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John Gerard Braine John Gerard Braine
John Gerard Braine 1922-86, English novelist, b. Bradford, Yorkshire. With his first novel, Room at the Top (1957), Braine established himself as one of England's angry young men . This novel bitterly chronicles the rise of a young working-class man into the upper middle class of an English... Read more
top top
top toy with a tapering point on which it can be made to spin. Tops were known in antiquity and appeared in Europe during the Middle Ages; they are used today in many different regions of the world by both primitive and advanced societies. The principle of its motion is utilized in the gyroscope .... Read more
dormer dormer
dormer. Projecting framed structure set vertically on the rafters of a pitched roof, with its own roof (pitched or flat), sides (dormer cheeks), and a window set vertically in the front. It will often have a small gable or pediment (dormer-head) over the window if the roof is pitched at right... Read more
Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower structure designed by A. G. Eiffel and erected in the Champ-de-Mars for the Paris exposition of 1889. The tower is 984 ft (300 m) high and consists of an iron framework supported on four masonry piers, from which rise four columns uniting to form one shaft. Three platforms at different... Read more
Partition Partition
Partition BIBLIOGRAPHY To paraphrase Winston Churchill, partition is the worst solution to political conflict, perhaps, except all others. Partition is an inadequate political tool whose time always comes when other solutions seem to be lacking. Often employed to resolve conflict and restore... Read more
cruck cruck
cruck. Blade or inclined curved timber, meeting a similar timber to form an approximately triangular frame on which the subsidiary structure rests. A full or true cruck (c) has two blades serving as the principals of a roof, rising from near ground level to the ridge, and supporting both walls and... Read more
Brooks Dunn Brooks Dunn
Brooks & Dunn Country vocal duo, songwriters For the Record… Selected discography Sources Mixing two elements can sometimes cause an explosive reaction that results in something completely new, something greater than the sum of its parts. When Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn teamed... Read more
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), physical science research center located near Batavia, Ill., est. 1968 as the National Accelerator Laboratory, renamed 1974 in honor of Enrico Fermi . It was built on the site of the former village of Weston. Universities Research Association... Read more
Taj Mahal Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal , mausoleum, Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Yamuna River. It is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and the finest example of the late style of Indian Islamic architecture. The Mughal emperor Shah Jahan ordered it built after the death (1631) of his... Read more
water table water table
water table the top zone of soil and rock in which all voids are saturated with water. The level of the water table varies with topography and climate.... Read more

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