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- (from the article "clothing and footwear industry") Clothing, headwear, footwear, and accessories businesses are the fashion industries par excellence. As such their goal is to give the wearer a sense of well-being based on being attractive to oneself and others. At the same time, an inescapable function ...
- Fashion Designers of America, Council of
- (from the article "de la Renta, Oscar") ...and personal achievements earned him the Juan Pablo Duarte Order of Merit and the Order of Cristobal Colon. Active in the American fashion community, he served as president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) from 1973 to ...
- fashionable novel
- early 19th-century subgenre of the comedy of manners portraying the English upper class, usually by members of that class. One author particularly known for his fashionable novels was Theodore Hook.
- fashioning
- (from the article "knitting") Knit fabrics are produced in both flat and tubular form. Filling knits are most often tubular; warp knits are usually flat. Flat filling knits can be shaped by a process called fashioning, in which stitches are added to some rows ...
- Fashions
- A recurrent theme in 2007 was "fast fashion"-that is, inexpensive mass-produced variations of current designer merchandise, described by Women's Wear Daily (WWD) as "adulterated versions of things that have preceded them." In March actress Drew Barrymore appeared in advertisements promoting ... [18 Related Articles]
- Fashir, Al-
- town, northwestern Sudan, 120 miles (195 km) northeast of Nyala. A historical caravan centre, it is located at an elevation of about 2,400 feet (700 metres). The town serves as an agricultural marketing centre for the cereals and fruits grown ...
- Fashoda Incident
- (Sept. 18, 1898), the climax, at Fashoda, Egyptian Sudan (now Kodok, The Sudan), of a series of territorial disputes in Africa between Great Britain and France. [5 Related Articles]
- Fasi, al-
- in full Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Fasi Muslim teacher and mystic who was prominent in the intellectual life of northwest Africa.
- Fasi, Muhammad 'Allal al-
- (from the article "Morocco") ...in Meknes, where French settlers were suspected of diverting part of the town water supply to irrigate their own lands at the expense of the Muslim cultivators. In the ensuing repression, Muhammad 'Allal al-Fasi, a prominent nationalist leader, was banished ...
- Fasilides
- Ethiopian emperor from 1632 to 1667, who ended a period of contact between his country and Europe, initiating a policy of isolation that lasted for more than two centuries. [2 Related Articles]
- Fasli era
- (Persian fasli: "harvest"), chronological system devised by the Mughal emperor Akbar for land-revenue purposes in North India, for which the Muslim lunar calendar was inconvenient. The word comes from the Arabic term for "division," which in India was applied to ...
- fasola
- (from the article "solmization") In England and America in the 18th century, a four-syllable system was common, in which the major scale was sung fa-sol-la-fa-sol-la-mi-(fa). Often called fasola, it survives in some areas of the United States. See shape-note hymnal.
- Fassbinder, Rainer Werner
- motion-picture and theatre director, writer, and actor who was an important force in postwar West German cinema. His socially and politically conscious films often explore themes of oppression and despair. [1 Related Articles]
- Fassett, Cornelia Adele Strong
- American painter, perhaps best remembered for her painting of a meeting of the Electoral Commission of 1877 and her portraits of other major political figures of her day.
- Fassi, Abbas al-
- (from the article "Morocco") ...150,000 Saharawi refugees living near Tindouf, Alg., from 1975) | Capital: Rabat | Head of state and government: King Muhammad VI, assisted by Prime Ministers Driss Jettou and, from September 19, Abbas al-Fassi |
- Fassi, Carlo
- Italian-born figure-skating coach who guided four individual skaters to gold medals in the Winter Olympics. [3 Related Articles]
- Fassie, Brenda
- South African pop singer (b. Nov. 3, 1964, Cape Town, S.Af.--d. May 9, 2004, Johannesburg, S.Af.), delighted audiences with her uplifting music and inspiring lyrics, through which she often provided a voice for underprivileged South Africans. Her songs were especially ...
- fast Alfven wave
- (from the article "plasma") ...however, the separate behaviour of ions and electrons causes the wave velocities to vary with direction and frequency. The Alfven wave splits into two components, referred to as the fast and slow Alfven waves, which propagate at different frequency-dependent speeds. ...
