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- (1838-58), British joint-stock company responsible for much of the early settlement of New Zealand; it attempted to colonize in accordance with the theories of Edward Gibbon Wakefield (q.v.). Formed in ... [2 Related Articles]
- New Zealand First
- (from the article "New Zealand") ...support from four minor parties to form an administration. Clark's Labour Party (with 50 seats) concluded a formal coalition with the Progressive Party (1 seat), agreed to various arrangements with ...
- New Zealand fur seal
- (from the article "fur seal") ...seals are gregarious and carnivorous. By the late 1970s about 14,000 South American fur seals (A. australis) were being harvested annually. Other species, including the once-numerous New Zealand fur seal ...
- New Zealand Labour Party
- political party established in 1916 in a merger of various socialist and trade-union groups, including the Unified Labour Party (founded in 1910) and the Social Democratic Party (founded in 1913). ... [9 Related Articles]
- New Zealand literature
- the body of literatures, both oral and written, produced in New Zealand. [14 Related Articles]
- New Zealand National Party
- political party founded in 1936 in the merger of non-Labour groups, most notably the United Party and the Reform Party, two parties that had been in coalition since 1931. It ... [6 Related Articles]
- New Zealand Political Reform League
- conservative political party formed from various local and sectional organizations that took power in 1912, following a general election in 1911, and held control of the government until 1928. The ... [3 Related Articles]
- New Zealand region
- (from the article "biogeographic region") The New Zealand region (Figure 2) includes all of New Zealand, excluding aspects of the fauna of the southwest, which shows an Antarctic element. Flightless birds inhabit both New Zealand ...
- New Zealand Rugby Football Union
- (from the article "rugby") ...at Nelson in 1870. However, rugby spread slowly owing to problems of distance and sparse population, and while regional unions appeared throughout the country by the mid-1880s, a national union, ...
- New Zealand scaup
- (from the article "scaup") ...of the lesser scaup is glossed with purple but may have tinges of green. Females are brown with white patches around their blue bills. The diet is composed mainly of ...
- New Zealand sea lion
- (from the article "sea lion") The New Zealand, or Hooker's, sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) inhabits only New Zealand. Males are 2.0-2.5 metres in length, females 1.5-2.0 metres. Their weight is slightly less ...
- New Zealand short-tailed bat
- either of two species (M. robusta and M. tuberculata) of small bats that are the only species in the rare bat family Mystacinidae, which is found only ... [1 Related Articles]
- New Zealand tea tree
- (from the article "Leptospermum") ...shredding bark and white flowers. It is used for reclamation planting and erosion control on sandy soils. The woolly tea tree (L. lanigerum) differs in having fuzzy young shoots. The ...
- New Zealand, Church of the Province of
- an independent Anglican church that developed from missionary work begun in the 19th century. The first missionaries arrived in New Zealand from Australia in 1814. The work flourished, and in ...
- New Zealand, flag of
- national flag consisting of a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton and four stars, forming the Southern Cross constellation, at the fly end. The width-to-length ratio of ...
- New Zealand, history of
- (from the article "New Zealand") HistoryAntarctic TreatyAntarctic Treaty...zone to be preserved for scientific research. The treaty resulted from a conference in Washington, D.C., attended by ...
- New-York Historical Society
- museum and research institute of New York history, located on Central Park West, New York City.
- Newar
- people who comprise about half the population of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. They speak a language belonging to the Tibeto-Burman family, but their culture has been strongly influenced by ... [6 Related Articles]
- Newari language
- (from the article "Table 42: Tibetic Languages*") ...dialects found in the Tarai and mountain areas. The languages of the north and east belong predominantly to the Tibeto-Burman family. These include Magar, Gurung, Rai, Limbu, Sunwar, Tamang, Newari, ...
- Newark
- city, New Castle county, northern Delaware, U.S. It lies just west-southwest of Wilmington. The community developed in the late 1680s around the New Worke Quaker meetinghouse, which served as an ...
