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- river in northern Finland. The country's longest river, it rises near the Russian border and flows generally southwest for about 300 mi (483 km) to the Gulf of Bothnia at ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kemmer, Nicholas
- (from the article "subatomic particle") ...accelerators showed that the pion behaves precisely as expected for Yukawa's particle. Moreover, experiments confirmed that positive, negative, and neutral varieties of pions exist, as predicted by Nicholas Kemmer in ...
- Kemmler, William
- (from the article "electrocution") Electrocution was first adopted in 1888 in New York as a quicker and more humane alternative to hanging. Two years later, on Aug. 6, 1890, New York state initiated its ...
- Kemmu Restoration
- (from the article "Japan") The return of Go-Daigo to Kyoto in 1333 is known as the Kemmu Restoration. The emperor immediately set about to restore direct imperial rule. He abolished the powerful office of ...
- Kemmunett
- (from the article "Malta") The country comprises five islands-Malta (the largest), Gozo, Comino, and the uninhabited islets of Kemmunett (Comminotto) and Filfla-lying some 58 miles (93 km) south of Sicily, 180 miles (290 km) ...
- Kemnitz, Mathilde von
- (from the article "Ludendorff, Erich") ...His first wife, a striking beauty, divorced her husband in order to marry Ludendorff. In 1926, however, he insisted on dissolving this marriage and married the neurologist and popular philosopher ...
- kemp
- (from the article "specialty hair fibre") ...stiff guard hairs affords protection from the elements. The undercoat, or down, composed of short, fine, soft fibre, provides insulation against heat and cold. Short, coarse, brittle hairs, called kemp, ...
- Kemp's ridley sea turtle
- (from the article "sea turtle") ...(Lepidochelys olivacea) are also largely pelagic, but they are known to frequent coastal regions such as bays and estuaries. The olive ridley and its relative, the Kemp's ...
- Kemp, Jack
- conservative American politician who was the Republican nominee for vice president in 1996. [1 Related Articles]
- Kempe, John
- English ecclesiastical statesman who was prominent in the party struggles of the reign of King Henry VI (1422-61, 1470-71).
- Kempe, Margery
- English religious mystic whose autobiography is one of the earliest in English literature. [2 Related Articles]
- Kempe, William
- one of the most famous clowns of the Elizabethan era. Much of his reputation as a clown grew from his work as a member of the Chamberlain's Men (c. 1594-99), ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kempeneer, Pieter de
- Flemish religious painter and designer of tapestries, chiefly active in Sevilla, Spain, where he was called Pedro Campana. By 1537 he had settled in Sevilla and apparently remained there until ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kempenfelt, Richard
- (from the article "naval warfare") Toward the end of the 18th century, the British admiral Richard Kempenfelt began to unshackle the Royal Navy with a better system of signaling. The new freedom of maneuver came ...
- Kempenland
- plateau region of northeastern Belgium occupying most of Antwerp province and northern Limburg province. It is a rather dry, infertile region of sandy soil and gravel, with pine woods interspersed ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kempff, Wilhelm
- German pianist who specialized in the 19th-century German Classical and Romantic repertoire-especially the sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven-and in the music of Frederic Chopin.
- Kempner, Nan
- American fashionista (b. July 24, 1930, San Francisco, Calif.-d. July 3, 2005, New York, N.Y.), was an international trendsetter who for 50 years remained a devoted client of French haute ...
- Kempowski, Walter
- (from the article "German literature") ...Malina (1971) splits its autobiographical persona into a sensitive, feminine self and a masculine double who is a writer; the novel contains visionary and lyrical passages. Walter ...
- Kempsey
- town, northeastern New South Wales, Australia. It lies 25 miles (40 km) upstream from the coastal mouth of the Macleay River. Established in 1836, it was at first accessible only ...
- Kempson, Rachel
- British actress (b. May 28, 1910, Dartmouth, Eng.-d. May 24, 2003, Millbrook, N.Y.), had a distinguished stage, film, and television career in Great Britain but, especially in the U.S., became ...
