Biography Category
government program designed to provide for the basic economic security and welfare of individuals and their dependents. The programs classified under ...
pre-Christian religious practices among the Slavs of Eastern Europe. There is only fragmentary and scattered information about the myths and legends o...
(käm ´y flämäryôN´) (KEY) , 1842–1925, French astronomer and author. He served for some years at the Paris Observatory and the Bureau of Long...
(s n´ ´ ´j ) (KEY) , Jap. Shingishu, city (1993 pop. 326,011), W North Korea, on the Yellow Sea at the mouth of the Yalu River. A main northern gat...
(p ´t r z ´môn pä´läs) (KEY) , 1741–1811, German naturalist and explorer. He became (1768) professor at the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersbur...
1782–1874, English engraver, founder of modern landscape engraving. As an illustrator for popular art annuals, he executed plates for landscapes by ...