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- in law, a trial jury pronounced fit to decide a case involving the death penalty. The fitness of jurors to serve in death-punishable cases depends on their views on capital punishment. For example, jurors absolutely opposed to the death penalty ...
- deathwatch beetle
- an anobiid, or borer insect, of the family Anobiidae (insect order Coleoptera) that makes a ticking or clicking sound by bumping its head or jaws against the sides of the tunnels as it bores in old furniture and wood. According ... [1 Related Articles]
- Deauville
- fashionable resort, northern France, Calvados departement, Basse-Normandie region, at the mouth of the Touques River, opposite Trouville, across the Seine estuary from Le Havre. It is 55 miles (89 km) west of Rouen by ...
- Deaver, Michael Keith
- U.S. government official expertly orchestrated the public image of U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan while serving as his deputy chief of staff (1981-85) and was a close personal friend of Reagan and his wife Nancy. Deaver worked briefly in business before ...
- Deb Raja
- (from the article "Bhutan") ...confined himself to only the spiritual role and appointed a minister to exercise the temporal power. The minister became the temporal ruler and acquired the title of deb raja. This institution of two supreme authorities-a
- Deba Habe
- town, Bauchi State, northeastern Nigeria, on the road from Gombe to Numan. It was captured about 1810 by Buba Yero, the first Fulani emir of Gombe, and is still one of the largest towns in the Gombe area. A collecting ...
- DeBakey, Michael
- American cardiovascular surgeon, educator, international medical statesman, and pioneer in surgical procedures for treatment of defects and diseases of the cardiovascular system. [2 Related Articles]
- debasement
- (from the article "money") ...attempt to benefit from the monopoly of coinage. In this respect, Greek and Roman experience offers an interesting contrast. Solon, on taking office in Athens in 594 BC, did institute a partial debasement of the currency. For the next four ...
- debat
- a type of literary composition popular especially in medieval times in which two or more usually allegorical characters discuss or debate some subject, most often a question of love, morality, or politics, and then refer the question to a judge. ...
- debate
- formal, oral confrontation between two individuals, teams, or groups who present arguments to support opposing sides of a question, generally according to a set form or procedure. [7 Related Articles]
- debayashi
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") Kabuki as theatre is discussed below in the section Dance and theatre: The development of dance and theatre in the East Asian nations. Its musical events can be divided into onstage activities (debayashi) and offstage groups (geza). In plays derived ...
- Debed
- (from the article "Armenia") ...tributaries, the Akhuryan (130 miles), the Hrazdan (90 miles), the Arpa (80 miles), and the Vorotan (Bargyushad; 111 miles), serve to irrigate most of Armenia. The tributaries of the Kura-the Debed (109 miles), the Aghstev (80 miles), and others-pass through ...
- deben
- (from the article "measurement system") ...to have been founded on a unit called the kite, with a decimal ratio, 10 kites equaling 1 deben and 10 debens equaling 1 sep. ...
- debenture
- (from the article "bond") ...bonds may be secured by a lien against real estate (mortgage bonds) or other property, such as equipment (equipment obligations) owned by the borrower. If the bond is unsecured, it is known as a debenture bond.long-term financing
- debenture stock
- loan contract issued by a company or public body specifying an obligation to return borrowed funds and pay interest, secured by all or part of the company's property. Certificates specifying the amount of stock, with coupons for interest attached, are ...
- debide
- (from the article "Celtic literature") ...found in early Welsh. The quatrain (seven or eight syllables to a line and rhyme between second and fourth lines) was derived from Latin hymn metres. The quatrains of the later popular metre, the debide (literally "cut in two"), consisted ...
- debit card
- small card, similar to a credit card, offering means of paying for a purchase through transfer of funds from the purchaser's bank account to the vendor. Financial institutions that process these transactions benefit from cheaper transaction costs (it is more ... [2 Related Articles]
- deble
- wooden figure carved in the form of a woman by the Senufo people of West Africa and used as a "rhythm pounder" in certain rituals performed to promote the fertility of the soil. Initiates of the Poro (or Lo) male ...