- Kempten
- city, Bavaria Land (state), southern Germany. It is situated on the Iller River in the heart of the Allgauer Alps, about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of ...
- Kempton Park
- (from the article "Equestrian Sports") ...big races traditionally run at England's Ascot racecourse were shared out between other courses in 2005 while new grandstands were being built at Ascot and parts of the racecourse were ...
- Kempton, Murray
- American journalist whose columns championing the underdog--and featuring ultracomplex sentences--in such publications as the New York Post and Newsday made him a literary presence for some five decades and whose ...
- ken
- (from the article "intercolumniation") In Japanese architecture, intercolumniation is based on a standard unit, the ken, which is divided into 20 sections, each termed a minute of space; each minute is ...
- ken
- (from the article "Japan") In 1871 the feudal system was dissolved and the ken, or prefectural, system was established. At first the more than 300 prefectures were mostly the former fiefs ...
- Ken Angrok
- (from the article "Kadiri") ...though by now in decline, was still predominant in the region. The last king of Kadiri was Kertajaya, who reduced the power of the Brahmans and hence came into conflict ...
- Ken, Thomas
- Anglican bishop, hymn writer, royal chaplain to Charles II of England, and one of seven bishops who in 1688 opposed James II's Declaration of Indulgence, which was designed to promote ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kenadsa
- town and bituminous coalfields, northwestern Algeria. They lie in a hammada (stony desert region) situated at the northwestern edge of the Sahara 15 miles (24 km) west of Bechar. The ...
- kenaf
- (species Hibiscus cannabinus), fast-growing plant of the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae) and its fibre, one of the bast fibre group. It is used mainly as a jute substitute. The ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kenai birch
- (from the article "paper birch") ...tree of Canada and the eastern and midwestern U.S. In the Alaska paper birch (variety humilis) the nearly triangular leaves are about four centimetres long, the bark white to red ...
- Kenai Fjords National Park
- rugged wilderness area in southern Alaska, U.S., on the southern coast of Kenai Peninsula just west and southwest of Seward. Proclaimed a national monument in 1978, it became a national ...
- Kenai Mountains
- (from the article "Alaskan mountains") ...merges southwestward into the Aleutian Range and the Aleutian Islands. Separated from the Alaska Range by the Talkeetna and Wrangell mountains, the main mountains of the southern coast lie in ...
- Kenai Peninsula
- (from the article "Alaska") ...reserve is virtually untapped. The largest project is at Lake Eklutna, near Anchorage. A hydroelectric development near Juneau delivers power to the panhandle area, and the Bradley Lake dam, on ...
- Kenan, Randall
- (from the article "American literature") ...the mold of Ellison and Baldwin; Charles Johnson, whose novels, such as The Oxherding Tale (1982) and The Middle Passage (1990), showed a masterful historical imagination; Randall Kenan, a gay ...
- Kendal
- town (parish), South Lakeland district, administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Westmorland, England. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of the district. It is close to ...
- Kendal, Dame Margaret; and Kendal, William Hunter
- English actor-managers, husband and wife, who, by their personal and professional example, brought social respectability to the acting profession and whose theatrical company trained many performers who afterward attained eminence.
- Kendal, Dame Margaret; and Kendal, William Hunter
- English actor-managers, husband and wife, who, by their personal and professional example, brought social respectability to the acting profession and whose theatrical company trained many performers who afterward attained eminence.
- Kendal, Ehrengarde Melusina, Duchess of, Duchess of Munster, Countess and Marchioness of Dungannon, Countess of Feversham, Baroness of Dundalk, Baroness of Glastonbury
- mistress of the English king George I who had considerable political influence during his reign. She was a close friend of Robert Walpole, who said that she was "as much ...
- Kendal, Geoffrey
- British actor-manager whose Shakespeareana Company, which included his wife and eventually their daughters, toured India and the Far East for nearly 20 years, performing the works of Shakespeare and other ...
