(from the article "Performing Arts") ...Huppert strengthened the spine of L'Ivresse du pouvoir, Claude Chabrol's legal drama inspired by a real-life business scandal. Both directors, however, were outdistanced by 97-year-old Manoel de Oliveira, the world's ...
(from the article "As You Like It") ...and his followers (including the disgruntled Jaques) are living in exile. Rosalind, the Duke's daughter, who is still at court, falls in love with Orlando, who has been denied by ...
(from the article "white-toothed shrew") Among the largest is Olivier's shrew (C. olivieri) of sub-Saharan Africa, which weighs 37 to 78 grams (1.3 to 2.8 ounces) and has a body 11 to 15 cm (4.3 ...
British chef, who achieved worldwide fame with his hit television show The Naked Chef (1999) and as author of a number of cookbooks with a variety of ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "climate") ...air mass. In 1951, Arthur N. Strahler described a qualitative classification based on the combination of air masses present at a given location throughout the year. Some years later (1968 ...
American cornetist who was a vital link between the semimythical prehistory of jazz and the firmly documented history of jazz proper. He is also remembered for choosing as his protege ... [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Peru") Toledo was also hurt by a cabinet crisis in August that threatened briefly to bring down the government. The crisis was precipitated when a key Toledo ally, Fernando Olivera, was ...
(from the article "Pesaro") The civic museums house the picture gallery and the museum of majolica, with the richest collection in Italy. (Pesaro has been famous for its majolica since 1462.) The Oliveriano Archaeological ...
multisummited limestone ridge just east of the Old City of Jerusalem and separated from it by the Kidron valley. Frequently mentioned in the Bible and later religious literature, it is ... [1 Related Articles]
private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Olivet, Mich., U.S., located about 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Lansing. A liberal arts college affiliated with the Congregational Christian Church and ...
(from the article "Des Periers, Bonaventure") In 1533 or 1534 Des Periers visited Lyon, then the most enlightened town of France and a refuge for many liberal scholars. He assisted Pierre-Robert Olivetan and Jacques Lefevre d'Etaples ...
(from the article "Olivetti & C. SpA") Founded by Camillo Olivetti (1868-1943), an electrical engineer, the company began making typewriters in 1908. In 1925 Olivetti dispatched his son Adriano Olivetti to study modern manufacturing techniques and plant ...
(from the article "Olivetti & C. SpA") Founded by Camillo Olivetti (1868-1943), an electrical engineer, the company began making typewriters in 1908. In 1925 Olivetti dispatched his son Adriano Olivetti to study modern manufacturing techniques and plant ...
(from the article "Twelfth Night") ...a shipwreck off the coast of Illyria; each believes the other dead. Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario and enters the service of Duke Orsino, who thinks he ...
(from the article "bicycle") Michaux's role as the pioneer manufacturer of pedal bicycles is inextricably linked with the Olivier brothers, Rene and Aime. In 1865 these two rich young men pedaled velocipedes more than ...
a towering figure of the British stage and screen, acclaimed in his lifetime as the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century. He was the first member of his profession ... [16 Related Articles]
(from the article "bicycle") Michaux's role as the pioneer manufacturer of pedal bicycles is inextricably linked with the Olivier brothers, Rene and Aime. In 1865 these two rich young men pedaled velocipedes more than ...
(from the article "Jamaica") ...fire struck Kingston and Port Royal, destroying or seriously damaging almost all of their buildings and killing about 800 people. Kingston's layout and architecture were subsequently altered, and Sir Sydney ...
(from the article "ear, human") From the superior olivary complex, a region in the medulla oblongata, there arises also a fibre tract called the olivocochlear bundle. It constitutes an efferent system, or feedback loop, by ...
cabecera (county seat) of Vicente Lopez partido (county), Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, eastern Argentina, directly north of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos ...
(from the article "Menem, Carlos") ...a flamboyant image and enjoyed great national popularity despite sharp criticism for pardoning convicted human rights violators connected with the period of military rule (1976-83). The Olivos Pact (1994), an ...
island in Lake Baikal, administered as part of Irkutsk oblast (province), east-central Russia. It is separated from the lake's western shore by the straits of Olkhon and the Maloye More ...
