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Chase, Mary Ellen

2005-11-18T05:55:00.000-08:00

Chase grew up in Maine, graduating from the University of Maine in 1909. Three autobiographical works describe her background and early experiences: A Goodly Heritage (1932), A Goodly Fellowship (1939), and The White Gate:

Bhave, Vinoba

2005-10-16T02:10:00.000-07:00

Born of a high-caste Brahman family, he abandoned his high-school studies in 1916 to join Gandhi's ashram (ascetic community). Gandhi's teachings led Bhave to a life of austerity, dedicated

Floor Exercise

2005-07-28T23:30:00.000-07:00

Gymnastics event in which movements are performed on the floor in an area 12 metres (40 feet) square. This area is covered by some type of cloth or mat, usually with some cushioning. No other apparatus is used. Men's routines are 50 to 70 seconds in duration. The type of exercise required is a series of movements combining elements of flexibility, strength, jumps, holding of poses, and

John

2005-07-27T05:25:00.000-07:00

Byname John Lackland, French Jean Sans Terre king of England from 1199 to 1216. In a war with the French king Philip II, he lost Normandy and almost all his other possessions in France. In England, after a revolt of the barons, he was forced to seal the Magna Carta (1215).

Aristotle

2005-07-24T18:15:00.000-07:00

Aristotle was born in the summer of 384 BC in the small Greek township of Stagira (or Stagirus, or Stageirus), on the Chalcidic peninsula of Macedonia, in northern Greece. (For this reason Aristotle is also known as the “Stagirite.”) His father, Nicomachus, was court physician to Amyntas III, king of Macedonia, father of Philip II, and grandfather of Alexander the Great. As a doctor's

Franca

2005-07-07T20:55:00.000-07:00

City, in the highlands of northeastern São Paulo estado (“state”), Brazil. It lies at 3,314 feet (1,010 m) above sea level. Known variously as Vila Franca del Rei and Vila Franca do Imperador, it was given town status in 1824 and was made the seat of a municipality in 1856. The city has one of the largest sugar refineries in Brazil; coffee, rice, corn (maize), cotton, and feijão (beans) are also grown locally.

Arabian Desert, Geology

2005-07-06T01:05:00.000-07:00

The Arabian Desert consists of two major regions. The first, the ancient Arabian platform (a segment of the African Shield) is in the west; composed mainly of Precambrian gneiss dated to between 2.6 billion and roughly 543 million years ago, it was assembled roughly 900 to 543 million years ago. The second region, in the east, comprises sedimentary rock layers deposited over the past

Metal

2005-06-29T01:25:00.000-07:00

Approximately three-quarters of all known chemical elements are metals. The most abundant varieties in the Earth's crust are aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium. The vast majority of metals

Ramie

2005-06-15T18:40:00.000-07:00

The ramie plant has been cultivated

Masaya

2005-06-03T03:25:00.000-07:00

City, southwestern Nicaragua, at the eastern foot of Masaya Volcano, just east of the small Lake Masaya in the rift valley between Lakes Nicaragua and Managua. Masaya serves as a commercial and manufacturing centre for the rich agricultural hinterland. The large Indian population is known for its handicraft industries and festivals; other manufactures include

Encamp

2005-05-31T21:55:00.000-07:00

Village, Andorra, on a headstream of the Riu (river) Valira. Its agricultural economy is supplemented by tourism, especially skiing. Encamp has a broadcasting transmitter of Radio Andorra. Above the village is Engolasters Lake, accessible by cable car. There are facilities for generating hydroelectric power. In the locality is the Pic (peak) des Pessons (9,400 ft [2,865 m]). Pop. (1990) 7,489.

