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 L band ... La Rochefoucauld, Francois VI, Duke de L band (from the article "radar") ...active-aperture phased-array radar that operates within the X-band of the spectrum. A different approach to ... L carrier system (from the article "telecommunication") ...Therefore, an FDM signal must be transmitted over an analog channel. Examples of FDM are ... L'Amour, Louis American writer, best-selling author of more than 100 books, most of which were formula westerns ... L'Aquila city, capital of Abruzzi region, central Italy. It is situated on a hill above the ... L'Enfant, Pierre-Charles French-born American engineer, architect, and urban designer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C., ... [6 Related Articles] L'Engle, Madeleine American author of imaginative juvenile literature that is often concerned with such themes as the ... 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Although dystonias may occur in families or sporadically, many are secondary to other disorders ... L-head engine (from the article "gasoline engine") ...is affected by the location of the valves of the four-stroke-cycle engine and by the ... L-tyrosine (from the article "catecholamine") All catecholamines begin with the amino acid L-tyrosine. Through a series of enzymatic reactions, L-tyrosine ... L-wave (from the article "ultrasonics") ...important examples of infrasonic waves in nature is in earthquakes. Three principal types of earthquake ... L. Straus and Sons (from the article "Straus Family") During the American Civil War the family aided the Confederacy, but, following its defeat, they ... L.A. (from the article "New jack swing") The key producers were L.A., Babyface, and Teddy Riley, who crafted romantic songs for the ... L1 carrier system (from the article "telephone and telephone system") ...systems were introduced in the United States in 1946. The early American cable systems known ... L4 carrier system (from the article "telecommunication") ...the 1940s, the master group was transmitted directly over coaxial cable. For microwave systems, it ... L5E carrier system (from the article "telephone and telephone system") ...carrier) could support 1,800 two-way voice circuits by bundling together three working pairs of cable, ... La Barre, Jean-Francois Lefebvre, chevalier de (from the article "French literature") ...appeals to justice were the main focus of Voltaire's writings in his last 20 years, ... La Baule-Escoublac fashionable resort, Loire-Atlantique departement, Pays de la Loire region, western France. It lies along the ... La Blanca (from the article "Oran") Modern Oran is divided into a waterfront and old and new city sections occupying terraces ... La Boetie, Etienne de (from the article "Montaigne, Michel de") ...the Parliament of Bordeaux, one of the eight regional parliaments that constituted the French Parliament, ... La Bourdonnais, Bertrand-Francois Mahe, Count (comte) de French naval commander who played an important part in the struggle between the French and ... [1 Related Articles] La Brea Tar Pits tar (Spanish brea) pits, in Hancock Park (Rancho La Brea), Los Angeles, ... [2 Related Articles] La Bruyere, Jean de French satiric moralist who is best known for one work, Les Caracteres ... [3 Related Articles] La Calprenede, Gaultier de Coste, Seigneur de author of sentimental, adventurous, pseudohistorical romances that were immensely popular in 17th-century France. To this ... La Ceiba city, northern Honduras. It lies along the Gulf of Honduras, in a lush, hot valley ... La Chalotais, Louis-Rene de Caradeuc de French magistrate who led the Breton Parlement (high court of justice) in a protracted legal ... La Chapelle-aux-Saints cave site near the village of La Chapelle-aux-Saints in central France where the bones of ... La Chaussee, Pierre-Claude Nivelle de French playwright who created the comedie larmoyante ("tearful comedy"), a verse-drama form merging tearful, sentimental ... [1 Related Articles] La Chetardie, Jacques-Joachim Trotti, Marquis de French officer and diplomat who helped raise the princess Elizabeth to the throne of Russia. La Colombiere, Claude Blessed Jesuit who assisted St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in establishing the devotion to the Sacred Heart. [1 Related Articles] La Condamine, Charles-Marie de French naturalist and mathematician who accomplished the first scientific exploration of the Amazon River. [4 