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Financial planners
Financial Planners Financial planners are individuals who advise both people and companies about how to invest their assets. Most financial planners are professionals who help their clients with a variety of financial tasks and aids in making investment decisions to plan for the future. A... Read more |
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Henry Wright
Henry Wright 1878-1936, American landscape architect and community planner, b. Lawrence, Kans., studied architecture at the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He was widely recognized as a leader in the movement for the building of better communities. He served (1918) as town planner for the Housing Division... Read more |
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Combat Effectiveness
Combat Effectiveness. The mystery of why men fight has always tantalized students of warfare. Explanations usually reflect cultural and military‐institutional prejudices. Men have fought—and died—against all instincts for survival because of many factors: tribal loyalties,... Read more |
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Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (1898-1976) was a Finnish architect, furniture designer and town planner. More broadly, he was a comprehensive designer with a humanistic concern for man and his total environment. On Feb. 3, 1898, Alvar Aalto was born in Kuortane. After... Read more |
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cichlid
cichlid , common name for members of the family Cichlidae, several hundred species of spiny-finned freshwater fishes of moderate or small size, native to Africa, S Asia, Mexico, and Central and South America. Cichlids are found in tropical waters, where they occupy the same ecological niche as their... Read more |
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Victor Gruen
Victor Gruen , 1903-80, American architect, often called the inventor of the modern shopping mall, b. Vienna as Viktor David Grünbaum. In Vienna, he studied at the Technological Institute and Academy of Fine Arts, worked for Peter Behrens , and opened (1933) his own architectural firm. He fled... Read more |
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aquarium
aquarium name for any supervised exhibit of aquatic animals and plants. Aquariums are known to have been constructed in ancient Rome, Egypt, and Asia. Goldfish have been bred in China for several hundred years and are still the most commonly kept fish in home aquariums, although small tropical... Read more |
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Jules Hardouin Mansart
Jules Hardouin Mansart , 1646-1708, French architect. He studied under his great-uncle François Mansart and under Libéral Bruant. Favored by Louis XIV, he was ennobled and in 1699 made chief architect for the royal buildings. After enlarging the royal château of... Read more |
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Monterey
Monterey , city (1990 pop. 31,954), Monterey co., W Calif., a port on Monterey Bay; founded 1770, inc. 1850. It is a popular resort, the home of many artists and writers, and one of California's oldest cities. An early whaling and fishing center, Monterey now depends on tourism and the revenues and... Read more |
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aquaculture
aquaculture the raising and harvesting of fresh- and saltwater plants and animals. The most economically important form of aquaculture is fish farming, an industry that accounts for an ever increasing share of world fisheries production. Formerly a business for small farms, it is now also pursued... Read more |
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