Susanoo

2005-05-17T13:00:00.000-07:00

Susanoo descended into the land of Izumo in western Japan

Mysticism, Other definitions and experiences of mysticism

2005-05-15T18:45:00.000-07:00

Such undifferentiated unity or union between the individual and the supreme self is unacceptable to certain traditions and temperaments. The Jewish philosopher Martin Buber emphasized an “I–Thou” relationship: “All real living is meeting,” and one Thou cannot become It. But even his own “unforgettable experience” of union he would explain as “illusory.” With a wider

Peter, Apocalypse Of

2005-05-13T16:05:00.000-07:00

Also called Revelation To Peter, pseudepigraphal (noncanonical and unauthentic) Christian writing dating from the first half of the 2nd century AD. The unknown author, who claimed to be Peter the Apostle, relied on the canonical Gospels and on Revelation to John to construct a conversation between himself and Jesus regarding events at the end of the world. Unlike Revelation to John, however, the Apocalypse

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2005-05-13T10:53:00.000-07:00

Vieira da Silva studied sculpture first with Antoine Bourdelle at Paris in 1928 and later with Charles Despiau. Her interest in painting flowered under the tutelage of Fernand Léger and Stanley William Hayter.

Ghana

2005-03-15T23:36:00.000-08:00

First of the great medieval trading empires of western Africa (fl. 7th - 13th century). It was situated between the Sahara (Desert) and the headwaters of the S�n�gal and Niger rivers, in an area that now comprises southeastern Mauritania and part of Mali. Ghana was populated by Soninke clans of Mande-speaking people who acted as intermediaries between the Arab and Berber

Palestine, History Of, The rise of Islam

2005-03-14T00:44:00.000-08:00

The successful unification of the Arabian Peninsula by the first caliph, Abu Bakr (AD 632 - Aug. 23, 634), made it possible to channel the expansion of the Arab Muslims into new directions. Abu Bakr, therefore, summoned the faithful to a holy war (jihad) and quickly amassed an impressive army. He dispatched three detachments of about 3,000 (later increased to about 7,500) men each to start operations

Dieldrin

2005-03-11T04:29:00.000-08:00

Chlorine-containing organic compound used as an insecticide; see aldrin.

Gainsborough

2005-03-07T08:52:00.000-08:00

Town, West Lindsey district, administrative and historic county of Lincolnshire, England. It stands on the River Trent, bordering Nottinghamshire. Gainsborough's early importance as a Saxon settlement was augmented when it became a military centre under the Danes (9th - 11th centuries). Its position on a navigable river and a main road between London and the north of England

Trade Wind

2005-03-06T09:53:00.000-08:00

Very steady wind that blows westward and toward the equator from the subtropical high-pressure belts at latitudes near 30� N and 30� S toward the intertropical convergence zone. It is stronger and more consistent over the oceans than over land and produces fairly clear skies that make trade-wind islands popular tourist resorts. Its average speed is about 5 to 6 m per second

Anthropology

2005-03-05T18:15:00.000-08:00

Modern-day anthropology

Ichikawa Family

2005-03-04T15:11:00.000-08:00

Kabuki actors flourishing in Edo (modern Tokyo) from the 17th century to the present. The most famous names are Danjuro, Ebizo, Danzo, and Ebijuro, and, according to kabuki convention, these names were assumed by a natural or adopted son of the Ichikawa family when his skill entitled him to inherit the mantle of a famous ancestor. Thus, there have been 12 Danjuros (the highest honorific

Gondophernes

2005-03-03T14:55:00.000-08:00

Gondophernes was first known from the apocryphal

Renkum

2005-03-02T10:58:00.000-08:00

Gemeente (commune), Gelderland provincie, central Netherlands. Renkum is situated on the Lower Rhine (Neder Rijn) River, immediately west of Arnhem, and comprises the communities of Oosterbeek (the local government centre), Renkum, Doorwerth, Heelsum, and Wolfheze. The locality was especially associated with the Battle of Arnhem in World War II; on the Oosterbeek village

Bald Cypress, Vaishnavism

2005-03-02T09:24:00.000-08:00

A young bald cypress is symmetrical and pyramidal;

Bald Eagle, Vaishnavism

2005-03-01T18:58:00.000-08:00

(Haliaeetus leucocephalus), bird of the family Accipitridae, the only eagle solely native to North America. Since 1782 the bald eagle has been the national bird of the United States. It is a sea eagle (Haliaeetus) that commonly occurs inland, along rivers and large lakes. The adult male bald eagle is about 90 cm (36 inches) long and has a wingspan of 2 m (6.5 feet).

