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Australia Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments Date of Information: 7/19/2022 Governor Gen. David Hurley Prime Min. Anthony Albanese Dep. Prime Min. Richard Marles Min.…

2008 Olympics: Yachting

These are the medal winners of the men's and women's yachting events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. MEN Event RS:X WindsurferTom Ashley, NZL Julien Bontemps, FRA Shahar Zubari,…

Movies and Film: Turnin' to Turin

Turnin' to TurinMovies and FilmItalian Film HistoryTurnin' to TurinRinging the White TelephoneA Few Good FilmsThe Past 20 Years The Shroud of Turin, Jesus Christ's alleged burial cloth, isn't the…

New Orleans, La.

Mayor: Mitch Landrieu (to May 2018) 2010 census population (rank): 343,829 (51); Male: 166,248 (48.4%); Female: 177,581 (51.6%); White: 113,428 (33.0%); Black: 206,871 (60.2%); American Indian and…

Copley, John Singleton, American portrait painter

(Encyclopedia) Copley, John SingletonCopley, John Singletonkŏpˈlē [key], 1738–1815, American portrait painter, b. Boston. Copley is considered the greatest of the American old masters. He studied…

Hasidism

(Encyclopedia) Hasidism or ChassidismHasidismboth: hăsˈĭdĭzˌəm, khă– [key] [Heb.,=the pious], Jewish religious movement founded in Poland in the 18th cent. by Baal-Shem-Tov. Its name derives from…

Stuart, Gilbert

(Encyclopedia) Stuart, Gilbert, 1755–1828, American portrait painter, b. North Kingstown, R.I., best known for his portraits of George Washington. Having shown an early talent for drawing, he became…

marine biology

(Encyclopedia) marine biology, study of ocean plants and animals and their ecological relationships. Marine organisms may be classified (according to their mode of life) as nektonic, planktonic, or…

reclamation of land

(Encyclopedia) reclamation of land, practice of converting land deemed unproductive into arable land by such methods as irrigation, drainage, flood control, altering the texture and mineral and…