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- (from the article "flicker") ...the West (to Alaska) by the red-shafted flicker (C. cafer), considered by many authorities to represent the same species as the yellow-shafted because the two forms hybridize frequently. The campos, ...
- Campos, Augusto de
- (from the article "Campos, Haroldo de; and Campos, Augusto de") The Campos brothers and Pignatari published Teoria da poesia concreta in 1965. Haroldo and Augusto were also both known as translators; between them they translated into Portuguese works of Ezra ...
- Campos, Haroldo de; and Campos, Augusto de
- poets and literary critics, best known as the prime movers in the creation of Brazilian concrete poetry in the 1950s.
- Campos, Haroldo Eurico Browne de
- Brazilian poet (b. Aug. 19, 1929, Sao Paulo, Braz.-d. Aug. 16, 2003, Sao Paulo), founded a modernist literary movement known for its concrete poetry. He and his compatriots called themselves ... [1 Related Articles]
- Campos, Roberto de Oliveira
- Brazilian politician and diplomat (b. April 17, 1917, Cuiaba, Mato Grosso state, Braz.-d. Oct. 9, 2001, Rio de Janeiro, Braz.), served in a number of capacities during his career, including ...
- Campra, Andre
- one of the most important French composers of operas and sacred music of the early 18th century. [1 Related Articles]
- Camptosaurus
- large herbivorous dinosaurs found as fossils in western Europe and western North America that lived from the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous Period.
- Camptostoma imberbe
- (from the article "tyrannulet") ...is given to members of about 20 genera within the family. Fairly typical of the group and among the most widely distributed are the 9-centimetre (3.5-inch) beardless tyrannulets of the ...
- Camptostoma obsoletum
- (from the article "tyrannulet") ...beardless tyrannulets of the genus Camptostoma. The northern form, C. imberbe, occurs north to Texas and Arizona (where it is called the beardless flycatcher), and the southern form, C. obsoletum, ...
- campu
- (from the article "South Asian arts") ...of rhetoric rather indebted to Sanskrit rhetoricians, containing the first descriptions of the Kannada country, people, and dialects, with references to earlier works. From the 10th century on, campu narratives ...
- Campulung
- town, Arges judet (county), south-central Romania. It lies along the Targului River at the foot of the Iezer and Papusa mountains of the Transylvanian Alps. Originally it was a frontier ... [1 Related Articles]
- campus
- (from the article "garden and landscape design") Campus design begins when publicly accessible buildings grow into complexes of two or more, for religious, commercial, industrial, governmental, or educational use. Instead of or in addition to simple front-yard ...
- Campus Martius
- in ancient Rome, a floodplain of the Tiber River, the site of the altar of Mars and the temple of Apollo in the 5th century BC. Originally used primarily as ... [1 Related Articles]
- Campus Vogladensis, Battle of
- (from the article "Alaric II") Alaric tried to maintain his father's treaty with the Franks, but Clovis, the Frankish king, made the Visigoths' Arianism a pretext for war. In 507 the Visigoths were defeated in ...
- campylite
- (from the article "mimetite") ...crystals or rounded masses) but is less common. Mimetite also forms a continuous solid-solution series with vanadinite in which vanadium replaces mimetite's arsenic in the crystal structure. Campylite is any ...
- campylobacter
- group of spiral-shaped bacteria that can cause human diseases such as campylobacter enteritis (campylobacteriosis), which begins abruptly with fever, headache, diarrhea, and significant abdominal pain.
- Campylobacter jejuni
- (from the article "nutritional disease") Most cases of foodborne illness are caused by bacteria and the toxins they produce. Campylobacter jejuni, found in raw or undercooked foods of animal origin, especially poultry, ...
- campylobacteriosis
- (from the article "nutrition common microbes that") group of spiral-shaped bacteria that can cause human diseases such as campylobacter enteritis (campylobacteriosis), which begins abruptly with fever, headache, diarrhea, and significant abdominal pain.
- camshaft
- in internal-combustion engines, rotating shaft with attached disks of irregular shape (the cams), which actuate the intake and exhaust valves of the cylinders. The cams and the camshaft are usually ... [2 Related Articles]
- Camu River
- river in north-central and northeastern Dominican Republic. Its headstreams rise in the Cordillera Central near La Vega. Other tributaries flow from the Cordillera Septentrional near Moca. The Camu, about 50 ...
