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 Takei, Yasuo ... tallow tree Takei, Yasuo Japanese businessman (b. Jan. 4, 1930, Fukaya, Japan-d. Aug. 10, 2006, Tokyo, Japan), was the ... Takelma language (from the article "Penutian languages") ...languages), Sahaptin (two languages), Yakonan (two extinct languages), Yokutsan (three languages), and Maiduan (four languages)-plus ... Takemitsu, Toru Japanese composer (b. Oct. 8, 1930, Tokyo, Japan--d. Feb. 20, 1996, Tokyo), achieved worldwide renown ... [1 Related Articles] Takemoto Gidayu (from the article "joruri") ...the script, until the appearance of one of Japan's greatest playwrights, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, in the ... Takemoto Puppet Theatre (from the article "arts, East Asian") A new style of puppet play was created in 1686 by the writer Chikamatsu Monzaemon ... takeoff (from the article "airplane") ...of the plane in flight, and a power plant to provide the thrust necessary to ... Takeshima Day (from the article "Korea, Republic of") ...(some maps used a neutral term-the Liancourt Rocks). The issue came to the fore when ... Takeshita Noboru prime minister of Japan from November 1987 to June 1989, at which time he resigned ... [2 Related Articles] Takeshita, Yoshie (from the article "Volleyball") ...medal. Russia edged Brazil 15-25, 25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 15-13 on November 16 to earn the ... Takeuchi Seiho a representative painter of the modern Japanese style. [1 Related Articles] takfir (from the article "Religion") Jordan's King Abdullah II hosted a conference of 180 scholars from 45 countries in Amman ... takhrikhim (from the article "religious dress") ...occasion not only of repentance but also of grace, for which festal wear was appropriate. ... Takht-e Soleyman ancient city and Zoroastrian temple complex of Iran's Sasanian dynasty, subsequently occupied by other groups, ... Takht-e Soleyman (from the article "Elburz Mountains") ...of the highest crest, which-with the exception of the towering and isolated cone of the ... Taki Abdoulkarim, Mohamed Comoros politician who from 1996 served as president of the country (b. Feb. 20, 1936, ... Takic language (from the article "Uto-Aztecan languages") ...are spoken in the United States) are (1) Numic (formerly called Plateau Shoshonean), which includes ... takin heavily built, hoofed mammal of Southeast Asia, belonging to the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla). The ... Takis, Nicholus (from the article "sculpture") There are now types of sculpture in which the components are moved by air currents, ... Takizawa Bakin the dominant Japanese writer of the early 19th century, admired for his lengthy, serious historical ... [2 Related Articles] takkanah in Judaism, a regulation promulgated by rabbinic authority to promote the common good or to ... [1 Related Articles] Takla Makan Desert great desert of Central Asia and one of the largest sandy deserts in the world. ... [5 Related Articles] Takoma Park city, Montgomery county, central Maryland, U.S., on Sligo Creek. It was founded in 1883 by ... takraw (from the article "Thailand") The traditional game of takraw, in which participants attempt to keep a ... Taksin also called Phraya Taksin, or Phya Tak Thai general, conqueror, and later king (1767-82) who ... [2 Related Articles] Takuan Soho Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest responsible for the construction of the Tokai Temple. Takuan was ... Takuma Shoga original name Takuma Tamemoto member of a Japanese family of professional artists who specialized in ... Takuo Hirano (from the article "industrial design") ...for study abroad in an effort to upgrade the quality of the country's products, which ... Takutea raised coral atoll of the southern Cook Islands, a self-governing state in free association with ... Takwatip (from the article "Kawaib") ...were first encountered in 1913-14 by the Brazilian military. The effect of European diseases on ... Tal, Mikhail Nekhemyevich Latvian chess grandmaster who in 1960, at the age of 23, became the youngest world ... [2 Related Articles] tala in the music of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, a metric cycle with a specific number ... [4 Related Articles] Talabani, Jalal al- (from the article "Iraq") ...