|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
end
... Read more |
|
|
ending
... Read more |
|
|
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick 1868-1938, American novelist, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1890. He was professor of English at the Univ. of Chicago from 1893 to 1923. Herrick wrote realistic social novels about the conflict between professional and personal values in American capitalistic society. His works... Read more |
|
|
Lebanese Civil War
Lebanese Civil War CAUSES OF THE WAR FIGHTING FROM 1975 TO 1985 END OF THE CIVIL WAR BIBLIOGRAPHY The Lebanese civil war erupted in April 1975 and ended in October 1990. Since its independence in 1943, Lebanon has been governed by a confessional political system in which parliamentary seats... Read more |
|
|
End of the world
End of the World One of the most common concepts in prophetic literature, especially in the apocalyptical literature of Judaism and Christianity. The term can denote either the end of the physical world (cosmos ) or the end of the social order (aeon ). The theological term eschatology refers to... Read more |
|
|
Telomere
Telomere Telomeres are structures found at the ends of chromosomes in the cells of eukaryotes . Telomeres function by protecting chromosome ends from recombination, fusion to other chromosomes, or degradation by nucleases . They permit cells to distinguish between random DNA breaks and chromosome... Read more |
|
|
femoral
femoral (fem-er-ăl) adj. of or relating to the thigh or to the femur. f. artery an artery arising from the external iliac artery. It runs down the front medial aspect of the thigh, passing into the back of the thigh two-thirds of the way down. f. epiphysis the growth area of the upper end of... Read more |
|
Fort William Henry
Fort William Henry at the southern end of Lake George, NE N.Y.; built by the English in 1755. In 1757, during the last conflict of the French and Indian Wars , it was captured and destroyed by the French. Although French Gen. Louis Montcalm had promised safe-conduct from the fort, he was unable to... Read more |
|
|
Air Force officers
BOMBING BOMBING. By the end of World War I, aerial bombing remained in the primitive stages. There were German raids on London and American pilots saw action, but the conflict ended before bombing reached its full potential. However, the seeds had been sown for decades of postwar controversy over... Read more |
|
|
Arbitration
ARBITRATION ARBITRATION is the use of an impartial third party to resolve a dispute. Unlike mediation or conciliation, in which a third party facilitates the end of a dispute by helping the negotiators find common ground, an arbitrator ends a dispute by issuing a binding settlement. Before... Read more |
|
Rice, Elmer
...We, the People, 1933; Judgment Day, 1934; Between Two Worlds, 1934) are a response to the Depression and international ideological conflict. Rice was a campaigner for social justice and an outspoken critic of censorship. |
|
Reconstruction
...that after 1873 also faced a severe economic depression. Second, they had to overcome two centuries...After northern voters reacted to the economic depression and northern ethno‐religious conflicts by electing a Democratic majority in the... |
|
|
Strikes and Industrial Conflict
Strikes and Industrial Conflict. The strike has been the primary expression of collective action...trade organizations, which rarely survived the frequent economic depressions that wracked the early national economy.The Nineteenth Century... |
|
|
Steichen, Edward Jean
...camera as a persuader of national truths, whether Great Depression Era realities or the World War II naval conflict in the Pacific—dogma that served him well as curator of...to the realms of high‐art photography.See also Depressions, Economic; Modernist Culture; Museums: ... |
|
|
Pullman Strike and Boycott
...protested the company's wage cuts in response to the depression of 1893 that left them, their families, and their communities...safeguards against unbounded corporate power.See also Depressions, Economic; Gilded Age; Industrialization; Labor Movements; Strikes and Industrial ... |
|
|
Greenback Labor Party
...sentiment.In the aftermath of the depression of 1873, the formation of the agrarian...agricultural districts. The end of the depression in 1878 and the government's resumption...national strikes in the 1880s.See also Depressions, Economic; Immigration Law; ... |
|
|
Railroad Strikes of 1877
...the middle of the so‐called Long Depression that began in 1873. Seeking to economize during the depression, the Pennsylvania Railroad and...employees and other workers.See also Depressions, Economic; Gilded Age; Industrial...and Boycott; Strikes and Industrial ... |
|
|
Industrial Relations
...labor‐management conflict, epitomized by violent...and 1929.The Great Depression of the 1930s brought radical changes in IR. The depression forced most firms to...World War II. The Great Depression and World War II fundamentally... |
|
trade unions
...guilds, emerged in the 18th cent. as conflicts between capital and labour increased...aristocracy of labour’. After the depression of the early 1840s national unions...socialism in the 1880s coincided with depressions and the creation of new unions...ground was drawn for the ... |
|
|
Congress of Industrial Organizations
...1950, long‐simmering ideological conflict led to the ouster of eleven allegedly...death in 1952 brought other internal conflicts into the open. The new CIO President...Industry; Communist Party—USA; Depressions, Economic; Iron and Steel Industry...Era, The; Strikes and ... |
|
fugue
...usual surroundings and wanders aimlessly or starts a new life elsewhere. It is often preceded by psychological conflict and depression (see dissociative disorder) or it may be associated with organic mental disease or alcoholism. |
|
Lynd, Helen Merrell