- Kendall v. United States
- (from the article "Thompson, Smith") ...did not share Chief Justice John Marshall's nationalist views and dissented from many of his opinions; few of Thompson's opinions for the Court related to constitutional questions. His opinion in ...
- Kendall, Edward Calvin
- American chemist who, with Philip S. Hench and Tadeus Reichstein, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for research on the structure and biological effects of adrenal ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kendall, Henry
- Australian poet whose verse was a triumph over a life of adversity. [1 Related Articles]
- Kendall, Henry Way
- American nuclear physicist who shared the 1990 Nobel Prize for Physics with Jerome Isaac Friedman and Richard E. Taylor for obtaining experimental evidence for the existence of the subatomic particles ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kendang, Mount
- (from the article "Jawa Barat") The landscape of Jawa Barat is dominated by a chain of volcanoes, both active and extinct, that from west to east includes Mounts Sanggabuwana, Gede, Pangrango, Kendang, and Tjereme. The ...
- Kendari
- town, capital of Southeast Sulawesi propinsi (province), southeastern Celebes, Indonesia. It is a port on an inlet of Kendari Bay of the Banda Sea, located about 230 miles (370 km) ...
- kendo
- ("way of the sword"), traditional Japanese style of fencing with a two-handed wooden sword, derived from the fighting methods of the ancient samurai (warrior class). The unification of Japan about ...
- Kendrew, Sir John Cowdery
- British biochemist who determined the three-dimensional structure of the muscle protein myoglobin, which stores oxygen in muscle cells. For his achievement he shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Max ... [6 Related Articles]
- kenduri
- (from the article "Malaysia") ...and other religious festivities, important life events such as birth, circumcision (for young Muslim men), and marriage are usually celebrated by a feast, known in Malay as
- Keneally, Thomas
- Australian writer best known for his historical novels. Keneally's characters are gripped by their historical and personal past, and decent individuals are portrayed at odds with systems of authority. [1 Related Articles]
- Kenema
- town, southeastern Sierra Leone. Located on the government railway and at a gap in the Kambui Hills, the town is the centre of the Alluvial Diamond Mining Scheme Area and ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kenfig Burrows
- (from the article "Porthcawl") ...Porthcawl originated as a coal port during the 19th century, but its trade was soon taken over by more rapidly developing ports such as nearby Barry. Northwest of the town, ...
- Kenilorea, Peter
- (from the article "Solomon Islands") ...movement for decolonization, the Solomons set out on the path of constitutional development. The country was formally renamed Solomon Islands in 1975, and independence was attained on July 7, 1978. ...
- Kenilworth Castle
- (from the article "Montfort, Simon de, Earl Of Leicester") ...(1242), winning distinction by covering Henry's escape after his defeat at Saintes. Reconciled with Henry, and accepting an unfavourable settlement of Countess Eleanor's dower claims, Simon now made Kenilworth Castle ...
- Kenite
- member of a tribe of itinerant metalsmiths related to the Midianites and the Israelites who plied their trade while traveling in the region of the Arabah (the desert rift valley ...
- Kenitra
- port city, northern Morocco. It is situated 10 miles (16 km) above the mouth of the Sebou River. Before the French protectorate was established, Kenitra (Arabic: Al-Qunaytirah, "Little Bridge") was ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kenmure, William Gordon, 6th Viscount
- Lord Lochinvar Scottish Jacobite who was miscast as a leader in the rebellion of 1715 on behalf of James Edward, the Old Pretender, against King George I.
- Kennan, George F.
- American diplomat and historian best known for his successful advocacy of a "containment policy" to oppose Soviet expansionism following World War II. [7 Related Articles]
- Kennebec
- county, west-central Maine, U.S. It is a region of rolling lowlands with higher elevations on the northwest. Foremost among the county's many streams is the Kennebec River, which traverses it ...
- Kennebec and Edwards Dam
- (from the article "Kennebec River") At one time, the Kennebec and Edwards Dam, built on the river in 1837, furnished hydropower at Bingham, Skowhegan, Waterville, and Gardiner. Growing environmental concerns, however, led the U.S. government ...
