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Cora Cora
Cora ETHNONYMS: Coras-nayaritas, Nayares, Nayaritas Orientation Identification. The Cora are an ethnic group who live almost exclusively in the state of Nayarit, Mexico. The terms "Nayares," "Nayaritas," and "Coras-nayaritas" are derived from the name of an ancient political-religious... Read more
napalm napalm
napalm , incendiary material developed during World War II by Harvard scientists cooperating with the U.S. army and used in bombs and flame throwers. Napalm is based on a mixture of gasoline, sometimes mixed with other petroleum fuels, and a thickening agent. The thickener, to which the term napalm... Read more
Atomic emission spectroscopy Atomic emission spectroscopy
Flame Analysis Some forensic analytical determinations rely on the separation of the various components in a mixture of compounds. One means of accomplishing this separation is to heat the sample using a flame. The separated compounds can then be analyzed and identified. For example, when metals are... Read more
Ruth Crawford Ruth Crawford
Ruth Crawford 1901-53, American composer, b. East Liverpool, Ohio. Crawford attended music schools in Jacksonville, Fla., and Chicago. Her most frequently performed composition is a string quartet (1931). She also collected and published American folk music with her husband, the musicologist and... Read more
flame flame
flame phenomenon associated with the chemical reaction of a gas that has been heated above its kindling temperature with some other gas, usually atmospheric oxygen (see combustion ). The heat and light given off are characteristic of the specific chemical reaction (or reactions) going on; the... Read more
The Male Animal The Male Animal
Male Animal, The (1940), a comedy by James Thurber and Elliot Nugent. [Cort Theatre, 243 perf.] Tommy Turner (Nugent), a professor of English, suddenly finds himself confronted by two problems: the return to campus of Joe Ferguson ( Leon Ames), a former college football star and old flame of... Read more
flame test flame test
flame test test used in the identification of certain metals. It is based on the observation that light emitted by any element gives a unique spectrum when passed through a spectroscope. When a salt of the metal is introduced into a Bunsen burner flame, the metallic ion produces characteristic... Read more
Flaming Lips Flaming Lips
Flaming Lips Rock group The odd band known as the Flaming Lips languished on the edges of alternative rock obscurity for more than a decade, known only to fellow fringe-music aficionados who appreciated the band's unique, distorted sound. Music writer Jim DeRogatis has called them "one of the... Read more
Bunsen burner Bunsen burner
Bunsen burner gas burner, commonly used in scientific laboratories, consisting essentially of a hollow tube which is fitted vertically around the flame and which has an opening at the base to admit air. A smokeless, nonluminous flame of high temperature is produced. The underlying principle of the... Read more
William Kennedy William Kennedy
William Kennedy 1928-, American novelist, b. Albany, N.Y., grad. Siena College, 1949. Brought up in Albany, he worked as a journalist from 1949 to 1970, and began to concentrate on writing fiction in the early 1960s. In evocative prose, with vivid characterizations and acutely observed dialog,... Read more

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