island in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Tanzania, eastern Africa. It lies 80 miles (130 km) southeast of Dar es-Salaam and opposite the mouth of the Rufiji ... [1 Related Articles]
in geology, igneous rock that is dominated by the silicates pyroxene, amphibole, olivine, and mica. These minerals are high in magnesium and ferric oxides, and their presence gives mafic rock ... [7 Related Articles]
town, capital of North-West province, South Africa. It was previously part of the not internationally recognized republic of Bophuthatswana, in one of that country's separated land units. It lies close ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Zambia") ...serious barrier to communications. The highest elevations occur in the east, where the Nyika Plateau on the Malawian border is generally over 6,000 feet, rising to more than 7,000 feet ...
town, west-central Portugal. It lies near the Atlantic Ocean, 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Lisbon. It is noted primarily for the National Palace (also containing a church and monastery), ...
general-purpose machine gun used primarily as a tank- or vehicle-mounted weapon, although it is also made with a butt and bipod for infantry use. Manufactured by Belgium's Fabrique Nationale d'Armes ...
(from the article "Benin") ...Dahomey became fragmented, with the emergence of three regionally based political parties-led by Sourou-Migan Apithy (president in 1964-65), Justin Ahomadegbe (1972), and Hubert Maga (1960-63 and 1970-72), drawing their principal ...
oblast (province), northeastern Siberia, far eastern Russia. Magadan oblast is bordered by the Sea of Okhotsk to the east and southeast and by the Chukchi autonomous
port and administrative centre of Magadan oblast (region), far northeastern Russia. It lies at the head of Nagayevo Bay of the Gulf of Tauysk, on the northern ...
ancient kingdom of India, situated in what is now west-central Bihar state, in northeastern India. It was the nucleus of several larger kingdoms or empires between the 6th century BC ... [7 Related Articles]
lake, in the Great Rift Valley, southern Kenya. Lake Magadi is 20 miles (32 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide and is located about 150 miles (240 km) ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Bihari languages") eastern Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the state of Bihar, India, and in the Tarai region of Nepal. There are three main languages: Maithili (Tirhutia) and Magadhi (Magahi) in the east ...
(from the article "amphibian") ...skin secretions of various tropical anurans are known to have hallucinogenic effects and effects on the central nervous and respiratory systems in humans. Some secretions have been found to contain ...
(from the article "Brazil") ...Many military officers and opposition political leaders, convinced that Goulart was planning a leftist dictatorship, began counterplotting in 1963 in different parts of the country. Governor Jose de Magalhaes Pinto ...
Brazilian politician was a pragmatic power broker who became a regional force as the governor (1970-74, 1979-83, and 1990-94) of Bahia state and established a national foothold as the leader ...
(from the article "Brazilian literature") ...Brazilian national state. While Romanticism did produce works of pure subjectivism, the patriotic image of homeland predominated. Brazilian Romanticism (1830-70) began with the publication of Domingos Jose Goncalves de Magalhaes's ...
(from the article "Volleyball") ...the bronze with a 21-13, 21-17 win over Dalixia Fernandez Grasset and Tamara Larrea Peraza of Cuba. The men's final was an unexpected matchup between Brazil's Marcio Araujo and Fabio ...
largest and southernmost region of Chile. Named for Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese navigator, it became a colonial territory in 1853 and a province in 1929. It was given its present ...
city, Bolivar departamento, northern Colombia, on the Brazo de Loba (a branch of the Magdalena River). The original Indian village, Maganguey (Manguey), was discovered by Spanish explorers in 1532. The ...
people of Nepal and Sikkim state, India, living mainly on the western and southern flanks of the Dhaulagiri mountain massif. They number about 390,000. The Magar speak a language of ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "India") ...and contemporaries and to whom he sent envoys-these were Antiochus II Theos of Syria, the grandson of Seleucus I; Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt; Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedonia; Magas ...
chiefly Japanese jade ornament shaped like a comma with a small perforation at the thick end; it was worn as a pendant, and its form may derive from prehistoric animal-tooth ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "logistics") ...of fortification made towns almost impregnable while enhancing their strategic value, making 18th-century warfare more an affair of sieges than of battles. Two logistic innovations were notable: the magazine, a ...
a printed collection of texts (essays, articles, stories, poems), often illustrated, that is produced at regular intervals (excluding newspapers). A brief treatment of magazines follows. For full treatment, see publishing: ... [28 Related Articles]
(from the article "Arkansas") ...Mountains, contains the highest elevations. Excellent farmland, producing a wide variety of crops, lies in the northern part. The Arkansas River valley contains the highest point in the state, Mount ...