(from the article "theatre music") ...often more the outcome of theatrical or other conditions in their respective countries than of theatrical or musical distinctions in the work itself. In the erstwhile Soviet Union, the musicologist ...
(from the article "Roussillon") ...are repatriates from Algeria. There are numerous families of Catalan Gypsies. Catalan is widely spoken, and French is spoken with a heavy Catalan accent. The regional cuisine relies on olive ...
(from the article "tlachtli") the ball court, or field, used for the ritual ball game (ollama) played throughout pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Possibly originating among the Olmecs (La Venta culture, c. 800-c. 400 BC) or even ...
(from the article "fili") Filid were divided into seven grades. One of the lower and less learned grades was bard. The highest grade was the ollamh, achieved after at least 12 years of study, ...
(from the article "pool") The pool method was invented in 1864 by Joseph Oller (1839-1922), a French impresario and part-time bookmaker. He also solved the problem of the time-consuming work of dividing the prize ...
(from the article "skateboarding") ...and the grind. A kickturn is accomplished when the rider pushes down on the kicktail, lifting the front wheels off the ground and spinning on the rear wheels. The hands-free ...
French statesman, writer, and orator who, as minister of justice under Napoleon III, authored an abortive plan for achieving a governmental compromise between Napoleonic autocracy and parliamentary democracy. [2 Related Articles]
blind salamander belonging to the family Proteidae (order Caudata). It lives in the subterranean streams in karst areas of the Adriatic coast from northeastern Italy southward into Montenegro. As an ... [2 Related Articles]
city, eastern Uzbekistan. It is situated 35 miles (55 km) southeast of the city of Tashkent on the northern slopes of the Qurama Mountains and on the left bank of ...
the first elaborate pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica, and one that is thought to have set many of the fundamental patterns evinced by later Indian cultures of Mexico and Central America. [12 Related Articles]
(from the article "John II") ...defeating the Muslims in the Battle of Higueruela (1431). John II sequestered his son, the future Henry IV, at Segovia, giving rise to fresh rivalries. He and Luna vanquished the ...
poet and statesman whose odes commemorating South America's achievement of independence from Spain captured the revolutionary spirit of his time and inspired a generation of Romantic poets and patriots. They ... [1 Related Articles]
Italian motion picture director whose formative work examines life in the business world and whose later films explore religious and social themes. [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "primate") ...have clarified the human story, older ones, which had served only to cloud it, have been repudiated. Piltdown man was shown unequivocally to be a fake in 1953; and Galley ...
(from the article "Spanish literature") Sastre's plays are examples of the social realism practiced by the Grupo Realista (Realist Group) during the 1950s and '60s. Epitomizing this group's realist style is Lauro Olmo's
(from the article "electronic eavesdropping") ...forbidding the interception of messages were enacted as early as 1862. The tapping of telephone lines began in the 1890s and was approved for use by police officials in the ...
(from the article "Puerto Rico") ...the controlling power, a condition that proved distasteful to many Puerto Ricans; as a consequence, the law was subsequently amended to give Puerto Ricans a wider role in the government. ...
American landscape architect who designed a succession of outstanding public parks, beginning with Central Park in New York City. [10 Related Articles]
(Nov. 29, 1850), agreement signed at Olmutz (Olomouc, Moravia, in modern Czech Republic) between Prussia and Austria that regulated those two powers' relations. The development leading up to the punctation ... [5 Related Articles]
U.S. secretary of state (1895-97) who asserted, under the Monroe Doctrine, the right of the United States to intervene in any international disputes within the Western Hemisphere.
(from the article "art and architecture, Oceanic") ...predominantly on the triangular design described above. Sculpted figures are rare in the area. The most conspicuous works are shields, which show many variants of the triangular design. Among the ...
(from the article "Maasai") Ceremonial events are directed by a ritual expert (oloiboni) who, although he has no political power, is religious head of his people.
(from the article "Convolvulaceae") ...(Ipomoea batatas) is an economic plant of the family, but the ornamental vines are used in horticulture; several species of bindweeds are agricultural pests. The seeds of two species, Turbina ...
