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Hanani

(Encyclopedia) HananiHananihănˈənī, hānāˈ– [key], in the Bible. 1 Chief singer of David. 2 Seer who reproved Asa. Apparently this is the father of Jehu. 3 Governor of Jerusalem.

Hino

(Encyclopedia) Hino Hino hēˈnō [key], city, Tokyo Metropolis, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Asa River…

Lehigh University

(Encyclopedia) Lehigh University, at Bethlehem, Pa.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1866 by Asa Packer. It has undergraduate colleges of arts and science, business and economics, and engineering…

Carter Family

(Encyclopedia) Carter Family, group of singers that specialized in traditional music of the Southern Appalachian Mountains; it consisted of A(lvin) P(leasant) Carter, 1891–1960, b. Maces Spring, Va…

Carter, Nick

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Nick, fictional detective character in dime novels said to have been created by J. R. Coryell in the 1880s. The firm of Street & Smith, New York City, published over 1,000…

Geometry: The ASA Postulate

The ASA PostulateGeometryCongruent TrianglesCPOCTACThe Big FiveThe SAS PostulateThe ASA PostulateThe AAS TheoremProving Segments and Angles Are CongruentProving Lines Are Parallel You can prove…

Brewer's: Asa Loki

Descended from the giants and received among the celestials. He is represented as a treacherous malignant power, fond of assuming disguises, and plotting evil. One of his progeny is Hela (…

Brewer's: Asa Thor.

Eldest son of Asa Odin, and the first-born of mortals. (Scandinavian mythology.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AsaphAsa Loki A B C D E F G H I J…

Carter, Elliott Cook, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Elliott Cook, Jr., 1908–2012, American composer, b. New York City. Carter is considered by many to be the most important late-20th-century American composer. Mentored early in…