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 Sadr, Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al- ... Saguaro National Park Sadr, Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al- (from the article "Sadr, Muqtada al-") ...one of the most prominent religious figures in the Islamic world. Sadr was greatly influenced ... Sadr, Muqtada al- Iraqi Shi'ite leader and head of the militia known as Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM), or Mahdi ... [8 Related Articles] Sadriddin Ayniy (from the article "Uzbekistan") ...(usul-i jadid) during the first two decades of the 20th century. The leaders of the ... Sadrist Movement (from the article "Sadr, Muqtada al-") ...suburb of two million Shi'ites, which he renamed Sadr City in honour of his father. ... Sadruddin Aga Khan, Prince UN official (b. Jan. 17, 1933, Paris, France-d. May 12, 2003, Boston, Mass.), as the ... Sadulayev, Abdul-Khalim (from the article "Russia") ...lives. At the same time, human rights abuses remained high, many of them being attributed ... 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[1 Related Articles] Saenz, Manuela mistress to the South American liberator Simon Bolivar, whose revolutionary activities she shared. [1 Related Articles] saer tenure (from the article "Brehon laws") ...areas would rent to clansmen not the land itself but the right to graze cattle, ... Saer, Juan Jose (from the article "Literature") The Argentine writer Juan Jose Saer died in Paris on June 11 before completing La ... Safa, Mount (from the article "Islam") ...consist of walking seven times around the Ka'bah, a shrine within the mosque; the kissing ... Safaitic alphabet (from the article "Arabian religion") The Safaitic graffiti (1st century BC to the 4th century AD) are so called because ... Safar, Peter Austrian-born anesthesiologist (b. April 12, 1924, Vienna, Austria-d. Aug. 3, 2003, Pittsburgh, Pa.), was credited ... [1 Related Articles] safari (from the article "hunting") Safari hunting was the most famous: an expedition usually for several hunters of from several ... safari park (from the article "zoo") In some modern zoo parks, sometimes called safari parks or lion farms, the animals are ... Safarik University (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...in 1920. In 1938 the city was occupied by the Hungarians; after liberation in 1945, ... Safarik, Pavel Josef leading figure of the Czech national revival and a pioneer of Slavonic philology and archaeology. Safavid Dynasty (1502-1736), Iranian dynasty whose establishment of Shi'ite Islam as the state religion of Iran was ... [27 Related Articles] Safaviyeh (from the article "Safavid Dynasty") ...linguistic elements of the country. The Safavids were descended from Sheykh Safi od-Din (1253-1334) of ... Safdie, Moshe Canadian-Israeli architect who designed Habitat '67 at the site of Expo 67, a year-long international ... [1 Related Articles] safe (from the article "insurance") Perhaps the most common of all burglary coverages is on safes. Often the loss in ... safe sex (from the article "sexual behaviour, human") ...for which there is no known cure. This fact has made prevention of the spread ... safe-conduct procedure by which a person is permitted to enter or leave a jurisdiction in which ... [1 Related Articles] safe-water buoy (from the article "lighthouse") Buoys indicating an isolated danger with safe water all around carry two separated spheres and ... Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Convention for the (from the article "folk dance") ...dance and folk dancers. The United Nations has been working on the matter from several ... safety those activities that seek either to minimize or to eliminate hazardous conditions that can cause ... [12 Related Articles] safety (from the article "football, gridiron") The original defenses had simply mirrored the positions of the offense. In the 1930s a ... safety (from the article "football, gridiron") ...The defense can score by returning a fumbled football or an interception across the other ... safety bicycle (from the article "bicycle") As the ordinary was developing, numerous designs offered safer alternatives, including tricycles, gearing to allow ... safety chain dog (from the article "roller coaster") ...coaster design. John Miller, who was chief engineer for La Marcus Thompson and worked with ... safety elevator (from the article "elevator") ...freight hoists. The poor reliability of the ropes (generally hemp) used at that time made ... safety engineering study of the causes and the prevention of accidental deaths and injuries. The field of ... [2 Related Articles] safety equipment (from the article "NASCAR") ...dimensions and appearance, but car owners, drivers, and mechanics increasingly exploited those rules in their ... safety film (from the article "motion-picture technology") ...were required in projection rooms to avoid film ignition because of the proximity of the ... safety fuse (from the article "explosive") A major contributor to progress in the use of explosives was William Bickford, a leather ... safety glass type of glass that, when struck, bulges or breaks into tiny, relatively harmless fragments rather ... [2 Related Articles] safety lamp lighting device used in places, such as mines, in which there is danger from the ... [1 