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- Romanian diplomat and politician who, as premier of Romania (1934-37, 1939-40), was unable to stem the tide of fascism.
- Tatarian Stage
- (from the article "Permian Period") Murchison included the red beds and evaporite beds now referred to as the Kungurian Stage in the lower part of his Permian System, while incorporating the nonmarine beds of the ...
- Tatarka, Dominik
- (from the article "Slovakia") ...writings multiplied. The difficulties of World War II and its aftermath of communist rule found vivid, personal expression in the work of Ladislav Mnacko, Alfonz Bednar, and Dominik Tatarka. Mnacko ...
- Tatarstan
- republic in the east-central part of European Russia. The republic lies in the middle Volga River basin around the confluence of the Volga and Kama rivers. Kazan (q.v.) is the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Tatawin
- (from the article "Medenine") ...area include seminomadic shepherds and cave-dwelling cultivators of grains, olives, figs, and date palms. The densely populated Mediterranean island of Jerba (Jarbah) is nearby, and Tataouine (Tatawin), south of Medenine, ...
- tatbiq
- (from the article "Wali Allah, Shah") ...conditions of India. According to him, religious ideas were universal and eternal, but their application could meet different circumstances. The main tool of his policy was the doctrine of tatbiq, ...
- Tate Britain
- (from the article "Tate galleries") art museums in the United Kingdom that house the national collection of British art from the 16th century and the national collection of modern art. There are four branches: the ...
- Tate galleries
- art museums in the United Kingdom that house the national collection of British art from the 16th century and the national collection of modern art. There are four branches: the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Tate Liverpool
- (from the article "museums, history of") ...adapted to house museums. Among these is the Orsay Museum (see photograph), formerly a major railroad station in Paris, which was reopened in 1986 as a national museum of the ...
- Tate Modern
- (from the article "Architecture") In London a design was announced for an addition to the Tate Modern gallery on the south bank of the Thames River. Designed by Herzog & DeMeuron of Switzerland, the ...
- Tate no Kai
- (from the article "Mishima Yukio") ...culture, he raged against Japan's imitation of the West. He diligently developed the age-old Japanese arts of karate and kendo and formed a controversial private army of about 80 students, ...
- Tate St. Ives
- (from the article "Tate galleries") ...in its closure in 1997-98. The Tate Liverpool houses British and contemporary art in a wide range of media, from paintings and sculptures to video, installation, and performance pieces. The ...
- Tate, Allen
- American poet, teacher, novelist, and a leading exponent of the New Criticism. In both his criticism and his poetry, he emphasized the writer's need for a tradition to adhere to; ... [2 Related Articles]
- Tate, Buddy
- American tenor saxophonist (b. Feb. 22, 1915, Sherman, Texas-d. Feb. 10, 2001, Chandler, Ariz.), played with a big, rich tone and fluent melodic imagination, first with traveling swing bands in ...
- Tate, James
- American poet noted for the surreal imagery and ironic stance of his poetry.
- Tate, Nahum
- poet laureate of England and playwright, adapter of other's plays, and collaborator with Nicholas Brady in A New Version of the Psalms of David (1696). [2 Related Articles]
- Tate, Sharon
- (from the article "Manson, Charles") Manson's hold over his followers was graphically illustrated in 1968-69, when the Family carried out several murders on Manson's orders. The most famous victim was actress Sharon Tate, wife of ...
- tatebana
- (from the article "floral decoration") Early styles were known as tatebana, standing flowers; from these developed a more massive and elaborate style, rikka (which also means standing flowers), introduced by the Ikenobo master Senkei around ...
- Tatebayashi
- city, Gumma ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies in the northern Kanto Plain along the Isesaki line of the Tobu railway, north of Tokyo. Founded in the 16th century as ...
- Tathagata
- (Sanskrit and Pali), one of the titles of a buddha and the one most frequently employed by the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, when referring to himself. The exact meaning of ... [2 Related Articles]
- tathagatagarbha
- (from the article "Buddhism") ...future. Some Buddhists believe that there is only one buddha for each historical age, others that all beings will become buddhas because they possess the buddha nature (
- tathbit
- (from the article "tashbih") Both tashbih and ta'til were avoided by many theologians who spoke rather of tanzih (keeping God pure) and of tathbit (confirming God's attributes). The major reason for the fear of ...
