| | - Sandburg, Carl
- American poet, historian, novelist, and folklorist. [3 Related Articles]
- sanddab
- any of certain edible, American Pacific flatfishes of the genus Citharichthys (family Paralichthyidae). As in other flatfishes, sanddabs have both eyes on the same side of the head; as in ...
- Sande
- (from the article "African religions") ...of socialization and education that enables the novice to assume the new social role. Initiation also involves the gradual cultivation of knowledge about the nature and use of sacred power. ...
- Sande, Earl
- U.S. jockey who won the Kentucky Derby three times. One of his Derby-winning mounts, Gallant Fox in 1930, also won the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, thereby gaining the coveted ...
- Sandeau, Leonard-Sylvain-Julien
- prolific French novelist, best remembered for his collaborations with more famous writers. [1 Related Articles]
- Sandefjord
- town, southeastern Norway. Located near the mouth of the Oslo Fjord at the head of Sandefjord Fjord, an inlet of the Skagerrak, Sandefjord was established in the 14th century, and ...
- Sandelin Museum
- (from the article "Saint-Omer") ...the Treaty of Nijmegen. The old town has a number of fine 17th- and 18th-century houses. The 13th-15th-century basilica of Notre-Dame (formerly a cathedral) contains numerous works of art. The ...
- Sandeman, Robert
- British cleric and leader of the Glasite (later called Sandemanian) sect, dissenters from the established Presbyterian Church. [1 Related Articles]
- Sandemanian
- member of a Christian sect founded in about 1730 in Scotland by John Glas (1695-1773), a Presbyterian minister in the Church of Scotland. Glas concluded that there was no support ... [1 Related Articles]
- Sandemose, Aksel
- Danish-born Norwegian experimental novelist whose works frequently elucidate the theme that the repressions of society lead to violence.
- Sander, August
- German photographer who attempted to produce a comprehensive photographic document of the German people. [1 Related Articles]
- Sander, Jil
- (from the article "Fashions") ...market, European Business magazine claimed that the company's earnings were inflated and that Prada was operating on a margin of 2.7%. In November Prada and German fashion designer Jil Sander ...
- sanderling
- (Calidris alba; sometimes Crocethia alba), abundant shorebird, a worldwide species of sandpiper belonging to the family Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes). Sanderlings nest on barrens near the sea around the North Pole, ...
- Sanders, Alexander
- (from the article "Wicca") ...social acceptance and diversified to include numerous variations on Gardner's original teachings and rituals. Moreover, new Wiccan groups emerged independent of the Gardnerians, including one led by Alexander Sanders (1926-1988), ...
- Sanders, B.
- (from the article "button") The two-shell metal button was introduced about the same time as the stamped-steel type by B. Sanders, a Danish manufacturer in England. The two shells, thin metal disks enclosing a ...
- Sanders, Barry
- American professional gridiron football player. In his 10 seasons with the Detroit Lions (1989-98), Sanders led the National Football League (NFL) in rushing four times and was selected every year ... [1 Related Articles]
- Sanders, Bernie
- (from the article "Vermont") In the 1990s Vermont's national delegation included a Democratic senator, a Republican senator, and an independent U.S. representative, Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed socialist. Sanders was the first independent to serve ...
- Sanders, George
- (from the article "1950: Best Supporting Actor") Other Nominees
- Sanders, Harland
- American business executive, a dapper self-styled Southern gentleman whose white hair, white goatee, white double-breasted suits, and black string ties became a trademark in countries worldwide for Kentucky Fried Chicken.
- Sanders, Nicholas
- English Roman Catholic scholar, controversialist, and historian of the English Reformation.
- Sandersiella acuminata
- (from the article "horseshoe shrimp") ...incisa, about 2.6 mm (0.10 inch) in length, is found in waters near Puerto Rico; L. serendipita, 3.2 mm (0.13 inch) long, occurs in San Francisco Bay on the coast ...
