(from the article "The Environment") Sakhalin Energy Investment Co. Ltd., of which Royal Dutch Shell was the main stakeholder, agreed in March to reroute a controversial undersea oil pipeline so that it would avoid the ...
island at the far eastern end of Russia. It is located between the Tatar Strait and the Sea of Okhotsk, north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. With the Kuril ... [4 Related Articles]
Soviet nuclear theoretical physicist, an outspoken advocate of human rights, civil liberties, and reform in the Soviet Union as well as rapprochement with noncommunist nations. In 1975 he was awarded ... [2 Related Articles]
Scottish writer and journalist whose stories depict the Edwardian social scene with a flippant wit and power of fantastic invention used both to satirize social pretension, unkindness, and stupidity and ...
city, north-central Azerbaijan. It is situated on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Range. Saki, one of the oldest cities in Azerbaijan, was a trading centre on the road ...
any of seven species of arboreal South American monkeys having long nonprehensile furred tails. The "true" sakis of the genus Pithecia are approximately 30-50 cm (12-20 inches) ...
mechanical device used to raise water from wells or pits. A sakia consists of buckets fastened to a vertical wheel or to a rope belt about the wheel, which is ... [1 Related Articles]
Croatian concentration camp commander was convicted (1999) and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for crimes against humanity committed during his bloody seven-month term (April-November 1944) as commandant of the Jasenovac ...
(from the article "Ice Hockey") ...the 54th NHL All-Star game, which was played at breakneck speed on February 8 in St. Paul, Minn., the Eastern Conference All-Stars beat their rivals from the Western Conference 6-4. ...
(from the article "Halley's Comet") ...the comet passed Earth in November-December 1985, reached perihelion on Feb. 9, 1986, and came closest to Earth on April 11, 1986. Its passage was observed by two Japanese spacecraft ...
(from the article "Ryukyu Islands") ...area of 1,193 square miles (3,090 square km), the Ryukyus consist of 55 islands and islets divided into three major groups: the Amami island chain in the north, the central ...
(from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") ..."King Ur-Nammu has confirmed the field of the god XX for the god XX." In some cities, notably in Uruk, Mari, or Der (near Badrah, Iraq), the administration was in ...
outer liturgical vestment worn by bishops of the Eastern Orthodox church. It is a short, close-fitting tunic with half sleeves, buttoned or tied with ribbons on the sides, and usually ... [1 Related Articles]
German medical doctor and research scientist who in 1991, together with German physicist Erwin Neher, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for research into basic cell function and ... [1 Related Articles]
second of the four stages of the Early Permian (Cisuralian) Epoch, encompassing all rocks deposited during the Sakmarian Age (294.6 million to 284.4 million years ago) of the Permian Period. ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "education") ...further Christian infiltration of Japan, banned foreign travel and prohibited the return of overseas Japanese. Further, in 1639, the shogunate banned visits by Europeans. This was the so-called sakoku, or ...
inlet of the Atlantic Ocean extending approximately 14 miles (23 km) north to Mount Hope Bay, southeastern Rhode Island, U.S. Although called a river, the Sakonnet is actually a saltwater ...
(from the article "British American Tobacco PLC") ...majority control of Wiggins Teape Limited, a paper-products manufacturer. Beginning in 1971 it began investing in American department-store chains, eventually buying Marshall Field and Company and Saks Fifth Avenue. In ...
(from the article "Hinduism") ...female counterpart, she inherits some of Shiva's more fearful aspects. She comes to be regarded as the power (shakti) of Shiva, without which Shiva is helpless. Shakti ...
early and influential proponent of Westernization in Japan whose slogan Toyo no dotoku, seiyo no geijutsu ("Eastern ethics, Western techniques") became the basis of the Japanese modernization effort in the ...
(from the article "India") ...to oligarchy, as in the case of Vaishali, the nucleus of the Vrijji state. Apart from the major states, there also were many smaller oligarchies, such as those of the ...
(from the article "Himalayas") With decreasing rainfall and increasing altitude westward, the rain forests give way to tropical deciduous forests, where the valuable timber tree sal is the dominant species; sal thrives best on ...
northeasternmost island of Cape Verde, in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 miles (640 km) off the coast of western Africa. It has an area of 83 square miles (216 square ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Perugino") Commissioned by the guild of bankers of Perugia, Perugino painted a fresco cycle in their Sala dell'Udienza that is believed to have been completed during or shortly after 1500, the ...
