alveolus
alveolus 1. The tiny air sac in the
lung of mammals and reptiles at the end of each
bronchiole. It is lined by a delicate moist membrane, has many blood capillaries, and is the site of exchange of respiratory gases (carbon dioxide and oxygen).
2. The socket in the jawbone in which a tooth is rooted by means of the
periodontal membrane.
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Algiers Bancorp, Inc. Announces Agreement for the Merger of the Corporation With SNB, Inc.
PR Newswire; 12/13/2002; 700+ words
; Algiers Bancorp, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: ALGC) , a Louisiana...corporation (the "Corporation") and the holding company of Algiers Bank & Trust, a Louisiana Savings and Loan ("Algiers"), announced today that the Board of Directors of...
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Revolution now (and then)! The Battle of Algiers defined a political moment when it was released in 1965. Now it's back, and, if anything, it's even more relevant today.(Currents)
Magazine article from: The American Prospect; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS IS BACK--along with the Battle of Algiers scenario. At a time when Gillo Pontecorvo's documentary...to that accorded Battleship Potemkin, The Battle of Algiers was produced in the mid-1960s, set a decade earlier...
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Analysis: New life for the 1965 war film "The Battle of Algiers"
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 1/8/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...for the 1965 war film "The Battle of Algiers" Host: ROBERT SIEGEL, MICHELE NORRIS...Norris. The 1965 film "The Battle of Algiers" was required viewing for leftists and...dramatic film. And today, "The Battle of Algiers" has a new following in the US military...
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Profile: Film about the rebel uprising in Algeria in the '50s, "The Battle of Algiers," that's being re-released in theaters today
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 1/9/2004; ; 645 words
; ...Algeria in the '50s, "The Battle of Algiers," that's being re-released in theaters...that's the case with "The Battle of Algiers." The 1965 film about the rebel uprising...KENNETH TURAN reporting: "The Battle of Algiers" is a political document and a great...
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Point of reference: Algiers' jazz history
Magazine article from: New Orleans Magazine; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; As a place of music, Algiers is a sleepy neighborhood with some vibrant...river" (usually via the ferry from Algiers Point to the foot of Canal Street...flow of musicians from New Orleans to Algiers is something of an unwritten episode...
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In Algiers, residents chafe at mammoth redevelopment plan.(WORLD)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Algiers, Algeria -- Ringed by low hills and...far into the distance, people here say Algiers Bay is among the world's most beautiful...city's French and Arabic nicknames: "Algiers the white" and "Algiers the joyful...
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Algiers' rocks Casbah with grim rebellion tale.(Arts and Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 2/27/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Byline: JAMES VERNIERE "The Battle of Algiers." Not rated. In Algerian and French...than Gillo Pontecorvo's "The Battle of Algiers," a devastating, documentarylike account...in neorealist style in the streets of Algiers with a largely nonprofessional cast of...
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Algiers businesses cope after Mardi Gras World move
Newspaper article from: New Orleans CityBusiness; 10/16/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Rosenbaum, owner of Rosetree Glass Studio on Algiers Point, lately finds himself directing...s Mardi Gras World, long a staple of Algiers Point that since its opening as a tourist...operations there, the eclectic group of Algiers Point businesses that once relied on the...
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Bomb Explodes in Algiers
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 7/9/1998; ; 675 words
; ...00-0000 NOAH ADAMS, HOST: Today in Algiers, a bomb exploded in a crowded downtown...the armed Islamic group operating around Algiers. SARAH CHAYES, REPORTER: The bomb went...HILEY, WITNESS TO TERRORIST BOMBING IN ALGIERS, SPEAKING IN FRENCH CHAYES: He says...
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Maria Antonia Garces. Cervantes in Algiers: A Captive's Tale.(Reseña de libro)
Magazine article from: Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; Mara Antonia Garcs. Cervantes in Algiers: A Captive's Tale. Nashville: Vanderbilt...all pointed to Cervantes' five years in Algiers as the central experience of his life...information on the history of the emergence of Algiers as a major center of privateering, relations...
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Algiers
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Algiers , Arab. Al-Jaza'Ir, Fr. Alger...of Algeria, N Algeria, on the Bay of Algiers of the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of...expelled from Spain in 1492 settled in Algiers. In 1511 the Spanish occupied an island...
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Battle of Algiers, The
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Battle of Algiers, The Often presented as an account of...x2019; s 1966 film The Battle of Algiers ( La battaglia di Algeri ) is in fact...Film Festival in 1966, The Battle of Algiers is, in terms of its production, a marginalized...
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Algiers, Battle of (1956–1957)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
ALGIERS, BATTLE OF (1956 – 1957) Events...rule, to bring the war to the capital, Algiers, and other urban centers. These included...decision to launch a coordinated campaign in Algiers was accompanied by the announcement by...
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Decatur's Cruise to Algiers
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
DECATUR'S CRUISE TO ALGIERS DECATUR'S CRUISE TO ALGIERS. On 2 March 1815, the United States declared war on Algiers for its hostility during the War of 1812. On 20 May, Capt. Stephen Decatur sailed with three frigates, three brigs, two...
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Algiers Charter
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
ALGIERS CHARTER The document that redefined the...the country gained its independence. The Algiers Charter is a 176-page document adopted...FLN; National Liberation Front) held in Algiers between 16 April and 21 April 1964. The...
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