- Sanderson, Frederick William
- English schoolmaster whose reorganization of Oundle School had considerable influence on the curriculum and methods of secondary education. [1 Related Articles]
- Sanderson, Rupert
- (from the article "Fashions") ...pair adorned with mirror heels and another featuring heels made of metal and embellished with polished stones. The talented French footwear designer Pierre Hardy produced them for Balenciaga. Rupert Sanderson, ...
- Sanderson, Sibyl Swift
- American-born opera singer whose native country failed to yield her the considerable appreciation she found in continental Europe.
- sandfish
- any of several unrelated marine fishes found along sandy shores. Sandfishes, or beaked salmon, of the species Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus (family Gonorhynchidae) live in shallow to deep Indo-Pacific waters and can ... [1 Related Articles]
- sandgrouse
- any of 16 species of birds of Asian and African deserts. According to some systems of classification, sandgrouse are ranked with the plovers within the order Charadriiformes. [5 Related Articles]
- sandhi
- (from the article "Irish language") Grammatically, Irish still has a case system, like Latin or German, with four cases to show differing functions of nouns and pronouns in a sentence. In phonology it exhibits initial ...
- sandhill crane
- (from the article "crane") The sandhill crane (G. canadensis) breeds from Alaska to Hudson Bay; it formerly bred in south-central Canada and the Great Lakes region of the United States but is now rare ...
- Sandhurst
- town (parish), Bracknell Forest unitary authority, historic county of Berkshire, England. It is situated 9 miles (14 km) north of the town and military base of Aldershot. Sandhurst, which lies ...
- Sandhurst
- (from the article "Sandhurst") Most of the potential regular officers for the British army undergo a course of general and military education as officer cadets at the academy, commonly called Sandhurst. This academy is ...
- Sandia Crest
- (from the article "Sandia Mountains") ...peoples of the valley were given that name for their abundant crops of squash, the name later being transferred to the mountain range. The Sandia Mountains rise to 10,678 feet ...
- Sandia Man
- (from the article "Sandia Mountains") ...year-round recreational facilities, with a November-to-April ski season; the aerial tramway is the world's longest cable-car route. A cave in the mountains has yielded artifacts of the so-called "Sandia Man," ...
- Sandia Mountains
- mountain range in central New Mexico, U.S., northeast of Albuquerque and east of the Rio Grande. Located largely within a part of the Cibola National Forest, the range extends southward ...
- Sandilya
- (from the article "Pancaratra") The Pancaratra doctrine was first systematized by Sandilya (c. AD 100?), who composed several devotional verses about the deity Narayana; that the Pancaratra system was also known in South India ...
- Sandinista
- one of a Nicaraguan group that overthrew President Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979, ending 46 years of dictatorship by the Somoza family. The Sandinistas governed Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990. ... [20 Related Articles]
- Sandinista Renewal Movement
- (from the article "Nicaragua") ...took office on Jan. 10, 2007, after having been elected president in November 2006. Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) garnered 41 seats in the National Assembly, while the Sandinista ...
- Sandino, Cesar Augusto
- also called Augusto Cesar Sandino Nicaraguan guerrilla leader, one of the most controversial figures of 20th-century Central American history. In Nicaragua he became a popular hero and gave his name ... [2 Related Articles]
- Sandler, Boris
- (from the article "Literature") Three authors penned noteworthy novels. New York City editor Boris Sandler published a grim historical novel, Ven der golem hot farmakht di oygn ("When the Golem Shut His Eyes"), based ...
- Sandnes
- town, southwestern Norway. Located at the head of Gands Fjord, which is a branch of Bokna Fjord, Sandnes is the chief port for the surrounding Jaeren agricultural region. It has ...
- Sando Bridge
- (from the article "bridge") In 1943 the Plougastel was eclipsed in length by the Sando Bridge over the Angerman River in Sweden. The Sando Bridge is a thin, single-ribbed, reinforced-concrete arch with a span ...
- Sandogo
- (from the article "art, African") ...farmer. Figures of male and female twins and of horsemen are used in divination. These represent the spirit familiars enabling the divination process. The diviners themselves are women, forming the ...
- Sandomierz
- city, Swietokrzyskie wojewodztwo (province), southeastern Poland. It is situated on the left bank of the Vistula River above the latter's confluence with the San River.
