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(Encyclopedia) green flash or emerald flash, a refractive phenomenon of the atmosphere where the top edge of the setting (or, less frequently, rising) sun will momentarily turn emerald green. The…Yonath, Ada E.
(Encyclopedia) Yonath, Ada E., 1939–, Israeli crystallographer, Ph.D. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovat, Israel, 1968. Yonath has been a researcher and professor at the Weizmann Institute since…Brewer's: Fresco-painting
means fresh-painting, or rather paint applied to walls while the plaster is fresh and damp. Only so much plaster must be spread as the artist can finish painting before he retires for the…Brewer's: Furies
(The Three). Tisiphone (Goel, or Avenger of blood), Alecto (Implacable), and Megæra (Disputatious). The best paintings of these divinities are those by Il Giottino (Thomas di Stefano) of…All-CFL Team
The All-CFL team as selected by a Football Writers of Canada panel. Holdovers from the 1995 team are in bold type.PosOffensePosDefenseWRJoe Rogers, Ott.EGrant Carter, Mon.WREddie Brown, Edm.…1968 Olympics Shooting Medalists
Event Free Rifle (3 positions) Gary Anderson, USA 1157 Vladimir Kornev, URS 1151 Kurt Müller, SUI 1148 Small-Bore Rifle (Prone) Jan Kurka, TCH 598…Brewer's: Roman
(The) Jean Dumont, the French painter, le Romain (1700-1781). Stephen Picart, the French engraver, le Romain (1631-1721). Giulio Pippi, Giulio Romano (1492-1546). Adrian van Roomen, the…radium
(Encyclopedia) radiumradiumrāˈdēəm [key] [Lat. radius=ray], radioactive metallic chemical element; symbol Ra; at. no. 88; mass number of most stable isotope 226; m.p. 700℃; b.p. 1,140℃; sp. gr. about…Whitewater, in U.S. history
(Encyclopedia) Whitewater, popular name for a failed 1970s Arkansas real estate venture by the Whitewater Development Corp., in which Gov. (later President) Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham…European Commission
(Encyclopedia) European Commission (EC), institution of the European Union (EU) invested with executive powers; it also is the main EU institution that initiates legislation. Located in Brussels,…Trending
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