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Americans with Disabilities Act
Americans with Disabilities Act U.S. civil-rights law, enacted 1990, that forbids discrimination of various sorts against persons with physical or mental handicaps. Its primary emphasis is on enabling these persons to enter the job market and remain employed, but it also outlaws most physical bar...
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Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown (Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr.), 1938-, American political leader, b. San Francisco. The son of Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown (1905-96), governor of California (1959-67), Brown abandoned early ideas of entering the priesthood and obtained a law degree (Yale, 1964). He entered California politics...
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anode
anode , electrode through which current enters an electric device. In electrolysis , it is the positive electrode in the electrolytic cell.
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Arnon
Arnon , river of Jordan, entering the east side of the Dead Sea, called today Wadi Mojib.
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bookkeeping
bookkeeping maintenance of systematic and convenient records of money transactions in order to show the condition of a business enterprise. The essential purpose of bookkeeping is to reveal the amounts and sources of the losses and profits for any given period. Proper bookkeeping should also reveal...
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urinary bladder
urinary bladder muscular sac located in the pelvis that stores urine and contracts to expel it from the body. Urine enters the bladder from the kidneys through the ureters and is discharged from the body via the urethra . The bladder of the adult human can hold over a pint (0.6 liters) of urin...
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Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller 1923-99, American writer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Heller is best known for his first novel, Catch-22 (1961). Set in World War II, it is a darkly humorous commentary on the illogic of war and bureaucracy. The title, which refers to an inescapable double bind, has entered the language. Hell...
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Henry Dundas Melville, 1st Viscount
Henry Dundas Melville, 1st Viscount 1742-1811, British lawyer and politician. He was solicitor general for Scotland (1766-75), entered Parliament in 1774, and became lord advocate in 1775. During the American Revolution he favored harsh punishment of the colonists and considered Lord North much too...
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enteritis
enteritis , inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Acute enteritis is not usually serious except in infants and older people, in whom the accompanying diarrhea can cause dehydration through the loss of fluids. The condition known as regional enteritis (Crohn's disease) is a chronic disease that...
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Robert Cecil Salisbury, 1st earl of
Robert Cecil Salisbury, 1st earl of 1563-1612, English statesman; son of William Cecil, Baron Burghley . He entered Parliament and came gradually to rank second only to his father as adviser to Queen Elizabeth I. About 1589 he began to perform the duties of secretary of state, and he was officiall...
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