- Tati, Jacques
- French filmmaker and actor who gained renown for his comic films that portrayed people in conflict with the mechanized modern world. He wrote and starred in all six of the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Tatian
- Syrian compiler of the Diatessaron (Greek: "From Four," or "Out of Four"), a version of the four Gospels arranged in a single continuous narrative that, in its Syriac form, served ... [6 Related Articles]
- Tatishchev, Vasily Nikitich
- Russian economic administrator and historian who was the first to produce a comprehensive Russian history. [1 Related Articles]
- Tatler, The
- a periodical launched in London by the essayist Sir Richard Steele in April 1709, appearing three times weekly until January 1711. At first its avowed intention was to present accounts ... [6 Related Articles]
- Tatlin, Vladimir Yevgrafovich
- Ukrainian painter, sculptor, and architect remembered for his visionary "Monument to the Third International" in Moscow, 1920. [6 Related Articles]
- Tatra Mountains
- highest range of the Central Carpathians. The mountains rise steeply from a high plateau and extend for approximately 40 miles (64 km) along the Slovakian-Polish frontier, varying in width from ... [3 Related Articles]
- Tatra National Park
- (from the article "Malopolskie") ...attractions of Krakow, Malopolskie is a region of great natural beauty and one of the country's most visited. Six national parks lie within its boundaries. Notable among them are Tatra ...
- Tatry National Park
- (from the article "Slovakia") Slovakia's wildlife is abundant and diverse; the Tatry (High Tatras) National Park shelters an exceptional collection of wild animals, including bears, wolves, lynx, wildcats, marmots, otters, martens, and minks. Hunting ...
- Tatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Provincial Park
- wilderness park, extreme northwestern British Columbia, Canada, sandwiched between Yukon Territory to the north and the Alaskan Panhandle (U.S.) to the west and south. It was created in 1993 largely ...
- Tatsumatsu Hachirobei
- (from the article "Japan") ...by puppetry and the samisen (a lutelike musical instrument). It continued to develop until the three great masters-Takemoto Gidayu as narrator, Chikamatsu Monzaemon as composer, and Tatsumatsu Hachirobei as puppeteer-made ...
- Tattenai
- (c. 6th-5th century BC), Persian governor of the province west of the Euphrates River (eber nari, "beyond the river") during the reign of Darius I (522-486 BC).
- Tattersalls
- horse auction mart, founded in London by Richard Tattersall (1724-95). The first premises occupied were near Hyde Park Corner, then in the outskirts of London. Tattersalls became a rendezvous for ...
- tatting
- process by which a fabric akin to lace is made of thread with a small hand shuttle and the fingers. It was once a widely practiced craft, known in Italy ...
- tattler
- any shorebird that is easily alarmed and calls loudly when it senses danger. Broadly, tattlers are birds of the subfamily Tringinae of the family Scolopacidae. Examples are the redshank, greenshank, ...
- tattoo
- permanent mark or design made on the body by the introduction of pigment through ruptures in the skin. Sometimes the term is also loosely applied to the inducement of scars ... [6 Related Articles]
- Tatum, Art
- blind, self-taught American pianist, considered one of the greatest technical virtuosos in jazz. [1 Related Articles]
- Tatum, Edward L.
- American biochemist who helped demonstrate that genes determine the structure of particular enzymes or otherwise act by regulating specific chemical processes in living things. His research helped create the field ... [5 Related Articles]
- Tatwine
- (from the article "Archbishops of Canterbury") ...of Northumbria (685-704). It includes as examples 100 aenigmata (riddles) of Aldhelm's own invention in Latin hexameters, which served as models for such 8th-century Saxon writers as Tatwine, archbishop of ...
- Tau
- (from the article "Manua Islands") group of three islands (Tau [Ta'u], Ofu, and Olosega), American Samoa, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Tau, the chief island, has an area of about 15 square miles (39 square km). It ...