(from the article "India") ...1750. French troops conducted Muzaffar Jang toward Hyderabad; when Muzaffar in turn was murdered three months later, the French succeeded in placing the late nizam's third son, Salabat Jang, on ...
any of a wide variety of dishes that fall into the following principal categories: green salads; vegetable salads; salads of pasta, legumes, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or ...
(from the article "salad") The simplest salad dressings are mixtures of oil and vinegar (the usual proportion is three parts oil to one part vinegar); to this is added salt and pepper, herbs, and ...
(from the article "salad") ...transforms the dish into a light entree. The julienne salad popular in the United States is a green salad garnished with narrow strips of cheese, chicken, ham, beef, and vegetables. ...
(from the article "salad") ...or chopped cabbage with a mayonnaise or vinegar-based dressing. Some Middle Eastern salads are pureed or finely chopped cucumbers, eggplants, or chickpeas, mixed with tahini or yogurt. Salade russe is ...
Muslim sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and the most famous of Muslim heroes. In wars against the Christian Crusaders, he achieved great success ... [32 Related Articles]
(from the article "United Kingdom") ...marks. Various methods of raising money were tried: an aid, or scutage; a carucage, or tax on plow lands; a general tax of a fourth of revenues and chattels (this ...
(from the article "Track and Field Sports (Athletics)") ...distance star Kenenisa Bekele, unbeaten in 2007 in 10 track races of 2,000 m and above, ventured down to the 1,500 m and lost to Kenyan Daniel K. Komen. During ...
(from the article "Casa Grande Ruins National Monument") ...were used as living spaces, and the fourth story consisted of only one central room. Openings in the walls of Casa Grande align with the Sun and Moon at different ...
evaporite deposit that occurs in the region of the Guadalupe Mountains of western Texas, U.S., and is a major world source for potassium salts. In the Delaware Basin it reaches ...
river in northeastern Buenos Aires province, Argentina. It rises at Lake El Chanar, which lies at an elevation of 130 feet (40 m) above sea level on the border of ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Plata, Rio de la") ...at Rosario, and it is strewn throughout with chains of islands. Santa Fe, on the right bank opposite the port of Parana, stands where the Parana receives its last major ...
river in northeastern Mexico. It rises in the Sierra Madre Oriental in Coahuila state and flows generally east-northeastward for some 175 miles (280 km) into the lake created by the ...
(from the article "Spain") ...checked the reconquest ambitions of Alfonso XI-who in 1340, with the aid of the Portuguese, won a decisive victory over the Maghribian army of Abu al-Hasan at the Battle of ...
(from the article "Algeria") Political violence increased, owing to youth radicalization and attacks by the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which claimed to have joined al-Qaeda in September 2006. Following the explosion ...
(from the article "Iraq") At least half of all attacks occurred in four Sunni-dominated provinces-Anbar, Salah al-Din, Nineveh, and Baghdad. Iraq's borders, especially with neighbouring Syria, were only lightly guarded, and hundreds of fighters ...
(from the article "Rumi") A few years after Shams al-Din's death, Rumi experienced a similar rapture in his acquaintance with an illiterate goldsmith, Salah al-Din Zarkub. It is said that one day, hearing the ...
(from the article "Constantine") ...enough to attract merchants from Pisa, Genoa, and Venice. Although it was frequently taken and then lost by the Turks, it became the seat of a bey who was subordinate ...
(from the article "Sudan, The") ...has served as the home of graphic arts in The Sudan, and a number of Sudanese printmakers, calligraphers, and photographers have achieved international recognition. Ibrahim as-Salahi, who is proficient in ...
Malaysian monarch (b. March 8, 1926, Klang, Malaya-d. Nov. 21, 2001, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), was the ceremonial head of state, or yang di-pertuan agong (paramount ruler), of Malaysia from April ...
(from the article "Ob River") ...left-bank tributary, the Aley River, and widening its floodplain as the valley widens. Turning westward again at Barnaul, the river receives a right-bank tributary, the Chumysh River, from the Salair ...
(from the article "France") ...inflation has been particularly low in France. A minimum wage law has been in effect since 1950, and since 1970 it has been supplemented by a provision known as the ...
judet (county), northwestern Romania. The Western Carpathian Mountains of Romania, including the Ses Mountains, rise above settlement areas in the valleys. The county is drained northwestward by the Somes River ...
(from the article "Gaultheria") ...fruits, but these are completely surrounded by the sepals, which are fleshy and white or pink. A few species, previously placed in the genus Pernettya, have berries. G. shallon, the ...
town, southern Oman, on the coast of the Arabian Sea. The town is located in the only part of the Arabian Peninsula touched by the Indian Ocean monsoon and thus ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Dhofar") ...Wadi Mughshin, located about 150 miles (240 km) inland. To the northeast of Dhofar is a large desert of stony plains and sand dunes that contribute to the region's isolation ...
