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Indian Law

2005-11-18T06:00:00.000-08:00

The legal practices and institutions of India. The general history of law in India is a well-documented case of reception as well as of grafting. Foreign laws have been “received” into the Indian subcontinent—for example, in the demand by the Hindus of Goa for Portuguese civil law; and the enactment by independent India of statutes such as the Estate Duty Act (1953), the Copyright

Durga

2005-07-27T05:30:00.000-07:00

(Sanskrit: “the Inaccessible”), in Hindu mythology, one of the many forms of Sakti (the goddess), and the wife of Siva (Shiva). Her best-known feat was the slaying of the buffalo-demon Mahisasura. According to legend she was created for this purpose out of flames that issued from the mouths of Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, and the lesser gods. She was born fully grown and beautiful; nevertheless,

Cheektowaga

2005-07-24T18:20:00.000-07:00

Town (township), Erie county, western New York, U.S. It lies immediately east of Buffalo, on Ellicott, Scajaquada, and Cayuga creeks, near Lake Erie. Originally part of the Holland Land Purchase and the town of Amherst, the site was first settled in 1808 by Appollos Hitchcock, who was appointed Indian agent for the Buffalo Reservation. The town, incorporated in 1839, derived its name

Steffen, Albert

2005-07-07T21:00:00.000-07:00

Steffen's early works were compassionate messages of alarm at the disastrous effects of modern technological civilization and secularized thought in human relations. Moved by these problems, he joined the

Athabasca River

2005-07-06T01:10:00.000-07:00

River in northern Alberta, Canada, forming the southernmost part of the Mackenzie River system. From its source in the Columbia Icefield (Canadian Rocky Mountains) near the Continental Divide, the river flows through Jasper National Park, site of the spectacular Athabasca Falls, northeastward across Alberta to its mouth and delta on Lake Athabasca. Its 765-mi (1,231-km) course

Turin, University Of

2005-06-29T01:30:00.000-07:00

Italian Università Degli Studi Di Torino, autonomous coeducational state institution of higher learning in Turin, Italy, that was founded in 1404. Erasmus was a graduate of the school in 1506. The university was reorganized and reestablished in 1713. An Institute of Business and Economics was added in 1906, a veterinary medicine faculty was added in 1934, and faculties of agriculture, pharmacy, and commerce were added in 1935. Among the

Novikov, Sergey Petrovich

2005-06-15T18:45:00.000-07:00

Novikov graduated from Moscow State University in 1960 and received Ph.D. (1964) and Doctor of Science (1965) degrees from the V.A. Steklov Institute of Mathematics in Moscow. He joined the faculty at Moscow in 1964 and became

Aufklärung

2005-06-03T03:30:00.000-07:00

(German: “Enlightenment”), in Germany, the 17th- and 18th-century philosophical movement that emphasized rationalism. See Enlightenment.

Dysentery

2005-05-31T22:00:00.000-07:00

There are two major types of dysentery: bacillary and amebic, caused, respectively, by bacteria and amoebas. Bacillary dysentery, or shigellosis, is caused by bacilli of the genus Shigella. Symptomatically,

Abdullah Bin Abdul Kadir

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

Of mixed Arab (Yemeni) and Tamil descent, and Malayo-Muslim culture, Abdullah was born and grew up in a Malacca newly British, and he spent most of his life interpreting Malay

Consideration

2005-05-15T18:50:00.000-07:00

In contract law, an inducement given to enter into a contract that is sufficient to render the promise enforceable in the courts. The technical requirement is either a detriment incurred by the person making the promise or a benefit received by the other person. Thus, the person seeking to enforce the promise must have paid, or bound himself to pay, money, parted with

Nevi'im

2005-05-13T16:06:00.000-07:00

(Hebrew), English The Prophets the second division of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, the other two being the Torah (the Law) and the Ketuvim (the Writings, or the Hagiographa). In the Hebrew canon the Prophets are divided into (1) the Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings) and (2) the Latter Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve, or Minor, Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum,

Rya Rug

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

Floor covering handmade in Sweden and Finland using techniques resembling those employed in Oriental carpets but having extremely long, recumbent pile and great flexibility. In one Swedish type the nap is produced by Ghiordes knots that include a third warp, the fabric having been made on a cloth loom with open shed. Early examples of rya rugs, which were intended

