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(Encyclopedia) sin, in religion, unethical act. The term implies disobedience to a personal God, as in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and is not used so often in systems such as Buddhism where…
The Question:
I'm trying to find the Hawaiian term for rainbow. I seem to be looking at all the wrong sites. I hope you can help me.
The Answer:
According to an English-Hawaiian Dictionary we…
(Encyclopedia) Darius III (Darius Codomannus)Darius IIIkŏdəmănˈəs [key], d. 330 b.c., king of ancient Persia (336–330 b.c.). A cousin of Artaxerxes III, he was raised to the throne by the eunuch…
(Encyclopedia) Sharpless, Karl Barry, 1941–, American chemist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. Stanford, 1968. Sharpless was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1970–77 and 1980–90) and…
Born: Apr. 4, 1908Football California center who picked up fumble in 2nd quarter of 1929 Rose Bowl and raced 70 yards in the wrong direction to set up a 2-point safety in 8-7 loss to Georgia Tech.…
(Encyclopedia) Herzog, Werner, 1942–, German director, screenwriter, and producer; originally named Werner Stipetic. A leading contemporary German filmmaker, Herzog is known for his vivid and poetic…
WHAT ARE NATIONS FOR? HOW DO NATIONS FORM? HOW DO NATIONS DEAL WITH OTHER NATIONS? BORDERSFIND OUT MOREA nation (from the Latin for “birthplace”) is defined as a large group of people unified by a…