- Newark
- city and port, Essex county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies on the west bank of the Passaic River and on Newark Bay, 8 miles (13 km) west of lower ... [2 Related Articles]
- Newark
- city, seat (1808) of Licking county, central Ohio, U.S. It lies at the junctions of the North and South forks of the Licking River and of Raccoon Creek, 30 miles ...
- Newark and Sherwood
- district, administrative and historic county of Nottinghamshire, central England, in the east-central part of the county. Newark and Sherwood district extends from the fertile, wide valley of the River Trent, ...
- Newark Basin
- (from the article "Triassic Period") ...In eastern North America great thicknesses of sedimentary rocks of continental origin were deposited during the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic in a series of fault-bounded basins, of which the ...
- Newark Eagles
- (from the article "Dandridge, Ray") ...Although he had little power, he often posted batting averages of over .300. He began his career with Negro league teams in Detroit and Nashville in 1933, but after one ...
- Newark-on-Trent
- town, Newark and Sherwood district, administrative and historic county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies along the River Trent at the crossing of the Roman Fosse Way with the modern Great ...
- Newberg
- city, Yamhill county, northwestern Oregon, U.S. It lies in the Willamette River valley, southwest of Portland. Founded in 1869 as the first Quaker settlement in the Pacific Northwest, it was ...
- Newberry
- county, central South Carolina, U.S., a hilly region of the Piedmont. The Broad River and its Parr Reservoir impoundment form part of the eastern border, and the Saluda River forms ...
- Newberry Library
- (from the article "calligraphy") ...in 1913, taught lettering and calligraphy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1921 to 1931. He later became custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on ...
- Newberry, John
- (from the article "Fitch, Ralph") In February 1583, together with John Newberry, John Eldred, William Leedes, and James Story, Fitch embarked in the Tiger and reached Syria in late April. (Act I, scene 3 of ...
- Newbery Medal
- annual award given to the author of the most distinguished American children's book of the previous year. It was established by Frederic G. Melcher of the R.R. Bowker Publishing Company ...
- Newbery, John
- (from the article "children's literature") ...of shopkeepers," and in England art may owe much to trade. Children's literature in England got its start from merchants such as Thomas Boreman, of whom little is known, and ...
- Newbigin, Lesslie
- (from the article "Christianity") A modern missionary to India, Lesslie Newbigin (1909-98), recounted how, in preaching to villagers in the south, he would tell stories about Jesus that could not be told about the ...
- Newbolt, Sir Henry (John)
- English poet, best-known for his patriotic and nautical verse.
- newborn period
- (from the article "Apgar Score System") medical rating procedure developed in 1952 by American anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar (q.v.) to evaluate the condition of newborn infants and to identify those that require life-sustaining medical assistance, such as ...
- Newburgh
- city, Orange county, southeastern New York, U.S. It lies on the west bank of the Hudson River (opposite Beacon), 58 miles (93 km) north of New York City. First settled ...
- Newburn
- urban area, Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, historic county of Northumberland, England. It lies on the western boundary of the Tyneside metropolitan area. A ...
- Newburn, Battle of
- (Aug. 28, 1640), decisive military encounter in the Bishops' War, in which an army of Scottish invaders defeated the English forces of Charles I and captured Newcastle, forcing the king ...
- Newbury
- town, West Berkshire unitary authority, historic county of Berkshire, England. The town lies along the River Kennet, on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Much evidence of Roman occupation has been ...
- Newbury, Milton Sim
- American songwriter and musician (b. May 19, 1940, Houston, Texas-d. Sept. 29, 2002, Springfield, Ore.), wrote more than 500 songs. More literate and reflective than much of the music of ...
- Newburyport
- city, Essex county, northeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies at the mouth of the Merrimack River, 30 miles (48 km) north-northeast of Boston. Settled in 1635 (as part of Newbury), its ...
