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London Office Space

2007-12-09T10:00:00.000-08:00

July 2007’s data from the Savills Commercial Development PMI® survey signaled a marked expansion of total commercial property activity. Developers indicated that a sharp rise in work on private sector projects had been the principal driver of overall growth.

Commercial construction firms reported growth in seven of the nine areas of activity monitored in July, with expansion strongest for private sector office space UK activity. With the prices of London Office Space continuing to increase, leasing office space is becoming ever more popular.

looking for gum sculpting london?

2007-11-22T03:58:00.000-08:00

Too much gum or uneven gum levels can detract from an otherwise great looking smile. This can be painlessly corrected by simple gum sculpting. There can be many variations when it comes to the exact manner in which gum sculpting is performed. In all cases the treatment process needs to be discussed with the dentist who will perform the procedure after he has examined the patient.

At The Welbeck Clinic the efficient dentists will help you to have that beautiful and healthy smile forever. We attempt to afford you every opportunity to achieve this goal by being careful with your time, your needs, and your money. To give you smiles forever we use many techniques including gum sculpting, metal braces, porcelain braces, clear aligners, TMJ treatment and many more.

Cosmetic Bonding is a non intrusive technique which may be suitable for you

2007-11-14T03:38:00.000-08:00

Cosmetic Bonding is a non intrusive technique which may be suitable for you if you have minor gaps between your teeth, minor chips or fractures in your teeth or wish to change the shape or colour of your teeth.

A dental composite resin or enamel-type material is applied to the surface of your tooth. The dentist sculpts this bonding material around the tooth in order to create the required shape, colour, size and finish and achieve an aesthetically pleasing result.

The composite resin used in many cosmetic dental procedures such as cosmetic bonding also has the advantage of bonding and expanding with your natural teeth. This reduces the likelihood of fractures and cracks occurring as are common with mercury and amalgam materials.

Are you trying to find a shop to let?

2007-11-14T03:13:00.001-08:00

Are you trying to find a shop to let for your retail business? Being able to sell your products is a key business skill, whether it is through a sprawling showroom, or through an office where you can interact with people directly.

Pearl & Coutts is the leading online service providing retailers with direct access to the latest available shop units. They have a wide selection of shop to let and office space available for immediate rental. They provide you with the option to select sites listed on their web site or you call us them for an informal chat about your requirements.

Everybody likes to own a successful business; you need a place from where you can promote your products – a shop to let.

veneers

2007-11-08T07:16:00.000-08:00

Veneers fall into the category of cosmetic dentistry because they create a bright, white smile with beautifully aligned, shapely teeth. Veneers may be used cosmetically to resurface teeth such as to make them appear straighter and possess a more aesthetically pleasing alignment. This may be a quick way to improve the appearance of malposed teeth without need to use orthodontics.

Unlike caps and crowns, veneers only cover the front surface of a tooth. They are individually handcrafted from porcelain by a highly skilled experienced technician. Veneers are used to rectify many defects, examples of which are shown in the photo gallery. These include closing gaps, realigning crowded and protruding teeth, and whitening discolored teeth. Regardless of what causes unattractive teeth, dental veneers may solve most or even all of your cosmetic dental issues

I'm not desperate... yet

2007-10-12T04:00:00.000-07:00

As a single father, I've been contemplating my options with regards to meeting new people. Everyone knows that going out to meet people is the wrong state of mind, you'll never meet someone if you're out to. But going out has become so expensive that there's almost no point in going out if I'm not going to find anyone. And even if I did, would she be turned off by the fact 've got kids? Maybe I'd be better off meeting single mothers dating.

Then I stumbled across this website that is a full online community for single parents, and found loads of single mothers dating who I can get in touch with without even leaving the house!

Hi, is that the babysitter? Yeah, I need to cancel your services, it's much cheaper to meet people online!

Shops to let

2007-10-09T05:55:00.000-07:00

London is today one of the world's leading trade and financial centres. If you're planning to move your business or start a new business, think about taking up shops to let as soon as possible. Considering the pressure on space, in relation to the demand, it is at times difficult to get the most appropriate shops to let. You may be highly disappointed in not being able to find the shop of your choice.

You need not worry any more - Pearl & Coutts is the solution for you. Pearl & Coutts is the leading online service providing retailers with direct access to the latest available shops to let. From saving time and money to providing much-needed flexibility, Pearl & Coutts is the answer to a number of business concerns.