Hieroglyphic Writing

2005-03-15T06:18:00.000-08:00

The system of hieroglyphic writing has two basic features: first, representable objects are portrayed as pictures (ideograms) and, second, the picture signs are given the phonetic value of the words for these represented objects (phonograms). At the same time, these signs are also written to designate homonyms, similar-sounding words. The writing disregards vowels

Gundagai

2005-03-14T13:27:00.000-08:00

Town, southeastern New South Wales, Australia, on the Murrumbidgee River. The site, originally a sheep run called Willia Ploma, was surveyed in 1838, and the town, a former riverport, derived its present name from an Aboriginal term for �going upstream.� A disastrous flood in 1852 drowned 89 townspeople. The discovery of gold in 1861 at nearby Spring Flat stimulated both its growth and bushranger

Lowell, Francis Cabot

2005-03-11T14:15:00.000-08:00

While visiting the British Isles (1810 - 12) Lowell closely studied the textile industries

Rhys, Jean

2005-03-07T06:52:00.000-08:00

The daughter of a Welsh doctor and a Creole mother, Rhys lived and was educated

Theobald, Lewis

2005-03-06T10:01:00.000-08:00

When in 1726 Theobald brought out his Shakespeare Restored; or, A Specimen of the Many Errors As Well Committed As Unamended by Mr. Pope, in His Late Edition of This Poet, Alexander Pope, whose edition

Muhando, Penina O.

2005-03-05T17:18:00.000-08:00

Muhando studied education and theatre in Tanzania at the University of Dar es-Salaam, later joining the faculty of the department of theatre arts. Her plays include Hatia (1972; �Guilt�), Tambueni haki zetu (1973; �Reveal Our

Muhammad Ibn Al-hanafiyah

2005-03-04T23:35:00.000-08:00

Muslim religious figure who many thought was the legitimate caliph. He was a son of 'Ali, the fourth caliph, but not by his wife, Fatimah, who was the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. By nature, Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyah was retiring and inclined to avoid partisan strife; he acted with much caution despite the support of various factions that would

Kama River

2005-03-03T21:14:00.000-08:00

Russian �Reka Kama, � river in west-central Russia. Rising in the Upper Kama Upland of Udmurtia, it flows north, then east, south, and southwest for 1,122 miles (1,805 km) until it enters the Volga River below Kazan, in the Samara Reservoir. It drains a basin of 202,000 square miles (522,000 square km). The spring maximum flow following the snowmelt accounts for nearly 60 percent of the annual flow; freeze-up lasts from mid-November

Burano, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-03-02T02:57:00.000-08:00

northeastern suburb of Venice, Venezia province, northeastern Italy, comprising four islets in the Laguna Veneta (Venice Lagoon). The settlement is thought to have been founded in the 5th century by refugees from nearby Altino, fleeing in the path of Attila. The 16th-century church of S. Martino has paintings by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. In the 16th century, lacemaking was

Carter, Mrs. Leslie

2005-03-01T21:32:00.000-08:00

Carter grew up in Dayton, Ohio (from 1870, after her father's death), and was educated at Cooper Seminary. In 1880, at age 17, she married Leslie Carter, a Chicago socialite. Nine years later, after her husband divorced her for infidelity,

Burano Lace, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-03-01T13:10:00.000-08:00

lace made on the island of Burano, near Venice. Until the early 19th century, there had been a Burano lace industry producing copies of 18th-century French lace. By midcentury it was virtually extinct. When in 1872 attempts were made to revive the lace industry to provide relief to the islanders after a ruinous winter, one elderly inhabitant was found who remembered the technique.

Ahl-e Haqq

2005-02-28T19:44:00.000-08:00

(Arabic: �People of Truth,� or �People of God�), a secret, syncretistic religion, derived largely from Islam, whose adherents are found in western Iran, with enclaves in Iraq. They retain the 12 imams of the Ithna 'Ashariyah sect and such aspects of Islamic mysticism as the communal feast. Central to their religion, however, is a belief in seven successive manifestations of God. They

Buraq, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-28T04:48:00.000-08:00

in Islamic tradition, a creature said to have transported the Prophet Muhammad to heaven. Described as �a white animal, half-mule, half-donkey, with wings on its sides . . . ,� Buraq was originally introduced into the story of Muhammad's night journey (isra') from Mecca to Jerusalem and back, thus explaining how the journey between the cities could have been completed in a single night.

