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| | - Carradine, John
- American actor with gaunt features and a stentorian voice who appeared in more than 200 films, often portraying villains.
- Carradine, Keith
- (from the article "1975: Other Winners") ...for JawsScoring-Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Leonard Rosenman for Barry LyndonOriginal Song: "I'm Easy" from Nashville; music and lyrics by Keith CarradineHonorary Award: Mary Pickford
- carrageenan
- (from the article "Processing additives and their uses") ...a greenish yellow to a dark purple; when sun-dried and bleached it has a yellowish, translucent, hornlike aspect and consistency. The principal constituent of Irish moss is a gelatinous substance, carrageenan, which can be extracted by boiling. Carrageenan is used ...
- Carrantuohill
- (from the article "Ireland") ...in the east (topped by Lugnaquillia, at 3,039 feet [926 metres]), the Knockmealdown and Comeragh mountains in the south, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks in the southwest, and the Twelve Pins in the west. Carrantuohill, at 3,414 feet (1,041 metres) in the ...
- Carranza, Bartolome de
- Dominican theologian and archbishop of Toledo who was imprisoned for nearly 17 years by the Spanish Inquisition. [2 Related Articles]
- Carranza, Venustiano
- a leader in the Mexican civil war following the overthrow of the dictator Porfirio Diaz. He became the first president of the new Mexican Republic. A moderate who was tainted by his association with Diaz and his alliance with newer ... [10 Related Articles]
- Carrara
- city, Massa-Carrara provincia, Toscana (Tuscany) regione, in north-central Italy. It lies along the Carrione River in the foothills of the Apuan Alps, just northwest of Massa and east of La Spezia. Acquired by the Malaspina family in 1428, it constituted, ... [2 Related Articles]
- Carrara Family
- a medieval Italian family who ruled first as feudal lords about the village of Carrara in the countryside of Padua and then as despots in the city of Padua. [1 Related Articles]
- Carrara marble
- (from the article "Carrara") ...the 12th- to 14th-century cathedral, built in the Pisan style, and the academy of fine arts, housed in the former ducal palace. The city is famous for some of the world's finest marble, called Carrara, taken from nearby quarries and ...
- Carrara, Francesco, il Vecchio
- (from the article "Carrara Family") ...by Guglielmino and succeeded by his brother Jacopino di Niccolo (1350-55), and Jacopino in turn was dispossessed and imprisoned by his nephew Francesco il Vecchio (1355-87). The Carrara court was one of the most brilliant of the time. Ubertino in ...
- Carrara, Jacopo di
- (from the article "Carrara Family") ...exploited the feuds of urban politics first as Ghibelline and then as Guelf leaders and were thus able to found a new and more illustrious dominion. The latter began with the election of Jacopo da Carrara as perpetual captain general ...
- Carrasquel, Chico
- Venezuelan professional baseball player who in 1951 became the first player born in Latin America to be selected to the American League (AL) All-Star team. [1 Related Articles]
- Carrasquilla, Tomas
- Colombian novelist and short-story writer who is best remembered for his realistic depiction of the people of his native Antioquia. His portrayal of the daily life and customs of the Antioquenos, in a simple and direct style, reflects his love ...
- Carre, Ferdinand
- (from the article "refrigeration") ...examined the refrigerators used by Gorrie and Twinning and introduced vapour-compression refrigeration to the brewing and meat-packing industries. A somewhat more complex system was developed by Ferdinand Carre of France in 1859. Unlike earlier vapour-compression machines, which used air as ...
- carrel
- cubicle or study for reading and literary work; the word is derived from the Middle English carole, "round dance," or "carol." The term originally referred to carrels in the north cloister walk of a Benedictine monastery and today designates study ...
- Carrel, Alexis
- French surgeon who received the 1912 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for developing a method of suturing blood vessels. [4 Related Articles]
- Carrell, Rudi
- Dutch-born German television personality (b. Dec. 19, 1934, Alkmaar, Neth.-d. July 7, 2006, Bremen, Ger.), became a major German television performer despite his initial inability to speak the language and the historical strain between the Germans and the Dutch. The ...