Related Articles] safety match (from the article "match") ...a head, which initiates combustion; a tinder substance to pick up and transmit the flame; ... safety monitoring (from the article "automation") Safety monitoring is a special case of error detection and recovery in which the malfunction ... Safety of Medicines, Committee on (from the article "chemotherapy") ...of drug therapy has come increasing concern about attendant dangers. Stringent controls are operated by ... safety razor (from the article "cutlery") Steel razors were made with ornamental handles, and blades were individually hollow-ground, producing a concave ... safety rod (from the article "nuclear reactor") The most important function of the safety rods is to shut down the reactor, either ... safety standard (from the article "labour law") ...such as mining, construction, and dock work; and provisions concerning such health and safety risks ... safety valve (from the article "valve") Safety valves, which are usually of the poppet type, open at a predetermined pressure. The ... safety-pin (from the article "fibula") brooch, or pin, originally used in Greek and Roman dress for fastening garments. The fibula ... Safeway Inc. leading U.S. supermarket chain, with stores in the United States and abroad. Its headquarters are ... [1 Related Articles] Saffarid Dynasty Iranian dynasty of lower class origins that ruled a large area in eastern Iran. The ... [4 Related Articles] Saffir, Herbert Seymour American structural engineer was an expert on hurricane damage to buildings, and about 1969 he ... Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale (from the article "atmosphere saffir-simpson") ...of the potential threat, numerical rating systems have been developed based on a storm's maximum ... safflorite (from the article "cobalt processing") Cobalt arsenides, such as smaltite, safflorite, and skutterudite, with the sulfoarsenide cobaltite and the arsenate ... safflower flowering annual plant, Carthamus tinctorius, of the Asteraceae (or Compositae) family; native to parts of ... [1 Related Articles] safflower oil (from the article "safflower") Oil obtained from the seed is the chief modern use of the plant. Safflower oil ... Safford, Mary Jane American physician whose extensive nursing experience during the Civil War determined her on a medical ... saffron purple-flowered saffron crocus, Crocus sativus, a bulbous perennial of the iris family (Iridaceae) treasured for ... [1 Related Articles] saffron crocus (from the article "Crocus") ...changes. The flowers close at night and in dull weather. Saffron, used for dye, seasoning, ... Saffron Walden town (parish), Uttlesford district, in the northwest corner of the administrative and historic county of ... Safi Atlantic port city, western Morocco. Safi was in turn inhabited by Carthaginians (who named it ... Safi ad-Din (from the article "Islamic arts") ...did others such as as-Sarakhsi, his contemporary Thabit ibn Qurrah, and Avicenna's pupil Ibn Zayla. ... Safi ad-Din al-Hilli (from the article "Islamic arts") ...which has been translated into most of the languages of Muslims because of the power ... Safi od-Din mystic and founder of the Safavid order of mystics. [3 Related Articles] Safid Mountain Range mountain range forming a natural frontier between Pakistan and Afghanistan, extending westward for 100 miles ... [2 Related Articles] Safid River longest river of northern Iran, rising 920 feet (280 m) in elevation and breaking through ... [2 Related Articles] Safieva, Gulrukhsor (from the article "Tajikistan") ...to the changes of the Soviet era; the latter's lyric cycle Sadoyi Osiyo (1956; The ... Safin, Marat (from the article "Tennis") Russia's Marat Safin collected his second career Grand Slam singles championship, coming through at a ... Safina (from the article "Leakey, Richard") ...the knee. The following year he resigned his post at the KWS, citing interference by ... Safiye Sultan the favourite consort of the Ottoman sultan Murad III (reigned 1574-95) and the mother of ... Safra, Edmond Jacob Lebanese-born banker and philanthropist (b. Aug. 6, 1931, Aley ('Alayh), Lebanon-d. Dec. 3, 1999, Monte ... Safranine T (from the article "dye") ...groups-are antihistamines. A number of oxazines and acridines are good leather dyes. Mauve is an ... Safronov, Viktor S. (from the article "comet") ...the Oort cloud has existed for a long time. The most probable hypothesis is that ... Safwa (from the article "witchcraft") ...studied more closely. In a number of revealing African cases, the word that denotes the ... Sag Harbor resort village, Suffolk county, southeastern New York, U.S. It is situated in Southampton and East ... [1 Related Articles] Saga (from the article "Saga") city and ken (prefecture), northern Kyushu, Japan. Saga was the castle town of the lord ... Saga city and ken (prefecture), northern Kyushu, Japan. Saga was the castle town of the lord ... saga in medieval Icelandic literature, any type of story or history in prose, irrespective of the ... [3 Related Articles] Sagadahoc county, southwestern Maine, U.S. It has the smallest land area of any county in the ... Sagaing town, central upper Myanmar (Burma), on the Irrawaddy River. It lies opposite the historical site ... Sagalassos (from the article "Anthropology and Archaeology") Excavations at Sagalassos, a Greco-Roman city in south-central Turkey, yielded fragments of an extraordinary white ... Sagami River (from the article "Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area") ...of Japan across the mountains by tunnel to the Tone. It cannot do this by ... Sagamihara city, Kanagawa ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the Sagamihara Plateau. In the late 1930s a ... Sagamore Hill (from the article "Oyster Bay") ...a number of large estates were built by financial and industrial tycoons. Oyster Bay gained ... Sagan, Carl American astronomer and science writer. 