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<em>New Moon</em> Movie Review

Director Chris Weitz turns up the heat in the second Twilight film by Catherine McNiff Related Links New Moon TriviaNew Moon QuizTwilight PollTwilight HangmanTwilight PageHere…

Schapiro, Meyer

(Encyclopedia) Schapiro, MeyerSchapiro, Meyershəpĭrˈō [key], 1904–96, American art historian, b. Siauliai, Lithuania. Schapiro came to the United States in 1907 and later attended Columbia Univ.,…

Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia) Mendeleev, Dmitri IvanovichMendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovichmĕndəlāˈəf, Rus. dəmēˈtrē ēväˈnəvĭch myĭndyĭlyāˈəf [key], 1834–1907, Russian chemist. He is famous for his formulation (1869) of…

Fortes, Meyer

(Encyclopedia) Fortes, Meyer, 1906–83, British anthropologist, b. Britstown, South Africa, grad. Univ. of Cape Town (M.A., 1926) and the Univ. of London (Ph.D., 1930). From 1946 to 1950 he was a…

Meyer, Julius Lothar

(Encyclopedia) Meyer, Julius Lothar, 1830–95, German chemist. He taught at Breslau, Karlsruhe, and Tübingen (from 1876) and is known especially for his work in the development of the periodic law,…

Meyrink, Gustav

(Encyclopedia) Meyrink, GustavMeyrink, Gustavg&oobreve;sˈtäf mīˈrĭngk [key], 1868–1932, German author, b. Vienna. His original name was Gustav Meyer. A staff member of Simplicissimus from 1902,…

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

(Encyclopedia) Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823–1911, American author, b. Cambridge, Mass. A Unitarian minister, he was a leader in the abolitionist movement and was a member of a group that backed…

Jan MEYERS, Congress, KS (1928)

MEYERS Jan , a Representative from Kansas; born in Lincoln, Nebr., July 20, 1928; attended public schools in Superior, Nebr., and William Woods College, Fulton, Mo.; B.A., University of Nebraska,…

mental hygiene

(Encyclopedia) mental hygiene, the science of promoting mental health and preventing mental illness through the application of psychiatry and psychology. A more commonly used term today is mental…

Fairchild, David Grandison

(Encyclopedia) Fairchild, David Grandison, 1869–1954, American botanist and agricultural explorer, b. East Lansing, Mich. He entered the service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, where he organized (…