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530e8b99753294b458a37cbd111ce223 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Big-12-Conference | Big 12 Conference | Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference, originally Big 6 Conference, American collegiate athletic organization, composed of the Universities of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, as well as Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Baylor, Texas Christian, Texas Tech, and West Virginia universities. Kansas, the University of N... |
2339d29108bfa68df4747eb538773c08 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Big-Daddy-fictional-character | Big Daddy | Big Daddy
Big Daddy, in full Big Daddy Pollitt, fictional character, a wealthy plantation owner who confronts some painful truths with his son Brick in the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) by Tennessee Williams. Big Daddy is a willful and domineering patriarch who is unaware that he is dying of cancer. His hatred of ... |
43c9841163984164b21fbce6faa46e6b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Big-Little-Lies | Big Little Lies | Big Little Lies
…executive in the limited series Big Little Lies (2017 and 2019). Dern took the part of Marmee in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women (2019), an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic. It was her portrayal of a divorce attorney in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story (2019) that at last brought her…
…he co... |
43815edff4c87dd385dfd7068d9f6341 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bilder-der-Welt-und-Inschrift-des-Krieges | Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges | Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges
For his critically acclaimed Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges (1988; Images of the World and the Inscription of War), he showed blurry aerial images of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp that had been taken in 1944 by the Allies. The film then reveals t... |
0bb921ba978ac31adad07317b4b5d77b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/billiards | Billiards | Billiards
Billiards, any of various games played on a rectangular table with a designated number of small balls and a long stick called a cue. The table and the cushioned rail bordering the table are topped with a feltlike tight-fitting cloth. Carom, or French, billiards is played with three balls on a table that has ... |
680127fab01793b0d02b4656091b67ef | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Billy-Budd | Billy Budd | Billy Budd
Billy Budd, British adventure film, released in 1962, that was an adaptation of a play based on Herman Melville’s unfinished novel Billy Budd, Foretopman.
Billy Budd (played by Terence Stamp) is a young seaman impressed into service on the HMS Avenger of the British navy in 1797 during the war between Engla... |
adfcfaa4744d0c13eb871b906da2c31f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Billy-Ward-and-the-Dominoes | Billy Ward and his Dominoes | Billy Ward and his Dominoes
With McPhatter singing lead, Billy Ward and the Dominoes became one of the era’s preeminent vocal groups, but the martinetish Ward fired McPhatter in 1953 (replacing him with Jackie Wilson). Shortly thereafter, Atlantic Records’ Ahmet Ertegun sought to establish a new group around McPhatter,... |
27a507d103ff599cdab720730ccd8af1 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/bimah | Bimah | Bimah
Bimah, also spelled Bima, also called Almemar, orAlmemor, (from Arabic al-minbar, “platform”), in Jewish synagogues, a raised platform with a reading desk from which, in the Ashkenazi (German) ritual, the Torah and Hafṭarah (a reading from the prophets) are read on the Sabbath and festivals. In the Sephardic (S... |
7549c38475ffb98848ffe46fb81058f7 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bimbos-Initiation | Bimbo’s Initiation | Bimbo’s Initiation
The short Bimbo’s Initiation (1931) is a prime example of the Fleischers’ quirky perverseness. In it, Betty Boop’s dog, Bimbo, is trapped in an underground labyrinth by a character who looks suspiciously like a demonic Mickey Mouse (evil Mickeys were common in early Fleischer cartoons). While there,…... |
a0d0f343c7d870aa4e3e76cab452a086 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/bird-watching | Bird-watching | Bird-watching
Bird-watching, the observation of live birds in their natural habitat, a popular pastime and scientific sport that developed almost entirely in the 20th century. In the 19th century almost all students of birds used guns and could identify an unfamiliar species only when its corpse was in their hands. M... |
efa7491695ea4b352c0ef5958fa40875 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Birdman-of-Alcatraz | Birdman of Alcatraz | Birdman of Alcatraz
Birdman of Alcatraz, American dramatic film, released in 1962, that made a household name of convicted murderer Robert Stroud, the so-called “Birdman of Alcatraz.”
The film is a sentimentalized look at Stroud (played by Burt Lancaster), who became a self-taught ornithologist during his 54 years in ... |
c20e38e15464c85de71a92c003bcd602 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/bishop-chess | Bishop | Bishop
…was a depreciation of the bishop: The Hypermoderns had attacked Tarrasch’s high opinion of an unobstructed bishop and said a bishop could profitably be traded for a knight. The post-Soviet players often traded bishop for knight for minimal compensation. They also often exchanged their good bishop, the one less ... |
d2a90c4af35b09ce610eb14f41fe3c7a | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bishop-v-Wood | Bishop v. Wood | Bishop v. Wood
Bishop v. Wood, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court held (5–4) on June 10, 1976, that a municipal employee who was dismissed from his position without a formal hearing and for false causes was not thereby deprived of property or liberty in violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Ame... |
221891832273c2d6e7c66fcacb82b48c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/blacherniotissa | Blacherniotissa | Blacherniotissa
…her left arm; and the blacherniotissa (from the Church of the Blachernes, which contains the icon that is its prototype), which emphasizes her role as intercessor, showing her alone in an orant, or prayer posture, with the Child pictured in a medallion on her breast. The Virgin also figured prominently... |
59425923225bcbdaec635664d7839328 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Alliance-for-Educational-Options | Black Alliance for Educational Options | Black Alliance for Educational Options
Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO), organization launched in 2000 to advocate for initiatives including private school vouchers, charter schools, tuition tax credits, and public school choice and to build support for those initiatives among African Americans.
