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armour-piercing, fin-stabilized discarding-sabot
(from the article "tank") ...90-millimetre tank guns and also by the French army for the 105-millimetre gun of its ...
armoured car
(from the article "armoured vehicle") The armoured car is an armoured, wheeled vehicle that is usually fitted with a 20-millimetre ...
armoured cavalry
(from the article "cavalry") ...charge against entrenched troops armed with rapid-firing small arms was suicidal. Cavalry organizations soon abandoned ...
armoured cruiser
(from the article "cruiser") By about 1900, cruisers were of two principal kinds; protected cruisers had steel armour plating ...
armoured division
(from the article "division") To meet specialized requirements in warfare, divisions have evolved into several types, falling within two ...
armoured face conveyor
(from the article "coal mining") ...the intermediate haulage system. In some semimechanized or manual longwall operations, chain haulage is used, ...
armoured fighting vehicle
(from the article "armoured vehicle") ...bullets, shells, or other projectiles. Armoured vehicles for military use can move either on wheels ...
armoured personnel carrier
(from the article "tank") After World War II, armoured personnel carriers became the next most important armoured vehicle after ...
armoured vehicle
motor vehicle that is fitted with partial or complete armour plating for protection against bullets, ... [2 Related Articles]
armouring
(from the article "harbours and sea works") A common breakwater design is based on an inner mound of small rocks or rubble, ...
Armoury Museum
in Moscow, oldest museum in Russia. It is housed in a building between the Great ... [1 Related Articles]
ArmRosGazprom
(from the article "Armenia") ...the European Union on the terms of its participation in the EU European Neighbourhood Program. ...
arms control
any international control or limitation of the development, testing, production, deployment, or use of weapons ... [30 Related Articles]
Arms Export Control Act
(from the article "international relations") ...to expand trade with the U.S.S.R. In 1974-75 Congress prevented the President from involving the ...
arms limitation treaty
(from the article "United States") ...affairs the Harding administration tried to ensure peace by urging disarmament, and at the Washington ...
arms of bastardy
(from the article "heraldry") ...bar is a diminutive of the fess, of the same shape, and can be placed ...
arms race
(from the article "international relations") The postwar arms race began as early as 1943, when the Soviet Union began its ...
Arms, Assize of
(from the article "United Kingdom") ...Scutage (money payment in lieu of military service) was an important source of funds, and ...
arms, coat of
the principal part of a system of hereditary symbols dating back to early medieval Europe, ... [2 Related Articles]
arms, roll of
illuminated manuscript describing (blazoning) and often illustrating (emblazoning) the arms of persons present at a ... [1 Related Articles]
Arms, Union of
(from the article "Spain") ...result of this failure had left Philip II with no alternative but Alba's policy of ...
Armstrong
county, west-central Pennsylvania, U.S., bounded to the north by the Allegheny River and Redbank Creek ...
Armstrong Bills
(from the article "Hyde, Henry Baldwin") In 1877 New York state began investigating the mismanagement of surplus funds by insurance companies. ...
Armstrong Hot Five
(from the article "Armstrong, Louis") ...in New York City in Fletcher Henderson's band and on many recordings with others before ...
Armstrong Hot Seven
(from the article "Armstrong, Louis") ...Fletcher Henderson's band and on many recordings with others before returning to Chicago and playing ...
Armstrong, David Malet
(from the article "Materialism") ...of such apparently nonphysicalist qualities as the greenness of grass. At one time Smart analyzed ...
Armstrong, Debbie
(from the article "Olympic Games") ...successful. American Bill Johnson captured the first-ever U.S. gold medal in the downhill event. In ...
Armstrong, Edwin H.
American inventor who laid the foundation for much of modern radio and electronic circuitry, including ... [2 Related Articles]
Armstrong, Garner Ted
American evangelist (b. Feb. 9, 1930, Portland, Ore.-d. Sept. 15, 2003, Tyler, Texas), ascended to ...
Armstrong, Gillian
(from the article "motion picture, history of the") ...The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, 1978), George Miller (Mad Max, 1979), and ...
Armstrong, Henry
American boxer, the only professional boxer to hold world championship titles in three weight divisions ... [1 Related Articles]
Armstrong, Henry Edward
English organic chemist whose research in substitution reactions of naphthalene was a major service to ...
