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 Haftarah ... hair-cap moss Haftarah selective reading from Old Testament prophets recited in Jewish synagogues during the morning service on ... hafting (from the article "hand tool") Hafting, or the fitting of a handle to a cutting edge, was a momentous and ... hag in European folklore, an ugly and malicious old woman who practices witchcraft, with or without ... [1 Related Articles] hag ha-asif (from the article "Sukkoth") The Bible refers to hag ha-asif ("Feast of the Ingathering," Exodus 23:16), when grains and ... hag moth (from the article "slug caterpillar moth") One species, the hag moth (Phobetron pithecium), derives its name from the larva's fleshy appendages, ... Hagalin, Gudmundur G. Icelandic novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. His works constitute a social history of Iceland from ... Haganah (Hebrew: "Defense"), Zionist military organization representing the majority of the Jews in Palestine from 1920 ... 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[1 Related Articles] Hagen Range (from the article "Mount Hagen") ...Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. The town, established as a patrol post in 1936, is near ... Hagen's clouds (from the article "Hagen, Johann Georg") Jesuit priest and astronomer who is noted for his discovery and study of dark clouds ... Hagen, Earle Harry American musician and songwriter composed some of the most memorable music for television, including the ... Hagen, Gotthilf Heinrich Ludwig (from the article "Poiseuille, Jean-Louis-Marie") French physician and physiologist who formulated a mathematical expression for the flow rate for the ... Hagen, Johann Georg Jesuit priest and astronomer who is noted for his discovery and study of dark clouds ... Hagen, Uta Thyra German-born American actress and teacher (b. June 12, 1919, Gottingen, Ger.-d. Jan. 14, 2004, New ... [1 Related Articles] Hagen, Walter American professional golfer, one of the most colourful sports personages of his time, who is ... Hagenauer, Friedrich (from the article "medal") ...Germany and elsewhere between 1512 and 1532. Christoph Weiditz produced numerous Augsburg medals and with ... Hagenbeck Zoo zoological park in Hamburg, Ger., which pioneered the use of moated, barless, open-air enclosures that ... [1 Related Articles] Hagenbeck, Carl internationally known German animal dealer and trainer who controlled animals by befriending them, emphasizing for ... [2 Related Articles] Hager, Constantin (from the article "Bronte, Charlotte") ...and in February 1842 Charlotte and Emily went to Brussels as pupils to improve their ... Hagerstown city, seat (1776) of Washington county, north-central Maryland, U.S. It lies in the Cumberland Valley ... [1 Related Articles] Hagerstrand, Torsten (from the article "geography") Finally, there was the issue of change within such spatial systems, on which the work ... Hagerstrom, Axel Swedish philosopher who founded the Uppsala school of philosophy, which espoused phenomenological and conceptual analysis ... [1 Related Articles] Hagerup, Gesine (from the article "Grieg, Edvard") ...father, Alexander Grieg, was British consul at Bergen. The Grieg (formerly Greig) family was of ... hagfish any of about 70 species of marine vertebrates placed with the lampreys in the superclass ... [5 Related Articles] Hagg, Gunder Swedish middle-distance runner who broke a total of 15 world records during his career. He ... [2 Related Articles] Haggada in Judaism, the special book containing the story of the biblical Exodus as it must ... [2 Related Articles] Haggada in Judaism, those parts of rabbinical, or Talmudic, literature that do not deal directly with ... [6 Related Articles] Haggai (from the article "Zechariah, Book of") According to dates mentioned in chapters 1-8, Zechariah was active from 520 to 518 BC. ... Haggai, The Book of the 10th of 12 Old Testament books that bear the names of the Minor Prophets. ... [1 Related Articles] haggard (from the article "falconry") ...taken from a nest in the wild or bred in captivity is known as an ... Haggard, Merle American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, one of the most popular country music performers of the ... Haggard, Sir H. Rider English novelist best known for his romantic adventure King Solomon's Mines (1885). Haggard, Ted (from the article "Religion") The Rev. Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) and senior pastor ... Haggart, Robert Sherwood American jazz bassist, arranger, and bandleader who performed and cocomposed such hit songs as "Big ... Haggerty, Patrick (from the article "Texas Instruments Incorporated") ...used to locate oil before the war. Carried aboard low-flying aircraft, the devices could detect ... haggis a national dish of Scotland. A haggis is actually a large spherical sausage made of ... Haggis, Paul (from the article "2005: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco; story by Paul Haggis for Hagi city, Yamaguchi ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the delta of the Abu River, facing the ... Hagia Sophia cathedral built at Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian ... [12 Related Articles] hagiography the body of literature describing the lives and veneration of the Christian saints. The literature ... [16 Related Articles] Hagios Elias (from the article "Taiyetos Mountains") ...range, which is the highest mountain chain in the Peloponnese, consists of a narrow ridge ... hagioscope in architecture, any opening, usually oblique, cut through a wall or a pier in the ... Hagiwara Sakutaro poet who is considered the father of free verse in Japanese. 