(Encyclopedia) Canadian literature, French, the body of literature of the French-speaking population of Canada.
Except for the narratives of French explorers (such as Samuel de Champlain and Pierre…
Who are the world's leading public intellectuals? The October 2005 cover of Prospect Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect magazine selected their top 100, and invited readers to…
The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Los Angeles' Staples Center on February 21, 2001.Record:“Beautiful Day,” U2Album:Two Against Nature, Steely Dan (Giant Records)Song:“Beautiful Day…
(Encyclopedia) Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850, English poet, b. Cockermouth, Cumberland. One of the great English poets, he was a leader of the romantic movement in England.
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respiration, process by which an organism exchanges gases with its environment. The term now refers to the overall process by which oxygen is abstracted from…
(Encyclopedia) fisheries. From earliest times and in practically all countries, fisheries have been of industrial and commercial importance. In the large N Atlantic fishing grounds off Newfoundland…
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(Encyclopedia) FungiFungifŭnˈjī [key], kingdom of heterotrophic single-celled, multinucleated, or multicellular organisms, including yeasts, molds, and mushrooms. The organisms live as parasites,…
