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- city, seat (1877) of Lawrence county, western South Dakota, U.S. Located just northeast of Lead and about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Rapid City, Deadwood lies in a canyon formed by Whitewood Creek in the northern Black Hills, more ...
- deaf-mutism
- (from the article "speech disorder") Profound or total deafness going back to early childhood without special training inevitably leads to deaf-mutism, the absence of oral language development as a direct result of deafness. Deaf-mute children have traditionally been educated in special schools for the deaf, ...
- deafness
- partial or total inability to hear. The two principal types of deafness are conduction deafness and nerve deafness. In conduction deafness, there is interruption of the sound vibrations in their passage from the outer world to the nerve cells in ... [13 Related Articles]
- Deagan, J. C.
- (from the article "marimba") The orchestral marimba, with metal resonators, was developed in the United States in the early 20th century by J.C. Deagan and U.G. Leedy. It is a tube-resonated instrument pitched an octave below the orchestral xylophone; its range varies, but 312octaves ...
- Deak & Company
- (from the article "Deak, Nicholas L") ...with the British Overseas Bank (1935-37) as manager of Hungarian and Romanian subsidiaries. For two years Deak worked in the economics department of the League of Nations. In 1939 he founded Deak & Company, but he closed the operation in ...
- Deak Party
- (from the article "Hungary") The supporters of the Compromise, then known as the Deak Party, held office first but soon got into such financial and personal difficulties that complete chaos threatened. It was averted when in 1875 Kalman Tisza, the leader of the moderate ...
- Deak, Ferenc
- Hungarian statesman whose negotiations led to the establishment of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary in 1867. [2 Related Articles]
- Deak, Nicholas L
- banker and founder of an internationally renowned retail currency-exchange service and dealer in precious metals.
- Deakin, Alfred
- prime minister of Australia (1903-04, 1905-08, 1909-10), who shaped many of the policies of the new commonwealth, especially those dealing with restriction of nonwhite immigration, social welfare, and protection of domestic industry. [3 Related Articles]
- Deakin, Arthur
- leader of British trade unionism in the decade after World War II.
- Deal
- town, Dover district, administrative and historic county of Kent, England, on the English Channel. The town has a natural roadstead harbour, the Downs, enclosed by the North and South Forelands and the perilous Goodwin Sands.
- Deal, Kim
- (from the article "Pixies, the") ...Joey Santiago (b. June 10, 1965Manila, Phil.), Kim Deal (b. June 10, 1961Dayton, Ohio, U.S.), and David Lovering...
- dealfish
- any of several slender marine fishes that belong to the genus Trachipterus (family Trachipteridae, order Lampridiformes), a subgroup of the ribbonfish. The dealfish inhabits the middle waters, probably not below 400 m (1,300 feet), and is characterized by a long, ...
- deamination
- (from the article "excretion") ...by the animal to build up its own proteins, but a great deal is used as a source of energy to drive other vital processes. The first step in the mobilization of amino acids for energy production is deamination, the ...
- Dean
- (from the article "Belize") ...petroleum industry, the services sector, and the manufacturing industry (primarily sugar and beverages) were responsible for the growth. Unfortunately, the devastation inflicted in August by Hurricane Dean in the northern part of the country resulted in an estimated $98.6 million ...
- Dean, Basil
- (from the article "Ealing Studios") ...studio, internationally remembered for a series of witty comedies that reflected the social conditions of post-World War II Britain. Founded in 1929 by two of England's best known producers, Basil Dean and Reginald Baker, with the financial support of the ...
- Dean, Christopher
- (from the article "Torvill and Dean") Torvill and Dean were already accomplished figure skaters with other partners when they first joined forces in 1975-Torvill was the British junior pairs champion, Dean the British junior ice dance champion. They built their partnership into a formidable dance team ...
