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 Landon, Alf ... Langtoft, Peter Landon, Alf governor of Kansas (1933-37) and unsuccessful U.S. Republican presidential candidate in 1936. [3 Related Articles] Landon, Letitia Elizabeth also called L.e.l. English poet and novelist who, at a time when women were conventionally ... [1 Related Articles] Landor Associates (from the article "industrial design") ...continued to be at the forefront of industrial design, at least in its initial postwar ... Landor, Walter Savage English poet and writer best remembered for Imaginary Conversations, prose dialogues between historical personages. [2 Related Articles] Landowska, Wanda Polish-born harpsichordist who helped initiate the revival of the harpsichord in the 20th century. [1 Related Articles] Landrace (from the article "Selected breeds of pigs") The Landrace is a white, lop-eared pig found in most countries in central and eastern ... 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Landscape painting (as exemplified ... Landscape Arch (from the article "Arches National Park") ...are Balanced Rock, Courthouse Towers (with spires that resemble skyscrapers), The Windows Section, Delicate Arch, ... landscape architecture the development and decorative planting of gardens, yards, grounds, parks, and other planned green outdoor ... landscape horticulture (from the article "horticulture") Horticulture is divided into the cultivation of plants for food (pomology and olericulture) and plants ... Landseer, Sir Edwin British painter and sculptor best known for his paintings of animals. [1 Related Articles] Landsgemeinden (from the article "canton") ...Each of the cantons and half cantons has its own constitution, legislature, executive, and judiciary. ... Landshut city, Bavaria Land (state), southeastern Germany. It lies on the Isar River ... [1 Related Articles] landside facility (from the article "airport") ...and air traffic control facilities. Support facilities on the airside of the field include meteorology, ... landskap traditional subdivision (province) of Sweden. The 25 landskap (provinces) developed during the pre-Viking and Viking ... Landsknechte (from the article "Frundsberg, Georg von") ...the French. Still serving Maximilian, he took part in 1504 in the war over the ... Landskrona town and port, Skane lan (county), southern Sweden, on The Sound (Oresund), north-northwest of the ... landslide the movement downslope of a mass of rock, debris, earth, or soil (soil being a ... [4 Related Articles] Landsort Deep (from the article "Baltic Sea") The greatest deeps in the Baltic lie off the southeast coast of Sweden between Nykoping ... landspout (from the article "waterspout") ...growing cloud aloft; and sufficient rotation in the atmosphere that can be localized and concentrated ... Landstad, Magnus Brostrup pastor and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads (1853). 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[1 Related Articles] Landuma language (from the article "Landuma") group of some 20,000 people located principally in Guinea, 30 to 60 miles (50 to ... Lane's law (from the article "Lane, Jonathan Homer") ...an assistant examiner in the U.S. Patent Office in 1848 and three years later became ... Lane, Burton American composer (b. Feb. 2, 1912, New York, N.Y.--d. Jan. 5, 1997, New York), created ... Lane, Dick American professional football player (b. April 16, 1928, Austin, Texas-d. Jan. 29, 2002, Austin), was ... Lane, Franklin K(night) U.S. lawyer and politician who, as secretary of the interior (1913-20) made important contributions to ... Lane, Harriet acting American first lady (1857-61), niece of bachelor James Buchanan, 15th president of the United ... [1 Related Articles] Lane, John (from the article "typography") ...the distinction of their titles but also through the distinctiveness of their house styles acted ... Lane, Jonathan Homer U.S. astrophysicist who was the first to investigate mathematically the Sun as a gaseous body. ... Lane, Lois (from the article "Superman") ...provided the central tension of the saga. As the mild-mannered Kent, he worked as a ... Lane, Nathan American stage and film actor, who was best known for his work in musical comedies, ... [2 Related Articles] Lane, Ronald ), British rock bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was cofounder of the influential 1960s ... Lane, Sir Allen 20th-century pioneer of paperback publishing in England, whose belief in a market for high-quality books ... [2 Related Articles] Lane, Sir Hugh Percy Irish art dealer known for his collection of Impressionist paintings. Lanfranc Italian Benedictine who, as archbishop of Canterbury (1070-89) and trusted counsellor of William the Conqueror, ... [4 Related Articles] Lanfranco, Giovanni Italian painter, an important follower of the Bolognese school. 