(from the article "Sumer") ...probably came from around Anatolia, arriving in Sumer about 3300 BC. By the 3rd millennium BC the country was the site of at least 12 separate city-states: Kish, Erech, Ur, ...
a series of mountain-building events that affected much of western North America in Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary time. (The Cretaceous period ended 65.5 million years ago and was followed ... [5 Related Articles]
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range of the central Rocky Mountains, in southeastern Wyoming, U.S. A northern section of Colorado's Front Range, it stretches north-northwestward for 125 miles (200 km) from the Wyoming-Colorado border, between ... [1 Related Articles]
river in Colorado and Wyoming, U.S., rising in the Front Range in Roosevelt National Forest, northern Colorado. It flows north across the Wyoming border and then turns northwest past the ...
(from the article "Wyoming") Wyoming's earliest pattern of sedentary occupancy by Europeans was determined by the locations of military posts such as Fort Laramie (1834-90) and Fort Bridger (1843-90). The building of the Union ...
(from the article "Tanimbar Islands") ...town of which is Saumlaki, a port on the southern coast. This island has thickly wooded hills along its eastern coast, while its western coast is lower and often swampy. ...
French novelist and critic, an erudite cosmopolitan who became a literary intermediary between France and Europe, especially England and Spanish-speaking countries. [1 Related Articles]
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any of about 10 to 12 species of coniferous trees constituting the genus Larix of the family Pinaceae, native to cool temperate and sub-Arctic parts of the Northern Hemisphere. One ... [9 Related Articles]
(from the article "sawfly") ...found on flowers. Many are poor fliers. The leaves of pear, cherry, and plum trees are eaten by the destructive North American species Caliroa cerasi, commonly called the pear slug. ...
soft, creamy, white solid or semisolid fat with butter-like consistency, obtained by rendering or melting the fatty tissue of hogs. A highly valued cooking and baking fat, lard is blended, ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "lard") Lard oil is the clear, colourless oil pressed from pure lard after it has been crystallized, or grained, at 7° C (45° F). It is used as a lubricant, in ...
(from the article "dermestid beetle") The larder beetle larva (Dermestes lardarius) feeds on cheese and dried meats, especially ham and bacon. The adult beetle is oval, black or brown with yellowish bands and dark spots, ...
(from the article "energy conversion") ...in areas of active volcanism. Geothermal reservoirs with temperatures of 180° C or higher are suitable for power generation. The earliest commercial geothermal power plant was built in 1904 in ...
(from the article "Ranunculales") Lardizabalaceae includes woody vines with separate male and female flowers, such as the cultivated Akebia (chocolate vine). The leaves are compound (made up of leaflets), and the small flowers are ...
American writer, one of the most gifted, as well as the most bitter, satirists in the United States and a fine storyteller with a true ear for the vernacular. [1 Related Articles]
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city, seat (1848) of Webb county, southern Texas, U.S., on the Rio Grande (there bridged to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico), 150 miles (240 km) southwest of San Antonio. It was established ...
American pianist (b. Nov. 20, 1937, Detroit, Mich.-d. May 25, 2005, New York, N.Y.), was a recitalist and accompanist and also performed with orchestras and chamber groups. She graduated (1960) ...
(from the article "ancient Rome") ...Gallic provinces existed at Lugdunum.) In Italy the official cult was to the genius Augusti (the life spirit of his family); it was coupled in Rome with ...
(from the article "anomalure") Large and pygmy anomalures are nocturnal and nest in hollow trees, entering and exiting through holes located at various heights along the trunk. Colonies of up to 100 pygmy anomalures ...
(from the article "bamboo rat") ...C. badius), the three Rhizomys bamboo rats are the Chinese bamboo rat (R. sinensis), the hoary bamboo rat (R. pruinosus), and the large bamboo rat (R. sumatrensis). All bamboo rats ...
(from the article "alkanet") ...clusters on hairy, herbaceous stems. They belong to the family Boraginaceae. True alkanet (A. officinalis) bears purple flowers in coiled sprays, on narrow-leaved plants, 60 cm (2 feet) tall. Large ...
(from the article "Economic Affairs") ...market itself, the year's greatest funds' gains were concentrated in the natural-resources sector, where oil-heavy funds ended up an average 38.11%. More broadly based funds investing in large-capitalization stocks ended ...
