. This body of ... [3 Related Articles]
Buddhist sect in Tibet. Its members are followers of the 11th-century teacher Mar-pa, who distinguished himself as a translator of Buddhist texts while continuing to live the life of a ... [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Atisa") Indian Buddhist reformer whose teachings formed the basis of the Tibetan Bka'-gdams-pa ("Those Bound by Command") sect of Buddhism, founded by his disciple 'Brom-ston.development of Tibetan Buddhism
(from the article "orthopteran") ...on ventral margins of middle and hindfemurs; ranging in size from 3 to 100 mm, with an average of about 12 mm; worldwide distribution; about 1,700 species.Mostly large species; ...
(from the article "hydrocarbon") ...in termites and in the digestive systems of plant-eating animals. Smaller quantities of alkanes also can be found in a variety of natural materials. The so-called aggregation pheromone whereby Blaberus ...
district, county of Leicestershire, south-central England. It covers the southern and western suburbs of the city of Leicester, in an arc around the city boundary from southeast to northwest, and ...
(from the article "Western sculpture") ...earlier, were reliefs, as it were, in reverse, cut into the surface so that a true relief only emerges from an impression. Among the earliest surviving examples of the great ...
(from the article "Madonna") ...Madonna and Child enthroned; the hodegetria ("she who points the way"), showing a standing Virgin holding the Child on her left arm (see photograph); and the blacherniotissa (from the Church ...
(from the article "church year") ...tongues that descended upon the Apostles when they received the Holy Spirit, and also at feasts of the Holy Cross, Apostles, and martyrs, as symbol of their bloody passions (sufferings ...
(from the article "angelfish") Among the better-known species are the black and gold angelfish (Centropyge bicolor) of the Indo-Pacific; the French angelfish, Pomacanthus paru (or P. arcuatus), a black and yellow species of the ...
member of a British auxiliary police force employed in Ireland against the republicans from July 1920 to July 1921. Their popular name derived from the name of a variety of ...
(from the article "Selected breeds of hounds") any of several breeds of dogs used primarily in hunting raccoons by scent. Coonhounds are noted for the melodious quality of their voices. The black and tan coonhound was bred ...
(from the article "wood warbler") ...parula warbler (Parula americana), which breeds in eastern North America, is pale blue, with white wing bars, a partial white eye ring, and a yellow breast crossed by a narrow ...
(from the article "Hungary") ...his subjects vast sums), and, above all, the mercenary standing army, 30,000 strong (largely composed of Hussite mercenaries and known after its commander, "Black John" Haugwitz, as the Black Army), ...
(from the article "Baraka, Amiri") In 1965 he founded the Black Arts Repertory Theatre in Harlem. He published much during this period, including Black Art (1966) and Black Magic (1969). In addition to poetry and ...
(from the article "ash") ..."white ash" is used for baseball bats, hockey sticks, paddles and oars, tennis and other racket frames, and the handles of shovels, spades, hoes, rakes, and other agricultural tools. The ...
(from the article "chemical industry") ...Leblanc process was to treat sodium chloride with sulfuric acid. This treatment produced sodium sulfate and hydrogen chloride. The sodium sulfate was then heated with limestone and coal to produce ...
(from the article "ship") ...to 1. The faster and thus shorter journeys meant that the shipowner could earn back his investment in two or three years. The Mayflower had taken 66 days to cross ...
California hooded robber believed to have held up some 28 stagecoaches from 1875 to 1883. Twice he left verse for the occasion, signed "Black Bart," the more famous being: "I've ...
(from the article "Congregationalism") The advent of Charles II was a disaster for Congregationalists, and the Act of Uniformity of 1662 was the first of several attempts to root them out of English life. ...
any of about six species of elongated freshwater fishes that constitute the genus Micropterus of the sunfish family, Centrarchidae (order Perciformes). Black basses are found in eastern North America. Two ...
the most common bear (family Ursidae), found in the forests of North America, including parts of Mexico. The American black bear consists of only one species, but its colour varies, ... [2 Related Articles]
physical region in Alabama and Mississippi, U.S., so named for its soil. The Black Belt is a fertile plain, generally 25-30 miles (40-50 km) wide and stretching approximately 300 miles ...
(from the article "humour") ...temperament and features. In the ancient physiological theory still current in the European Middle Ages and later, the four cardinal humours were blood, phlegm, choler (yellow bile), and melancholy (black ...
(from the article "Yi") The traditional Yi culture includes a hoe-based agriculture, livestock herding, and hunting. A caste system formerly divided the Yi into three groups. The Black Bone Yi, the ruling group, were ...
(from the article "dance") ...led to other forms of social dance as Western music fell under the influence of the descendants of African slaves in America. During the jazz era of the 1920s, dances ...
(from the article "Dioscoreaceae") A few species are cultivated as ornamentals. Black bryony (Tamus communis) is a European perennial vine with yellow flowers, poisonous red berries, and poisonous blackish root tubers. Dioscorea is a ...
(from the article "buffalo weaver") either of the two African birds constituting the subfamily Bubalornithinae of the family Ploceidae. The more widespread species is the black buffalo weaver, or oxbird (Bubalornis albirostris); it is black, ...
(from the article "caiman") Caimans are placed in three genera: Caiman includes the broad-snouted (C. latirostris) and spectacled (C. crocodilus) caimans; Melanosuchus, the black caiman (M. niger); and Paleosuchus, two species (P. trigonatus and ...
natural area in western Colorado, U.S., encompassing a deep, narrow gorge 15 miles (24 km) east of Montrose. It was established as a national monument in 1933 and was elevated ...
(from the article "caracara") Other species occurring in South America include the chimango, or beetle eater (Milvago chimango), and the black caracara (Daptrius ater). The smaller South American species eat insects.
(from the article "pen drawing") Inks of various types used in pen studies contribute additional diversity to the final effects. Historically, three types of ink were most frequently used. One was black carbon ink, made ...
(from the article "catbird") ...North American catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), of the family Mimidae (order Passeriformes), is 23 cm (9 inches) long and is gray, with a black cap. It frequents gardens and thickets. The ...
(from the article "Rosales") The wood of Prunus serotina (black cherry) and P. avium (European wild, or sweet, cherry) is used to make high-quality furniture, and the wood of Pyrus communis (pear) is also ...
(from the article "Esquipulas") ...large; it derives its great importance from its magnificent colonial church, now Central America's greatest pilgrimage centre, built in 1737 by the archbishop of Guatemala to house the spectacular Black ...
in U.S. history, any of numerous laws enacted in the states of the former Confederacy after the American Civil War and intended to assure the continuance of white supremacy. Enacted ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "bugbane") In North America the American bugbane, or summer cohosh (C. americana), about 120 cm (4 feet) tall, and the black cohosh, or black snakeroot (C. racemosa; see photograph), about 180 ...
(from the article "Southern Africa") ...late 1960s cracks had begun to appear in the National Party's edifice of control. It subsequently confronted multiple crises, as black opposition again broke to the surface with the emergence ...
(from the article "coral") Stony corals (order Madreporaria or Scleractinia) number about 1,000 species; black corals and thorny corals (Antipatharia), about 100 species; horny corals, or gorgonians (Gorgonacea), about 1,200 species; and blue corals ...
