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 haircloth ... Haleji, Lake haircloth (from the article "horsehair") Horsehair fabric, or haircloth, stiff and with an open weave, is usually made with lengthwise ... hairdressing custom of cutting and arranging the hair, practiced by men and women from ancient times ... [8 Related Articles] hairpin (from the article "jewelry") In the time of the Shang dynasty, in the last centuries of the 2nd millennium ... hairstreak any of a group of insects in the gossamer-winged butterfly family, Lycaenidae (order Lepidoptera), that ... hairy alpine rose (from the article "rhododendron") ...in habit from evergreen to deciduous and from low-growing ground covers to tall trees. The ... hairy chinch bug (from the article "chinch bug") The hairy chinch bug (Blissus hirtus) does not migrate. This short-winged insect, sometimes a lawn ... hairy fungus beetle any of approximately 200 described species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that are small, oval, ... hairy grama (from the article "grama grass") ...grow in tufts or clumps or spread by creeping horizontal stems above or below ground. ... hairy leukoplakia (from the article "leukoplakia") Hairy leukoplakia is a white lesion on the tongue or mouth floor, often having rough ... hairy willow herb (from the article "Epilobium") The hairy willow herb, or codling-and-cream (E. hirsutum), up to 2 m (6 feet) high, ... hairy woodpecker (from the article "woodpecker") ...the great spotted woodpecker (D. major), about 23 cm (9 inches) long ... hairy-cell leukemia (from the article "interferon") Despite these setbacks, in the 1980s alpha interferon came into use, in low doses, to ... hairy-legged vampire bat (from the article "vampire bat") ...native to the New World tropics and subtropics. The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), together ... hairy-nosed wombat (from the article "wombat") The hairy-nosed wombats (genus Lasiorhinus) are more sociable. They make a grassy ... hairy-tailed rat (from the article "cloud rat") All cloud rats belong to the "true" mouse and rat family Muridae within the order ... Haise, Fred W., Jr. American astronaut, participant in the Apollo 13 mission (April 11-17, 1970), in which an intended ... Haiti country of the Caribbean Sea that includes the western third of the island of Hispaniola ... [52 Related Articles] Haiti, flag of horizontally striped blue-red national flag; when flown by the government, it incorporates the national coat ... [1 Related Articles] Haiti, history of (from the article "Haiti") The following discussion focuses on events from the time of European settlement. For treatment of ... Haitian Ciboney (from the article "Ciboney") ...base of their cultures. While both were primarily hunters and gatherers, the technology of the ... Haitian Creole a French-based vernacular language that developed in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It ... [4 Related Articles] Haitian National Police (from the article "Haiti") Despite MINUSTAH's presence, Haiti remained in turmoil. Insurrectionists refused to disarm, calling for the restoration ... Haitian Revolution (from the article "Haiti") The revolution was actually a series of conflicts during the period 1791-1804 that involved shifting ... Haitink, Bernard Dutch conductor best known for his interpretations of Gustav Mahler, Anton Bruckner, Ludwig van Beethoven, ... Hajang (from the article "Bangladesh") Indigenous minority peoples in other parts of Bangladesh include the Santhal, the Khasi, the Garo, ... Hajar, al- mountain chain in northern Oman, paralleling the coast of the Gulf of Oman and stretching ... [3 Related Articles] Hajarah, Al- (from the article "Iraq") ...miles (168,000 square km), almost two-fifths of the country. The western desert, an extension of ... Hajdu-Bihar megye (county), eastern Hungary. It is bordered by the county of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg ... Hajdusag (from the article "Hajdu-Bihar") ...cold. In the 19th century the Tisza was regulated through the construction of the Tiszalok ... Hajduszoboszlo (from the article "Hajdu-Bihar") ...black soil. Rice, wheat, corn (maize), tobacco, sunflowers, and lentils all flourish in the county ... Hajek, Igor Czech writer, translator, teacher, and foreign literary editor, 1964-69, of the radical Czechoslovak Writers' Union's ... Hajek, Jiri Czech politician (b. June 6, 1913, Krhanice, Czech.