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 Pan ... pandiatonicism Pan (from the article "Amalthea") ...probably results from contamination by particles of sulfur and sulfur compounds that are continually shed ... Pan Am flight 103 disaster terrorist bombing of a passenger airliner operated by Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) on ... Pan America, Operation (from the article "Brazil") ...the project, but most Brazilians in other regions regarded the nascent city as a symbol ... Pan American Institute of Geography and History (from the article "map") The Pan American Institute of Geography and History has sponsored regular meetings and consultations on ... Pan American Sports Games quadrennial sports event for the nations of the Western Hemisphere, patterned after the Olympic Games ... [3 Related Articles] Pan American World Airways, Inc. former American airline that was founded in 1927 and, up until the final two decades ... [8 Related Articles] pan joist system (from the article "building construction") ...rest on girders, and girders rest on columns in a regular pattern. This system needs ... pan o palo (from the article "Mexico") ...and development. The emphasis was on economic development to assure social progress. How such development ... Pan Tianshou Chinese painter, art educator, and art theorist who was one of the most important traditional ... Pan, Hermes U.S. choreographer of dazzling motion picture dance sequences, especially in his work with Fred Astaire. Pan-African congresses (from the article "Kenyatta, Jomo") Kenyatta helped organize the fifth Pan-African Congress, which met in Manchester, England, on October 15-18, ... Pan-African e-Network (from the article "Mauritius") ...affairs. Following the inspection of several Indian-sponsored development projects and after meetings with local scientists ... Pan-African orogeny (from the article "Asia") ...also created some of the microcontinents with basements older than 2 billion years (such as ... Pan-African Parliament (from the article "African Union") ...the African Union, was ratified by two-thirds of the OAU's members and came into force ... Pan-Africanism (from the article "Afrocentrism") Afrocentrism was influenced by several earlier black nationalist movements, including Ethiopianism and Pan-Africanism. The latter ... Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania political organization of South African blacks who joined together to work for majority rule and ... [5 Related Articles] Pan-American Association of Composers (from the article "Varese, Edgard") Varese actively promoted performances of works by other 20th-century performers and founded the International Composers' ... Pan-American conferences various meetings between representatives of some or all of the independent states of the Western ... [3 Related Articles] Pan-American Health Organization (from the article "Literature") ...first three volumes of his multivolume study of the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-85). A ditadura ... Pan-American Highway network of highways connecting North America and South America. Originally conceived in 1923 as a ... [7 Related Articles] Pan-Babylonism (from the article "sacred kingship") ...ethnological reports and studies, Frazer concentrated on the preliminary stage. With the discovery of texts ... Pan-Cake makeup (from the article "makeup") ...Various colour films caused existing greasepaint used on players' faces to appear yellowish or red ... Pan-ch'iao shih (municipality) and seat of T'ai-pei hsien (county), northern Taiwan, 4 mi (7 km) southwest ... Pan-chiang Riot (from the article "Kweichow") ..."a riot every 30 years and a major rebellion every 60 years." In 1726 at ... Pan-German League (from the article "Hasse, Ernst") German nationalist and political leader who turned the General German League (Allgemeiner Deutscher Verband), founded ... Pan-German Party (from the article "Schonerer, Georg, Ritter von") Austrian political extremist, founder of the Pan-German Party (1885). He was a virulent anti-Semite and ... Pan-Germanism movement whose goal was the political unification of all people speaking German or a Germanic ... [4 Related Articles] Pan-Islamism (from the article "Central Asia, history of") ...a greater Muslim world community and their sense of being a "nation" rather than a ... pan-liang (from the article "coin") ...was issued about the mid-3rd century, but it was not until 221 BC that the ... Pan-Philippine Highway (from the article "Philippines") ...Thousands of miles of roads of various types have also been constructed