Industrial Units London

2007-09-10T04:30:00.000-07:00

Do you know how hard it is to find industrial units in London at a reasonable price? I was struggling to find any industrial units at a price I could afford in London until I came across Pearl & Coutts, who were able to supply me with industrial units London at a rate within my budget.

Teeth Whitening

2006-09-27T08:28:00.000-07:00

Last time I paid a visit to my dentist I let him know that although unhappy with the brown nicotine stained I was unable to afford teeth whitening and just wasn’t happy about spending huge amounts of money on them. Teeth whitening wasn’t as expensive as I initially thought and having had teeth whitening done, I am so pleased with the overall effect and look and will definitely be having em done again!

Serviced Offices Uk

2006-09-27T08:23:00.000-07:00

Serviced Offices are truly flexible and provide any company looking for a serviced office with the perfect solution. We offer any size or combination of fully-furnished offices to match any budget or space requirements and a full range of services and products can suit and exceed your ever-changing business needs. Should you require Serviced Offices in London then try Office Hound

Cosmetic Dentists

2006-09-27T08:14:00.000-07:00

Highly trained and experienced cosmetic dentists can be found on the web I should think. Finding decent cosmetic dentists is something which I thankfully went through a few years back now and am glad I did. This is a particularly good Cosmetic Dentist in London

Emergency Dentists London

2006-09-27T08:08:00.000-07:00

I had an impacted Wisdom Tooth and needed an emergency Dentist and am so grateful to Baker St Dental who did a great job on my teeth. Their London Dental Practice is open 24/7 and will deal with all Emergency Dentist requirements.

Cosmetic dentists

2006-09-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

I’m finding that cosmetic dentists rates are actually reducing over these last few years. More and more people who are needing work done on their teeth are able to visit cosmetic dentists and this has been great for me as my mouth was totally gappy! My cosmetic dentists work has made me a more confident person.

Teeth Whitening

2006-09-27T07:58:00.000-07:00

Teeth whitening is a mecca for smile enhancement and is now so much more readily available now that prices in teeth whitening have dropped so considerably. Too much smoking and too much coffee made me look like a yellow stained fag hag and now that I’ve had teeth whitening done, my confidence has soared.

Zoe

2005-11-18T18:30:00.000-08:00

Also called Brotherhood of Theologians in Eastern Orthodoxy, a semimonastic Greek association patterned on Western religious orders. Founded in 1907 by Eusebius Matthopoulos, Zoe (Greek: “Life”) brought together groups of more than 100 unmarried and highly disciplined members, bound by the monastic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience; approximately half of the brothers were ordained priests, and the rest

Plücker, Julius

2005-10-16T15:25:00.000-07:00

Plücker attended the universities in Heidelberg, Bonn, Berlin, and Paris. In 1829, after four years as an unsalaried lecturer, he became a professor at the University of Bonn, where

Eurythmics

2005-08-08T20:10:00.000-07:00

Eurythmics was developed about 1905 by the Swiss musician Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, a professor of harmony at the Geneva Conservatory, who was convinced that the conventional system of

Hippocrates

2005-07-27T18:05:00.000-07:00

Greek physician of antiquity who is traditionally regarded as the father of medicine. His name has long been associated with the so-called Hippocratic Oath—certainly not written by him—which in modified form is still often required to be taken by medical students on graduating.

Devils Lake

2005-07-25T23:35:00.000-07:00

City, seat of Ramsey county, northeast-central North Dakota, U.S. The community was established with the opening of a land office in 1882 as Creelsburg (later Creel City) and was the head of steamboat navigation on Devils Lake, a saline body of water originally about 30 miles [50 km] long. By 1909, when the lake had receded 4 miles (6 km) from the city, navigation ceased. The city developed as a trade

Swabia

2005-07-23T00:05:00.000-07:00

Swabia's name is derived from that of the Suebi, a Germanic people who, with the Alemanni, occupied the upper Rhine and upper Danube region in the 3rd century

Lippi, Filippino

2005-07-08T09:30:00.000-07:00

The son of Fra Filippo Lippi and his wife, Lucrezia Buti, he was a follower of his father and of Botticelli. After Fra Filippo Lippi's death, Filippino entered the workshop of Botticelli. By 1473 he had finished his