Related Articles] La Coruna, Battle of (from the article "Moore, Sir John") ...west of Burgos. Learning that Napoleon had cut off his route of withdrawal into Portugal, ... La Crosse city, seat (1851) of La Crosse county, western Wisconsin, U.S. It lies along the Mississippi ... La Crosse Railroad (from the article "Sage, Russell") Sage had lent some money to the La Crosse Railroad in Wisconsin. To save his ... La Esperanza town, southwestern Honduras, at an elevation of 4,951 ft (1,509 m) above sea level in ... La Farge, John American painter, muralist, and stained-glass designer. [1 Related Articles] La Farge, Oliver American anthropologist, short-story writer, and novelist who acted as a spokesman for the American Indian ... La Farina, Giuseppe Italian revolutionary, writer, and leader and historian of the Risorgimento. La Fayette, Gilbert Motier de marshal of France during the Hundred Years' War and noted adviser to King Charles VII. La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine, comtesse de French writer whose La Princesse de Cleves is a landmark of French fiction. 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La Follette, Robert M U.S. leader of the Progressive Movement, who as governor of Wisconsin (1901-06) and U.S. senator ... [3 Related Articles] La Follette, Robert M., Jr. (from the article "La Follette, Robert M") Both of La Follette's sons carried on his work after his death. Robert M. La ... La Fontaine also called Mlle De Lafontaine French ballerina and the first woman professional ballet dancer. La Fontaine, Jean de poet whose Fables rank among the greatest masterpieces of French literature. [7 Related Articles] La Fosse, Charles de painter whose decorative historical and allegorical murals, while continuing a variant of the stately French ... La Fresnaye, Roger de French painter who synthesized lyrical colour with the geometric simplifications of Cubism. La Frontera (from the article "Chile") ...these are Norte Grande (extending to 27° S); the north-central region, Norte Chico (27° to ... La Galaisiere, Legentil de (from the article "Trifid Nebula") (catalog numbers NGC 6514 and M 20), bright, diffuse nebula in the constellation Sagittarius, lying ... La Galissonniere, Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de mariner and commandant general of New France. [1 Related Articles] La Gomera island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife provincia (province), in the Canary Islands [1 Related Articles] La Goulette town located in northern Tunisia and an outport for Tunis. Situated on a sandbar between ... La Grande city, seat (1905) of Union county, northeastern Oregon, U.S., between the Blue Mountains (west) and ... La Grande River river in Nord-du-Quebec region, north-central Quebec province, Canada. Rising from Nichicun Lake in the Otish ... La Gruyere region and southernmost district of Fribourg canton, western Switzerland. La Gruyere lies along the middle ... La Guaira city, northern Distrito Federal (Federal District), northern Venezuela. One of the country's leading seaports, La ... 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La Hire, Laurent de French Baroque classical painter whose best work is marked by gravity, simplicity, and dignity. La Jaunaye, Convention of (from the article "Vendee, Wars of the") ...(May) and the rise to power of the moderate Thermidorian faction in Paris (July), a ... La Jolla Canyon (from the article "Scripps Canyon") ...to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, for which it was named. The canyon's shallow tributary valleys ... La Joya (from the article "Spain") ...of the former rulers, new adventurers came onto the scene. Their traces can be seen ... La Junta city, seat (1889) of Otero county, southeastern Colorado, U.S. It lies along the Arkansas River ... La Libertad city and port, southwestern El Salvador. Its open roadstead port as well as its location ... La Linea city, Cadiz provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma ... La Louviere town, Hainaut province, southwestern Belgium, on the Central Canal, about 11 miles (17 km) east ... [3 Related Articles] La Macarena Mountains (from the article "Colombia") ...and buttes with rapids in the streams. This slightly higher ground forms the watershed between ... La Mancha barren elevated plateau (2,000 feet [610 metres]) formed over limestone in central Spain, stretching between ... [1 Related Articles] La Marche, Olivier de Burgundian