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Palliative Care
PALLIATIVE CARE A report released by the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Care at the End of Life states that individuals often suffer needlessly at the end of life. According to this report, the organization of the health care delivery system in the United States impedes delivery of good... Read more |
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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of (1748) Diplomatic agreement, principally between France and Britain, that ended the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48). The treaty, which contributed to the rise of Prussia, provided for the restitution of conquests made during the war and confirmed British... Read more |
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fandango
fandango , ancient Spanish dance, probably of Moorish origin, that came into Europe in the 17th cent. It is in triple time and is danced by a single couple to the accompaniment of castanets, guitar, and songs sung by the dancers. At the end of certain measures, the music halts abruptly and the... Read more |
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splendid isolation
‘splendid isolation’. For most of the 19th cent. Britain was diplomatically isolated, in the sense of having what Palmerston called ‘no eternal allies’ to whom she owed favours, except in circumstances where her own interests were affected. The obverse of this, of course,... Read more |
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Vaslav Nijinsky
Vaslav Nijinsky , 1890-1950, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer; brother of Bronislava Nijinska . Nijinsky is widely considered the greatest dancer of the 20th cent. and was ballet's first modernist choreographer. He entered the Imperial Ballet School, St. Petersburg, in 1900 and made his... Read more |
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Regency
Regency in British history, the period of the last nine years (1811-20) of the reign of George III, when the king's insanity had rendered him unfit to rule and the government was vested in the prince of Wales (later George IV ) as regent. The period witnessed the end (1815) of the Napoleonic Wars... Read more |
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Sir Robert Helpmann
Sir Robert Helpmann 1909-1986, Australian dancer and choreographer. He danced as a principal (1933-50) with Sadler's Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet ), often partnering with Margot Fonteyn . His works as a choreographer include Comus (1942) and Miracle in the Gorbals (1944). He was... Read more |
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