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theorbo
theorbo , large lute of the baroque period. It had an extra set of bass strings, not stopped on a fingerboard as the regular set are but plucked as open strings. These made it more suitable for playing baroque music than was the lute. It originated in the late 16th cent. and survived until the end... Read more |
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The Pirates of Penzance
Pirates of Penzance, The (1879). Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, about law and order, love, misplaced children, and the difficulties of being born on the extra day of leap year, was unusual among Savoyard works in that, in order to protect American copyrights, it was given its world premiere at... Read more |
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Down syndrome
Down syndrome congenital disorder characterized by mild to severe mental retardation , slow physical development, and characteristic physical features. Down syndrome affects about 1 in every 730 live births and occurs in all populations equally. It was first described in 1866 by an English... Read more |
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Polydactyly and Syndactyly
Polydactyly and syndactyly Definition Polydactyly and syndactyly are congenital malformations of the fingers and/or toes. Polydactyly is the presence of extra fingers or toes, and syndactyly is the fusing together or webbing of two or more fingers or... Read more |
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James Mason
MASON, James Nationality:British. Born:James Neville Mason in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, 15 May 1909. Education:Marlborough College; Cambridge University, degree in architecture. Family:Married 1) Pamela Kellino, 1941 (divorced 1964), daughter:... Read more |
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Clint Black
Clint Black Singer, songwriter, guitarist Throughout the 1990s the country charts were dominated by a new young star named Clint Black, a Houston-based honky tonker with an expressive voice and movie star good looks. Black's debut album, Killin' Time, went platinum and spent a phenomenal eight... Read more |
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Friedrich Wohler
WöHLER, FRIEDRICH(b. Eschersheim, near Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, 31 July 1800; d Göttingen, Germany, 23 September 1882)chemistry.For three generations the Wöhlers had been equerries to the electors of Hesse, Wöhler’s mother, Anna Katharina Schröder, was the daughter of a professor of philosophy;... Read more |
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synaesthesia
synaesthesia literally, ‘joining the senses’. People who experience synaesthesia (synaesthetes) inhabit a world slightly, but magically different from that of most people — a world of extra colours, shapes, and sensations. ‘Mine is a universe of black “Is”... Read more |
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