The groun... |
1c393cd0ab6809a2c6948ae708460611 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Economic-Empowerment | Black Economic Empowerment | Black Economic Empowerment
…to benefit from the country’s Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) laws, which required companies to have a minimum 26 percent black ownership before a mining license would be granted. In 1994 Motsepe founded a mine services company, Future Mining, and applied all of his life experience—knowledg... |
8c291b5e854f264dc90ece968c987d10 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Hebrew-Israelites | Black Hebrew Israelites | Black Hebrew Israelites
Black Hebrew Israelites, byname of the Original African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem, African American religious community in Israel, the members of which consider themselves to be the descendents of a lost tribe of Israel. Black Hebrew Israelites hold religious beliefs that differ from... |
4157bffcc5471d4e114ee7dcab61486c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Indian-motion-picture | Black | Black
…a major box-office success; and Black (2005), which was inspired by Helen Keller’s life story. For the latter film Bachchan won another National Film Award, and he also received that honour for his performance in the drama Paa (2009), playing a boy who suffers from an aging disease similar to…
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b6c1f8f4e9af75ea95c07f37b8743701 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Mans-Burden | Black Man’s Burden | Black Man’s Burden
…his 1965 collection of essays Black Man’s Burden, which addressed the African American experience in the United States and denounced the nonviolent approach to facing oppression.
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6d93d6850ee55df902b92fd98fc48bb4 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Mischief | Black Mischief | Black Mischief
Black Mischief, satiric novel by Evelyn Waugh, published in 1932. The book skewers attempts to impose European customs and beliefs upon so-called primitive peoples.
The story is set in the fictional empire of Azania, an island off the coast of Africa. Upon the death of the emperor of Azania, rule is ass... |
96fba0f51342e1ac3d0397f7905f746f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Panther | Black Panther | Black Panther
Director Ryan Coogler helmed Black Panther (2018), a dazzling spectacle that saw Boseman return to the screen in the role of T’Challa. Perhaps the MCU’s best-reviewed film to date, Black Panther examined race, gender, and power issues through an Afrofuturist lens and featured an ensemble cast that include... |
93dbfa27dfd3ac7c17dbe378c1cbe172 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Panther-Party | Black Panther Party | Black Panther Party
Black Panther Party, original name Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The party’s original purpose was to patrol African American neighbourhoods to protect residents from acts of poli... |
be83a3e6be4385638ee48b0ea16b225c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Power | Black Power | Black Power
“Black Power” became popular in the late 1960s. The slogan was first used by Carmichael in June 1966 during a civil rights march in Mississippi. However, the concept of Black power predated the slogan. Essentially, it refers to all the attempts by African Americans to…
…and the espousal of “Black Power” by ... |
b614e9e5decb30821da646dc3ed1ed0c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Rod | Black Rod | Black Rod
Black Rod, in full Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod or Lady Usher of the Black Rod, an office of the British House of Lords (the upper house in Parliament), instituted in 1350. Its holder is appointed by royal letters patent, and the title is derived from the staff of office, an ebony stick surmounted with a... |
e2418c71d062df96580ae776bbccdde6 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Square-by-Malevich | Black Square | Black Square
…his first Suprematist work (Black Square, 1915), he identified the black square with feeling and the white background with expressing “the void beyond this feeling.”
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70bebb4d64dac6ae5287e066fd604a5c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Swan-American-company | Black Swan | Black Swan
…companies, among which the short-lived Black Swan label of Harry Pace is recognized as the first. Pace’s motto was “The only genuine colored record. Others are only passing for colored.” African American artists who recorded for Black Swan included Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters, and pianist and bandleader Fl... |
e0e829c352cf50be8a10ddd57bc8c181 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blackadder | Blackadder | Blackadder
…1983 the first installment of Blackadder, written by Atkinson and Curtis, slithered onto British TV screens. The show featured the twisted relationship between four incarnations of the groveling, spineless Lord Blackadder and his foully fleshed retainer, Baldrick, as they cajoled their way through history ... |
2c81519bef73415c5225d57ed9492877 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blade-II | Blade II | Blade II
…and led to the sequels Blade II (2002) and Blade: Trinity (2004). Snipes later appeared in several straight-to-video features, including 7 Seconds (2005) and The Contractor (2007). He played a drug dealer in the crime thriller Brooklyn’s Finest (2009) and Doctor Death, an assassin in the action thriller The E... |
6b5cea4eab0bdbf9b2cc43c57b00a3c5 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blade-Trinity | Blade: Trinity | Blade: Trinity
…Snipes in the action movie Blade: Trinity (2004), for which he trained for three months and gained 25 pounds.
