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 Lagos Island ... Lake, Greg Lagos Island (from the article "Lagos") ...replaced Lagos as the state capital, and Abuja replaced Lagos as the federal capital. Lagos, ... Lagos, Ricardo Chilean economist and politician who served as president of Chile (2000-06). [1 Related Articles] Lagosuchus (from the article "dinosaur") ...years ago) and from an early portion of the Late Triassic (227 million to 206 ... LaGrange city, seat (1828) of Troup county, western Georgia, U.S. It lies just east of West ... Lagrange planetary equations (from the article "celestial mechanics") ...equations that result by equating the mass times the acceleration of a body to the ... Lagrange's equations (from the article "mechanics") Elegant and powerful methods have also been devised for solving dynamic problems with constraints. One ... Lagrange's theorem on finite groups (from the article "optics") ... and the product (hnu) is invariant for all the spaces between the lens surfaces, ... Lagrange, Joseph-Louis, comte de l'Empire Italian French mathematician who made great contributions to number theory and to analytic and celestial ... [13 Related Articles] Lagrange, Marie-Joseph French theologian and outstanding Roman Catholic biblical scholar. Lagrangian function quantity that characterizes the state of a physical system. In mechanics, the Lagrangian function is ... [1 Related Articles] Lagrangian point in astronomy, a point in space at which a small body, under the gravitational influence ... [2 Related Articles] Lagu, Joseph (from the article "Sudan, history of the") In 1971 the southern Sudanese rebels, who had theretofore consisted of several independent commands, were ... Laguerre polynomial (from the article "special function") ...differential equations are the spherical harmonics (of which the Legendre polynomials are a special case), ... Laguna (from the article "Ancestral Pueblo culture") ...of what are now the U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah intersect. ... Laguna Beach city, Orange county, southwestern California, U.S. Lying along the Pacific Ocean, Laguna Beach is about ... Laguna Blanca National Park (from the article "Neuquen") ...and Limay rivers, which form the Negro River at the extreme eastern corner of the ... Laguna de los Cerros (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") San Lorenzo is not the only Olmec centre known for the Early Formative. Laguna de ... Laguna District agricultural area comprising adjoining portions of western Coahuila and eastern Durango states, northern Mexico. The ... Laguna Project (from the article "Mexico") ...is irrigated, which has brought large-scale commercial production to the North and Northwest. Cotton has ... Lagutin, Boris Nikolayevich Soviet boxer who won medals in three consecutive Olympic Games, including gold medals in 1964 ... [1 Related Articles] Lahaina city, Maui county, on the northwest coast of Maui island, Hawaii, U.S. Extending for 2 ... lahar mudflow of volcanic material. Lahars may carry all sizes of material from ash to large ... [1 Related Articles] LaHaye, Tim (from the article "fundamentalism, Christian") ...main intellectual centres. Television, which provided direct access to the public, assisted the careers of ... Lahbabi, Mohammed Aziz Moroccan novelist, poet, and philosopher whose works are marked by a humanist perspective that stresses ... [1 Related Articles] Lahey, Anita (from the article "Literature") ...to Elizabeth Mayne's A Passionate Continuity, explorations of women's love of sex after 70. Matthew ... Lahij town, southwestern Yemen. Situated on the Wadi Tibban in the coastal plain, some 30 miles ... Lahiji, Shala (from the article "Media and Publishing") ...World Book Capital for 2006-07. In Sweden, at the Goteborg Book Fair, the theme of ... Lahmiales (from the article "fungus") ...