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Lysippos

(Encyclopedia) LysipposLysipposlīsĭpˈəs [key], fl. late 4th cent. b.c., Greek sculptor, head of the Sicyon school. Hellenistic sculpture was based largely on the style he introduced. In treating the…

hammerhead shark

(Encyclopedia) hammerhead shark, active, surface-living shark, genus Sphyrina. Its curious head has lateral projections resembling the crossbar of a T, and its eyes and ears are located in the outer…

Saint Martin

(Encyclopedia) Saint MartinSaint MartinsăN märtăNˈ [key], Du. Sint Maarten, island, 37 sq mi (96 sq km), West Indies, one of the Leeward Islands. Since its occupation in 1648 by the Dutch and the…

1989 Gramophone Awards

Chamber (Record of the Year)Bartók, String Quartets nos. 1–6, Emerson Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon)ChoralHandel, Jephtha, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque…

Italicization

Italicize the following (or underline if writing by hand or using a typewriter):The titles of books, plays, book-length poems, magazines, and newspapers: War and Peace TIME magazine Twelfth…

Jahdiel

(Encyclopedia) JahdielJahdieljäˈdīĕl [key], in the Bible, head of a Manassite family.

Port Augusta

(Encyclopedia) Port Augusta, city (2016 pop. 13,808), South Australia, S Australia, at the head of Spencer Gulf. It is a railroad center and a center for solar and other renewable energy.

Gerhardt, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Gerhardt, Paul, 1607–76, German hymn writer and clergyman. Some of his famous texts, such as O Sacred Head Sore Wounded, are much used in English translations.

Bebai

(Encyclopedia) BebaiBebaibēbāˈī [key], in the Bible, head of a family in Zerubbabel's return.

Asnah

(Encyclopedia) AsnahAsnahăsˈnə [key], in the Bible, head of a family that returned with Zerubbabel.