...second volume, a longitudinal study entitled Middletown in Transition: A Study in Cultural Conflicts (1935), was published in the middle of the Depression. In this they described class strains and privileges as being more apparent, although there... |
|
Paris Peace Conference
...worst of all worlds, with nationalistic conflicts left unresolved and sometimes worsened...had been created to settle unresolved conflicts and smooth out the problems of the peace...1918–23) and during the Great Depression that made continental Europe so volatile... |
|
trade unions
...guilds, emerged in the 18th cent. as conflicts between capital and labour increased and state protection...aristocracy of labour’. After the depression of the early 1840s national unions of...ground was drawn for the sharp class conflicts of the 1920s including the General ... |
|
|
Greece
...I a fundamental constitutional, political, and social conflict erupted about the stance Greece should take. While the Germanophile...riven with political instability compounded by the Great Depression, Metaxas managed to re-establish some stability, while his...the rights of the crown led to ... |
|
Hoover, Herbert Clark
...to the dole. He left office in disgrace, blamed for the Depression and the routing of the veterans, which had been done in...1940s and 1950s, he supported various ways to avoid military conflict. His belief in the superiority of American capitalism made... |
|
precipitant
...particular action or event: the immediate precipitants of the conflict were a succession of undisciplined actions. ∎ chiefly Psychol...cause or stimulus that precipitates a particular condition: depression may be a precipitant in many cases. ∎ Chem. a substance... |
|
|
generation
...social change. In a more recent work, Children of the Great Depression (1974), Glenn H. Elder shows how the generation brought...both values and behaviour, although inter-generational conflict is a pervasive theme. Within any one generation, however... |
|
Iraq
...from north-west to south-east, bringing silt to a vast depression, which would be widely cultivable were it not for salinity...UN sanctions and the ban on exports of oil. The military conflict of 2003 has resulted in serious damage to infrastructure and... |
|
|
South Africa
...South African War, until the early 1960s the main area of conflict among Whites was the question of national sovereignty. The...Party in 1934, in order to cope with the effects of the Great Depression. Hertzog increased racial segregation, for example depriving... |
|
ELDERLY DEPRESSION SURVEY IN CONFLICT AREA, BURU ISLAND, MALUKU, INDONESIA
...data about the prevalence of depression in Indonesian elderly population...especially in East Indonesia conflict area. The objective was to...prevalence and the severity of depression, as well as cognitive function...Questionnaire of validated Geriatric ... |
|
PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT HELPS UNDERSERVED CLIENTS WITH DEPRESSION, ANXIETY,...
...from anxiety. A few are trying to cope with relationship conflicts or grief. What they all share in common is a need for psychological...Now Bridget is able to help with psychological issues like depression and anxiety. As far as we are concerned, she is part of... |
|
Male gender role conflict, depression, and help seeking: Do college men face...
...socialization, termed gender role conflict, occurs when rigid, sexist...construct of male gender role conflict (MGRC) "provides an important...videotape libraries). Men's conflicts and stresses related to male...associated with increased depression and ... |
|
Gender role conflict as a mediator between social sensitivity and depression...
...impact of gender role conflict on the relationship between social sensitivity and depression in a sample of gay men...social sensitivity and depression. Specifically, the...on the prediction of depression. Keywords: gender role... |
|
SelfQuest(R) Self Healing CD: Healing from Anxiety, Depression, Guilt, Shame,...
...Program." The program guides people to healing their anxiety, depression, and relationship problems in an in-depth and profound...essential) Steps of Inner Bonding(R), to resolve both inner conflicts and relationship issues. Learn to access your true self... |
|
An Interpersonal Perspective on Depression: The Role of Marital Adjustment,...
...spouses. We selected conflict communication, attribution...important domains of depression in the context of marital...association of major depression and marital distress, as well as the role of conflict communication, attributions...interpersonal ... |
 "AAP General News (Australia)")
|
FED:Family conflict 'sparks teen depression'
...11-25-2011 FED:Family conflict 'sparks teen depression' By Belinda Tasker, AAP...greater risk of developing depression if theirparents constantly...to predictorsfor clinical depression, families are just as important... |
|
|
FED:Family conflict 'spark teen depression'
...Australia) 11-25-2011 FED:Family conflict 'spark teen depression' Teenagers face a greater risk of developing depression if their parents constantlybicker...comes to predictorsfor clinical depression, families are just as important... |
|
Depression, war, and cold war; challenging the myths of conflict and...
9781598130294 Depression, war, and cold war; challenging the myths of conflict and prosperity. (reprint...economic myths about the Great Depression, World War II and the...actually prolonged the Great Depression and that the war effort... |
|
"Urban thunder" tears black communities asunder; displacement and development...
...American Los Angeles From the Great Depression to the Present by Josh Sides University...schools and workplaces from the Great Depression to present times. No Fire Next Time: Black-Korean Conflicts and the Future of America's Cities... |
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
