(Encyclopedia) Close, Chuck (Charles Thomas Close), 1940–2021, American painter, b. Monroe, Wash., Univ. of Washington (B.A., 1962), Yale Univ. (B.F.A…
(Encyclopedia) English sparrow or house sparrow, small bird, Passer domesticus, common throughout most of the world. English sparrows are 4 to 7 in. (10–18 cm) long, with short, stout bills. The male…
(Encyclopedia) acropolisacropolisəkrŏpˈəlĭs [key] [Gr.,=high point of the city], elevated, fortified section of various ancient Greek cities.
The Acropolis of Athens, a hill c.260 ft (80 m) high,…
(Encyclopedia) Darwin's finches or Galapagos finchesDarwin's finchesgəläˈpəgōsˌ [key], species of small perching birds, constituting the subfamily Geospizinae of the tanager family. Not related to…
(Encyclopedia) Vico, Giovanni BattistaVico, Giovanni Battistajōvänˈnē bät-tēˈstä vēˈkō [key], 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and historian, also known as Giambattista Vico, b. Naples. In 1699, Vico…
Have you visited any biomes lately? A biome is a large ecosystem where plants, animals, insects, and people live in a certain type of climate. If you were in northern Alaska, you would be in a…
Captain and TennilleArchive PhotosRecord of the Year“Love Will Keep Us Together,” Captain and TennilleAlbum of the YearStill Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon (Columbia)Song of the Year“Send…
(Encyclopedia) Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)Cicerosĭsˈərō [key] or Tully, 106 b.c.–43 b.c., greatest Roman orator, famous also as a politician and a philosopher.
To the modern reader probably the…