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Prickly pears Prickly pears
Prickly pear cactus Description A member of the Cactaceae (or cactus) family, prickly pear cactus, also known as nopal, grows in the United States, Mexico, and South America. It also flourishes in Africa, Australia, and the Mediterranean. Although prickly pear cactus can tolerate a wide range of... Read more
Sabra Sabra
SABRA Word ultimately derived from the Arabic for a variety of prickly pear found in Israel; also the name for a native-born Israeli. Native-born Israelis are described as Sabras because their personality is often thought to be similar to the fruit of the plant: tough and prickly on the... Read more
prickly ash prickly ash
prickly ash name for two deciduous shrubs or small trees ( Zanthoxylum americanum and Z. clava-herculis ) of the family Rutaceae ( rue family). They are native to E North America and have prickly twigs and foliage similar to that of the unrelated ash tree. A pungent aromatic principle in the... Read more
Joan Didion Joan Didion
Joan Didion , 1934-, American writer, b. Sacramento, Calif., grad. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1956. Her works often explore the despair of contemporary American life, a condition she views as produced by the disintegration of morality and values. She is known for a cool and almost brittle style... Read more
Las Tunas Las Tunas
Las Tunas, Cuba A province and a city named ‘The Prickly Pears’ from the Spanish tuna ‘prickly pear’. The full name is La Victoria de las Tunas, named by the Spanish in 1869 to commemorate the victory over the Cubans during the first war of independence (1868–78).... Read more
prickly heat prickly heat
prickly heat (miliaria), inflammatory skin eruption due to obstruction of the sweat glands by keratin, the substance that forms the horny cells of the epidermis. It consists of blisterlike elevations with burning and itching, and is common in infants, obese persons, and those exposed to a hot,... Read more
Radicalism Radicalism
RadicalismThe development of modern radicalismBIBLIOGRAPHYThe term “radicalism” always points to some analytical or revisionist function. It implies a concentration of the focus of relevance on a particular principle, at the expense of the traditionally sanctioned regard for the complexities of... Read more
Aleksander Kwasniewski Aleksander Kwasniewski
Aleksander Kwaśniewski , 1954-, Polish politician, president of Poland (1995-), b. Bialogard. He studied economics at the Univ. of Gdańsk, joined the Communist party at 23, and was an organizer of the Socialist Union of Polish Students during the late 1970s. He was the editor of ITD ... Read more
Henri-Georges Adam Henri-Georges Adam
Adam, Henri-Georges (1904–1967). French sculptor, graphic artist, and designer, born in Paris, the son of a jeweller and goldsmith. He studied metalwork with his father and initially made his reputation with etchings, winning the Blumenthal Prize for them in 1938. In 1943 he had his first... Read more
Caedmon Caedmon
Cædmon , fl. 670, English poet. He was reputed by Bede to be the author of early English versions of various Old Testament stories. According to Bede, Cædmon was an ignorant herder who received his poetic powers through a vision. During his later years he became a lay brother in the... Read more

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