(incertae sedis; not placed in any class)Order LahmialesPathogenic on trees, mainly aspens; ... Lahmu and Lahamu in Mesopotamian mythology, twin deities, the first gods to be born from the chaos that ... [3 Related Articles] Lahn River river, a right-bank tributary of the Rhine River, rising on the Jagd Berg (2,218 feet ... [1 Related Articles] Lahnda language language belonging to the western group of Indo-Aryan languages and spoken mainly in the western ... [1 Related Articles] Lahontan, Lake (from the article "North America") ...to Hudson Bay or the Beaufort Sea. Farther south, in the Great Basin, a pluvial ... Lahontan, Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de French soldier and writer who explored parts of what are now Canada and the United ... Lahore second largest city of Pakistan and the capital of Punjab province. It lies 811 miles ... [10 Related Articles] Lahore Fort (from the article "Lahore") ...north, by parklands. A circular road around the rampart provides access to the old city ... Lahore Museum in Lahore, Pak., archaeological museum opened in 1894 and containing examples of the arts and ... [1 Related Articles] Lahore Resolution (from the article "India") The first meeting of the league after the outbreak of the war was held in ... Lahore, Treaty of (from the article "India") ...the Battle of Sobraon in February 1846. The British feared to annex outright a region ... Lahoud, Emile (from the article "Lebanon") ...sq km (4,016 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 4,099,000 (including unnaturalized Palestinian refugees estimated ... Lahti city, southern Finland. It lies at the southern end of Lake Vesi, northeast of Helsinki. ... Lahu peoples living in upland areas of Yunnan, China, eastern Myanmar (Burma), northern Thailand, northern Laos, ... [2 Related Articles] Lahu language (from the article "Sino-Tibetan languages") ...(i.e., Tibetan in the widest sense of the word) comprises a number of dialects and ... Lahun, Al- ancient Egyptian site, located southwest of Al-Fayyum near the southward turn of the Bahr Yusuf ... Lahuti, Abu al-Qasim (from the article "Tajikistan") ...(1930; The Mountain Villager) and for his autobiography, Yoddoshtho (1949-54; published in English as Bukhara); ... lai medieval poetic and musical form, cultivated especially among the trouveres, or poet-musicians, of northern France ... [4 Related Articles] Lai language (from the article "Tibeto-Burman languages") ...are generally expressed syntactically rather than by inflection in most TB languages, though both Kuki-Chin ... Lai, Afong (from the article "photography, history of") Landscapes in places outside the United States and Europe were usually portrayed by European photographers ... Lai, Francis (from the article "1970: Other Winners") ...Screenplay: Ring Lardner, Jr., for M*A*S*HCinematography: Freddie Young for Ryan's DaughterArt Direction: Urie McCleary and ... Laibach, Congress of (Jan. 26-May 12, 1821), meeting of the Holy Alliance powers (all European rulers except those ... [4 Related Articles] laibon (from the article "eastern Africa, history of") ...plains and open plateaus north and south of the string of Rift Valley lakes west ... Laidlaw, Patrick P. (from the article "virus") ...confined exclusively or largely to humans, however, posed the formidable problem of finding a susceptible ... Laidoner, Johan Estonian soldier and patriot who led the Estonian liberation army in 1918 and supported the ... [1 Related Articles] Laie town, Honolulu county, on Laie Bay, northeastern Oahu island, Hawaii, U.S. The land was acquired ... Laika (from the article "Sputnik") ...(230 km), circling the Earth every 96 minutes and remaining in orbit until early 1958 ... Laima (from Lithuanian laime, "happiness," "luck"), in Baltic religion, the goddess of fate, generally associated with ... [2 Related Articles] Laine, "Papa" Jack (from the article "Dixieland") ...to draw on ragtime and European music, whereas black bands also built on their 19th-century ... Laine, Dame Cleo British singer and actress who mastered a variety of styles but was best known as ... Laine, Frankie American singer had a string of hit songs in the 1950s but was perhaps ... Laing, Alexander Gordon Scottish explorer of western Africa and the first European known to have reached the ancient ... [3 Related Articles] Laing, Bob (from the article "1982: Other Winners") ...John Briley for GandhiAdapted Screenplay: Costa-Gavras and Donald Stewart for MissingCinematography: Ronnie Taylor and Billy ... Laing, R.D. British psychiatrist noted for his alternative approach to the treatment of schizophrenia. [1 Related Articles] Laingiomedusae (from the article "cnidarian") ...special sensory structures (tentaculocysts). Differ from other hydromedusae by having tentacles inserted above umbrellar margin. ... Laird, Macgregor Scottish explorer, shipbuilder, and merchant who contributed to the knowledge of the Niger