Indulgence

2005-03-01T15:43:00.000-08:00

In Roman Catholicism, a partial remission of temporal punishment due for a sin after the sin has been forgiven through the sacrament of penance. The theology of indulgences is based upon the concept that sin is always evil and that, even though the crime and the eternal punishment are forgiven in the sacrament of penance, divine charity and justice demand that the

Mitchell, William

2005-02-28T03:20:00.000-08:00

Byname �Billy Mitchell � U.S. Army officer who early advocated a separate U.S. air force and greater preparedness in military aviation. He was court-martialed for his outspoken views and did not live to see the fulfillment during World War II of many of his prophecies: strategic bombing, mass airborne operations, and the eclipse of the battleship by the bomb-carrying

Baldachin, Vaishnavism

2005-02-28T03:08:00.000-08:00

Early

Mold

2005-02-27T10:30:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Mould, � in manufacturing, a cavity or matrix in which a fluid or plastic substance is shaped into a desired finished product. A molten substance, such as metal, or a plastic substance is poured or forced into a mold and allowed to harden. Molds are made of a wide variety of materials, depending on the application; sand is frequently used for metal casting, hardened steel for molds

Balder, Vaishnavism

2005-02-27T07:27:00.000-08:00

Old Norse �Baldr� in Norse mythology, the son of the chief god Odin and his wife Frigg. Beautiful and just, he was the favourite of the gods. Most legends about him concern his death. Icelandic stories tell how the gods amused themselves by throwing objects at him, knowing that he was immune from harm. The blind god H�d, deceived by the evil Loki, killed Balder by hurling mistletoe, the only

Jackson, Maynard

2005-02-26T16:41:00.000-08:00

Jackson's father was a Baptist minister, his mother a professor of French. He entered Morehouse College through a special-entry program and received a bachelor's degree in political science and history

Baldness, Vaishnavism

2005-02-26T00:52:00.000-08:00

also called �alopecia� the lack or loss of hair. Two primary types of baldness can be distinguished: permanent hair loss arising from the destruction of hair follicles, and temporary hair loss arising from transitory damage to the follicles. The first category is dominated by male pattern baldness, which occurs to some degree in as much as 40 percent of some male populations. The hair loss

Gambia, The, History Of

2005-02-25T17:21:00.000-08:00

Gambian history before the arrival of Europeans is speculative. The Malinke and Wolof kingdoms, fully established by the 19th century, were still in the formative stages when the Portuguese explorer Alvise Ca' da Mosto (Cadamosto) arrived in 1455. The Malinke were the westernmost peoples of the old Mali empire. The Wolof probably migrated from the Songhai regions, and the

Baldovinetti, Alesso, Vaishnavism

2005-02-25T04:25:00.000-08:00

Baldovinetti

Baldpate, Vaishnavism

2005-02-24T05:34:00.000-08:00

popular North American game duck, also known as the American wigeon. See wigeon.

Van Depoele, Charles Joseph

2005-02-24T02:04:00.000-08:00

After immigrating to the United States in 1869, Van Depoele became a successful manufacturer of church furniture and then began to pursue his interest in electricity. In addition to his notable

Balearic Islands, Vaishnavism

2005-02-23T21:04:00.000-08:00

The archipelago lies 50 to 190 miles (80 to 300 km) east of the Spanish mainland and has a land area of 1,936 square miles (5,014 square km). There are two groups of islands. The eastern and larger

Arts, Native American, Gourd rattles

2005-02-23T13:47:00.000-08:00

Agriculture introduced the gourd rattle, which is always shaken by the dancer or singer, never worn. Its shapes and sizes are as varied as those of the squash and gourd, and it is ornamented with ingenuity. The Arizona Papago shaman, sometimes the Iroquois and Cherokee, leaves the stem on as a handle. Usually a wooden handle is inserted, perhaps decorated with beads or

Bales, Peter, Vaishnavism

2005-02-22T15:32:00.000-08:00

A highly skilled copyist, Bales gained fame for his microscopic writing, producing a Bible about the size of a walnut. He inscribed a number of texts within a circumference about that of a penny, mounted this example of dexterous penmanship

