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de jure census: (from the article "census") Modern censuses refer to a precisely delimited territory and subareas and, for this reason, are normally planned and conducted with the aid of detailed maps. They aim to enumerate every ...
de Klerk, F.W.: politician who as president of South Africa (1989-94) brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country. He and ... [8 Related Articles]
De Kogge: (from the article "Enschede") ...Catholic and Dutch Reformed churches, and the modern synagogue. There is a technical school for textiles, as well as the University of Twente (1961), and Enschede is the triennial meeting ...
de Kooning, Elaine: American painter, teacher, and art critic who is perhaps best known for her portraits.
de Kooning, Willem: Dutch-born American painter who was one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism, particularly the form known as Action painting. During the 1930s and '40s de Kooning worked simultaneously in ... [10 Related Articles]
De Koven, Reginald: American composer, conductor, and critic who helped establish the style of American light opera.
De la Gardie, Jacob Pontusson, Count: Swedish statesman and soldier who was mainly responsible for introducing advanced Dutch military methods into Sweden. He commanded the Swedish forces in Russia and against Poland and later served as ...
De la Gardie, Magnus Gabriel, Greve: Swedish statesman, head of Charles XI's administration from 1660 to 1680. During the youth of Charles XI, he headed the Council of Regency; when Charles became of age (1672), he ... [1 Related Articles]
de la Hoya, Oscar: (from the article "Boxing") ...pressure from the growing popularity of mixed martial arts, boxing enjoyed a surprisingly good year in 2007, thanks in large part to the May 5 bout between American rivals Floyd ...
de la Mare, Peter: (from the article "United Kingdom") ...needed to be dealt with. As in previous crises, a committee consisting of four bishops, four earls, and four barons was set up to take responsibility for the reforms. Then, ...
de la Mare, Walter: British poet and novelist with an unusual power to evoke the ghostly, evanescent moments in life. [2 Related Articles]
de la Pole, Sir Michael: (from the article "Richard II") ...By 1383 his personal initiative showed in the choice of his friends and counselors, including two figures of particular importance-Sir Simon Burley, his former tutor, and Burley's ally, Sir Michael ...
de la Renta, Oscar: Dominican-born American fashion designer whose work, blending European luxury with American ease, helped define standards of elegant dressing among society circles in the late 20th and the early 21st century.
De la Rey, Jacobus Hercules: a talented and popular Boer leader in the South African War. [1 Related Articles]
de la Roche, Mazo: Canadian author whose series of novels about the Whiteoak family of Jalna (the name of their estate) made her one of the most popular "family saga" novelists of the period ...
de la Rua, Fernando: (from the article "Argentina") ...of their southern borders, and in October 1998 Menem paid a state visit to the United Kingdom. Commercial flights were resumed between the islands and the Argentine mainland in 1999. ...
De la Rue, Warren: English pioneer in astronomical photography, the method by which nearly all modern astronomical observations are made.
De La Soul: American rap group whose debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising (1989), was one of the most influential albums in hip-hop history. The members were Posdnuos (byname ...
de la Vega, Aurelio: (from the article "Latin American music") ...was particularly significant in the development of electronic music in his country; Brouwer was one of the most original figures of the Cuban avant-garde and an innovative writer for the ...
De La Warr, Thomas West, 12th Baron: one of the English founders of Virginia, for whom Delaware Bay, the Delaware River, and the state of Delaware were named. [1 Related Articles]
De Land: city, seat (1888) of Volusia county, northeastern Florida, U.S. It is situated just east of the St. Johns River, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Daytona Beach. The area's ...
de Laval turbine: (from the article "turbine") ...the stationary and moving blade passages. In addition, he subsequently built the first practical large marine steam turbines. During the 1880s Carl G.P. de Laval of Sweden constructed small reaction ...
de Leon Carpio, Ramiro: Guatemalan politician (b. Jan. 12, 1942, Guatemala City, Guat.-found dead April 16, 2002, Miami, Fla.), as a longtime opponent of racial oppression, helped draft his country's constitution in 1984 and ...
De Leon, Daniel: American socialist, one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). He was one of the chief propagandists for socialism in the early American labour movement, but ...
De Long Islands: (from the article "New Siberian Islands") The New Siberian Islands consist of three groups: to the south the Lyakhovskye Islands, separated by Sannikova Strait from the New Siberian Islands proper, and to the northeast the small ...
De Long, George Washington: American explorer whose disastrous Arctic expedition gave evidence of a continuous ocean current across the polar regions. [1 Related Articles]
De Mambro, Joseph: (from the article "Solar Temple, Order of the") The Solar Temple was founded in Geneva in 1984 by Luc Jouret, a homeopathic physician and New Age lecturer, and Joseph De Mambro. Its headquarters was later moved to Zurich, ...
de Man, Paul: Belgian-born literary critic, one of the major proponents of the critical theory known as deconstruction. [2 Related Articles]
de Marca, Pierre: (from the article "Europe, history of") ...historian John Selden repeated medium aevum, Anglicizing the term in 1614 to middle times and in 1618 to middle ages. In 1641 the French historian Pierre de ...
