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 Lorimer, George Horace ... louderback Lorimer, George Horace American editor of The Saturday Evening Post, during whose long tenure (May ... Lorimer, James legal philosopher, proponent of a doctrine of natural law that was opposed to the utilitarianism ... Loring, Eugene (from the article "dance notation") ...a Laban-style vertical staff but in two parts, with torso and head indications placed separately ... loris any of about eight species of tailless or short-tailed South and Southeast Asian forest primates. ... [1 Related Articles] Loris-Melikov Constitution (from the article "Alexander II") ...to couple the announcement with a modest concession to constitutionalist aspirations. There were to be ... Loris-Melikov, Mikhail Tariyelovich, Graf (Count) military officer and statesman who, as minister of the interior at the end of ... [2 Related Articles] Lorisidae (from the article "loris") ...fruit, and vegetation. The females bear one (sometimes two) young after about six months' gestation. ... Lorisiformes (from the article "lemur") ...also to the avahis, sifakas, indri, and aye-aye of Madagascar, in addition to the lorises, ... Lorisinae (from the article "primate") ...Lorisidae 4 or more genera, 11 or more species from Africa and Asia. 1 fossil ... Lorraine region of France encompassing the northeastern departements of Vosges, ... [7 Related Articles] Lorraine, Charles de Lorraine, 2nd cardinal de one of the foremost members of the powerful Roman Catholic house of Guise and perhaps ... [1 Related Articles] Lorraine, Jean de Lorraine, 1st cardinal de French cardinal of the celebrated family of Guise, a noted patron of arts and letters. ... Lorre, Peter Hungarian-born American motion-picture actor who projected a sinister image as a lisping, round-faced, soft-voiced villain ... 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Los Angeles Lakers American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers are one of the most ... [5 Related Articles] Los Angeles Music Center (from the article "Los Angeles") ...In the 1960s an arts renaissance was begun by Dorothy Chandler, a civic leader and ... Los Angeles Olympic Games (from the article "Olympic Games") Only about 1,300 athletes, representing 37 countries, competed in the 1932 Games. The poor participation ... Los Angeles Olympic Games (from the article "Olympic Games") Many communist countries, including the Soviet Union, East Germany, and Cuba, retaliated for the U.S.-led ... Los Angeles Opera (from the article "Performing Arts") Opera companies found that calling on well-known outsiders could freshen their image. Placido Domingo, general ... Los Angeles Philharmonic American symphony orchestra based in Los Angeles, Calif. It was founded in 1919 by William ... 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Los Caballos (from the article "painting, Western") ...having a clear narrative meaning, and man finally emerges as the chief actor in the ... Los Dos Caminos city, northwestern Miranda estado ("state"), northern Venezuela, just east of Caracas. Nestled ... Los Glaciares National Park national park in Santa Cruz provincia, southwestern Argentina, in the Andes surrounding the western extensions ... [1 Related Articles] Los Islands small archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, off Conakry, the capital of Guinea, West Africa. They ... [1 Related Articles] Los Katios National Park (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") A pair of contiguous parks administer a large part of the region-Darien National Park in ... Los Lagos region, southern Chile, bordering Argentina to the east and facing the Pacific Ocean to the ... Los Millares (from the article "Europe, history of") ...large nucleated and often fortified hilltop settlements of surprising architectural sophistication and with a rich ... Los Mochis city, northwestern Sinaloa estado (state), northwestern Mexico. It lies on the coastal plain, inland from ... Los Pijiguaos bauxite deposit and associated mining development, on the Pijiguaos Plateau, in western Bolivar state, Venezuela. ... Los Roques Islands National Park (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...plant and animal life. Parks within the Llanos region include Aguaro-Guariquito (1974) and Cinaruco y ... Los Teques city, capital of Miranda estado (state), north-central Venezuela. It occupies a strategic pass in the ... Los Toros de Guisando, Pact of (from the article "Spain") ...de la Cueva. Because of that account, the young girl was derided as "La Beltraneja." ... Losada, Diego de (from the article "Caracas") ...in 1561 Juan Rodriguez Suarez founded a town on the site of the ranch; but ... Losch, August (from the article "central-place theory") The German economist August Losch expanded on Christaller's work in his book The Spatial Organization ... Loschmidt diffusion tube (from the article "gas") ...in the section Kinetic theory of gases). Graham also performed equal countercurrent experiments in 1863, ... Loschmidt's number (from the article "gas") ...in Vienna made a calculation similar to the one here but based on gas viscosity ... Loschmidt, Joseph German chemist who made advances in the study of aromatic hydrocarbons. [4 Related Articles] Losev, Lev (from the article "Literature") ...publishing houses Molodaya Gvardiya and Vita Nova. The two most successful of Molodaya Gvardiya's biographies ... Losey, Joseph American motion-picture director, whose highly personal style was often manifested in films centring on intense ... Loskop Dam Nature Reserve nature preserve in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, on the Olifants River, north of Middelburg. The ... loss apportionment (from the article "contributory negligence") Contributory negligence is criticized by some authorities because it excuses one party (defendant) even though ... Lossiemouth North Sea fishing port and holiday resort, Moray council area and historic county, Scotland. The ... Lossky, Nikolay Onufriyevich Russian intuitionist philosopher who studied the nature of cognition, causation, and morals. His philosophy was ... [1 Related Articles] lossless data compression (from the article "data compression") Data compression may be lossless (exact) or lossy (inexact). 