Pakistani nuclear physicist who was the corecipient with Steven Weinberg and Sheldon Lee Glashow of the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics for their work in formulating the electroweak theory, which ... [6 Related Articles]
Lebanese politician and statesman (b. Jan 17, 1905, Beirut, Lebanon-d. Jan. 21, 2000, Beirut), was a prominent Sunni Muslim and Arab nationalist who served as his nation's prime minister six ...
city, central Guatemala. It lies between the Chuacus Mountains and the Minas Mountains on the Salama River, a tributary of the Chixoy, at 3,084 feet (940 metres) above sea level. ...
(from the article "Ethiopian literature") Abba Salama, an Egyptian Copt who became metropolitan of Ethiopia in 1350, was not only responsible for a revision of the text of the Bible but translated or induced others ...
(from the article "hudud, al-") ...manifest in the person of Muhammad ibn Wahb al-Qurashi. The fourth successive principle is the Preceder (as-Sabiq, or Right Wing [al-Janah al-Ayman]), embodied in Salamah ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab as-Samirri; and ...
(from the article "Seligman, C.G.") In 1904 Seligman married Brenda Z. Salaman, who collaborated with him on his later expeditions and writings. Their field trip to Ceylon (1907-08) to examine the vestiges of remaining aboriginal ...
provincia (province) in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of Castile-Leon, western Spain. Salamanca is bounded by the provinces of Zamora and Valladolid to the ...
city, capital of Salamanca provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of Castile-Leon, western Spain. The city lies at an elevation of 2,552 ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of, marquess of Douro, marquess of Wellington, earl of Wellington, Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, Baron Douro or Wellesley") His slowly growing army was not strong enough to capture the Spanish fortresses of Ciudad-Rodrigo and Badajoz until 1812. Then, having defeated "40,000 Frenchmen in 40 minutes" at Salamanca (July ...
(from the article "Bolivia") ...between two Montes-style politicians-Juan Bautista Saavedra, a La Paz lawyer who captured control of the Republican Party's junta in 1920 and was national president from 1921 to 1925, and Daniel ...
state institution of higher learning at Salamanca, Spain. It was founded in 1218 under Alfonso IX, but its real beginnings date from 1254, when, under Alfonso X, grandson of the ... [4 Related Articles]
any member of a group of about 410 species of amphibians that have tails and that constitute the order Caudata. The order comprises 10 families, among which are newts and ... [13 Related Articles]
(from the article "Caudata") ...spiracle; Paleocene to present; Europe; North Africa; Middle East; Afghanistan to Japan, China, and northern Vietnam; eastern and western North America; 15 genera (including Triturus and Salamandra in Europe, Notophthalamus ...
(from the article "Caudata") ...years ago) to present; southeastern United States from South Carolina to Tamaulipas, Mex.; 2 genera (including Siren) and 4 species.Fertilization internal; angular bone fused with prearticular bone in lower ...
(from the article "Chari River") ...Ouham (q.v.), which brings to it the greatest volume of water. Near Sarh the Chari is joined on its right bank by the Bahr Aouk, the Bahr Keita, and the ...
(from the article "sausage") ...European cities became known for the local sausage, with such types as the frankfurter (Frankfurt am Main), bologna (Bologna, Italy), and romano (Rome) being named for their places of origin. ...
principal city of ancient Cyprus, located on the east coast of the island, north of modern Famagusta. According to the Homeric epics, Salamis was founded after the Trojan War by ... [3 Related Articles]
island and town, nomos (department) of Attiki, Greece. The island lies in the Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, west of the city of Piraeus. The town (the present combined ... [2 Related Articles]
(480 BC), battle in the Greco-Persian Wars in which a Greek fleet defeated much larger Persian naval forces in the straits at Salamis, between the island of Salamis and the ... [9 Related Articles]
French military officer who sought to prevent Algeria from gaining independence from France. In 1961-62 he led an organization of right-wing extremists, the Organisation de l'Armee Secrete (OAS; Secret Army ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Bahraich") ...River and on a rail line between Lucknow and Nepalganj, Nepal. Bahraich is a centre of trade (agricultural products and timber) with Nepal; there is also some sugar processing. The ...
(from the article "Ice Hockey") ...decreasing revenue, the lowest television ratings in five years, and a huge labour problem during 2003-04. The season ended with the NHL Players Association refusing to accept the idea of ...