- Dean, Dizzy
- American professional baseball player who had a brief but spectacular pitching career with the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League. He was one of the most colourful athletes in the history of organized sports. [1 Related Articles]
- Dean, Forest of
- ancient royal forest of oak and beech in western Gloucestershire, England, covering an area of about 26,000 ac (10,500 ha) between the Rivers Severn and Wye. It became a National Forest Park administered by the Forestry Commission in 1938. Forest ...
- Dean, Gordon
- (from the article "nuclear weapon") ...density in the thermonuclear fuel by compression using a fission primary-provided for the first time a firm basis for a fusion weapon. Without hesitation, Los Alamos adopted the new program. Gordon Dean, chairman of the AEC, convened a meeting at ...
- Dean, Howard
- (from the article "The U.S. Election of 2004") As the year began, former Vermont governor Howard Dean was the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, but he faded rapidly, in part because some party leaders thought he was too liberal to defeat a wartime president. Dean was knocked out ...
- Dean, James
- strikingly handsome American motion picture actor enshrined as a symbol of the confused, restless, and idealistic youth of the 1950s.
- Dean, John Wesley, III
- U.S. lawyer who served as White House counsel (1970-73) during the administration of Pres. Richard M. Nixon and whose revelation of official participation in the Watergate Scandal ultimately led to the resignation of the president and the imprisonment of Dean ... [2 Related Articles]
- Dean, Paul Dee
- (from the article "Dean, Dizzy") ...Dean, a right-hander, won 120 games, leading the league four times in complete games and four times in strikeouts. Before the 1934 season he predicted that he would win 30 games and that his brother Paul Dee Dean, also a ...
- Dean, Penny
- (from the article "swimming") ...Several swimmers have made 10 or more crossings. The Channel Swimming Association was formed in 1927 to control swims and verify times. By 1978 the record had been lowered to 7 hours 40 minutes by Penny Dean of the United ...
- Deane, Edna
- (EDNA MORTON SEWELL), British and world champion ballroom dancer, choreographer, author, and cofounder of the Deane School of Dance and Drama (b. Oct. 15, 1905--d. Nov. 22, 1995).
- Deane, Silas
- first U.S. diplomat sent abroad (1776), who helped secure much-needed French aid for the American Revolutionary cause. [1 Related Articles]
- DeAngelis, Sandro
- (from the article "Football") ...and the top Canadian; left tackle Rob Murphy won the Outstanding Lineman Award; and defensive tackle Aaron Hunt was designated the top rookie. The Outstanding Special Teams Player was Calgary kicker Sandro DeAngelis, who led the league with 214 points. ...
- Dearborn
- city, Wayne county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. Adjacent to Detroit (north and east), it lies on the River Rouge. The birthplace of Henry Ford, it is the headquarters of research, engineering, and manufacturing of the Ford Motor Company. Settled in 1795, ...
- Dearborn, Emma
- (from the article "Speedwriting") shorthand system using the letters of the alphabet and punctuation marks. The name is a registered trademark for the system devised in the United States by Emma Dearborn about 1924. In Speedwriting, words are written as they sound, and only ...
- Dearborn, Fort
- blockhouse and stockade, built in 1803 because of Indian unrest, at a narrow bend in the Chicago River, northeastern Illinois, U.S., and named for Henry Dearborn, Revolutionary War hero. The fort was evacuated in 1812, but the garrison party was ... [1 Related Articles]
- Dearborn, Henry
- U.S. army officer, congressman, and secretary of war for whom Ft. Dearborn-whose site is located in what is now the heart of Chicago-was named.
- Deare, John
- (from the article "Western sculpture") Prominent early British Neoclassicist sculptors included John Wilton, Joseph Nollekens, John Bacon the Elder, John Deare, and Christopher Hewetson, the last two working mostly in Rome. The leading artist of the younger generation was John Flaxman, professor of sculpture at ...
- Dearmer, Geoffrey
- British poet who wrote verse based on his experiences as a soldier during World War I; his poetry was largely forgotten for 70 years until the 1993 publication of the collection titled A Pilgrim's Song (b. March 21, 1893--d. Aug. ...