- tau
- elementary subatomic particle similar to the electron but approximately 3,500 times heavier. Like the electron and the muon, the tau is an electrically charged member of the lepton family of ... [4 Related Articles]
- Tau Ceti
- (from the article "The 20 nearest stars") ...it was thought that this would be familiar, as a kind of universal standard, to anyone attempting interstellar radio communication. The telescope was aimed at two nearby stars (Epsilon Eridani ...
- tau effect
- (from the article "time perception") ...are defined by successive stimuli from different places, duration appears longer when the distance between the two sources is greater; this is called the S effect or kappa effect. The ...
- Tau Sug
- one of the largest of the Muslim cultural-linguistic groups of the Philippines. Numbering about 500,000 in the late 20th century, they live in the Sulu Archipelago southwest of Mindanao, mainly ...
- tau'olunga
- (from the article "music and dance, Oceanic") ...the same movements are used. In the 20th century, Polynesian dances can be classified into six genres, three of which have survived from pre-European times. The most acculturated dance type, ...
- tau-neutrino
- (from the article "Physical Sciences") ...investigation of the neutrino for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2002. Neutrinos, the most elusive of stable fundamental particles, exist as three types: muon-neutrinos, tau-neutrinos, ...
- Taubate
- city, southeastern Sao Paulo estado (state), southern Brazil, on the Paraiba do Sul River. Founded in the early 17th century by Jacques Felix on the site of ...
- Taube, Henry
- Canadian-born American chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1983 for his extensive research into the properties and reactions of dissolved inorganic substances, particularly oxidation-reduction processes involving the ... [2 Related Articles]
- Tauber, Leipzig Gottfried
- (from the article "dance, Western") ...his Anatomical and Mechanical Lectures upon Dancing, which became a standard work of international importance. Germany also was represented in the field of dance scholarship, most notably by Leipzig Gottfried ...
- Tauber, Richard
- Austrian-born British tenor celebrated for his work in opera and, especially, operetta.
- Tauchnitz Collection of British and American Authors
- (from the article "publishing, history of") ...(209 vol., 1886-90), bound in paper for threepence and in cloth for sixpence-that is, one-twelfth the price of the Bell set. On the Continent, two German series were outstanding. The ...
- Tauern Mountains
- (from the article "Alps") The Eastern Alps, consisting in part of the Ratische range in Switzerland, the Dolomite Alps in Italy, the Bavarian Alps of southern Germany and western Austria, the Tauern Mountains in ...
- Taughannock Falls
- waterfalls and the central feature of Taughannock Falls State Park, near the western shore of Cayuga Lake, in the Finger Lakes Region, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Ithaca in ...
- taula
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...or funerary monuments. There are also other types of megalithic monuments in the Balearic Isles; examples include the naveta, or collective tomb built in the form of a ship, and ...
- Taula de Canvi
- (from the article "bank") The concept of central banking can be traced to medieval public banks. In Barcelona the Taula de Canvi (Municipal Bank of Deposit) was established in 1401 for the safekeeping of ...
- Tauler, Johann
- Dominican, who, with Meister Eckehart and Heinrich Suso, was one of the chief Rhineland mystics. [5 Related Articles]
- Taulipang
- (from the article "Native American religions") The length of shamanic training varies widely from one South American culture to another. Among the Arecuna and Taulipang, Cariban groups of Venezuela and Brazil, the shamanic novitiate is reported ...
- Taum Sauk Mountain
- mountain in Iron county, southeastern Missouri, U.S., highest point (1,772 feet [540 m]) of the St. Francois Mountains and of the state. Centrepiece of Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, it ... [1 Related Articles]
- Taunay, Auguste-Marie
- (from the article "Latin American art") ...to their colony in Brazil. In 1816 the monarchy brought over a group of French academicians for an artistic mission to make Rio de Janeiro an appropriate capital. Two such ...
- Taunay, Nicolas-Antoine
- (from the article "Latin American art") ...Brazil. In 1816 the monarchy brought over a group of French academicians for an artistic mission to make Rio de Janeiro an appropriate capital. Two such imports were the brothers ...
