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 Regis, Pierre-Sylvain ... Reidy, Affonso Regis, Pierre-Sylvain (from the article "Cartesianism") ...(1621-95), the French writer of animal fables, for expending their emotions over such inconsiderable creatures ... regisseur (French: "manager"), theatrical director or stage manager, especially in France, Russia, Germany, and Italy, whose ... register (from the article "diplomatics") ...documents, too. The popes were among the first to adopt the old Roman practice of ... register (from the article "integrated circuit") Microprocessors contain some circuits, known as registers, that store information. Registers are predetermined memory locations. ... Register House (from the article "Edinburgh") ...residential space gave way to shops and hotels. Princes Street became the main shopping street ... register-tone language (from the article "Tai languages") The Thai tones are as follows: level (using no diacritic), low (using a grave accent), ... registered mail (from the article "postal system") The range of services available to the public has also grown steadily since the first ... registrar (from the article "museum, operation of") ...relevant to museum collections (normally designated curators or keepers), information scientists involved in the documentation ... registration (from the article "keyboard instrument") Two-manual harpsichords of this kind permit players to exploit the difference in the tone colours ... registration (from the article "printmaking") The registering system depends on the method of printing used. On a press the registering ... registration (from the article "property law") In the example of the watch, the distinction between contract and conveyance became important as ... Registrum Gregorii, Master of the (from the article "painting, Western") ...for the church year) of Gero (c. 960), were copied line for line from a ... regium donum (Latin: "royal gift"), annual grant made from public funds to Presbyterian ministers in Ireland and ... Regius, Henricus (from the article "Descartes, Rene") ...Leiden in 1630. In 1631 he visited Denmark with the physician and alchemist Etienne de ... Regla city, west-central Cuba. Situated on the southeastern shore of La Habana Bay, Regla was a ... Reglement Organique 19th-century constitution, imposed under a Russian protectorate, that introduced elected political institutions in the principalities ... Regnard, Jean-Francois French dramatist, one of the most successful of the successors of Moliere, whose wit and ... [1 Related Articles] Regnault de Saint Jean d'Angely, Michel-Louis-Etienne, Comte administrator under the French Directory and Napoleon I's Empire. He persuaded Napoleon, at the end ... Regnault, Henri-Victor French chemist and physicist noted for his work on the properties of gases. [1 Related Articles] Regnellidium (from the article "Marsileaceae") ...has cloverlike leaves with four leaflets and is widely distributed. Pilularia (pillwort), also nearly cosmopolitan, ... Regnier, Henri de foremost French poet of the first decade of the 20th century. [2 Related Articles] Regnier, Mathurin French satiric poet whose works recall those of Horace, Juvenal, Ariosto, and Ronsard in free ... regnum Burgundiae (from the article "Burgundy") ...of the Frankish king Clotar I in 561, however, the Frankish kingdom was partitioned among ... Rego, Emanuel (from the article "Volleyball") ...beach volleyball champions also hailed from Brazil. The women were led by the tandem of ... Regolini-Galassi Tomb (from the article "ancient Italic people") ...the potter's wheel, and monumental funerary architecture accompanied the accumulation of luxury goods of gold ... regolith (from the article "Deimos") In spite of its tiny gravity, only about a thousandth that of Earth, Deimos has ... Regosol one of the 30 soil groups in the classification system of the Food and Agriculture ... [1 Related Articles] regression (from the article "defense mechanism") 4. Regression is a return to earlier stages of development and abandoned forms of gratification ... regression analysis (from the article "statistics") Regression analysis involves identifying the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent ... regression to the mean (from the article "probability and statistics") ...of inherited characteristics; in particular, he used his model to explain the tendency of progeny ... Regressive Pueblo period (from the article "Ancestral Pueblo culture") ...and their approximate dates are Late