- Camunda
- (from the article "Saptamatrka") ...of a god. They are Brahmani, Mahesvari, Kaumari, Vaisnavi, Varahi, Indrani, and Camunda, or Yami. (One text, the Varaha-Purana, states that they number eight, including Yogesvari, created out of the ...
- Camunian art
- (from the article "Western sculpture") Although engraving played a minor role in the case of the menhir statuary mentioned earlier, relations do exist between the sculpted works and the Camunian images of Monte Bego. The ...
- Camus, Albert
- French novelist, essayist, and playwright, best known for such novels as L'Etranger (1942; The Stranger), La Peste (1947; The Plague), and La Chute (1956; The Fall) and for his work ... [13 Related Articles]
- Camus, Marcel
- French motion-picture director who won international acclaim for his second film, Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) in 1958. The film was praised for its use of exotic settings and brilliant spectacle ... [1 Related Articles]
- Can Hasan
- (from the article "Anatolia") ...communal defense, which was accomplished by means of a circuit wall or-as in Hacilar-a continuous wall formed by the outside rear walls of contiguous houses. At Hacilar and Can Hasan, ...
- Can Tho
- city, southeastern Vietnam. Situated on the left bank of the Hau Giang River, 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), it is an industrial centre ...
- CAN-SPAM Act
- (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...Jeffrey B. Goodin, became the first person found guilty by a jury of having violated the 2003 federal law that banned unsolicited e-mail with false return-address information. Goodin violated the ...
- Cana
- (from the article "South American Indian") Among the chiefdoms were the Chibcha of highland Ecuador (the greatest chiefdom of them all) and the Coconuco, Pijao, Paez, Puruha, Cana, and Palta of the northern Andes; the Jirajara ...
- Canaan
- area variously defined in historical and biblical literature, but always centred on Palestine. Its original pre-Israelite inhabitants were called Canaanites. The names Canaan and Canaanite occur in cuneiform, Egyptian, and ... [8 Related Articles]
- Canaan dog
- breed of herding dog developed in Israel in the 20th century from semiwild pariah dogs that were the descendants of animals present in the region since biblical times. Over time ...
- Canaanite inscriptions
- a group of 11 inscriptions recovered from bowls and other utensils found in several archaeological sites in Palestine dating from approximately the 16th to 13th century BC. Because they have ... [2 Related Articles]
- Canaanite languages
- group of Northern Central or Northwestern Semitic languages including Hebrew, Moabite, Phoenician, and Punic. They were spoken in ancient times in Palestine, on the coast of Syria, and in scattered ... [1 Related Articles]
- Canaanite religion
- (from the article "Canaanite religion") beliefs and practices prevalent in ancient Palestine and Syria during the 2nd and 1st millennia BC, centring primarily on the deities El, Baal, and Anath (qq.v.). From time to time ...
- Canada
- second largest country in the world in area (after Russia), occupying roughly the northern two-fifths of the continent of North America. [219 Related Articles]
- Canada
- Canada Act
- Canada's constitution approved by the British Parliament on March 25, 1982, and proclaimed by Queen Elizabeth II on April 17, 1982, making Canada wholly independent. The document contains the original ... [2 Related Articles]
- Canada balsam
- oleoresin consisting of a viscous yellowish to greenish liquid exuded by the balsam fir of North America, Abies balsamea. It is actually a turpentine, belonging to the class of oleoresins ... [1 Related Articles]
- Canada Basin
- (from the article "Arctic Ocean") ...origin of the Amerasia Basin. The Makarov Basin lies between the Alpha Cordillera and the Lomonosov Ridge, and its floor is at a depth of 13,200 feet. The largest subbasin ...
- Canada bluegrass
- (from the article "bluegrass") ...grass in the northern states and is common in open areas and along roadsides. It is 30 to 100 cm (12 to 40 inches) tall, with soft, blue-green leaves; its ...
- Canada Company
- organization instrumental in colonizing much of the western part of Upper Canada (now Ontario). Many residents of Upper Canada had incurred losses during the War of 1812 and subsequently claimed ...