…sequels Blade II (2002) and Blade: Trinity (2004). Snipes later appeared in several straight-to-video features, including 7 Seconds (2005) and The Contractor (2007). He played a drug dealer in ... |
a7082bb5e63bbed31ba4d54bb6cf8f88 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/blanqueamiento | Blanqueamiento | Blanqueamiento
…hasten this supposed process of blanqueamiento (“whitening”). The beliefs and practices of elites in countries with large indigenous populations (e.g., Mexico) became quite contradictory: they tended to glorify the indigenous past in ideologies of indigenismo while still envisaging a future of integrati... |
cf0fbee0ed1a8b8ce0954126da52ed6b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blind-Date-film | Blind Date | Blind Date
…Kim Basinger in the farce Blind Date (1987) and as the cowboy actor Tom Mix investigating a murder in 1920s Hollywood in Sunset (1988). With Skin Deep (1989), Edwards returned to the world of the sexual farce, this time with John Ritter playing the role of a novelist with writer’s…
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ecf704d331626d03e9c6aae8d25c400c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/blitzkrieg | Blitzkrieg | Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg, (German: “lightning war”) military tactic calculated to create psychological shock and resultant disorganization in enemy forces through the employment of surprise, speed, and superiority in matériel or firepower. Blitzkrieg is most commonly associated with Nazi Germany during World War II even ... |
429e6a45b4ad0cd13cfb4e088088ec8b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blodeuedd | Blodeuedd | Blodeuedd
Blodeuedd, (Welsh: “Flower-Form”) , also called Blodeuwedd, in the Welsh collection of stories called the Mabinogion, a beautiful girl fashioned from flowers as a wife for Lleu Llaw Gyffes (see Lugus). Lleu’s mother had put a curse on him that he would have no wife, and Blodeuedd was created to subvert the c... |
6cd9e77908b61aac41bfa9b15d32b1ab | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blondel-by-Rice-and-Oliver | Blondel | Blondel
…Oliver on the stage production Blondel (1983) and with Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, both veterans of the pop group ABBA, on the musical Chess (1984, first staged in 1986). The latter show yielded the pop hits “I Know Him So Well” and “One Night in Bangkok.” In the 1990s…
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ca3fa2b25b7df0cbdb7a7cd30e9f9e20 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blondie-American-rock-group | Blondie | Blondie
Blondie, American rock group known for incorporating varied influences, including avant-garde, reggae, and hip-hop, into the new wave sound of the 1970s and ’80s. Blondie was formed in 1974 by vocalist Debbie Harry (b. July 1, 1945, Miami, Florida, U.S.) and guitarist Chris Stein (b. January 5, 1950, Brooklyn,... |
f0364c5aa12f93fa5c9feb25645e8323 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blondie-and-Dagwood | Blondie and Dagwood | Blondie and Dagwood
Blondie and Dagwood, wife and husband who appeared in Blondie, an American newspaper comic strip created by Chic Young in 1930. Originally, Blondie Boopadoop was a flighty flapper and Dagwood Bumstead was the bumbling playboy son of a millionaire industrialist. The two were married, and Dagwood was... |
0e4cba6e4d3f0b75f233c9d74b44a5d2 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/blood-brotherhood | Blood brotherhood | Blood brotherhood
Blood brotherhood, one of several kinds of alliances or ties that bind persons together in a fashion analogous to, but distinct from, kinship ties. Other forms of fictive kinship include adoption and godparenthood.
Blood brotherhood derives its name from the ritual commingling of the blood of the par... |
5e16eee430ef85163584cb72ef4a0154 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/blood-libel | Blood libel | Blood libel
Blood libel, also called blood accusation, the superstitious accusation that Jews ritually sacrifice Christian children at Passover to obtain blood for unleavened bread. It first emerged in medieval Europe in the 12th century and was revived sporadically in eastern and central Europe throughout the medieva... |
663f6367972ded6f8c8636061d382493 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/blood-money-sociology | Blood money | Blood money
Blood money, compensation paid by an offender (usually a murderer) or his kin group to the kin group of the victim. In many societies blood money functions to prevent the continuation of hostilities in the form of a feud (q.v.). Some customs allow the injured party the choice of punishing the murder by bl... |
3ffcdaf7ffe81b31db05ec92df019063 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blood-on-the-Sun | Blood on the Sun | Blood on the Sun
Blood on the Sun (1945) received a more receptive response; it was arguably Lloyd’s best movie in almost a decade. The tale centred on Japan’s plan to control the world, and it starred James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney. Lloyd subsequently retired to his ranch, but…
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914530bb2dee50b711c0c15fa95cd11e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blood-Wedding | Blood Wedding | Blood Wedding
Blood Wedding, folk tragedy in three acts by Federico García Lorca, published and produced in 1933 as Bodas de sangre. Blood Wedding is the first play in Lorca’s dramatic trilogy; the other two plays are Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba. The protagonists of Blood Wedding are ordinary women confrontin... |
c56ae42611053477d97829cd12c81eb8 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blood-Work | Blood Work | Blood Work
Blood Work (2002) was a serviceable thriller about a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) profiler who is convinced that only he can locate a murderer.
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67f27343b4ce396d2c7b00b984233635 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bloodlines-Odyssey-of-a-Native-Daughter | Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter | Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter
Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter (1993) is a collection of autobiographical essays that reflect on her past and her heritage, with accounts of her paternal grandmother, who was a follower of the Nez Percé leader known as Chief Joseph.