- Sandomierz Agreement
- (from the article "Poland") ...the tolerant policies of Sigismund II, to whom John Calvin dedicated one of his works, Lutheranism spread mainly in the cities and Calvinism among the nobles of Lithuania and Little ...
- Sandomierz Basin
- lowland region, southeastern Poland, located south of the Lublin Uplands and north of the Western Carpathian foothills. It is drained by the Vistula River and its tributary the San River. [1 Related Articles]
- Sandor, Balint
- Hungarian ethnographer and eminent researcher on sacral ethnology and popular Roman Catholic traditions.
- Sandor, Gyorgy
- Hungarian-born American pianist (b. Sept. 21, 1912, Budapest, Hung.-d. Dec. 9, 2005, New York, N.Y.), specialized in the works of Eastern European composers, notably his countrymen Zoltan Kodaly (with whom ...
- Sandow, Eugen
- physical culturist who, as a strongman, bodybuilder, and showman, became a symbol of robust manhood in fin de siecle England and America. [2 Related Articles]
- Sandoway
- town and major seaport, southern Myanmar (Burma). It lies along the Bay of Bengal at the mouth of the Sandoway River. An old established settlement, it was reputedly once the ...
- Sandoz AG
- (from the article "Novartis AG") Swiss company that is one of the world's largest manufacturers of pharmaceuticals. It was formed in 1997 from the merger of two major Swiss drug companies, Ciba-Geigy AG and Sandoz ...
- Sandoz, Mari Susette
- American biographer and novelist known for her scrupulously researched books portraying the early American West.
- sandpaper
- (from the article "abrasive") Sandpapers (coated abrasive) are the next most significant abrasive product. They consist, basically, of a single layer of abrasive particles held to a flexible backing material by an adhesive bond. ...
- sandpiper
- any of numerous shorebirds belonging to the family Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes), which also includes the woodcocks and the snipes. The name sandpiper refers particularly to several species of small to ... [4 Related Articles]
- Sandrart, Joachim von
- (from the article "Grunewald, Matthias") ...of the graphic media also limited his influence and renown. Grunewald's works did continue to be highly prized, but the man himself was almost forgotten by the 17th century. The ...
- Sandringham
- village (parish) and royal mansion, King's Lynn and West Norfolk borough, administrative and historic county of Norfolk, England. With the surrounding estate of 19,500 acres (7,900 hectares) of sandy heath ...
- Sands, Diana
- U.S. stage and screen actress who won overnight acclaim for her portrayal of the younger sister in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (1959).
- sandstone
- lithified accumulation of sand-sized grains (0.063 to 2 mm [0.0025 to 0.08 inch] in diameter). It is the second most common sedimentary rock after shale, constituting about 10 to 20 ... [16 Related Articles]
- Sandstone Creek Project
- (from the article "Elk City") ...the service centre for an agricultural, oil, and livestock area and has industries that include oil refining, gas recycling, cotton-gin equipment, furniture manufacturing, and feed production. The Sandstone Creek Project, ...
- Sandstone Hills
- (from the article "Oklahoma") The Sandstone Hills, a wide band stretching through the east central portion between the Red River and the Kansas border, is poor in agriculture and timber but important for its ...
- Sandstone, Operation
- (from the article "nuclear weapon") Refinements to the basic implosion design came first through Operation Sandstone, an American series of tests conducted in the spring of 1948. Three tests used implosion designs of a second ...
- Sandu, Policarpo
- (from the article "Paysandu") city, western Uruguay, on the Uruguay River. The city was founded in 1772 by a priest, Policarpo Sandu, and 12 families of Christianized Indians, who translated the Spanish word
- Sandulescu, A.
- (from the article "radioactivity") In 1980 A. Sandulescu, D.N. Poenaru, and W. Greiner described calculations indicating the possibility of a new type of decay of heavy nuclei intermediate between alpha decay and spontaneous fission. ...