- fast break
- (from the article "basketball") Coaching strategy changed appreciably over the years. Frank W. Keaney, coach at Rhode Island University from 1921 to 1948, is credited with introducing the concept of "fast break" basketball, in which the offensive team rushes the ball upcourt hoping to ...
- fast electron
- (from the article "radiation measurement") Energetic electrons (such as beta-minus particles), since they carry an electric charge, also interact with electrons in the absorber material through the Coulomb force. In this case, the force is a repulsive rather than an attractive one, but the net ...
- fast fading
- (from the article "telecommunications media") ...interference. When the geometry of the reflected propagation path varies rapidly, as for a mobile radio traveling in an urban area with many highly reflective buildings, a phenomenon called fast fading results. Fast fading is especially troublesome at frequencies above ...
- fast fashion
- (from the article "Fashions") A recurrent theme in 2007 was "fast fashion"-that is, inexpensive mass-produced variations of current designer merchandise, described by Women's Wear Daily (WWD) as "adulterated versions of things that have preceded them." In March actress Drew Barrymore appeared in advertisements promoting ...
- fast Fourier transform
- (from the article "telescope") ...high-resolution images of the radio sky. The laborious computational task of doing Fourier transforms to obtain images from the interferometer data is accomplished with high-speed computers and the fast Fourier transform (FFT), a mathematical technique that is specially suited for ...
- fast ice
- (from the article "sea ice") ...mobile, drifting across the ocean surface under the influence of the wind and ocean currents and moving vertically under the influence of tides, waves, and swells. There is also landfast ice, or fast ice, which is immobile, since it is ...
- fast interval training
- (from the article "swimming") ...the same distance with controlled rest periods. In slow interval training, used primarily to develop endurance, the rest period is always shorter than the time taken to swim the prescribed distance. Fast interval training, used primarily to develop speed, permits ...
- fast neutron
- (from the article "radiation measurement") Neutrons whose kinetic energy is above about 1 keV are generally classified as fast neutrons. The neutron-induced reactions commonly employed for detecting slow neutrons have a low probability of occurrence once the neutron energy is high. Detectors that are based ...
- fast reactor
- (from the article "nuclear reactor") ...occurs, the typical fission-causing neutrons can have energies in the range of 0.5 electron volt to thousands of electron volts (intermediate reactors) or several hundred thousand electron volts (fast reactors). Such reactors require higher concentrations of fissile material to reach ...
- Fast Scarlet R
- (from the article "dye") ...cotton, a major step in the development of the ingrain dyes. Its reaction with unsulfonated azoic diazo components on the fabric gives insoluble dyes with good wetfastness; with Diazo Component 13, Fast Scarlet R is formed, a member of the ...
- Fast, Howard Melvin
- American writer (b. Nov. 11, 1914, New York, N.Y.-d. March 12, 2003, Old Greenwich, Conn.), wrote prolifically, most notably popular historical novels on themes of human rights and social justice. Fast, who was well known for his leftist political beliefs, ...
- fast-food restaurant
- (from the article "restaurant") ...where the diner is served a limited quick-order menu at the counter; and the drive-in, "drive-thru," or drive-up restaurant, where patrons are served in their automobiles. So-called fast-food restaurants, usually operated in chains or as franchises and heavily advertised, offer ...
- fast-wave electron tube
- (from the article "electron tube") Conventional electron tubes are designed to produce electron-field interaction by slowing down the RF wave to about one-tenth the speed of light. The continuing trend toward high power (more than 1 megawatt at frequencies of 60 GHz and 100 kilowatts ...
- fastball
- (from the article "baseball") ...ball. Pitchers use changes of speed, control (the ability to pitch to specific points in the strike zone), and different grips that affect the flight of the pitch in order to confound batters. The fastball is the basis of pitching ...
- fasti
- (probably from Latin fas, "divine law"), in ancient Rome, sacred calendar of the dies fasti, or days of the month on which it was permitted to transact legal affairs; the word also denoted registers ... [4 Related Articles]
- Fasti Antiates
- (from the article "Roman religion") ...fragments of about 40 copies of the calendar itself, in a revised shape established by Julius Caesar. Besides the Julian revision, there is an incomplete pre-Caesarian, Republican calendar, the Fasti Antiates, discovered at Antium (Anzio); it dates from after 100 ...