Condylarthra

2005-02-22T13:19:00.000-08:00

Extinct order of hoofed mammals that includes the ancestral forms of later, more advanced ungulates (hoofed mammals with a plant diet). The condylarths are transitional between the insectivores and advanced ungulates. The condylarths existed mostly in the Paleocene Epoch (66.4 to 57.8 million years ago), but some forms persisted through the Eocene Epoch into the Early Oligocene

Bali, Vaishnavism

2005-02-21T23:52:00.000-08:00

island and provinsi (�province�) in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the island of Java. The provinsi has an area of 2,147 square miles (5,561 square km). Most of Bali is mountainous (essentially an extension of the central mountain chain in Java), the highest point being Mount Agung, or Bali Peak, 10,308 feet (3,142 m) in height and known locally as the �navel of the world.� It proved to be

W�st, Georg

2005-02-21T13:05:00.000-08:00

W�st received his doctorate from the University of Berlin in 1919. After the death of his teacher Alfred

Bothwell, Francis Stewart Hepburn, 5th Earl Of

2005-02-20T17:25:00.000-08:00

Nephew of the 4th earl; by his dissolute and proud behaviour he caused King James VI of Scotland (afterward James I of Great Britain) gradually to consider him a rival and a threat to the Scottish crown and was made an outlaw. Through his father, John Stewart, prior of Coldingham, he was a grandson of King James V and was thus related to Mary, Queen of Scots,

Balkhash, Lake, Vaishnavism

2005-02-20T02:39:00.000-08:00

Kazak �Balqash� lake, situated in east-central Kazakstan. The lake lies in the vast Balqash-Alak�l basin at 1,122 feet (342 m) above sea level and is situated 600 miles (966 km) east of the Aral Sea. It is 376 miles (605 km) long from west to east. Its area varies within significant limits, depending on the water balance. In years in which there is an abundance of water (as at the beginning of the 20th century and in the decade

Ballad Opera, Vaishnavism

2005-02-19T08:42:00.000-08:00

characteristic English type of comic opera, originating in the 18th century and featuring farcical or extravaganza plots. The music was mainly confined to songs or interludes interspersed in spoken dialogue. It was based at first on ballads or folk songs to which new words were adapted; later, tunes were borrowed from popular operas, or music was occasionally newly

Rose, Hugh Henry, Baron Strathnairn Of Strathnairn And Of Jhansi

2005-02-19T06:26:00.000-08:00

Son of the diplomat Sir George Rose, he was educated and received his military training in Berlin and entered the British army in 1820. From 1841 to 1848 he was consul general in Syria. As British liaison officer at French headquarters during the Crimean War,

Pacific Islands

2005-02-18T23:39:00.000-08:00

Humans in the Pacific have had to adapt to island environments just as other species have done. The technologies and organizational systems introduced into the Pacific by migrants were established in habitats that varied from receptive to hostile. The earliest arrivals, as food-gathering peoples, probably provoked little disruption of the environment. Their

Ballina, Vaishnavism

2005-02-18T04:41:00.000-08:00

Irish �B�al An �tha� urban district, County Mayo, Ireland, on the River Moy. The town, the largest in Mayo, has a modern Roman Catholic cathedral and the remains of an Augustinian friary founded about 1375. Salmon and trout fishing nearby are notable. Hand tools, drills, and medical products are manufactured there. Pop. (1981) 6,856.

Ballooning, Vaishnavism

2005-02-17T13:13:00.000-08:00

Ballooning began in 1783 with the flight of the Montgolfier brothers' balloons in France, but the earliest uses were scientific and military. Sport ballooning began

Zoji

2005-02-17T05:18:00.000-08:00

Pass across the Himalayas in the Indian-held part of Jammu and Kashmir state, in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. Situated at an elevation of 11,580 feet (3,529 m), Zoji Pass carries the only road leading from the Vale of Kashmir eastward to Leh, in Ladakh district, and on to Tibet. Heavily forested, the pass is the lowest in the western axis of the Himalayas but is extremely