(from the article "El Salvador") ...to the Pacific. Flooded volcanic craters constitute the country's largest bodies of water: Lakes Coatepeque (15 square miles [39 square km]), Ilopango (40 square miles [100 square km]), and Olomega ...
city, northeastern Czech Republic. The city lies along the Morava River at its confluence with the Bystrice River, at the northern edge of the fertile Hana farming region. [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Olomouc") Olomouc possibly originated as a Roman fort (Mons Iulii) and by the 9th century was an important stronghold. A bishopric, established there in 1063, was raised to an archbishopric in ...
(from the article "Karelian language") ...branch of the Uralic language family, spoken in Karelia republic of northwestern Russia and by emigrants in neighbouring Finland. There are two dialects of Karelian-Karelian proper and Olonets. Ludic, a ...
city, southwestern Luzon, Philippines. The city is situated in a lowland area near the mouth of Subic Bay. Olongapo was heavily damaged in World War II (1939-45). It became a ...
(from the article "African religions") ...vibration of his spoken word, though the principal cult is directed to the Nommo, primordial beings and first ancestors, rather than to Amma. In Nigeria the Yoruba hold that the ...
(from the article "Lahaina") ...to be the largest in the islands. The Whalers Village Museum, located within a shopping complex, contains displays on the city's whaling history as well as more than 70 species ...
(from the article "Fashions") ...BCBG Max Azria and Tory by TRB, a mid-priced resort-inspired sportswear line designed by New York socialite Tory Burch. At OG2, a women's fashion boutique on London's Portobello Road, Nigerian ...
(from the article "Mbari Mbayo Club") ...lost-wax brass figures for the Ogboni cult, but in a contemporary style. Jinadu Oladepo created brass figures and bracelets and pendants that were worn by the Oshogbo artists as a ...
(from the article "fungus") ...in insects of the order Diptera; spores develop within a sporangium; example genus is Crypticola.Pathogenic on marine plants, including laver (nori); thallus infects cells of host; example genus is...
(from the article "children's literature") ...delight. The tradition is relayed to the 20th century by Halfdan Rasmussen, whose collected Bjornerim ("Verse for Children") won the 1964 Danish Children's Book Prize, and Ib Spang Olsen, with ...
(from the article "Digital Equipment Corporation") Digital was founded by Kenneth Olsen and Harlan Anderson, electronics engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with the idea of building a family of high-performance, low-cost computers that ...
American boxer (b. July 11, 1928, Honolulu, Hawaii-d. Jan. 16, 2002, Honolulu), was middleweight champion of the world from 1953 to 1955; his most notable fights, however, were four losses ... [1 Related Articles]
American poet, playwright, and literary critic. He was a leading member of the Chicago critics-a Neo-Aristotelian, or "critical pluralist," school of critical theory that came to prominence in the 1940s ...
(from the article "Farmer-Labor Party") Its candidate, Floyd B. Olson, was elected governor in 1930, reelected in 1932 and 1934. The party merged with the Democrats to form the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in 1944.
(from the article "music synthesizer") The first electronic sound synthesizer, an instrument of awesome dimensions, was developed by the American acoustical engineers Harry Olson and Herbert Belar in 1955 at the Radio Corporation of America ...
(from the article "Library of Congress Classification") The Library of Congress does not publish a general index to the classification schedules, but a Combined Indexes to the Library of Congress Classification Schedules, compiled by Nancy B. Olson, ...
(from the article "Mesoamerican Indian languages") ...some merit. In 1961 it was suggested that Chipaya-a language spoken on the shores of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia-is genetically related to the Mayan languages. The hypothesis, proposed by Ronald ...
(from the article "Track and Field Sports") Olsson and women's 400-m star Tonique Williams-Darling of The Bahamas split the jackpot from the Golden League, a series that offered shares of a $1 million prize to athletes who ...
(from the article "Poland") ...Stanislaw Tyminski, a Polish emigre businessman from Canada who finished second in the balloting. The succession of cabinets in the early 1990s included one government headed by Jan Olszewski, which ...
city, capital of Warminsko-Mazurskie wojewodztwo (province), northeastern Poland. It lies along the Lyna River in the Masurian lake district. The city serves as a trade centre, with ... [1 Related Articles]
defile in south-central Romania. The defile was cut into the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians) by the Olt River. It was particularly important during the Roman occupation (1st century BC to ...
river, rising close to the headwaters of the Mures River, in the Ciuc Depression, east central Romania, at an elevation of 5,900 feet (1,800 m); it flows generally southwest and ...