- Carreno de Miranda, Juan
- painter, considered the most important Spanish court painter of the Baroque period after Diego Velazquez. Influenced and overshadowed both by Velazquez and Sir Anthony Van Dyck, he was nonetheless a highly original and sensitive artist in his own right. [1 Related Articles]
- Carreno, Teresa
- celebrated Venezuelan pianist who was a player of great power and spirit, known to her public as the "Valkyrie of the piano."
- Carrera, Jose Miguel
- aristocratic leader in the early struggle for the independence of Chile and first president of that country. [1 Related Articles]
- Carrera, Rafael
- dictator of Guatemala (1844-48 and 1851-65) and one of the most powerful figures of 19th-century Central America. [5 Related Articles]
- Carreras, Jose
- (from the article "Pavarotti, Luciano") ...following. He toured the world, performing to as many as 500,000 fans at a time in outdoor venues, as a solo performer or as one of the "Three Tenors" (with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras). Among his many prizes and ...
- Carrere, Edward
- (from the article "1967: Other Winners") ...Rose for Guess Who's Coming to DinnerAdapted Screenplay: Stirling Silliphant for In the Heat of the NightCinematography: Burnett Guffey for Bonnie and ClydeArt Direction: Edward Carrere and John Truscott for CamelotOriginal Music Score: Elmer Bernstein for Thoroughly Modern MillieScoring of ...
- Carrero Blanco, Luis
- (from the article "Spain") ...and head of state; Juan Carlos's designation was rejected by the democratic opposition as a continuation of the regime. To secure continuity, in June 1973 Franco abandoned the premiership to Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco. However, in December Carrero Blanco was ...
- Carrey, Jim
- In 1997 comedian Jim Carrey again hit it big, this time with the film Liar Liar, in which he played a fast-talking lawyer forced--by a magic spell invoked by his young son by means of a birthday wish--to tell the ...
- Carrhae, Battle of
- (53 BC), battle that stopped the Roman invasion of Parthian Mesopotamia by the triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus. War was precipitated by Crassus, who wanted a military reputation to balance that of his partners, Pompey and Julius Caesar. With seven legions ... [4 Related Articles]
- Carriacou
- (from the article "Grenada") ...(160 kilometres) north of the coast of Venezuela. Oval in shape, the island is approximately 21 miles (34 kilometres) long and 12 miles wide. The southern Grenadines-the largest of which is Carriacou, about 20 miles north-northeast, with an area of ...
- carriage
- four-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle, the final refinement of the horse-drawn passenger conveyance. Wagons were also used for this purpose, as were chariots. By the 13th century the chariot had evolved into a four-wheeled form, unlike the earlier two-wheeled version most often ... [2 Related Articles]
- carriage of goods
- in law, the transportation of goods by land, sea, or air. The relevant law governs the rights, responsibilities, liabilities, and immunities of the carrier and of the persons employing the services of the carrier. [2 Related Articles]
- Carrick
- district, administrative and historic county of Cornwall, England, encompassing a band 15 miles (24-km) wide, from the north to the south coast, across the centre of the Cornish peninsula. Dominated by flat plateau surfaces, reaching 500 feet (150 metres) in ...
- Carrick-on-Suir
- town, County Tipperary, Ireland, on the River Suir. Located beside the foothills of the Comeraghs and having steep, narrow streets, it is connected with its southern suburb Carrickbeg, in County Waterford, by two bridges across the Suir. Ormonde Castle, begun ...
- Carrickfergus
- (from the article "Carrickfergus") ...factories. The parish Church of St. Nicholas, begun by John de Courci at the end of the 12th century, is renowned for its monument (1625) to Lord Chichester, lord deputy of Ireland (1604-14). Carrickfergus district is bordered by Newtownabbey district ...
- Carrickfergus
- town and district (established 1973), formerly in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the northern shore of Belfast Lough (inlet of the sea). The name, meaning "rock of Fergus," commemorates King Fergus, who was shipwrecked off the coast about AD 320. ... [2 Related Articles]
- Carrickmacross
- lace produced at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ire., from 1820, with interruptions, to the end of the century. There are two varieties, applique and guipure. The former is made by drawing the design, which usually has a continuous outline, on a ...
