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separator, cream

(Encyclopedia) separator, cream, dairy machine used to separate fresh whole milk into cream and skim milk. Formerly the separation was made by the gravity method, allowing the cream to rise to the…

Brewer's: Drives fat Oxen

(Who). Brook, in his Gustavus Vasa, says: “Who rules o'er freemen should himself be free,” which Dr. Johnson parodied thus: “Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat.” (Boswell's Life,…

Recommended Daily Fat Intake

Total calories per daySaturated fat in gramsTotal fat in grams1,60018 or less532,000120 or less652,20024 or less732,500125 or less802,80031 or less931. Percent daily values on nutrition facts labels…

Chow Yun-Fat Biography

Chow Yun-Fat actorBorn: 5/18/1955Birthplace: Hong Kong, Lamma Island, China Actor best known to American audiences for his role in The Replacement Killers. John Woo's 1996 gangster movie A…

Albert I, Holy Roman Emperor

(Encyclopedia) Albert I, c.1250–1308, Holy Roman Emperor (1298–1308), son of Rudolf I. Albert was invested with Austria and Styria in 1282 by his father, who also hoped to secure the succession as…

Albert Nyanza

(Encyclopedia) Albert Nyanza, E Africa: see Albert, Lake.

oilbird

(Encyclopedia) oilbird, common name for an owllike, cave-dwelling bird, Steatornis caripensis, belonging to the family Steatornithidae. It spends its days in dark caves, maneuvering by means of a…

Albert, German churchman

(Encyclopedia) Albert, 1490–1545, German churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A member of the house of Brandenburg, he became (1514) archbishop of Mainz. Because Albert was underage,…

Albert, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Albert, Lake, or Albert NyanzaAlbert Nyanzanīănˈzə, nyänˈzä [key], 2,064 sq mi (5,346 sq km), on the Congo (Kinshasa)–Uganda border, E central Africa. The lake is c.100 mi (160 km)…