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5648b00d0d9a0ff6dbc78d7dee9edf5b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/bloody-mary-cocktail | Bloody Mary | Bloody Mary
…made with orange juice; the Bloody Mary, with tomato juice; vodka and tonic, a tall drink; and the vodka martini, with vodka substituted for gin.
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9fccc0e8eab47d298289f7e4e58e8aea | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blooms-taxonomy | Bloom's taxonomy | Bloom's taxonomy
Bloom’s taxonomy, taxonomy of educational objectives, developed in the 1950s by the American educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom, which fostered a common vocabulary for thinking about learning goals. Bloom’s taxonomy engendered a way to align educational goals, curricula, and assessments that are ... |
9e8433b5f05e1b964a4a78e4aa031629 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blue-Jasmine | Blue Jasmine | Blue Jasmine
…locale for Allen’s next film, Blue Jasmine (2013), which starred Cate Blanchett as the wife of an unscrupulous investment banker (Baldwin). After her wealth disappears, she moves in with her blue-collar sister. Reminiscent of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, Blue Jasmine took Allen’s work in... |
8bc66b9cc46c786131a61908cf94def0 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blue-Lard | Blue Lard | Blue Lard
…words, with Goluboe salo (1999; Blue Lard). The book became widely known for its graphic sexual scenes between clones of former Soviet leaders Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev and Joseph Stalin (portrayed as homosexual lovers), which, though whimsical and absurd, resulted in Sorokin’s prosecution by the Russian... |
884c6ca1c83ed43dced525f0048964d4 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blue-Peter | Blue Peter | Blue Peter
Blue Peter, (foaled 1936), English racehorse (Thoroughbred), unbeaten during the 1939 racing season when he won two of the events comprising the British Triple Crown: the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket and the Derby at Epsom Downs. The beginning of World War II deprived him of the chance to race in the ... |
672b64c0cf925ff9034326abe15b4831 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blue-Rose | Blue Rose | Blue Rose
…Strayhorn, she recorded the album Blue Rose; though not a popular success when it was released, it was later deemed a jazz classic.
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65ffb75b5d3eb2a3c88a5ef9837d42ed | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blue-Sky | Blue Sky | Blue Sky
Richardson’s final film, the drama Blue Sky (1994), for which Jessica Lange earned an Oscar, was released three years after his death from complications of AIDS.
…Award for best actress for Blue Sky (1994). Later notable films included Cousin Bette (1998), based on the Honoré de Balzac novel; Titus (1999), an ... |
d2a1d2d924cedc3702fd466bf57305f6 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blue-Valentine | Blue Valentine | Blue Valentine
…her emotionally raw performance in Blue Valentine (2010), which sketched the story of a crumbling marriage, Williams captured an Oscar nomination for best actress.
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252e233e3d1ee46afdd5468a9b92eeda | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bluebeard-literary-character | Bluebeard | Bluebeard
Bluebeard, murderous husband in the story “La Barbe bleue,” in Charles Perrault’s collection of fairy tales, Contes de ma mère l’oye (1697; Tales of Mother Goose). In the tale, Bluebeard is a wealthy man of rank who, soon after his marriage, goes away, leaving his wife the keys to all the doors in his castle... |
49c071fc65e90fae05d280ac7d871b22 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blues-All-Around-Me | Blues All Around Me | Blues All Around Me
King’s autobiography, Blues All Around Me, written with David Ritz, was published in 1996. King was the recipient of numerous awards and honours. He was a member of the inaugural class of inductees to the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980. In 1987 he earned a Grammy…
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80b2f77d27ad4558b2cefb4e692ff7b8 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bluestocking-British-literary-society | Bluestocking | Bluestocking
Bluestocking, any of a group of ladies who in mid-18th-century England held “conversations” to which they invited men of letters and members of the aristocracy with literary interests. The word has come to be applied derisively to a woman who affects literary or learned interests. The Bluestockings attemp... |
ed2dff38d47996b16b98ba1d2c329b42 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Blunderbuss-by-White | Blunderbuss | Blunderbuss
…released his first solo album, Blunderbuss (2012), which extended his stylistic reach and deepened his songwriting craft. The follow-up, Lazaretto (2014), garnered mostly glowing reviews. His devotion to vinyl recordings was especially evident on the latter album—an ambitious mix of familiar and unexpected... |
8ca1fbad6b3caa7ef21c028978ee0975 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Board-of-Public-Papers | Board of Public Papers | Board of Public Papers
The official business of the Mandokoro was to control the finances of the bakufu; and later the Ise family, who were hereditary retainers of the Ashikaga, came to inherit this office. The Samurai-dokoro, besides handling legal judgments, was entrusted with the control of the capital. Leading offi... |
299bc87752f87d5ba103debfa56f2101 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Board-of-Regents-v-Roth | Board of Regents v. Roth | Board of Regents v. Roth
Board of Regents v. Roth, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 1972, ruled (5–3) that nontenured educators whose contracts are not renewed have no right to procedural due process under the Fourteenth Amendment unless they can prove they have liberty or property interests at stake.
