Spanish prelate and diplomat who influenced Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon and was called, even in his own time, "the third king of Spain."
Spanish lawyer and Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol; PSOE) politician who was prime minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996. During his four terms in office, he consolidated Spain's fledgling democracy, oversaw continued economic growth, and brought ...
national mood of the United States from 1815 to 1825, as first described by the Boston Columbian Centinel on July 12, 1817. Although the "era" generally is considered coextensive with President James Monroe's two terms (1817-25), it ...
the Friday before Easter, the day on which Christians annually observe the commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. From the early days of Christianity, Good Friday was observed as a day of sorrow, penance, and fasting, a characteristic that ...
rocky promontory at the southern end of Cape Peninsula, Western Cape province, South Africa. It was first sighted by the Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 on his return voyage to Portugal after ascertaining the southern limits of the African ...
popular name for the Latin American policy pursued by the administration of the U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Suggested by the president's commitment "to the policy of the good neighbor" (first inaugural address, March 4, 1933), the approach marked a ...
a Roman Catholic order of religious devoted particularly to the care, rehabilitation, and education of girls and young women who have demonstrated delinquent behaviour. The congregation traces its history to an order founded by St. John Eudes in 1641 at ...
sensational type of broadside ballad (q.v.), popular in England from the 16th through the 19th century, purporting to be the farewell statement of a criminal made shortly before his execution. Good-nights are usually repentant in tone, containing a sketchy account ...
in American and British metaethics, an approach that tries to establish the validity or objectivity of moral judgments by examining the modes of reasoning used to support them. The approach first appeared in An Examination of the Place of Reason ...
American zoologist who directed the scientific reorganization and recataloging of the collection at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
the goodenia family of the bellflower order (Campanulales), containing 14 genera and about 300 species, chiefly native to Australia. Some species are widespread tropical beach shrubs such as Scaevola plumieri and S. frutescens. Both have oval, leathery leaves and small, ...
one of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands (q.v.), 20 miles (32 km) across Ward Hunt Strait from the eastern tip of New Guinea, in the Solomon Sea, southwestern Pacific. A part of Papua New Guinea, it lies northwest of Fergusson Island across ...
American clarinetist and orchestra leader, called the "King of Swing," a variety of American jazz of the 1930s and early 1940s with fast insistent rhythm, improvisation riding over melody, and collective use of syncopated rhythm. Goodman's opening theme song was ...
historic cattle trail that originated in Young county, western Texas, U.S. The trail ran southwest to connect with the Pecos River and thence up the river valley to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and north to the railhead at Denver, Colorado. ...
American pathologist whose method (1931) for cultivating viruses and rickettsia in fertile chicken eggs made possible the production of vaccines for such diseases as smallpox, influenza, yellow fever, typhus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and other illnesses caused by agents that ...
English astronomer who was the first to notice that some variable stars (stars whose observed light varies noticeably in intensity) were periodic. He also gave the first accurate explanation of such periodic variables.
Scottish anatomist and investigator in cellular physiology and pathology who insisted on the importance of the cell as the centre of nutrition and declared that the cell is divided into a number of departments. He was described as "one of ...
American radio and television producer who helped develop many successful radio and television game shows, including the early television game show What's My Line? (1950-67).
line of shoals trending northeast to southwest for 10 miles (16 km) at the entrance to the Strait of Dover from the North Sea and lying about 6 miles (10 km) off the Kent coast of England. The shifting sands ...
Iranian singer and actress who was one of Iran's most popular and enduring entertainers despite being banned from performing for some 20 years following the Iranian Revolution (1978-79).
town, unitary authority of East Riding of Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, England. Situated at the confluence of the Rivers Don and Ouse, it is the most westerly port of the Humber estuary and the eastern terminus of the Aire ...
town, southeastern South Australia, near the mouth of the Murray River, 40 mi (65 km) southeast of Adelaide. It is located on the Goolwa Channel, which is crossed by a barrage (1939) to prevent tidal inflow and to control water ...
town, southern Queensland, Australia, on the Macintyre River and the Queensland-New South Wales border. It was proclaimed a town in 1888, its name coming from an Aboriginal word meaning "resting place for birds." Goondiwindi is today the service centre for ...
any of various large, heavy-bodied waterfowl intermediate in size and build between large ducks and the swans, especially those of the genera Anser (so-called gray geese) and Branta (so-called black geese). Associated mainly with freshwater and living in the Northern ...
fruit bush of the Northern Hemisphere, frequently placed in the genus Ribes, along with the currant, in the family Saxifragaceae; some taxonomic systems assign exclusively to the gooseberry the generic name Grossularia. Gooseberry bushes are spiny and produce greenish to ...
any of about 12 species of anglerfishes of the family Lophiidae (order Lophiiformes), found in warm and temperate seas around the world. Goosefishes are soft and flabby with wide, flattened heads and slender, tapering bodies. They may grow to a ...
any of several salt-tolerant plant species belonging to the genus Chenopodium, in the goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae. They are weedy, rank-smelling plants of wide distribution. Some of the species in the genus have leaves that resemble the foot of a goose. ...
city, Baden-Wurttemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies at the foot of the Swabian Alp, on the Fils River, southeast of Stuttgart. Founded about 1150 by the Hohenstaufen imperial family (whose fortress was nearby), Goppingen passed to ...
in South Indian architecture, the entrance gateway to the Hindu temple enclosure. Relatively small in the earlier period, the gopuras grew in size from the mid-12th century until the colossal gateways came to dominate the temple complex, quite surpassing the ...
Hindu master yogi, commonly regarded as the founder of the Kanphata yogis, an order of ascetics that stresses the physical and spiritual disciplines of Hatha Yoga.
town, southeastern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies along the Rapti River, at the junction of several roads and rail lines. Embankments built along the river protect the town from flooding. Gorakhpur was founded about 1400 and named for ...
(species Nemorhaedus goral), a small Asiatic goatlike mammal of the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla). The goral has slightly backward-curving, cylindrical horns and a coarse, brownish gray coat. It is a ruminant (cud chewer) related to the chamois and serow but ...