on Mindanao, Mindoro, ... Pan-Russian Orthodox Council (from the article "Khrapovitsky, Antony") With the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, Antony participated in the 1917-18 Pan-Russian Orthodox Council ... Pan-Scandinavianism an unsuccessful 19th-century movement for Scandinavian unity that enflamed passions during the Schleswig-Holstein crises. Like ... [3 Related Articles] Pan-Slavism 19th-century movement that recognized a common ethnic background among the various Slav peoples of eastern ... [11 Related Articles] Pan-Turanianism late 19th- and early 20th-century movement to unite politically and culturally all the Turkic, Tatar, ... [3 Related Articles] Pan-Turkism political movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which had as its goal ... [6 Related Articles] panachage (from the article "list system") ...individual candidates, a number of variations on the system permit voter preferences for individuals to ... Panaenos (from the article "painting, Western") ...Athenians. Thus, probably for the first time in Greek history, painters placed their talents at ... Panaetius the founder of Roman Stoic philosophy, and a friend of Scipio Aemilianus and of Polybius. [5 Related Articles] Panaji town, capital of Goa state, western India, on the Mandavi River. It was a tiny ... [1 Related Articles] Panama country of Central America located on the Isthmus of Panama, the narrow bridge of land ... [29 Related Articles] Panama Canal lock-type canal, owned and administered by the Republic of Panama, that connects the Atlantic and ... [26 Related Articles] Panama Canal Commission (from the article "Panama Canal") The Panama Canal Authority is charged with the administration, operation, conservation, maintenance, and modernization of ... Panama Canal Treaty (from the article "Panama Canal") ...continued to press for more drastic changes, including eventual full sovereignty over the canal. After ... Panama City capital of the Republic of Panama, located near the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, ... [9 Related Articles] Panama City city, seat (1913) of Bay county, northwestern Florida, U.S. It is the port of entry ... Panama disease a devastating disease caused by the soil-inhabiting fungus species Fusarium oxysporum variety cubense, which is ... Panama hat (from the article "Ecuador") ...the estimated 400,000 Ecuadorans living in Spain to select and pay for goods that their ... Panama hat plant (from the article "Cyclanthaceae") the Panama hat palm order of monocotyledonous flowering plants, which has 11 genera of mostly ... Panama Scandal (from the article "France") A new crisis soon arose for the regime: the Panama Scandal. Ferdinand, vicomte de Lesseps, ... Panama, Audiencia of (from the article "Central America") ...the establishment of the Viceroyalty of New Spain at Mexico City included the northern portion ... Panama, flag of quartered white-red-blue-white national flag with two five-pointed stars, one blue and one red. The flag's ... Panama, Gulf of inlet of the Pacific Ocean, bordering the southern side of the Isthmus of Panama. It ... Panama, history of (from the article "Panama") History1989 U.S. invasioninternational relationsThe Philippines ... Panama, Isthmus of land link extending east-west about 400 miles (640 km) from the border of Costa Rica ... [5 Related Articles] Panama, University of (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...and older have not completed primary school, yet it is estimated that nine-tenths of the ... Panamanian capybara (from the article "capybara") South American capybaras may be 1.25 metres (4 feet) long and weigh 66 kg (145 ... Panamanian frog (from the article "animal communication") In certain cases a vocalization can vary in ways that increase or decrease its locatability. ... Panamanian golden toad small, bright yellow toad, often with a few black spots or blotches, that is found ... Panamerican Center for Geographic Studies and Investigation (from the article "Ecuador") Much research takes place outside the universities. Geographic and environmental research and postgraduate training are ... Panamint Range group of mountains lying mainly in Inyo county, eastern California, U.S. The range forms the ... [1 Related Articles] Panammu (from the article "Syrian and Palestinian religion") ...The monarch's expectations of life after death are expressed in an inscription on an 8th-century ... PanAmSat Corporation (from the article "Hughes Electronics Corporation") ...of Hughes Electronics to Raytheon Company and consolidated Delco Electronics with Delphi, another GM