(from the article "filbert") ...(C. maxima), and by hybrids of these species with two American shrubs, the American filbert (C. americana) and the beaked filbert (C. cornuta), popularly called hazelnuts. The large cobnut is ...
(from the article "colliding-beam storage ring") ...Z carrier particles of the weak force or the "top" quark-has been successful because of the construction of powerful colliding-beam storage ring particle accelerators such as the Large Electron-Positron (LEP) ...
(from the article "frogmouth") The large frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus), a 16-inch (40-cm) species of the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, lays a single egg on a pad of down covered ...
world's most powerful particle accelerator. The LHC was constructed by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in the same 27-km (17-mile) tunnel that houses its Large Electron-Positron Collider (LEP). ... [7 Related Articles]
posterior section of the intestine, consisting typically of four regions: the cecum, colon, rectum, and anus. The term colon is sometimes used to refer to the entire large intestine. [6 Related Articles]
(from the article "neuropteran") ...with many teeth. Larvae elongated; long, slender, straight jaws, slightly upcurved; in margins of fresh water.Adults medium to large; wing expanse 40-75 mm; antennae short. Larvae with ...
(from the article "Members of the Local Group of galaxies") The Magellanic Clouds are irregular galaxies that share a gaseous envelope and lie about 22° apart in the sky near the south celestial pole. One of them, the Large Magellanic ...
(from the article "measurement system") ...breadth, of which there were 28 in the royal cubit. Four digits equaled a palm, five a hand. Twelve digits, or three palms, equaled a small span. Fourteen digits, or ...
(from the article "tree shrew") The large tree shrew (Tupaia tana) of Sumatra, Borneo, and adjacent islands is one of the larger species, with a body 19 to 22 cm (7.5 to 8.7 inches) long ...
(from the article "twayblade") ...as false twayblade, with about 320 species, is distributed worldwide. Each plant has broad, paired leaves, and most have dull-coloured, purplish flowers borne in a terminal spike. The flowers of ...
(from the article "helleborine") The most common British species of Cephalanthera is large white helleborine (C. damasonium). It has many long, thick roots. The petals are borne close together, giving the flower a closed ...
(from the article "lung cancer") About 10 percent of all lung cancers are large-cell carcinomas. There is some dispute as to whether these constitute a distinct type of cancer or are merely a group of ...
(from the article "Life Sciences") Tigga Kingston of Boston University and Stephen J. Rossiter of Queen Mary, University of London, showed that the echolocation used by three distinct sizes (morphs) of large-eared hoseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ...
(from the article "waterleaf") ...tall Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum), with five- to seven-lobed leaves; it is also called Shawnee salad and John's cabbage in reference to the edible tender young shoots. The large-leaved waterleaf ...
(from the article "computer") ...increasing the number of electronic components embedded in a single silicon wafer, or chip. As the number of components escalated into the thousands, these chips began to be referred to ...
(from the article "climate") ...cyclones and anticyclones that control day-to-day weather changes. Sometimes the planetary and synoptic scales are combined into a single classification termed the large-scale, or macroscale. Large-scale wind systems are distinguished ...
(from the article "black bass") ...elongated freshwater fishes that constitute the genus Micropterus of the sunfish family, Centrarchidae (order Perciformes). Black basses are found in eastern North America. Two of them, the largemouth (see photograph) ...
(from the article "dogfish") The spotted dogfishes of the family Scyliorhinidae include the larger spotted dogfish, or nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellarius), which grows to about 150 cm long, and the lesser spotted dogfish (S. cuniculus), ...
(from the article "election") In the largest-average formula, the available seats are awarded one at a time to the party with the largest average number of votes as determined by dividing the number of ...
(from the article "heteropteran") ...upon mites and small insects attacking crop plants; contains between 3,000 and 5,000 species found in all parts of the world, including many small islands.Head triangular, without ocelli; forewings ...
French historical and portrait painter who excelled in painting likenesses of the wealthy middle classes. Most artists of his time took as their standard of excellence the adherence to classical ...
city, Pinellas county, west-central Florida, U.S., near Clearwater Harbor and just south of Clearwater. The Spanish explorers Panfilo de Narvaez (1528) and Hernando de Soto (1539) visited the region. The ...
