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Bulusan, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Bulusan, Mount, active stratovolcano, Sorsogon prov., S Luzon Island, Philippines, rising to 5,133 ft (1,565 m). Bounded on the W and S by other volcanic mountains, it is near the…Tambora
(Encyclopedia) TamboraTamboratämˈbərə [key], active volcano, N Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat prov., Indonesia, rising to 9,255 ft (2,821 m). The volcano's 1815 eruption was one of the most destructive…Blacher, Boris
(Encyclopedia) Blacher, BorisBlacher, Borisbläˈkhər [key], 1903–75, Estonian-German composer, b. Yingkou, China. Blacher lived for six years in Siberia. He studied in Berlin and in 1953 became the…stream of consciousness
(Encyclopedia) stream of consciousness, in literature, technique that records the multifarious thoughts and feelings of a character without regard to logical argument or narrative sequence. The…Simon, Claude Eugène Henri
(Encyclopedia) Simon, Claude Eugène Henri, 1913–2005, French novelist. He was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and studied at Paris, Oxford, and Cambridge. He fought in World War II both as a…axiom
(Encyclopedia) axiom, in mathematics and logic, general statement accepted without proof as the basis for logically deducing other statements (theorems). Examples of axioms used widely in mathematics…amateur
(Encyclopedia) amateur, in sports, one who engages in athletic competition without material recompense. Upper-class Englishmen in the 19th cent. used the concept to help define their social status,…stuttering
(Encyclopedia) stuttering or stammering, speech disorder marked by hesitation and inability to enunciate consonants without spasmodic repetition. Known technically as dysphemia, it has sometimes been…Lichnowsky, Karl Max, Fürst von
(Encyclopedia) Lichnowsky, Karl Max, Fürst vonLichnowsky, Karl Max, Fürst vonkärl mäks fürst fən lĭkhnôfˈskē [key], 1860–1928, German diplomat, ambassador to London (1912–14). In a privately…Lyons, First Council of
(Encyclopedia) Lyons, First Council ofLyons, First Council oflyôNˈ [key], 1245, 13th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convened at Lyons, France, by Pope Innocent IV to deal with his…Trending
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