- fasting
- abstinence from food or drink or both for ritualistic, mystical, ascetic, or other religious or ethical purposes. The abstention may be complete or partial, lengthy or of short duration. Fasting has been practiced from antiquity worldwide by the founders and ... [13 Related Articles]
- fasting hypoglycemia
- (from the article "hypoglycemia") Fasting hypoglycemia can be a life-threatening problem; it occurs most often in diabetic patients who have accidentally overdosed on insulin by mistiming their therapy, missing meals, or exercising without compensating for increased glucose use. The condition also occurs in otherwise ...
- Fastnachtsspiel
- carnival or Shrovetide play that emerged in the 15th century as the first truly secular drama of pre-Reformation Germany. Usually performed on platform stages in the open air by amateur actors, students, and artisans, the Fastnachtsspiele consisted ... [1 Related Articles]
- Fastnet Cup
- trophy for sailing yachts, awarded to the winner of a race sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight, Eng., around the Isles of Scilly to the Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland, and back to Plymouth, Devon, Eng., a ... [2 Related Articles]
- Fastolf, Sir John
- English career soldier who fought and made his fortune in the second phase of the Hundred Years' War between England and France (1337-1453). His name is immortalized through William Shakespeare's character Sir John Falstaff, but the courageous Fastolf bears little ... [1 Related Articles]
- Fastow, Andrew
- (from the article "Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement") ...in prison. In June John Rigas, the founder and former head of Adelphia Communications, received a 15-year prison sentence, and his son, the former CFO, was sentenced to 20 years. Earlier in the year Andrew Fastow, the former CFO of ...
- fat
- any substance of plant or animal origin that is nonvolatile, insoluble in water, and oily or greasy to the touch. Fats are usually solid at ordinary temperatures, such as 25° C (77° F), but they begin to liquefy at somewhat ... [26 Related Articles]
- fat and oil processing
- method by which animal and plant substances are prepared for eating by humans. [9 Related Articles]
- fat bloom
- (from the article "cocoa") ...18°-20° C (65°-68° F), with relative humidity below 50 percent. High (27°-32° C, or 80°-90° F) or widely fluctuating temperatures will cause fat bloom, a condition in which cocoa butter infiltrates to the surface, turning products gray or white as ...
- fat body
- (from the article "insect") ...for excretion. It contains free cells called hemocytes, most of which are phagocytes that help to protect the insect by devouring micro-organisms. An important tissue bathed by the hemolymph is the fat body, the main organ of intermediary metabolism. It ...
- Fat Man
- (from the article "von Neumann, John") ...beer. Adapting an idea proposed by James Tuck, von Neumann calculated that a "lens" of faster- and slower-burning chemical explosives could achieve the needed degree of symmetry. The Fat Man atomic bomb, dropped on the Japanese port of Nagasaki, used ...
- fat-tailed dunnart
- (from the article "marsupial mouse") They subsist on insects and small vertebrates, although the broad-footed marsupial mice (Antechinus species) are also known to eat nectar. The fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) stores excess fat in its tail. Members of all genera except Antechinus will go into ...
- fat-tailed gerbil
- (from the article "gerbil") Nearly all gerbils have six upper and six lower cheek teeth, but the fat-tailed gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasi) of the Sahara Desert, which eats only insects, has six upper but only four lower cheek teeth, a unique combination ...
- Fata Morgana
- (from the article "Fata Morgana") mirage that appeared periodically in the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily, named in Italian after the legendary enchantress Morgan le Fay (q.v.) of Arthurian romance.Morgan le FayMorgan Le ...
- Fatah
- political and military organization of Arab Palestinians, founded in the late 1950s by Yasir 'Arafat and Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad) with the aim of wresting Palestine from Israeli control by waging low-intensity guerrilla warfare. The organization, which obtained Syrian support, ... [11 Related Articles]
- Fatah al-Islam
- (from the article "Lebanon") The Lebanese army successfully seized full control of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp on Sept. 2, 2007, after 105 days of fighting the extremist organization Fatah al-Islam. According to official estimates, the army sustained 163 deaths and 500 injuries, ...
- Fate
- in Greek and Roman mythology, any of three goddesses who determined human destinies, and in particular the span of a person's life and his allotment of misery and suffering. Homer speaks of Fate (moira) in the singular as an impersonal ... [4 Related Articles]
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