A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Baby Bell ... Backhaus, Wilhelm Baby Bell (from the article "Sherman Antitrust Act") ...the 20th century was the 1984 breakup of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, which ... baby blue-eyes (from the article "Nemophila") genus of annual herbs of the family Boraginaceae. The 11 species, most of which bear ... baby boom (from the article "population") For many industrialized countries, the period after World War II was marked by a "baby ... Baby Snooks (from the article "Brice, Fanny") ...She appeared with such major Broadway performers as W.C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, and Will Rogers ... baby tears (from the article "Urticaceae") ...clusters. Pilea, a genus of creeping plants that includes the artillery plant (P. microphylla), and ... baby veal (from the article "meat processing") Veal is classified into several categories based on the ages of the animals at the ... Baby Yar large ravine on the northern edge of the city of Kiev in Ukraine, the site ... [2 Related Articles] baby's breath either of two species of herbaceous plants of the genus Gypsophila, of the pink family ... Babyface (from the article "New jack swing") The key producers were L.A., Babyface, and Teddy Riley, who crafted romantic songs for the ... Babylon one of the most famous cities of antiquity. It was the capital of southern Mesopotamia ... [12 Related Articles] Babylon town (township), Suffolk county, southeastern New York, U.S. It lies on southern Long Island, along ... Babylonia ancient cultural region occupying southeastern Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (modern southern Iraq ... [87 Related Articles] Babylonian calendar chronological system used in ancient Mesopotamia, based on a year of 12 synodic months; i.e., ... [3 Related Articles] Babylonian dialect (from the article "Akkadian language") ...Sumerian remained in use as the written language of sacred literature. At about the same ... Babylonian Exile the forced detention of Jews in Babylonia following the latter's conquest of the kingdom of ... [17 Related Articles] Babylonian Talmud one of two compilations of Jewish religious teachings and commentary that was transmitted orally for ... [11 Related Articles] Bac Lieu city, eastern Ca Mau Peninsula, southern Vietnam. It has a hospital and a commercial airport ... Bac, Ferdinand (from the article "Barragan, Luis") ...to travel, mostly in Spain, France, Italy, and Greece. During this period of extensive travel, ... Baca-Flor, Carlos (from the article "Latin American art") By the beginning of the 20th century, the Impressionist technique had become so accepted in ... Bacab in Mayan mythology, any of four gods, thought to be brothers, who, with upraised arms, ... [1 Related Articles] Bacairi (from the article "Plata, Rio de la") ...language. In Brazil, however, miscegenation was less general, and some groups of indigenous peoples have ... bacalhau (from the article "Portugal") ...areas. In the countryside the staple diet is one of fish, vegetables, and fruit. Although ... Bacall, Lauren American motion-picture and stage actress known for her portrayals of provocative women who hid their ... [1 Related Articles] Bacalov, Luis Enrique (from the article "1995: Other Winners") ...Screenplay: Emma Thompson for Sense and SensibilityCinematography: John Toll for BraveheartArt Direction: Eugenio Zanetti for ... Bacan island, North Maluku propinsi (province), Indonesia. One of the northern Moluccas, in ... Bacar, Mohamed (from the article "Comoros") ...2007 when the country faced a serious political crisis. The three autonomous islands of Grande ... Bacau judet (county), eastern Romania, occupying an area of 2,551 square miles (6,606 ... Bacau city, capital of Bacau judet (county), eastern Romania, near the confluence of ... Bacca pipes jig (from the article "sword dance") ...the swords. The famed Scottish solo dance Gillie Callum, which is danced to a folk ... baccalaureat (from the article "higher education") ...have systems of higher education that are basically administered by state agencies. Entrance requirements for ... baccalaureate test (from the article "Education") French students organized massive street demonstrations to protest changes that Minister of Education Francois Fillon ... baccarat casino card game resembling, but simpler than, blackjack. In basic baccarat the house is the ... [1 Related Articles] Baccarat glass glassware