Spanish socialist leader, prominent during the Second Republic, of which he became prime minister soon after the outbreak of the civil war of 1936-39. [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "charadriiform") ...short carpal spurs on wing. 2 species; inhabit islands of extreme southern Atlantic and Indian oceans; length 35-43 cm (14-17 inches).Hypotarsus simple (grooved but without canals); coracoids in contact ...
(from the article "circus") ...the best-known among New Vaudeville clowns; their talents were featured in the Broadway production Fool Moon (1994). Also among the most renowned of modern clowns is David ...
(from the article "Laridae") family of birds (of the order Charadriiformes) that comprises the gulls (subfamily Larinae) and the terns (subfamily Sterninae). See gull; tern.classification
Russian-born French painter and stage designer, a pioneer of pure abstraction in painting, most notably through his founding, with Natalya Goncharova, whom he later married, of the Rayonist movement (c. ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "calligraphy") A calligraphic renaissance had already begun in Austria and Germany by then, through the efforts of the Austrian royal archivist Rudolf von Larisch, who lectured on lettering and typography in ...
(from the article "Moons of Neptune") ...planet to rotate. Hence, to an observer positioned near Neptune's cloud tops, these five would appear to rise in the west and set in the east. Voyager observed two of ...
town, capital of the nomos (department) of Larisa and the chief town of Thessaly (Thessalia), Greece, on the Pinios Potamos (river). Since the 9th century it has been the seat ...
extensive region in southeastern Fars ostan (province), Iran. Situated between the Persian Gulf coast and the main water divide, it is characterized by ridges, dissected uplands, and depressions. The area, ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "larch") Several species of Larix are grown as ornamentals, especially the Japanese larch (L. leptolepis) and L. decidua 'Pendula,' a cultivar of the European larch. Larch wood is coarse-grained, strong, hard, ...
(from the article "larch") ...of about 10 to 12 species of coniferous trees constituting the genus Larix of the family Pinaceae, native to cool temperate and sub-Arctic parts of the Northern Hemisphere. One species, ...
family name Alaudidae, any of about 75 species of a songbird family (order Passeriformes). Larks occur throughout the continental Old World; only the horned, or shore, lark (Eremophila alpestris) ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "button quail") Another bird of the button-quail family is the lark quail (Ortyxelos meiffrenii), of arid African plains. It looks more like a lark than a quail; having longer wings than other ...
(from the article "Larkana") Larkana district (area 2,866 sq mi [7,423 sq km]), formed in 1901, occupies a fertile plain known as the "Garden of Sind," except for its mountainous western portion (Kirthar Range). ...
town and district, Sukkur division, Sindh province, Pakistan. The town, the district headquarters, lies on the Ghar Canal just west of the Indus River; it derives its name from the ...
(from the article "Wright, Frank Lloyd") By now Wright's practice encompassed apartment houses, group dwellings, and recreation centres. Most remarkable were his works for business and church. The administrative block for the Larkin Company, a mail-order ...
(from the article "Labour Party") The forerunner of the Labour Party, the Irish Labour Party and Trades Union Congress, was organized in 1912 by union leaders James Connolly and James Larkin and formally established as ...
most representative and highly regarded of the poets who gave expression to a clipped, antiromantic sensibility prevalent in English verse in the 1950s. [2 Related Articles]
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(from the article "magnetic resonance") ...into alignment, but this torque also interacts with the angular momentum vector; the effect of this interaction is to cause the spin axis (and the magnetic-moment vector) to undergo the ...
Irish physicist, the first to calculate the rate at which energy is radiated by an accelerated electron, and the first to explain the splitting of spectrum lines by a magnetic ...
port town, southeastern Republic of Cyprus. The modern town, on the bay between Capes Kiti and Pyla, overlays much of ancient Citium, founded by the Mycenaeans in the 13th century ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Larne") ...numbers of German-made rifles in Larne harbour. Contemporary Larne town is an important port equipped with modern loading facilities. Passenger and commercial services operated regularly between Larne and Stranraer until ...
town, seat, and district (established 1973), formerly in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, bordering the Irish Sea north of Belfast. The Scot Edward Bruce landed near the present town site in ... [1 Related Articles]
river, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, rising in the low watershed (400 ft [122 m]) between its own valley and that of the Six-Mile-Water and flowing northeastward to the important ...