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e2b4ba57e64c56e72de021d4d230a1dc | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bob-and-Carol-and-Ted-and-Alice | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, American comedy film, released in 1969, that lampooned the trendy aspect of the decade’s sexual liberation.
Natalie Wood and Robert Culp played Carol and Bob, a pretentious wealthy and bored couple in southern California. After attending an enlightened New Age-type ... |
fc34e5ae32b4760cc6b61bf3f14b5581 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Boca-Juniors | Boca Juniors | Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors, in full Club Atlético Boca Juniors, Argentine professional football (soccer) club based in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Boca. Boca Juniors has proved to be one of Argentina’s most successful teams, especially in international club competitions.
The club was founded in 1905 by a group of... |
40777f80389b12fd6822e952e9de5a91 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/bodhi-Buddhism | Bodhi | Bodhi
Bodhi, (Sanskrit and Pāli: “awakening,” “enlightenment”), in Buddhism, the final Enlightenment, which puts an end to the cycle of transmigration and leads to Nirvāṇa, or spiritual release; the experience is comparable to the Satori of Zen Buddhism in Japan. The accomplishment of this “awakening” transformed Sid... |
f8b3f281af7d72bc5350adf9839cc388 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/body-politic | Body politic | Body politic
Body politic, in Western political thought, an ancient metaphor by which a state, society, or church and its institutions are conceived of as a biological (usually human) body. As it is usually applied, the metaphor implies hierarchical leadership and a division of labour, and it carries a strong autocrat... |
3c8cff37783a2e33849161216e5c9a5c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bodyguards-and-Assassins | Bodyguards and Assassins | Bodyguards and Assassins
…the 2009 Hong Kong-produced film Bodyguards and Assassins (Shiyueh weicheng). In it she plays a young kung fu expert who, in 1906, helps protect revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen from would-be assassins sent by the Chinese imperial government. Li’s performance earned her two nominations (for be... |
9259d1b4f1470bfb30683e6677f73f90 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bogomils | Bogomil | Bogomil
Bogomil, member of a dualist religious sect that flourished in the Balkans between the 10th and 15th centuries. It arose in Bulgaria toward the middle of the 10th century from a fusion of dualistic, neo-Manichaean doctrines imported especially from the Paulicians, a sect of Armenia and Asia Minor, and a local... |
d74302cb56d945ff249b560ae65fe33b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bogus | Bogus | Bogus
…a third Oscar nod, and Bogus (1996), a film about a boy and his imaginary friend, played by Gérard Depardieu. The Hurricane (1999) featured Denzel Washington as Rubin (“Hurricane”) Carter, a boxer wrongly accused of murder. In 2003 Jewison directed The Statement (2003), chronicling the real-life efforts of vigil... |
be31ce100308ea308ca719dcd8098d7c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bohemian-Lights | Bohemian Lights | Bohemian Lights
Luces de Bohemia (1920; Bohemian Lights) illustrates his theory and practice of esperpento, an aesthetic formula he also used in his fiction to depict reality through a deliberately exaggerated mimesis of its grotesqueness. His work sometimes recalls that of Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, or Picasso. Jaci... |
19e0fb03fd831a9debad7b1072094424 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bold-Venture | Bold Venture | Bold Venture
His sire was Bold Venture, winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in 1936, and his great-grandam was a full sister of Man o’ War. It is remarkable that Assault was ever born. His dam, as a foal on the ranch, was so sickly and unpromising that…
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7bfa28ebfa9f8c77c088b996c79f328c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/bolivar-fuerte | Bolívar fuerte | Bolívar fuerte
Bolívar fuerte, (Spanish: ‘‘strong’’ bolívar) formerly bolívar and bolivar, monetary unit of Venezuela. Each bolívar fuerte is divided into 100 céntimos (cents). The bolívar fuerte (the equivalent of 1,000 bolivares) was introduced in 2008 in an attempt to curb high inflation and simplify financial tra... |
b8fc5f2493ca2881b9724fbc89713a6b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bolkonsky-family | Bolkonsky family | Bolkonsky family
Bolkonsky family, principal characters of the novel War and Peace (1865–69) by Leo Tolstoy. The elderly dictatorial Prince Nikolay Bolkonsky is the father of Prince Andrey and Princess Marya.
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1b8a7c90770eaa1ea3985c619ab18497 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bolshevik | Bolshevik | Bolshevik
Bolshevik, (Russian: “One of the Majority”) , plural Bolsheviks, or Bolsheviki, member of a wing of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party, which, led by Vladimir Lenin, seized control of the government in Russia (October 1917) and became the dominant political power. The group originated at the party’... |
96b5feeaff3992d823ce1a02af69ceb7 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bombe | Bombe | Bombe
In March 1940, Turing’s first Bombe, a code-breaking machine, was installed at Bletchley Park; improvements suggested by British mathematician Gordon Welchman were incorporated by August. This complex machine consisted of approximately 100 rotating drums, 10 miles of wire, and about 1 million soldered connections... |
a8d2adf3164e890ba86dee65d13c5b16 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bonanza | Bonanza | Bonanza
Bonanza, American television series that ran on NBC from 1959 to 1973. Bonanza’s 14 seasons and 440 episodes made it the second-longest-running western in broadcast history, after Gunsmoke.