Estelí

2005-07-06T13:55:00.000-07:00

City, northwestern Nicaragua. It lies along the Estelí River in the central highlands, at an elevation of 2,674 feet (815 m). A Spanish settlement founded near prehistoric carved-stone figures, it was a scene of heavy fighting between Sandinista guerrillas and government troops in 1978–79 that left much of the centre of the city in ruins. Estelí is an agricultural and commercial centre,

Incidental Music

2005-06-30T15:45:00.000-07:00

Music written to accompany or point up the action or mood of a dramatic performance on stage, film, radio, television, or recording; to serve as a transition between parts of the action; or to introduce or close the performance. Because it is written to enhance a nonmusical medium, most incidental music makes little impression on public taste. But some incidental music

Race, South Africa

2005-06-22T22:10:00.000-07:00

Although race categories and racial ideology are both arbitrary and subjective, race was a convenient way to organize people within structures of presumed permanent inequality. South Africa's policy of apartheid exhibited the same basic racial ideology as the North American system but differed in two respects: the systematic state classification of races

Kaffraria

2005-06-16T07:15:00.000-07:00

(from Arabic kafir, “infidel”), the territories along the southeast coast of Africa that were colonized by the Portuguese and British. The term referred more specifically in the 19th century to those lands inhabited by the Xhosa-speaking peoples of the Transkei and Ciskei. Now considered pejorative, the term Kaffir was used in the 19th century as a synonym for Xhosa. In 1847, during

Road Race

2005-06-03T16:05:00.000-07:00

Usually, all contestants

Teagarden, Jack

2005-06-01T10:50:00.000-07:00

Beginning on trombone at age seven, Teagarden was entirely self-taught. After drifting across the Southwest, he eventually arrived in New York City in 1927 and made his recording debut; from that moment he was the acknowledged

Rayonism

2005-05-18T01:50:00.000-07:00

Russian Luchism (Rayism) Russian art movement founded by Mikhail F. Larionov, representing one of the first steps toward the development of abstract art in Russia. Larionov exhibited one of the first Rayonist works, Glass, in 1912 and wrote the movement's manifesto that same year (though it was not published until 1913). Explaining the new style, which was a synthesis of Cubism, Futurism, and Orphism, Larionov

Chorion

2005-05-16T07:20:00.000-07:00

In vertebrates, the chorion is covered with ectoderm lined with mesoderm (both are germ layers) and is separated from other embryonic membranes by an extraembryonic body cavity,

Koguryo

2005-03-15T17:37:00.000-08:00

By the reign of King T'aejo (AD 53 - 146), a royal

Wu-hsi

2005-03-14T17:54:00.000-08:00

Wu-hsi is one of the older cities in the

Madison Square Garden

2005-03-11T21:33:00.000-08:00

Indoor sports arena in New York City. The original Madison Square Garden (1874) was a converted railroad station at Madison Square; in 1891 a sports arena was built on the site, designed by Stanford White and dedicated chiefly to boxing. In 1925 a new Madison Square Garden was built at Eighth Avenue and 50th Street, with an arena suitable for basketball, hockey, and other sports; it was the

Aquaculture: Fulfilling Its Promise

2005-03-04T00:01:00.000-08:00

The earliest-known documentation of fish farming is a Chinese book entitled Fish Culture Classic, written in 460 BC. The Chinese raised their fish, mainly carp, in small ponds to supplement other farm crops. Through experimentation, farmers discovered they could raise several species of fish together in one pond. This system, known as polyculture, proved highly productive

Syracuse

2005-03-03T03:15:00.000-08:00

Syracuse was settled about 734 BC by Corinthians led by the aristocrat Archias, and the city soon dominated the coastal plain and hill country beyond. The original Greek settlers of the city formed an elite (gamoroi

Doolittle, Hilda

2005-03-02T20:38:00.000-08:00

Doolittle was the daughter of an astronomer, and she was reared in the strict Moravian tradition of her mother's family. She entered Bryn Mawr College in 1904 and while a student there formed friendships with

France, History Of, Political and social changes

2005-03-01T11:52:00.000-08:00

The structure of the Fourth Republic seemed remarkably like that of the Third; in actual operation it seemed even more familiar. The lower house of parliament (now renamed the National Assembly) was once more the locus of power; shaky coalition Cabinets again succeeded one another at brief intervals, and the lack of a clear-cut majority in the country or in parliament

