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amide amide
amide , organic compound formed by reaction of an acid chloride, acid anhydride, or ester with an amine. Under strong acidic conditions an amide can be hydrolyzed to yield an amine and a carboxylic acid. The reverse of this process results in the loss of water and is used in nature to link amino... Read more
John Vanderlyn John Vanderlyn
John Vanderlyn , 1776-1852, American portrait and historical painter, b. Kingston, N.Y. Under the patronage of Aaron Burr he studied with Gilbert Stuart and in Paris. From 1796 to 1815 much of his life was spent in Paris and in Rome. He achieved a high reputation with such compositions as Marius... Read more
Levi Eshkol Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol , 1895-1969, Israeli statesman, third prime minister of Israel, b. Ukraine; originally named Levi Shkolnik. In World War I he served in the Jewish Legion, which supported the British forces in Palestine. A leader in the Histradrut (General Federation of Jewish Labor) and the Mapai party,... Read more
Ferdinand Marie vicomte de Lesseps Ferdinand Marie vicomte de Lesseps
Ferdinand Marie Lesseps, vicomte de , 1805-94, French diplomat and engineer. He entered the consular service in 1825 and was minister to Spain (1848-49). Later, while serving in Egypt, he conceived the idea of a Suez Canal , and in 1854 he obtained from Said Pasha, viceroy of Egypt, the concession... Read more
asparagine asparagine
asparagine , organic compound, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins. Only the l -stereoisomer participates in the biosynthesis of mammalian proteins. Its structure is identical to that of the amino acid aspartic acid , except that the latter compound's acidic side-chain... Read more
Peptide Bond Peptide Bond
Peptide Bond A peptide bond is a linkage between the building blocks of proteins called amino acids (shorter strings of linked amino acids are known as peptides). A peptide bond forms when the carboxylic acidgroup (R-C[O]OH) of one amino acid reacts with the amine... Read more
Rosemary Clooney Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney Singer A Difficult Childhood “Come On-a My House” The Hollywood Life Collapse Salvation Through Singing Selected discography Sources The distinctively unpretentious, deep, rich, and smooth voice of Rosemary Clooney has earned her recognition as one of America’s... Read more
David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion , 1886-1973, Israeli statesman, b. Poland as David Grün. He settled in Palestine in 1906. He was an active Zionist and during World War I helped to organize the Jewish Legion in support of the British. In the struggle to found an independent Jewish state in Palestine he... Read more
John Taylor John Taylor
Taylor, John (1781–1864), first distinguished himself, amid much controversy, by identifying ‘Junius’ as Sir P. Francis in 1813. He was editor of the London Magazine, 1821–4, and became a partner in the publishing firm of Taylor and Hessey. He published the work of... Read more
Paul Goodman Paul Goodman
GOODMAN, PAUL (1911–1972) Social and educational critic Paul Goodman was referred to by his biographer, Taylor Stoehr, as a "prophet." Revered by the youth movement in the 1960s, his ideas on education and youth were extremely appealing to many people on the political left. Goodman was... Read more

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