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[11 Related Articles] Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (from the article "conflict of laws") ...bilaterally, either on the basis of express agreements or as a matter of practice, in ... Hague Programme (from the article "Social Protection") Following the European Union's adoption in 2004 of The Hague Programme, the EU continued its ... Hague Rules in maritime law, international code defining the rights and liabilities of a carrier. Introduced at ... [1 Related Articles] Hague Rules of Aerial Warfare (from the article "neutrality") ...territory as a base of operations or engage in hostilities therein. This right applies not ... Hague school Dutch painters who worked in The Hague between 1860 and 1900, producing renderings of local ... [3 Related Articles] Hague, Frank (from the article "New Jersey") ...by strong county leaders who drew their power from the patronage and contracts that they ... Hague, Raoul (from the article "Western sculpture") The segmented torso, popular with Arp, Laurens, and Picasso earlier, continued to be reinterpreted by ... Hague, The seat of government of The Netherlands. It is situated on a coastal plain 4 miles ... [11 Related Articles] Hague, Treaty of The (from the article "Oxenstierna, Bengt Gabrielsson, Greve") ...side. Appointed head of the chancellery in 1680, Oxenstierna soon assumed control of Sweden's foreign ... Hague, William Jefferson On June 19, 1997, 36-year-old William Hague became the youngest leader of a major political ... [1 Related Articles] Haguenau town, Bas-Rhin departement, Alsace region, northeastern France. It lies along the Moder River just south ... Hahn, Archie American runner who won gold medals in three sprint events at the 1904 Olympic Games ... [1 Related Articles] Hahn, Hans (from the article "Positivism") A first generation of 20th-century Viennese Positivists began its activities, strongly influenced by Mach, around ... Hahn, Otto German chemist who, with the radiochemist Fritz Strassmann, is credited with the discovery of nuclear ... [7 Related Articles] Hahn, Reynaldo Venezuelan-born French composer, remembered chiefly for his art songs. Hahn-Hahn, Ida, Countess von German author of poetry, travel books, and novels that, though written in an artificial, aristocratic ... [1 Related Articles] Hahnemann, Samuel German physician, founder of the system of therapeutics known as homeopathy (q.v.). [2 Related Articles] Hai ben Sherira last outstanding Babylonian gaon, or head, of a great Talmudic academy, remembered for the range ... [2 Related Articles] Hai Duong town, northern Vietnam. The town is located along the Thai Binh River in the Red ... Hai River system extensive system of tributary streams in northern China that discharge into the sea through the ... [2 Related Articles] Hai San Chinese secret society that was influential in commerce and tin mining in 19th-century Malaya. The ... [3 Related Articles] Hai-nan sheng (province) of China. The province, whose name means "South of the ... [4 Related Articles] Haia (from the article "Ninlil") The Sumerian Ninlil was a grain goddess, known as the Varicoloured Ear (of barley). She ... Haida Haida-speaking North American Indians of what are now the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Can., ... [7 Related Articles] Haida language (from the article "Na-Dene languages") ...Cook Inlet in Alaska; in two isolated areas of the Pacific coast (southwestern Oregon and ... Haidalla, Mohamed Khouna Ould (from the article "Mauritania") ...Front in August in an effort to disentangle itself from Western Sahara. This worsened relations ... Haidari, Buland al- Kurdish Iraqi poet who was a pioneer of free verse in the 1950s. His realistic ... haiden (from the article "jinja") ...where religious rites are performed by the priests; here are offered the prayers which "call ... Haiden, Hans (from the article "keyboard instrument") ...several diagrams in the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Some apparently highly successful ones ... Haider, Jorg controversial Austrian politician who served as leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (1986-2000) ... [6 Related Articles] Haidle, Noah (from the article "Performing Arts") ...theatrical voices would continue to emerge across the country no matter how the argument over ... haiduk (from the article "Serbia") ...reaya; in addition, individuals accused of crimes or protesting injustice would characteristically head for the ... Haidukevich, Syarhey (from the article "Belarus") ...was