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 Fontana, Lavinia ... Forbstein, Leo Fontana, Lavinia Italian painter of the Mannerist school, one of the first women to execute large, publicly ... Fontana, Lucio (from the article "Art and Art Exhibitions") Venerated artists Eva Hesse, Frida Kahlo, and Lucio Fontana achieved new personal records in 2006. ... Fontane, Theodor writer who is considered the first master of modern realistic fiction in Germany. [3 Related Articles] fontanel soft spot in the skull of an infant, covered with tough, fibrous membrane. There are ... Fontanes, Louis, marquis de French man of letters who represented Catholic and conservative opinion during the First Empire and ... Fontanesi, Antonio (from the article "arts, East Asian") A school of fine arts was established in 1876, and a team of Italian artists ... fontange (from the article "dress") ...curls rose high on either side of the centre parting. With these full-bottomed wigs the ... Fontanier, Henri (from the article "Tianjin Massacre") ...powers. Before the incident, rumours circulated in Tianjin that the French Sisters of Charity were ... Fontanne, Lynn (from the article "Lunt and Fontanne") ...in 1912 and thereafter taking several dramatic and vaudeville roles; these culminated in a critical ... Fonte Gaia (from the article "Jacopo Della Quercia") ...and sarcophagus alone survive. In 1408, at Ferrara, he made the statue of the Virgin ... Fonte, Moderata (from the article "feminism") ...subgenre by the end of the 16th century, when Il merito delle ... Fontechevade a cave site in southwestern France known for the 1947 discovery of ancient human remains ... Fontechevade skulls (from the article "Fontechevade") a cave site in southwestern France known for the 1947 discovery of ancient human remains ... Fontenay Abbey (from the article "Western architecture") ...accepted the pointed arch but built ponderously within it a style that might be called ... Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier, sieur de French scientist and man of letters, described by Voltaire as the most universal mind produced ... [3 Related Articles] Fontenoy, Battle of (May 11, 1745), confrontation that led to the French conquest of Flanders during the War ... [3 Related Articles] Fontevrault-l'Abbaye village near Saumur, Maine-et-Loire departement, Pays de la Loire region, France. It lies near the ... Fonteyn, Dame Margot outstanding ballerina of the English stage. [3 Related Articles] Fonthill Abbey (from the article "Wyatt, James") ...like Heaton Hall, Lancashire (1772), and Heveningham Hall, Suffolk (c. 1788-99), were surpassed by the ... Fontina semihard cow's-milk cheese that originated in the Valle d'Aosta region of northern Italy. Made in ... Fontinalis antipyretica (from the article "water moss") ...18 are native to North America. A brook moss may have shoots 30 to 100 ... Fontvieille (from the article "Monaco") ...into the sea on which the old town is located; La Condamine, the business district ... Fonuafo'ou (from the article "Ha'apai Group") ...km]) is a volcanic cone rising to 3,389 feet (1,033 metres) to form the highest ... Fonvizin, Denis Ivanovich playwright who satirized the cultural pretensions and privileged coarseness of the nobility; he is considered ... [1 Related Articles] Fonzi, Guiseppangelo (from the article "dentistry") In the 19th century in Europe, several technological developments were taking place. Chief among these ... food (from the article "food") material consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, and fat used in the body of an organism ... food additive any of various chemical substances added to foods to produce specific desirable effects. Additives such ... [4 Related Articles] food aid (from the article "Eritrea") ...border troubles with Ethiopia, intransigence of the Afwerki regime (which insisted that the country could ... Food and Agriculture Organization oldest permanent specialized agency of the United Nations, established in October 1945 with the objective ... [9 Related Articles] Food and Drug Administration agency of the U.S. federal government authorized by Congress to inspect, test, approve, and set ... [13 Related Articles] food chain in ecology, the sequence of transfers of matter and energy from organism to organism in ... [17 Related Articles] food colouring any of numerous dyes, pigments, or other additives used to enhance the appearance of fresh ... [3 Related Articles] Food Distribution Center (from the article "Philadelphia") The unique Food Distribution Center, a nonprofit corporation managed by a board of directors representing ... Food Guide Pagoda (from the article "nutrition, human") ...for people in some remote areas where there is a lack of food, as well ... Food Guide Pyramid (from the article "Health and Disease") In 2005 the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a redesigned food-guide pyramid, which presented the ... food poisoning acute gastrointestinal illness resulting from the consumption of foods containing one or more representatives of ... [6 Related Articles] food preservation any of a number of methods by which food is kept from spoilage after harvest ... [15 Related Articles] food processing any of a variety of operations by which raw foodstuffs are made suitable for consumption, ... [14 Related Articles] food processor electric appliance developed in the late 20th century, used for a variety of food-preparation functions ... food sensitivity (from the article "hives") Allergy to a specific food is probably the most frequent cause of acute urticaria; fish, ... food vacuole (from the article "amoeba") ...cytoplasm, which is differentiated into a thin outer plasma membrane, a layer of stiff, clear ... food web (from the article "community ecology") Because