town, central Sierra Leone, on the Rokel River. Located on the government railway, it is a traditional trade centre (in rice, palm oil and kernels, tomatoes, and kola nuts) among ...
islands in Gaspesie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine region, eastern Quebec province, Canada. They lie in the Gulf of St. Lawrence between Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, 150 miles (240 km) southeast of Gaspe Peninsula. ...
departamento, northern Colombia, occupying the Caribbean lowlands and bounded by the Magdalena River on the west. Much of its area is swamp, floodplain, or high mountains (including the Sierra Nevada ...
delegacion (district), west-central Federal District, central Mexico. It lies along the Magdalena River near Cerro Ajusco. Although once simply the commercial centre for the cereals, beans, fruits, and livestock produced ...
city in the Lima-Callao metropolitan area of Peru, southwest of central Lima. It is bounded on the south by cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In the early 20th century the ...
river, north-central Colombia. It rises at the bifurcation of the Andean Cordilleras Central and Oriental, and flows northward for 930 miles (1,497 km) to the Caribbean Sea. It receives the ... [3 Related Articles]
toolmaking industry and artistic tradition of Upper Paleolithic Europe, which followed the Solutrean industry and was succeeded by the simplified Azilian; it represents the culmination of Upper Paleolithic cultural development ... [8 Related Articles]
(from the article "Wroclaw") ...Mongol invasion in 1241. At the invitation of Silesian authorities in the 13th century, many Germans migrated to Wroclaw. The city received self-governing rights in 1261, when it adopted the ...
American economist (b. Aug. 21, 1913, New York, N.Y.-d. Jan. 1, 2006, Burlington, Vt.), after a career in government service, wrote the best-selling The Age of Imperialism: The Economics of ...
city, Jawa Tengah (Central Java) provinsi (province), Java, Indonesia. It lies 25 miles (40 km) north-northwest of Yogyakarta, along the Progo River, which empties into the Indian ...
(from the article "Economic Affairs") ...rose 6.13%. The largest U.S. mutual fund, the Vanguard Group's passively managed $107 billion 500 Index Fund, ended the year up 4.8%, while the actively managed $51 billion Fidelity Magellan ...
(from the article "sheldgoose") Among the sheldgeese are several South American species of Chloephaga-the kelp goose (C. hybrida), the Magellan goose (C.picta), and the Andean goose (C.melanoptera)-and the Orinoco goose (Neochen jubatus). ...
Portuguese navigator and explorer who sailed under the flags of both Portugal (1505-12) and Spain (1519-21). From Spain he sailed around South America, discovering the Strait of Magellan, and across ... [16 Related Articles]
channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, between the mainland tip of South America and Tierra del Fuego island. Lying entirely within Chilean territorial waters, except for its easternmost extremity ... [2 Related Articles]
either of two satellite galaxies of the Milky Way Galaxy, the vast star system of which Earth is a minor component. These companion galaxies were named for the Portuguese navigator ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "annelid") ...divided into 2 regions; prostomium flattened with 2 long palpi arising from the ventral surface at the junction of the prostomium and next segment; capillary and hooded hooks; single genus, ...
(from the article "annelid") ...prostomium with palpi; modified setae on segment 4; tube dweller; examples of genera: Chaetopterus (parchment worm), Spiochaetopterus.Long, slender bodies divided into 2 regions; prostomium flattened with 2 long palpi ...
French experimental physiologist who was the first to prove the functional difference of the spinal nerves. His pioneer studies of the effects of drugs on various parts of the body ... [3 Related Articles]
town, Lombardia (Lombardy) regione, northern Italy, just west of Milan. Its name is derived from that of Marcus Maxentius, a Roman general and emperor (AD 306-312) who had his headquarters ...
(from the article "colour") ...that absorbs red light while transmitting all other radiations is blue-green, often called cyan. An image that absorbs only green light transmits both blue light and red light, and its ...
(from the article "Magenta") ...west of Milan. Its name is derived from that of Marcus Maxentius, a Roman general and emperor (AD 306-312) who had his headquarters there at Castra Maxentia. The town was ...
(from the article "Porsangen") ...of the Arctic Circle. Adjacent to the mouth of the fjord is a largely uninhabited area, Svaerholtklubben, which serves as home to thousands of seabirds. Many islands are found in ...
(from the article "Literature") Maurizio Maggiani's Il viaggiatore notturno (winner of the 2005 Strega Prize) focused on the destruction brought by war. The protagonist is a zoological researcher intent on proving that swallows migrate ...
any of the many itinerant Jewish preachers who flourished especially in Poland and Russia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Because rabbis at that time preached only on the Sabbaths ...