Bonanza, the first western broadcast in colour, recounted the story of the Cartwrights, a fictional family of ranchers li... |
2a35b01cfbdcd82a6b140dfec40d6035 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Boneland | Boneland | Boneland
…final installment of the trilogy, Boneland, which details the adult Colin’s quest to find his sister. The books draw on such mythological motifs as the “sleeping king,” a legendary hero waiting to be awakened in a time of crisis, and the “wild hunt,” a group of ghastly riders condemned to…
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775a22b7a1b3c804d83f9629598540db | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bonifacius-or-Essays-to-Do-Good | Bonifacius, or Essays to Do Good | Bonifacius, or Essays to Do Good
His book, Bonifacius, or Essays to Do Good (1710), instructs others in humanitarian acts, some ideas being far ahead of his time: the schoolmaster to reward instead of punish his students, the physician to study the state of mind of his patient as a probable cause of…
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52809140d3445aa9cffc35c667dec3d9 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2020/07/14/check-out-these-amazing-images-of-comet-neowise-taken-from-around-the-world/ | Check Out These Amazing Images Of Comet Neowise Taken From Around The World | Check Out These Amazing Images Of Comet Neowise Taken From Around The World
Comet Neowise seen behind an Orthodox church over the Turets, Belarus on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 ... [+] (photo by Sergei Grits). ASSOCIATED PRESS
Every once in a while we are treated to a fantastic occurrence on Earth, when a comet springs int... |
1c68e27ee6528145755183d3bab2b9c0 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2020/07/31/amazon-is-going-to-add-3000-more-satellites-into-earths-orbit--and-people-are-not-happy/?sh=2b71e797628d | Amazon Is Going To Add 3,000 More Satellites Into Earth’s Orbit – And People Are Not Happy | Amazon Is Going To Add 3,000 More Satellites Into Earth’s Orbit – And People Are Not Happy
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will go head-to-head with SpaceX's Elon Musk in the space internet battle. AFP via Getty Images
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved an application by Seattle-based Amazon to launch more... |
949bd66c28eb0dd96922b69d4baf48e3 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2021/02/02/spacex-launches-starship-on-its-latest-test-flight-but-doesnt-quite-stick-the-landing-again-despite-violating-faa-rules/ | SpaceX Launches Its Starship SN9 Prototype On Latest Test Flight, Despite Violating FAA Rules | SpaceX Launches Its Starship SN9 Prototype On Latest Test Flight, Despite Violating FAA Rules
SN9 lifted off with its successor, SN10, sitting alongside. SpaceX
Elon Musk's company SpaceX has launched its latest Mars prototype rocket, Starship, on a second high-altitude test – after it emerged they had launched a prev... |
7b230004c6faf402a7a55df4c2f33a6d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2021/02/25/check-out-this-amazing-hd-panorama-of-mars-from-nasas-perseverance-rover/?via=indexdotco | Check Out This Amazing HD Panorama Of Mars From NASA’s Perseverance Rover | Check Out This Amazing HD Panorama Of Mars From NASA’s Perseverance Rover
The panorama is made up of 142 individual images. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
The verdict is in – and NASA’s Perseverance rover is a hit.
Having touched down on Mars in the Jezero Crater last week on Thursday, February 18, this plucky robotic expl... |
08a40219003e62e0de04bb7acb51e6db | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2021/03/01/rocket-lab-to-build-neutron-mega-constellation-rocket--that-can-also-launch-humans/ | Rocket Lab To Build Neutron ‘Mega Constellation Rocket’ – That Can Also Launch Humans | Rocket Lab To Build Neutron ‘Mega Constellation Rocket’ – That Can Also Launch Humans
Beck, with a scale model of the Neutron rocket's nosecone. Rocket Lab
The New Zealand-based firm Rocket Lab says it is developing a rocket designed to launch satellites into so-called mega constellations, beginning in 2024 – with hum... |
ca355350da883f15e5e5838bcb50be5e | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2021/03/03/third-times-the-charm--spacex-launches-and-lands-starship-mars-prototype-in-major-first-before-it-explodes-again/ | ‘Third Time’s The Charm!’ – SpaceX Launches And Lands Starship Mars Prototype In Major First, Before Dramatic Explosion | ‘Third Time’s The Charm!’ – SpaceX Launches And Lands Starship Mars Prototype In Major First, Before Dramatic Explosion
This was the first time a Starship vehicle had landed from high altitude. SpaceX
In a major milestone, Elon Musk's company SpaceX has successfully landed its Starship vehicle from high-altitude for t... |
9cb0a5662393ac638193cdbd6a886521 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2021/03/30/a-full-moon-helped-to-free-the-stuck-boat-from-the-suez-canal/?sh=1d6aa90961a7 | A Full Moon Helped To Finally Free The Stuck Boat ‘Ever Given’ From The Suez Canal | A Full Moon Helped To Finally Free The Stuck Boat ‘Ever Given’ From The Suez Canal
The boat had been stuck for a week, blocking all trade along the canal. DigitalGlobe/Getty Images
Rising tides from a full Moon provided the Ever Given the breathing room it needed to escape from its stuck position in the Suez Canal, ac... |
81fbc619244de9c803626c6d77db02e6 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2018/01/31/ebay-hitting-all-time-highs-in-after-hours-trading-on-q4-results-and-stubhub-gains/ | eBay Sidelines PayPal By Penning Deal With New Payment Processor | eBay Sidelines PayPal By Penning Deal With New Payment Processor
San Jose-based eBay reported earnings for the fourth quarter of 2017 on Wednesday, Jan. 31.