- sandur
- (from the article "glacial landform") ...the resulting elongate, planar deposits are termed valley trains. On the other hand, in low-relief areas the deposits of several ice-marginal streams may merge to form a wide outwash plain, ...
- Sandusky
- city, seat (1838) of Erie county, northern Ohio, U.S. It lies along Sandusky Bay (Lake Erie's largest natural harbour [there bridged to Port Clinton]), about 60 miles (100 km) west ...
- Sandveld soil
- (from the article "Zambia") The soils of the plateau are generally of poor quality, long-continued weathering and erosion having leached many of their nutrients. Much of the plateau is covered by the so-called Sandveld ...
- Sandwall-Bergstrom, Martha
- (from the article "children's literature") Harry Kullman and Martha Sandwall-Bergstrom are among the few Swedish writers who have used working class industrial backgrounds successfully. Kullman is also a historical novelist. The prolific Edith Unnerstad has ...
- Sandwell
- metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Midlands, west-central England, comprising several urban industrial communities just west of the city of Birmingham. Most of the borough-including Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Cradley Heath, ...
- Sandwich
- town (parish) at the northern edge of Dover district, administrative and historic county of Kent, England. It lies along the River Stour, 2 miles (3 km) from the sea. Originally ... [1 Related Articles]
- sandwich
- in its basic form, slices of meat, cheese, or other food placed between two slices of bread. Although this mode of consumption must be as old as meat and bread, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Sandwich
- town (township), Barnstable county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies along Cape Cod Bay, just east of the town of Bourne, and it includes the villages of East Sandwich, Sandwich, and ...
- sandwich board
- advertising sign consisting of two placards fastened together at the top with straps supported on the shoulders of the carrier, or sandwich man. The sandwich board was a popular form ...
- Sandwich glass
- glass made by the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company at the village of Sandwich, Mass., 1825-88. The factory was established by Deming Jarves and produced glass of different types, including ... [1 Related Articles]
- sandwich laminate
- (from the article "plastic") Plywood is a form of sandwich construction of natural wood fibres with plastics. The layers are easily distinguished and are both held together and impregnated with a thermosetting resin, usually ...
- sandwich panel
- (from the article "building construction") ...cement, and stone wafers of granite, marble, or limestone cut with diamond-edged tools. All of these materials are usually backed up by rigid insulation to slow heat transfer. Metal sandwich ...
- Sandwich, Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of, Viscount Hinchingbrooke, Baron Montagu of Saint Neots
- English admiral who brought Charles II to England at the Restoration in 1660 and who subsequently fought in the Second and Third Dutch Wars. [1 Related Articles]
- Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of, Viscount Hinchingbrooke, Baron Montagu Of Saint Neots
- British first lord of the Admiralty during the American Revolution (1776-81) and the man for whom the sandwich was named. [2 Related Articles]
- Sandwina, Katie
- (from the article "physical culture") ...working-class passions by sponsoring world championships in everything from wood chopping to water drinking, and it featured the exploits of pugilist John L. Sullivan and the feats of Louis Cyr ...
- Sandwip Island
- island situated in the Meghna River estuary, southeastern Bangladesh. It is the easternmost island of the Padma River (Ganges [Ganga] River) delta. It is about 25 miles (40 km) long ...
- sandwort
- (from the article "Caryophyllales") ...and honey, is used in making the confection halvah; G. struthium is found in Europe and the United States and may have some curative effects on certain skin diseases. Arenaria ...
- Sandy Creek Association
- (from the article "Baptist") ...Baptist, migrated to Sandy Creek, N.C., in 1755 and initiated a revival that quickly penetrated the entire Piedmont region. The churches he organized were brought together in 1758 to form ...
- Sandys, Duncan
- British politician and statesman who exerted major influence on foreign and domestic policy during mid-20th-century Conservative administrations.
- Sandys, George
- English traveler, poet, colonist, and foreign service career officer who played an important part in the development of English verse, especially of the heroic couplet. A journal of his travels ...
- Sandys, Sir Edwin
- a leading Parliamentary opponent of King James I of England and a founder of the colony of Virginia. His activities in Parliament prepared the way for the Parliamentarian movement that ...