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Lost Sheep, Parable of the (from the article "Jesus Christ") ...or event were stripped away, leaving only a central unit, which was applied to various ... lost-wax process method of metal casting in which a molten metal is poured into a mold that ... [14 Related Articles] Lostwithiel town ("parish"), Restormel borough, administrative and historic county of Cornwall, England, built on a medieval ... Lot (from the article "Abraham") ...he will become the founder of a new nation. He obeys the call unquestioningly and ... Lot (from the article "Midi-Pyrenees") region of France encompassing the southwestern departements of Lot, ... lot (from the article "astrology") ...those associated with the Hermetic tradition of Hermes Trismegistos and with Dorotheus of Sidon, an ... Lot River river, rising in the Cevennes mountains, near Mont Lozere, in Lozere departement, southern France, flowing ... Lot, Ferdinand French historian of the early Middle Ages and the later Roman Empire. He is best ... Lot-et-Garonne (from the article "Aquitaine") ...the famous wines of the Bordeaux region (e.g., Medoc, Sauternes, Saint-Emilion, and Pomerol). Vegetables are ... Lota major coal-mining centre, southern Chile, on the Golfo (gulf) de Arauco. Although Lota was founded ... Lotass, Lotta (from the article "Literature") Lotta Lotass ventured into the space age in Tredje flykthastigheten, where her sharp and clear ... Loterie nationale (from the article "lottery") ...a drawing-an event that generated some suspicion and resulted in the king's returning the money ... Lotf 'Ali Khan Zand last ruler of the Zand dynasty of Iran, who was defeated in the civil war ... [2 Related Articles] Lotha (from the article "Nagaland") ...varies from the autocratic angs (chiefs) of the Konyaks and hereditary chieftainships of the Semas ... Lothagam site of paleoanthropological excavations in northern Kenya southwest of Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf), best known ... Lothagam mandible (from the article "Lothagam") site of paleoanthropological excavations in northern Kenya southwest of Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf), best known ... Lothair, Gospels of (from the article "Carolingian minuscule") The crowning achievement of the Tours school of scholars, Carolingian minuscule scribes, and artists was ... Lothal (from the article "agriculture, origins of") To the north and west of the Deccan plateau lay a third, intermediate area. There, ... Lothar Carolingian king of France from 954 to 986, the eldest son of Louis IV. He ... [4 Related Articles] Lothar king of Italy in the chaotic post-Carolingian period. He was named after his great-grandfather Lothar ... [1 Related Articles] Lothar (II) Frankish king of the area known as Lotharingia whose attempts to have his marriage dissolved ... [3 Related Articles] Lothar I Frankish emperor, whose attempt to gain sole rule over the Frankish territories was checked by ... 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Lotschberg Base Tunnel (from the article "Switzerland") Switzerland showed no sign of wanting to join the EU, but its role as a ... Lott, Teixeira (from the article "Brazil") ...have provided his margin of victory. In addition, following a heart attack that incapacitated Cafe ... Lott, Trent (from the article "blog") Even before the election, bloggers played a central role in demoting Mississippi Senator Trent Lott ... lottery procedure for distributing something (usually money or prizes) among a group of people by lot ... [4 Related Articles] Lotti, Cosimo (from the article "theatre") In Spain during this period, theatre began to decline. Although Italian-style scenery was used occasionally, ... Lotto carpet pile floor covering handwoven in Turkey, so called because carpets of this design appear in ... [2 Related Articles] Lotto, Lorenzo late Renaissance Italian painter known for his perceptive portraits and mystical paintings of religious subjects. ... [1 Related Articles] lotus any of several different plants. The lotus of the Greeks was the species Ziziphus lotus ... [4 Related Articles] lotus posture (from the article "asana") ...his body (the antithesis of its normal dispersed state, that of infinite mobility). As many ... Lotus Sutra ("Lotus of the Good Law [or True Doctrine] Sutra"), one of the earlier Mahayana Buddhist ... [8 Related Articles] Lotus Symphony (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...to fight back, Microsoft offered free software online for e-mail, picture sharing, and blogging. IBM ... lotus tree (from the article "hackberry") The Mediterranean hackberry, or European nettle tree (C. australis), is an ornamental that has lance-shaped, ... Lotus-Eater in Greek mythology, one of a tribe encountered by the Greek hero Odysseus during his ... [1 Related Articles] Lotuxo people of the southern Sudan, living near Torit, who speak an Eastern Sudanic language of ... Lotze, Rudolf Hermann German philosopher who bridged the gap between classical German philosophy and 20th-century idealism and founded ... [1 Related Articles] lou (from the article "arts, East Asian") The Han palaces were set about with tall timber towers (lou) and brick or stone ... Lou Island (from the article "art and architecture, Oceanic") The Matankor produced wood carvings and decorated objects, each island having its own specialties. For ... Louang Namtha town, northwestern Laos. The town is situated about 10 miles (16 km) south of the ... Louangphrabang town, northern Laos. A port on the Mekong River, Louangphrabang lies 130 miles (210 km) ... [5 Related Articles] Loubet, Emile statesman and seventh president of the French Third Republic, who contributed to the break between ... Loubomo commune (town), southern Congo (Brazzaville), and an important transport centre for western Congo (Kinshasa) and ... 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