After posting a strong fourth-quarter performance, eBay led its Wednesday afternoon earnings call by announcing that it's penned a deal to add Netherlands-based Ad... |
8ed50b7d6c6f9830ca86cf4c98e96e6f | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/10/19/netflix-earnings-5-numbers-growth-continues-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/?sh=652ed816225e | 5 Big Numbers That Show Netflix's Massive Growth Continues During The Coronavirus Pandemic | 5 Big Numbers That Show Netflix's Massive Growth Continues During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Photo Illustration by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images NurPhoto via Getty Images
A controversial movie release and weaker-than-anticipated growth projections for the third quarter have barely stunted Netflix's NFLX ... |
5b501a2882adbbff6aff2790b6299f7f | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanrefoy/2014/09/25/delivering-responsible-capitalism-the-growth-of-employee-ownership/ | Delivering Responsible Capitalism - The Growth Of Employee Ownership | Delivering Responsible Capitalism - The Growth Of Employee Ownership
The financial crisis of 2008 and the post Lehman Brothers abyss led to many calls from politicians and commentators in the media for new forms of capitalism and a move to responsible capitalism, and a rebalancing of economies. As part of this debate, ... |
501b298692049b3419f9c0792211072b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanrupprecht/2018/10/31/ubers-drone-delivery-dreams-face-harsh-legal-and-economic-realities/?fbclid=IwAR26MVBkvKZcrl64lUhxr-mQBoQWVBOU0L-zLbwcZhlq9ocm-nVkFde_ulI | Uber's Drone Delivery Dreams Face Harsh Legal And Economic Realities | Uber's Drone Delivery Dreams Face Harsh Legal And Economic Realities
A man's hand extended toward a drone in Singapore. Photo by Getty Images.
The Wall Street Journal reported recently that Uber put up a job posting for an executive position at UberExpress, the drone delivery operation within its UberEats food delivery... |
bfed7016b62fab7ce8c1993ab76d2e77 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanrupprecht/2019/05/15/drone-sabotage-on-saudi-pipeline-facility-raises-concerns/ | Drone Sabotage on Saudi Pipeline Facility Raises Concerns | Drone Sabotage on Saudi Pipeline Facility Raises Concerns
Oil refinery pipeline facilities, closeup of photo Getty
Two pump stations on Saudi Arabia's key East-West pipeline were attacked by armed drones early Tuesday, causing a fire and minor damage. The Saudi Press Agency declared it an "act of terrorism and sabotage... |
bdb5fa77b1a223f3ed997bb9a981520c | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansalembaskin/2013/01/12/three-ways-microsoft-could-change-the-world-with-windows-8/ | Microsoft Could Change The World With Windows 8 | Microsoft Could Change The World With Windows 8
Microsoft reported earlier this week that it had sold 60 million Windows 8 licenses since its newest operating system went on sale on October 26 last year. That’s a boatload of units, though it roughly kept pace with number of PCs shipped during the fourth quarter (just u... |
8066c810de6412325387d557779955ca | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansalembaskin/2013/03/12/rand-pauls-filibuster-was-brilliant-marketing/ | Rand Paul's Filibuster Was Brilliant Marketing | Rand Paul's Filibuster Was Brilliant Marketing
(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
Senator Rand Paul filibustered the Senate for 13 hours on March 6th to "sound an alarm from coast to coast" that "no American should be killed by a drone without first being charged with a crime (it's how he described his purpose).... |
28f4529df9a0bd79969fc1883cbc0706 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansalembaskin/2013/05/14/social-media-marketing-advice-according-to-doctor-who/ | Social Media Marketing Advice, According To Doctor Who | Social Media Marketing Advice, According To Doctor Who
(Image credit: via @daylife)
Fans who ordered DVDs of this season's BBC series Doctor Who have started receiving them, only there's a catch: The disc contains the season's final episode, which has yet to air on TV! The show's producers have made a big deal about th... |
3666eef55eb562dd4b5314342e48f3b1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansalembaskin/2013/11/15/tesla-and-twitter-are-in-the-same-business-of-managing-expectations/ | Tesla And Twitter Are In The Same Business Of Managing Expectations | Tesla And Twitter Are In The Same Business Of Managing Expectations
Though making electric cars and running an online service couldn’t be more dissimilar, Tesla and Twitter are in the same business of managing expectations. How they’ve fared in recent media coverage says a lot about what communications approaches work,... |
933df692aee498bab4f2357e21eaf854 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansalembaskin/2014/09/26/you-attended-social-media-week-and-didnt-even-know-it/ | You Attended Social Media Week And Didn't Even Know It | You Attended Social Media Week And Didn't Even Know It
Though you may not have participated in an official event during Social Media Week (which ends today), you attended it…every day, in fact, which is the problem with the gig in particular, and our understanding of social media generally.