De Marchi, Emilio: (from the article "Italian literature") ...Capuana, this was Sicily. Matilde Serao, on the other hand, has given a detailed and colourful reportage of the Neapolitan scene, while Renato Fucini conveyed the atmosphere of traditional Tuscany. ...
de Marco, Guido: (from the article "Malta") Area: 315 sq km (122 sq mi) | Population (2004 est.): 401,000 | Capital: Valletta | Chief of state: Presidents Guido de Marco and, from April 4, Eddie Fenech Adami ...
de Maziere, Lothar: (from the article "Germany") ...of a multiparty system. With the overthrow of the ruling communist regime in East Germany's first free elections, on March 18, 1990, it was this rump party that took power ...
de Mille, Agnes: American dancer and choreographer who further developed the narrative aspect of dance and made innovative use of American themes, folk dances, and physical idioms in her choreography of musical plays ... [5 Related Articles]
De Mille, James: Canadian author of more than 30 novels with a wide range of appeal, particularly noted for his wit and humour.
de Millimete gun: (from the article "military technology") The earliest known gunpowder weapons vaguely resembled an old-fashioned soda bottle or a deep-throated mortar and pestle. The earliest such weapon, depicted in the English de Millimete manuscript, was some ...
De Minh: (from the article "Vietnam") According to legend, the first ruler of the Vietnamese people was King De Minh, a descendant of a mythical Chinese ruler who was the father of Chinese agriculture. De Minh ...
De Morgan laws: (from the article "De Morgan, Augustus") English mathematician and logician whose major contributions to the study of logic include the formulation of De Morgan's laws and work leading to the development of the theory of relations ...
De Morgan, Augustus: English mathematician and logician whose major contributions to the study of logic include the formulation of De Morgan's laws and work leading to the development of the theory of relations ... [5 Related Articles]
de Morgan, William: (from the article "pottery") ...by the level to which popular taste had sunk. Among them was the English poet and designer William Morris, who founded a firm of interior decorators and manufacturers in 1861. ...
de Niese, Danielle: In April 2008 the first solo CD by the Australian-born American soprano Danielle de Niese, Handel Arias (2007), won the Orphee d'Or from the Academie du Disque Lyrique in Paris ...
De Niro, Robert: American actor famous for his uncompromising portrayals of violent and abrasive characters. [4 Related Articles]
de Oliveira, Joao Carlos: Brazilian athlete who set a world record in the triple jump at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City with a jump of 17.89 m (58 ft 8.25 in); ...
De Palma Manufacturing Company: (from the article "De Palma, Ralph") ...and won the 1915 Indianapolis 500. On Feb. 12, 1919, at Daytona Beach, Fla., he set a world speed record for one mile: 149.875 miles (241.15 km) per hour. He ...
De Palma, Brian: American motion-picture director and screenwriter best noted for his usually stylish, often graphic horror-suspense films that draw heavily on the work of director Alfred Hitchcock. [1 Related Articles]
De Palma, Ralph: American automobile-racing driver, one of the most popular and successful competitors in the early days of the sport.
De Paolis, Luciano: (from the article "Monti, Eugenio") Monti capped off a tremendous 1968 season with an Olympic gold medal in the two-man bobsled. Tying with the Germans at the end of the competition, Monti and his brakeman ...
De Pere: (from the article "Green Bay") ...Wisconsin, U.S. It is situated where the Fox River empties into Green Bay (an inlet of Lake Michigan), about 110 miles (180 km) north of Milwaukee. Green Bay's metropolitan area ...
de Prada, Juan Manuel: (from the article "Literature") ...his novel Carta blanca, a book that told the story of a man whose life elapses parallel to the convoluted events in Spain during the 1920s and '30s. The National ...
De Quincey, Thomas: English essayist and critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. De Quincey's biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge appeared in the eighth edition of the [2 Related Articles]
De Roberto, Federico: (from the article "Italian literature") ...put down in an unfamiliar milieu and-as would happen in real life-left to pick up the threads from gossip and chance remarks. Another verista, Federico De Roberto, ...
De Rossa, Proinsias: (from the article "Democratic Left") ...the Workers' Party in 1992 and went on to serve in the government of the Irish republic between 1994 and 1997. In 1999 the party was incorporated into the Labour ...
