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Universalism Universalism
UNIVERSALISM. Since the late nineteenth century, the debate around issues concerning universalism and universalizability has intensified. Against the claims to universal knowledge made on behalf of Christianity, the West, rationality, and mankind, feminist, critical race, and postcolonial scholars... Read more
Balbus Balbus
Balbus (Balbus Mensor[?]) (fl. ca. A. D. 100) surveying mathematics. For information on the life of Balbus, we must depend upon the scanty data appearing in his works. He served as an officer in the campaing that opended Dacia to the Romans (see Lachmann, p. 93). Since Balbus does not name the... Read more
Bouvet Island Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island , uninhabited volcanic island, c.58 sq mi (150 sq km), S Atlantic Ocean, about 1,600 mi (2,576 km) SW of the Cape of Good Hope. A Norwegian possession since 1928, Bouvet is almost completely covered by glacial ice. Norway has an automated weather station on the NW coast. The island and... Read more
Ving Rhames Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames 1959— Actor Forging his reputation by playing tough and often frightening characters, Ving Rhames has built a career as a stage, film, and television actor that has had few lulls since he landed his first role in the early 1980s. Many of the characters he has played have been... Read more
serotonin serotonin
serotonin , organic compound that was first recognized as a powerful vasoconstrictor occurring in blood serum. It was partially purified, crystallized, and named in 1948, and its structure was deduced a year later. Independent work indicated that serotonin was widely distributed in nature and... Read more
Astronomer Astronomer
Astronomer An astronomer is an individual who studies the universe primarily using telescopes. Astronomers rely on both observations of celestial objects, including planets, stars, and galaxies, and physical theories to better understand how these objects formed and work.... Read more
midsummer day and midsummer night midsummer day and midsummer night
midsummer day and midsummer night names given to the feast of the nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) and the preceding night (St. John's Eve, June 23). Because midsummer is about the time of the solstice, it has been associated with solar ceremonies since long before Christianity. Relics of... 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
lord chief justice lord chief justice
lord chief justice. The second highest post in the judicial ranking. Since the days of Sir Edward Coke, the chief justice of King's Bench has informally used the title of lord chief justice. It is only since 1875 that it has been the statutory title of the president of the Queen's Bench Division... Read more
Expectancy Expectancy
EXPECTANCY A mere hope, based upon no direct provision, promise, or trust. An expectancy is the possibility of receiving a thing, rather than having a vested interest in it. The term has been applied to situations where an individual hopes and expects to receive something, generally property or... Read more

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