First off, it’s one huge, di... |
65c883a4644c893e226acae1b0b94181 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansalembaskin/2014/10/26/when-bad-customer-service-yields-business-success/ | When Bad Customer Service Yields Business Success | When Bad Customer Service Yields Business Success
Airlines, banks, and cable service providers are delivering record-setting profits this year, even though they regularly rank low on most measures of customer satisfaction. The reasons why illustrate the utility of setting expectations, having a monopoly, and being uniq... |
85e2ba046e8fa9ed0a3158c0501596e6 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansalembaskin/2016/04/18/what-will-self-driving-cars-mean-for-insurance/ | What Will Self-Driving Cars Mean For Insurance? | What Will Self-Driving Cars Mean For Insurance?
“There’s a tech innovation arms race underway to create vehicles that don’t crash,” said Kenny Leitch, Global Telematics Director at RSA. “We intend to be right in the middle of it.”
Considering 93% of accidents involve human error, and 76% of them are caused solely by it... |
1455d8ad8f5363e69bb940a6f04f87b6 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansalembaskin/2016/04/25/carnival-shows-how-to-innovate-at-scale/ | Carnival Shows How To Innovate At Scale | Carnival Shows How To Innovate At Scale
“We were getting hammered,” said Arnold Donald, Carnival Corporation’s CEO, recollecting his first days on the job in mid-2013.
“Fuel prices were going through the roof, the Arab Spring was destabilizing much of the world, and we’d just been through two very public crises with sh... |
651eb991451af923586cf7141a38ab03 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansalembaskin/2016/05/05/cummins-sets-new-innovation-goals/ | Cummins Sets New Innovation Goals | Cummins Sets New Innovation Goals
Cummins' acoustic testing center in Fridley, MN (Image credit: Cummins)
Cummins, which all but singlehandedly brought diesel engines into the 21st century, is innovating how it approaches technology and solutions development, under the tutelage of its new CTO, Jennifer Rumsey.
“Two dec... |
83f7072ffca902cf49959466fbbef824 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansalembaskin/2016/07/05/vehicle-electrification-is-much-bigger-than-evs/ | Vehicle Electrification Is Much Bigger Than EVs | Vehicle Electrification Is Much Bigger Than EVs
Engineers on the eBooster team in Kirchheimbolanden, Germany (Image credit: BorgWarner)
While consumers can choose a Tesla, Chevrolet Bolt, or other EV, BorgWarner sees electrification playing a part in every vehicle, and the company’s role that of enabling the technology... |
0768e7cc0281d6bd99c0065f2d0c2067 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanshenkman/2020/12/22/retirement-and-investing-lessons-from-my-grandfather/ | Retirement And Investing Lessons From My Grandfather | Retirement And Investing Lessons From My Grandfather
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It is said that the Americans who stormed the beaches of Normandy and saved the world from the ultimate evil are members of the “Greatest Generation.” I believe the name can also apply to the many people who lived through World War II in Europe and moved to the... |
a8e2cdd1bf0bcb91d23ac30a1a3bdb10 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathansherman/2011/02/22/a-looming-uranium-supply-shortage-good-for-cameco/ | A Looming Uranium Supply Shortage Good For Cameco | A Looming Uranium Supply Shortage Good For Cameco
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Cameco(NYSE:CCJ), one of the world’s largest uranium producers, sees opportunity in the 250 million pounds of new uranium production the company believes is required to meet demand over the next 10 years. And there isn’t a lot of competition given th... |
b420e759b61a40b15b858c8e6e851e8c | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathantreiber/2020/09/21/why-retailers-need-to-innovate-and-experiment-now-with-dynamic-discounts-and-pricing-in-spite-of-covid-19/?sh=85431102274e | Why Retailers Need To Innovate And Experiment Now With Dynamic Discounts And Pricing In Spite Of COVID-19 | Why Retailers Need To Innovate And Experiment Now With Dynamic Discounts And Pricing In Spite Of COVID-19
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The retail industry is as diverse as it is lucrative, so it’s somewhat surprising that the impact of COVID-19 has rocked nearly all facets of retail so swiftly and consistently. Brick-and-mortar locations ... |
dabaf46abd1b587347e871ccf9d15911 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathantreiber/2020/11/30/the-barriers-that-hold-back-personalization-efforts-in-pricing-and-promotion/?sh=205e4f9859c9 | The Barriers That Hold Back Personalization Efforts In Pricing And Promotion | The Barriers That Hold Back Personalization Efforts In Pricing And Promotion
Conversations with industry leaders at Shoptalk uncover obstructions in strategy development
Hand typing discount coupon code on smartphone screen to get the shopping on line sale promotion, on ... [+] line shopping ,digital marketing business... |
26b323710ab5cef843a16cb45461bf2a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathantreiber/2021/02/19/the-retail-industry-is-ready-for-a-revolution-in-couponing/?sh=27550b23faae | The Retail Industry Is Ready For A Revolution In Couponing | The Retail Industry Is Ready For A Revolution In Couponing
How The Pandemic Aligned The Stars For A Digital Transformation
With AFP Story by Fabienne Faur: Lifestyle-US-economy-consumer Coupons from the advertising section ... [+] of the Sunday newspaper September 13, 2011 in Washington, DC. The humble coupon -- which ... |
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