automotive ... Panaramittee style (from the article "art and architecture, Oceanic") One of the earliest known styles is the Panaramittee. It was widespread, mainly through southern ... Panarity, Querim (from the article "Albania, flag of") Albanian immigrants Faik Konitsa of Brussels and Querim Panarity of Boston popularized Skanderbeg in the ... Panasqueira tungsten mine, central Portugal. Located in the Estrela Mountains (Serra da Estrela), it is about ... panatela (from the article "cigar") ...in. long; bouquet is a smaller, torpedo-shaped cigar; Londres is a straight cigar about 4 ... Panathenaea in Greek religion, an annual Athenian festival of great antiquity and importance. It was eventually ... [6 Related Articles] Panathenaic Stadium (from the article "Athens") ...Royal Palace (now the Presidential Residence) was built during 1891-97, a little southeast of the ... Panax quinquefolium (from the article "Araliaceae") ...root that is used as a substitute for sarsaparilla. Ginseng root, from Panax ginseng, has ... Panax schinseng (from the article "Araliaceae") Wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) has an aromatic root that is used as a substitute for ... Panay island, westernmost of the Visaya group, central Philippines, surrounded by the Sibuyan, Visayan, and Sulu ... [1 Related Articles] Panay Island cloud rat (from the article "cloud rat") Three of the four species of Crateromys were first described by scientists during the 1980s ... Panaz Tepe (from the article "Aegean civilizations") ...the name of Ahhiyawa, probably the equivalent to Homer's Achaeans at Troy. These records, from ... panc-piara (from the article "Gobind Singh") ...to another Gobind Singh had merely tested the men's faith and slaughtered five goats instead. ... panca-paramesthin (from the article "siddha") ...from the cycle of rebirths and resides in a state of perpetual bliss in the ... panca-sila (from the article "sila") Laymen are to observe the first five precepts (panca-sila) at all times. Occasionally, such as ... pancake dome (from the article "Venus") ...and the massive shield volcanoes are many smaller volcanic landforms. Enormous numbers of small volcanic ... pancake ice (from the article "sea ice") Under more turbulent conditions, when the water is disturbed by wind and waves, frazil crystals ... pancake tortoise (from the article "turtle") Most tortoises have high, domed shells, the major exception being the pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri) ... pancama (from the article "varna") ...of them in the four-varna system bestowed on them a measure of dignity. A move ... Pancaratra early Hindu religious movement whose members worshiped the deified sage Narayana (who came to be ... [4 Related Articles] Pancarida (from the article "crustacean") ...eggs often attached to abdominal appendages; worldwide; mostly marine but also freshwater and a few ... Pancasikha (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...Samkhya work. Isvarakrsna describes himself as laying down the essential teachings of Kapila as taught ... Pancasila the Indonesian state philosophy, formulated by the Indonesian nationalist leader Sukarno. It was first articulated ... [1 Related Articles] Panchakosi (from the article "Varanasi") ...of the city are narrow, winding, and impassable for motor traffic; the newer, outer suburbs ... Panchatantra collection of Indian animal fables, which has had extensive circulation both in the country of ... [8 Related Articles] panchayat the most important adjudicating and licensing agency in the self-government of an Indian caste. There ... [4 Related Articles] panchayat-raj (from the article "panchayat") ...court or retry them after the verdict of the state court has been given. The ... Panchen Lama any of the line of reincarnated lamas in Tibet, each of whom heads the influential ... [3 Related Articles] Panchimalco town, southern El Salvador. It lies in the Pacific coastal range just south of San ... panchromatic film (from the article "photography, history of") ...process. It used a colour screen (a glass plate covered with grains of starch dyed ... panchromatic makeup (from the article "makeup") ...Society of Motion Picture Engineers conducted a special series of tests for this purpose in ... Panckoucke, Charles-Joseph (from the article "encyclopaedia") ...more than two centuries. In 1753 a two-volume supplement to the 7th edition of Ephraim ... pancratium ancient Greek sports event that combined boxing and wrestling, introduced at the Xxxiii Olympiad (648 ... [2 Related Articles] pancreas compound gland that discharges digestive