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 Sanatan Sikh ... Sandersiella acuminata Sanatan Sikh (from the article "Sikhism") ...status, the positions they adopted were generally conservative. In response a more radical branch of ... Sanatescu, Constantin Romanian military officer and statesman who was prime minister of Romania's first liberation government following ... Sanatruces king of Parthia from 76/75 to 70/69 BC, who restored unity to his kingdom. [2 Related Articles] Sanawbari, as- (from the article "Islamic arts") ...pleasure from Mutanabbi's poetry as does one whose mother tongue is Arabic. He will probably ... Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin American journalist, biographer, and charity worker. Sancerre town, Cher departement, Centre region, central France, on a hilltop overlooking the Loire River, about ... Sanches Neto, Miguel (from the article "Literature") Miguel Sanches Neto's 2005 collection of poems, Venho de um pais obscuro e outros poemas, ... Sanches, Francisco physician and philosopher who espoused a "constructive skepticism" that rejected mathematical truths as unreal and ... [1 Related Articles] Sanchez Cerro, Luis M. (from the article "Haya de la Torre, Victor Raul") ...foreign-owned enterprises, and an end to exploitation of Indians. Haya de la Torre returned to ... Sanchez Coello, Alonso painter who was one of the pioneers of the great tradition of Spanish portrait painting. ... Sanchez Cotan, Juan painter who is considered one of the pioneers of Baroque realism in Spain. A profoundly ... [1 Related Articles] Sanchez de Lozada, Gonzalo (from the article "Bolivia") In the 1993 presidential election, Sanchez de Lozada and the MNR won a plurality, and, ... Sanchez Ferlosio, Rafael (from the article "Literature") ...who lived in Malaga, received the National Prize for Poetry for her book Matar a ... Sanchez Hernandez, Fidel El Salvadoran politician and military man (b. July 7, 1917, El Divisadero, El Salvador-d. Feb. ... [1 Related Articles] Sanchez Vilella, Roberto Puerto Rican politician who, as governor of Puerto Rico (1964-69), helped modernize the U.S. commonwealth ... Sanchez, Amparo (from the article "Performing Arts") From Europe there was more interesting fusion work from Spanish singer Amparo Sanchez, leader of ... Sanchez, Anibal (from the article "Baseball") ...May 28 Barry Bonds hit his 715th career home run, surpassing the mark of Babe ... Sanchez, Cristina (from the article "bullfighting") ..."beautiful spectator." In fact, some critics of bullfighting hold toreras in special ... Sanchez, Daniel (from the article "Billiard Games") Spain's Daniel Sanchez won the annual Union Mondial de Billard (UMB) world championship in Lugo, ... Sanchez, Florencio (from the article "Uruguay") ...spiritual over materialistic values, as well as resisting cultural dominance by Europe and the United ... Sanchez, Freddy (from the article "Baseball") Joe Mauer of Minnesota won the AL batting title with a .347 average. He was ... Sanchez, Luis Alberto Peruvian politician and author (b. Oct. 12, 1900, Lima, Peru--d. Feb. 6, 1994, Lima), was ... Sanchez, Ricardo U.S. ex-convict turned poetic dean of Chicano literature, a genre that featured writings fraught with ... Sanchez, Salvador Mexican professional boxer, world featherweight (126 pounds) champion, 1980-82. Sanchez, Sonia American poet, playwright, and educator who was noted for her black activism. Sanchi historic site, west-central Madhya Pradesh state, central India, just west of the Betwa River. On ... [2 Related Articles] Sanchi sculpture early Indian sculpture that embellished the 1st-century-BC gateways of the Buddhist relic mound called the ... [4 Related Articles] Sancho Garcia (from the article "Sancho III Garces") ...Barcelona, Berenguer Ramon I, to accept him as overlord. Gascony did likewise, giving him direct ... 