- Newcastle
- city and port, New South Wales, Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Hunter River, 104 miles (168 km) by rail northeast of Sydney. [1 Related Articles]
- Newcastle
- town, northwestern KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. It lies at the foot of the Drakensberg mountains. The fourth British settlement in Natal, it was founded in 1864 as a regional trade ...
- Newcastle
- city, seat (1890) of Weston county, northeastern Wyoming, U.S., near the Black Hills and the South Dakota border. Founded in 1889 as the terminus of the Burlington Railroad and named ...
- Newcastle
- town, Down district (established 1973), formerly in County Down, eastern Northern Ireland. It lies along Dundrum Bay, at the foot of Slieve Donard (2,789 feet [850 metres]), which is the ...
- Newcastle
- (from the article "Miramichi") ...Northumberland county, eastern New Brunswick, Canada. It lies near the mouth of the Miramichi River, 84 miles (135 km) north-northwest of Moncton. Formed in 1995 as an amalgamation of the ...
- Newcastle disease
- a serious viral disease of birds caused by a paramyxovirus and marked by respiratory and nervous system problems. Some adult birds recover, although mortality rates are high in tropical and ...
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- (from the article "Newcastle upon Tyne") city and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, historic county of Northumberland, northeastern England. It lies on the north bank of the River Tyne 8 miles (13 km) ...
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- city and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, historic county of Northumberland, northeastern England. It lies on the north bank of the River Tyne 8 miles (13 km) ...
- Newcastle upon Tyne, University of
- (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") Newcastle is an important education centre. The University of Newcastle upon Tyne was founded in 1937 as King's College by the merging of Armstrong College and the College of Medicine, ...
- Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of, Duke Of Newcastle-upon-tyne, Marquess Of Clare, Earl Of Clare, Viscount Haughton, Baron Pelham Of Laughton, Baron Pelham Of Stanmer
- prime minister of Great Britain from 1754 to 1756 and from 1757 to 1762. Through his control of government patronage, he wielded enormous political influence during the reigns of the ... [8 Related Articles]
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- (from the article "Newcastle-under-Lyme") town and borough (district), administrative and historic county of Staffordshire, west-central England. It borders the city of Stoke-on-Trent and occupies the northwestern corner of Staffordshire. Newcastle-under-Lyme takes its name from ...
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- town and borough (district), administrative and historic county of Staffordshire, west-central England. It borders the city of Stoke-on-Trent and occupies the northwestern corner of Staffordshire. Newcastle-under-Lyme takes its name from ...
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of
- Royalist commander during the English Civil Wars and a noted patron of poets, dramatists, and other writers.
- Newcomb College
- (from the article "Tulane University") ...as Tulane University of Louisiana, named in honour of Paul Tulane, who had made a substantial donation to the university in 1882. In 1886, another benefactor, Josephine Louise Newcomb, established ...
- Newcomb, Josephine Louise Le Monnier
- American philanthropist, founder of Newcomb College, the first self-supporting American women's college associated with a men's school.
- Newcomb, Simon
- Canadian-born American astronomer and mathematician who prepared ephemerides-tables of computed places of celestial bodies over a period of time-and tables of astronomical constants. [2 Related Articles]
- Newcomb, Theodore M.
- (from the article "communication") ...Wiener. While the model described above displays some generality and shows simplicity, it lacks some of the predictive, descriptive, and analytic powers found in other approaches. A psychologist, Theodore M. ...
- Newcomen steam engine
- (from the article "energy conversion") Some years later another English engineer, Thomas Newcomen, developed a more efficient steam pump consisting of a cylinder fitted with a piston-a design inspired by Papin's aforementioned idea. When the ...
- Newcomen, Thomas
- British engineer and inventor of the atmospheric steam engine, a precursor of James Watt's engine. [3 Related Articles]
- Newdigate Prize
- poetry prize founded in 1805 by Sir Roger Newdigate and awarded at the University of Oxford. The award is given annually for the best student poem of up to 300 ...
