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 Sanderson, Frederick William ... sanitary landfill Sanderson, Frederick William English schoolmaster whose reorganization of Oundle School had considerable influence on the curriculum and methods ... [1 Related Articles] Sanderson, Rupert (from the article "Fashions") ...pair adorned with mirror heels and another featuring heels made of metal and embellished with ... Sanderson, Sibyl Swift American-born opera singer whose native country failed to yield her the considerable appreciation she found ... sandfish any of several unrelated marine fishes found along sandy shores. Sandfishes, or beaked salmon, of ... [1 Related Articles] sandgrouse any of 16 species of birds of Asian and African deserts. According to some systems ... 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Sandogo (from the article "art, African") ...farmer. Figures of male and female twins and of horsemen are used in divination. These ... Sandomierz city, Swietokrzyskie wojewodztwo (province), southeastern Poland. It is situated on the left ... Sandomierz Agreement (from the article "Poland") ...the tolerant policies of Sigismund II, to whom John Calvin dedicated one of his works, ... Sandomierz Basin lowland region, southeastern Poland, located south of the Lublin Uplands and north of the Western ... [1 Related Articles] Sandor, Balint Hungarian ethnographer and eminent researcher on sacral ethnology and popular Roman Catholic traditions. Sandor, Gyorgy Hungarian-born American pianist (b. Sept. 21, 1912, Budapest, Hung.-d. Dec. 9, 2005, New York, N.Y.), ... Sandow, Eugen physical culturist who, as a strongman, bodybuilder, and showman, became a symbol of robust manhood ... [2 Related Articles] Sandoway town and major seaport, southern Myanmar (Burma). 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Sands, Diana U.S. stage and screen actress who won overnight acclaim for her portrayal of the younger ... sandstone lithified accumulation of sand-sized grains (0.063 to 2 mm [0.0025 to 0.08 inch] in diameter). ... [16 Related Articles] Sandstone Creek Project (from the article "Elk City") ...the service centre for an agricultural, oil, and livestock area and has industries that include ... Sandstone Hills (from the article "Oklahoma") The Sandstone Hills, a wide band stretching through the east central portion between the Red ... Sandstone, Operation (from the article "nuclear weapon") Refinements to the basic implosion design came first through Operation Sandstone, an American series of ... Sandu, Policarpo (from the article "Paysandu") city, western Uruguay, on the Uruguay River. The city was founded in 1772 by a ... Sandulescu, A. (from the article "radioactivity") In 1980 A. Sandulescu, D.N. Poenaru, and W. Greiner described calculations indicating the possibility of ... sandur (from the article "glacial landform") ...the resulting elongate, planar deposits are termed valley trains. On the other hand, in low-relief ... Sandusky city, seat (1838) of Erie county, northern Ohio, U.S. It lies along Sandusky Bay (Lake ... Sandveld soil (from the article "Zambia") The soils of the plateau are generally of poor quality, long-continued weathering and erosion having ... Sandwall-Bergstrom, Martha (from the article "children's literature") Harry Kullman and Martha Sandwall-Bergstrom are among the few Swedish writers who have used working ... Sandwell metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Midlands, west-central England, comprising several urban industrial communities just ... Sandwich town (parish) at the northern edge of Dover district, administrative and historic county of Kent, ... [1 Related Articles] sandwich in its basic form, slices of meat, cheese, or other food placed between two slices ... [1 Related Articles] Sandwich town (township), Barnstable county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It lies along Cape Cod Bay, just east ... sandwich board advertising sign consisting of two placards fastened together at the top with straps supported on ... Sandwich glass glass made by the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company at the village of Sandwich, Mass., ... [1 Related Articles] sandwich laminate (from the article "plastic") Plywood is a form of sandwich construction of natural wood fibres with plastics. The layers ... sandwich panel (from the article "building construction") ...cement, and stone wafers of granite, marble, or limestone cut with diamond-edged tools. All of ... Sandwich, Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of, Viscount Hinchingbrooke, Baron Montagu of Saint Neots English admiral who brought Charles II to England at the Restoration in 1660 and who ... 