Armstrong, Herbert W.
(from the article "Worldwide Church of God") Adventist church founded in 1933 as the Radio Church of God by Herbert W. Armstrong ...
Armstrong, Jeannett
(from the article "Canadian literature") ...concerns are also rendered in playful or parodic modes, as protest literature, or as alternatives ...
Armstrong, John
American soldier, diplomat, and politician who, as U.S. secretary of war during the War of ... [1 Related Articles]
Armstrong, Karen
Though once a refugee from religion, in 1996 author Karen Armstrong completed In the Beginning: ...
Armstrong, Lance
American cyclist, who is the only rider to have won seven Tour de France titles ... [5 Related Articles]
Armstrong, Louis
the leading trumpeter and one of the most influential artists in jazz history. (Click here ... [14 Related Articles]
Armstrong, Neil
U.S. astronaut, the first person to set foot on the Moon. [3 Related Articles]
Armstrong, Samuel Chapman
Union military commander of black troops during the American Civil War and founder of Hampton ...
Armstrong, William George Armstrong, Baron
British industrialist and engineer who invented high-pressure hydraulic machinery and revolutionized the design and manufacture ... [1 Related Articles]
Armstrong, William Howard
American educator and writer whose best-known book, Sounder (1969), won the Newbery ...
army
a large organized force armed and trained for war, especially on land. The term may ... [7 Related Articles]
Army Air Forces
(from the article "United States Air Force, The") ...Corps was supplanted on June 20, 1941, by the Army Air Forces as an autonomous ...
army ant
(from the article "social behaviour in animals") The ferocious defense of the nest by wasps and hornets avails them little, however, against ...
army corps
(from the article "military unit") ...is commanded by a major general. A division contains all the arms and services needed ...
Army Museum
(from the article "Paris") ...the remains of Napoleon, which were returned from the island of St. Helena in 1840 ...
armyworm
(from the article "lepidopteran") Larvae seldom travel far from the plants where they begin life. However, in some species ...
Arnall, Roland Edmond
American businessman founded (1979) Ameriquest Mortgage, the largest subprime mortgage company in the U.S. during ...
Arnarson, Ingolfur
(from the article "Reykjavik") According to tradition, Reykjavik ("Bay of Smokes") was founded in 874 by the Norseman Ingolfur ...
Arnaud, Georges
French novelist and social activist.
Arnaud, Henri
Savoyard pastor who led the Waldensian, or Vaudois, exiles on the glorieuse rentree, their historic ...
Arnauld d'Andilly, Robert
(from the article "Arnauld d'Andilly, Robert") brother and follower of the prominent Jansenist theologian Antoine Arnauld. See Arnauld family.association with Arnauld ...
Arnauld Family
French family of the lesser nobility that came to Paris from Auvergne in the 16th ... [1 Related Articles]
Arnauld, Antoine
(from the article "Arnauld Family") The founder of the family, Antoine Arnauld (1560-1619), was born in Paris, the son of ...
Arnauld, Antoine
leading 17th-century theologian of Jansenism, a Roman Catholic movement that held heretical doctrines on the ... [7 Related Articles]
Arnauld, Catherine
(from the article "Arnauld Family") In addition to Mere Angelique and Mere Agnes, four more daughters of Antoine Arnauld eventually ...
Arnauld, Henri
(from the article "Arnauld Family") Robert's younger brother, Henri Arnauld (1597-1692), left his diplomatic career for a life in the ...
Arnauld, Jacqueline-Marie-Angelique
monastic reformer who was abbess of the important Jansenist centre of Port-Royal de Paris. She ... [2 Related Articles]
Arnauld, Jeanne-Catherine-Agnes
abbess of the Jansenist centre of Port-Royal and author of the religious community's Constitutions (1665). ... [1 Related Articles]
Arnault, Bernard
During much of 1997 French businessman Bernard Arnault, the president and chairman of the French ...