Buraydah, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-27T16:50:00.000-08:00

town, Najd (Central) region, north central Saudi Arabia. It has long been a commercial rival of 'Unayzah to the south, at one time controlling the export of Arab horses and monopolizing the camel caravan trade of Arabia. Now a principal oasis and agricultural centre, it has extensive date, lemon, and orange groves; other fruits are grown, and cattle and sheep are reared on

Arsenide

2005-02-27T09:21:00.000-08:00

Any member of a rare mineral group consisting of compounds of one or more metals with arsenic (As). The coordination of the metal is almost always octahedral or tetrahedral. In the former case, each metal ion occupies a position within an octahedron composed of six oppositely charged arsenic ions, whereas in the latter each of the metal ions is surrounded by six oppositely

Monteverdi, Claudio

2005-02-26T22:43:00.000-08:00

Italian composer of the late Renaissance, the most important developer of the then new genre, the opera. He also did much to bring a �modern� secular spirit into church music.

Burbage, Richard, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-26T07:13:00.000-08:00

The son of the actor and theatre manager and owner James Burbage, Richard had attained wide popularity as an actor by age 20. He was a member of the Earl of Leicester's company and remained with it through its evolution into the King's Men in 1603. He

Brick And Tile

2005-02-25T04:28:00.000-08:00

The brick, first produced in a sun-dried form at least 6,000 years ago and the forerunner of a wide range of structural clay products used today, is a small building unit in the form of a rectangular block, formed from clay or shale or mixtures and burned (fired) in a kiln, or oven, to produce

Burbank, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

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

city, Los Angeles county, California, U.S., in the San Fernando Valley. Part of Rancho San Rafael and La Providencia, it was laid out in 1887 by the Providencia Land, Water and Development Company and named for David Burbank, a Los Angeles dentist who had established a sheep ranch there in 1867. An early truck-manufacturing and motion-picture centre, its growth was rapid during the

Burbank, Luther, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-24T10:43:00.000-08:00

Reared on a farm, Burbank received little more than a high

Spanish Language

2005-02-24T02:12:00.000-08:00

Spanish is also known (particularly in Latin America) as Castilian, after the dialect from which modern standard Spanish developed.

Burbidge, (eleanor) Margaret, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-23T04:36:00.000-08:00

Burbidge served as assistant director (1948 - 50) and acting director

Water Hyacinth

2005-02-23T03:30:00.000-08:00

Any aquatic plant of the genus Eichhornia of the pickerelweed family (Pontederiaceae), consisting of about five species, native primarily to tropical America. Some species float in shallow water; others are rooted in muddy stream banks and lakeshores. All have slender rootstocks, feathery roots, rosettes of stalked leaves, and few to many flowers

Procedural Law

2005-02-22T17:11:00.000-08:00

Also called �adjective law� the law governing the machinery of the courts and the methods by which both the state and the individual (the latter including societies, whether incorporated or not) enforce their rights in the several courts. It prescribes the means of enforcing rights or providing redress of wrongs and comprises rules relative to jurisdiction, pleading and practice, evidence,

Burbot, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-22T07:34:00.000-08:00

(Lota lota), elongated fish of the cod family, Gadidae, and the only member of the family found in freshwater. The burbot lives in cold rivers and lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America. A bottom dweller, it descends as deep as 210 metres (700 feet). A mottled, greenish or brown fish, it may grow about 1.1 metres long. It has very small, embedded scales; a chin barbel; a long anal fin; and two dorsal

Jerne, Niels K.