Indian Philosophy

2005-02-28T17:14:00.000-08:00

The systems of thought and reflection that were developed by the civilizations of the Indian subcontinent. They include both orthodox (astika) systems, namely, the Nyaya, Vaisesika, Samkhya, Yoga, Purva-mimamsa, and Vedanta schools of philosophy, and unorthodox (nastika) systems, such as Buddhism and Jainism. Indian thought has been concerned with various philosophical problems,

Melanesian Languages

2005-02-27T22:51:00.000-08:00

Languages belonging to the Eastern, or Oceanic, branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family and spoken in the islands of Melanesia. The Melanesian languages, of which there are about 400, are most closely related to the languages of Micronesia and Polynesia; most have a few hundred or a few thousand speakers, and the total number of speakers of Melanesian

Loches

2005-02-26T04:53:00.000-08:00

Town, Indre-et-Loire d�partement, Centre region, west central France, southeast of Tours, on the left bank of the Indre River. The town is dominated by the medieval citadel, which is surrounded by 1.5 mi (2 km) of old walls. It embraces three separate buildings: the Royal Lodge (mainly 15th century), the Coll�giale Saint-Ours (10th - 11th century), and a ruined fortress with an 11th-century keep

Aleksandrov, Pavel Sergeevich

2005-02-25T18:22:00.000-08:00

In 1897 Aleksandrov moved with his family to Smolensk, where his father had accepted a position as a surgeon with the Smolensk State Hospital. His early education was supplied by his mother, who gave him French, German, and music lessons. At grammar

Ryder, Albert Pinkham

2005-02-24T08:13:00.000-08:00

About 1870 Ryder settled permanently in New York City, where he briefly studied painting. His formal training, however, did little to affect his early work, consisting largely of naive and idyllic landscapes. He made several short trips

Auricular Style

2005-02-23T17:06:00.000-08:00

Applied to chair backs, frames, cupboards, and other surfaces, the gruesome, curving motifs

Pueblo Rebellion

2005-02-22T00:44:00.000-08:00

(1680), carefully organized revolt of Pueblo Indians (in league with Apaches), who succeeded in overthrowing Spanish rule in New Mexico for 12 years. A traditionally peaceful people, the Pueblos had endured much after New Mexico's colonization in 1598. Catholicism was forced on them by missionaries who burned their ceremonial pits (kivas), masks, and other sacred objects. Indians

Culver City

2005-02-20T13:01:00.000-08:00

City, Los Angeles county, California, U.S. Part of Rancho La Ballona, it was laid out in 1914 by Harry H. Culver and promoted as a site for motion-picture production, becoming the home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Hal Roach studios. Television shows were produced at what were the Desilu and before that the RKO studios. Petroleum, aircraft, and electronic industries are the other

Scale Worm

2005-02-19T18:38:00.000-08:00

The somewhat arched back of the scale worm is covered with flattened pairs of overlapping scales. A

Trichomoniasis

2005-02-18T20:58:00.000-08:00

The pear-shaped species T.

Madison, James

2005-02-17T05:22:00.000-08:00

Fourth president of the United States (1809 - 17) and one of the founding fathers of his country. At the Constitutional Convention (1787) he influenced the planning and ratification of the U.S. Constitution and collaborated with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay in the publication of The Federalist Papers. As a member of the new House of Representatives, he sponsored the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, commonly called the Bill of Rights. He was secretary of state under President Thomas Jefferson when the Louisiana Territory was purchased from France. The War of 1812 was fought during his presidency. (For a discussion of the history and nature of the presidency, see presidency of the United States of America. See also Cabinet of President James Madison.)

