(from the article "Baseball") The AL triumphed 3-2 in the annual All-Star Game, held in Pittsburgh on July 11. With two out in the top of the ninth inning, Michael Young of the Texas Rangers hit a two-run triple on an 0-2 pitch to ...
(from the article "1958: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith for The Defiant OnesAdapted Screenplay: Alan Jay Lerner for GigiCinematography, Black-and-White: Sam Leavitt for The Defiant OnesCinematography, Color: Joseph Ruttenberg for GigiArt Direction:...
(from the article "illusion") Another auditory illusion was described in 1928 by Paul Thomas Young, an American psychologist, who tested the process of sound localization (the direction from which sound seems to come). He constructed a pseudophone, an instrument made of two ear trumpets, ...
American actor (b. Feb. 22, 1907, Chicago, Ill.--d. July 21, 1998, Westlake Village, Calif.), was best remembered for his portrayal of benevolent authority figures, starring in the title roles of such television classics as "Father Knows Best" and "Marcus Welby, ...
(from the article "Belize") Area: 22,965 sq km (8,867 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 306,000 | Capital: Belmopan | Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Sir Colville Young | Head of government: Prime Minister Said Musa | BRITANNICA BOOK ...
In 1993 Steve Young passed Joe Montana as the National Football League's best all-time passer, but he could not flee Montana's shadow. Young won his third consecutive passing championship, something no NFL quarterback had done, but many fans of his ...
English physician and physicist who established the principle of interference of light and thus resurrected the century-old wave theory of light. He was also an Egyptologist who helped decipher the Rosetta Stone (see ). [12 Related Articles]
(from the article "1956: Other Winners") ...Malcolm F. Brown and Cedric Gibbons for Somebody up There Likes MeArt Direction, Color: John DeCuir and Lyle R. Wheeler for The King and IMusic Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Victor Young for Around the World in 80 ...
(from the article "Football") The University of Texas won the 2005-06 college football championship on quarterback Vince Young's dramatic "fourth-and-five" touchdown run from the 8-yd line with 19 seconds to play, defeating the University of Southern California (USC) 41-38 in the Rose Bowl at ...
articulate U.S. civil rights leader who spearheaded the drive for equal opportunity for blacks in U.S. industry and government service during his 10 years as head of the National Urban League (1961-71), the world's largest social-civil rights organization. His advocacy ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "eye, human") It was the phenomena of colour mixing that led Thomas Young in 1802 to postulate that there are three receptors, each one especially sensitive to one part of the spectrum; these receptors were thought to convey messages to the brain, ...
four Midwestern American outlaws of the post-Civil War era-Thomas Coleman ("Cole"; 1844-1916), John (1846-74); James ("Jim"; 1850-1902), and Robert ("Bob"; 1853-89)-who were often allied with Jesse James.
(from the article "climate change") The warming trend was punctuated by transient cooling events, most notably the Younger Dryas climate interval of 12,800-11,600 years ago. The climatic regimes that developed during the deglaciation period in many areas, including much of North America, have no modern ...
(from the article "Reuss") ...the Russian (so designated after a trip to Russia and marriage to a Galician princess). It became Lutheran and split itself in 1564 into three lines, Elder Reuss, Middle Reuss (extinct 1616), and Younger Reuss. Elder Reuss had its capital, ...
(from the article "Younger Brothers") four Midwestern American outlaws of the post-Civil War era-Thomas Coleman ("Cole"; 1844-1916), John (1846-74); James ("Jim"; 1850-1902), and Robert ("Bob"; 1853-89)-who were often allied with Jesse James.
(from the article "Younger Brothers") four Midwestern American outlaws of the post-Civil War era-Thomas Coleman ("Cole"; 1844-1916), John (1846-74); James ("Jim"; 1850-1902), and Robert ("Bob"; 1853-89)-who were often allied with Jesse James.
(from the article "Younger Brothers") four Midwestern American outlaws of the post-Civil War era-Thomas Coleman ("Cole"; 1844-1916), John (1846-74); James ("Jim"; 1850-1902), and Robert ("Bob"; 1853-89)-who were often allied with Jesse James.
(from the article "James, Jesse; and James, Frank") ...Jesse and Frank shared their family's sympathy with the Southern cause when the American Civil War broke out (1861). Frank joined William C. Quantrill's Confederate guerrillas, becoming friends with Cole Younger, a fellow member. Jesse followed suit by joining "Bloody" ...
British army officer and explorer whose travels, mainly in northern India and Tibet, yielded major contributions to geographical research; he also forced the conclusion of the Anglo-Tibetan Treaty (September 6, 1904) that gained Britain long-sought trade concessions. [1 Related Articles]
American comedian (b. 1902/1906?, England--d. Feb. 24, 1998, New York, N.Y.), was heralded as the king of the one-liner. With his trademark violin and the catchphrase "Take my wife--please," Youngman became one of the leading comedic acts of the 1940s-1960s. ...
city, Mahoning and Trumbull counties, seat (1876) of Mahoning county, northeastern Ohio, U.S. It lies along the Mahoning River, near the Pennsylvania border, and is equidistant (65 miles [105 km]) from Cleveland (northwest) and Pittsburgh (southeast). Youngstown is the heart ...
public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. It comprises Williamson College of Business Administration, Rayen College of Engineering and Technology, and colleges of arts and sciences, education, fine and performing arts, and health and human services. In ...
(from the article "Chad") ...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 Younousmi (interim) from February 23, and, from February 26, Delwa Kassire ...
