|
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 |
|||
|
blast
... Read more |
|
|
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Zapatero, José Luis Rodríguez August 4, 1960 • Valladolid, Spain Prime minister Just three days after a series of bomb blasts killed nearly two hundred in Madrid in March of 2004, Spanish voters went to the polls and elected the socialist party of José Luis... Read more |
|
|
My Sister Eileen
My Sister Eileen (1940), a comedy by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov. [Biltmore Theatre, 864 perf.] Two Ohio sisters, the acerbic Ruth ( Shirley Booth), who is determined to become a famous writer, and the sweet Eileen ( Jo Ann Sayers), who dreams of becoming an actress, move to New York... Read more |
|
|
Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds1964— Professional baseball player On August 7, 2007, outfielder Barry Bonds became professional baseball's greatest home run hitter of all time, yet he is often slighted as one of the game's great heroes. Bonds holds the game's two great power records: he topped Hank Aaron's lifetime... Read more |
|
smelting
smelting in metallurgy, any process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore. Smelting processes vary in detail depending on the nature of the ore and the metal involved, but they are typified in the use of the blast furnace .... Read more |
|
|
cotton gin
cotton gin machine for separating cotton fibers from the seeds. The charkha, used in India from antiquity, consists of two revolving wooden rollers through which the fibers are drawn, leaving the seeds. A similar gin was early used in the S United States for long-staple cotton. In the modern roller... Read more |
|
crater
crater circular, bowl-shaped depression on the earth's surface. (For a discussion of lunar craters, see moon .) Simple craters are bowl-shaped with a raised outer rim. Complex craters have a raised central peak surrounded by a trough and a fractured rim. Many of the largest craters are formed by... Read more |
|
tunnel
tunnel underground passage usually made without removing the overlying rock or soil. Although tunnels are approximately horizontal, they must be built with sufficient gradient for proper drainage. Tunnels may be ventilated by shafts leading to the surface or by exhaust fans at the ends. Design and... Read more |
|
|
fulminate
fulminate , any salt of fulminic acid, HONC, a highly unstable compound known only in solution. The term is most commonly applied to the explosive mercury (II) fulminate, also called fulminate of mercury, Hg(ONC) 2 . The pure compound forms white cubic crystals. It is made by the action of nitric... Read more |
|
|
casemate
casemate. 1. In fortifications, a vaulted and blast-resistant chamber with an embrasure in the outer wall, used as a gun-emplacement. It is usually within the general constructions comprising the defences. A casemate or casemated wall is a fortification with a series of casemates between strong... Read more |
|
Female Afghan election workers killed, wounded in car bomb blast.
...women election workers and children Saturday...Jalalabad, killing two women and injuring...are women. Only Kabul province has registered...80 miles east of Kabul, to register women...injuries. The UN sent a team of...A bomb wounded ... |
 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
|
Suicide bomber kills 8 in Kabul convoy attack; UN workers among dead after...
...outskirts of Kabul yesterday killing...to disrupt. Two Afghans working...attack, the UN office in Kabul said. The...troops "were killed and wounded in the blast" but gave...Afghanistan two US troops ... |
|
2 UN staff members killed in Kabul bomb attack
...N. says two of its Afghan...members were killed in a bombing...convoy in Kabul. Kai Eide...wounded in the blast. The Interior...convoy in Kabul's eastern...whether the two dead U.N. workers were ... |
|
|
Bomb attack kills 3 in Kabul; UN workers wounded
...on the outskirts of Kabul, killing at least...The attack occurred two days before national...before the suicide blast, two mortar rounds struck...presidential palace in Kabul, the U.S. military...facility in the country, ... |
|
|
Bomb attack kills 7 in Kabul; UN workers wounded
...on the outskirts of Kabul, killing at least...The attack occurred two days before national...before the suicide blast, two mortar rounds struck...presidential palace in Kabul, the U.S. military...British military base killed ... |
|
Taliban kill three UN workers in Kabul shootout.
...staff have been killed," said Aleem Siddique, UN spokesman in Kabul, confirming what...gunmen stormed the UN-approved guesthouse...the attackers was killed, possibly after...wounded.At least two foreigners were...had been a ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
|
UN scales back after three bomb blasts rock city ahead of key Nato campaign
...there, the UN yesterday announced...after three bomb blasts rocked the city. Two of the attacks...he said. Two hours later...former senator. UN officials said...may have been killed by Afghan security...Cavendish in ... |
|
Afghanistan to destroy landmine stockpiles with UN support
...stockpiles with UN support KABUL, May 11 (Xinhua...a ceremonial blast expected in...Supported by the UN Mine Action...efficiently, UN Assistance Mission...has maimed or killed thousands of...legacy of over ... |
|
|
URGENT: Six killed in bomb blast in central Afghan province
URGENT: Six killed in bomb blast in central Afghan province KABUL, July 28 (Xinhua) -- At least six people, including two UN poll workers were killed in a bomb blast inside a mosque in the ... |
|
|
Taliban kill five UN staff in bid to disrupt Afghan presidential poll;...
...disguised as police killed five UN workers after storming...quarters in Kabul yesterday in...died in the two-hour raid...At least 25 UN staff were staying at the Kabul guest house...UN staff ... |
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
