city, Tokyo to (metropolis), Honshu, Japan. It lies along the Chuo Line (railway), east of Tokyo city. In 1922 an army airfield was constructed nearby, and large munitions and aircraft ...
After having endured months of disappointing sales, Japanese wireless provider NTT DoCoMo staged a spirited comeback in 2003 under the leadership of company president Keiji Tachikawa. NTT DoCoMo was operated ...
any member of a family of insects in the fly order, Diptera. Adult tachinids superficially resemble houseflies. Most species range in size from 2 to 18 mm (0.08 to 0.7 ... [1 Related Articles]
estado (state), western Venezuela, bounded on the west by Colombia. The territory of 4,300 square miles (11,100 square km) lies in the southwestern reaches of the Andean Cordillera de Merida. ...
(from tache, "spot"), style of painting practiced in Paris after World War II and through the 1950s that, like its American equivalent, Action painting, featured the intuitive, spontaneous gesture of ...
(from the article "perception") Instances of slowly developing percepts require relatively simple procedures to uncover. Those percepts with a very rapid time course may be studied with the aid of instruments known as tachistoscopes ...
device for indicating the angular (rotary) speed of a rotating shaft. The term is usually restricted to mechanical or electrical instruments that indicate instantaneous values of speed in revolutions per ... [1 Related Articles]
second king (reigned 365-360 BC) of the 30th dynasty of Egypt; he led an unsuccessful attack on the Persians in Phoenicia. Tachos was aided in the undertaking by the aged ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Greek literature") ...writers attempted to explore the historical factors underlying the contemporary social and political situation. In the novel To trito stefani (1962; The Third Wedding) by Kostas Tachtsis, the female narrator ...
a heart rate of more than 100 beats per minute. Tachycardia occurs normally during and after exercise or during emotional stress and represents no danger to healthy individuals. In some ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "steamer duck") ...sea ducks of southernmost South America and the Falkland Islands. The bird is named for its habit of running across the water with wings thrashing like a paddle-wheel steamboat. Of ...
(from the article "steamer duck") ...the Falkland Islands. The bird is named for its habit of running across the water with wings thrashing like a paddle-wheel steamboat. Of the four species, T. pteneres, T. brachypterus, ...
(from the article "steamer duck") ...like a paddle-wheel steamboat. Of the four species, T. pteneres, T. brachypterus, and T.leucocephalus are flightless and a bit larger than the mallard-size flying steamer duck, T. patachonicus. Steamer ...
(from the article "steamer duck") ...sea ducks of southernmost South America and the Falkland Islands. The bird is named for its habit of running across the water with wings thrashing like a paddle-wheel steamboat. Of ...
(from the article "echidna") Echidnas constitute the family Tachyglossidae, and their only living relative is the platypus. Together these animals constitute the mammalian order Monotremata. Echidnas probably evolved from some unknown monotreme ancestor during ...
glassy igneous rocks low in silica, such as basalt or diabase. Tachylytes are black with a pitchlike or resinous lustre; in thin sections they are characteristically brown and translucent, and ... [1 Related Articles]
hypothetical subatomic particle whose velocity always exceeds that of light. The existence of the tachyon, though not experimentally established, appears consistent with the theory of relativity, which was originally thought ...
(from the article "horseshoe crab") ...Best known is the single American species Limulus polyphemus, specimens of which can reach a length of more than 60 cm (2 feet). The other three species, Tachypleus tridentatus,T. ...
Roman orator and public official, probably the greatest historian and one of the greatest prose stylists who wrote in the Latin language. Among his works are the [29 Related Articles]
(from the article "rigging") ...for making or shortening sail are known as the running rigging. The running rigging is subdivided into the lifts, jeers, and halyards (haulyards), by which the sails are raised and ...
(from the article "fishing") The history of angling is in large part the history of tackle, as the equipment for fishing is called.fly-fishingfly-fishingTackleThe development ...
chartered city, northeastern Leyte, Philippines, on San Pedro Bay at the southern entrance to San Juanico Strait. It is the largest city and distributing centre in the eastern Visayas (Leyte ...
(from the article "Pacific, War of the") Chile was also to occupy the provinces of Tacna and Arica for 10 years, after which a plebiscite was to be held to determine their nationality. But the two countries ...
city, southern Peru, on the Caplina River at 1,844 feet (562 m) above sea level, in the arid Andean foothills. When the Spaniards arrived at the site in the 16th ...