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[1 Related Articles] sanctification (from the article "grace") in Christian theology, the spontaneous, unmerited gift of the divine favour in the salvation of ... sanction in the social sciences, a reaction (or the threat or promise of a reaction) by ... [22 Related Articles] Sanctuary (from the article "Trois Freres") ...discovered in 1914, and most of the pictures of animals, together with a couple of ... sanctuary (from the article "guerrilla warfare") If a guerrilla force is to survive, let alone prosper, it must control safe areas ... sanctuary in religion, a sacred place, set apart from the profane, ordinary world. Originally, sanctuaries were ... [2 Related Articles] sanctuary knocker in architecture, knocker on the outer door of a Christian church. The sanctuary knocker could ... Sanctus (from the article "Gregorian chant") ...of psalms, of early Glorias attests to their ancient origin. Later Gloria chants are neumatic. ... Sancy diamond fiery stone of Indian origin that is shaped like a peach pit and weighs 55 ... Sancy Hill (from the article "Auvergne") ...extensive ash and lava remains of three powerful volcanoes of the Quaternary Period (within the ... sand mineral, rock, or soil particles that range in diameter from 0.02 to 2 millimetres (0.0008-0.08 ... [15 Related Articles] sand beach (from the article "coastal landforms") A wave-dominated coast is one that is characterized by well-developed sand beaches typically formed on ... sand bluestem (from the article "bluestem") ...as turkeyfoot, in reference to its forked flower cluster. Little bluestem (A. scoparius), 0.5 to ... sand boa (from the article "boa") Subfamily Erycinae includes 10 Asian, Indian, and African species of sand boa (genus sand casting (from the article "metallurgy") Sand-casting is widely used for making cast-iron and steel parts of medium to large size ... Sand Creek Declaration (from the article "Disciples of Christ") In 1889 several rural churches in Illinois issued the Sand Creek Declaration, withdrawing fellowship from ... Sand Creek Massacre (Nov. 29, 1864), controversial surprise attack upon a surrendered, partially disarmed Cheyenne Indian camp in ... [1 Related Articles] sand dollar any of the invertebrate marine animals of the order Clypeastroida (class Echinoidea, phylum Echinodermata) that ... [2 Related Articles] sand dune any accumulation of sand grains shaped into a mound or ridge by the wind under ... [11 Related Articles] sand flat (from the article "boundary ecosystem") ...matter derived from nearby seaweed or sea-grass beds. A beach near the high-tide level may ... sand flea any of several terrestrial crustaceans of the family Talitridae (order Amphipoda) that are notable for ... [2 Related Articles] sand fly any insect of the family Phlebotomidae (sometimes considered part of the family Psychodidae) of the ... [2 Related Articles] sand food (from the article "Lennoaceae") ...scales. The plant's domelike head is covered at maturity with small, starlike flowers, violet with ... sand fulgurite (from the article "fulgurite") a glassy silica mineral (lechatelierite or amorphous SiO2) fused in the heat from a lightning ... Sand Hills region of grass-covered, stabilized sand dunes in the High Plains of north-central Nebraska, U.S. Extending ... [1 Related Articles] Sand Island (from the article "Midway Islands") ...northwest of Honolulu. The islands, near the western end of the Hawaiian archipelago, comprise a ... sand lance any of about 18 species of marine fishes of the family Ammodytidae (order Perciformes). Sand ... sand love grass (from the article "love grass") Plains love grass (E. intermedia), sand love grass (E. trichodes), and weeping love grass (E. ... sand martin (from the article "martin") ...(order Passeriformes). In America the name refers to the purple martin (Progne subis) and its ... sand painting type of art that exists in highly developed forms among the Navajo and Pueblo Indians ... [2 Related Articles] sand quillwort (from the article "quillwort") ...are aquatic. Their stiff, dark green, recurved, spiky leaves grow around a stumpy corm. Italian ... sand rat either of two species of gerbils in the genus Psammomys. Sand River (from the article "Precambrian time") ...the United States, the Peninsular gneisses and Sargur supracrustals of southern India, the English River ... Sand River and Bloemfontein conventions (1852 and 1854, respectively), conventions between Great Britain and the Voortrekkers, or Afrikaners who made ... [3 Related Articles] sand shark any of about three species of sharks of the genera Carcharias and Odontaspis in the ... [1 Related Articles] sand sheet (from the article "sedimentary rock") Sandstones occur in strata of all geologic ages. Much scientific understanding of the depositional environment ... sand shrimp (from the article "shrimp") The common European shrimp, or sand