- Canada Council for the Arts
- (from the article "Canada") ...provide some form of financial assistance for the arts and for cultural organizations within their borders, and many have advisory and funding councils for the arts. At the national level, ...
- Canada Day
- the national holiday of Canada. The possibility of a confederation between the colonies of British North America was discussed throughout the mid 1800s. On July 1, 1867, a dominion was ...
- Canada East
- in Canadian history, the region in Canada that corresponds with modern southern Quebec. From 1791 to 1841 the region was known as Lower Canada and from 1841 to 1867 as ... [6 Related Articles]
- Canada goose
- a brown-backed, light-breasted goose with a black head and neck. It has white cheeks that flash when the bird shakes its head before taking flight. The various subspecies range in ... [3 Related Articles]
- Canada lynx
- (from the article "boreal forest") ...Its feet are large in proportion to its body size, a snowshoelike adaptation for weight distribution that allows the hare to travel over the surface of snow rather than sink ...
- Canada moonseed
- (from the article "moonseed") ...of woody vines constituting the genus Menispermum of the family Menispermaceae (order Ranunculales). They occur in East Asia, eastern North America, and Mexico. The North American species, Canada moonseed, or ...
- Canada Pension Plan
- (from the article "Canada") ...There are a number of social security and social assistance programs. The Family Allowance Act has been a unique feature of the Canadian social security system since its inception in ...
- Canada Steamship Lines
- (from the article "Martin, Paul") ...social policy. The younger Martin attended the University of Toronto, graduating from its law school in 1964, and was called to the bar in 1966. He did not practice law, ...
- Canada West
- in Canadian history, the region in Canada now known as Ontario. From 1791 to 1841 the region was known as Upper Canada and from 1841 to 1867 as Canada West, ... [6 Related Articles]
- Canada wild rye
- (from the article "wild rye") ...forage grasses in the family Poaceae that are native to temperate and cool parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Giant wild rye (Elymus cinereus), Virginia wild rye (E. virginicus), and Canada ...
- Canada, Anglican Church of
- self-governing Anglican church that dates from the Church of England congregations established in Canada during the 18th century. In 1750 Canada's first Anglican church was built in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... [2 Related Articles]
- Canada, Bank of
- Canada's central bank, established under the Bank of Canada Act (1934). It was founded during the Great Depression to regulate credit and currency. The bank commenced operations on March 11, ... [3 Related Articles]
- Canada, flag of
- vertically striped red-white-red national flag with a large, central red maple leaf. It has a width-to-length ratio of 1 to 2. [2 Related Articles]
- Canada, history of
- (from the article "Canada") HistoryAmerican RevolutionAmerican RevolutionLand campaigns to 1778Meanwhile, action flared in the north. In the fall of 1775 the Americans invaded Canada. ...
- Canada, Province of
- (from the article "Charlottetown Conference") ...first of a series of meetings that ultimately led to the formation of the Dominion of Canada. In 1864 a conference was planned to discuss the possibility of a union ...
- Canada-United States Automotive Products Agreement
- (from the article "Canada") Prosperity kept pace in Central Canada. The Canada-United States Automotive Products Agreement (Autopact), concluded in 1965, finally began to pay dividends as U.S.-owned carmakers built new assembly plants in Ontario ...
- Canaday, John
- (from the article "art criticism") ...The New York Times and Time magazine began to cover art events, often in controversial depth, as the critical reporting of Edward Alden Jewell and John Canaday ...
- Canadian Airborne Regiment
- (from the article "Canada") ...recession, political fragmentation along regional lines, and a resurgence of the independence movement in Quebec. In early 1995 Canada's self-image was tarnished when the government disbanded the Canadian Airborne Regiment, ...
- Canadian Alliance
- former Canadian populist conservative political party, largely based in the western provinces. [5 Related Articles]
- Canadian Amateur Hockey League
- (from the article "ice hockey") In 1899 the Canadian Amateur Hockey League was formed. All hockey in Canada at the time was "amateur," it being "ungentlemanly" to admit to being paid for athletic services. Thus ...