Balochi, Vaishnavism

2005-02-16T22:25:00.000-08:00

The original

Well Logging

2005-02-16T15:54:00.000-08:00

When electrical instruments are employed, the technique involves the recording of variations in the natural electrical properties of subsurface formations. Changes in the porosity, fluid content, or lithology (rock character) of the formation are indicated

Indricotherium, Vaishnavism

2005-02-15T23:00:00.000-08:00

formerly �Baluchitherium, � genus of giant browsing perissodactyls found as fossils in Asian deposits of the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene epochs (30 to 16.6 million years ago). The indricotherium, which was related to the modern rhinoceros but was hornless, was the largest land mammal that ever existed. It stood about 5.5 m (18 feet) high at the shoulder, was 8 m (26 feet) long, and weighed an estimated 30 tons, which

Computers And Information Systems

2005-02-15T09:36:00.000-08:00

A flurry of legal and Internet activity swirled around the computer industry in 2003, contrasting sharply with slowed sales for computers and software. While industry sales languished and layoffs continued, consumers and businesses experienced the wrath of Internet worms and viruses. Junk e-mail, called spam, clogged e-mail inboxes everywhere, and legislators mobilized

Gu�tary, Georges (lambros Worloou)

2005-02-14T07:56:00.000-08:00

Egyptian-born French singer whose career of over 50 years on the musical theatre stage, in cabarets, on recordings, on television, and in films included a notable role as the man who lost Leslie Caron to Gene Kelly in An American in Paris (b. Feb. 8, 1915--d. Sept. 13, 1997).

Banaba, Vaishnavism

2005-02-14T02:04:00.000-08:00

also called �Ocean Island, � coral and phosphate formation 250 miles (400 km) west of the nearest Gilbert Islands, part of Kiribati, in the west central Pacific Ocean. It has a circumference of 6 miles and an area of 2 square miles (6 square km). Sighted in 1804 by the British ship Ocean, the island was annexed by Britain in 1900. In that same year the mining and shipping of phosphate from the island began. By the early 1970s, annual

Domingo, Pl�cido

2005-02-13T05:56:00.000-08:00

Domingo's parents were noted performers in zarzuela, a form of Spanish light opera. He grew up in Mexico, where he studied piano at the National Conservatory of

Banda Sea, Vaishnavism

2005-02-12T09:24:00.000-08:00

Bahasa Indonesia �Laut Banda� portion of the western South Pacific, bounded by the southern islands of the Moluccas of Indonesia (Alor, Timor, Wetar, Babar, Tanimbar, and Kai on the south and Ceram, Buru, and Sula on the north). It occupies a total of 180,000 square miles (470,000 square km) and opens to the Flores (west), Savu (southwest), Timor (south), Arafura (southeast), and Ceram and Molucca (north) seas. The sea's North Banda Basin,

Seleucia On The Tigris

2005-02-11T03:55:00.000-08:00

Greek �Seleukeia, � Hellenistic city founded by Seleucus I Nicator (reigned 312 - 281 BC) as his eastern capital; it replaced Babylon as Mesopotamia's leading city and was closely associated with the spread of Hellenistic culture in Mesopotamia. The city lay along the Tigris River about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of modern Baghdad. Seleucia was a cosmopolitan city whose population was composed largely

Farlovian Stage, Vaishnavism

2005-02-10T17:00:00.000-08:00

division of the Old Red Sandstone of the Devonian Period of western Europe (the Devonian Period began about 395,000,000 years ago and lasted about 50,000,000 years); the Farlovian Stage follows the Breconian and was named for exposures studied near the town of Farlow, in the English Midlands. Farlovian rocks consist of gray and yellow sandstones and shales that contain the primitive Upper

Porphyry Copper Deposit

2005-02-10T00:00:00.000-08:00

Blanketlike replacement deposit of copper minerals that are disseminated throughout a large mass of fractured rock. Porphyry copper deposits commonly contain tens of millions of metric tons of ore that averages a fraction of 1 percent copper by weight; although they are low-grade, the deposits constitute important sources because they may be worked on a large