produced by an important glasshouse founded in 1765 at Baccarat, Fr. Originally a producer ... [2 Related Articles] Baccha (from the article "hover fly") ...or sting. They are distinguished from other flies by a false (spurious) vein that closely ... Bacchanalia in Greco-Roman religion, any of the several festivals of Bacchus (Dionysus), the wine god. They ... [12 Related Articles] Bacchelli, Riccardo Italian poet, playwright, literary critic, and novelist who championed the literary style of Renaissance and ... [1 Related Articles] Bacchiadae (from the article "ancient Greek civilization") ...a small number of exclusive clans within cities monopolized citizenship and political control. At Corinth, ... Bacchus Marsh town in southern Victoria, Australia. It is located 32 miles (51 km) northwest of Melbourne ... Bacchus, George (from the article "Guyana") ...way." A commission of inquiry was set up by Pres. Bharrat Jagdeo, though it faced ... Bacchus, Temple of (from the article "Baalbeck") The Temple of Bacchus, almost entirely preserved, is also Corinthian, with 42 columns, 8 on ... Bacchylides Greek lyric poet, nephew of the poet Simonides and a younger contemporary of the Boeotian ... [2 Related Articles] Bacchylides roll (from the article "calligraphy") If this writing is made to lean to the right and to revive the 3rd-century-BCE ... Baccio d'Agnolo wood-carver, sculptor, and architect who exerted an important influence on the Renaissance architecture of Florence. ... Bach Long Vi island of northern Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, halfway between the mouth of the ... Bach, Alexander, Freiherr von (from the article "Austria") Under Francis Joseph and Schwarzenberg, order was restored. Schwarzenberg died in 1852, and the new ... Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel second surviving son of J.S. and Maria Barbara Bach, and the leading composer of the ... [10 Related Articles] Bach, Howard (from the article "Badminton") ...Hidayat of Indonesia beat Lin to become the first men's singles player to capture the ... Bach, Johann Christian composer called the "English Bach," youngest son of J.S. and Anna Magdalena Bach and prominent ... [5 Related Articles] Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich longest surviving son of J.S. and Anna Magdalena Bach. Bach, Johann Sebastian composer of the Baroque era, the most celebrated member of a large family of northern ... [50 Related Articles] Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann eldest son of J.S. and Maria Barbara Bach, composer during the period of transition between ... [1 Related Articles] Bach-Gesellschaft (from the article "Hauptmann, Moritz") ...by a crowd of enthusiastic pupils, among whom were Joseph Joachim, Hans von Bulow, Arthur ... Bach-Institute (from the article "Bach, Johann Sebastian") ...Its chief publication is its research journal, the Bach-Jahrbuch (from 1904). By ... Bach-y-Rita, Paul (from the article "neuroplasticity") ...research in neuroplasticity was carried out in the 1960s, when scientists attempted to develop machines ... bacha nagma (from the article "South Asian arts") ...(devotional music of the Muslim mystics known as Sufis) was banned in the 1920s by ... Bacharach, Burt (from the article "1969: Other Winners") ...Conrad Hall for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidArt Direction: Herman Blumenthal, John DeCuir and, ... Bachchan Rai, Aishwarya Indian actress whose classic beauty made her one of Bollywood's premier stars. [1 Related Articles] Bachchan, Amitabh Indian film actor, perhaps the most popular star in the history of that nation's cinema, ... [2 Related Articles] Bachchan, Harivansh Rai Indian poet (b. Nov. 27, 1907, Allahabad, United Provinces [now Uttar Pradesh], India-d. Jan. 18, ... Bacheh Saqqaw (from the article "Amanollah Khan") ...proposals that caused his popular support to drop and enraged the mullahs (Muslim religious leaders). ... Bachelard, Gaston (from the article "nonfictional prose") ...thinkers who were also superb stylists and who deemed it a function of philosophy to ... Bachelard, Suzanne (from the article "Phenomenology") Suzanne Bachelard, who in 1957 translated Husserl's Formale und transzendentale Logik: Versuch einer Kritik der ... Bachelet, Michelle Chilean politician, president of Chile (2006- ). She was the first woman president of Chile ... [6 Related Articles] Bachelier, Louis (from the article "probability theory") The most important