- Newdigate, Sir Roger
- (from the article "Newdigate Prize") poetry prize founded in 1805 by Sir Roger Newdigate and awarded at the University of Oxford. The award is given annually for the best student poem of up to 300 ...
- Newdow, Michael
- (from the article "Religion") ...Karlton ruled in Sacramento that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools was unconstitutional because of its reference to one nation under God. The case had been brought by ...
- newel
- upright post rising at the foot of a stairway, at its landings, or at its top. These posts usually serve as anchors for handrails. Often the stringboards, which cover and ...
- Newell lock
- (from the article "lock") In this period lock patents came thick and fast. All incorporated ingenious variations on the lever or Bramah principles. The most interesting was Robert Newell's Parautoptic lock, made by the ...
- Newell, Allen
- American computer scientist and one of the pioneers of the science of artificial intelligence (AI). [2 Related Articles]
- Newell, Lake
- (from the article "Brooks") More recently, Brooks has become an important meat-packing and food-processing centre, as the irrigation agriculture in the surrounding area has diversified to include vegetable crops and corn. Lake Newell, the ...
- Newell, Peter
- (from the article "caricature and cartoon") ...Punch style lingered briefly after World War I. Of such were Oliver Herford, whose Alphabet of Celebrities and other comic verses with pictures were published as small books; Peter Newell, ...
- Newell, Robert
- (from the article "lock") In this period lock patents came thick and fast. All incorporated ingenious variations on the lever or Bramah principles. The most interesting was Robert Newell's Parautoptic lock, made by the ...
- Newfound Gap
- (from the article "Great Smoky Mountains") ...mountains form a popular resort area that includes the national park, a segment of the Appalachian Trail (for hikers), and the Blue Ridge Parkway (a motor route). A transmountain highway ...
- Newfoundland
- (from the article "Canada") ...Robert Ghiz's father was provincial premier from 1986 to 1993.) The Liberals won 23 of the province's 27 seats, with approximately 53% of the popular vote. In another landslide victory, ...
- Newfoundland
- breed of working dog developed in Newfoundland, possibly from crosses between native dogs and the Great Pyrenees dogs taken to North America by Basque fishermen in the 17th century. Noted ...
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- province of Canada composed of the island of Newfoundland and a larger mainland sector, Labrador, to the northwest. It is the newest of Canada's 10 provinces, having joined the confederation ... [13 Related Articles]
- Newfoundland and Labrador, flag of
- Canadian provincial flag consisting of a white field (background) bearing four blue triangles at the hoist, two longer white triangles outlined in red, and a stylized gold-and-red arrow pointing toward ...
- Newfoundland, Memorial University of
- (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") Vocational, technical, and trade schools, both private and government-operated, have always been nondenominational in character. Founded as Memorial University College in 1925, the Memorial University of Newfoundland, with campuses at ...
- Newgate Prison
- (from the article "Western architecture") Of the next generation the leading architects were George Dance the Younger, Henry Holland, and James Wyatt. Dance's Newgate Prison, London (1769; demolished 1902), was among the most original English ...
- Newhall, Nancy
- American photography critic, conservationist, and editor who was an important contributor to the development of the photograph book as an art form.
- Newham
- inner borough of London. It is bordered to the east by the River Roding and Barking Creek, to the south by the River Thames, and to the west by the ...
- Newhaven
- town (parish), Lewes district, administrative county of East Sussex, historic county of Sussex, England, at the mouth of the River Ouse. "New" haven developed after the great storm of 1570, ...
- Newhouse family
- family that built the second largest publishing empire in the United States in the second half of the 20th century. [1 Related Articles]
- Newhouse, Samuel Irving
- (from the article "Newhouse family") The family's fortunes began with Samuel Irving Newhouse (b. May 24, 1895, New York, N.Y., U.S.-d. Aug. 29, 1979, New York City), who was born Solomon Neuhaus and was later ...
- Newhouse, Theodore
- American publisher who with his brothers founded a publishing empire that grew to comprise such holdings as 26 newspapers, the Conde Nast magazine group, business journals, and cable television systems ...
