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Asian American Artists and Musicians

Zubin MehtaBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports PersonalitiesScientistsEntertainers:…

Dohnányi, Ernst von

(Encyclopedia) Dohnányi, Ernst vonDohnányi, Ernst vonĕrnst fən dōˈnänyĭ [key], Hung. ErnőDohnányi, Ernst vonĕrˈnö [key], 1877–1960, Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor. He studied at the Royal…

William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Act V

Act VScene IThe plains of PhilippiEnter Octavius, Antony, and their armyOctaviusNow, Antony, our hopes are answered: You said the enemy would not come down, But keep the hills and upper…

William Shakespeare: Richard III, Act I

Act IScene ILondon. A streetEnter Gloucester, solusGloucesterNow is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 13, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 12, 1806June 14, 1806June 13, 1806 Friday June 13th 1806. Reubin Feilds and Willard were ordered to proceed on our road to a small prarie 8…

taxidermy

(Encyclopedia) taxidermytaxidermytăkˈsĭdûrˌmē [key], process of skinning, preserving, and mounting vertebrate animals so that they still appear lifelike. The fur or feathers are cleaned, and the skin…

tanning

(Encyclopedia) tanning, process by which skins and hides are converted into leather. Vegetable tanning, a method requiring more than a month even with modern machinery and tanning liquors, employs…

everlasting

(Encyclopedia) everlasting or immortelleeverlastingĭmˌôrtĕlˈ [key], names for numerous plants characterized by papery or chaffy flowers that retain their form and often their color when dried and are…

Cluj-Napoca

(Encyclopedia) Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca kl&oomacr;zh-näpō [key], Hung. Kolozsvár, Ger.…

Ch'ien-lung

(Encyclopedia) Ch'ien-lungCh'ien-lungchyĕnˈ-l&oomacr;ngˈ [key], 1711–99, reign title of the fourth emperor (1735–96) of the Ch'ing dynasty, whose given name was Hung-li. Under his vigorous…