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Lyme disease

(Encyclopedia) Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis, a nonfatal bacterial infection that causes symptoms ranging from fever and headache to a painful swelling of the joints. The first American case of…

Al Shabab

(Encyclopedia) Al Shabab or Al ShabaabAl Shabaab [key], [Arab.,=the youth], Islamic fundamentalist militia based in Somalia. One of several hardline Somali Islamist militias, Al Shabab has operated…

Dutch language

(Encyclopedia) Dutch language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Also called Netherlandish, it is spoken…

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., 1950–, American scholar and critic, b. Keyser, W.Va., B.A. Yale, 1973, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1979, where he studied with Wole Soyinka. Gates is an expert on African…

Galatians

(Encyclopedia) GalatiansGalatiansgəlāˈshənz [key], letter of the New Testament. It is ascribed to St. Paul and addressed to ethnic Gauls living in central Asia Minor, or to inhabitants of the Roman…

Four-H

(Encyclopedia) Four-H or 4-H, organization for boys and girls, generally from 8 to 18 years of age; some states offer programs for younger children, and there are also collegiate programs. 4-H…

Fourier, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Fourier, CharlesFourier, Charlesshärl f&oomacr;ryāˈ [key], 1772–1837, French social philosopher. From a bourgeois family, he condemned existing institutions and evolved a kind of…

hantavirus

(Encyclopedia) hantavirus, any of a genus (Hantavirus) of single-stranded RNA viruses that are carried by rodents and transmitted to humans when they inhale vapors from contaminated rodent urine,…

Sulu Archipelago

(Encyclopedia) Sulu ArchipelagoSulu Archipelagos&oomacr;ˈl&oomacr; [key], island group, 1,086 sq mi (2,813 sq km), the Philippines, SW of Mindanao. Lying between the Celebes and Sulu seas, it…