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Sandys, George English traveler, poet, colonist, and foreign service career officer who played an important part in ... Sandys, Sir Edwin a leading Parliamentary opponent of King James I of England and a founder of the ... Saneyev, Viktor Soviet athlete who dominated the triple jump during the late 1960s and '70s. He won ... [1 Related Articles] Sanfilippo's syndrome rare hereditary (autosomal recessive) metabolic disease characterized by severe mental retardation. There are three varieties, ... Sanford city, seat (1913) of Seminole county, east-central Florida, U.S., on the St. Johns River and ... Sanford, Edward T associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1923-30). Sanford, Isabel American actress (b. Aug. 29, 1917, New York, N.Y.-d. July 9, 2004, Los Angeles, Calif.), ... Sanford, Maria Louise American educator remembered for the innovation and inspiration she brought to her teaching. Sanford, Mount (from the article "Wrangell Mountains") ...Mountains near the border with Yukon Territory, Canada. Many peaks exceed 10,000 feet (3,000 metres), ... Sanford, Terry American politician who, as governor of North Carolina (1961-65), promoted racial equality at a time ... sang de boeuf a glossy, rich, bloodred glaze often slashed with streaks of purple or turquoise used to ... [2 Related Articles] Sanga (from the article "Congo") ...Also in the south, the Teke inhabit the Bateke Plateau region. In the north, the ... sanga (from the article "Mesopotamian religion") The individual temples were usually administered by officials called sangas ("bishops"), who headed staffs of ... sangaku (from the article "arts, East Asian") Juggling, acrobatics, ropedancing, buffoonery, and puppetry-the "hundred entertainments" of China and called sangaku, "variety arts," ... Sangallo Family outstanding family of Florentine Renaissance architects. Its most prominent members were: Antonio da Sangallo the ... Sangallo, Antonio da, the Elder (from the article "Sangallo Family") Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (1455-1535), a military architect in his younger years, is best ... Sangallo, Antonio da, the Younger (from the article "Sangallo Family") Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1483-1546) was the most influential architect of his time. He ... Sangallo, Francesco da (from the article "Sangallo Family") Francesco da Sangallo, known as Il Margotta (1494-1576), the son of Giuliano, was primarily a ... Sangallo, Giuliano da (from the article "Sangallo Family") Giuliano da Sangallo (1445?-1516) was an architect, sculptor, and military engineer whose masterpiece, a church ... Sangam literature the earliest writings in the Tamil language. The writings are thought to have been produced ... [4 Related Articles] Sangama dynasty (from the article "Vijayanagar") The first dynasty (the Sangama) lasted until about 1485, when-at a time of pressure from ... Sangamon Interglacial Stage major division of Pleistocene time and deposits in North America (the Pleistocene Epoch began about ... Sangamon River river in central Illinois, U.S. It rises near Ellsworth in McLean county and flows briefly ... Sangareddi town, administrative headquarters of Medak district, Andhra Pradesh state, southern India, on the Deccan Plateau ... sangat (from the article "Sikhism") ...He also replaced the manjis with masands (vicars), who ... Sangay (from the article "Major volcanoes of the world") ...(18,714 feet [5,704 metres]), Cotopaxi-the world's highest active volcano-(19,347 feet [5,897 metres]), Chimborazo (20,702 feet ... Sangay National Park (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") ...small, hard ball back and forth with a bare (or rarely, gloved) fist, a widespread ... Sanger method (from the article "DNA sequencing") ...by and named for American molecular biologists Allan M. Maxam and Walter Gilbert, and the ... Sanger, Eugen German rocket propulsion engineer whose projected "antipodal bomber," with a range far greater than that ... [1 Related Articles] Sanger, Frederick English biochemist who was twice the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He was ... [5 Related Articles] Sanger, George English circus impresario who was the proprietor, with his brother John Sanger, of one of ... [2 Related Articles] Sanger, John English circus impresario who was, with his brother George Sanger, the proprietor of one of ... [1 Related Articles] Sanger, Larry (from the article "Wikipedia") ...bond trader, moved to San Diego, Calif., to establish Bomis, Inc., a Web portal company. ... Sanger, Margaret founder of the birth-control movement in the United