(from the article "Latin American art") ...work. Each of these artists presented a sharp, clear-eyed view of their homeland, with backgrounds abstractly simplified to direct the viewer's attention only to their human subjects. In 1829 the ...
(from the article "Latin American art") ...patriarch, Antonio, took time away from his usual subject matter (saints) to paint the bust of the liberator Simon Bolivar in sharp, linear detail against a neutral background. His son ...
(from the article "Latin American art") ...against a neutral background. His son Rafael depicted the general Mariano Castillo standing in his gilt-braided black military uniform against a golden background. Rafael's older half-brother, Ramon Salas, created a ...
(from the article "Andes Mountains") The inhabitants of the Ecuadorian Andes are mainly Quechua speakers and mestizos; in the south there are small groups of Canaris and, in the north, Salasacas. Agriculture (corn [maize], potatoes, ...
(from the article "Italy") ...insurgents to the mercy of the returning Austrians. Accusations of royal treachery, formulated by Lombard democrats at that moment, long survived in Italian political debates. By the terms of the ...
the daily ritual prayer enjoined upon all Muslims as one of the five Pillars of Islam (arkan al-Islam). There is disagreement among Islamic scholars as to whether some passages about ... [5 Related Articles]
kotamadya (municipality), Central Java (Jawa Tengah) propinsi (province), Java, Indonesia. The city lies 35 miles (56 km) north-northeast of Yogyakarta, at the foot of Mount Merbabu. At an elevation of ...
city, Bashkortostan, western Russia, on the Belaya (White) River. It was founded in 1948 as a major oil centre of the Volga-Urals oil field, and the city has a large ...
(from the article "inquisition") In some cases the institutional inquisitions themselves exerted considerable control over the prosecution of offenses that other courts treated with less consistency. In 1610 the Spanish inquisitor Alonso Salazar de ...
(from the article "Cervantes, Miguel de") ...Ana de Villafranca (or Ana Franca de Rojas), the fruit of which was a daughter. Isabel de Saavedra, Cervantes's only child, was later brought up in her father's household. Late ...
(from the article "Maratha Wars") ...of the confederacy. The British were defeated at Wadgaon (see Wadgaon, Convention of ) in January 1779, but they continued to fight the Maratha until conclusion of the Treaty of ...
(from the article "Coro") ...include gun slits for defense against pirate attacks. Drastically remodeled in 1928, the cathedral was returned to near-original condition after it was designated a national monument in 1957. The Convent ...
city, northern Dominican Republic. It lies in the fertile Cibao Valley between the mountain chains of the Cordillera Central and the Cordillera Septentrional. Salcedo serves as a commercial centre for ...
(from the article "Salchow, Ulrich") Salchow originated the salchow jump, the easiest jump to perform. The skater takes off from the rear inside edge of one skate, makes one full turn in the air, and ...
Swedish figure skater who established a record by winning 10 world championships for men (1901-05, 1907-11-he did not compete in 1906). At the 1908 Games in London, he won the ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "South Hams") ...Ports have grown up on the sheltered river mouths. Dartmouth, a historic port on the River Dart, is a yachting centre with marine and light engineering. On the branching Kingsbridge ...
deep, essentially landlocked harbour of the Atlantic Ocean, situated on the southwest coast of South Africa. Named after the early 16th-century Portuguese navigator Antonio de Saldanha, the bay is both ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Cape Town") The first European to anchor at Table Bay and climb Table Mountain was the Portuguese navigator Antonio de Saldanha. He encountered a few hundred indigenous inhabitants, a Khoe people whose ...
coastal city, southeastern Victoria, Australia. It lies along the Thomson River near the latter's junction with the Macalister. Sale is the major regional centre for East Gippsland, an irrigated area ...
(from the article "commercial transaction") The sale is the most common commercial transaction. All the rights that the seller has in a specific object are transferred to the buyer in return for the latter's paying ...
old walled city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, at the mouth of the Wadi Bou Regreg. The wadi separates Sale from Rabat, Morocco's capital city, of which Sale has ...
site of paleoanthropological excavation near Rabat, Morocco, known for the 1971 discovery of a cranium belonging to the human genus (Homo). Tentatively dated to 400,000 years ago, the site contained ...
(from the article "carriage of goods") ...consignee. The seller has this right by virtue of directly applicable legislation even if he has not reserved the ownership of the goods in his transaction with the buyer. Indicatively, ...
The ever-controversial world of figure-skating judging became even more so during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. When Canadian pairs skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier ... [1 Related Articles]