River. Laird, William (from the article "Birkenhead") ...was a hamlet of 106 inhabitants as late as 1810. Its subsequent rapid development began ... Lairesse, Gerard de (from the article "Rembrandt van Rijn") Negative remarks from Rembrandt's critics were in fact almost always counterbalanced by the highest praise. ... laissez-faire (French: "allow to do"), policy of minimum governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals ... [16 Related Articles] laity (from the article "Buddhism") The second basic practice is the exchange that takes place between monks and laypersons. Like ... Laius (from the article "Oedipus") Traditionally, Laius, king of Thebes, was warned by an oracle that his son would slay ... Laja River river in Guanajuato estado (state), north-central Mexico. After rising in the Sierra ... Lajcak, Miroslav (from the article "Bosnia and Herzegovina") ...from July 6), and Haris Silajdzic (Muslim). Final authority resides in the Office of the ... Lajes city, east-central Santa Catarina estado (state), southern Brazil, lying north of the Caveiras River in ... lajnat al-qira'ah (from the article "Arabic literature") ...of the Persian Gulf. In many other countries where drama was permitted, every aspect of ... Lajoie, Nap American professional baseball player who was one of the game's best hitters and an outstanding ... Lajpat Rai, Lala Indian writer and politician, outspoken in his advocacy of a militant anti-British nationalism in the ... [1 Related Articles] Lajunen, Samppa (from the article "Olympic Games") ...the Games included Norwegian Ole Einar Bjorndalen, who won four gold medals in the men's ... Lajvard ware type of vase from Kashan, Iran, mentioned in Abu al-Qasim's treatise on ceramics (1301). Vases ... Lak-Dargin languages two related languages spoken in central Dagestan in the Caucasus-Lak and Dargin. Both are written ... [1 Related Articles] Laka (from the article "Chad") In the wet and dry tropical zone, the Sara group forms a significant element of ... lakabi ware in Islamic ceramics, a style of pottery associated with Kashan, Persia (Iran), from about the ... [4 Related Articles] lakalaka (from the article "music and dance, Oceanic") ...were performed by men or women separately in accompaniment to singing, long bamboo stamping tubes, ... Lakamana (from the article "Rama") ...a standing figure, holding an arrow in his right hand and a bow in his ... Lakanal, Joseph educator who reformed the French educational system during the French Revolution. lake any relatively large body of slowly moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin ... [12 Related Articles] lake any of a class of pigments composed of organic dyes that have been rendered insoluble ... [2 Related Articles] Lake (from the article "Plateau Indian") ...Indians. The Northern Plateau Salish include the Shuswap, Lillooet, and Ntlakapamux (Thompson) tribes. The Interior ... Lake Chad Basin Commission (from the article "Africa") ...the cooperation of the basin states and several intergovernmental agencies-such as the Organization for the ... Lake Charles city, seat (1852) of Calcasieu parish, southwestern Louisiana, U.S., on the Calcasieu River about 70 ... lake chubsucker (from the article "sucker") Suckers live on the bottom of lakes and slow streams and feed by sucking up ... Lake City city, seat (1832) of Columbia county, northern Florida, U.S., near Osceola National Forest, about 60 ... Lake Clark National Park and Preserve rugged wilderness area in southern Alaska, U.S., on the western shore of Cook Inlet, southwest ... lake current (from the article "lake") The principal forces acting to initiate water movements in lakes are those due to hydraulic ... Lake District (from the article "Chile") ...Grande (extending to 27° S); the north-central region, Norte Chico (27° to 33° S); the ... Lake District famous scenic region and national park in the administrative county of Cumbria, England. It occupies ... [2 Related Articles] Lake Dwellings German Pfahlbauten: "pile structures," remains of prehistoric settlements within what are today the margins of ... [3 Related Articles] Lake Erie, Battle of (Sept. 10, 1813), major U.S. naval victory in the War of 1812, ensuring U.S. control ... [3 Related Articles] Lake Forest city, Lake county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. A suburb of Chicago, located 35 miles (55 km) ... Lake Garden (from