- Kennebec River
- river in west-central Maine, U.S. The Kennebec rises from Moosehead Lake and flows south for about 150 miles (240 km) to the Atlantic Ocean. It was explored by Samuel de ...
- Kennebunk
- (from the article "Kennebunkport") ...as Arundel in 1717, it was renamed Kennebunkport in 1821, the name being derived from an Abenaki or Mi'kmaq (Micmac) Indian word indicative of a "long sandbar." The adjoining town ...
- Kennebunkport
- town, York county, southwestern Maine, U.S. It is situated at the mouth of the Kennebunk River, on the Atlantic coast. It is adjacent to Kennebunk and lies 29 miles (47 ...
- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- (from the article "Performing Arts") ...New York's, suffered from high rents, and the Jazz Showcase, Chicago's leading jazz club, closed on New Year's Day 2007.) Perhaps the major festival of the year was the eight-night ...
- Kennedy Channel
- Arctic sea passage between Ellesmere Island, Canada (west), and northwestern Greenland (east). It is 16-24 mi (26-39 km) wide and extends northward for 110 mi from the Kane Basin to ...
- Kennedy Round
- (from the article "international trade") ...of up to 50 percent, subject to reciprocal concessions from the European partners. This marked a fundamental shift away from the traditional protectionist posture of the United States and led ...
- Kennedy, Adrienne
- (from the article "African American literature") ...(1972), and The Last Days of Louisiana Red (1974), the latter one taking aim at black cultural nationalism. Another 1960s writer more postmodernist than nationalist, Adrienne Kennedy ...
- Kennedy, Anthony
- associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988. [2 Related Articles]
- Kennedy, Arthur
- American character actor featured in many films and nominated for five Academy Awards.
- Kennedy, Charles
- In August 1999 Charles Kennedy succeeded Paddy Ashdown as leader of the U.K.'s third largest party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He took over a party that had 46 members ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kennedy, Edward M.
- U.S. senator (from 1963), a prominent figure in the Democratic Party and in liberal politics from the 1970s. [5 Related Articles]
- Kennedy, George
- (from the article "1967: Best Supporting Actor") Other Nominees
- Kennedy, Graham Cyril
- Australian radio and television personality and actor (b. Feb. 15, 1934, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia-d. May 25, 2005, Bowral, N.S.W., Australia), as one of Australia's most popular radio and television ...
- Kennedy, James
- (from the article "Scotland") ...II (1437-60) was six years old at the time of his accession. His minority was marked by struggles between the Crichton and Livingston families. During this minority and that of ...
- Kennedy, John F.
- 35th president of the United States (1961-63), who faced a number of foreign crises, especially in Cuba and Berlin, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty ... [49 Related Articles]
- Kennedy, John F., International Airport
- (from the article "Pei, I.M.") On the basis of a 1960 design competition, Pei was selected to design the multiairline terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City. In 1964 he was also ...
- Kennedy, John F., Memorial Library
- (from the article "Pei, I.M.") On the basis of a 1960 design competition, Pei was selected to design the multiairline terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City. In 1964 he was also ...
- Kennedy, John F., Space Center
- (from the article "Canaveral, Cape") ...from the installation in his Project Mercury capsule, and the first lunar-landing flight, manned by Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins, was launched from the cape on July 16, ...
- Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Jr.
- American publisher and public figure (b. Nov. 25, 1960, Washington, D.C.-d. July 16, 1999, off Martha's Vineyard, Mass.), was a member of the American family that to many people most ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kennedy, John P.
- American statesman and writer whose best remembered work was his historical fiction. [1 Related Articles]
- Kennedy, Joseph P.
- American businessman and financier who served in government commissions in Washington, D.C. (1934-37), and as ambassador to Great Britain (1937-40). He was the father of U.S. President John F. Kennedy ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr.
- (from the article "Kennedy, Joseph P.") ...New York Times at an early age, and small talk was not allowed at the dinner table. Instead, the family discussed national issues, sometimes with consequences not seen until years ...