- Deary, Ian
- (from the article "intelligence, human") A different approach was taken in the work of the British psychologist Ian Deary, among others. He argued that inspection time is a particularly useful means of measuring intelligence. It is thought that individual differences in intelligence may derive in ...
- Deat, Marcel
- French politician who was a leading collaborator with Nazi Germany. [2 Related Articles]
- death
- the total cessation of life processes that eventually occurs in all living organisms. The state of human death has always been obscured by mystery and superstition, and its precise definition remains controversial, differing according to culture and legal systems. [54 Related Articles]
- death adder
- (from the article "adder") Although death adders (Acanthophis) are related to the slender-bodied cobras, they are viperlike in appearance, with thick bodies, short tails, and broad heads. They are about 45 to 90 cm (18 to 35 inches) long and are ...
- death cup
- (from the article "Representative poisonous mushrooms") Among the mushrooms that most commonly cause poisoning are Amanita muscaria, A. phalloides, and the four white Amanita species called destroying angels. The ingestion of A. muscaria (fly agaric), which contains muscarine and other toxic alkaloids, is soon followed by ...
- death mask
- a wax or plaster cast of a mold taken from the face of a dead individual. Death masks are true portraits, although changes are occasionally made in the eyes of the mask to make it appear as though the subject ... [3 Related Articles]
- Death of God movement
- radical Christian theological school, mainly Protestant, that arose in the United States during the 1960s, evoking prolonged attention, response, and controversy. Though thinkers of many varied viewpoints have been grouped in this school, basic to practically all of them is ... [2 Related Articles]
- Death of the Virgin
- (from the article "Caravaggio") ...of St. Matthew (c. 1597-1602) caused a sensation and were followed by such masterpieces as The Supper at Emmaus (1596-98) and Death of the Virgin (1601-03).Goes
- death rite
- any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed at the time of death and burial. [57 Related Articles]
- Death Row Records
- (from the article "Death Row Records and Interscope Records") Among the individuals responsible for the flourishing of hip-hop in Los Angeles in the 1990s was a white man, Jimmy Iovine, a former engineer on recordings by Bruce Springsteen and the new head of Interscope Records. Although Interscope had a ...
- death spiral
- (from the article "figure skating") Other moves unique to pairs include the death spiral, in which the man pivots on the toe pick of one skate and the edge of another while the woman clasps his hand with an extended arm. She then leans horizontally ...
- death tax
- (from the article "Harcourt, Sir William") By imposing a graduated tax on the total estate of a deceased person, Harcourt's legislation of 1894 was capable of producing much more revenue than taxes only on the amounts inherited by beneficiaries. The new death duties were enacted over ...
- Death Valley
- structural depression primarily in Inyo county, southeastern California, U.S. It is the lowest, hottest, driest portion of the North American continent. Death Valley is about 140 miles (225 km) long, trends roughly north-south, and is from 5 to 15 miles ... [8 Related Articles]
- Death Valley National Park
- (from the article "Death Valley") Death Valley National Park covers some 5,270 square miles (13,650 square km) of the valley, primarily in California. Much of the park's northeastern border is the Nevada state line, but a small portion extends into Nevada's Bullfrog Hills. Inyo National ...
- Death with Dignity Act
- (from the article "crime") ...offense in some parts of the world. Once criminal, suicide and attempted suicide have been removed from the scope of criminal law in some jurisdictions. Indeed, in the U.S. state of Oregon the Death with Dignity Act (passed in 1997) ...
- death's head moth
- (from the article "hawk moth") The common name for Acherontia atropos, death's head moth, derives from the fancied facsimile of a human skull on the upper surface of the body. Common in Europe and Africa, these moths have a short proboscis and ...
- death, dance of
- medieval allegorical concept of the all-conquering and equalizing power of death, expressed in the drama, poetry, music, and visual arts of western Europe mainly in the late Middle Ages. Strictly speaking, it is a literary or pictorial representation of a ... [1 Related Articles]
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