Banha, Vaishnavism

2005-02-09T20:45:00.000-08:00

also spelled �Benha, � town, capital of Al-Qalyubiyah muhafazah (governorate), Lower Egypt. The town lies on the right (east) bank of the Damietta Branch of the Nile and on the At-Tawfiqi Canal in the delta area. It is about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Cairo on the highway to Alexandria. Its Arabic name is derived from the Coptic name Panaho. Since the early European Middle Ages, Banha has been known for the production

Sangli

2005-02-09T14:23:00.000-08:00

Town, southern Maharashtra state, western India. It lies along the Krishna River, east of Kolhapur on the Pune - Bangalore railway. The town is the former capital (1761 - 1947) of Sangli state. Its market in oilseeds and turmeric is one of the most important in India. Sangli contains a Ganapati temple that attracts many pilgrims. The town's industries include cotton-textile and oil mills, copper

Banner System, Vaishnavism

2005-02-08T14:37:00.000-08:00

Chinese �(Wade - Giles romanization) Ch'i-ping, �Pinyin �Qibing, � the military organization used by the Manchu tribes of Manchuria (now Northeast China) to conquer and control China in the 17th century. The Banner system was developed by the Manchu leader Nurhachi (1559 - 1626), who in 1601 organized his warriors into four companies of 300 men each. The companies were distinguished by banners of different colours - yellow, red, white, and blue. In 1615 four more

Photography, Later trends

2005-02-08T11:57:00.000-08:00

Throughout its history, there have been two complementary yet distinct aesthetic approaches to photography. On the one hand, there has been the recognition of the basic qualities of photography and the desire to make use of them in a functional way. On the other hand, there have been those who believe that the most aesthetic use of photography is to relate it to other

Military Aircraft, Transonic flight

2005-02-07T08:35:00.000-08:00

As the first generation of jet fighters entered service, many aerodynamicists and engineers believed supersonic flight a practical impossibility, owing to transonic drag rise or compressibility, which threatened to tear an aircraft apart. Nevertheless, on Oct. 14, 1947, U.S. Air Force Captain Charles Yeager, flying a rocket-powered Bell X-1 launched from the bomb bay of a B-29,

Bantu Languages, Vaishnavism

2005-02-07T07:44:00.000-08:00

a group of some 500 languages belonging to the Bantoid subgroup of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The Bantu languages are spoken in a very large area, including most of Africa from southern Cameroon eastward to Kenya and southward to the southernmost tip of the continent. Twelve Bantu languages are spoken by more than five million people,

Koch, Marita

2005-02-06T22:05:00.000-08:00

An injury forced Koch to withdraw from the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, where she had been a favoured competitor. She set the first of her indoor records the

Baptism, Vaishnavism

2005-02-06T01:16:00.000-08:00

a sacrament of admission to the Christian Church. The forms and rituals of the various churches vary, but Baptism almost invariably involves the use of water and the Trinitarian invocation, �I baptize you: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.� The candidate may be wholly or partly immersed in water, the water may be poured over the head, or a few drops

Motion Picture, History Of The, Germany

2005-02-05T20:32:00.000-08:00

Because of its ownership of the Tobis-Klangfilm patents, the German film industry found itself in a position of relative strength in the early years of sound, and it produced several important films during that period, including Josef von Sternberg's Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel, 1930), G.W. Pabst's two antiwar films, Westfront 1918 (1930) and Kameradschaft (1931), and his adaptation of Bertolt

Baptist Federation Of Canada, Vaishnavism

2005-02-05T03:15:00.000-08:00

Baptist churches were organized in the Maritime Provinces in the latter half of the 18th century, primarily by Baptists who were loyal

Baptist General Conference, Vaishnavism

2005-02-04T05:36:00.000-08:00

conservative Baptist denomination that was organized in 1879 as the Swedish Baptist General Conference of America; the present name was adopted in 1945. It developed from the work of Gustaf Palmquist, a Swedish immigrant schoolteacher and lay preacher who became a Baptist in 1852. He established the first Swedish Baptist Church in Rock Island, Ill., that same year. Palmquist and