the article "Seremban") The Lake Gardens, a museum, and a teacher-training college are there. The museum was erected ... Lake Geneva resort city, Walworth county, southeastern Wisconsin, U.S. It lies on the northeastern shore of Lake ... Lake Havasu City city, Mohave county, western Arizona, U.S., in the Chemhuevi Valley along the Colorado River, west ... lake life cycle (from the article "lake") In a lake's early stages of existence, its shore is most susceptible to changes from ... Lake Louise unincorporated place, southwestern Alberta, Canada, on the Bow River, in Banff National Park, immediately northeast ... Lake Mead National Recreation Area (from the article "Mead, Lake") Lake Mead National Recreation Area, established in 1936, has an area of 2,338 square miles ... Lake Nakuru National Park (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...have been expanded in size or have increased in number as a result of the ... Lake Oswego city, Clackamas county, northwestern Oregon, U.S., on the Willamette River (and its western extension, 405-acre ... Lake Peak (from the article "Santa Fe") county, a scenic area of northern New Mexico, U.S. The northeastern portion is in the ... Lake Placid village in North Elba town (township), Essex county, northeastern New York, U.S. It lies on ... Lake Placid Olympics (from the article "Olympic Games") The worldwide economic depression cast a shadow over the third Winter Olympics. Only 17 countries ... Lake Placid Olympics (from the article "Olympic Games") The 1980 Games marked the second time the small upstate New York town hosted the ... Lake Plateau (from the article "Nile River") The basin of the present-day Nile falls naturally into seven major regions: the Lake Plateau ... Lake poet any of the English poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey, who lived ... [1 Related Articles] Lake Shore Drive (from the article "Palmer, Potter") ...he built larger buildings than before, including the second Palmer House, a large hotel. Palmer ... Lake Shore Drive (from the article "Chicago") Although Chicago grew most rapidly while it rode "L" trains and streetcars, it also fell ... Lake Shore Drive Apartments (from the article "Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig") ...them several high-rise buildings that are conceived as steel skeletons sheathed in glass curtain-wall facades. ... lake stratification (from the article "lake") ...seasons, especially when vertical mixing is greatly enhanced because of a lack of thermal structure ... lake sturgeon (from the article "chondrostean") ...A smaller species, the sterlet (A. ruthenus), inhabits the Black and Caspian seas. A. stellatus ... Lake Superior Provincial Park park, central Ontario, Canada, on the eastern shore of Lake Superior. Established in 1944 to ... Lake Superior whitefish (from the article "whitefish") Lake whitefishes (Coregonus) are deep-bodied forms. The largest and most valuable, C. clupeaformis of the ... Lake Superior-type banded-iron formation deposit (from the article "mineral deposit") ...of sedimentary rocks deposited in the shallow waters of continental shelves or in ancient sedimentary ... lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), large, voracious char, family Salmonidae, widely distributed from northern Canada and Alaska, U.S., ... Lake Turkana remains (from the article "Australopithecus") Further specializations for strong chewing occur in P. aethiopicus fossils from the Omo remains, discovered ... Lake Tyers (from the article "Tyers, Lake") ...Beach. The lake consists of two main channels; the eastern half curves northeasterly into the ... Lake Wales city, Polk county, central Florida, U.S., 55 miles (90 km) east of Tampa. The site ... Lake Washington Ship Canal waterway, Seattle, Washington, U.S., 8 miles (13 km) long, with a minimum depth of 28.5 ... Lake, Anthony (from the article "international relations") Clinton's foreign policy team, led by Secretary of State Warren Christopher and National Security Adviser ... Lake, Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount British general, most prominent for his role in suppressing the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and ... [3 Related Articles] Lake, Greg (from the article "art rock") ...bands that fall under the most general definition of art rock. Among the musicians who ...

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