Basketmaker II (AD 100-500), Basketmaker III (500-750), Pueblo I ... regressive tax tax that imposes a smaller burden (relative to resources) on those who are wealthier; its ... [3 Related Articles] regular delay cap (from the article "explosive") Delay electric blasting caps are the most commonly used means for obtaining rotational firing. They ... regular graph (from the article "combinatorics") A graph G is said to be regular of degree n1 if each vertex is ... regular medical insurance (from the article "insurance") ...and maximum allowances for room and board. Surgical expense insurance covers the surgeon's charge for ... regular number (from the article "mathematics") Regular numbers are those whose prime factors divide the base; the reciprocals of such numbers ... regular polygon (from the article "mathematics") ...into an important example of the theory of finite commutative groups. And in the long ... regular solution (from the article "liquid") The word regular implies that the molecules mix in a completely random manner, which means ... regularization (from the article "celestial mechanics") ...close approaches are sometimes handled by a change to a set of variables, usually involving ... regulated company (from the article "chartered company") The earliest English chartered companies were the Merchant Adventurers (q.v.) and the Merchant Staplers. Such ... Regulating Act (from the article "India") ...in Bengal and in London. He left a personal legend behind him, but his administration ... regulating rod (from the article "nuclear reactor") Regulating rods are deliberately designed to affect reactivity only by a small degree. It is ... regulation (from the article "Business Overview") The tobacco industry contended with many of 2007's major trends-consolidation and regulation. As the U.S. ... Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities, Convention on the (from the article "Antarctica") ...political concerns over the commercial exploration and eventual development of such resources if found led, ... regulator gene (from the article "blood group") ...of the Rh system probably depends on the existence of operator genes, which turn the ... Regulators of North Carolina (1764-71), in American colonial history, vigilance society dedicated to fighting exorbitant legal fees and the ... [1 Related Articles] regulatory agency independent governmental commission established by legislative act in order to set standards in a specific ... [2 Related Articles] regulatory sign (from the article "roads and highways") Signs advise the driver of special regulations and provide information about hazards and navigation. They ... regulatory site (from the article "metabolism") ...or active, site; the proper fit between the substrate and the active site is an ... regulatory T cell (from the article "lymphocyte") ...by the appropriate antigen, helper T cells secrete chemical messengers called cytokines, which stimulate the ... Regulidae (from the article "passeriform") ...feet, and syringeal characters. About 15 genera, approximately 90 species. Worldwide except polar regions and ... Regulus (from the article "rocket and missile system") While the U.S. Air Force was exploring the Snark, Navaho, and Matador programs, the navy ... Regulus brightest star in the zodiacal constellation Leo and one of the brightest in the entire ... Regulus II (from the article "rocket and missile system") A follow-on design, Regulus II, was pursued briefly, striving for supersonic speed. However, the navy's ... Regulus, Marcus Atilius Roman general and statesman whose career, greatly embellished by legend, was seen by the Romans ... [1 Related Articles] regur (from the article "India") Among the in situ soils are the red-to-yellow (including laterite) and black soils known locally ... regurgitation (from the article "owl") ...A variety of owls may depend on a single prey species when it becomes exceptionally ... rehabilitation (from the article "crime") In the 1970s in the United States, for example, rehabilitation programs were largely abandoned because ... Rehan, Ada American actress of the late 19th century, one of the finest of her day, whose ... Rehberg, August Wilhelm (from the article "Stein, Karl, Reichsfreiherr vom und zum") August Wilhelm Rehberg, whom he met in Gottingen, became a close friend and exercised a ... rehearsal (from the article "directing") The director's efforts are naturally affected by the length of time given to rehearsals. These ... rehearsal (from the article "attention") An important aspect of the control process in many circumstances is rehearsal. In this sense ... reheat turbine (from the article "gas-turbine engine") ...to stationary gas turbines where components may be added to increase efficiency. Improvements could include ... Rehman Dheri (from the article "India") ...the Early Harappan Period was Kot Diji (in present-day Sind province, Pakistan). A stone rubble ... Rehman, Shabana Pakistani-born Norwegian performer Shabana Rehman was no stranger to controversy; being a Muslim woman and ... Rehn, Ludwig (from the article "medicine, history of") The attitude of the medical profession toward heart surgery was for long overshadowed by doubt ... Rehnquist, William 16th chief justice of the United States, appointed to the Supreme Court in 1971 and ... [5 Related Articles] Rehoboam (from the article "biblical literature") After Solomon died (922 BCE), he was succeeded by Rehoboam, who proved to be unfit ... Rehoboth town, central Namibia. The town is located about 52 miles (84 km) south of Windhoek, ... [1 Related Articles] Rehovot city, central Israel, on the coastal plain south-southwest of Tel Aviv-Yafo, in the centre of ... rehydration (from the article "cholera") ...percent of those requiring therapy. This treatment consists largely of replacing lost fluid and salts ... Rei-sai (from the article "Shinto") ...year, including the Spring Festival (Haru Matsuri, or Toshigoi-no-Matsuri; Prayer for Good Harvest Festival), Autumn ... Reich (from the article "Reich") (German: "Empire"), any of the empires of the Germans or Germany: the Holy Roman Empire ... Reich Sports Field (from the article "Olympic Games") ...descent was a member of the German team (see Sidebar: Helene Mayer: Fencing for the ... Reich, Philipp Erasmus (from the article "publishing, history of") ...present day: that founded by Johann Friedrich Gleditsch in 1694, which was taken over by ... Reich, Steve American composer who was one of the leading exponents of minimalism, a style based on ... [1 Related Articles] Reich, Wilhelm Viennese psychologist who developed a system of psychoanalysis that concentrated on overall character structure, rather ... Reich-Ranicki, Marcel Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-born German literary critic, capped a brilliant career in August 2002 when he ... Reicha, Anton (from the article "Liszt, Franz") Liszt moved with his family to Paris in 1823, giving concerts in Germany on the ... Reiche, Maria German-born Peruvian mathematician and archaeologist (b. May 15, 1903, Dresden, Ger.--d. June 8, 1998, Lima, ... Reichelderfer, Francis W. (from the article "weather forecasting") Weather forecasting became an important tool for aviation during the 1920s and '30s. Its application ... Reichenau island in the Untersee, the western arm of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Baden-Wurttemberg [1 Related Articles] Reichenau Bridge (from the article "bridge") ...in Switzerland with the bridges of Christian Menn. Menn's early arch bridges were influenced by ... Reichenau, Walther von German field marshal who commanded the army that captured Warsaw (1939) and the 6th Army ... [1 Related Articles] Reichenbach Falls falls on the Reichenbach (creek) in Bern canton, central Switzerland, one of the highest falls ... Reichenbach, Convention of (from the article "Hertzberg, Ewald Friedrich, Graf von") ...and Thorn to Prussia. Britain refused to back Hertzberg and relations with Austria deteriorated almost ... Reichenbach, Francois-Arnold French filmmaker (b. July 3, 1921, Paris, France--d. Feb. 2, 1993, Neuilly, near Paris), wrote, ... Reichenbach, Georg von German maker of astronomical instruments who introduced the meridian, or transit, circle, a specially designed ... Reichenbach, Hans philosopher and educator who was a leading representative of the Vienna Circle and founder of ... [5 Related Articles] Reichenbach, Treaty of (from the article "Metternich, Klemens, Furst von") ...and Prussians at Bautzen shook Metternich's will to make war and stiffened Napoleon's attitude, Metternich ... Reichle, Hans (from the article "Western sculpture") While the influence of Giambologna persisted in some quarters, Hans Krumper and Hans Reichle produced ... Reichs, Kathy Reichsabschied (from the article "Diet") ...to the emperor as "the resolution of the empire" (conclusum imperii). All the decisions of ... Reichsadlerhumpen (from the article "glassware") ...naivete in their painting give them an authentic unsophisticated charm. The most