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(Encyclopedia) basketry, art of weaving or coiling and sewing flexible materials to form vessels or other commodities. The materials used include twigs, roots, strips of hide, splints, osier willows…prostaglandin
(Encyclopedia) prostaglandinprostaglandinprŏsˌtəglănˈdən [key], any of a group of about a dozen compounds synthesized from fatty acids in mammals as well as in lower animals. Prostaglandins are…Sahel
(Encyclopedia) SahelSahelsähĕlˈ [key], name applied to the semiarid region of Africa between the Sahara to the north and the savannas to the south, extending from Senegal and Mauritania on the west,…Oldenburg, Claes
(Encyclopedia) Oldenburg, ClaesOldenburg, Claesklăs [key], 1929–, Swedish-American artist, b. Stockholm, raised Chicago, studied at Yale, moved to New York 1956. Usually considered part of the pop…Raeburn, Sir Henry
(Encyclopedia) Raeburn, Sir HenryRaeburn, Sir Henryrāˈbərn [key], 1756–1823, Scottish portrait painter, b. near Edinburgh. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith at 15 and he showed considerable talent.…Nekrasov, Nikolai Alekseyevich
(Encyclopedia) Nekrasov, Nikolai AlekseyevichNekrasov, Nikolai Alekseyevichnyĭkəlīˈ əlyĭksyāˈyəvĭch nyĭkräˈsəf [key], 1821–78, Russian poet, editor, and publisher. Nekrasov began writing poetry when…Nicholas, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Nicholas, Saint, patron of children and sailors, of Greece, Sicily, and Russia, and of many other places and persons. Little is known of him, but he is traditionally identified as a…Albuquerque
(Encyclopedia) Albuquerque Albuquerque ălˈbəkûrˌkē [key], city (2020 pop. 564,559), seat of Bernalillo co., W central N.Mex., on the upper Rio Grande; inc. 1890. The…Chattanooga
(Encyclopedia) Chattanooga Chattanooga chătˌən&oomacr;ˈgə [key], city (2020 pop. 181,099), seat of Hamilton co., E…Duras, Marguerite
(Encyclopedia) Duras, MargueriteDuras, Margueritemärgərētˈ düräsˈ [key], 1914–96, French author, b. Gia Dinh, Indochina (now Vietnam). Usually grouped with the exponents of the nouveau roman [new…Trending
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