(from the article "1972: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Jeremy Larner for The CandidateAdapted Screenplay: Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola for The GodfatherCinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth for CabaretArt Direction: Jurgen Kiebach and...
(from the article "Ireland") ...Ireland were Mesolithic hunter-fisher people, represented largely by flintwork found mainly in ancient beaches in the historic counties of Antrim, Down, Louth, and Dublin. These artifacts were named Larnian, after ...
(from the article "Lycian language") ...by linguists Piero Meriggi (1936) and Holger Pedersen (1945) proved that Lycian is an Indo-European language closely related to Hittite and Luwian. In another series of studies (1958-67), Emmanuel Laroche ...
French philosopher who became famous for his thesis on the rights of property in connection with taxation, which he held to be arbitrary and therefore illegal. For the thesis he ...
(from the article "endocrine system, human") A rare form of short stature is caused by an inherited insensitivity to the action of growth hormone. This disorder is known as Laron dwarfism and is characterized by abnormal ...
(from the article "Marais Theatre") ...to accommodate the complex theatre machinery that had been growing increasingly popular in France. Floridor left the company in 1647 to join the Hotel de Bourgogne troupe, and the actor ...
Parisian publishing house specializing in encyclopaedias and dictionaries, founded in 1852 by Augustin Boyer and Pierre Larousse, editor of the Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siecle (15 vol., 1866-76; 2 ...
grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopaedist who published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siecle (15 vol., 1866-76; supplements 1878 ... [3 Related Articles]
Spanish journalist and satirist who attacked contemporary society for its social habits, literary tastes, and political ineptitude. [2 Related Articles]
Argentine novelist famous for La gloria de Don Ramiro: Una vida en tiempos de Felipe II (1908; The Glory of Don Ramiro: A Life in the Times of Philip II), ...
(from the article "Scaevola, Gaius Mucius") legendary Roman hero who is said to have saved Rome (c. 509 BC) from conquest by the Etruscan king Lars Porsena. According to the legend, Mucius volunteered to assassinate Porsena, ...
one of the ancient capital cities of Babylonia, located about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Uruk (Erech; Arabic Tall al-Warka'), in southern Iraq. Larsa was probably founded in prehistoric ... [7 Related Articles]
ice shelf in the northwestern Weddell Sea, adjoining the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula and named for Captain Carl A. Larsen, who sailed along the ice front in 1893. ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "1955: Other Winners") ...Chayefsky for MartyCinematography, Black-and-White: James Wong Howe for The Rose TattooCinematography, Color: Robert Burks for To Catch a ThiefArt Direction, Black-and-White: Tambi Larsen and Hal Pereira for The Rose TattooArt ...
U.S. composer and author of the Tony award-winning pop-rock musical Rent, which he based on Giacomo Puccini's tragic opera La Boheme and for which he was awarded posthumously the Pulitzer ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Football") With time ebbing away in the increasingly rain-soaked arena, substitutions proved crucial for Barcelona. Swedish veteran striker Henrik Larsson came on and in the 76th minute touched the ball on ...
French geologist, archaeologist, and a principal founder of paleontology, who is chiefly credited with discovering man's earliest art and with establishing a date for the Upper Paleolithic Period of the ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Cro-Magnon") ...near the town of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac in the Dordogne region of southwestern France, a number of obviously ancient human skeletons were found. The cave was investigated by the French geologist ...
("LASH"), U.S. film actor who was best remembered for his portrayal of the black-clad hero who wielded a 4.5-m (15-ft) bullwhip in a series of B westerns in the 1940s ...
American businessman and political figure (b. Oct. 11, 1928, Athens, Texas-d. July 24, 2004, Biloxi, Miss.), served as an aide to Pres. Richard M. Nixon and was a prominent figure ...
stage in the development of many animals, occurring after birth or hatching and before the adult form is reached. These immature, active forms are structurally different from the adults and ... [15 Related Articles]
any member of a group of transparent tunicates belonging to the class Appendicularia (subphylum Tunicata, phylum Chordata) that live in the open sea. The larvacean's tadpolelike body is made up ... [2 Related Articles]