favoured types of ... Reichsbank (from the article "Schacht, Hjalmar") ...a rigorous monetary program for halting rampant inflation and stabilizing the mark, and in December ... Reichsburgergesetz (from the article "Nurnberg Laws") two race-based measures depriving Jews of rights, designed by Adolf Hitler and approved by the ... Reichsfeinde (from the article "Germany") ...2 seats in the first imperial election to 35 by 1890, when the SPD actually ... Reichsfuhrer (from the article "Fuhrer") ...apex of a hierarchy. Directly below him were several Reichsleiter ("Reich leaders") with various portfolios, ... Reichsfurstenstand (from the article "prince") ...consisting of the holders of well-defined territorial lordships in immediate dependence on the German king ... Reichskammergericht supreme court of the Holy Roman Empire. The court was established by Maximilian I in ... [2 Related Articles] Reichskommissariat Ukraine (from the article "Ukraine") ...to Romania, and gave Romania control over the area between the Dniester and Southern Buh ... Reichsleiter (from the article "Fuhrer") Organizationally, the Fuhrer stood at the apex of a hierarchy. Directly below him were several ... Reichsrat (from the article "Austria") ...in Italy convinced Francis Joseph that neoabsolutism had failed. Clamour for economic, political, and even ... Reichsregiment (from the article "Maximilian I") In 1500 the imperial princes at the Reichstag in Augsburg withdrew considerable power from Maximilian ... Reichsritter (from the article "Germany") The lesser nobility included two distinct elements. The imperial knights (Reichsritter) held ... Reichssicherheitshauptamt (from the article "SS") The Allgemeine-SS dealt mainly with police and "racial" matters. Its most important division was the ... Reichstadt, Napoleon-Francois-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte, Herzog von, principe di Parma, Piacenza, e Guastalla only son of Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Marie-Louise; at birth he was styled king ... [1 Related Articles] Reichstag (from the article "Goring, Hermann") In 1927 he returned to Germany, where his contacts in German industry proved useful, and ... Reichstag building in Berlin that is the meeting place of Germany's national legislature. One of Berlin's ... [2 Related Articles] Reichstag fire burning of the Reichstag (parliament) building in Berlin, on the night of Feb. 27, 1933, ... [4 Related Articles] Reichstein, Tadeus Swiss chemist who, with Philip S. Hench and Edward C. Kendall, received the Nobel Prize ... [1 Related Articles] Reid, Beryl Elizabeth British character actress known for her versatility and best remembered for her roles as the ... Reid, Escott Canadian diplomat who was instrumental in 1947 in helping to draft the rules for the ... Reid, Forrest Northern Irish novelist and critic who early came under the influence of Henry James; he ... Reid, Harry Fielding American seismologist and glaciologist who in 1911 developed the elastic rebound theory of earthquake mechanics, ... [1 Related Articles] Reid, John (from the article "golf") Golf as an organized game in the United States, however, usually is dated from the ... Reid, John (from the article "European Union") When it was announced that Bulgaria and Romania would be admitted to the EU at ... Reid, Mike British actor and comedian portrayed Frank Butcher in more than 500 episodes of the BBC ... Reid, R. E. H. (from the article "dinosaur") ...live? How did they reproduce? The evidence concerning growth and life expectancy is sparse but ... Reid, Robert (from the article "Ten, The") ...to their paintings. The members of The Ten were Childe Hassam, John Henry Twachtman, J. ... Reid, Sir George Houston statesman and prime minister of Australia (1904-05) who as premier of New South Wales (1894-99) ... Reid, Sir William (from the article "Earth sciences") ...the region in which hurricanes are generated, and he recognized how the tracks of these ... Reid, Thomas Scottish philosopher who rejected the skeptical Empiricism of David Hume in favour of a "philosophy ... [5 Related Articles] Reid, Whitelaw U.S. journalist, diplomat, and politician, successor to Horace Greeley in 1872 as editor in chief ... Reid, William Ronald Canadian sculptor, carver, and goldsmith (b. Jan. 12, 1920, Victoria, B.C.--d. March 13, 1998, Vancouver, ... Reidy, Affonso Brazilian architect, a pioneer of the modern architectural movement in Brazil. [2 Related Articles]

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