2005-02-21T17:09:00.000-08:00

Jerne was born of Danish parents and grew up in The Netherlands. After studying physics for two years at the University of Leiden,

Burchfield, Charles, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-21T10:30:00.000-08:00

From 1912 to 1916 Burchfield attended the Cleveland School of Art. He returned to his home in Salem, Ohio, where he had an industrial job and in his spare time painted imaginative

Burckhardt, Jacob (christopher), Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-20T07:59:00.000-08:00

Jacob Christopher also spelled �Jakob Christoph � one of the first great historians of art and culture, whose Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien (1860; The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, 1878, reprinted 1945) became a model for the treatment of cultural history in general.

Kofoid, Charles Atwood

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

Kofoid graduated from Harvard University (1894) and in 1900 began a long affiliation with the University of California at Berkeley. He became a full professor there in 1910, and for most

Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-19T05:02:00.000-08:00

Burckhardt went to England in 1806 and studied in London and at Cambridge University. In 1809, under the auspices of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa, he visited Syria

Price River

2005-02-19T01:28:00.000-08:00

River that rises in the Wasatch Range near Scofield, central Utah, U.S. It flows generally southeastward through Carbon and northeast Emery counties, past Price and through Price Canyon, to join the Green River after a course of 130 miles (210 km). Scofield Dam (1946), near the river's source, impounds water for irrigation. The river was �discovered� in 1869 by the Mormon bishop William

Ecology

2005-02-18T11:47:00.000-08:00

Long unfamiliar to the public, and relegated to a second-class status by many in the world of science, ecology emerged in the late 20th century as one of the most popular and most important aspects of biology. It has become painfully evident that some of the most pressing problems in the affairs of

Burdekin River, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-18T01:25:00.000-08:00

coastal river of eastern Queensland, Australia. It rises on the western slopes of the Seaview Range, 45 miles (72 km) from the Pacific, and flows 440 miles (710 km) southeast and north through the Leichhardt Range to enter the ocean at Upstart Bay. Its chief tributaries are the Suttor, Star, and Bowen. The river drains an area of 50,400 square miles (130,500 square km). A 3,619-foot (1,103-metre) high-level bridge spans

Burdett, Sir Francis, 5th Baronet, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-17T23:07:00.000-08:00

His marriage to a wealthy woman enabled Burdett to buy a seat in the House of Commons in 1796. Influenced by French Revolutionary

Dmitry (ii) Donskoy

2005-02-17T04:06:00.000-08:00

Son of Ivan II the Meek of Moscow (reigned 1353 - 59), Dmitry became ruler of Muscovy when he was only nine years old; three years later he convinced his suzerain, the great khan

Kikuchi Kan

2005-02-16T14:14:00.000-08:00

As a student at the First Higher School in Tokyo, Kikuchi became acquainted with the future novelists Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Kume Masao. Later, while attending Kyoto Imperial University, he worked with them on the literary magazine Shinshicho (�New

Burdett-coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett-coutts, Baroness, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-16T00:46:00.000-08:00

The youngest daughter of the radical politician Sir Francis Burdett, she took the name of Coutts in 1837 when she inherited the fortune of the banker Thomas Coutts, her grandfather.

Burdur, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-15T04:28:00.000-08:00

also called �Buldur, � city, southwestern Turkey, near the eastern shore of Lake Burdur. Called Polydorion in the European Middle Ages, it fell to the Seljuq Turks in the 12th century and came under Ottoman domination in the 15th. Its size and economy expanded after World War II; industries include textiles, preparation of attar of roses, and copper manufacture. Burdur is linked by rail with Afyon

Papias

2005-02-15T00:33:00.000-08:00

According to the 2nd-century theologian Irenaeus, Papias had known the Apostle John. The 4th-century

Argonne

2005-02-14T16:24:00.000-08:00

Wooded, hilly region in eastern France that forms a natural barrier between Champagne and Lorraine. The Argonne is about 40 miles long and 10 miles wide (65 by 15 km). The hilly massif rarely exceeds 650 feet (200 m) in elevation but is slashed with numerous deep valleys formed by watercourses associated with the Aire and Aisne rivers, which constitute a barrier to transportation. The

Burdwan, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-14T04:41:00.000-08:00

also called �Bardhaman, or Barddhaman, � city, central West Bengal state, northeastern India. The city is a major communications centre lying astride the Banka River just north of the Damodar River. Rice and oilseed milling and hosiery, cutlery, and tool manufacturing are the chief industries. Of historic interest are the Rajbari (the maharaja's palace and gardens), several ancient Muslim tombs, and 108 Siva linga,