- Newhouser, Harold
- American left-handed baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1939-53) and the Cleveland Indians (1954-55) who was the only pitcher to win consecutive (1944-45) Most Valuable Player awards; he was elected ...
- Newington
- area in the borough of Southwark, London. It lies southeast of Waterloo Station and west of Bermondsey. In the 19th century the area was developed as a residential suburb, and ...
- Newland, John
- American actor and director (b. Nov. 23, 1917, Cincinnati, Ohio-d. Jan. 10, 2000, Los Angeles, Calif.), was best known for his role as host of the 1959-61 television series
- Newlands, John Alexander Reina
- British chemist whose "law of octaves" noted a pattern in the atomic structure of elements with similar chemical properties and contributed in a significant way to the development of the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Newley, Anthony George
- British entertainer, composer, lyricist, playwright, and director who was most famous for his roles in two shows he also co-wrote (with Leslie Bricusse) and directed: Stop the ...
- Newlin, Dika
- American musicologist, composer, and pianist (b. Nov. 22, 1923, Portland, Ore.-d. July 22, 2006, Richmond, Va.), had a career that embraced musical scholarship, classical performance, and immersion in pop-music culture. ...
- newly industrializing country
- (from the article "Asia") ...proportion of world population. Although heavy industry has been important to the economies of the larger Asian countries, light manufacturing has been more conspicuous. In the lesser-developed and newly industrialized ...
- Newman
- mining town, northwestern Western Australia. It lies near Mount Newman, the highest peak (3,455 feet [1,053 m]) in the Ophthalmia Range. Both the town and the mountain were named for ...
- Newman's Own
- (from the article "Newman, Paul") A noted political liberal, Newman was outspoken in support of causes such as same-sex marriage and global disarmament. He was also a businessman and philanthropist. He launched the successful Newman's ...
- Newman, Alfred
- (from the article "1943: Other Winners") ...and William Darling for The Song of BernadetteArt Direction, Color: Alexander Golitzen and John B. Goodman for The Phantom of the OperaMusic Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Alfred ...
- Newman, Arnold
- American photographer, who specialized in portraits of well-known people posed in settings associated with their work. This approach, known as "environmental portraiture," greatly influenced portrait photography in the 20th century. [1 Related Articles]
- Newman, Barnett
- American painter whose large, austerely reductionist canvases influenced the colour-field painters of the 1960s. [1 Related Articles]
- Newman, Charles
- (from the article "Literature") ...during the year were those of novelists William Styron, Gilbert Sorrentino, and Frederick Busch and science-fiction writer Octavia E. Butler. (See Obituaries.) Writer-critic Charles Newman, the founding ...
- Newman, John Henry
- influential churchman and man of letters of the 19th century, who led the Oxford Movement in the Church of England and later became a cardinal-deacon in the Roman Catholic church. ... [14 Related Articles]
- Newman, Larry
- (from the article "Abruzzo, Ben L.") ...a real-estate developer. He, as well as his wife and children, became active in skiing, boating, sailing, tennis, flying, and ballooning. In 1978 Abruzzo, with Maxie Anderson (q.v.) and Larry ...
- Newman, Lionel
- (from the article "1969: Other Winners") ...Smith for Hello, Dolly!Original Score for a Motion Picture: Burt Bacharach for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidScore of a Musical Picture Original or Adaptation: Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman ...
- Newman, Mount
- (from the article "Pilbara") Massive development of the iron industry, based on ore mined in the Hamersley Range, brought an influx of population to the area in the 1970s. One of the principal mines ...
- Newman, Paul
- handsome and charismatic American film actor, who was an enduring screen presence in the second half of the 20th century. [4 Related Articles]
- Newman, Randy
- American composer, songwriter, singer, and pianist whose character-driven, ironic, and often humorous compositions won him a cult audience and praise from critics but were atypical of the singer-songwriter movement of ... [2 Related Articles]
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