- Carrickmacross applique
- (from the article "Carrickmacross") lace produced at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ire., from 1820, with interruptions, to the end of the century. There are two varieties, applique and guipure. The former is made by drawing the design, which usually has a continuous outline, on a ...
- Carrickmacross guipure
- (from the article "Carrickmacross") lace produced at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ire., from 1820, with interruptions, to the end of the century. There are two varieties, applique and guipure. The former is made by drawing the design, which usually has a continuous outline, on a ...
- Carrier
- Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian tribe centred in the upper branches of the Fraser River between the Coast Mountains and the Rocky Mountains in what is now central British Columbia. The name by which they are most commonly known derives from ... [1 Related Articles]
- carrier
- (from the article "typhoid fever") Most major epidemics of typhoid fever have been caused by the pollution of public water supplies. Food and milk may be contaminated, however, by a carrier of the disease who is employed in handling and processing them; by flies; or ...
- carrier
- (from the article "poison") Certain relatively large water-soluble molecules cross the cell membrane using carriers. Carriers are membrane proteins that complement the structural features of the molecules transported. They bind to the chemicals in order to move them across the cell membrane. Energy is ...
- carrier
- (from the article "logistics") ...services needed to move a firm's freight is known as traffic management. It is probably the most important element of logistics. The traffic manager is concerned with freight consolidation, carrier rates and charges, carrier selection, documentation, tracing and expediting, loss ...
- carrier bed
- (from the article "petroleum") The hydrocarbons expelled from a source bed next move through the wider pores of carrier beds (e.g., sandstones or carbonates) that are coarser-grained and more permeable. This movement is termed secondary migration. The distinction between primary and secondary migration is ...
- carrier fluid
- (from the article "solar heating") ...collect, and distribute solar energy in buildings in order to provide hot water or space heating. The sunlight falling on a building's collector array is converted to heat, which is transferred to a carrier fluid (usually a liquid, less commonly ...
- carrier gas
- (from the article "chromatography") Classification by phases gives the physical state of the mobile phase followed by the state of the stationary phase. Gas chromatography employing a gaseous fluid as the mobile phase, called the carrier gas, is subdivided into gas-solid chromatography and gas-liquid ...
- carrier multiplexing
- (from the article "telephone and telephone system") ...was placed in service. Although this system was commercially viable, its cost and limited capacity (only one two-way circuit) prevented substantial growth of transcontinental telephony until carrier multiplexing techniques were introduced beginning in 1918. With carrier multiplexing, four or more ...
- carrier pigeon
- (from the article "columbiform") ...aberrations that have given pleasure to countless enthusiasts. From the same source have come racing pigeons. Belgium, at the top of the international league table, has about 60,000 pigeon fanciers. Carrier pigeons were used to relay news of the conquest ...
- carrier sense multiple access
- (from the article "telecommunications network") One random-access method that reduces the chance of collisions is called carrier sense multiple access (CSMA). In this method a node listens to the channel first and delays transmitting when it senses that the channel is busy. Because of delays ...
- carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
- (from the article "computer") ...a simultaneous transmission, it stops, waits for a random time, and retries. The random time delay before retrying reduces the probability that they will collide again. This scheme is known as carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD). It ...
- carrier testing
- (from the article "genetic disease, human") ...diagnosis-that is, diagnosis of individuals at risk for developing a given disorder, even though at the time of diagnosis they may be clinically healthy. Options may even exist for carrier testing, studies that determine whether an individual is at increased ...
- carrier wave
- in electronics, the unmodulated single-frequency electromagnetic wave that carries the desired information-i.e., is modulated by the information. See modulation (electronics). [3 Related Articles]
- Carrier, Jean
- (from the article "Benedict (XIV)") ...of King Alfonso V of Aragon, who wanted to prolong the Schism, caused this College of Cardinals in 1423 to elect a new antipope, Clement VIII (who reigned until his abdication in 1429). Meanwhile, Jean Carrier, one of Benedict's cardinals, ...
- Carrier, Jean-Baptiste
- radical democrat of the French Revolution who gained notoriety for the atrocities he committed against counterrevolutionaries at Nantes.
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