Bureau, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-13T22:55:00.000-08:00

in the United States, a chest of drawers; in Europe a writing desk, usually with a hinged writing flap that rests at a sloping angle when closed and, when opened, reveals a tier of pigeonholes, small drawers, and sometimes a small cupboard. The bureau (French: �office�) first appeared in France at the beginning of the 17th century as just a flat table with drawers below the top, the

Myanmar, Traditional regions

2005-02-13T17:22:00.000-08:00

Speakers of Burmese and Mon historically have lived in the plains, while speakers of a dialect of Burmese retaining archaic features occupied the Arakan and Tenasserim coastal plains. The hills were inhabited by those speaking Shan, Kachin, Chin, and numerous other languages. In the plains the division between northern and southern Myanmar (Upper and Lower Burma,

Stuttgart Ballet

2005-02-12T21:38:00.000-08:00

German �Stuttgarter Ballett,� resident ballet company of Stuttgart, Ger., that emerged in the 1960s as an internationally prominent group. The modern Stuttgart Ballet evolved from the royal ballet that resided at the court of the Duke of W�rttemberg as early as 1609. A municipally supported company under the royal patronage from the 17th through the 19th century, it occasionally attracted such prominent

Bureaucracy, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-12T10:44:00.000-08:00

a professional corps of officials organized in a pyramidal hierarchy and functioning under impersonal, uniform rules and procedures. In the social sciences, the term usually does not carry the pejorative associations of popular usage.

Burette, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-11T23:38:00.000-08:00

also spelled �Buret, � laboratory apparatus used in quantitative chemical analysis to measure the volume of a liquid or a gas. It consists of a graduated glass tube with a stopcock (turning plug, or spigot) at one end. On a liquid burette, the stopcock is at the bottom, and the precise volume of the liquid dispensed can be determined by reading the graduations marked on the glass tube at the liquid

Ursa Major

2005-02-11T10:30:00.000-08:00

Also called �The Great Bear, � in astronomy, a constellation of the Northern Hemisphere, at about 10 hours 40 minutes right ascension (the coordinate on the celestial sphere analogous to longitude on the Earth) and 56� north declination (angular distance north of the celestial equator). It was referred to in the Old Testament (Job 9:9; 38:32) and mentioned by Homer in the Iliad (xviii, 487). The Greeks identified this constellation

Burford, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-10T16:45:00.000-08:00

town (�parish�), West Oxfordshire district, administrative and historic county of Oxfordshire, southern England, on the River Windrush, in the Cotswolds. The town was acquired by Robert FitzHamon, earl of Gloucester, who granted it a market in 1088 and England's earliest datable merchant guild. Sir Lawrence Tanfield, a local landowner, successfully challenged the town's civic

Tunisia, Soils

2005-02-10T09:28:00.000-08:00

Tunisia's most fertile soils are found in the well-watered intermontane valleys in the north, where rich sandy clay soils formed from alluvium or soils high in lime content cover the valley bottoms and plains. Aside from these and from the plains of the High Steppe region, where some clay soils of medium fertility may be found, soils in the rest of the country tend to

Burgage, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-09T01:25:00.000-08:00

in England and Scotland, an ancient form of tenure that applied to property within the boundaries of boroughs, or burghs. In England land or tenements within a borough were held by payment of rent to the king or some other lord; the terms varied in different boroughs. Among English feudal tenures, burgage ranked as a form of socage, the holding of land in return for agricultural

Ashurnasirpal I

2005-02-08T18:58:00.000-08:00

King of Assyria 1050 - 32 BC, when it was at a low ebb in power and prosperity caused by widespread famine and the pressure of western desert nomads, against whom Ashurnasirpal warred constantly. His father, Shamshi-Adad IV, a son of Tiglath-pileser I, was placed on the throne of Assyria by the Babylonian king Adad-apal-iddina. The few inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal I that