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Sagburru (from the article "Enmerkar") ...comply with Enmerkar, he listened instead to a local priest, who promised to make Uruk ... Sagdidae (from the article "gastropod") ...group (Thysanophoridae) and a relict group of Asia (Corillidae).Superfamily OleacinaceaCarnivorous (Oleaciniidae) and herbivorous (Sagdidae) snails ... sage (Salvia officinalis), aromatic perennial herb of the family Lamiaceae (Labiatae) native to the Mediterranean region, ... [3 Related Articles] sage grouse (from the article "grouse") Two species that display spectacularly are the sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the sharp-tailed grouse ... Sage, Anna (from the article "Dillinger, John") ...bank robberies with new confederates; Dillinger twice barely escaped FBI entrapments and shootouts in Minnesota ... Sage, Margaret Olivia Slocum American philanthropist whose exceptional generosity in her lifetime, especially to numerous educational and social causes, ... [1 Related Articles] Sage, Mount (from the article "British Virgin Islands") ...a variety of physical features, including low mountains, lagoons with coral reefs and barrier beaches, ... Sage, Russell American financier who played a part in organizing his country's railroad and telegraph systems. [1 Related Articles] sagebrush any of various shrubby species of the genus Seriphidium (formerly in Artemisia) ... [1 Related Articles] sagenite (from the article "rutile") ...used as an ornamental stone since ancient times and was particularly prized in England and ... Sager, Carole Bayer (from the article "1981: Other Winners") ...Score: Vangelis for Chariots of FireOriginal Song: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" from ... Sager, Ruth American geneticist chiefly noted for recognizing the importance of nonchromosomal genes. [1 Related Articles] Sagha Formation (from the article "primate") ...Oligopithecus, Parapithecus, and Aegyptopithecus. The first two of these, together with some other primates of ... Saginaw city, seat (1835) of Saginaw county, east-central Michigan, U.S. It lies at the head of ... Saginaw Bay southwestern arm of Lake Huron in eastern Michigan, U.S. It extends southwest for 51 miles ... sagittal axis (from the article "symmetry") In biradial symmetry, in addition to the anteroposterior axis, there are also two other axes ... sagittal crest (from the article "skull") ...and the nasal, lachrymal, and turbinate bones. In infants the sutures (joints) between the various ... sagittal suture (from the article "skeletal system, human") The internal surface of the vault is relatively uncomplicated. In the midline front to back, ... Sagittaria sagittifolia (from the article "arrowhead") ...by man to improve feeding areas for birds. Leaves of this species vary from arrow-shaped ... Sagittarius (Latin: "Archer"), in astronomy, zodiacal constellation lying between Capricornus and Scorpius, at about 19 hours ... [1 Related Articles] Sagittarius A strongest source of cosmic radio waves in the Milky Way Galaxy, originating from the direction ... Sagittarius A* (from the article "galactic coordinate") ...led to a more accurate determination of the position of the galactic centre and its ... Sagnac effect (from the article "gyroscope") Optical gyroscopes, with virtually no moving parts, are replacing mechanical gyroscopes in commercial jetliners, booster ... sagnaskemmtun (from the article "saga") ...Iceland are largely matters for speculation. A common pastime on Icelandic farms, from the 12th ... sago food starch prepared from carbohydrate material stored in the trunks of several palms, the main ... [1 Related Articles] sago palm (from the article "Cycas") ...The seeds are borne along the margins of modified leaves, which are arranged in a ... Sagra, Ramon de la (from the article "anarchism") ...most complete and most successful in Spain; for a long period the anarchist movement in ... Sagrario Metropolitano (from the article "Rodriguez, Lorenzo") His Sagrario Metropolitano (c. 1749-69), a small church adjoining the cathedral in Mexico City, is ... Sagredo, Palazzo (from the article "Longhi, Pietro") ...the Veronese historical painter Antonio Balestra, but his one important work of this sort, the ... Sagua la Grande city and port, north-central Cuba. Lying on the Sagua la Grande River 15 miles (24 ... saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea), cactus species of the family Cactaceae, native to Mexico and to Arizona and ... [3 Related Articles] Saguaro National Park mountain and desert region in southern Arizona, U.S. The park-consisting of two districts, Saguaro West ...

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