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(Encyclopedia) SalzburgSalzburgzältsˈb&oobreve;rk [key], province (1991 pop. 482,365), c.2,760 sq mi (7,150 sq km), W central Austria, bordering Germany in the north and northwest. It is a…postmodernism
(Encyclopedia) postmodernism, term used to designate a multitude of trends—in the arts, philosophy, religion, technology, and many other areas—that come after and deviate from the many 20th-cent.…Tay-Sachs disease
(Encyclopedia) Tay-Sachs diseaseTay-Sachs diseasetāˈ-săksˈ [key], rare hereditary disease caused by a genetic mutation that leaves the body unable to produce an enzyme necessary for fat metabolism in…syphilis
(Encyclopedia) syphilissyphilissĭfˈəlĭs [key], contagious sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum (described by Fritz Schaudinn and Erich Hoffmann in 1905). Syphilis…Mycenaean civilization
(Encyclopedia) Mycenaean civilizationMycenaean civilizationmīsēnēˈən [key], an ancient Aegean civilization known from the excavations at Mycenae and other sites. They were first undertaken by…Sailendra
(Encyclopedia) SailendraSailendrasīlĕnˈdrä [key], name of a dynasty in Indonesia and SE Asia. The dynasty appeared in central Java in the 7th cent. and had consolidated its position by the mid-8th…Spinello di Luca Spinelli
(Encyclopedia) Spinello di Luca SpinelliSpinello di Luca Spinellispēnĕlˈlō dē l&oomacr;ˈkä spēnĕlˈlē [key], c.1346–1410, Italian painter, usually called Spinello Aretino from his birthplace,…Sobotka, Bohuslav
(Encyclopedia) Sobotka, BohuslavSobotka, Bohuslavbōˈh&oomacr;släf sōˈbätkä [key], 1971–, Czech politician. Center-left in political philosophy and a member of the Czech Social Democratic party (…Barrett, Amy Coney
(Encyclopedia) Barrett, Amy Coney, 1972–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2020–), b. New Orleans, grad. Univ. of Notre Dame Law School (1997). She clerked for Supreme Court Justice…Pytheas
(Encyclopedia) PytheasPytheaspĭthˈēəs [key], Greek mariner and geographer, fl. late 4th cent. b.c. A native of the Greek colony of Massilia (modern Marseilles), he explored the Atlantic coasts of…Trending
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