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Achilles Painter Achilles Painter
Achilles Painter. Greek vase painter, active in Athens in the mid-5th century bc, named after a red-figure amphora decorated with a figure of Achilles (Vatican Mus.). He was a contemporary of Phidias and his paintings have some of the nobility associated with the great sculptor's work. His... Read more
Wiligelmo Wiligelmo
Wiligelmo (active c.1100). Italian sculptor. His name is known only from an inscription on the façade of Modena Cathedral—‘Among sculptors, your work shines forth, Wiligelmo. How greatly you are worthy of honours.’ He must have been the main sculptor of the reliefs on the... Read more
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red-figure vase painting red-figure vase painting
red-figure vase painting. One of the two major divisions of Greek vase painting, the other being Black-figure. In the red-figure technique, the background was painted black, leaving the figures in the unpainted red colour of the pottery. Details of the figure could thus be added with a brush rather... Read more
mahatma mahatma
mahatma [Sanskrit,=great-souled], honorific title used in India among Hindus for a person of superior holiness. Mohandas Gandhi is the best-known figure to whom the title was applied.... Read more
Raymond Chandler Raymond Chandler
Chandler, Raymond (1888–1959), born in Chicago, reared in England, moved to southern California (1912) but did not begin to write his famous mystery stories until he was in his forties. He soon became the prime figure of the school of hard‐boiled detective fiction, also distinguished... Read more
Tsao Tsao Tsao Tsao
Ts'ao Ts'ao Ts'ao Ts'ao (155-220), the most popular hero in Chinese folklore, was also a truly great historical figure whose genius as a general and as a statesman saved North China from chaos when the Han dynasty crumbled at the end of the 2nd century A.D. The origins of Ts'ao Ts'ao are... Read more
Terpenes Terpenes
Terpenes If you walk into a garden in bloom and breathe deeply, you are likely to encounter great smells. In many cases, the molecules that bring those scents to your nose are terpenes. Terpenes are a class of molecules that typically contain either ten or fifteen carbon... Read more
topology topology
topology branch of mathematics , formerly known as analysis situs, that studies patterns of geometric figures involving position and relative position without regard to size. Topology is sometimes referred to popularly as "rubber-sheet geometry" because a figure can be changed to that of an... Read more
Sweeney Sweeney
Sweeney, symbolic character in the poetry of T.S. Eliot, representing the vulgar but vital force of life, particularly in modern man. He is introduced in Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service (1918) as a contrast to the febrile presbyters. In Sweeney Among the Nightingales (1918) this ape‐like... Read more

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Sadness on Center Street: Soluri is saying goodbye ; Mayor of Lewiston ending...
Newspaper article from: The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) ...stopping to say hello to merchants...sales and service," he said...t rest on your laurels...forming SOLE, Service Organizations...mentor, father figure and someone who truly cares about...He did a ...

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