enzymes into the gut and secretes the hormones insulin and ... [16 Related Articles] pancreas transplant (from the article "transplant") The pancreas consists of two kinds of tissues: endocrine and exocrine. The latter produces pancreatic ... pancreatic amylase (from the article "amylase") Alpha-amylase is widespread among living organisms. In the digestive systems of humans and many other ... pancreatic cancer a disease characterized by abnormal growth of cells in the pancreas, a 15-cm- (6-inch-) long ... [1 Related Articles] pancreatic hormone (from the article "endocrine system, human") Hormonesislets of LangerhansLangerhans, islets of...described ... pancreatic juice (from the article "transplant") The pancreas consists of two kinds of tissues: endocrine and exocrine. The latter produces pancreatic ... pancreatic polypeptide (from the article "digestive system, human") Special endocrine cells, "PP" cells, secrete pancreatic polypeptide in response to protein meals. Their function ... pancreatitis inflammation of the pancreas, either acute or chronic. The disorder is most commonly caused by ... [2 Related Articles] pancuronium bromide (from the article "lethal injection") ...in the following order: (1) sodium thiopental, a barbiturate commonly used as an anesthesia for ... pancytopenia (from the article "aplastic anemia") ...number of blood cells. There may be a lack of all cell types-white blood cells ... panda (from the article "Taiwan") ...military aircraft to Taiwan. China also voiced concerns and warned of serious repercussions. A minor ... panda reddish brown, long-tailed, raccoonlike mammal, about the size of a large cat, that is found ... [3 Related Articles] panda plant (from the article "kalanchoe") The most common species, valued for their unusual foliage, include the panda plant (K. tomentosa); ... panda, giant bearlike mammal inhabiting bamboo forests in the mountains of central China. Its striking coat of ... [6 Related Articles] Pandaceae (from the article "Malpighiales") Pandaceae contains 3 genera and 15 species of trees to shrubs, growing from Africa to ... Pandalus montagui (from the article "crustacean") ...are also hermaphrodites; their ovaries contain scattered sperm-producing lobes among the developing eggs. A change ... Pandanaceae (from the article "Pandanales") The four genera of the family Pandanaceae-Pandanus (screw pine), Freycinetia, Sararanga, and Martellidendron-are distributed in ... Pandanales diverse order of the monocotyledon (monocot) group, whose 1,345 species range from large arborescent plants ... pandanus any of some 600 tropical species of Old World trees and shrubs of the screw ... [3 Related Articles] Pandanus veitchii (from the article "houseplant") ...milky-green leaves with white stripes; and D. sanderiana, the ribbon plant, a diminutive and slender, ... Pandarus in Greek legend, son of Lycaon, a Lycian. In Homer's Iliad, Book IV, Pandarus breaks ... Pandavas (from the article "Pandavas") in Hindu legend, the five sons of the dynastic hero Pandu who were victorious in ... Pandawa play (from the article "Southeast Asian arts") ...to indigenous animistic festivals and worship of local spirits, some directly dramatizing episodes from the ... Panday, Basdeo (from the article "Trinidad and Tobago") ...in May to investigate whether Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma should be removed from office. Sharma ... Pandectists (from the article "property law") Liberal conceptions of property seem to have influenced legal thought later in the 19th century. ... Pandects collection of passages from the writings of Roman jurists, arranged in 50 books and subdivided ... [7 Related Articles] pandemic (from the article "Bird Flu-The Next Human Pandemic?") In 2005 an epidemic of a viral respiratory disease called bird flu (avian influenza) continued ... Pander, Christian Heinrich (from the article "zoology") ...described by various workers, notably the German-trained comparative embryologist Karl von Baer, who was the ... Panderichthys (from the article "Life Sciences") New studies of two sarcopterygian fish of the Middle Devonian also revealed several tetrapod-like features. ... Panderma rug any of several types of floor coverings handwoven at Panderma (now Bandirma), a town in ... Pandharpur town, southern Maharashtra state, western India. It lies along the Bhima River, west of Sholapur ... [1 Related Articles] pandiatonicism (from the article "harmony") Similar in a sense to Stravinsky's pandiatonicism, or use of diatonic chords without the limitations ...

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