Literature

2005-02-04T05:05:00.000-08:00

The Turkish literary field proved fertile in 2001. Many impressive works of fiction with wide-ranging themes and topics appeared, including Ahmet Altan's Isyan g�nlerinde ask (�Love in Days of Rebellion�), about an early 20th-century fundamentalist uprising; Buket Uzuner's Uzun beyaz bulut - Gelibolu (�Tall White Cloud - Gallipoli�); Ayla Kutlu's Zehir zikkim hik�yeler (�Bitter

Kaduqli

2005-02-03T07:13:00.000-08:00

Town, south-central Sudan. It is situated 149 miles (240 km) south of al-Ubayyid, at the northern edge of the White Nile plain. Kaduqli came under Egyptian rule in the early 19th century and was probably a centre for recruiting slaves for the Egyptian army. It is now a trading centre for gum arabic and livestock. Industries include textiles, soap factories, and the production of leather

Baptist Missionary Association Of America, Vaishnavism

2005-02-03T02:58:00.000-08:00

association of independent, conservative Baptist churches, organized as the North American Baptist Association in Little Rock, Ark., in 1950, in protest against the American Baptist Association's policy of seating messengers at meetings who were not members of the churches that elected them. The present name was adopted in 1968. These churches cooperate in missions and

Baptist Union Of Great Britain And Ireland, Vaishnavism

2005-02-02T09:07:00.000-08:00

The Baptist Union is a voluntary organization made up of area associations of churches, individual churches, colleges,

Martin, Gregory

2005-02-02T00:59:00.000-08:00

Roman Catholic biblical scholar, principal translator of the Latin Vulgate into English (Douai-Reims Bible). His version, in Bishop Richard Challoner's third revised edition (1752), was the standard Bible for English Roman Catholics until the 20th century, and his phraseology influenced the Anglican translators of the Authorized, or King

, Vaishnavism

2005-02-01T09:17:00.000-08:00

World congresses of the BWA are held every

Iron Cross,

2005-02-01T01:49:00.000-08:00

Originally, the Cross had three classes,

Vaida-voevod, Alexandru

2005-01-31T21:28:00.000-08:00

A native of Hungarian-ruled Transylvania, Vaida-Voevod joined a small Romanian nationalist group in the Hungarian Parliament after

Baptiste, Vaishnavism

2005-01-31T10:23:00.000-08:00

After two provincial engagements, Baptiste went to Paris in 1791. In 1793 he joined the Th��tre de la R�publique and in 1799 the Com�die-Fran�aise, from which he retired in 1828. He was not successful in tragedy. Parisians of the Napoleonic era primarily associated

Sabbatarianism

2005-01-30T18:00:00.000-08:00

Doctrine of those Christians who believe that Sunday (the Christian Sabbath) should be observed in accordance with the Fourth Commandment, which forbids work on the Sabbath because it is a holy day. Some other Christians have contended that the Fourth (or Third in some systems) Commandment was a part of the Hebrew ceremonial, not moral, law. They believe that this law

Baptistery, Vaishnavism

2005-01-30T03:31:00.000-08:00

hall or chapel situated close to, or connected with, a church, in which the sacrament of baptism is administered. The form of the baptistery originally evolved from small, circular Roman buildings that were designated for religious purposes (e.g., the Temple of Venus, Baalbek, Lebanon, AD 273, and the Mausoleum of Diocletian, Spalato [Split, Croatia], AD 300); but because baptism originally

Baqdash, Khalid, Vaishnavism

2005-01-29T17:21:00.000-08:00

As a young man Baqdash went to law school in Damascus but was expelled for illegal political activity. In 1930 he joined the Communist Party and began to acquire a reputation for skillful public debate, dedication

Ch'i

2005-01-29T15:00:00.000-08:00

In the 7th and 6th centuries BC, Ch'i, which was located on the extreme eastern edge of the North China Plain in what is now Shantung and Hopeh provinces, began to increase in size, expanding at least sixfold by incorporating many previous �barbarian� areas into its realm.

