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Callicrates
Callicrates , 5th cent. BC, Greek architect. In association with Ictinus he built (447-432 BC) the Parthenon at Athens. At Athens also he designed (c.427) the Temple of Nike. ... Read more
Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis , town (1991 pop. 3,447), Dorset, SW England. The town is a tourist resort. Paleontological discoveries have been made in the blue Lias rocks quarried near Lyme Regis. ... Read more
Ictinus
Ictinus , fl. 2d half of 5th cent. BC, one of the greatest architects of Greece. His celebrated work is the Parthenon (447-432 BC) upon the acropolis at Athens, which he built with the architect Callicrates as associate. Ictinus also built the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, near Phigali... Read more
Polygnotus
Polygnotus , fl. c.460 BC-447 BC, Greek painter, b. Thasos. He later became an Athenian citizen. He painted the Capture of Troy and Descent of Odysseus to Hades in the Cnidian Lesche or clubhouse at Delphi and the Fall of Troy in the Painted Porch, Athens. He is credited with having developed ... Read more
Saint Germanus of Auxerre
Saint Germanus of Auxerre , d. 448, Gaulish churchman, bishop of Auxerre (after c.418). St. Patrick was under his tutelage for 12 years. Popes Celestine I and Leo I sent him to England (429, 447) to combat Pelagianism; on the first occasion he was accompanied by the deacon Palladius, first recorded ... Read more
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park 70,447 acres (28,531 hectares), W N.Dak., in the Badlands and on the Little Missouri River; est. 1947. There are three units—the North Unit, the Elkhorn Ranch Unit, and the South Unit. Roosevelt first came to the area in 1883 to hunt bison and other big game. ... Read more
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory astronomical observatory located 35 mi (56 km) S of Tucson, Ariz., at an altitude of 8,500 ft (2,590 m). It is operated jointly by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Univ. of Arizona. Formerly known as the Mount Hopkins Observatory, it was renamed ... Read more
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal , volcanic island (1992 est. pop. 63,633), c.2,510 sq mi (6,500 sq km), South Pacific, largest of the Solomon Islands . Honiara , capital of the Solomon Islands, is there. The island is largely jungle. Mt. Makarakombou rises to 8,028 ft (2,447 m). There are coconut and oil palm plantat... Read more
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi , 1678-1741, Italian composer. He was the greatest master of Italian baroque, particularly of violin music and the concerto grosso. Vivaldi received his early training from his father, a violinist at St. Mark's, Venice, and later studied with Giovanni Legrenzi. Ordained a priest in 1... Read more
Attila
Attila , d. 453, king of the Huns (445-53). After 434 he was coruler with his brother, whom he murdered in 445. In 434, Attila obtained tribute and great concessions for the Huns in a treaty with the Eastern Roman emperor Theodosius II, but, taking advantage of Roman wars with the Vandals and Pers... Read more

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Pericles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...building of the Parthenon and the Propylaea on the Acropolis from 447 onward. It is not known how far he was involved in the implementation...there and made the renewal of hostilities almost inevitable. In 447-446 the storm broke: Athens's power in Boeoti
Helena: Education and Research
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...which identifies rare plants and animals and works to protect rare species. Public Library Information: Lewis & Clark County Library, 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59601; telephone (406)447-1690; fax (406)447-1687
Sodor and Man, diocese of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Man, diocese of. According to tradition Patrick converted Man c. 447. There was certainly a succession of Celtic bishops, but it was...in the island castle at Peel, now a ruin, reputedly dates from 447. Revd Dr William M. Marshall
Solomon Islands
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...square miles) Highest point on mainland: Mount Makarakomburu (2,447 meters/8,127 feet) Lowest point on land: Sea level Hemispheres...Mount Makarakomburu, the nation's highest point, reaches 2,447 meters (8,127 feet) on
Uzbekistan
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography Uzbekistan Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan Area: 447,400 square kilometers (172,741 square miles) Highest point...Kyrgyzstan, and south and east of Kazakhstan. With an area of 447,400 square kilometers (172,741 square miles), it is somewhat...
Paterson
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...rank in 1990: 128th (State rank: 3rd) U.S. rank in 2000: 147th (State rank: 3rd) Passaic County Population 1980: 447,585 1990: 453,060 2000: 489,049 Percent change, 1990–2000: 7.9% U.S. rank in 1990: Not reported...
Paterson: Population Profile
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States Paterson: Population Profile Passaic County Residents 1980: 447,585 1990: 453,060 2000: 489,049 Percent change, 1990–2000: 7.9% U.S. rank in 1990: Not reported U...
Tampa
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...Head Official: Mayor Pam Iorio (NP) (since April 2003) City Population 1980: 271,577 1990: 280,015 2000: 303,447 2003 estimate: 317,647 Percent change, 1990–2000: 8.1% U.S. rank in 1990: 55th (State rank: 3rd) U...
Savannah: Convention Facilities
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...email info@savannah-visit.com. Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, One International Drive, PO Box 248, Savannah, GA 31402-0248; telephone (888)644-6822; fax (912)447-4722; email vgainor@savtcc.com
Sophocles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...known: Antigone, 442/441; Philoctetes, 409; and Oedipus at Colonus, 401 (posthumously). C. H. Whitman has argued for 447 for the Ajax, about 437-432 for the Trachiniae, about 429 for the Oedipus Rex, and 418-414 for the Electra. In the Ajax...