(from the article "Guarneri Family") ...(1698-1745), whose title originates in the "I.H.S." inscribed on his labels. He was much influenced by the works of the earlier Brescian school, particularly those of G.P. Maggini, whom he ...
American stage director (b. July 3, 1951, Chicago, Ill.-d. Aug. 19, 2000, Chicago), gained a national reputation as one of the most talented in his field. Besides directing more than ...
second largest lake in Italy (area 82 square miles [212 square km]), bisected by the border between Lombardy (east) and Piedmont (west). Its northern end is in the Swiss Ticino ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "mystery religion") ...Italy and at Rome. Hundreds of inscriptions attest to Bacchic Mysteries. In some circles, Orphic and Dionysiac ideas were blended, as in the community that met in the underground basilica ...
(from the article "dipteran") ...beneficial, too, functioning as scavengers, predators, or parasites of certain insect pests, as pollinators of plants, and as destroyers of weeds noxious to humans. Dipterous larvae, often called maggots or ...
(from the article "Assam") ...day of the Bohag or Baishakh month). Also known as Rangoli Bihu (from rang, meaning merrymaking and fun), it is accompanied by much dancing and singing. The ...
Sanskrit poet whose only recorded work is Shishupalavadha ("The Slaying of King Shishupala"), an influential mahakavya ("great poem"), a type of classical epic that consists of a variable number of ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "feast") ...is celebrated with a fair that continues for a month's duration, with much rejoicing. The Sri Pancami, a festival (utsava) of seasonal renewal on the fifth day of Magha, symbolizes ...
(from the article "Arabic literature") ...which together are the second most important source of Islamic law and practice after the Qur'an itself. These reports also became part of the collections of maghazi ...
an iron oxide mineral. It has a composition close to ferric oxide (Fe2O3) and exhibits strong magnetism and remanence. Its structure is isometric, of defective spinel form, and somewhat iron-deficient. ...
(from the article "Magherafelt") Magherafelt district is bounded by the River Bann and Lough (lake) Neagh on the east and by the Sperrin Mountains on the west. It borders the districts of Antrim and ...
town, seat, and district (established 1973), formerly within County Londonderry, central Northern Ireland. Magherafelt town was originally an English-company (Plantation of Ulster) town and is now the marketing centre and ...
(from the article "Islamic world") ...or Muhammad I Askia, the greatest ruler of Songhai (ruled 1493-1528). Often, as in the case of both of these rulers, militance was encouraged by an aggressive reformist scholar like ...
town, northwestern Algeria, on the northern edge of the Hauts Plateaux, 8 miles (13 km) east of the Moroccan border. The modern town grew around a French redoubt built in ...
region of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The Africa Minor of the ancients, it at one time included Moorish Spain and now comprises essentially the Atlas Mountains and the ... [7 Related Articles]
(from the article "Algeria") The Maghrib Unity Congress was held at Tangier in April under the auspices of the Moroccan and Tunisian nationalist parties and the Algerian FLN, and it recommended the establishment of ...
(from the article "Morocco") Morocco's central bank, the Bank al-Maghrib, plays a preeminent role in the country's banking system. It issues the Moroccan dirham, maintains Morocco's foreign currency reserves, controls the credit supply, oversees ...
in calligraphy, Islamic cursive style of handwritten alphabet that developed directly from the early Kufic angular scripts used by the Muslim peoples of the Maghrib, who were Western-influenced and relatively ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Turkmen literature") Makhtumquli's contemporaries included Abdulnazar Shahbende and Gurbanali Maghrupi. Shahbende, who studied in Khiva, was also a musician who performed his own works. He was famous for his destans
Syrian poet and playwright (b. 1934, Salamiyah, Syria-d. April 3, 2006, Damascus, Syria), was considered to be one of the greatest and most original writers of modern Arabic literature and ...
in Christian tradition, the noble pilgrims "from the East" who followed a miraculous guiding star to Bethlehem, where they paid homage to the infant Jesus as king of the Jews ... [6 Related Articles]
(from the article "rocket and missile system") ...fighters, for instance, carried both heat-seeking Sidewinders and radar-homing Sparrows. Meanwhile, the Europeans developed such infrared-homing missiles as the British Red Top and the French Magic, the latter being a ...
a concept used to describe a mode of rationality or way of thinking that looks to invisible forces to influence events, effect change in material conditions, or present the illusion ... [52 Related Articles]
(from the article "cluster") ...required to separate the particles from each other-vary widely with N for small clusters. The reason for this wide range is that clusters of certain values of N, known as ...
