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cleft palate

(Encyclopedia) cleft palate, incomplete fusion of bones of the palate. The cleft may be confined to the soft palate at the back of the mouth; it may include the hard palate, or roof of the mouth; or…

giardiasis

(Encyclopedia) giardiasisgiardiasisjēärdīˈəsĭs, järdīˈəsĭs [key], infection of the small intestine by a protozoan, Giardia lamblia. Giardia, which was named after Alfred M. Giard, a French biologist…

Romney, George

(Encyclopedia) Romney, GeorgeRomney, Georgerŏmˈnē [key], 1734–1802, English portrait painter, b. Lancashire. Having had little early training, Romney went to London in 1762, where he rapidly became a…

Lindsay, John Vliet

(Encyclopedia) Lindsay, John VlietLindsay, John Vlietvlēt [key], 1921–2000, American politician, mayor of New York City (1966–73), b. New York City. He practiced law and then served (1955–57) as…

Talmud

(Encyclopedia) TalmudTalmudtălˈməd [key] [Aramaic from Heb.,=learning], in Judaism, vast compilation of the Oral Law with rabbinical elucidations, elaborations, and commentaries, in contradistinction…

Other Men's 1997 Tournaments: NIT Tournament

The 60th annual National Invitation Tournament had a 32-team field. First three rounds played on home courts of higher seeded teams. Semifinal, Third Place and Championship games played…

NCAA Tournament (53 teams)

East RegionalFirst RoundTemple 65, St. John's 63Richmond 72, Auburn 71Virginia Comm. 70, Northeastern 69Virginia 58, Iona 57Second RoundNorth Carolina 77, Temple 66Indiana 75, Richmond…

rotavirus

(Encyclopedia) rotavirus, double-stranded RNA virus, genus Rotavirus, with a wheellike appearance that can cause severe watery diarrhea and vomiting, sometimes leading to severe dehydration and death…

sand dollar

(Encyclopedia) sand dollar, common name for a marine animal in the same phylum as the starfish (see sea star). The sand dollar has a rigid, flattened, disk-shaped test, or shell, made of firmly…

Avedon, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Avedon, Richard, 1923–2004, American photographer, b. New York City. Son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, he studied philosophy at Columbia, served in the photographic section of the U.S…