- Saneyev, Viktor
- Soviet athlete who dominated the triple jump during the late 1960s and '70s. He won four Olympic medals, including three golds. [1 Related Articles]
- Sanfilippo's syndrome
- rare hereditary (autosomal recessive) metabolic disease characterized by severe mental retardation. There are three varieties, each caused by a defect in a different enzyme involved in the breakdown of mucopolysaccharides, ...
- Sanford
- city, seat (1913) of Seminole county, east-central Florida, U.S., on the St. Johns River and Lake Monroe, about 20 miles (30 km) northeast of Orlando. Permanent settlement dates from 1836, ...
- Sanford, Edward T
- associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1923-30).
- Sanford, Isabel
- American actress (b. Aug. 29, 1917, New York, N.Y.-d. July 9, 2004, Los Angeles, Calif.), was best known for her role as Louise ("Weezy") Jefferson in the long-running (1975-85) situation ...
- Sanford, Maria Louise
- American educator remembered for the innovation and inspiration she brought to her teaching.
- Sanford, Mount
- (from the article "Wrangell Mountains") ...Mountains near the border with Yukon Territory, Canada. Many peaks exceed 10,000 feet (3,000 metres), including Mount Blackburn (16,390 feet [4,996 metres]), the highest point in the range, and Mount ...
- Sanford, Terry
- American politician who, as governor of North Carolina (1961-65), promoted racial equality at a time when it was unpopular to do so; he made unsuccessful attempts to be the Democratic ...
- sang de boeuf
- a glossy, rich, bloodred glaze often slashed with streaks of purple or turquoise used to decorate pottery, particularly porcelain. The effect is produced by a method of firing that incorporates ... [2 Related Articles]
- Sanga
- (from the article "Congo") ...Also in the south, the Teke inhabit the Bateke Plateau region. In the north, the Ubangi groups inhabit the Congo River basin to the west of Mossaka, while the Binga ...
- sanga
- (from the article "Mesopotamian religion") The individual temples were usually administered by officials called sangas ("bishops"), who headed staffs of accountants, overseers of agricultural and industrial works on the temple estate, and gudus (priests), who ...
- sangaku
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") Juggling, acrobatics, ropedancing, buffoonery, and puppetry-the "hundred entertainments" of China and called sangaku, "variety arts," in Japan-became widely popular as well. During the Heian period (794-1185) professional troupes, ostensibly attached ...
- Sangallo Family
- outstanding family of Florentine Renaissance architects. Its most prominent members were: Antonio da Sangallo the Elder; his older brother Giuliano da Sangallo; Antonio (Giamberti) da Sangallo the Younger, the nephew ...
- Sangallo, Antonio da, the Elder
- (from the article "Sangallo Family") Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (1455-1535), a military architect in his younger years, is best known for the major work of his life, the pilgrimage church of the Madonna di ...
- Sangallo, Antonio da, the Younger
- (from the article "Sangallo Family") Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1483-1546) was the most influential architect of his time. He arrived in Rome when he was about 20 and built a town house for Cardinal ...
- Sangallo, Francesco da
- (from the article "Sangallo Family") Francesco da Sangallo, known as Il Margotta (1494-1576), the son of Giuliano, was primarily a sculptor whose style was characterized by minute detailing. He sculpted the tomb of Bishop Marzi-Medici ...
- Sangallo, Giuliano da
- (from the article "Sangallo Family") Giuliano da Sangallo (1445?-1516) was an architect, sculptor, and military engineer whose masterpiece, a church of Greek-cross plan, Sta. Maria delle Carceri in Prato (1485-91), was strongly influenced by Filippo ...
- Sangam literature
- the earliest writings in the Tamil language. The writings are thought to have been produced in three sangams, or literary academies, in Madurai, India, from the 1st to the 4th ... [4 Related Articles]
- Sangama dynasty
- (from the article "Vijayanagar") The first dynasty (the Sangama) lasted until about 1485, when-at a time of pressure from the Bahmani sultan and the raja of Orissa-Narasimha of the Saluva family usurped power. By ...
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