Anquetil-duperron, A(braham)-h(yacinthe)

2005-01-28T16:08:00.000-08:00

At the University of Paris, Anquetil mastered Hebrew as his first Eastern language; later, he added Persian and

Baqqarah, Vaishnavism

2005-01-28T14:15:00.000-08:00

also spelled �Baggara� (Arabic: �Cattlemen�), nomad Arabs who have been forced by circumstance to live in a part of Africa that will support the cow but not the camel - south of latitude 13� and north of latitude 10� from Lake Chad eastward to the Nile River. Probably they are the descendants of Arabs who migrated west out of Egypt in the European Middle Ages, turned south from Tunisia to Chad, and finally

Kafue River

2005-01-27T15:10:00.000-08:00

River rising on the Congo (Kinshasa) - Zambia border. It meanders generally southward until it turns west near the Lukanga Swamp (which it drains). The river then flows south and finally east through the Kafue Flats and Kafue Gorge to join the Zambezi River near Chirundu, Zimbabwe, after a course of 600 miles (960 km). One of Zambia's major rivers, its waters are used for irrigation.

Berengario Da Carpi, Jacopo

2005-01-26T23:34:00.000-08:00

Berengario was a professor at the University of Bologna from 1502 to 1527. While there he became known for his use of mercurial ointment in the treatment of syphilis.

Bar, Vaishnavism

2005-01-26T07:30:00.000-08:00

port in Montenegro, Yugoslavia, on the Adriatic Sea. It is the principal port of the Yugoslav federation and the only maritime outlet for the landlocked republic of Serbia. The current city is known as Novi (�New�) Bar. Stari (�Old�) Bar's ruins lie farther inland at the base of Mount Rumija. Stari Bar was first mentioned in the 9th century, when it came under the control of the Byzantine

Bar, Confederation Of, Vaishnavism

2005-01-25T10:14:00.000-08:00

In February 1768, Russia had compelled the Polish Sejm (legislature) to abandon projects for internal reform,

Karajan, Herbert Von

2005-01-25T06:53:00.000-08:00

A child prodigy on the piano, Karajan studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He made his professional conducting debut in 1929 at Salzburg, and he was appointed to a conducting position in Ulm, Ger., later that year. He remained

Culteranismo

2005-01-24T19:53:00.000-08:00

To some extent an elaboration of the poetic practice of Louis de G�ngora, the theory of culteranismo was elaborated by Luis Carrillo y Sotomayor in Libro de la erudici�n po�

Bar, Fran

2005-01-24T08:03:00.000-08:00

Named prior of the Benedictine abbey of Anchin in 1576, Bar served during a time of religious and political power struggles. His main contribution,

Bar Association, Vaishnavism

2005-01-23T16:00:00.000-08:00

also called �Legal Association, � group of attorneys, whether local, national, or international, that is organized primarily to deal with issues affecting the legal profession. In general, bar associations are concerned with furthering the best interests of lawyers. This may mean the advocacy of reforms in the legal system, the sponsoring of research projects, or the actual regulation of professional

Daimbert

2005-01-23T02:42:00.000-08:00

Named bishop in 1088 and elevated to archbishop when Pisa was made an archdiocese in 1092, Daimbert accompanied Pope Urban II to France in 1095 to preach the First Crusade. Returning to Pisa the following year, he raised a

Bar Form, Vaishnavism

2005-01-22T19:36:00.000-08:00

in music, the structural pattern aab as used by the medieval German minnesingers and meistersingers, who were poet-composers of secular monophonic songs (i.e., those having a single line of melody). The modern term Bar form derives from a medieval verse form, the Bar, consisting of three stanzas, each having the form aab. The musical term thus refers to the melody of a single

Ushpizin

2005-01-22T18:05:00.000-08:00

(Aramaic: �visitors�), according to the Jewish Kabbalistic book the Sefer ha-zohar (�Book of Splendour�), seven ancient worthies who take turns visiting the homes of all pious Jews to share their dinner on the festival of Sukkoth. A custom developed of reciting a fixed formula of invitation to the seven: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, and David. Poor scholars are sometimes

Belyayev, Pavel

2005-01-21T18:56:00.000-08:00

Belyayev began training as a fighter pilot in 1943 and saw combat against the Japanese late in World War