- Debo, Lac
- situated in central Mali on a section of the Niger River between Mopti, located 50 mi (80 km) to the south, and Timbuktu, 150 mi to the northeast. In this region the Niger is joined by many lakes, creeks, and ...
- deboning
- (from the article "poultry processing") Further processed poultry products leave the backs, necks, and bones available for their own processing. These materials are run through a machine called a mechanical deboner or a meat-bone separator. In general, the crushed meat and bones are continuously pressed ...
- Deborah
- prophet and heroine in the Old Testament (Judg. 4 and 5), who inspired the Israelites to a mighty victory over their Canaanite oppressors (the people who lived in the Promised Land, later Palestine, that Moses spoke of before its conquest ... [1 Related Articles]
- Deborah, Song of
- (from the article "Deborah") ...to a mighty victory over their Canaanite oppressors (the people who lived in the Promised Land, later Palestine, that Moses spoke of before its conquest by the Israelites); the "Song of Deborah" (Judg. 5), putatively composed by her, is perhaps ...
- Deborin, Abram Moiseyevich
- Russian Marxist philosopher who advocated Hegelian dialectics.
- Debray, Regis
- (from the article "guerrilla warfare") ...warfare with emphasis on the use of collective terrorism. Fired by the quasi-anarchistic teachings of German American political philosopher Herbert Marcuse, French revolutionary-philosopher Regis Debray, and others and armed with a do-it-yourself manual of murder (Carlos Marighela,
- DeBrazza's monkey
- large brightly coloured guenon widely distributed through central Africa and into Ethiopia and western Kenya, particularly in forests near rivers and swamps. DeBrazza's monkey is a white-bearded primate with speckled yellow-gray fur and a white stripe along each thigh. Hands, ...
- Debre, Michel
- French political leader, a close aide of President Charles de Gaulle; after playing a prominent part in the writing of the constitution of the Fifth Republic, he served as its first premier. [2 Related Articles]
- Debre, Olivier
- French abstract painter best known for his large-format commissions, including huge ornamental paintings for the French pavilions at the World's Fairs in Montreal (1967) and Osaka, Japan (1970), and the stage curtains for the Hong Kong Opera, the Shanghai Opera, ...
- Debrecen
- city of county status and seat of Hajdu-Bihar megye (county). One of the most important cities in eastern Hungary, Debrecen is situated on the southwestern extremity of the sandy plain of the Nyirseg region and on the eastern end of ... [2 Related Articles]
- Debrett's Peerage
- guide to the British peerage (titled aristocracy), first published in London in 1802 by John Debrett as Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Debrett's Peerage contains information about the royal family, the peerage, Privy ...
- Debreu, Gerard
- French-born American economist, who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Economics for his fundamental contribution to the theory of general equilibrium. [1 Related Articles]
- debridement
- (from the article "medicine, history of") ...surgery performed under aseptic conditions. Now they found themselves faced with the need to treat large numbers of grossly contaminated wounds in improvised theatres. They rediscovered debridement (the surgical excision of dead and dying tissue and the removal of foreign ...
- debris avalanche
- (from the article "landslide") ...gravity, and land on a surface from which they bounce and fall farther. Falls of large volume can trap enough air to facilitate the very rapid flow of rock or debris, forming rock avalanches and debris avalanches, respectively. Entrapped snow ...
- Debs, Eugene V.
- labour organizer and Socialist Party candidate for U.S. president five times between 1900 and 1920. [5 Related Articles]
- debt
- (from the article "economic development") After World War II it was thought that developing countries would require foreign aid in their early stages of development. This aid would supplement the capital created by domestic savings, permitting a higher rate of investment and thus stimulating growth. ...
- Debt AIDS Trade Africa
- (from the article "Bono") ...his time between fronting his remarkably durable band and meeting with presidents, prime ministers, economists, ministers, scientists, and philanthropists, Bono eventually helped found in 2002 Debt AIDS Trade Africa (DATA), a policy and advocacy organization that seeks to eradicate poverty, ...