- Kennedy, Joseph W.
- (from the article "plutonium") ...warm because of energy released in alpha decay, is a silvery metal that takes on a yellow tarnish in air. The element was first detected (1941) as the isotope plutonium-238 ...
- Kennedy, Leo
- (from the article "Montreal group") ...in Montreal, the group included A.M. Klein; A.J.M. Smith, whose Book of Canadian Poetry (1943) and other anthologies contributed greatly to the modernization of literary standards in Canada; Leo Kennedy; ...
- Kennedy, Paul
- (from the article "United Kingdom") ...because Pitt the Younger's abilities were more suited to peace than to war. But the main reason the conflict was so protracted was France's overwhelming military superiority on land. The ...
- Kennedy, Robert F.
- U.S. attorney general and adviser during the administration of his brother Pres. John F. Kennedy (1961-63). Later U.S. senator (1965-68), he was assassinated while campaigning for the presidential nomination. [4 Related Articles]
- Kennedy, Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald
- U.S. personality (b. July 22, 1890, Boston, Mass.--d. Jan. 22, 1995, Hyannis Port, Mass.), as the matriarch of the Kennedys, a family that created a political dynasty in the U.S., ...
- Kennedy, Rosemary
- American personality (b. Sept. 13, 1918, Brookline, Mass.-d. Jan. 7, 2005, Jefferson, Wis.), was the mentally challenged sister of Pres. John F. Kennedy who at age 23 was given a ...
- Kennedy, the Rev. D(ennis) James
- American evangelist (was dedicated to spreading conservative Christianity through his broadcasts on radio and the outreach programs he established. After becoming (1960) pastor of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort ...
- Kennedy, Walter
- Scottish poet, remembered chiefly for his flyting (Scots dialect: "scolding") with his professional rival William Dunbar. The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie, in which the two poets alternate in heaping ...
- Kennedy, William
- American author and journalist whose novels feature elements of local history, journalism, and supernaturalism.
- Kennel Club of England
- (from the article "dog") ...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 United States, the Canadian Kennel ...
- Kennelly, Arthur Edwin
- U.S. electrical engineer who made innovations in analytic methods in electronics, particularly the definitive application of complex-number theory to alternating-current (ac) circuits. [2 Related Articles]
- Kenner mission
- in U.S. history, secret attempt on the part of the Confederacy in 1864 to elicit European recognition in exchange for Southern abolition of slavery.
- Kenner, Duncan Farrar
- (from the article "Kenner mission") Duncan Farrar Kenner, a prosperous Louisiana sugar planter and Thoroughbred horse breeder, represented his state in the Confederate House of Representatives throughout the war. As the conflict dragged on, he ...
- Kenner, William Hugh
- Canadian-American literary critic (b. Jan. 7, 1923, Peterborough, Ont.-d. Nov. 24, 2003, Athens, Ga.), was a leading interpreter of American poet Ezra Pound and of Modernism in general. He was ...
- Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
- (from the article "Marietta") ...Civil War a major battle was fought at Kennesaw Mountain (June 27, 1864), just west of Marietta. The city was subsequently occupied by Union troops, who burned the city as ...
- Kennet
- district, administrative and historic county of Wiltshire, southern England, in the east-central part of the county, about midway between Bristol and London. Kennet is a rural district of rolling chalk ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kennet Avenue
- (from the article "Avebury") East of the entrance causeway, excavations have revealed a socket for a large timber post, and on either side there are additional stone holes. These suggest a continuation of a ...
- Kenneth I
- also called Kenneth Macalpin first king of the united Scots of Dalriada and the Picts and so of Scotland north of a line between the Forth and Clyde rivers. [7 Related Articles]
- Kenneth II
- king of the united Picts and Scots (from 971), son of Malcolm I.
- Kenneth III
- king of the Scots (from 997), son of Dub and grandson of Malcolm I. He succeeded to the throne perhaps after killing his cousin Constantine III (reigned 995-997); he was ...
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