--d. Oct. 22, 1993, Prague, Czech Republic), was ... Haji (from the article "Agung, Abulfatah") ...trade but successfully opposed Dutch expansion into the area in the early part of his ... Haji Gak (from the article "Afghanistan") High-grade iron ore has been discovered at Hajji Gak, northwest of Kabul. Copper has been ... haji ware Japanese earthenware developed in the 4th century AD (during the Tumulus period) from the Yayoi ... [1 Related Articles] Haji, Raja Buginese soldier and statesman under whose leadership Buginese adventurers spread throughout the Malay Peninsula. The ... hajib in Muslim Spain and Mamluk Egypt, a high government official. The term originally designated a ... Hajipur town, north-central Bihar state, northeastern India. Hajipur lies in the northern Bihar Plains, which are ... hajj in Islam, the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which every ... [11 Related Articles] Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ibn Matar, al- (from the article "Euclid") ...impact of the Elements on Islamic mathematics is visible through the many ... Hajjaj, al- one of the most able of provincial governors under the Umayyad caliphate (661-750). He played ... [12 Related Articles] Hajji Bektash Wali (from the article "Bektashi") any member of an order of Muslim mystics founded, according to their own traditions, by ... Hajji Ben Amor, Abdullah al- (from the article "Tunisia") ...of them Renaissance Party members or sympathizers. They included Daniel Zarrouk and Mohammed Abbou, a ... Hajji Firuz (from the article "Iran, ancient") By approximately 6000 BC these patterns of village farming were widely spread over much of ... Hajjibekov, Uzeir (from the article "Azerbaijan") The opera and ballet are widely attended. Some of Azerbaijan's composers, notably Uzeir Hajjibekov (the ... Hajos, Alfred Hungarian swimmer who won three Olympic medals and was the first Olympic swimming champion. [1 Related Articles] Hajr, Wadi (from the article "Arabia") ...volcanic peninsulas of the lowland below the southern mountain face of Yemen. The coastal plain, ... haka (from the article "New Zealand literature") ...asserting the performer's high lineage and threatening her detractors), kaioraora (expressions of hatred and abuse ... Hakam I, al- (from the article "Spain") 'Abd al-Rahman I's successors, Hisham I (788-796) and al-Hakam I (796-822), encountered severe internal dissidence ... Hakam II, al- (from the article "Spain") Al-Nasir was succeeded by his son al-Hakam II (961-976), who adopted the caliphal title of ... hakama (from the article "dress") ...to have been worn regularly during the 7th and 8th centuries, the jackets of this ... Hakapehi (from the article "Nuku Hiva") ...trade in the early 19th century and subsequently became a favoured stopping place for whalers. ... Hakata (from the article "Poland") ...of Poznania and West Prussia. A colonization commission was set up in 1886. Eight years ... hakawati (from the article "Arabic literature") Until the advent of broadcast media, the hakawati (storyteller) remained a major ... Hakawati troupe (from the article "Arabic literature") ...The tightly controlled circumstances in which the Palestinians lived their lives also led to the ... hake (genus Merluccius), any of several large marine fishes of the cod family, Gadidae. They are ... [1 Related Articles] Haken, Wolfgang (from the article "four-colour map problem") The four-colour problem was solved in 1977 by a group of mathematicians at the University ... hakhamim (from the article "sofer") ...disappeared about the 2nd century BC, and New Testament references to "scribes" (often in connection ... Hakim Mosque, Al- (from the article "Islamic arts") The great Fatimid mosques of Cairo-al-Azhar (started in 970) and al-Hakim (c. 1002-03)-were designed in ... Hakim, al- sixth ruler of the Egyptian Shi'ite Fatimid dynasty, noted for his eccentricities and cruelty, especially ... [10 Related Articles] Hakim, Tawfiq al- founder of contemporary Egyptian drama and a leading figure in modern Arabic literature. [4 Related Articles] Hakk ad-Din (from the article "Ifat") ...independent, Ifat became-as the northernmost of several Muslim states-the