chiefly Latin-American narrative strategy that is characterized by the matter-of-fact inclusion of fantastic or mythical elements into seemingly realistic fiction. Although this strategy is known in the literature of many ... [8 Related Articles]
square matrix often divided into cells, filled with numbers or letters in particular arrangements that were once thought to have special, magical properties. Originally used as religious symbols, they later ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Shepard, Sam") ...notable plays of this period-The Tooth of Crime (1972) and Geography of a Horse Dreamer (1974)-premiered in London. In late 1974, he became playwright-in-residence at the Magic Theatre in San ...
one who practices magic, sometimes considered the same as a sorcerer or witch. Conjurers are also sometimes called magicians, reflecting a historical confusion whereby legerdemain was considered to involve the ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "automaton") ...beneath hinged panels in snuffbox tops or to operate in cages that were suspended so that a clock under the base was visible. Perhaps the most intriguing of small-size automatons ...
(from the article "Uxmal") The central ruins cover about 150 acres (60 hectares), but the remains of the residential districts extend over considerably more ground. At the tourist entrance to the central area is ...
(from the article "Monopoly") ...Brothers in 1935. Before then, homemade versions of a similar game had circulated in many parts of the United States. Most were based on the Landlord's Game, a board game ...
second largest of the Muslim cultural-linguistic groups of the Philippines. The Magindanao, numbering about 700,000 at the turn of the 21st century, live along the shores and floodlands of the ...
elaborate defensive barrier in northeast France constructed in the 1930s and named after its principal creator, Andre Maginot, who was France's minister of war in 1929-31. [7 Related Articles]
French statesman for whom a French line of elaborate fortifications against Germany was named. The Maginot Line contributed in large part to French complacency in the face of resurgent German ...
(from the article "Borgia, Cesare, Duc De Valentinois") ...which surrendered without a shot being fired. He then turned on Camerino, which was also quickly subdued. At this stage his leading commanders, fearing his power, turned against him in ...
(from the article "ancient Rome") ...supreme military command for no longer than six months. He was also termed the master of the army (magister populi), and he appointed a subordinate cavalry commander, the master of ...
(from the article "France") ...Centre for Judicial Studies. A traditional distinction is made between the magistrats du siege, who try cases, and the magistrats de parquet (public prosecutors), ...
(from the article "France") ...National School of the Magistracy, which was founded in 1958 and in 1970 replaced the National Centre for Judicial Studies. A traditional distinction is made between the
(from the article "Chinese law") All citizens had an obligation to denounce wrongdoers to the magistrate's office of the local county (xian), an office that on certain days of the month served ...
in England and Wales, any of the inferior courts with primarily criminal jurisdiction covering a wide range of offenses from minor traffic violations and public-health nuisances to somewhat more serious ... [4 Related Articles]
a tool culture of northern Europe dating from the postglacial period, approximately 9000 to 5000 BC. The Maglemosian industry was named after the bog (magle mose, "big bog," in Danish) ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Bosnia and Herzegovina") ...including the Pljesivica, Grmec, Klekovaca, Vitorog, Cincar, and Radusa, run in a northwest-southeast direction. The highest peak, reaching 7,828 feet (2,386 metres), is Maglic, near the border with Montenegro. In ...
Haitian military ruler (b. July 19, 1907, Cap-Haitien, Haiti-d. July 12, 2001, Port-au-Prince, Haiti), ruled Haiti from 1950 to 1956. The son of a general, Magloire rose through the ranks ... [2 Related Articles]
molten or partially molten rock from which igneous rocks form. It usually consists of silicate liquid, although carbonate and sulfide melts occur as well. Magma migrates either at depth or ... [19 Related Articles]
(from the article "ocean") ...below the dikes totaling about 4.5 kilometres in thickness. Both of these include gabbros, which are essentially basalts with coarser mineral grains. These gabbro layers are thought to represent the ...
(from the article "mineral deposit") Magmatic segregation is a general term referring to any process by which one or more minerals become locally concentrated (segregated) during the cooling and crystallization of a magma. Rocks formed ...
(from the article "Daly, Reginald Aldworth") Canadian-American geologist who independently developed the theory of magmatic stoping, whereby molten magma rises through the Earth's crust and shatters, but does not melt, the surrounding rocks. The rocks, being ...
(from the article "Equestrian Sports") ...in June purchased AmericaTAB, Bloodstock Research Information Services, and the Thoroughbred Sports Network (TSN) for $80 million to strengthen its position in the Internet account wagering sector. Magna, which reported ...