Burgas, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-08T18:01:00.000-08:00

port and town, southeastern Bulgaria, on the Gulf of Burgas, an inlet of the Black Sea. Founded in the 17th century as a fishing village on the site of medieval Pyrgos, it developed after Bulgaria's liberation (1878), mainly with the arrival of the railway from Sofia (1890) and harbour improvements (1904). It now rivals Varna to the north as the nation's chief port, claiming much of Bulgaria's Black

Oeuvre, Th��tre De L'

2005-02-07T05:36:00.000-08:00

French Symbolist theatre founded in Paris in 1893 by Aur�lien Lugn�-Po� and directed by him until 1929. An actor and stage manager with Andr� Antoine's Th��tre Libre, Lugn�-Po� was introduced to Symbolist theatre at Paul Fort's Th��tre d'Art in the 1890s. When Fort retired from the theatre, Lugn�-Po� assumed leadership in Symbolist production by opening what would become the Th�

Burgenland, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-07T01:51:00.000-08:00

Bundesland (federal state), eastern Austria, bordering Hungary on the east, and Bundesl�nder Nieder�sterreich (�Lower Austria�) on the northwest and Steiermark (Styria) on the southwest. It has an area of 1,531 square miles (3,965 square km). Derived from parts of the four former west Hungarian comitats (counties) of Pressburg (Bratislava), Wieselburg (Moson), �denburg (Sopron), and Eisenburg

Annelid, Hormones

2005-02-06T02:52:00.000-08:00

Neurosecretory cells, which are nerve cells that produce hormones, are found in the brain; their structure, similar to that of nonsecretory nerve cells, consists of fine projections (an axon and neurofibrils)

Burger, Die, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-06T01:32:00.000-08:00

(Afrikaans: �The Citizen�), daily newspaper published in Cape Town, S.Af., the largest of the country's newspapers written in Afrikaans. Die Burger is known both for its generally balanced presentation of the news and for its support of policies of the South African government. It firmly supported the ruling Nationalist Party. It is published mornings except Sundays.

B

2005-02-05T09:40:00.000-08:00

B�rger was educated in theology at the University of Halle and in law at the University of G�ttingen. It was in G�ttingen that he first

Catapult

2005-02-05T04:25:00.000-08:00

Mechanism for forcefully propelling stones, spears, or other projectiles, in use since ancient times. The Romans used the word ballista to designate an engine used to hurl stones and catapulta for one that shot arrows and darts, although the larger catapults mounted a single long arm, which hurled stones and other objects. Nearly all catapults employed in ancient

Burger, Warren E., Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-04T20:16:00.000-08:00

After graduating with honours from St. Paul (now William Mitchell) College of Law in 1931, Burger joined a prominent St. Paul law firm and gradually became active in Republican Party politics. In 1953 he was appointed an assistant U.S. attorney general, and in 1955 he was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Earth, Force

2005-02-04T11:54:00.000-08:00

This is a vector quantity that changes or tends to produce a change in the motion of a body. It is a push or pull and must be specified as to its direction and magnitude. If there is no acceleration of a body, the forces that act on it are balanced. There are four types: compression, tension (or extension), shear, and torsion. During compression, rocks are squeezed together by two

Mexico, Relief

2005-02-03T19:40:00.000-08:00

Mexico is located in one of the Earth's most dynamic tectonic areas. It is a part of the circum-Pacific �Ring of Fire,� a region of active volcanism and frequent seismic activity. Towering peaks, such as Citlalt�petl (also called Orizaba; 18,701 feet [5,700 metres]) and Popocat�petl (17,883 feet [5,452 metres]), are extremely young in geologic terms (late Tertiary) and are examples of the volcanic forces

Burgers, Thomas Fran

2005-02-03T06:53:00.000-08:00

After graduating as a doctor of theology from the University of Utrecht, Burgers in 1859 returned to Cape Colony, where he became the minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in

Andersson, Bibi

2005-02-02T21:01:00.000-08:00

Andersson studied acting at Stockholm's highly regarded Royal Dramatic Theatre, the school that had earlier produced Greta Garbo. She had made a few small film appearances and was acting on stage when discovered by Bergman, who asked her to appear in Sommarnattens

Burgess, Anthony, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-02T09:26:00.000-08:00