(from the article "Bolivia") ...territory. Official declarations of war soon followed. In May 1880 Chilean forces landed at Ilo and Pacocha (both in Peru) and marched south, defeating a combined Bolivian-Peruvian army at the ...
(from the article "Peru") By 1930 Leguia had experienced a definite loss in popularity. Final settlement of the long-standing Tacna-Arica dispute with Chile, by which Peru ceded the province of Arica, angered the extreme ...
(from the article "tortilla") Tortillas accompany most Mexican dishes. They can be used to scoop up sauced or stewed dishes and are sometimes cut into pieces and fried crisp for this use. As tacos, ...
(from the article "Health and Disease") In November and December another E. coli outbreak sickened about 70 persons who had eaten contaminated food at Taco Bell restaurants, mainly in four northeastern states. No fatalities were recorded, ...
city, seat (1880) of Pierce county, western Washington, U.S., on Commencement Bay of Puget Sound, 30 miles (48 km) south of Seattle. The bay was the starting point (1841) of ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Holabird, William") U.S. architect who, with his partner, Martin Roche, was a leading exponent of the influential Chicago School of commercial architecture; their Tacoma Building (Chicago, 1886-89) established the use of a ...
first suspension bridge across the Narrows of Puget Sound, connecting the Olympic Peninsula with the mainland of Washington state, U.S., and a landmark failure in engineering history. Four months after ... [6 Related Articles]
first of three mountain-building events forming the Appalachian Mountains in eastern North America, the Acadian and Alleghenian orogenies being the second and third events, respectively. Originally viewed as a single ... [2 Related Articles]
part of the Appalachian mountain system, U.S., extending southward for 150 miles (240 km) from a point southwest of Brandon, Vt., to northern Putnam county, New York. It rises to ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Silurian Period") ...weight, forming troughlike structures parallel to their sediment source. In contrast to thin platform deposits, clastic wedges may be thousands of metres-more than 1 km (0.6 mile)-thick. Taconica was a ...
a low-grade siliceous iron formation in Minnesota, U.S., from which high-grade iron ore is derived. The iron formation consists of fine-grained silica with variable ratios of hematite and magnetite totaling ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "missile") ...or solid-fueled rocket engines, solid fuel is preferred for military uses because it is less likely to explode and can be kept ready-loaded for quick launch. Such engines commonly propel ...
(from the article "intelligence") ...called national), tactical, and counterintelligence. The broadest of these levels is strategic intelligence, which includes information about the capabilities and intentions of foreign countries. Tactical intelligence, sometimes called operational or ...
system integrating tactical weapons with electronic equipment for target acquisition, aiming, or fire control or a combination of such purposes. Tactical weapons are designed for offensive or defensive use at ...
in warfare, the art and science of fighting battles on land, on sea, and in the air. It is concerned with the approach to combat; the disposition of troops and ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "mechanoreception") ...(as in mollusks). Mechanical contact locally deforms the body surface; receptors typically are touch spots or free nerve endings within the skin, often associated with such specialized structures as tactile ...
city, north-central Uruguay. The Haedo Mountains dominate the adjoining area. Orchids and hardwoods, including quebracho, algarrobo, urunday, and guayabo, grow there. Founded in 1831 by Bernabe Rivera, it was first ...
(from the article "art, African") That Nupe art should have been influenced by the Yoruba is not surprising. Yoruba live among the Nupe, and there are bronzes in the Nupe villages of Tada and Jebba-one ...
(from the article "Track and Field Sports (Athletics)") At the world cross country championships, held in brutally humid heat in Mombasa, Kenya, Kiplagat won the senior women's crown. Zersenay Tadesse of Eritrea prevailed in the men's race. Bekele, ...
(from the article "Persian literature") A very successful form of Persian prose, the tadhkirah, was an amalgam of biography and anthology. The oldest work of this kind still extant is 'Awfi's 13th-century ...
(from the article "Serbia") ...10,887 sq km (4,203 sq mi) in the UN interim-administrated region of Kosovo | Population (2007 est.): 9,516,000, including 2,114,000 in Kosovo | Capital: Belgrade | Chief of state: President ...
(from the article "Croatia") On June 27 the country lost poet and intellectual Dragutin Tadijanovic ("the Bard"), thought by many to be one of Croatia's greatest 20th-century literary figures. Croatia also mourned the deaths ...