| Population (2007 est.): 28,993,000 (including nearly 2,500,000 Iraqi refugees, of which about 1,400,000 are ... Talak extensive sandy dune region of northwestern Niger, west of the Air massif. It covers about ... Talal (from the article "Hussein") Following the July 1951 assassination of Hussein's grandfather King 'Abdullah in Jerusalem, his father, Talal, ... Talamanca, Cordillera de range in southern Costa Rica, extending to the border with western Panama. Its highest peak, ... [1 Related Articles] Talambo affair (1862), attack by Peruvian workers on Spanish Basque immigrants on the hacienda (estate) of Talambo, ... talapoin either of two small species of monkeys found in swamp forests on each side of ... talaq (from the article "Shari'ah") ...offense-e.g., cruelty, desertion, failure to maintain-committed by the husband. But the husband alone has the ... Talara city, northwestern Peru, on the Pacific Ocean. Rebuilt and developed by the International Petroleum Company ... [1 Related Articles] Talas Alatau Range (from the article "Tien Shan") ...of climatic zones, determined by elevation, from arid and dry steppe at lower levels to ... Talas Fergana Fault (from the article "Tien Shan") ...sediment) accumulated in the valleys. Zones of faulting occur, usually along the boundaries between the ... Talas Valley (from the article "Kyrgyzstan") ...which merges into the Chatkal Range. The Chatkal Range is linked to the Ysyk-Kol region ... Talat Pasa leader of the Young Turks, Ottoman statesman, grand vizier (1917-18), and leading member of the ... [3 Related Articles] Talat, Mehmet Ali (from the article "Cyprus") ...266,000 (including Turkish settlers and Turkish military) | Capital: Nicosia (also known as Lefkosia/Lefkosa) | ... Talaud Islands islands administered from Manado as part of northern Sulawesi Utara provinsi (North ... Talavera de la Reina city, Toledo provincia (provincia), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous ... Talavera, Battle of (from the article "Spain") ...He was defeated not by the inefficient Spanish regular army but by British troops under ... Talavera, Hernando de (from the article "Isabella I") ...dresses, she must have made a striking figure. At the same time display was matched ... talayot (from the article "Balearic Islands") Varied civilizations have left their marks on the islands, and, although the prehistoric Talayotic civilization ... Talbert, William Franklin, III American tennis player who, despite suffering from diabetes, won 33 national titles, including eight doubles ... Talbingo Dam (from the article "Tumut River") Below Tumut Pond is the second power station. Below that, the river widens into Talbingo ... talbiyah in Islam, the formulaic pronouncement labbaykah allahummah labbaykah ("at your service, O Lord, at your ... Talbot county, east-central Maryland, U.S. It adjoins Chesapeake Bay to the west, the Choptank River to ... Talbot (from the article "Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance (also called Le Mans 24-Hour Race)") Other motorcars of this type included the Hispano-Suiza of Spain and France; the Bugatti, Delage, ... Talbot, Arthur Newell civil engineer who was a foremost authority on reinforced concrete construction. He was instrumental in ... Talbot, Mary Anne British woman who served in the English army and navy disguised as a man. She ... Talbot, William Henry Fox English chemist, linguist, archaeologist, and pioneer photographer. He is best known for his development of ... [7 Related Articles] Talbot-Plateau law (from the article "eye, human") ...of the illuminating source constant and merely vary the period of blackness in a cycle ... talc common silicate mineral that is distinguished from almost all other minerals by its extreme softness ... [2 Related Articles] Talca city, central Chile, in the Central Valley near the Maule River. Founded in 1692, it ... Talcahuano city, south-central Chile, lying on a small peninsula that forms the southwestern shore of Concepcion ... Taldy-Kurgan city, southeastern Kazakhstan. It is situated on the left bank of the Karatal River and ... Tale of Genji, The masterpiece of Japanese literature by Murasaki Shikibu. Written at the start of the 11th century, ... [18 Related Articles] Taleju Temple (from the article "Kathmandu") ...Destruction caused by an earthquake in 1934 resulted