Trained in English literature and phonetics, Burgess taught in the extramural department of Birmingham University (1946 - 50), worked for the Ministry of Education (1948 - 50), and was English master at Banbury

Selihoth

2005-02-01T21:46:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Selihot, or Selichot, �Hebrew �Selihot� (�pardons�), in Jewish liturgy, penitential prayers originally composed for Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) and for fast days but subsequently incorporated into other services. Selihoth have become an indispensable part of the Jewish liturgical services that precede Rosh Hashana (New Year), continue through the Ten Days of Penitence ('aseret yeme teshuva), and terminate

Burgess, Ernest Watson, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-02-01T16:11:00.000-08:00

Burgess received his B.A. (1908) from Kingfisher College (Oklahoma) and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1913). He taught at the Universities of Toledo (Ohio) and Kansas and at Ohio State University before beginning a long career at the University

Barani, Ziya'-ud-din

2005-01-31T19:37:00.000-08:00

Using mainly hearsay evidence and his personal experiences at court, Barani in 1357 wrote the Tarikh-e Firuz Shahi (�History of Firuz Shah�), a didactic work setting down the duties of the Indian sultan toward Islam. In his Fatawa-ye jahandari (�Rulings

Burgess, Guy; And Maclean, Donald (duart), Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-01-31T09:40:00.000-08:00

At the University of Cambridge in the 1930s Burgess and Maclean were part of a group of relatively privileged young men who shared a fashionable disdain for capitalist democracy. Recruited

Sporophyte

2005-01-30T13:57:00.000-08:00

In certain plants and algae, nonsexual phase (or an individual representing the phase) in the alternation of generations - a phenomenon in which two distinct phases (a haploid and a diploid phase) occur in the life history of a plant, each phase producing the other. (The alternate, sexual phase is the gametophyte.) In the sporophyte phase, a diploid plant body grows and eventually

Australian Aboriginal

2005-01-29T06:49:00.000-08:00

Also called �Aborigine � any member of the indigenous people of Australia and Tasmania. Estimates of the Aboriginal population at the time of European colonization in the late 18th century range from 300,000 to more than 1,000,000. Both people and languages (or dialects) were associated with stretches of territory, and the largest entities recognized by the people were language-named groups, sometimes referred

Burgesses, House Of, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-01-29T03:22:00.000-08:00

representative assembly in colonial Virginia; the first elective governing body in a British overseas possession. The assembly was one division of the legislature established by Gov. George Yeardley at Jamestown, July 30, 1619; the other included the governor himself and a council, all appointed by the colonial proprietor (the Virginia Company). Because each Virginia

Comenius, John Amos

2005-01-28T07:33:00.000-08:00

Czech �Jan �mos Komensk� Czech educational reformer and religious leader, remembered mainly for his innovations in methods of teaching, especially languages. He favoured the learning of Latin to facilitate the study of European culture. Janua Linguarum Reserata (1631; Gate of Tongues Unlocked, 1633?) revolutionized

Burgh Family, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-01-28T01:00:00.000-08:00

originally �Burgo, �also spelled �Bourke, Burke, � a historic Anglo-Irish family associated with Connaught. Its founder was William de Burgo, of a knightly family from eastern England; he and his descendants were granted much of Connaught in the late 12th century, and his grandson Walter was also granted Ulster. Although Walter's great-grandson, William, left no male heir, his kinsmen succeeded in holding the bulk of the

Burgh, Hubert De, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-01-27T18:52:00.000-08:00

When recalcitrant barons rebelled against John late in 1215, Hubert scored several important military victories for the royal cause. By 1217, a year after the

�vila Camacho, Manuel

2005-01-27T01:44:00.000-08:00

�vila Camacho joined the army of Venustiano Carranza in 1914 and rose rapidly through the ranks. A skilled organizer and administrator,

Dientzenhofer, Christoph And Kilian Ignaz

2005-01-26T10:14:00.000-08:00

Father and son, members of a large family of German architects, who were among the leading builders in Bohemian Baroque. Among their joint works are the Church of St. Nicholas (1703 - 11, 1732 - 52) and the Brevnov Monastery (1708 - 21), both in Prague. K.I. Dientzenhofer built the churches of St. Thomas (1725 - 31; a Gothic structure reworked into Baroque)

