Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) The Permanent Mission of India to the UN
1984 Bell System broken up (Jan. 1). France gets first deliveries of Soviet natural gas (…
(Encyclopedia) Saint Laurent, YvesSaint Laurent, Yvesēv [key]Saint Laurent, Yves săN lôräNˈ [key], 1936–2008, French fashion designer, b. Oran, Algeria, as Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent.…
(Encyclopedia) Hersey, John RichardHersey, John Richardhûrˈsē [key], 1914–93, American author, b. China, grad. Yale, 1936, where he later taught writing (1965–84); studied Cambridge. Reflecting his…
(Encyclopedia) Merovingian art and architectureMerovingian art and architecturemĕrˌəvĭnˈjēən [key]. This period is named for Merovech, the founder of the first Germanic-Frankish dynasty (c.a.d. 500–a…
(Encyclopedia) stethoscopestethoscopestĕthˈəskōpˌ [key] [Gr.,=chest viewer], instrument that enables the physican to hear the sounds made by the heart, the lungs, and various other organs. The…
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Robert, 1937–2015, American novelist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. During his early years he was in the Navy, and later he joined Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters in their drug-enhanced…
(Encyclopedia) belladonnabelladonnabĕlədŏnˈə [key] or deadly nightshade, poisonous perennial plant, Atropa belladona, of the nightshade family. Native to Europe and now grown in the United States,…
(Encyclopedia) Galileo (Galileo Galilei)Galileogălˌĭlēˈō; gälēlĕˈō gälēlĕˈē [key], 1564–1642, great Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. By his persistent investigation of natural laws…