stochastic process is the Brownian motion or Wiener process. It was first ... Bacheller, Irving journalist and novelist whose books, generally set in upper New York State, are humorous and ... bachelor (from the article "degree") ...certifications that they had attained the guild status of a "master." There was originally only ... Bachelor of Arts (from the article "degree") ...four years. The master's degree involves one to two years' additional study, while the doctorate ... Bachelor of Science (from the article "degree") ...are now awarded in the United States, for example, with the largest number in science, ... Bachelor, Charles (from the article "Edison, Thomas Alva") ...laboratory and machine shop in the rural environs of Menlo Park, N.J.-12 miles south of ... Bachelors, Community of (from the article "United Kingdom") ...were to be local men, appointed for one year. The households of the king and ... Bachet de Meziriac, Claude-Gaspar (from the article "number game") ...produced books devoted solely to recreational problems not only in mathematics but frequently in mechanics ... Bachiacca (from the article "tapestry") Cartoons were designed by such leading Mannerist artists of Florence as Jacopo Pontormo (1494-1556/57), Francesco ... Bachman, John naturalist and Lutheran minister who helped write the text of works on North American birds ... [1 Related Articles] Bachmann, Ingeborg Austrian author whose sombre, surreal writings often deal with women in failed love relationships, the ... Bachofen, Johann Jakob Swiss jurist and early anthropological writer whose book Das Mutterrecht (1861; "Mother Right") is regarded ... baci (from the article "Laos") The ethnic Lao ritual of the baci, in which strings are tied around a person's ... Baciccio leading Roman Baroque painter of the second half of the 17th century. [2 Related Articles] Bacilek, Karol (from the article "Czechoslovak region, history of") ...In 1960 he agreed to the rehabilitation of the Slovaks purged in the 1950s. The ... Bacillariophyceae (from the article "Bacillariophyceae") class of fuccous algae, commonly known as diatoms, in the division Chromophyta. See diatom. bacillite (from the article "bacillite") in geology, a type of crystallite (q.v.).crystallite shape bacillus (genus Bacillus), any of a group of rod-shaped, gram-positive, aerobic or (under some conditions) anaerobic ... bacillus (from the article "bacteria") Individual bacteria can assume one of three basic shapes: spherical (coccus), rodlike (bacillus), or curved ... Bacillus alvie (from the article "beekeeping") European foulbrood is caused by a nonsporeforming bacterium, Streptococcus pluton, but Bacillus alvie and Acromobacter ... Bacillus anthracis (from the article "anthrax") acute, infectious, febrile disease of animals and humans caused by Bacillus anthracis, a bacterium that ... Bacillus cereus (from the article "bacillus") Bacillus cereus sometimes causes spoilage in canned foods and food poisoning of short duration. B. ... Bacillus fusiformis (from the article "Vincent gingivitis") acute and painful infection of the tooth margins and gums that is caused by the ... Bacillus larvae (from the article "beekeeping") American foulbrood, caused by a spore-forming bacterium, Bacillus larvae, is the most serious brood disease. ... Bacillus mesentericus (from the article "baking") Bacteria associated with bread spoilage include Bacillus mesentericus, responsible for "ropy" bread, and the less ... Bacillus polymyxa (from the article "bacillus") ...thuringiensis insecticides are harmless to vertebrates but effective against pests of agricultural products. Medically useful ... Bacillus popilliae (from the article "Japanese beetle") ...to prey on the larvae-have been imported into the United States, where some of them ... Bacillus subtilis (from the article "bacillus") Bacillus cereus sometimes causes spoilage in canned foods and food poisoning of short duration. B. ... Bacillus thuringiensis (from the article "bacillus") ...for humans and only infect them incidentally in their role as soil organisms; a notable ... bacitracin (from the article "drug") ...It has excellent activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacteriaceae. Aztreonam has a ... back (from the article "stringed instrument") In the lute the part of the resonating chamber over which the strings pass is ... back (from the article "rugby") It was not until the early 1880s that specialized positions began to appear, particularly