B

2005-01-26T06:02:00.000-08:00

B�rgi served as court watchmaker to Duke Wilhelm IV of Hesse-Kassel from 1579 to 1592 and worked in the royal observatory at Kassel, where he developed geometrical and astronomical instruments. Word of his exceptional instruments

Burgkmair, Hans, The Elder, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-01-25T09:45:00.000-08:00

The son of a painter, he became a member of the painters' guild in Strasbourg in 1490 and in Augsburg in 1498. Some 700 woodcuts are ascribed to him, including his principal work, a series of 135 prints celebrating the triumphs of the emperor Maximilian I. His

Eliot, Sir John

2005-01-25T05:41:00.000-08:00

The son of a wealthy landowner, Eliot was first elected

Burglary, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-01-24T03:39:00.000-08:00

in criminal law, the breaking and entering of the premises of another with an intent to commit a felony within. Burglary is one of the specific crimes included in the general category of theft (q.v.).

Lena River

2005-01-24T02:17:00.000-08:00

Sakha (Yakut) �Ulakhan Iuriakh (�Great River�)� major river of Russia and the 10th longest river in the world. It flows 2,734 miles (4,400 km) from its sources in the mountains along the western shores of Lake Baikal, in southeastern Siberia, to the mouth of its delta on the Arctic Laptev Sea. The area of the river's drainage basin is about 961,000 square miles (2,490,000 square km).

Burgomaster, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

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

German �B�rgermeister� (�town master�), mayor or chief magistrate of a German town, city, or rural commune. The title is also used in such countries as Belgium (bourgmeistre) and The Netherlands (burgemeester). Most German towns have a burgomaster, but larger cities may have several, one being the chief burgomaster (oberb�rgermeister). Burgomasters may be elected by the voters or by a council, and

Price, George

2005-01-22T18:48:00.000-08:00

As a young man Price did odd jobs in printing offices and did freelance illustrations. During the 1920s he was active in advertising art. Much of the humour in his cartoons lay

Burgos, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-01-22T09:13:00.000-08:00

province, in the Castile-Le�n comunidad aut�noma (�autonomous community�), north-central Spain. Created in 1833, it has an area of 5,525 square miles (14,309 square km) and includes the enclave of Trevi�o, which is administratively part of �lava province. Burgos is crossed by the Ebro (north) and the Duero (south) rivers, neither of which is navigable. Burgos is one of the great forested provinces

Burgos, Philosophical sutras and the rise of the six schools of philosophy

2005-01-21T16:27:00.000-08:00

city, capital of Burgos province, in the Castile-Le�n comunidad aut�noma (�autonomous community�), northern Spain. It is located on the lower slopes of a castle-crowned hill overlooking the Arlanz�n River, about 2,600 feet (800 m) above sea level. Founded in 884 as an eastern outpost of the Asturian kingdom by the Castilian count Diego Rodr�guez Porcelos, it became the capital of the

Earthquake, Tokyo - Yokohama

2005-01-21T08:31:00.000-08:00

A great earthquake struck the Tokyo - Yokohama metropolitan area near noon on Sept. 1, 1923. The death toll from this shock was estimated at more than 140,000. Fifty-four percent of the brick buildings and 10 percent of the reinforced concrete structures collapsed. Many hundreds of thousands of houses were either shaken down or burned. The shock started a tsunami that reached a height

Rabbit

2005-01-20T09:01:00.000-08:00

J.C. Sandford, The Domestic Rabbit, 5th ed. (1996), describes the 50-plus breeds and all aspects of raising domestic rabbits. Harry V. Thompson and Carolyn M. King (eds.), The European Rabbit: The History and Biology of a Successful Colonizer (1994), thoroughly examines the biology of the European rabbit worldwide. Joseph A. Chapman and John E.C. Flux (compilers and eds.), Rabbits, Hares, and Pikas: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan (1990), is a taxonomically arranged review of the biology and status of the world's rabbits and other lagomorphs. Ronald M. Nowak, Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed., 2 vol. (1999), photographically illustrates an article on each rabbit genus.