dominated by a contentious and violent presidential election campaign. Four candidates were registered for ... Haier, Richard (from the article "intelligence, human") ...are particularly notable in those areas responsible for close concentration, spontaneous alertness, and the encoding ... Haifa city, northwestern Israel. The principal port of the country, it lies along the Bay of ... [2 Related Articles] Haig, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl, Viscount Dawick, Baron Haig of Bemersyde British field marshal, commander in chief of the British forces in France during most of ... [3 Related Articles] Haight, Roger (from the article "Religion") ...was replaced in August by Metropolitan Theofilos, who was elected by a unanimous vote of ... Haight-Ashbury district within the city of San Francisco, California, U.S., adjacent to Golden Gate Park. The ... [2 Related Articles] haigon (from the article "Japanese literature") ...haikai were distinguishable from serious renga not by their comic conception but ... Haijong (from the article "Meghalaya") ...found in Southeast Asia. Khasi and Garo are the main languages and along with Jaintia ... haik (from the article "dress") Outer gowns or cloaks sometimes incorporated head coverings. These included the haik, which was an ... haikai a comic renga, or Japanese linked-verse form. The haikai was developed as early as the ... [5 Related Articles] Haikang (from the article "Leizhou Peninsula") ...Administratively, the peninsula forms part of Zhanjiang municipality. The peninsula forms part of the eastern ... Haikou city and capital of Hainan sheng (province), southern China. It is situated ... [2 Related Articles] haiku unrhymed Japanese poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, ... [13 Related Articles] hail precipitation of balls or pieces of ice with a diameter of 5 mm to 10 ... [5 Related Articles] Hail Mary a principal prayer of the Roman Catholic Church, comprising three parts addressed to the Virgin ... [1 Related Articles] Hailar city, northeastern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. It lies on the south bank of the ... Haile Malakot (from the article "Menilek II") Menilek's father was Haile Malakot, later negus (king) of Shewa. His mother was a court ... Haile Selassie I emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 who sought to modernize his country and who ... [11 Related Articles] Hailey, Arthur British-born writer (b. April 5, 1920, Luton, Bedfordshire, Eng.-d. Nov. 24, 2004, Lyford Cay, New ... Hailsham of St. Marylebone, Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron British politician (b. Oct. 9, 1907, London, Eng.-d. Oct. 12, 2001, London), between 1938 and ... hailstone (from the article "climate") The hailstones that fall from deep, vigorous clouds in warm weather consist of a core ... Hainanese language (from the article "Hai-nan") ...the largest minority group, followed by the Miao. The largest cities are Hai-k'ou in the ... Hainaut (from the article "Low Countries, history of") About 1100 such other territories as Brabant, Hainaut, Namur, and Holland began to expand and ... Hainaut (from the article "Low Countries, history of") ...the whole of the United Netherlands were to bring about greater community of interests between ... Hainaut, Olivier (from the article "comet") An extremely weak coma appeared in 1984 when Comet Halley still was 6 AU from ... Haines city, southeastern Alaska, U.S. Located at the northern end of North America's longest fjord, it ... Haines, Connie American singer was a petite but powerful vocalist who performed with Frank Sinatra in the ... Haines, Jackson American skater known as the father of figure skating. A ballet dancer, he adapted ballet ... [1 Related Articles] Hainisch, Michael Austrian economist and statesman who served as first president of the federal republic of Austria ... Hainuwele (from the article "creation myth") In a myth from Ceram (Molucca Islands), a beautiful girl, Hainuwele, has grown up out ... Haiphong city, northern Vietnam. It lies on the northeastern edge of the Red River delta, beside ... Haiphong cyclone (Oct. 8, 1881), one of most catastrophic natural disasters in history and the third deadliest ... hair in mammals, the characteristic threadlike outgrowths of the outer layer of the skin (epidermis) that ... [20 Related Articles] hair cell (from the article "acoustic trauma") ...as a result of continuous exposures to sound waves of sufficient intensity and duration. Hearing ... hair follicle (from the article "sebaceous gland") small oil-producing gland present in the skin of mammals. Sebaceous glands are usually attached to ... hair transplant (from the article "baldness") There are three medical treatments for male pattern baldness. The first, hair transplantation, involves the ... Hair, Darrell (from the article "Cricket") In the fourth Test at the Oval in London in August, Pakistan refused to take ... hair-cap moss any of the plants of the genus Polytrichum (subclass Bryidae) with 39-100 species; it often ... [3 Related Articles]

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