among ... Back Bay (from the article "Mumbai") ...ridge terminates at Malabar Hill, which, rising 180 feet (55 metres) above sea level, is ... Back Bay (from the article "Boston") ...of land along the line of present-day Washington Street. To the west of the neck ... Back Bay (from the article "Virginia Beach") ...extends 28 miles (45 km) southward from the mouth of Chesapeake Bay to the North ... back emf (from the article "inductance") ...the increase of a current than the same coil with an air core. The iron ... back furrow (from the article "agricultural technology") ...is plowed across the field; on the return trip, a furrow slice is lapped over ... back junction layer (from the article "solar cell") The three energy-conversion layers below the antireflection layer are the top junction layer, the absorber ... back mutation (from the article "heredity") ...against which to compare a mutant allele. Mutation can occur in two directions; mutation from ... Back of the Yards Council (from the article "Alinsky, Saul") ...and criminology, Alinsky worked as a criminologist in Illinois for eight years. In 1938, he ... back pi bonding (from the article "organometallic compound") ...The second mode of interaction with the metal is the simultaneous back-donation of electron density ... back projection (from the article "projection screen") ...viewing angle increases). They are therefore especially suitable for screenings in small rooms-e.g., for home ... back stroke (from the article "cricket") ...stroke, in which the batsman advances his front leg to the pitch (direction) of the ... back swimmer any of about 200 species of insects (order Heteroptera) that occur worldwide and are named ... [2 Related Articles] back vowel (from the article "vowel") ...part of the tongue pushed forward in the mouth and somewhat arched. The a in ... Back, Kurt W. (from the article "collective behaviour") ...to be closed down and fumigated because of reports of toxic insect bites-reports that could ... Back, Sir George naval officer who helped to trace the Arctic coastline of North America. He twice accompanied ... back-arc basin (from the article "plate tectonics") Where both converging plates are oceanic, the margin of the older oceanic crust will be ... back-formation (from the article "English language") Back-formations and blends are becoming increasingly popular. Back-formation is the reverse of affixation, being the ... back-propagating error correction (from the article "perceptrons") ...and Wesley Clark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology had applied to only two-layer networks ... back-propagation algorithm (from the article "neural network") Two modifications of this simple feedforward neural network account for the growth of commercial applications. ... back-strap loom (from the article "textile") ...known of the American Indian weavers, have used the simple two-bar vertical loom for several ... backblocks farce (from the article "Australia") ...dominated by the development of two genres: the bushranging film, as exemplified by backboard (from the article "basketball") ...deflect the ball to favour one side and hinder the other; in 1895 teams were ... Backbone Mountain highest point in Maryland, U.S., reaching an elevation of 3,360 feet (1,024 metres). It is ... [2 Related Articles] Backbone Range (from the article "Chugoku Range") The Chugoku Range consists of three landforms-the Backbone Range, the Kibi Plateau, and the Iwami ... backcross the mating of a hybrid organism (offspring of genetically unlike parents) with one of its ... [3 Related Articles] Backer, Jacob (from the article "Rembrandt van Rijn") ...seems to be the case, for instance, in his portrait of the famous, banned Remonstrant ... backgammon game played by moving counters on a board or table, the object of the game ... [2 Related Articles] background extinction rate (from the article "conservation") To discern the effect of modern human activity on the loss of species requires determining ... background matching (from the article "concealing coloration") in animals, the use of biological coloration to mask location, identity, and movement, providing concealment ... backhander (from the article "ice hockey") There are three common types of shots in hockey: the slap shot, the wrist shot, ... Backhaus, Wilhelm German pianist who was best known for his interpretation of the works of Ludwig van ...

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