all species are specialized in their diets, each trophic pyramid is made up of ... food-availability decline (from the article "famine") ...reorientation in the study of famines. In works such as Poverty and ... foodborne illness (from the article "nutritional disease") Contamination of foods or beverages with disease-causing organisms-bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites-can result in symptoms ... fool a comic entertainer whose madness or imbecility, real or pretended, made him a source of ... [2 Related Articles] fool's literature allegorical satires popular throughout Europe from the 15th to the 17th century, featuring the fool ... [1 Related Articles] Fools, Feast of popular festival during the Middle Ages, held on or about January 1, particularly in France, ... [4 Related Articles] foot in measurement, any of numerous ancient, medieval, and modern linear measures (commonly 25 to 34 ... [3 Related Articles] foot (from the article "bivalve") The bivalve foot, unlike that of gastropods, does not have a flat creeping sole but ... foot in anatomy, terminal part of the leg of a land vertebrate, on which the creature ... [26 Related Articles] foot in verse, the smallest metrical unit of measurement. The prevailing kind and number of feet, ... [3 Related Articles] foot (from the article "plant development") ...the building blocks of the primary organs of the embryo sporophyte: the first root, first ... foot binding (from the article "China") ...of the population, while in other regions the landlords tried to bind the tillers to ... Foot Locker (from the article "Woolworth Co.") Over the years Woolworth acquired other store chains. The company's Foot Locker chain of athletic-shoe ... foot rot (from the article "livestock farming") ...gastrointestinal tract are perhaps the greatest scourge of sheep, but modern vermifuges are quite effective ... foot washing a religious rite practiced by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church on Maundy Thursday ... [5 Related Articles] Foot, Hugh British diplomat who led British colonies to their independence. Foot, Michael leader of Britain's Labour Party from November 1980 to October 1983, an intellectual left-wing socialist. [2 Related Articles] Foot, Paul Mackintosh British investigative journalist and writer (b. Nov. 8, 1937, Haifa, Palestine [now in Israel]-d. July ... Foot, Philippa (from the article "ethics") After the publication of Moore's Principia Ethica, naturalism in Britain was given up for dead. ... foot-and-mouth disease a highly contagious viral disease affecting practically all cloven-footed domesticated mammals, including cattle, sheep, goats, ... [6 Related Articles] Football [2 Related Articles] football (from the article "darts") Variations of the game include "cricket," a game for two teams in which the players ... Football [15 Related Articles] football any of a number of related games, all of which are characterized by two persons ... football (soccer) game in which two teams of 11 players, using any part of their bodies except ... [80 Related Articles] Football Association ruling body for English football (soccer), founded in 1863. The FA controls every aspect of ... [2 Related Articles] Football Bowl Subdivision (from the article "Football") ...its second such defeat in a row and ninth straight bowl-game loss against SEC teams. ... Football Canada (from the article "football, gridiron") ...of Canada in 1873, adopting Rugby Union rules in 1875. This initial association collapsed in ... Football League English professional football (soccer) organization. The league was formed in 1888, largely through the efforts ... [2 Related Articles] football pitch (from the article "football (soccer)") ...yards (40.2 metres) wide and extends 18 yards (16.5 metres) into the field. The goal ... football, gridiron version of the sport of football so named for the vertical yard lines marking the ... [23 Related Articles] footcandle (from the article "optics") ...of one candle power into a cone having a solid angle of one steradian. When ... Foote, Andrew American naval officer especially noted for his service during the American Civil War. [2 Related Articles] Foote, Horton (from the article "1962: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, Pietro Germi for Divorce .Italian StyleAdapted Screenplay: Horton ... Foote, Mary Anna Hallock American novelist and illustrator whose vivid literary and artistic productions drew on life in the ... Foote, Robert Bruce British geologist and archaeologist, often considered to be the founder of the study of the ... Foote, Samuel English actor, wit, and playwright whose gift for mimicry, often directed at his peers, made ... [1 Related Articles] Foote, Shelby American historian, novelist, and short-story writer known for his works treating the United States Civil ... [2 Related Articles] footed drum (from the article "percussion instrument") ...in everyday life. Ethiopia admits drums to the church, while western African ritual drums may ... footing (from the article "building construction") ...for their light loads; nearly all are supported on spread footings, which are of two ... footlight (from the article "stage design") ...advantages of gas lighting were immediately realized and exploited, despite the initial cost. No new ... footman moth any of a group of insects in the tiger moth family, Arctiidae (order Lepidoptera), for ... footprint (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...would strike the same target, increasing the probability of killing that target, or individual warheads ... Footsbarn company (from the article "theatrical production") ...increasingly eroded. So-called third theatre companies often used circus training techniques, and actors employed juggling ... footstool (from the article "ottoman") The ottoman footstool, a closely allied piece of furniture, was an upholstered footstool on four ... footwall (from the article "mining") ...and its strike (the position it takes with respect to the four points of the ... footwall drift (from the article "mining") ...made in the rock, with a size and shape depending on their use-for example, haulage, ... Foppa, Vincenzo Italian painter, leading figure in 15th-century Lombard art, and an artist of exceptional integrity and ... For a United Georgia (from the article "Georgia") On September 25 former defense minister Irakli Okruashvili announced the creation of a new opposition ... For Altar and Hearth (from the article "Vonck, Jean-Francois") ...vanguard group of the southern Netherlands, the Statists, led by Henri van der Noot, sought ... forage (from the article "forage") vegetable food of wild or domestic animals. In agriculture, harvested, processed, and stored forage is ... forage harvester (from the article "agricultural technology") ...with picking. Stripper-type cotton harvesters, which strip the entire plant of both open and unopened ... Foraker Act (from the article "Root, Elihu") ...cabinet (1899-1903), Root worked out governmental arrangements for the former Spanish areas then under U.S. ... Foraker, Mount (from the article "Alaskan mountains") ...of Mount McKinley (known to Native Americans as Denali, meaning "The High One"), at 20,320 ... foramen lacerum (from the article "skeletal system, human") Also in the middle fossa, near the apex of that part of the temporal bone ... foramen magnum (from the article "skull") In humans the base of the cranium is the occipital bone, which has a central ... foramen ovale (from the article "circulation") ...outside the embryo to the body of the embryo. In mammals blood from the placenta ... foramen rotundum (from the article "skeletal system, human") ...portions of the middle cranial fossa contain the temporal lobes of the cerebrum. In the ... foramen spinosum (from the article "skeletal system, human") ...the passage of the maxillary nerve, which serves the upper jaw and adjacent structures. Farther ... foraminiferan any unicellular organism of the rhizopodan order Foraminiferida (formerly Foraminifera), characterized by long, fine pseudopodia ... [13 Related Articles] Foran, Thomas Aquinas American lawyer (b. Jan. 11, 1924, Chicago, Ill.-d. Aug. 6, 2000, Lake Forest, Ill.), served ... Forastero (from the article "cocoa") The pulp of common grades (Forastero) is allowed to ferment for five to seven days, ... Forbach town, Moselle departement, Lorraine region, northeastern France, just southwest ... Forberg, Friedrich Karl German philosopher and educator. [1 Related Articles] Forbes town, south-central New South Wales, Australia, on the Lachlan River. Named after former New South ... Forbes' disease rare hereditary disease in which the the metabolic breakdown of glycogen to the simple sugar ... [1 Related Articles] Forbes' Quarry (from the article "Gibraltar remains") Four sites in particular have produced archaeological and paleoanthropological evidence of occupation: Forbes' Quarry, Devil's ... Forbes, Charles R. (from the article "Harding, Warren G.") Early in 1923, Attorney General Daugherty disclosed to Harding that Charles Forbes, director of the ... Forbes, Duncan Scottish statesman whose loyalty to the Hanoverian king George II of Great Britain contributed markedly ... Forbes, Edward British naturalist, pioneer in the field of biogeography, who analyzed the distribution of plant and ... Forbes, Esther (from the article "children's literature") ...the School (1954), and especially in the intuitive Journey from Peppermint Street (1968). The historical ... Forbes, George William farmer and politician who served as prime minister of New Zealand during the depression years ... Forbes, James David Scottish physicist noted for his research on heat conduction and glaciers. Forbes, John (from the article "Washington, George") ...recovered sufficiently to return to duty as colonel in command of all Virginia troops. As ... Forbes, Malcolm S. American business leader, owner-publisher of Forbes magazine, and promoter of capitalism known for his opulent ... Forbes, Steve American publishing executive who was twice a candidate for the nomination of the Republican Party ... Forbes-Robertson, Jean (from the article "Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston") ...Caesar and Cleopatra, and, one of his biggest successes, Jerome K. Jerome's Passing of the ... Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston English actor who was considered the finest Hamlet of his time, noted for his elocution ... forbidden band (from the article "band theory") ...space where it may have any specified energy. The ranges of allowed energies of electrons ... Forbidden City imperial palace complex at the heart of Beijing (Peking), China. Commissioned in 1406 by the ... [4 Related Articles] forbidden lines in astronomical spectroscopy, bright emission lines in the spectra of certain nebulae (H II regions), ... [1 Related Articles] forbidden transition (from the article "spectroscopy") The possible radiative transitions are classified as either allowed or forbidden, depending on the probability ... forbidden, the (from the article "applied logic") The propositional modalities relating to normative (or valuational) classifications of actions and states of affairs, ... Forbin, Claude de French naval officer notable for his daring exploits in Louis XIV's wars. These he recorded ... Forbstein, Leo (from the article "1936: Other Winners") ...Gibney for The Story of Louis PasteurCinematography: Gaetano Gaudio for Anthony AdverseArt Direction: Richard Day ...

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