(from the article "Romania") ...has increased greatly since the early 19th century. In the southern part of Romania is the Walachian Plain, which can be divided into the Romanian Plain to the east of ...
(from the article "African dance") A linear or circular floor pattern is used in cultures employing a combination of team and soloist. The Olu Kanaanwa dance for unmarried Igbo girls is done in unison in ...
(from the article "Ogun") ...aluminum products, and plastics. Abeokuta, an important market centre, is a terminus of the roads and railways coming from Lagos and other parts of the country. Major tourist attractions are ...
(from the article "Iwo") ...and Ogbomosho, on a low hill at the edge of savanna and forest. Founded in the 16th or 17th century, it became the capital of the Yoruba kingdom of Iwo. ...
ruined ancient sanctuary, home of the ancient Olympic Games, and former site of the massive Statue of Zeus, which had been ranked as one of the Seven Wonders of the ... [5 Related Articles]
city, capital of Washington, U.S., seat (1852) of Thurston county, on Budd Inlet and Capitol Lake (at the south end of Puget Sound), at the mouth of the Deschutes River, ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Western sculpture") The finest examples of early Classical architectural sculpture are the works of the Olympia Master, an unidentified artist who decorated the pediments and frieze (Archaeological Museum, Olympia) of the Temple ...
(from the article "Girodias, Maurice") ...Life and Loves, 3 vol. (1923-27). Girodias, who took his mother's non-Jewish maiden name during World War II, was unable to regain control of Obelisk after the war, and in ...
(from the article "Hadrian") ...he made to the soldiers in 128. In Athens, the Emperor's benefactions were numerous. At the Athenians' request, he had their laws professionally redrafted, and he brought to completion the ...
(from the article "Western architecture") ...largeness of scale and of detail that often contrasts with popular notions of Greek monumental art. For example, the most striking ancient building on Sicily is the colossal Doric temple ...
wife of Philip II of Macedonia and mother of Alexander the Great. She had a passionate and imperious nature, and she played important roles in the power struggles that followed ... [3 Related Articles]
Greek airline, formerly known as Olympic Airways, founded on April 6, 1957, by the Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis (1906?-75) but, from 1975, wholly owned by the Greek government. Services from ... [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "measurement system") ...passed into the hands of the Greeks and then the Romans. A basic Greek unit of length was the finger (19.3 mm, or 0.76 inch); 16 fingers equaled about 30 ...
(from the article "Olympic Games") A fanfare of trumpets sound as the Olympic flag is slowly raised. The Olympic flame is then carried into the stadium by the last of a series of runners who ...
athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the late 19th century. Before the 1970s the Games were officially limited to competitors with amateur status, but in ... [143 Related Articles]
flag consisting of a white field bearing five equal interlocking rings of blue, dark yellow, black, green, and red with separations wherever two rings intersect. The width-to-length ratio of the ... [2 Related Articles]
segment of the Pacific mountain system of western North America. They extend across the Olympic Peninsula south of the Juan de Fuca Strait and west of Puget Sound in northwestern ... [5 Related Articles]
national park, northwestern Washington, U.S., established in 1938 to preserve the Olympic Mountains and their magnificent forests and wildlife. The park, which covers 1,442 square miles (3,735 square km), includes ...
(from the article "Washington") Washington has seven physiographic regions. In the northwest the Olympic Peninsula borders the Pacific Ocean south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Dense rain forests extend along the western ...
(from the article "Montreal") ...has a professional Canadian gridiron football team, the Alouettes. In winter the slopes of Mount Royal are covered with skiers. The Montreal Olympic Park, site of the 1976 Summer Games, ...
(from the article "The Olympic Truce") The creation of the Ekecheiria, the Olympic truce, lies within the traditional story of the founding of the ancient Olympic Games. Two warring kings of the area around Olympia, Iphitos ...
(from the article "Olympic Games") In Paris in 1924, a number of cabins were built near the stadium to house visiting athletes; the complex was called "Olympic Village." But the first Olympic Village with kitchens, ...
(from the article "international relations") ...of American and perhaps 2,000,000 Japanese lives would be lost. Yet the Joint Chiefs had no choice but to prepare for this eventuality, and by May 25 they had instructed ...