buffer between them and sometimes suffered ... Hakka group of North Chinese who migrated to South China, especially Guangdong, Fujian, and Guangxi provinces, ... [8 Related Articles] Hakka language Chinese language spoken by considerably fewer than the estimated 80 million Hakka people living mainly ... [5 Related Articles] Hakkari city, capital of Hakkari il (province), southeastern Turkey. It lies at an ... Hakluyt, Richard English geographer noted for his political influence, his voluminous writings, and his persistent promotion of ... [1 Related Articles] Hakodate city, southern Hokkaido ken (prefecture), Japan, on the Tsugaru-kaikyo (Tsu garu Strait) between Hokkaido and ... Hakone town, Kanagawa ken (prefecture), south-central Honshu, Japan. It lies on the southern bank of Lake ... Hakuho (from the article "Wrestling") Mongolian-born ozeki (champion) Hakuho won consecutive yusho (victories) at the first two basho (grand tournaments) ... Hakuho period (from the article "arts, East Asian") In the early 640s the Soga clan was afflicted with bloody internal intrigue, which offered ... Hakuin priest, writer, and artist who helped revive Rinzai Zen Buddhism in Japan. Hakulinen, Veikko Finnish cross-country skier who earned seven Olympic medals in three Olympic competitions between 1952 and ... [1 Related Articles] hal in Sufi Muslim mystical terminology, a spiritual state of mind that comes to the Sufi ... [1 Related Articles] Hal Saflieni (from the article "Paola") ...a small village until the late 19th century, when it grew rapidly as a residential ... Halabi, al- jurist who maintained the traditions of Islamic jurisprudence in the 16th century. Halaf Period (from the article "art and architecture, Mesopotamian") ...traces of them were first found, and the same names are sometimes attributed to the ... Halaf, Tall archaeological site of ancient Mesopotamia, on the headwaters of the Khabur River near modern Ra's ... [1 Related Articles] Halafian ware (from the article "Halaf, Tall") ...northeastern Syria. It is the location of the first find of a Neolithic culture characterized ... Halakhah in Judaism, the totality of laws and ordinances that have evolved since biblical times to ... [13 Related Articles] Halang language language spoken chiefly in the central highlands of south-central Vietnam near Kon Tum. The number ... Halapua, Sitiveni (from the article "Tonga") ...but in July he and his wife were killed in a traffic accident in California, ... Halas, George founder, owner, and head coach of the Chicago Bears gridiron football team in the U.S. ... [4 Related Articles] Halas, John British motion-picture animator and producer (b. April 16, 1912, Budapest, Hung.--d. Jan. 20/21, 1995, London, ... [2 Related Articles] Halas, John; and Batchelor, Joy British husband-and-wife production team, noted for their influential animated films. Halasz, Istvan (from the article "chromatography") ...because liquid coatings were swept away by the mobile phase. Previously gas chromatography had employed ... Halawa Valley valley, northeastern Molokai island, Hawaii, U.S. On the northeastern flank of Kamakou summit (4,961 feet ... halberd weapon consisting of an ax blade balanced by a pick with an elongated pike head ... [2 Related Articles] Halberstadt city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), central Germany, on the Holtemme River in the foreland of the ... [2 Related Articles] Halberstam, David American journalist and author who received a Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for his penetrating coverage ... [1 Related Articles] Halberstam, Solomon Polish-born American religious leader (b. 1907, Bobowa, Pol.-d. Aug. 2, 2000, New York, N.Y.), emigrated ... Halbertsma, Eeltsje (from the article "Frisian literature") It was not until the Romantic period of the 19th century, however, that Frisian literature ... Halbertsma, Joast (from the article "Frisian literature") It was not until the Romantic period of the 19th century, however, that Frisian literature ... Halbertsma, Tsjalling (from the article "Frisian literature") It was not until the Romantic period of the 19th century, however, that Frisian literature ... Halchidhoma (from the article "Yuman") Two major divisions of Yumans are recognized: the river Yumans, who lived along the lower ... Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson Scottish social-welfare worker and author. Haldane, J.B.S. British geneticist, biometrician, physiologist, and popularizer of science who opened new paths of research in ... [1 Related Articles] Haldane, John Scott British physiologist and philosopher chiefly noted for his work on the physiology of respiration. Haldane, Richard Burdon, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan Scottish lawyer, philosopher, and statesman who instituted important military reforms while serving as British secretary ... [1 Related Articles] Haldar, Hiralal (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...be interpreted in the light of German idealism. The Hegelian notion of Absolute Spirit found ... Haldas, Las (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") ...Examples include La Florida, a huge pyramid in Lima that formed the nucleus of a ... Haldeman, H.R. American advertising executive and campaign manager who served as White House chief of staff during ... [2 Related Articles] Halden town, southeastern Norway. It lies along Idde Fjord, which forms part of the border between ... Halder, Franz (from the article "World War II") ...were across the Narew attacking the line of the Bug River, behind Warsaw. All the ... Haldi the national god of the ancient kingdom of Urartu, which ruled the plateau around Lake ... [2 Related Articles] Haldimand, Sir Frederick British general who served as governor of Quebec province from 1778 to 1786. Hale Observatories astronomical research unit that included the Palomar Observatory of the California Institute of Technology and ... Hale rocket (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...flight-stabilizing guide stick. By designing jet vents at an angle, he was able to spin ... Hale Telescope one of the world's largest and most powerful reflecting telescopes, located at the Palomar Observatory, ... [6 Related Articles] Hale, Alan (from the article "Hale-Bopp, Comet") long-period comet that was spectacularly visible to the naked eye, having a bright coma and ... Hale, Edward Everett American clergyman and author best remembered for his short story "The Man Without a Country." [1 Related Articles] Hale, George Ellery American astronomer known for his development of important astronomical instruments, including the Hale Telescope, a ... [2 Related Articles] Hale, Horatio American anthropologist, who made valuable linguistic and ethnographic studies of North American Indians. His major ... Hale, John Parker American lawyer, senator, and reformer who was prominent in the antislavery movement. [1 Related Articles] Hale, Kathleen British children's writer and illustrator (b. May 24, 1898, Broughton, Lanarkshire, Scot.-d. Jan. 26, 2000, ... Hale, Louise Closser successful American character actress who was also the author of popular novels. Hale, Lucretia Peabody American novelist and writer of books for children. [1 Related Articles] Hale, Nathan American Revolutionary officer who attempted to spy on the British and was hanged. [3 Related Articles] Hale, Sarah Josepha American writer who, as the first female editor of a magazine, shaped many of the ... [2 Related Articles] Hale, Sir Matthew one of the greatest scholars on the history of English common law, well known for ... Hale, Sue Sally American polo player (b. Aug. 23, 1937, Los Angeles, Calif.-d. April 29, 2003, Coachella Valley, ... Hale, William (from the article "rocket and missile system") The next significant development in rocketry occurred about the middle of the 19th century. William ... Hale-Bopp, Comet long-period comet that was spectacularly visible to the naked eye, having a bright coma and ... [1 Related Articles] Haleakala shield volcano, south-central Maui island, Hawaii, U.S. It is a central feature of Haleakala National ... [1 Related Articles] Haleakala National Park area centred on Haleakala Crater, south-central Maui island, Hawaii, U.S. Authorized as a part of ... [2 Related Articles] Halebid historic site and modern village, south-central Karnataka (formerly Mysore) state, southwestern India. It is situated ... [1 Related Articles] Haleji, Lake (from the article "Karachi") The three main sources of the city's water supply are Lake Haleji, 55 miles (90 ...

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