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- public broadcasting service over AM and FM radio networks and television networks in English and French, two national cable television channels, and shortwave radio, among other media in Canada. Advertising ... [7 Related Articles]
- Canadian buffalo berry
- (from the article "buffalo berry") A smaller relative, the Canadian buffalo berry (S. canadensis), grows to about 2.5 m high, has oval leaves that are silvery only on the underside, and occurs on wooded banks ...
- Canadian canoe
- (from the article "canoe") There are two main forms of the canoe. The modern recreational or sport Canadian canoe is open from end to end; it is propelled with a paddle having a single ...
- Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- (from the article "commerce, chamber of") ...in expanding home and overseas trade. The first was established in Halifax in 1750, and the next in Montreal in 1822. Coordination is provided by seven provincial offices. The national ...
- Canadian Confederation
- (from the article "Canada Act") ...by the British Parliament on March 25, 1982, and proclaimed by Queen Elizabeth II on April 17, 1982, making Canada wholly independent. The document contains the original statute that established ...
- Canadian Congress of Labour
- (from the article "organized labour") ...next year these CIO unions joined the remnants of the All-Canadian Congress of Labour, which had formed in 1927 on the dual principles of industrial unionism and Canadian nationalism, to ...
- Canadian Conservation Institute
- (from the article "museum, operation of") ...work, providing advanced scientific equipment for the analysis, dating, and identification of materials. Some museums are served by independent conservation laboratories, an example of which is the Canadian Conservation Institute, ...
- Canadian Corps
- (from the article "Canada") ...where German forces first used poison gas as a weapon. As more volunteers came forward, Borden increased the authorized force levels. By the spring of 1917, four Canadian divisions, constituting ...
- Canadian deuterium-uranium reactor
- (from the article "nuclear reactor") Canada focused its developmental efforts on reactors that would utilize abundant domestic natural uranium as fuel without having to resort to enrichment services that could be supplied only by other ...
- Canadian Federal Election of 2008
- On October 14, 2008, Canadians voted to return Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party to power, though again without a parliamentary majority. The Conservatives captured 143 seats (a ...
- Canadian Federation of Camping and Caravanning
- (from the article "camping") ...to local clubs, but there are two large-scale national organizations in the United States (National Campers and Hikers Association and North American Family Campers Association) and one in Canada (Canadian ...
- Canadian Film Development Corporation
- (from the article "Canada") ...winning both awards from film festivals around the world a reputation for the country as a leading international centre of documentary filmmaking. In 1967 the federal government established the Canadian ...
- Canadian Football Council
- (from the article "football, gridiron") ...requirement for players and limiting "imports" to five. The limit was raised from five to seven in 1950, then to eight in 1952, nine in 1954, and eventually 16. The ...
- Canadian Football League
- major Canadian professional gridiron football organization, formed in 1956 as the Canadian Football Council, created by the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU) and the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU). Though ... [2 Related Articles]
- Canadian French
- (from the article "Romance languages") Outside France, the French of Canada, originally probably of northwestern dialect type, has developed the most individual features. Although 18th-century Canadian French was regarded as exceptionally "pure" by metropolitan commentators, ...
- Canadian goldenrod
- (from the article "goldenrod") Some species are clump plants with many stems; others have only one stem and few branches. Canadian goldenrod (S. canadensis) has hairy, toothed, lance-shaped leaves and hairy stems; it is ...
- Canadian high
- large atmospheric high-pressure centre produced by the low temperatures over northern Canada. Its cold, dense air does not extend above 3 km (2 miles). The high's location east of the ...
- Canadian Highway Act
- (from the article "roads and highways") The Canadian Highway Act of 1919 provided for a system of 40,000 kilometres (25,000 miles) of highways and provided for a federal allotment for construction not to exceed 40 percent ...
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- major commercial banking company operating in Canada and other countries. Headquarters are in Toronto.
- Canadian Kennel Club
- (from the article "dog") ...A purebred dog is considered to be one whose genealogy is traceable for three generations within the same breed. National registries, such as the American Kennel Club (AKC) in the ...