- Taung
- a former mine in South Africa in which the first fossil of Australopithecus africanus was discovered. Exhumed by miners in 1924, the fossil was recognized as a primitive hominin (member ...
- Taung skull
- (from the article "Australopithecus") In 1925 anthropologist Raymond Dart coined the genus name Australopithecus to identify a child's skull recovered from mining operations at Taung in South Africa. He called it Australopithecus africanus, meaning ...
- Taunggyi
- city, east-central Myanmar (Burma). It lies on the Thazi-Keng Tung road at an elevation of 4,712 feet (1,436 metres), just north of Shwenyaung and Inle Lake. Its facilities include hospitals, ...
- Taunsa Barrage
- (from the article "Indus River") ...project aimed at extending agriculture, developing rural industry, and promoting the settlement of population in villages and towns. Farther downstream is the Chashma Barrage. Still farther the Taunsa Barrage, designed ...
- Taunton
- city, Bristol county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S., on the Taunton River, 33 miles (53 km) south of Boston. Elizabeth Poole, an early proprietor, was said to have purchased the site from ...
- Taunton Deane
- borough (district), administrative and historic county of Somerset, southwestern England. It lies in the Vale of Taunton Deane, which is sheltered by the Quantock, Black Down, and Brendon hills.
- Taunus
- wooded highland of Germany, extending across parts of the Lander (states) of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. The range is 50 miles (80 km) long and is bounded by the Rhine (west), ... [1 Related Articles]
- Taupin, Bernie
- (from the article "John, Sir Elton") ...at 11. Gravitating toward pop after discovering rhythm and blues, he joined Bluesology, later John Baldry's backing band, in the mid-1960s. He met his major songwriting collaborator, Bernie Taupin (b. ...
- Taupo, Lake
- lake, the largest in New Zealand, on the volcanic plateau of central North Island. With a total surface area of 234 square miles (606 square km), it lies at an ... [2 Related Articles]
- Tauraco
- (from the article "turaco") any of about 18 species in six genera of colourful, fruit-eating African birds. The green and iridescent turacos (Tauraco, Musophaga, and Corythaeola) are primarily residents of dense broad-leaved evergreen forest; ...
- Tauranga
- city, district, and port, north-central North Island, New Zealand. It is situated on a 2-mile (3-kilometre) neck projecting from the southeastern shore of Tauranga Harbour, a crescent-shaped inlet opening onto ...
- Taurasi, Diana
- (from the article "Basketball") ...and Tennessee. It doubled the pleasure for UConn fans, who saw the women's team roll to a second straight decision over the Volunteers and the school's second NCAA crown in ...
- Tauri
- earliest known inhabitants of the mountainous south coast of what is now the Crimea, which itself was known in ancient times as the Tauric Chersonese. The Tauri were famous in ...
- Tauride Palace
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...designed a country house for Prince Gagarin at Nikolskoye (1774-76), the new cathedral of the Trinity, St. Petersburg (1776), and the influential prototype of Russian country houses, the Tauride Palace ...
- taurine
- (from the article "cat, domestic") ...diets have been developed. Serious health problems may arise when cats are fed unbalanced diets that consist exclusively of meat or tuna or when they are fed low-quality protein diets ...
- Taurobolium
- bull sacrifice practiced from about AD 160 in the Mediterranean cult of the Great Mother of the Gods. Celebrated primarily among the Romans, the ceremony enjoyed much popularity and may ... [1 Related Articles]
- Taurog, Norman
- (from the article "1930/31: Best Director") Other Nominees
- Tauroggen, Convention of
- (from the article "Yorck von Wartenburg, Johann, Graf") ...commander during the Wars of Liberation (1813-15) against France. His initiative in signing a separate neutrality agreement with Russia during the Napoleonic invasion of that country (Convention of Tauroggen, 1812) ...