Gulf Stream

2005-02-16T23:08:00.000-08:00

The Gulf Stream is part of a general

Burn

2005-02-15T22:38:00.000-08:00

The use of topical antibacterial agents has reduced the incidence of post-burn infection, but infection remains one of the most serious complications of burns. Burn surgeons often obtain cultures of the burn wound and of sputum and other body secretions; these are examined for signs of infection. Early detection and prompt treatment of infection with antibiotics

Anhwei, Relief

2005-02-14T13:52:00.000-08:00

The northern portion of Anhwei Province is occupied by the North China Plain - an immense level surface that has periodically been flooded by its dominant rivers. The southern section of the province, the Yangtze Valley, is separated from the northern plain by a series of mountains that stretch roughly from west to east. The Ta-pieh Mountains - an extension of the

Narcotic

2005-02-13T23:11:00.000-08:00

The main therapeutic use of narcotics is for pain relief, and hence they are often called narcotic analgesics. The best-known narcotics are the opiates - i.e., compounds

Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson

2005-02-12T19:37:00.000-08:00

The younger sister of the statesman Richard Burdon Haldane and the physiologist John Scott Haldane, she was educated privately. For much of her adult life she served on various advisory and regulatory boards for nursing. Influenced by the English housing reformer Octavia Hill,

Lagrange, Marie-joseph

2005-02-11T10:44:00.000-08:00

Lagrange became a Dominican in 1879 and was ordained in 1883. After teaching church history at Toulouse (1884 - 88), he studied Oriental languages at the University of Vienna before his order sent him to Jerusalem in 1890 to establish the School of Biblical Studies. There he also

Anshar And Kishar

2005-02-10T13:12:00.000-08:00

In Mesopotamian mythology, the male and female principles, the twin horizons of sky and earth. Their parents were either Apsu (the watery deep beneath the earth) and Tiamat (the personification of salt water) or Lahmu and Lahamu, the first set of twins born to Apsu and Tiamat. Anshar and Kishar, in turn, were the parents of Anu (An), the supreme heaven god.

Monarch

2005-02-09T07:14:00.000-08:00

In all monarchines

China, Consolidation

2005-02-08T16:00:00.000-08:00

Under the third emperor, Chen-tsung (reigned 997/998 - 1022/23), the Sung achieved consolidation. A threatening Khitan offensive was directly met by the Emperor himself. A few battles assured neither side of victory. The two empires pledged peaceful coexistence in 1004 through an exchange of sworn documents that foreshadowed modern international treaties. The Khitan gave up its claim

Burundi, Climate

2005-02-06T05:16:00.000-08:00

Altitude is a major factor in Burundi's climate, greatly moderating its tropical character. The country's high average elevation produces relatively cool temperatures, which average only about 70 �F (21 �C) throughout the year in the central plateau area and usually drop to below 60 �F (15 �C) at night. At lower elevations the annual average is only slightly higher - for example, at Bujumbura

Burundi, Climate

2005-02-05T16:27:00.000-08:00

The paca

Computers, Early business machines

2005-02-04T17:19:00.000-08:00

Throughout the 19th century, business machines were coming into common use. Calculators became available as a tool of commerce in 1820 (see the earlier section Digital calculators), and in 1874 the Remington Arms Company, Inc., sold the first commercially viable typewriter. Other machines were invented for other specific business tasks. None of these machines was a computer,

Ascites

2005-02-03T01:23:00.000-08:00

Accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, between the membrane lining the abdominal wall and the membrane covering the abdominal organs. The most common causes of ascites are cirrhosis of the liver, heart failure, tumours of the peritoneal membranes, and escape of chyle (lymph laden with emulsified fats) into the peritoneal cavity. In patients having liver

Aerospace Industry, Use of computers

2005-02-02T11:50:00.000-08:00

The computer has also fundamentally changed the development process by permitting digital modeling and simulation as well as computer-aided design in conjunction with computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM; see computer-aided engineering). In the early design stage of a flight vehicle, digital computer modeling of prospective designs enables rapid examination

Nordenski�ld, Adolf Erik, Baron (frihere)

2005-02-01T04:13:00.000-08:00

In 1858 Nordenski�ld settled in Stockholm, joined an expedition to the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, between Norway and Greenland, and became

Europe

2005-01-31T16:05:00.000-08:00

Second smallest of the world's continents (after Australia), composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia and occupying nearly one-fifteenth of the world's total land area. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south (west to east) by the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Kuma-Manych Depression, and the

Fiedler, Leslie A.