chronicler and poet who, as historian of the ducal court, was an eloquent spokesman ... [1 Related Articles] La Marfee, battle of (from the article "Soissons, Louis de Bourbon, Count de") ...other malcontents joined him; and in 1641 he published a manifesto against Richelieu and invaded ... La Marmora, Alfonso Ferrero Italian general and statesman who, while in the service of Sardinia-Piedmont, played an important role ... [1 Related Articles] La Marmora, Mount (from the article "Sardinia") The island's relief is dominated by mountains of granite and schist. The highest point is ... La Matanza partido (county) of Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, eastern Argentina, directly southwest of ... La Mesnardiere, Hippolyte-Jules Pilet de (from the article "French literature") ...(1647) records polite usage of the time. In the field of literary theory the same ... La Mettrie, Julien Offroy de French physician and philosopher whose Materialistic interpretation of psychic phenomena laid the groundwork for future ... [3 Related Articles] La Mothe Le Vayer, Francois de independent French thinker and writer who developed a philosophy of Skepticism more radical than that ... La Mothe-Fenelon, Francois de (from the article "French literature") ...Discourse on Universal History); but he also exerted a considerable moral influence in his sermons ... La Motta, Jake American boxer and world middleweight boxing champion (1949-51) whose stamina and fierceness in the ring ... [4 Related Articles] La Motte, comtesse de (from the article "Affair of the Diamond Necklace") scandal at the court of Louis XVI in 1785 that discredited the French monarchy on ... La Nina (from the article "atmosphere") ...from the Equator such that the deeper, colder waters move to the surface. In the ... La Noue, Francois de Huguenot captain in the French Wars of Religion (1562-98), known for his exploits as a ... La Orotava town, northern Tenerife island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife provincia (province), in the ... La Oroya city, central Peru. It is situated at the junction of the Mantaro and Yauli rivers ... La Palma town, eastern Panama, on the estuary of the Tuira River near the Gulf of San ... La Palma island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife provincia (province), in the La Pampa provincia (province), central Argentina. It lies immediately west of Buenos Aires province ... La Pampa, University of (from the article "Santa Rosa") ...Founded in 1892, the city developed as an agricultural centre processing grain (wheat) and cattle ... La Paz city, capital of Baja California Sur estado (state), northwestern Mexico. It lies ... [2 Related Articles] La Paz town, southwestern Honduras, at an elevation of 2,461 feet (750 m) above sea level in ... La Paz city, administrative capital of Bolivia, west-central Bolivia, situated some 42 miles (68 km) southeast of ... [9 Related Articles] La Paz, Cordillera de (from the article "Real, Cordillera") ...(3,300 to 6,600 feet [1,000 to 2,000 metres]) valleys. From the massif of Vilcanota in ... La Perouse Strait international waterway between the islands of Sakhalin (Russia) and Hokkaido (Japan). The strait, named after ... La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de French navigator who conducted wide-ranging explorations in the Pacific Ocean. 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La Renaudie (from the article "Amboise, Conspiracy of") ...family gained ascendancy in the government, creating enmity among the smaller nobility. A conspiracy to ... La Revelliere-Lepeaux, Louis-Marie de member of the French Revolutionary regime known as the Directory. La Rioja provincia (province), northwestern Argentina, extending southeastward from Chile. The province's southeastern half ... La Rioja city, capital of La Rioja provincia (province), northwestern Argentina, on La Rioja ... La Rioja comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) and historical region of Spain coextensive with the ... [1 Related Articles] La Rive, Auguste-Arthur de Swiss physicist who was one of the founders of the electrochemical theory of batteries. La Rocca, Nick (from the article "Dixieland") ...bands in New Orleans from 1891, is often referred to as the father of white ... La Roche, Sophie von nee Gutermann German writer whose first and most important work, Geschichte des Frauleins von Sternheim ... 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