- Taurt
- goddess of ancient Egypt, the benevolent protectress of fertility and childbirth, associated also with the nursing of infants. She was depicted as having the head of a hippopotamus standing upright ... [1 Related Articles]
- Taurus
- in astronomy, zodiacal constellation lying between Aries and Gemini, at about 4 hours 20 minutes right ascension (the coordinate on the celestial sphere analogous to longitude on the Earth) and ... [1 Related Articles]
- Taurus Mountains
- mountain range in southern Turkey, a great chain running parallel to the Mediterranean coast. The system extends along a curve from Lake Egridir in the west to the upper reaches ... [1 Related Articles]
- Taurus-Littrow Valley
- region on the Moon selected as the landing site of the Apollo 17 manned lunar mission. Located at 22° N, 31° E, it is named for the surrounding Taurus Mountains, ...
- Tausen, Hans
- religious Reformer known as "the Danish Luther" for his major role in bringing the Reformation to Denmark.
- Tausert
- (from the article "Seti II") Upon his death, Seti was succeeded by Siptah, who was installed on the throne by a Syrian royal butler, Bay, chancellor of Egypt. Siptah was succeeded by Seti II's widow, ...
- Tausig, Karl
- Polish pianist and composer, probably Liszt's greatest pupil.
- Taussig, Frank William
- American economist whose contributions to trade theory have been of major importance in the 20th century. [1 Related Articles]
- Taussig, Helen Brooke
- American physician recognized as the founder of pediatric cardiology, best known for her contributions to the development of the first successful treatment of "blue baby" syndrome. [2 Related Articles]
- tautog
- (from the article "tautog") fish of the western Atlantic, a large, commercially important species of wrasse (q.v.).species of wrassewrasse...green, red, and purplish in col
- tautology
- in logic, a statement so framed that it cannot be denied without inconsistency. Thus, "All men are rational" is held to assert with regard to anything whatsoever that either it ... [6 Related Articles]
- tautomerism
- the existence of two or more chemical compounds that are capable of facile interconversion, in many cases merely exchanging a hydrogen atom between two other atoms, to either of which ... [3 Related Articles]
- Tautou, Audrey
- French actress known for her gamine beauty and elfin charm. [2 Related Articles]
- Tavanasa Bridge
- (from the article "bridge") ...the bottom, and all of the load to the abutments is carried at these thick points. The walls near the abutments, therefore, are technically superfluous. For his 1905 bridge over ...
- Tavares, Antonio Raposo
- (from the article "bandeira") ...by enslaving both weakened belligerents. The mission villages established by the Jesuits for the Indians were prime targets for bandeira slave raids. The first bandeira, organized by Antonio Raposo Tavares ...
- Tavares, Eugenio
- Cape Verdean poet who was one of the first Cape Verdeans to be published in the islands' vernacular, Crioulo, a creolized Portuguese with African-language influences.
- Tavares, Goncalo M.
- (from the article "Literature") ...went to Antonio Lobo Antunes, who during the year published his 19th novel, O meu nome e legiao. The prolific young Portuguese poet, essayist, playwright, and novelist Goncalo M. Tavares ...
- Tavares, Miguel Sousa
- (from the article "Literature") Among good works of fiction, the biggest success was the novel Equador by Miguel Sousa Tavares, a journalist and media star. This was his first novel, and it was an ...
- Tavastian
- (from the article "Finland") ...of Uralic (specifically Finno-Ugric) stock dominated two settlement areas. Those who entered southwestern Finland across the Gulf of Finland were the ancestors of the Hamalaiset (Tavastians, or Tavastlanders), the people ...
- Tavda
- city and port, Sverdlovsk oblast (province), western Russia, on the Tavda River. Its main industries are locomotive repair, sawmilling, and woodworking. The city's timber complex produces prefabricated houses, veneers, and ...
- Tavener, Sir John
- British composer who was strongly influenced by sacred and spiritual texts. Although some critics dismissed his work as lightweight, Tavener drew praise for making classical music accessible to the masses. [3 Related Articles]
- Tavera, Cardinal
- (from the article "Berruguete, Alonso") In 1539 the great Spanish humanist and art patron Juan Pardo Cardinal Tavera asked Berruguete to Toledo to execute the choir stalls on the epistle side of the Toledo Cathedral ...
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