shrimp, Crangon vulgaris (Crago septemspinosus), occurs in coastal waters ... sand skink (from the article "skink") ...are found from Southeast Asia to northern Australia. Mabuyas (Mabuya), with about ... Sand Springs city, Tulsa county, northeastern Oklahoma, U.S., near a spring in the Osage Hills. First settled ... sand stargazer (from the article "stargazer") fish of two related families, Uranoscopidae (electric stargazers) and Dactyloscopidae (sand stargazers), both of the ... sand wasp any of a group of wasps in the subfamily Bembicinae (family Crabronidae, order Hymenoptera) that ... [1 Related Articles] sand wedge (from the article "Sarazen, Gene") It was Sarazen who invented the golf club known as the sand wedge. This specialized ... Sand, George French Romantic writer, known primarily for her so-called rustic novels. 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[1 Related Articles] Sandberg, Inger (from the article "children's literature") ...as has Karin Anckarsvard, whose Doktorns pojk' (1963; Eng. trans., Doctor's Boy, 1965) is a ... Sandberg, Lasse (from the article "children's literature") ...Karin Anckarsvard, whose Doktorns pojk' (1963; Eng. trans., Doctor's Boy, 1965) is a quietly moving ... Sandberg, Ryne (from the article "Chicago Cubs") ...Famers are infielder Ernie Banks ("Mr. Cub"), who spent his entire career (1953-71) with the ... sandbox tree either of two species of large trees (Hura crepitans and H. polyandra) in the spurge ... sandbur any grass of the genus Cenchrus (family Poaceae), consisting of about 20 to 25 species ... [2 Related Articles] Sandburg, Carl American poet, historian, novelist, and folklorist. [3 Related Articles] sanddab any of certain edible, American Pacific flatfishes of the genus Citharichthys (family Paralichthyidae). As in ... Sande (from the article "African religions") ...of socialization and education that enables the novice to assume the new social role. Initiation ... Sande, Earl U.S. jockey who won the Kentucky Derby three times. One of his Derby-winning mounts, Gallant ... Sandeau, Leonard-Sylvain-Julien prolific French novelist, best remembered for his collaborations with more famous writers. [1 Related Articles] Sandefjord town, southeastern Norway. Located near the mouth of the Oslo Fjord at the head of ... Sandelin Museum (from the article "Saint-Omer") ...the Treaty of Nijmegen. The old town has a number of fine 17th- and 18th-century ... Sandeman, Robert British cleric and leader of the Glasite (later called Sandemanian) sect, dissenters from the established ... [1 Related Articles] Sandemanian member of a Christian sect founded in about 1730 in Scotland by John Glas (1695-1773), ... [1 Related Articles] Sandemose, Aksel Danish-born Norwegian experimental novelist whose works frequently elucidate the theme that the repressions of society ... Sander, August German photographer who attempted to produce a comprehensive photographic document of the German people. [1 Related Articles] Sander, Jil (from the article "Fashions") ...market, European Business magazine claimed that the company's earnings were inflated and that Prada was ... sanderling (Calidris alba; sometimes Crocethia alba), abundant shorebird, a worldwide species of sandpiper belonging to the ... Sanders, Alexander (from the article "Wicca") ...social acceptance and diversified to include numerous variations on Gardner's original teachings and rituals. Moreover, ... Sanders, B. (from the article "button") The two-shell metal button was introduced about the same time as the stamped-steel type by ... Sanders, Barry American professional gridiron football player. In his 10 seasons with the Detroit Lions (1989-98), Sanders ... [1 Related Articles] Sanders, Bernie (from the article "Vermont") In the 1990s Vermont's national delegation included a Democratic senator, a Republican senator, and an ... Sanders, George (from the article "1950: Best Supporting Actor") Other Nominees Sanders, Harland American business executive, a dapper self-styled Southern gentleman whose white hair, white goatee, white double-breasted ... Sanders, Nicholas English Roman Catholic scholar, controversialist, and historian of the English Reformation. Sandersiella acuminata (from the article "horseshoe shrimp") ...incisa, about 2.6 mm (0.10 inch) in length, is found in waters near Puerto Rico; ...

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