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(Encyclopedia) choleracholerakŏlˈərə [key] or Asiatic cholera, acute infectious disease caused by strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae that have been infected by bacteriophages. The bacteria,…virology
(Encyclopedia) virology, study of viruses and their role in disease. Many viruses, such as animal RNA viruses and viruses that infect bacteria, or bacteriophages, have become useful laboratory tools…Lefebvre, François Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Lefebvre, François JosephLefebvre, François JosephfräNswäˈ zhôzĕfˈ ləfĕˈvrə [key], 1755–1820, marshal of France. He rose from the ranks in the French Revolutionary Wars and…Goldman, Edwin Franko
(Encyclopedia) Goldman, Edwin Franko, 1878–1956, American bandmaster and composer, b. Louisville, Ky.; pupil of Dvořák at the National Conservatory of Music, New York City. He played solo cornet in…National Academy of Sciences
(Encyclopedia) National Academy of Sciences, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., a private organization of leading American scientists and engineers devoted to the furtherance of science and its…atavism
(Encyclopedia) atavismatavismătˈəvizəm [key], the appearance in an individual of a characteristic not apparent in the preceding generation. At one time it was believed that such a phenomenon was…Mello, Craig Cameron
(Encyclopedia) Mello, Craig Cameron, 1960–, American geneticist, b. New Haven, Conn., Ph.D. Harvard, 1990. Mello has been on the faculty at the Univ. of Massachusetts since 1994. In 2006 Mello and…Ella Goldberg Wolfe 2000 Deaths
Ella Goldberg WolfeAge: 103 with her husband, Bertram Wolfe, created the Communist Party of the U.S., hoping to form a “workers' paradise.” In the 1920s, the couple courted both radicals and…Aesop's Fables: The Sheep, the Wolf, and the Stag
by Aesop The Wolf and the LionThe Lion and the Three BullsThe Sheep, the Wolf, and the Stag A Stag once asked a Sheep to lend him a measure of wheat, saying that his friend the Wolf…Aesop's Fables: The Wolf, the Fox, and the Ape
by Aesop The Lion and the BullThe Eagle and the CocksThe Wolf, the Fox, and the Ape A Wolf charged a Fox with theft, which he denied, and the case was brought before an Ape to be tried.…Trending
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