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(Encyclopedia) pension, periodic payments to one who has retired from work because of age or disability. Pensions, originally thought of as charity, are now viewed as an essential part of the social…October 1997 News and Events
1997 Month-By-MonthWorldU.S. Sends Carrier to Gulf (Oct. 3): The Nimitz is dispatched in a warning to Iran to halt air attacks on Iraq, a violation of the no-flight zone imposed at the end of…May 2016: Obama Visits Hiroshima
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of May 2016. 1. ISIS Strikes in Baghdad 2.…Super Bowl Ads 2001: Revenge of the Blue Chipss
Philip Morris and Mastercard are in; the dot-coms are out by Mike Morrison The Big Boys Bounce Back The past year's economic fears have resulted in two things: Most of the dot-coms have been…angel
(Encyclopedia) angelangelānˈjəl [key], [Gr.,=messenger], bodiless, immortal spirit, limited in knowledge and power, accepted in the traditional belief of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and other…Roland
(Encyclopedia) RolandRolandrōˈlənd [key], the great French hero of the medieval Charlemagne cycle of chansons de geste, immortalized in the Chanson de Roland (11th or 12th cent.). Existence of an…plastering
(Encyclopedia) plastering, house construction technique involving the application of plaster to walls and ceilings, exterior plasterwork being of a different composition and generally known as stucco…Hirst, Damien Steven
(Encyclopedia) Hirst, Damien Steven, 1965–, British artist-provacateur, b. Bristol. While at Goldsmiths College, London (grad. 1988), he organized the exhibition Freeze, whose participants, led by…diffraction
(Encyclopedia) diffraction, bending of waves around the edge of an obstacle. When light strikes an opaque body, for instance, a shadow forms on the side of the body that is shielded from the light…lanthanum
(Encyclopedia) lanthanumlanthanumlănˈthənəm [key] [Gr.,=to lie hidden], metallic chemical element; symbol La; at. no. 57; at. wt. 138.90547; m.p. about 920℃; b.p. about 3,460℃; sp. gr. 6.19 at 25℃;…Trending
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