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Lang, Fritz Austrian-born American motion-picture director whose films, dealing with fate and man's inevitable working out of ... [2 Related Articles] Lang, Gladys (from the article "collective behaviour") ...disregard for his fellows' lives, many students believe that the fourth set of causes lies ... Lang, Helmut (from the article "Fashions") ...Kenneth Cole offered fitted white tank tops as an alternative to blouses. Christian Dior's John ... Lang, Jack Australian statesman and Labor premier of New South Wales (1925-27, 1930-32) whose defiance of Australia's ... [1 Related Articles] Lang, John Dunmore Australian churchman and writer, founder of the Australian Presbyterian Church, and an influence in shaping ... Lang, Kurt (from the article "collective behaviour") ...every individual's disregard for his fellows' lives, many students believe that the fourth set of ... Lang, Matheson English romantic actor and dramatist whose imposing presence, commanding features, and fine voice were as ... Lang, Matthaus German statesman and cardinal, counsellor of the emperor Maximilian I. Lang, William Henry (from the article "Kidston, Robert") During the second period (1904-22) of his work, Kidston was principally concerned with morphological problems. ... Langaled (from the article "Norway") One of the most serious problems facing the Stoltenberg government was the question of pollution ... langar (from the article "Amar Das") ...to spread the faith. He was much revered for his wisdom and piety, and it ... Langar, Mount (from the article "Hindu Kush") ...metres]), in Afghanistan, is followed farther south by the massif (principal mountain mass) of Saraghrara ... Langban (from the article "arsenate mineral") any of a group of naturally occurring compounds of arsenic, oxygen, and various metals, most ... Langbehn, Julius (from the article "fascism") ...of the Slavs that "the sooner they perish the better it will be for us ... Langdell, Christopher Columbus American educator, dean of the Harvard Law School (1870-95), who originated the case method of ... [1 Related Articles] Langdon, Harry (from the article "motion picture, history of the") ...Fine Mess (1930) and Sons of the Desert (1933). Their comic characters ... Langdon, John state legislator, governor, and U.S. senator during the Revolutionary and early national period (1775-1812). After ... Lange, Andre By collecting gold medals throughout the 2007-08 season, German bobsleigh driver Andre Lange confirmed that ... [1 Related Articles] Lange, Antoni Polish poet, literary critic, and translator who was a pioneer of the Young Poland movement. [2 Related Articles] Lange, Carl Georg (from the article "emotion") A few years later the Danish physician Carl Lange published a more constricted theory, maintaining ... 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Langeais town, west-central France, Indre-et-Loire departement, Centre region, on the right bank of ... Langeland island belonging to Denmark, in the Baltic Sea between Funen and Lolland islands. Langeland's castle ... Langen, Eugen German engineer who pioneered in building internal-combustion engines. [1 Related Articles] Langer, Bernhard (from the article "Golf") ...$44,464). Casey made up for that disappointment at year's end by being named European Tour ... Langer, Carl (from the article "fuel cell") ...to the early days of electrochemistry. British physicist William Grove used hydrogen and oxygen as ... Langer, Frantisek physician and writer, one of the outstanding Czech dramatists of the interwar period. [1 Related Articles] Langer, Susanne K. American philosopher and educator who wrote extensively on linguistic analysis and aesthetics. [4 Related Articles] Langerhans cell (from the article "integument") ...(branching) pigment cell to form "epidermal melanocyte units." 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Langiewicz, Marian (Melchior) Polish soldier and patriot who played a key role in the Polish Insurrection of 1863. Langjokull (Icelandic: "Long Glacier"), large ice field, west-central Iceland. Langjokull is 40 miles (64 km) long ... [1 Related Articles] Langkawi Island main island of the Langkawi group, in the Strait of Malacca, Peninsular (West) Malaysia. It ... Langlade (from the article "Saint-Pierre and Miquelon") ...a collectivite of France since 1985. The area of the main islands is 93 square ... Langland, William presumed author of one of the greatest examples of Middle English alliterative poetry, generally known ... [3 Related Articles] Langlands conjectures (from the article "Lafforgue, Laurent") ...Congress of Mathematicians in Beijing in 2002. Building on work by the 1990 Fields Medalist, ... Langlands, Robert (from the article "Lafforgue, Laurent") ...Fields Medalist, Russian Vladimir Drinfeld, Lafforgue established one important case of the Langlands conjectures. The ... langleik (from the article "zither") ...to Scandinavia and Iceland (e.g., the Swedish hummel) and were eventually influenced ... Langley city ("district municipality"), southwestern British Columbia, Canada, just east-southeast of Vancouver, near the U.S. (Washington) ... Langley aerodrome No. 5 aircraft designed and built by Samuel Pierpont Langley in 1896, the first powered heavier-than-air machine ... [1 Related Articles] Langley aerodrome No. 6 (from the article "Langley aerodrome No. 5") The flights of May 26 represented a turning point in Langley's experiments. On Nov. 28, ... Langley, Deo (from the article "Native American music") ...music by the 1800s, and those repertories are considered traditional in the 21st century. The ... Langley, Samuel Pierpont American astrophysicist and aeronautical pioneer who developed new instruments with which to study the Sun ... 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Langston, John Mercer black leader, educator, and diplomat, who is believed to have been the first black ever ... Langtoft, Peter author of an Anglo-Norman chronicle in alexandrines, canon of the Augustinian priory at Bridlington. He ...

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