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No Ordinary Socialist

Chile's recent election of President Ricardo Lagos by Beth Rowen Ricardo Lagos and his wife, Luisa Duran following his election to President of Chile. Related Links ChileSocialismSalvador…

day

(Encyclopedia) day, period of time for the earth to rotate once on its axis. The ordinary day, or solar day, is measured relative to the sun, being the time between successive passages of the sun…

Jackson, Shirley

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Shirley, 1916–65, American writer, b. San Francisco. She is best known for her stories and novels of horror and the occult, rendered more terrifying because they are set…

Brewer's: Ordinary

(An). One who has an “ordinary or regular jurisdiction” in his own right, and not by deputation. thus a judge who has authority to take cognisance of causes in his own right is an ordinary…

A Life Less Ordinary

Director: Danny BoyleWriter: John HodgeDirector of Photography:Brian TufanoEditor:Masahiro HirakuboMusic:Randall PosterProduction Designer:Kave QuinnProducer:Andrew MacDonaldTwentieth Century…

Novoselov, Sir Konstantin Sergeevich

(Encyclopedia) Novoselov, Sir Konstantin Sergeevich, 1974–, Russian-British physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2004. He has been a research associate at the Univ. of Manchester, England…

Just, Ward

(Encyclopedia) Just, Ward, 1935–2019, American writer, b. Michigan City, Ind. Just worked for several newspapers and magazines before being hired (1965) by the Washington Post, for which he covered…

Fallen Timbers

(Encyclopedia) Fallen Timbers, battle fought in 1794 between tribes of the Northwest Territory and the U.S. army commanded by Anthony Wayne; it took place in NW Ohio at the rapids of the Maumee River…

liquid air

(Encyclopedia) liquid air, ordinary air that has been liquefied by compression and cooling to extremely low temperatures (see liquefaction). Its commercial preparation involves purification by…

Claiborne, Craig

(Encyclopedia) Claiborne, Craig, 1920–2000, American food journalist, restaurant critic, and cookbook author, b. Sunflower, Miss., studied École Hôtelière de Lausanne, Switz. After settling in New…