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Otac na Sluzbenom Putu
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Summer 1988. Bogdanovic, D., "Dossier historique," in Avant-Scène du Cinéma (Paris), no. 447, December 1995. Fuller, Graham, "The Director They Couldn't Quash," in Interview (New York), vol. 29, no. 9...
Examination Dreams
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...4-5: 1-625. Further Reading Kafka, Ernest. (1979). On examination dreams. Psychoanalytic Quarterly , 48 , 426-447. Ostow, Mortimer. (1995). The examination dream revisited: A clinical note. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child , 50...
Toll Bridges and Roads
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...interstate standards and contributed to an integrated network. However, tolls were prohibited on all interstates beyond the 2,447 miles of toll expressways operating or under construction in 1956; additionally, federal highway aid could not be used for...
War on Poverty
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...on antipoverty projects in both urban and rural areas. By June 1968, 5,000 VISTA volunteers were in the field, working on 447 projects in every state except Mississippi. As with Head Start and the Job Corps, this program survived, so that between 1965...
Levittown
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...housing shortage, the Levitts built the four-room look-alike dwellings at the rate of 150 per week, eventually producing 17,447 houses. The first 6,000 units, all Cape Cod – style, were offered for rental. But exploiting the availability...
Dyck, Walther Franz Anton von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x201D; in Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu M ü nchen (1895), 261 – 277, 447 – 500; (1898), 203 – 224; Spezialkatalog der mathematischen Austellung, Deutsche Unterrichtungsabteilung...
La Hire, Gabriel-Philippe (or Philippe II) De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...170, respectively; incomplete lists are in J. M. Qu é rard, La France litt é raire , IV (Pairs, 1830), 447; and in Poggendorff, I, 1348 – 1349. La Hire also republished Mathurin Jousse ’ s L ’ art de...
Lesquereux, Leo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x2019; s failing eyesight. Lesquereux then enlisted Thomas Potts James to assist with the microscopic examinations; and the 447-page Manual, describing about 900 species, was published under their authorship (Boston, 1884) two years after James...
Marchant, Jean
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...in the Biblioth è que Centrale du Mus é um National d ’ Histoire Naturelle, Paris, cotes MSS 89, 447 – 451, 1155, 1356, and 2253. Compare Catalogue g é n é ral des manuscrits des biblioth é...
Rood, Ogden Nicholas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Nichols, “ Ogden Nicholas Rood, ” in Biographical Memoirs. National Academy of Sciences , 6 (1909), 447 – 472, is a useful r é sum é and contains a complete bibliography of Rood ’ s writings...

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Flight 447: Searchers recover 16 bodies, Air France tail section.(Aerospace News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/8/2009; 700+ words ; ...of the tail section of Air France Flight 447, which crashed May 31 en route from Rio...pray for the victims of Air France flight 447 at the Saint Camille de Lellis church in...Americans were on board Air France flight 447 (list of nationalities) * Air France flight...
Air France Flight 447: No longer "bodies," but "mortal remains".(Aerospace News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/16/2009; 700+ words ; ...bodies and wreckage from Air France Flight 447. The Airbus 330-200 was flying from Rio...statuses. A search on Air France Flight 447 shows the flight with status "unknown...Americans were on board Air France flight 447 (list of nationalities) * Air France flight...
Air France Flight 447 black boxes: Signals start to fade.(Aerospace News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/30/2009; 700+ words ; ...found the black boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June...Two Americans were on board Air France flight 447 (list of nationalities) * Air France flight 447: What role did lightning play? * Timeline of...
Air France Flight 447: What has been found so far, and where.(Aerospace News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/6/2009; 700+ words ; ...found Saturday and where Air France Flight 447 sent its last report. The language is Portuguese...kilometers northwest of the spot where flight AF 447 sent, at 23h14 on the 31st of May, its...by AIR FRANCE as belonging to flight AF 447) 09h10 - The Corvette spots the first body...
Air France Flight 447: Weather worsens as search goes on.(Aerospace News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/10/2009; 700+ words ; ...for debris and bodies from Air France Flight 447, which crashed on June 1, killing 228 people...Two Americans were on board Air France flight 447 (list of nationalities) * Air France flight 447: What role did lightning play? * Timeline of...
Air France Flight 447 captain's body found; facts out July 2.(Aerospace News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/25/2009; 700+ words ; ...the body of the captain of Air France Flight 447 and a flight attendant, Air France said Thursday...Two Americans were on board Air France flight 447 (list of nationalities) * Air France flight 447: What role did lightning play? * Timeline of...
Air France Flight 447 update: Body count, maps & reports.(Aerospace News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/9/2009; 700+ words ; Air France Flight 447 crashed into the ocean on June 1, killing...investigating the crash. (BEA Web site 447 investigation information.) The BEA has...investigators. It shows the flight path of Flight 447. Click the image to see a larger version...
Search for Air France Flight 447 victims ends; 51 bodies found.(Aerospace News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/29/2009; 700+ words ; ...Lucas Gagliano, a victim of doomed Flight 447. The funeral was held June 25. (AP Photo...bodies and wreckage from Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean...Gagliano, a victim of Air France Flight 447. (AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes) Picture...
Air France Flight 447: First bodies had minimal clothing, no burns.(Aerospace News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/12/2009; 700+ words ; ...regarding the crash of Air France Flight 447. (By official sources, I mean the Brazilian...debris of the missing Air France Flight 447 from the Atlantic Ocean on June 9. (AP...Americans were on board Air France flight 447 (list of nationalities) * Air France flight...
Air France Flight 447: Kitchen galley and more remains found.(Aerospace News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/18/2009; 700+ words ; ...piece of debris of the Air France Flight 447 floats in the Atlantic Ocean on June 17...luggage from the ocean from Air France Flight 447. The Airbus 330-200 was flying from Rio...piece of debris of the Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean on June 17. (AP...