2005-01-30T07:44:00.000-08:00

Fiedler attended the University of Wisconsin (M.A., 1939; Ph.D., 1941), and, after service in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1946, he did further research at Harvard University. Thereafter he taught at many universities both

Levee

2005-01-29T17:11:00.000-08:00

Any low ridge or earthen embankment built along the edges of a stream or river channel to prevent flooding of the adjacent land. Artificial levees are typically needed to control the flow of rivers meandering through broad, flat floodplains. Levees are usually embankments of dirt built wide enough so that they will not collapse or be eroded when saturated with

Yang Yen

2005-01-28T08:27:00.000-08:00

Yang introduced a new system of taxation into China that helped reduce the power of the aristocratic classes and eliminate their large tax-free estates. Yang abolished the various land, labour, produce, and other taxes to which the Chinese peasantry had been subject and the upper classes immune. In their place

Olybrius

2005-01-27T14:21:00.000-08:00

Before he became head of state, Olybrius was a wealthy senator; he married Placidia, the daughter of Valentinian III (Western emperor 425 - 455). Gaiseric, king of the Vandals, a Germanic people who maintained a kingdom in North Africa, hoped that Olybrius would be made Western emperor but his support made Olybrius suspect to the

Bhandara

2005-01-25T21:07:00.000-08:00

Town, northeastern Maharashtra state, western India, on the Wainganga River, east of Nagpur. As a fording place across the river, it developed as a commercial centre; industries include the manufacture of brassware and cigarettes. It houses a college affiliated with the University of Nagpur. Rice covers most of the surrounding cultivated area. The area is rich in mineral

Granulite Facies

2005-01-24T03:34:00.000-08:00

One of the major divisions of the mineral facies classification of metamorphic rocks, the rocks of which formed under the most intense temperature-pressure conditions usually found in regional metamorphism. At the upper limit of the facies, migmatite formation or granitization processes may occur. Temperatures of 500� - 650� C (950� - 1,200� F) and pressures of several kilobars (one kilobar

Pyrolusite

2005-01-23T05:38:00.000-08:00

Common manganese mineral, manganese dioxide (MnO2), that constitutes an important ore. Always formed under highly oxidizing conditions, it forms light-gray to black, metallic, moderately heavy coatings, crusts, or fibres that are alteration products of other manganese ores (e.g., rhodochrosite); bog, lake, or shallow marine products; or deposits left by circulating waters.

Arachnid

2005-01-22T23:48:00.000-08:00

Any member of the class Arachnida, part of the invertebrate phylum Arthropoda. Arachnida includes forms such as spiders (Araneida), harvestmen (daddy longlegs; Opiliones), scorpions (Scorpionida), and mites and ticks (Acari), as well as lesser-known groups. Only a few species are of economic importance, including the acarids that transmit diseases to humans, other animals,

Argyrodite

2005-01-21T09:53:00.000-08:00

Heavy, dark sulfosalt mineral, a silver and germanium sulfide (Ag8GeS6), in which the element germanium was discovered (1886). It is a relatively scarce mineral found in sulfide veins in Germany and in Bolivia. It forms a solid solution series with canfieldite in which tin replaces germanium in the crystal structure, which belongs to the isometric system. For detailed physical

Charles, Ray

2005-01-20T04:27:00.000-08:00

When Charles was an infant his family moved to Greenville, Florida, and he

A-ch'eng

2005-01-19T15:58:00.000-08:00

Pinyin �Acheng, �formerly �(until 1909) Ashihho, � city in Heilungkiang sheng (province), China. Located southeast of Harbin (Ha-erh-pin) in the basin of the A-shih River, it is a collecting and commercial centre for a rich agricultural district that provides part of Harbin's food supply. A-ch'eng is also an industrial centre with brickworks, engineering works specializing in electrical equipment and other machinery,

Roman De Fauvel

2005-01-18T11:20:00.000-08:00

A manuscript of the poem dated

France, History Of, Attempts at a restoration

2005-01-17T01:17:00.000-08:00

The monarchists, however, still held a comfortable majority in the assembly and continued to hope and plan for a restoration. Legitimists and Orleanists remained at odds, but a compromise seemed possible. The Bourbon pretender, the Count de Chambord (�the miracle child� of 1820), was old and childless; the Orleanist pretender, Philippe, Count de Paris, was young and prolific.