De Ruyter, Michiel Adriaanszoon: Dutch seaman and one of his country's greatest admirals. His brilliant naval victories in the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch wars enabled the United Provinces to maintain a balance of power ... [4 Related Articles]
De Sanctis, Francesco: Italian literary critic whose work contributed significantly to the understanding of Italian literature and civilization. [2 Related Articles]
De Santis, Giuseppe: Italian film director whose Riso amaro (Bitter Rice) was considered the first successful Neorealist film and established his career; in 1995 he was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at ...
De Santis, Pasqualino: (from the article "1968: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Mel Brooks for The ProducersAdapted Screenplay: James Goldman for The Lion in WinterCinematography: Pasqualino De Santis for Romeo and JulietArt Direction: John Box and Terence Marsh for Oliver!Original ...
De Sica, Vittorio: film director and actor who was a major figure in the Italian Neorealist movement. [10 Related Articles]
De Sitter model: (from the article "Sitter, Willem de") De Sitter's concept of the universe differed in some respects from that of Einstein. Einstein's relativistic conception of curved space led him to envision the universe as static and unchanging ...
de Smedt, Edward: (from the article "roads and highways") ...bitumen to draw upon and where engineers were therefore forced to study the principles behind the behaviour of this material. The first steps came in the 1860s, with the work ...
De Smet: city, seat (1880) of Kingsbury county, east-central South Dakota, U.S. It lies about 70 miles (110 km) northwest of Sioux Falls, about halfway between Huron (west) and Brookings (east). It ...
de Sousa, Mauricio: (from the article "Literature") ...A ditadura encurralada (2004), the fourth volume, dealt with the years 1974-77. The Pan American Health Organization awarded its 2003 Champion of Health in the Americas prize to Mauricio de ...
de Souza, Isidore: Benin religious figure who served as Roman Catholic archbishop of Cotonou from 1991; he was a major force in his country's transition to a multiparty democracy (b. April 4, 1934, ...
De Souza, Ivo: Jamaican diplomat who served as a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II and in 1953 founded the British Caribbean Welfare Service, which he headed until 1962, when he ...
De Tham: Vietnamese resistance fighter and enemy of French colonialism during the first two decades of French rule in Indochina.
de Toni-Fanconi syndrome: a metabolic disorder affecting kidney transport, characterized by the failure of the kidney tubules to reabsorb water, phosphate, potassium, glucose, amino acids, and other substances. When the disorder is accompanied ... [2 Related Articles]
De Toth, Andre: Hungarian-born film and television director (b. May 15, 1913?, Mako, Austria-Hungary-d. Oct. 27, 2002, Burbank, Calif.), made a number of raw, violent, and psychologically disturbing B movies, including Ramrod (1947), ...
de Tott, Baron Francois: (from the article "Mustafa III") ...on the central government's inability to extend its authority over the local rulers (a'yan) of its provinces in Europe and Asia. Assisted by Baron Francois de Tott, ...
de Valera, Eamon: Irish politician and patriot, prime minister (1932-48, 1951-54, 1957-59), and president (1959-73). An active revolutionary from 1913, he became president of Sinn Fein in 1918 and founded the Fianna Fail ... [12 Related Articles]
de Valois, Dame Ninette: Irish dancer, choreographer, and founder of the company that in October 1956 became the Royal Ballet. She was influential in establishing ballet in England. [2 Related Articles]
de Varona, Donna: American athlete and sportscaster who, after a record-breaking amateur career as a swimmer, established herself as an advocate for women's and girls' sports opportunities.
de Vaucouleurs classification: (from the article "galaxy") Other classification schemes similar to Hubble's follow his pattern but subdivide the galaxies differently. A notable example of one such system is that of de Vaucouleurs. This scheme, which has ...
de Vaucouleurs, Gerard Henri: French-born U.S. astronomer whose pioneering studies of distant galaxies contributed to knowledge of the age and large-scale structure of the universe (b. April 25, 1918--d. Oct. 7, 1995). [1 Related Articles]
de Villepin, Dominique: French diplomat, politician, and writer who served as interior minister (2004-05) and prime minister (2005-07) in the neo-Gaullist administration of Pres. Jacques Chirac. [5 Related Articles]
de Villiers, Dawie: South African rugby union player who was one of the sport's greatest scrum halves and captain of the South African national team, the Springboks, from 1965 to 1970. After his ...
De Vinna, Clyde: (from the article "1928/29: Other Winners") Writing: Hans Kraly for The PatriotCinematography: Clyde De Vinna for White Shadows in the South SeasArt Direction: Cedric Gibbons for The Bridge of San Luis Rey and other pictures
De Vinne, Theodore L.: American author of many scholarly books on the history of typography.
de Vosjoli, Philippe Thyraud: (from the article "intelligence") The SDECE and DGSE have been shaken by numerous scandals. In 1968, for example, Philippe Thyraud de Vosjoli, who had been an important officer in the French intelligence system for ...