Arnaut Daniel
Provencal poet, troubadour, and master of the trobar clus, a poetic style composed of complex ... [1 Related Articles]
Arnaut de Mareuil
Perigordian troubadour who is credited with having introduced into Provencal poetry the amatory epistle (salut ... [1 Related Articles]
Arnaut de Zwolle, Henri
(from the article "keyboard instrument") ...a series of tangents striking a given pair of strings at different points will produce ...
Arnavad Peak
(from the article "Pamirs") ...on the south face by the Fedchenko Glacier. The western slope intersects other ranges that ...
Arnay-le-duc, Battle of
(from the article "Henry IV") ...was killed. Jeanne d'Albret took Henry to the new leader of the Protestant forces, Gaspard ...
Arnaz, Desi
(from the article "Ball, Lucille") ...Door (1937), Room Service (1938), Five Came Back (1939), and Too Many Girls (1940), in ...
Arndale Centre
(from the article "Manchester") As new shopping centres began to develop in outlying areas, the level of retail trade ...
Arndt, Ernst Moritz
prose writer, poet, and patriot who expressed the national awakening in his country in the ... [1 Related Articles]
Arndt, Johann
German Lutheran theologian whose mystical writings were widely circulated in Europe in the 17th century. [5 Related Articles]
Arndt, Michael
(from the article "2006: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt for Little Miss SunshineAdapted Screenplay: William Monahan for The DepartedCinematography: Guillermo ...
Arne, Michael
(from the article "Battishill, Jonathan") ...(directing from the harpischord) at Covent Garden about 1756. He composed songs and choruses for ...
Arne, Thomas
English composer, chiefly of dramatic music and song. [2 Related Articles]
Arneth, Alfred, Ritter von
historian important chiefly for his work in evaluating and publishing sources for Austrian history found ...
Arnheim, Rudolf
(from the article "Gestalt psychology") ...could also be used to shed light on problems in ethics, political behaviour, and the ...
Arnhem
gemeente (municipality), eastern Netherlands, on the north bank of the Lower Rhine (Neder Rijn) River. ...
Arnhem Land
historical region of Northern Territory, Australia. It consists of the eastern half of the large ... [4 Related Articles]
Arnhem, Battle of
(from the article "Arnhem") ...in 1585, and the following year Sir Philip Sidney, the English poet, statesman, and soldier, ...
Arnica
genus of plants of the composite family (Asteraceae), most of whose approximately 32 species occur ...
Arnica angustifolia
(from the article "Arnica") genus of plants of the composite family (Asteraceae), most of whose approximately 32 species occur ...
Arnica montana
(from the article "Arnica") One of the most important species (A. montana) is a perennial herb of northern and ...
Arniches, Carlos
popular Spanish dramatist of the early 20th century, best known for works in the genero ...
Arnim Paragraph
(from the article "Arnim, Harry, Graf von") Prussian diplomat whose indiscreetly expressed opposition to German chancellor Otto von Bismarck led to his ...
Arnim, Achim von
folklorist, dramatist, poet, and story writer whose collection of folk poetry was a major contribution ... [3 Related Articles]
Arnim, Bettina von
one of the outstanding figures of German Romanticism, memorable not only for her books but ... [2 Related Articles]
Arnim, Hans Georg von
soldier prominent in German affairs during the Thirty Years' War. He served (1613-17) with the ...
Arnim, Harry, Graf von
Prussian diplomat whose indiscreetly expressed opposition to German chancellor Otto von Bismarck led to his ... [1 Related Articles]
Arnim, Jurgen von
(from the article "World War II") ...on November 25, the defense was unexpectedly strong. By December 5 the 1st Army's advance ...
Arno River
principal stream of the Toscana (Tuscany) region, in central Italy. Rising on the slopes of ... [3 Related Articles]
Arno, Peter
cartoonist whose satirical drawings, particularly of New York cafe society, did much to establish The ... [1 Related Articles]
Arnobius The Elder
early Christian convert who defended Christianity by demonstrating to the pagans their own inconsistencies. [2 Related Articles]
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
major botanical research centre famous for its collection of ornamental trees and shrubs from Asia. ... [1 Related Articles]
Arnold Classic
(from the article "physical culture") ...and pundits speculate whether anyone will ever surpass the muscular development of eight-time winner Ronnie ...