States and an international leader in the ... [4 Related Articles] Sanggabuwana, Mount (from the article "Jawa Barat") The landscape of Jawa Barat is dominated by a chain of volcanoes, both active and ... Sanggan River river in Shanxi and Hebei provinces, part of the Hai River system, northwestern China. The ... [1 Related Articles] sangha Buddhist monastic order, traditionally composed of four groups: monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen. The sangha ... [8 Related Articles] Sangha River tributary of the Congo River, formed by the Mambere and Kadei headstreams at Nola, southwestern ... [1 Related Articles] Sanghamittha (from the article "Sri Lanka") ...The king donated the Mahamegha park to the sangha. Meanwhile, the monastery of Mahavihara was ... Sanghar town, Sindh province, southern Pakistan. The town is connected by road with the cities of ... sanghyang (from the article "Southeast Asian arts") ...receive the spirits of Rangda and the Barong, and it is the spirits themselves that ... Sangihe Islands archipelago off the northeastern tip of Celebes (Sulawesi), Indonesia. The islands extend northward from Celebes ... Sangkum Reastr Niyum (from the article "Norodom Sihanouk") ...Cambodia's independence from France. When French military forces moved back into the region, Sihanouk decided ... Sangli city, southern Maharashtra state, western India. It lies along the Krishna River, east of Kolhapur ... Sango language (from the article "creole languages") Some linguists extend the term creole to varieties that emerged from contacts between primarily non-European ... Sangoan industry sub-Saharan African stone tool industry of Acheulian derivation (see Acheulian industry) dating from the Late ... [4 Related Articles] Sangre de Cristo Mountains segment of the southern Rocky Mountains, extending south-southeastward for about 250 miles (400 km) from ... [3 Related Articles] sangria (from the article "wine") ...wine, of German origin, is a type of punch made with Rhine wine or other ... Sangro River (from the article "Abruzzi") ...present a gradual slope eastward to the narrow Adriatic shoreline. The few small coastal harbours ... Sangrur city, in southeastern Punjab state, northwestern India. The city was founded in the 17th century ... Sangs-rgyas rgya-mtsho (from the article "Tibet") ...ceremonies attributed to the religious kings, by enlarging the nearby monasteries of 'Bras-spungs, Sera, and ... Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth Munson American writer and editor, noted in her day for her stories and books that mingled ... Sangster, Robert British businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner (b. May 23, 1936, Liverpool, Eng.-d. April 7, 2004, ... Sanguigni, Battista (from the article "Angelico, Fra") ...directed by the master, including Benozzo Gozzoli, the greatest of Fra Angelico's disciples, and Zanobi ... sanguine chalk or crayon drawing done in a blood-red, reddish, or flesh colouring. The pigment employed ... [1 Related Articles] sanguine temperament (from the article "humour") ...their physical and mental qualities, and their dispositions. The ideal person had the ideally proportioned ... Sanguineti, Edoardo (from the article "Italian literature") ...Carla (1960; "The Girl Carla"), a longish poem incorporating found materials and dramatizing the alienation ... Sanguinetti Cairolo, Julio Maria (from the article "Uruguay") Julio Maria Sanguinetti, a Colorado Batllista, was elected president in November 1984 and inaugurated the ... Sangvor (from the article "Pamirs") ...intensify over the horseshoe ridges of the lower Pamirs, and bring summer dust storms and ... Sanha, Antonio Artur (from the article "Guinea-Bissau") Area: 36,125 sq km (13,948 sq mi) | Population (2004 est.): 1,388,000 | Capital: Bissau ... Sanha, Malam Bacai (from the article "Guinea-Bissau") ...had held power from 1980 to 1999 and was facing murder charges, would be allowed ... Sanhajah (from the article "Islamic world") One particular western Saharan Berber confederation, the Sanhajah, was responsible for the first Berber-directed effort ... sanhedrin any of several official Jewish councils in Palestine under Roman rule, to which various political, ... [11 Related Articles] Sanibel Island barrier island, Lee county, southwestern Florida, U.S., about 20 miles (30 km) southwest of Fort ... sanidine alkali feldspar mineral, a high-temperature form of potassium aluminosilicate (KAlSi3O8) that sometimes occurs in surface ... [5 Related Articles] sanidinite facies one of the major divisions of the mineral facies classification of metamorphic rocks, the rocks ... 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