- Canadian Labour Congress
- nationwide association of labour unions in Canada, comprising both wholly Canadian "national" unions and "international" unions that are Canadian branches of unions based in the United States. The CLC was ... [3 Related Articles]
- Canadian literature
- the body of written works produced by Canadians. Reflecting the country's dual origin and its official bilingualism, the literature of Canada can be split into two major divisions: English and ... [16 Related Articles]
- Canadian National Exhibition
- (from the article "Toronto") In 1967 the Metropolitan Toronto Corporation assumed responsibility for the Canadian National Exhibition-reputed to be the world's largest annual exhibition-which was first launched in 1879 as the Toronto Industrial Exhibition. ...
- Canadian National Railway Company
- corporation created by the Canadian government in 1918 to operate a number of nationalized railroads (including the old Grand Trunk lines, the Intercolonial Railway, the National Transcontinental Railway, and the ... [5 Related Articles]
- Canadian Northern Railway
- (from the article "Canada") ...transcontinental railways in a country that was yet little more than a narrow corridor from east to west, two Canadian private entrepreneurs, William Mackenzie and Donald Mann, built or bought ...
- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
- privately owned company that operates one of Canada's two transcontinental railroad systems. The company was established to complete a transcontinental railroad that the government had begun under the agreement by ... [6 Related Articles]
- Canadian Press
- (from the article "news agency") ...foreign news. Germany since 1949 has built Deutsche-Presse Agentur into one of the more important news agencies in Europe, including extensive exchange with other national services. In Canada the Canadian ...
- Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
- (from the article "Canada") Canadian broadcasting is regulated by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, which was established in 1968. It authorizes the establishment of networks and private stations and specifies how much of ...
- Canadian Red Ensign
- (from the article "Canada, flag of") ...four original provinces-Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. In 1892 this shield became a badge on the British Red Ensign, which served as a special civil ensign (later called ...
- Canadian River
- river that rises in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, northeastern New Mexico, U.S., and flows southward across the Las Vegas Plains, cutting a gorge nearly 1,500 feet (450 m) deep ... [1 Related Articles]
- Canadian Rockies
- segment of the Rocky Mountains, extending southeastward for about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from northern British Columbia, Canada, and forming nearly half the 900-mile (1,500-kilometre) border between the provinces of ... [3 Related Articles]
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- (from the article "Canada") ...law and order in their communities. Most large municipalities maintain their own forces, but others engage the provincial police or the RCMP, under contract, to attend to police matters. In ...
- Canadian Shield
- one of the world's largest geologic continental shields, centred on Hudson Bay and extending for 8,000,000 square km (3,000,000 square miles) over eastern, central, and northwestern Canada from the Great ... [21 Related Articles]
- Canadian thistle
- (from the article "thistle") ...which have dense heads of small, usually pink or purple flowers. Plants of the genus Carduus, sometimes called plumeless thistles, have spiny stems and flower heads without ray flowers. Canadian ...
- Canadian waterweed
- (from the article "Elodea") ...and oxygen production during photosynthesis. They are also important occasionally outside their natural range (North America) as an obstacle to lake navigation. In Europe, for example, the Canadian waterweed (Elodea ...
- Canadian whisky
- (from the article "whiskey") The Canadian whisky industry began in the early 19th century. Canadian whiskys are light in body and flavour and are always blends of both highly flavoured and neutral grain whiskys. ...
- Canadian wild ginger
- (from the article "wild ginger") Canadian wild ginger, or snakeroot (A. canadense), grows about 15 to 30 cm (6 to 12 inches) tall in shady woods in eastern North America. It usually bears two heart-shaped, ...
- Canadian Zone
- (from the article "New Mexico") ...higher elevations, better stands are a result of more abundant rainfall. The Transition Zone, covering some 19,000 square miles (49,000 square km), is identified chiefly by the ponderosa pine. The ...
- Canadian-American Challenge Cup
- trophy of a series of automobile races that took place annually from 1966 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1986. It was sponsored jointly by the Sports Car Club of ...
- canahua
- (from the article "South America") ...of Asia. The potato, which originated in the high Andes, became a dietary staple of many European nations. Several other plants were domesticated in South American environments, such as quinoa ...
- Canaima, Parque Nacional
- (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...one of the richest collections of plant and animal life in the Amazon basin, including more than 1,000 species of birds. Venezuela's effort to protect habitats led to the establishment ...
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