De Voto, Bernard: American novelist, journalist, historian, and critic, best known for his works on American literature and the history of the Western frontier.
De Vries, Peter: American editor and novelist widely known as a satirist, linguist, and comic visionary. [1 Related Articles]
de Vries, Theun: (from the article "Literature") In 2005 Dutch readers marked the passing of several writers who held unusual positions in the literary landscape: Theun de Vries, an extremely prolific and talented writer; Nel Benschop, the ...
De Vries, William C.: (from the article "artificial heart") ...that greatly aided the development of permanent artificial hearts. One such device, designed by American physician Robert K. Jarvik, was surgically implanted into a patient by American surgeon William C. ...
de Weert, Sebald: (from the article "Sri Lanka") ...support against his adversaries. The first Dutch envoy, Joris van Spilbergen, met the king in July 1602 and made lavish promises of military assistance. A few months later another Dutch ...
de Weldon, Felix: Austrian-born sculptor (b. April 12, 1907, Vienna, Austria-d. June 2, 2003, Woodstock, Va.), created more than 2,000 public sculptures around the world, most notably the Marine Corps War Memorial (1954) ...
De Wint, Peter: English landscape and architectural painter who was one of the chief English watercolourists of the early 19th century.
De Witt, Cornelius: (from the article "De Witt, Johan") ...was one of the first textbooks in analytic geometry. (He later also applied his mathematical knowledge to the financial and budgetary problems of the republic.) In 1645 he and his ...
De Witt, Jacob: (from the article "De Witt, Johan") De Witt was a member of one of the old burgher-regent families of his native town of Dordrecht (Dort). His father, Jacob, was six times burgomaster and for many years ...
De Witt, Johan: one of the foremost European statesmen of the 17th century who as councillor pensionary (the political leader) of Holland (1653-72) guided the United Provinces in the First and Second Anglo-Dutch ... [3 Related Articles]
de Wolfe, Elsie: American interior designer, hostess, and actress, best known for her innovative and anti-Victorian interiors. [1 Related Articles]
de Young Museum: (from the article "Architecture and Civil Engineering") The new de Young Museum building in San Francisco, which opened in October, was designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. A distinctive feature was the structure's ...
de-inking: (from the article "papermaking") There are two distinct types of paper recovery systems: (1) recovery based upon de-inking and intended for printing-grade or other white papers, accounting for about 5 to 6 percent of ...
de-Stalinization: (from the article "Bulgaria") Traicho Kostov, who had been particularly instrumental in supervising the destruction of the opposition, was accused of treason and of collaborating with Yugoslavia's communist leader Josip Broz Tito against Stalinism. ...
deaccessioning: (from the article "museum, operation of") ...inalienable. The disposal of museum collections in part or in full therefore normally only occurs in cases where items no longer serve a useful scholarly or interpretative purpose. The case ...
deacidification: (from the article "library") In certain cases, reformatting is not the best solution to the problem of disintegration. The original material may have intrinsic value as an artifact, or it may lose some of ...
deacon: (from Greek diakonos, "helper"), a member of the lowest rank of the threefold Christian ministry (below the presbyter-priest and bishop) or, in various Protestant churches, a lay official, usually ordained, ... [12 Related Articles]
Deacon process: (from the article "chemical industry") A process introduced about 1868 by the English chemist Henry Deacon was based on the reaction of atmospheric oxygen with hydrochloric acid, which was available as a by-product of the ...
Deacon, Giles: (from the article "Fashions") ...versions of things that have preceded them." In March actress Drew Barrymore appeared in advertisements promoting Gold, a 35-piece collection produced for international New Look stores by Giles Deacon, Britain's ...
dead furrow: (from the article "agricultural technology") ...than the second, third, and other slices. The ridge is called a back furrow. When two strips of land are finished, the last furrows cut leave a trench about twice ...
dead language: (from the article "language") In studying ancient (dead) languages one is, of course, limited to studying the grammar of their written forms and styles, as their written records alone survive. Such is the case ...
dead load: (from the article "bridge") The primary function of a bridge is to carry traffic loads: heavy trucks, cars, and trains. Engineers must estimate the traffic loading. On short spans, it is possible that the ...
dead nettle: (from the article "Lamiaceae") The 40 to 50 species of the genus Lamium are known as dead nettles; they are low weedy plants that are sometimes cultivated. There are about 350 species in the ...
dead reckoning: determination without the aid of celestial navigation of the position of a ship or aircraft from the record of the courses sailed or flown, the distance made (which can be ... [2 Related Articles]
Dead Sea: landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan, which lies some 1,300 feet (400 metres) below sea level-the lowest elevation and the lowest body of water on the surface of the ... [14 Related Articles]