Arnold of Brescia
radical religious reformer noted for his outspoken criticism of clerical wealth and corruption and for ... [8 Related Articles]
Arnold, Andrea
(from the article "Performing Arts") British cinema had a quiet year overall, though there were still encouraging signs of new ...
Arnold, Benedict
patriot officer who served the cause of the American Revolution until 1779, when he shifted ... [9 Related Articles]
Arnold, Eddy
American singer and guitarist ushered country music, which had been labeled as hillbilly music, into ...
Arnold, Harold DeForest
American physicist whose research led to the development of long-distance telephony and radio communication.
Arnold, Henry Harley
air strategist, commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.
Arnold, Kenneth
(from the article "unidentified flying object") The first well-known UFO sighting occurred in 1947, when businessman Kenneth Arnold claimed to see ...
Arnold, Magda B.
(from the article "emotion") Magda B. Arnold was the first contemporary psychologist to propose that all emotions are a ...
Arnold, Matthew
English Victorian poet and literary and social critic, noted especially for his classical attacks on ... [12 Related Articles]
Arnold, Samuel
composer whose 180-part edition of George Frideric Handel (1787-97), although unfinished and deemed defective by ...
Arnold, Sir Edwin
poet and journalist, best known as the author of The Light of Asia (1879), an ...
Arnold, Sir Malcolm Henry
British musician, composer, and conductor (b. Oct. 21, 1921, Northampton, Eng.-d. Sept. 23, 2006, Norwich, ... [3 Related Articles]
Arnold, Thomas
educator who, as headmaster of Rugby School, had much influence on public school education in ... [1 Related Articles]
Arnold-Chiari malformation
(from the article "nervous system disease") ...may be associated with projection of the vertebral column upward. This condition may also occur ...
Arnoldist
(from the article "Arnold of Brescia") Arnold's character was austere and his mode of life ascetic. His followers, known as Arnoldists, ...
Arnoldson, Klas Pontus
politician who figured prominently in solving the problems of the Norwegian-Swedish Union. He was the ...
Arnolfo Di Cambio
Italian sculptor and architect whose works embody the transition between the late Gothic and Renaissance ... [2 Related Articles]
Arnon, Daniel
(from the article "photosynthesis") ...oxygen from water in the presence of light and a chemical compound, such as ferric ...
Arnost of Pardubice
(from the article "Czechoslovak region, history of") John and Charles benefited from friendly relations with the popes at Avignon. In 1344 Clement ...
Arnould, Sophie
(from the article "Belanger, Francois-Joseph") Belanger was an unusually adept manipulator of social connections. He became the lover of Sophie ...
Arnoux's beaked whale
(from the article "bottlenose whale") Arnoux's beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii) and Baird's beaked whale (B. bairdii) are commonly called giant ...
Arnow, Harriette
American novelist, social historian, short-story writer, and essayist, known primarily for the novel
Arnsberg
city, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies along a loop ...
Arnstadt
city, Thuringia Land (state), central Germany. It lies along the Gera River, at the northern ...
Arnulf
(from the article "Henry I") ...of Burchard, duke of Swabia (919), he allowed the duke to retain control over the ...
Arnulf
duke of Carinthia who deposed his uncle, the Holy Roman emperor Charles III the Fat, ... [6 Related Articles]
Arnulf
(from the article "Major rulers of France") ...and adviser, Gerbert became involved in Hugh's resistance to Charles's attempt to dethrone him. Before ...
Arnulf I
count of Flanders (918-958, 962-965) and son of Baldwin II. [1 Related Articles]
Arnulf III
(from the article "Robert I") ...widow, appealed to Philip I of France. The contest was decided at Ravenshoven, near Kassel, ...
Arnulf of Chocques
Latin patriarch of Jerusalem in 1099 and again from 1112 until his death. Accompanying the ... [1 Related Articles]
Arnulf of Metz, Saint
bishop of Metz and, with Pippin I, the earliest known ancestor of Charlemagne. [1 Related Articles]
Arnulfista Party
(from the article "Panama") ...In 1998 a referendum was defeated that would have allowed Perez Balladares to seek reelection. ...
Arnuwandas I
(from the article "Anatolia") Tudhaliyas II was succeeded by his son Arnuwandas I, who was under attack from all ...
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