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 S Andromeda ... Sabaheddin S Andromeda (from the article "galaxy") ...Milky Way Galaxy. If this was the case, it was argued, then its extraordinary brightness ... S band (from the article "radar") The ASR-9 system operates at frequencies from 2.7 to 2.9 GHz (within the S band). ... S Doradus variable supergiant star in the Large Magellanic Cloud (the latter is one of two galactic ... S&H Green Stamps (from the article "trading stamp") Trading stamps appeared in the United States and Great Britain in the late 19th century. ... S&P 350 Index (from the article "Economic Affairs") ...Biographies) as German chancellor, and the DAX ended the year up 27.1%. There were substantial ... S&P 500 in the United States, a stock market index that tracks 500 publicly traded domestic companies. ... [2 Related Articles] S&P/TSX Composite index (from the article "Economic Affairs") ...Paul Martin's minority Liberal government on November 28 managed to curtail the market's year-end performance. ... S&S-Arrow (from the article "roller coaster") ...the tide when he opened the doors to Disneyland in Anaheim in July 1955 and ... S'ad ad-Dawlah (from the article "Arghun") In 1289 Arghun appointed an anti-Islamic Jew, Sa'd ad-Dawlah, first as his minister of finance ... S'adad-Din (from the article "Ifat") ...dominion extended eastward to the port of Zeila.) Thereafter Ifat was continually in revolt against ... S-2 (from the article "rocket and missile system") The French deployed the first of their solid-fueled S-2 missiles in 1971. These two-stage IRBMs ... S-3 (from the article "rocket and missile system") The French deployed the first of their solid-fueled S-2 missiles in 1971. These two-stage IRBMs ... S-37 (from the article "Sukhoy") ...Its Su-34 fighter-bomber began replacing the Su-24, while the redesigned Su-39 ground-attack aircraft began substituting ... S-adenosyl methionine (from the article "organosulfur compound") ...The first known optically active sulfur compounds were sulfonium salts, prepared in 1900. A number ... S-Bahn (from the article "Berlin") Modern rapid transit systems have existed since the 19th century. Construction of the Stadt- or ... s-block element (from the article "organometallic compound") The metal in main-group organometallic compounds can be any of the elements in the s ... S-class asteroid (from the article "Asteroid taxonomic classes") ...a close flyby was Gaspra, which was observed in October 1991 by the Galileo spacecraft ... s-Hertogenbosch gemeente (municipality), south-central Netherlands. It is situated where the Dommel and Aa rivers join to ... [1 Related Articles] s-orbital (from the article "chemical bonding") As noted above, a subshell with quantum number l consists of 2l + 1 individual ... S-potential (from the article "eye, human") ...manners, transmit their effects to bipolar and horizontal cells. The latter neurons have been studied ... s-process (from the article "chemical element") ...elements, have been produced by successive capture of neutrons. Two processes of neutron capture may ... s-surface (from the article "metamorphic rock") The most obvious features of metamorphic rocks are certain planar features that are often termed ... S-tank (from the article "tank") The same 105-millimetre gun was adopted for the Pz. 61 and Pz. 68 tanks produced ... S-twist (from the article "twisting") ...fibres or yarns together in a continuous strand, accomplished in spinning or playing operations. The ... S-type granite (from the article "granite") ...protoliths (source rocks). These result in I-type granitoids, derived from igneous protoliths and containing moderate ... S-type star (from the article "stellar classification") Supplementary classes of cool stars include R and N (often called C-type, or carbon stars: ... S.6B (from the article "military aircraft") ...it could demonstrate its potential. Nevertheless, it was the progenitor of a series of monoplanes ... S.C. Johnson & Son (from the article "Wright, Frank Lloyd") ...publicity from 1936 to the present. Probably Wright's most-admired work, it was later given to ... S0 galaxy (from the article "galaxy") These systems exhibit some of the properties of both the ellipticals and the spirals and ... S4 (from the article "applied logic") ...developed by the conceptual pragmatist C.I. Lewis (1883-1964), primary author of Symbolic ... S5 (from the article "applied logic") ...'Necessarily p' implies 'It is necessary that necessarily p' "-i.e., Lp ⊃ ... SA in the German Nazi Party, a paramilitary organization whose methods of violent intimidation played a ... [7 Related Articles] Sa de Miranda, Francisco de Portuguese poet who introduced Renaissance poetic forms to Portugal. [2 Related Articles] Sa Dec town on the Mekong River delta, southern Vietnam. It is a river port, agricultural trading ... Sa galaxy (from the article "galaxy") These normal spirals have narrow, tightly wound arms, which usually are visible because of the ... Sa'adah, Antun Syrian political agitator who sought to unify Syria with neighbouring areas that he considered really ... Sa'adi (from the article "Egypt") The inhabitants of the Western Desert, outside the oases, are of mixed Arab and Amazigh ... Sa'adia ben Joseph Jewish exegete, philosopher, and polemicist whose influence on Jewish literary and communal activities made him ... [9 Related Articles] Sa'd ad-Din Ibrahim On May 21, 2001, less than two hours after the defense lawyers had completed their ... Sa'd ebn Zangi (from the article "Iran") ...Zangi (reigned 1231-60), whom he mentions by name in his Bustan ("The ... Sa'd ibn Mu'adh (from the article "Muhammad") ...complicit with the enemy during the Battle of the Ditch, Muhammad turned against them. The ... Sa'dabad Pact (from the article "Iraq") ...countries were settled, including one over the boundary with Syria, which was concluded in Iraq's ... Sa'dah town, northwestern Yemen, in the mountainous Yemen Highlands. It was the original capital of the ... Sa'dawi, Nawal al- (from the article "Literature") ...approach of his retirement. The book escaped banality not only because of its reflection on ... Sa'di Persian poet, one of the greatest figures in classical Persian literature. [4 Related Articles] Sa'di dynasty (from the article "western Africa, history of") ...to the Moroccan borders. This upset the balance of trans-Saharan trade, as Ghana's attempt to ... Sa'diyah (from the article "Rifa'iyah") The Syrian branch of the order, the Sa'diyah (or Jibawiyah), was given its form by ... Sa'dullah Khan (from the article "India") ...nawabs (deputies) of the Balaghat, or northern Karnataka (such as 'Abd al-Rasul Khan of Sira), ... Sa'ib Persian poet, one of the greatest masters of a form of classical Arabic and Persian ... [2 Related Articles] Sa'ib Khathir (from the article "Islamic arts") ...musician Jamila, around whom clustered musicians, poets, and dignitaries; the male musician Tuways, who, attracted ... Sa'id (from the article "Najahid Dynasty") Two of Najah's sons, Sa'id and Jayyash, who had fled the capital, plotted to restore ... Sa'id ibn Sultan in full Sa'id Ibn Sultan Ibn Ahmad Ibn Sa'id Al-busa 'idi, also called Sa'id Imam, ... [4 Related Articles] Sa'id ibn Taymur (from the article "Qaboos bin Said") ...Al Bu Sa'id dynasty, was educated at Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England, and at Sandhurst, ... 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Sa'ud II ibn Faysal (from the article "Saudi Arabia") ...factor in Arabian politics, Faysal died. His sons disputed the succession. His eldest son, 'Abd ... Sa'ud, al-Walid ibn Talal ibn Abdulaziz as-, Prince In what was called a modern-day fairy tale, but also might turn out to be ... Sa'ud, House of (from the article "Wahhabi") any member of the Muslim puritan movement founded by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab in the ... sa'y (from the article "'umrah") ...Black Stone, pray at the sacred stone Maqam Ibrahim, drink the holy water of the ... Sa, Mem de (from the article "donatario") ...in 1549 dispatched Tome de Sousa as captain general, along with a small band of ... SA-1 Guild (from the article "rocket and missile system") The Soviet Union committed more technical and fiscal resources to the development of guided-missile air-defense ... SA-10 Grumble (from the article "rocket and missile system") A new generation of Soviet SAM systems entered service in the 1980s. These included the ... SA-11 Gadfly (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...new generation of Soviet SAM systems entered service in the 1980s. These included the SA-10 ... SA-12 Gladiator (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...SA-10 Grumble, a Mach-6 mobile system with a 60-mile range deployed in both strategic and ... SA-13 Gopher (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...deployed in both strategic and tactical versions; the SA-11 Gadfly, a Mach-3 semiactive radar homing ... SA-14 (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...the SA-11 Gadfly, a Mach-3 semiactive radar homing system with a range of 17 miles; ... SA-2 Guideline (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...and the SA-10 Grumble, which were deployed in defense of fixed installations; and mobile tactical ... SA-3 Goa (from the article "rocket and missile system") The SA-3 Goa, derived from the Guideline but modified for use against low-altitude targets, was ... SA-4 Ganef (from the article "rocket and missile system") The SA-4 Ganef was a long-range mobile system first deployed in the mid-1960s; the missiles, ... SA-5 Gammon (from the article "rocket and missile system") The SA-5 Gammon was a high- and medium-altitude strategic missile system with a range of ... SA-6 Gainful (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...in the projectile that was sensitive to the reflected energy then homed onto the target. ... SA-7 Grail (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...advances in seeker-head technology. Small, heat-seeking, shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles first became a major factor in ... SA-8 Gecko (from the article "rocket and missile system") The SA-8 Gecko, first deployed in the mid-1970s, was a fully mobile system mounted on ... SA-9 Gaskin (from the article "rocket and missile system") The SA-7 Grail shoulder-fired, infrared-homing missile was first deployed outside the Soviet Union in the ... 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Saavedra, Juan de (from the article "Valparaiso") Valparaiso was founded in 1536 by a conquistador, Juan de Saavedra, who named it for ... Sab (from the article "Somalia") ...subclans, combine at a higher level to form clan families. The clan families inhabiting the ... Sab'atayn, Ramlat Al- (from the article "Arabia") ...interior valley cleaving through the jawl, with its lower course reaching the ... Saba island of the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. It lies 16 miles (26 km) ... [6 Related Articles] Saba' kingdom in pre-Islamic southwestern Arabia, frequently mentioned in the Bible (notably in the story of ... [10 Related Articles] Saba, Umberto Italian poet noted for his simple, lyrical autobiographical poems. [1 Related Articles] Sabadell city, Barcelona provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous ... Sabae city, Fukui ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, in the northern end of the Takefu basin. The ... 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