(Encyclopedia) Holland House, residence of the Holland family in Kensington, London, made famous in the first 40 years of the 19th cent. by the hospitality of Henry Fox, 3d Baron Holland, and his…
(Encyclopedia) Andretti, MarioAndretti, Marioăndrĕtˈē [key], 1940–, American auto racing driver, b. Italy. He is the only driver to have won the Indianapolis 500 (1969), stock racing's Daytona 500 (…
(Encyclopedia) junk bond, a bond that involves greater than usual risk as an investment and pays a relatively high rate of interest, typically issued by a company lacking an established earnings…
(Encyclopedia) Andrianov, Nikolai Yefimovich, 1952–2011, Russian gymnast. Andrianov excelled especially in the rings and floor exercises. He joined the Soviet national team in 1970 and won his first…
ListeriaFood-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosis Doctors and epidemiologists often overlook Listeria, another food-borne bacterium, as a…
(Encyclopedia) induction, in logic, a form of argument in which the premises give grounds for the conclusion but do not necessitate it. Induction is contrasted with deduction, in which true premises…
(Encyclopedia) Bukharin, Nikolai IvanovichBukharin, Nikolai Ivanovichnyĭkəlīˈ ēväˈnəvĭch b&oomacr;khäˈrēn [key], 1888–1938, Russian Communist leader and theoretician. A member of the Bolshevik…
(Encyclopedia) Ukrainian literature, literary writings in the Ukrainian language.
Kievan Church Slavonic texts of the 11th cent. and W Ukrainian texts of the 13th cent. show Ukrainian linguistic…
(Encyclopedia) Hölderlin, FriedrichHölderlin, Friedrichfrēˈdrĭkh hölˈdərlĭn [key], 1770–1843, German lyric poet. Befriended and influenced by Schiller, Hölderlin produced, before the onset of…
