(Encyclopedia) Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, accredited institution of higher education; in New York City; coeducational; chartered and opened in 1859. Founded by Peter Cooper…
(Encyclopedia) Ashida, Hitoshi, 1887–1959, Japanese politician. He studied law at Tokyo Imperial Univ. and worked in the ministry of foreign affairs before being elected to the Diet in 1932 as a…
Snake neckElasmosaurusJurassic sharkIchthyosaurusFanged predatorNothosaurusGiant of the southern seasKronosaurusSea lizardTylosaurusOn the scentWhile dinosaurs ruled the land, the ocean was the…
(Encyclopedia) extroversion and introversion, terms introduced into psychology by Carl Jung to identify opposite psychological types. Jung saw the activity of the extrovert directed toward the…
(Encyclopedia) Pyramus and ThisbePyramus and Thisbepĭrˈəməs, thĭzˈbē [key], in classical mythology, youth and maiden of Babylon, whose parents opposed their marriage. Their homes adjoined, and they…
(Encyclopedia) LepidodendronLepidodendronlĕpˌĭdōdĕnˈdrən [key] and SigillariaSigillariasĭjĭlârˈēə [key], two principal genera of an extinct group of primitive vascular trees. They dominated the…
(Encyclopedia) Slavophiles and Westernizers, designation for two groups of intellectuals in mid-19th-century Russia that represented opposing schools of thought concerning the nature of Russian…
(Encyclopedia) hue and cry, formerly, in English law, pursuit of a criminal immediately after he had committed a felony. Whoever witnessed or discovered the crime was required to raise the hue and…
(Encyclopedia) model and modeling, in painting, the use of light and shade to simulate volume in the representation of solids. In sculpture the terms denote a technique involving the use of a pliable…