(from the article "Aden, Gulf of") ...sediment-filled basins that reach depths of 13,000 feet (3,900 metres) at the mouth of the gulf. To the west, the ridge gives way to a relatively shallow east-west-trending valley known ...
gulf indenting the coastline of Djibouti, eastern Africa, located at the extreme western end of the Gulf of Aden. It provides some shelter for the port of Djibouti on the ... [1 Related Articles]
national park in Maharashtra state, western India. Extending over an area of 45 square miles (117 square km), the park consists of dense forests of sal (Shorea), margosa, mahua, and ...
(from the article "anseriform") ...molt. Vegetarian. Wings usually moderately long, pointed; tail short. All species swim capably, many primarily aquatic. Simple trachea and syrinx. 18 species in 6 ...
aquatic larval stage of frogs and toads. Compared with the larvae of salamanders, tadpoles have short, oval bodies, with broad tails, small mouths, and no external gills. The internal gills ... [7 Related Articles]
(order Notostraca), any member of a small group of crustaceans (subclass Branchiopoda, phylum Arthropoda), composed of the genera Triops and Lepidurus. The approximately 10 known species are strictly freshwater forms, ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Austroasiatic languages") North Bahnaric language of the Mon-Khmer family, which is itself a part of the Austroasiatic stock. Sedang is spoken by some 110,000 people living in south-central Vietnam. The Tadrah language, ...
(from the article "Iranian languages") ...moreover, as a second language in Afghanistan. The national language of Afghanistan is the East Iranian language known as Pashto, of which there are some 9,000,000 speakers, many living in ...
Korean art of unarmed combat that is based on the earlier form of Korean self-defense known as tae kyon and on karate. The name tae kwon do was officially adopted ...
(from the article "Kum River") ...River is 249 miles (401 km) long and is navigable for 81 miles (130 km; as far as Puyo). It is located in an area of fertile plains and gold ...
river, southern North Korea, rising in the Nangnim Mountains in Hamgyong-nam do (province). It flows 273 miles (439 km) southwestward to enter Korea Bay, an arm of the Yellow Sea, ... [1 Related Articles]
city and provincial capital, Kyongsang-puk do (province), southeastern South Korea. Taegu is Korea's third largest city and has the status of a special city, with administrative status equal to that ... [2 Related Articles]
large transverse bamboo flute with a distinctive sound, widely used in Korean music. The taegum is about 84 cm (33 inches) long. It has a mouthpiece opening ... [1 Related Articles]
city and provincial capital, Ch'ungch'ong-nam do (province), southeastern South Korea. Taejon has the status of a special city, with administrative status equal to that of a province. Until the end ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "digestive system, human") ...respects to those of the small intestine; there are distinct differences, however. The external aspect of the colon differs markedly from that of the small intestine because of features known ...
any member of an extinct suborder (Taeniodonta) of mammals that lived in North America throughout the Paleocene Epoch and into the middle of the Eocene Epoch (that is, about 65.5-43 ...
nickel-iron mineral having a face-centred cubic structure and playing a major role in the crystallization and structure of iron meteorites and stony iron meteorites. It is sometimes referred to as ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Taeuber, Conrad; and Barnes Taeuber, Irene") Conrad Taeuber was educated at the University of Minnesota (Ph.D., 1931). He held a number of positions in government service, including economic analyst in the Federal Emergency Relief agency (1934-35), ...
American demographers, statisticians, and social scientists whose scholarly work helped found the science of demography and made them authorities on population movements in the United States.
(1900-01), in Great Britain, the successful trial of a suit brought by the Taff Vale Railway Company against the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (ASRS) in which the courts held ... [2 Related Articles]
fine, crisp plain-woven fabric with a faint weft, or filling-way, rib due to the greater number of warp threads than filling threads. It frequently has a lustrous surface. There are ...
flavoured syrup candy of Europe and the Americas that is cooked and then rigorously worked during cooling into a hard, chewy, glossy mass. Although the great 19th-century demand for taffy ...
(from the article "rum") ...as much as 5 percent sugar. Some countries import molasses for use in rum production. Where sugar industries are undeveloped, rum is often made with sugarcane juice. A low-quality spirit, ...
largest Saharan oasis of Morocco, in the southeastern part of the country. The oasis comprises the fortified villages of Erfoud, Arab Sebbah du Ziz, Rissani, Seffalat, Aoufous, and Jorf, together ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Abdelkader") ...Bertrand Clauzel and T.R. Bugeaud, he managed to rally support from Algerians who had become indignant over the French use of violence. By able negotiation, he convinced General Bugeaud to ...