Daumier, Honor�

2005-01-16T11:31:00.000-08:00

He did not do so, however, for he had become preoccupied with new technical studies; earlier than others, he had discovered Impressionism - faces and bodies devoured by the surrounding light and becoming one with the atmosphere. He painted a great deal, and the more so as his studies in the new technique did not interest the satirical journals to which he now submitted

Gabon, Agriculture, forestry, and fishing

2005-01-15T13:53:00.000-08:00

Although agriculture (mainly subsistence farming) occupies about two-thirds of the population, it plays but a small part in the economy of the country as a whole. Moreover, its appeal as a way of life has declined. Better educational and employment opportunities in the towns and cities have emptied the countryside of young people. Despite government efforts during

Sorcery

2005-01-14T06:33:00.000-08:00

The practice of malevolent magic, derived from casting lots as a means of divining the future in the ancient Mediterranean world. Some scholars distinguish sorcery from witchcraft by noting that it is learned rather than intrinsic. Other scholars, noting that modern witches claim to learn their craft, suggest that sorcery's intent is always evil and that of witchcraft

Allemontite

2005-01-13T09:36:00.000-08:00

The mineral arsenic antimonide (AsSb). It commonly occurs in veins, as at Allemont, Is�re, Fr.; Valtellina, Italy; and the Comstock Lode, Nevada. It also is present in a lithium pegmatite at Varutr�sk, Swed. Polished sections of most specimens of allemontite show an intergrowth of allemontite with either pure arsenic in a vein occurrence or with nearly pure antimony in a

Allen, Richard

2005-01-12T00:41:00.000-08:00

Soon after Allen was born, to slave parents, the family was sold to a Delaware farmer. At age 17 he became a Methodist convert and at 22 was permitted to preach. Two years later (1784), at the first general conference of the

Nerchinsk, Treaty Of

2005-01-11T03:25:00.000-08:00

(1689), peace settlement between Russia and the Manchu Chinese empire that checked Russia's eastward expansion by removing its outposts from the Amur River basin. By the treaty's terms Russia lost easy access to the Sea of Okhotsk and Far Eastern markets but secured its claim to Transbaikalia (the area east of Lake Baikal) and gained the right of passage to Beijing for its

Bradley, Bill

2005-01-10T16:08:00.000-08:00

Bradley began to play basketball at the age of nine and became one of the best players in Missouri high school basketball history. At Princeton University, Bradley, a forward, was a playmaker and high scorer, averaging 30.1 points a game during three seasons, in each

Polar Bear Provincial Park

2005-01-09T05:37:00.000-08:00

Wilderness park, northern Ontario, Canada, on Hudson and James bays. A huge undeveloped area of 9,300 square miles (24,087 square km), it is the largest of Ontario's provincial parks; it was established in 1970. Polar Bear Provincial Park is accessible only by plane or boat, and travel within the park is restricted in order to help preserve the abundant wildlife, which includes caribou, bearded

Kerguelen Cabbage

2005-01-08T08:21:00.000-08:00

(species Pringlea antiscorbutica), plant resembling the common cabbage and belonging to the same family (Brassicaceae). It was named for Kerguelen Island. The leaves of the plant contain a pale-yellow, highly pungent essential oil rich in ascorbic acid (vitamin C), for which reason it was a useful dietary supplement against scurvy. It was discovered by the British explorer

Astronomical Observatory

2005-01-07T23:06:00.000-08:00

Any structure containing telescopes and auxiliary instruments with which to observe celestial objects. Observatories can be classified on the basis of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum in which they are designed to observe. The largest number of observatories are optical; i.e., they are equipped to observe in and near the region of the spectrum visible

Arroyo, Gloria Macapagal

2005-01-06T11:14:00.000-08:00

On Jan. 20, 2001, after angry protesters had driven Philippines Pres. Joseph Estrada from the presidential residence, Malaca�ang Palace, in Manila, the country's vice president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, assumed power. The demonstrations had been sparked by the Senate's halting of Estrada's impeachment trial on corruption charges. The armed forces withdrew support from Estrada;

Mahajanga

2005-01-05T23:36:00.000-08:00

Formerly �Majunga, � town and major port, northwestern Madagascar. It lies on the island's northwest coast, at the mouth of the Betsiboka River, whose estuary widens there into Bombetoka Bay. The town was the capital of the 18th-century kingdom of Boina. The French occupied Mahajanga in 1895 at the beginning of their conquest of Madagascar. The town's old sector is confined mainly to the harbour