in the construction of many modern-style buildings. ... Talence town, Gironde departement, Aquitaine region, southern suburb of Bordeaux, southwestern France. It is a centre ... talent (from the article "genius") Genius is distinguished from talent, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Talent refers to a native aptitude ... talent unit of weight used by many ancient civilizations, such as the Hebrews, Egyptians, Greeks, and ... [2 Related Articles] Talented Tenth (1903), concept espoused by black educator and author W.E.B. Du Bois, emphasizing the necessity for ... Taleyarkhan, Rusi (from the article "nuclear fusion") In 2002 Rusi Taleyarkhan and colleagues at Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind., claimed to have ... Talhah ibn 'Ubaydullah (from the article "fitnah") ...opposition was directed against him. The Battle of the Camel (December 656), pitting the forces ... talharpa (from the article "stringed instrument") ...the ancient Icelandic fidla is a bowed zither, as is the Korean ... Talhouni, Bahjat at- Jordanian politician (b. 1913, Ma'an, vilayet of Syria, Ottoman Empire [now Ma'an, Jordan]--d. Jan. 30, ... Taliabu (from the article "Sula") chain of islands in western North Maluku propinsi (province), Indonesia. They lie east of central ... Taliban ultraconservative political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the mid 1990s following the ... [36 Related Articles] Taliesin one of five poets renowned among the Welsh in the latter part of the 6th ... [1 Related Articles] Taliesin and Taliesin West the two homes, as well as architectural schools, of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. ... [5 Related Articles] Taligent, Inc. (from the article "Apple Inc.") ...a technology agreement with Motorola, Inc., to develop a next-generation RISC (reduced-instruction-set computing) chip, known ... Talikota, Battle of (January 1565), confrontation between the forces of the Hindu raja of Vijayanagar and the four ... [3 Related Articles] talion principle developed in early Babylonian law and present in both biblical and early Roman law ... [6 Related Articles] talipes calcaneovalgus (from the article "childhood disease and disorder") ...foot is turned inward and bent toward the heel. Correction usually involves the use of ... talipes equinovarus (from the article "clubfoot") congenital twisting of the foot. In the most common type, called talipes equinovarus, the heel ... talipot palm (from the article "tree") The talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera) of tropical Sri Lanka and India may live as long ... Talish Mountains mountain chain, northwestern Iran, in the northwest section of the Elburz Mountains, extending southeastward from ... [4 Related Articles] Talishi (from the article "Azerbaijan") ...winter vegetables. The towns of Lankaran, Astara, and Masalli are small, and local industry is ... talisman (from the article "talisman") object bearing a sign or engraved character and thought to act as a charm to ... talk poem (from the article "Antin, David") American poet, translator, and art critic who became best known for his improvisational "talk poems," ... talk show (from the article "The Tonight Show") What explains the remarkable longevity and popularity of television talk shows? There is no one ... Talkeetna Mountains (from the article "Alaskan mountains") Between the Alaska Range and the coastal ranges lie the Talkeetna Mountains and, to the ... talking catfish (from the article "catfish") ...of Africa can generate up to 450 volts of electricity; the parasitic catfish, or candiru ... talking drum any of various types of drums that, by imitating the rhythm and the rise and ... [1 Related Articles] Talking Heads American art rock band popular in the late 1970s and '80s. Band members were David ... [1 Related Articles] Tall al-Maskhutah (from the article "Isma'iliyyah, Al-") Ancient ruins have been discovered at Tall al-Maskhutah, about 10 miles (16 km) west of ... tall bellflower (from the article "bellflower") Tall bellflower (Campanula americana), native to moist woodlands of North America, has flowering spikes that ... Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Council on (from the article "Heights of Buildings") The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago) is the ... tall fescue (from the article "fescue") ...F. elatior), a plant about 0.5 to 1.2 m (1 12 to 4 feet) tall, ... tall meadow buttercup (from the article "wildflower") ...human makers are thought to have burned off native vegetation and made way for aggressive ... tall oat grass (from the article "oat grass") ...Arrhenatherum and Danthonia (family Poaceae). Approximately six species of tall grasses, native to temperate Europe ... tall oil dark, odorous liquid by-product of the sulfate (kraft) process of paper manufacture, used after refining ... [2 Related Articles] tall tale narrative that depicts the wild adventures of extravagantly exaggerated folk heroes. The tall tale is ... [1 Related Articles] Tall, At- (from the article "Ai") ...Ai (Hebrew: ha-'Ay, "The Ruin") just east of Bethel (modern Baytin in the West Bank). ... Tall-e Bakun prehistoric Iranian site located near Persepolis in south-central Iran. The site, continuously inhabited from c. ... Talladega city, seat (1834) of Talladega county, east-central Alabama, U.S., in the foothills of the southern ... Talladega Mountain low-lying segment of the Appalachian Mountains, extending northeastward along the border of Clay and Talladega ... tallage in medieval Europe, a tax imposed by the lord of an estate upon his unfree ... [1 Related Articles] Tallahassee city, capital of Florida, U.S., and seat (1824) of Leon county. It is situated in ... Tallahatchie River river rising in Tippah county, Mississippi, U.S., and flowing 230 miles (370 km) west and ... Tallapaka Annamacarya (from the article "South Asian arts") ...in life and poetry, unschooled yet a scholar, is widely known for his Bhagavatam, a ... Tallapoosa River river rising in the Piedmont area of western Georgia, U.S., west of Atlanta, and flowing ... Tallboy (from the article "Wallis, Sir Barnes") Wallis produced not only the dambuster bombs but also the 12,000-pound "Tallboy" and the 22,000-pound ... Tallchief, Maria ballet dancer of North American Indian descent noted for fine technique and considered one of ... [1 Related Articles] Tallchief, Marjorie ballerina, dance teacher, and the first American ever to become the premiere ... Tallemant des Reaux, Gedeon French writer of entertaining and informative Historiettes, or short biographies. Tallensi a people of northern Ghana who speak a language of the Gur branch of the ... [2 Related Articles] Taller de Grafica Popular (from the article "Latin American art") The graphic arts became another means of communicating with the masses. Building on the examples ... Taller Torres Garcia (from the article "Latin American architecture") ...abstraction the highest expression of the human spirit. At the same time, he felt it ... Talleyrand, Charles-Maurice de, prince de Benevent French statesman and diplomat noted for his capacity for political survival, who held high office ... [7 Related Articles] tallgrass prairie (from the article "prairie") Tallgrass prairie, sometimes called true prairie, is found in the eastern, more humid region of ... tallhedge buckthorn (from the article "alder buckthorn") ...(1 12-2 12 inches) long. Small, white flowers are borne in clusters of 2 to ... Tallien, Jean-Lambert French Revolutionary who became a leader of the moderates (Thermidorians) after he helped engineer the ... Tallinn city, capital of Estonia, on Tallinn Bay of the Gulf of Finland. A fortified settlement ... [5 Related Articles] Tallinn language (from the article "Estonian language") ...branch of the Uralic language family, spoken in Estonia and in scattered pockets in surrounding ... Tallis, Thomas one of the most important English composers of sacred music before William Byrd (1543-1623). His ... [2 Related Articles] tallit prayer shawl worn by male Jews during the daily morning service (shaharit); it is also ... [4 Related Articles] Tallmadge Amendment (from the article "Missouri Compromise") ...of New York attempted to add an antislavery amendment to that legislation, however, there ensued ... tallow odourless, tasteless, waxy white fat, consisting of suet (the hard fat about the kidneys and ... [4 Related Articles] tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum), small tree, of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), native to China but much cultivated ...

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