(Encyclopedia) caste [Port., casta=basket], ranked groups based on heredity within rigid systems of social stratification, especially those that constitute Hindu India. Some scholars, in fact, deny…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People Government Political Conditions Foreign Relations PEOPLEThe actual origins of the Sinhalese are shrouded in myth. Most believe they came…
(Encyclopedia) Indo-Iranian, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages, spoken by more than a billion people, chiefly in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka…
People from many religions use dress as a sign of their faith. Sometimes a special type of dress is required by religion, while other times it is a matter of custom.Islam requires both men and…
TEWES, Donald Edgar, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Merrill, Lincoln County, Wis., August 4, 1916; was graduated from Trinity Lutheran School, Merrill High School, Valparaiso (Ind.)…
WALN, Robert, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 22, 1765; received a limited schooling; engaged in mercantile pursuits and in East India and China trade;…
SEELYE, Julius Hawley, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn., September 14, 1824; was graduated from Amherst (Mass.) College in 1849; studied theology,…
film director and screenwriterBorn: 8/6/1970Birthplace: Tamil-Nadu, India Shyamalan was a virtual unknown when The Sixth Sense arrived in movie theaters in 1999. The film, starring Bruce Willis and…
Robert Pirsig wrote the 1974 philosophical memoir Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -- a surprise best-seller that has sold millions of copies in the decades since its publication. The book…