Papeete

2005-01-04T13:25:00.000-08:00

Commune, capital of French Polynesia, lying on the northwest coast of Tahiti. A gracious tropical city with tall palms and abundant flowers, Papeete is one of the largest urban centres in the South Pacific. Its excellent harbour made it, by 1829, a place of trade and a favourite port of call for whalers. After annexation by the French (1880), it was made the seat of the governor, and in

Tsitsihar

2005-01-03T06:57:00.000-08:00

The site was originally settled by nomadic Tungus and Daghur herdsmen, who called it Pu-k'uei (a Daghur word meaning �frontier�). A settlement was also said to have been established there under the Mongols in 1333, but the town remained small

La Guaira

2005-01-02T22:30:00.000-08:00

City, northern distrito federal (�federal district�), northern Venezuela. One of the nation's leading seaports, La Guaira lies in the narrow, arid coastal zone along the Caribbean at the foot of the central highlands. Although the city dates to 1577, extremely high temperatures and the lack of room for expansion long hindered its growth. With the modernization of port facilities,

La Guaira

2005-01-01T14:20:00.000-08:00

Also called �Sal Ammoniac� the salt of ammonia and hydrogen chloride. Its principal use is as an electrolyte in dry cells, and it is also extensively employed as a constituent of galvanizing, tinning, and soldering fluxes to remove oxide coatings from metals and thereby improve the adhesion of the solders. It is a component of many proprietary cold medicines and cough remedies. Ammonium chloride

Floor Covering, Construction

2004-12-31T02:18:00.000-08:00

The basic structure of traditionally manufactured carpets consists of the backing fabric and the pile, which is bound under and between the weft. Pile is formed on Axminster looms by inserting weft, with reciprocating needles, across the warp chain yarns. A central stuffer warp usually separates top from bottom weft. In Jacquard Wilton and Brussels carpet, the pile

Floor Covering, Construction

2004-12-30T16:31:00.000-08:00

Biblical Literature, Meaning of the term gospel

2004-12-29T20:06:00.000-08:00

From the late AD 40s and until his martyrdom in the 60s, Paul wrote letters to the churches that he founded or guided. These are the earliest Christian writings that the church has, and in them he refers to �the gospel� (euangelion). In Romans, chapter 1, verse 1, he says: �Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God . . .� and goes on to describe this �gospel

Argentina, The Northwest

2004-12-28T11:07:00.000-08:00

Vegetation in the Northwest region includes that of the high puna desert, the forested slopes of the Andes, and the subtropical scrub forests of the Pampean Sierras, the latter merging with the deciduous scrub woodlands of the Gran Chaco. Vegetation on the mostly exposed soil of the puna consists of dwarf shrubs and tough grasses, notably bunchgrass; these and other

Dietz, Howard

2004-12-27T13:54:00.000-08:00

After graduating from Columbia University in 1917, Dietz joined the Philip Goodman Advertising Agency, where he was assigned to devise a trademark for Goldwyn Pictures. Dietz used Columbia's lion mascot as an inspiration for the Goldwyn studio's �roaring lion� trademark, which thereafter

Torgau

2004-12-26T09:50:00.000-08:00

City, Saxony Land (state), eastern Germany. It is a port on the Elbe River, northeast of Leipzig. First mentioned in 973 and chartered in 1255 - 67, it was, after 1456, a frequent residence of the electors of Saxony, who built the Hartenfels Castle (1533 - 44 and 1616 - 23; now a museum). In 1526 the Torgauer Bund, a league of evangelical princes against the Roman Catholic princes, was formed there. During that period Martin

Sholem Aleichem

2004-12-25T11:41:00.000-08:00

Drawn to writing as a youth, he became a private tutor of Russian at the age of 17 and later served as a government rabbi in Lubin. His first writing had been in Russian and Hebrew, but between 1883, when his first story in Yiddish appeared, and his death, he published over 40 volumes of novels, stories, and plays

Alabama, Soils

2004-12-24T00:43:00.000-08:00

There are four main soil zones found in Alabama. In the far north, the Tennessee valley contains the dark loams and red clays that add vivid dashes of colour to the landscape when exposed. Farther south lie the varied soils of a mineral belt, and these are succeeded by the rich limestone and marl soils of the Black Belt. Along the coast of Alabama there are sandy loams and