- debt bondage
- (from the article "slavery") A person became an indentured servant by borrowing money and then voluntarily agreeing to work off the debt during a specified term. In some societies indentured servants probably differed little from debt slaves (i.e., persons who initially were unable to ...
- debt cancellation
- (from the article "Costa Rica") ...trade and economic cooperation, meanwhile breaking off 60 years of formal ties with Taiwan. Economic growth remained strong, hovering near 7%. The U.S. canceled $12.6 million of Costa Rica's debt in October in exchange for Costa Rican spending to conserve ...
- debt limit
- (from the article "government budget") Efforts have been made in some countries to set restrictions on government borrowing through legislative acts. In the United States, fear of excessive borrowing has resulted in restrictions on the amounts the executive, and even the legislative branches of government, ...
- debt-for-nature swap
- (from the article "WWF") ...habitat for the world's peoples, both urban and rural, including clean water, clean air, healthful food, and rewarding recreation areas. Among the WWF's notable achievements is its use of debt-for-nature swaps, in which an organization buys some of a country's ...
- debtera
- (from the article "Ethiopian chant") ...to a chanter named Yared, who composed the entire body of hymns (since revised) that is found in the six books of chants. The first known manuscripts, however, date to the 14th century. The debtara, an unordained member of the ...
- debtor
- (from the article "debtor and creditor") relationship existing between two persons in which one, the debtor, can be compelled to furnish services, money, or goods to the other, the creditor. This relationship may be created by the failure of the debtor to pay damages to the ...
- debtor and creditor
- relationship existing between two persons in which one, the debtor, can be compelled to furnish services, money, or goods to the other, the creditor. This relationship may be created by the failure of the debtor to pay damages to the ...
- Debucourt, Philibert-Louis
- (from the article "caricature and cartoon") The French painter and engraver Philibert-Louis Debucourt might have equalled Rowlandson if he had not been so occupied with the intricacies of colour prints; but he produced a few superb cartoons of the Paris of his day, full of caricatures ...
- debugging
- (from the article "computer program") ...translators (either assemblers or compilers), which transform an entire program from one language to another; interpreters, which execute a program sequentially, translating at each step; and debuggers, which execute a program piecemeal and monitor various circumstances, enabling the programmer to ...
- Debundscha Point
- (from the article "Cameroon") ...from December to May. The north, however, has a dry season only from October to May and an average annual rainfall of about 30 inches. The wettest part of the country lies in the western highlands. Debundscha Point on Mount ...
- Deburau, Jean-Gaspard
- Bohemian-born French pantomime actor, who transformed the character of Pierrot in the traditional harlequinade. [3 Related Articles]
- DeBusschere, David Albert
- American basketball player (b. Oct. 16, 1940, Detroit, Mich. -d. May 14, 2003, New York, N.Y.), became the youngest coach in National Basketball Association (NBA) history when at age 24 he became player-coach for the Detroit Pistons; he later provided ...
- Debussy, Claude
- French composer whose works have been a seminal force in the music of the 20th century. He developed a highly original system of harmony and musical structure that expressed in many respects the ideals to which the Impressionist and Symbolist ... [14 Related Articles]
- Deby, Idriss
- (from the article "Chad") Area: 1,284,000 sq km (495,755 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 10,239,000, excluding nearly 250,000 refugees from The Sudan | Capital: N'Djamena | Chief of state: President Lieut. Gen. Idriss Deby | Head of government: Prime Ministers Pascal Yoadimnadji, Adoum ...
- debye
- (from the article "liquid") ...at one end of a molecule is of the order of 10-10 esu; the distance between charges is of the order of 10-8 centimetres (cm). Dipole moments, therefore, usually are measured in debyes (one debye is 10-18 esu-cm). For nonpolar ...
- debye length
- (from the article "plasma") The time tau required for an oscillation of this type is the most important temporal parameter in a plasma. The main spatial parameter is the Debye length, h, which is the distance traveled by the average thermal electron in time ...
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