(from the article "Milwaukee Brewers") ...local minor league team, the Brewers. The Brewers struggled initially, posting a losing record in each of their first eight seasons in Milwaukee. The arrival of future Hall of Fame shortstop Robin Yount in 1974 heralded the beginning of a ...
novelist, essayist, and short-story writer who became the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise (French Academy), an exclusive literary institution with a membership limited to 40. [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Morocco") ...1990s culminated in the election of the first opposition government in Morocco in more than 30 years. In 1997 opposition parties won the largest bloc of seats in the lower house, and in March 1998 Abderrahmane Youssoufi ('Abd al-Rahman Yusufi), ...
(from the article "Cricket") Mohammed Yousuf of Pakistan also enjoyed a prolific year, scoring 1,788 runs in 2006 to break the record for the number of runs scored in a calendar year set in 1976 by West Indian Viv Richards. Yousuf began his career ...
(from the article "rock") ...(quick sex and puppy love). It was therefore dismissed by many in the music industry as a passing novelty, "bubblegum," akin to the yo-yo or the hula hoop. But by the mid-1960s youth had become an ideological category that referred ...
(from the article "Szold, Henrietta") ...to her death. In 1931-33 she served in the Vaad Leumi, the executive committee of the Knesset Israel (Palestinian Jewish National Assembly). From its creation in 1933 she was director of the Youth Aliyah, an agency created to rescue Jewish ...
supervised shelter providing inexpensive overnight lodging, particularly for young people. Hostels range from simple accommodations in a farm house to hotels able to house several hundred guests for days at a time. They are located in many parts of the ...
(from the article "Hoffman, Abbie") American political activist and founder of the Youth International Party (Yippies), who was known for his successful media events.
(from the article "Indonesia") The nationalist sentiment resonated beyond political parties, however. On Oct. 28, 1928, a number of representatives of youth organizations issued the historic Youth Pledge (Sumpah Pemuda), whereby they vowed to recognize only one Indonesian motherland, one Indonesian people, and one ...
(from the article "Performing Arts") ...reach out to a broader public via new media and technological formats. In May the Boston Pops announced that contestants in its annual POPSearch competition for amateur singers could audition on the YouTube Web site. On September 14 the Royal ...
(from the article "China") ...Liwang, a tyrant, and replaced him with a collective leadership headed by the two most influential nobles until the crown prince was enthroned. In 771 BC the Zhou royal line was again broken when Youwang was killed by invading barbarians. ...
(from the article "Beijing") ...including the site where Beijing now stands, was largely under the control of invading nomads. It was not recovered by the Han people until the Tang dynasty (618-907), when it became known as Youzhou. By the middle of the Tang, ...
Bulgarian short-story writer, novelist, and dramatist whose stories of Balkan peasant life and military experiences show a fine mastery of prose. [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "arts, East Asian") ...(kotoba or serifu) of a play and melodic parts (fushi). The melodies of no can be categorized into two basic styles, the strong (tsuyogin) and the lyric (yowagin). Their differences are most evident in the placement of fundamental tones and ...
(from the article "Japan") ...family members such as the empress Jingu and the princes Nakano Oe and Shotoku. Yoshifusa's son Mototsune became sessho during the minority of the succeeding emperor Yozei, and then in the reign of the emperor Uda he created the post ...
city, central Turkey. The city lies on the site of a Bronze Age settlement 100 miles (160 km) east of Ankara in a valley of the Ak Mountains, at an elevation of 4,360 feet (1,329 metres). The main road between ...
town, central Paraguay. It is situated in the westward extension of the Brazilian Highlands. Its name means "water of God" in the ancient Guarani language. Founded in 1887, it serves as a commercial and manufacturing centre for the agricultural and ...
(from the article "Paraguay") ...Lake Ypoa, about 40 miles (65 km) south of Asuncion, merges into Lake Vera; it is drained by channels of the Tebicuary and feeds the marshes of the Neembucu plain. Lake Ypacarai, about 30 miles (50 km) east of Asuncion, ...
(from the article "Paraguay") Paraguay has only two lakes of consequence. The largest, Lake Ypoa, about 40 miles (65 km) south of Asuncion, merges into Lake Vera; it is drained by channels of the Tebicuary and feeds the marshes of the Neembucu plain. Lake ...
(from the article "lepidopteran") ...as external parasites on plant hoppers; related family: Cyclotornidae (Australian; larvae live similarly when young, then move to ants' nests).More than 1,500 species worldwide; a limited and not very distinctive superfamily; larvae possess distinctive primary...
municipality, West Flanders province (province), western Belgium. It lies along the Yperlee (Ieperlee) River, south of Ostend. Ypres became a major cloth-weaving city in the Middle Ages, and together with Brugge and Ghent it virtually controlled Flanders ... [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Rye") ...Ports (a confederation of English Channel ports) in about 1350. Edward III walled the town, but of the three original 14th-century entrance gates, only Land Gate remains, together with the earlier Ypres Tower (12th century). Buildings of special interest include ...
(from the article "World War I") ...one of his armies, transferred from Lorraine, was to check the expected offensive, while another was to sweep down the coast and crush the attackers' left flank. The British attack was launched from Ypres on October 19, the German thrust ...
oldest division of Eocene rocks, representing all rocks deposited worldwide during the Ypresian Age (55.8 million to 48.6 million years ago) of the Paleogene Period (65.5 million to 23 million years ago). The Ypresian Stage is named for exposures in ...
city, Washtenaw county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. It lies along the Huron River just east of Ann Arbor. Originally called Woodruff's Grove, it grew up around a French trading post (1809-19) and was renamed in 1825 for Demetrios Ypsilantis, a Greek ...
(from the article "Vladimirescu, Tudor") ...society-the Philiki Etaireia ("Friendly Brotherhood")-that sought to overturn Turkish rule throughout the Balkans. With the Etairist rising in Moldavia under Gen. Alexander Ypsilantis (March 1821), however, he disavowed the Greek leadership of the revolution in the Romanian principalities. He organized ...