American potter (b. Aug. 13, 1904, Santa Clara Pueblo, N.M.-d. Feb. 25, 2001, Santa Clara Pueblo), was one of the most prominent Native American folk artists and was considered the ...
the science of explanation of the Qur'an, the sacred scripture of Islam, or of Qur'anic commentary. So long as Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, was alive, no other authority for ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "tafsir") ...in a defective script, and even contained apparent contradictions. Many Muslims in the early period sought to explain the Qur'an on the basis of pure personal speculation, known as tafsir ...
American first lady (1909-13), the wife of William Howard Taft, 27th U.S. president and 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "United States") Ohio Gov. Robert Taft pleaded no contest to four misdemeanour counts of violating state ethics laws by failing to report golf outings and other gifts. Taft, a Republican, was found ...
Republican leader in the U.S. Senate for 14 years (1939-53) whose espousal of traditional conservatism won him the sobriquet "Mr. Republican"; his failure to receive the presidential nomination in 1948 ... [1 Related Articles]
27th president of the United States (1909-13) and 10th chief justice of the United States (1921-30). As the choice of President Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him and carry on the ... [16 Related Articles]
(1947), in U.S. history, law-enacted over the veto of Pres. Harry S. Truman-amending much of the pro-union Wagner Act of 1935. A variety of factors, including the fear of Communist ... [7 Related Articles]
(from the article "Iran") Mount Taftan, a massive cone reaching 13,261 feet (4,042 metres) in southeastern Iran, emits gas and mud at sporadic intervals. In the north, however, Mount Damavand has been inactive in ...
children's game in which, in its simplest form, the player who is "it" chases the other players, trying to touch one of them, thereby making that person "it." The game ...
largest cultural-linguistic group in the Philippines. They form the dominant population in the city of Manila; in all provinces bordering Manila Bay except Pampanga; in Nueva Ecija to the north; ...
member of the Central Philippine branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family and the base for Pilipino, an official language of the Philippines, together with English. It is most closely ... [7 Related Articles]
city and seaport, Rostov oblast (province), southwestern Russia. It lies on the northern coast of Taganrog Gulf of the Sea of Azov. Founded as a fortress and naval base in ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Central Asian arts") ...Tajikistan spread across northeastern Central Asia into the Semirechiye, or foothills of the Tien Shan, while in Siberia the Bronze Age Karasuk culture was replaced in the 8th century BC ...
(from the article "moiety system") ...Wolf moieties in Tlingit culture traditionally performed certain tasks, such as preparing funerals, for each other. Moieties often reflect divisions found in the culture's myths and folklore; the Tagaro and ...
city, Fukuoka ken (prefecture), Kyushu, Japan, on the upper Onga River. It was a farm village until the systematic exploitation of nearby coalfields began after 1900. Tagawa was the largest ...
city, southwestern Luzon, Philippines. It is located on Tagaytay Ridge at about 2,000 feet (600 m) above sea level, on the northern flank of Mount Taal. The city is a ...
city on Bohol Island, in the Bohol (Mindanao) Sea, Philippines. Tagbilaran lies along the Bohol Strait and is sheltered by Panglao Island. It is a principal port of the area, ...
(from Middle High German Tageliet, "day song"), a medieval German dawn song, or song of lament by lovers parting at dawn. The Tagelied is similar to the Provencal alba and ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "ancient Italic people") ...the gods and that they had developed an elaborate lore and attendant rituals for using this knowledge. Their own myths explained the lore as having been communicated by the gods ...
American poet who, though best remembered for her biography of Emily Dickinson, was much admired for her lyric verse that deftly and passionately mingles intellectual, personal, social, and aesthetic concerns.
(from the article "French Lick") ...18th-century French trading post in the area and an animal (salt) lick within the town boundaries. The first hotel on the site was built in 1840 by William A. Bowles, ...
(from the article "graffiti") ...urban centres throughout the world, especially in the United States and Europe; common targets were subways, billboards, and walls. In the 1990s there emerged a new form of graffiti, known ...
(from the article "baseball") A runner also can be thrown out without being tagged if he has left his base before a fly ball is caught. With the catching of the fly, the runner ...
