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0b454c5c51733308a1ec6d4d7ca88d05 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fair-Game-motion-picture-2010 | Fair Game | Fair Game
Wilson, in Fair Game (2010). The thriller was based on the 2003 scandal in which White House officials leaked the identity of Wilson’s wife—Valerie Plame, a covert CIA agent—in an alleged attempt to discredit his criticism of the U.S.-led Iraq War.
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a485a03b14c87ef527280890f94979a2 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fair-Margaret-and-Sweet-William | Fair Margaret and Sweet William | Fair Margaret and Sweet William
…to Sweet William of “Fair Margaret and Sweet William” as he lies in bed with his bride, it is rather the dead girl’s image in a dream that kindles his fatal remorse. In addition to those ballads that turn on a supernatural occurrence, casual supernatural elements are found all…
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668ff50eecf6c605f80d20febafc69d6 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fair-Packaging-and-Labeling-Act | Fair Packaging and Labeling Act | Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
…and for legal remedy; the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, which required honest, informative, and standardized labeling of products; the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act, which was designed to protect consumers from possible excess radiation generated by X-ray machines, tele... |
b1ad63e882a3352444abbdecccb7c6ee | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fair-Stood-the-Wind-for-France | Fair Stood the Wind for France | Fair Stood the Wind for France
…published under his own name—Fair Stood the Wind for France (1944), about a British bomber crew forced down in occupied France, and two set in Burma (Myanmar) during the Japanese invasion, The Purple Plain (1946) and The Jacaranda Tree (1948)—earned Bates a new reputation as a novelist o... |
7e20a75df5d194a39400d7416ffbf90c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/fair-trade | Fair trade | Fair trade
Fair trade, global movement to improve the lives of farmers and workers in developing countries by ensuring that they have access to export markets and are paid a fair price for their products. Those objectives are often achieved by establishing direct trading relationships between small-scale producers in ... |
a60005bf3ba2f46631da0328208b742a | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fair-Trade-Act | Fair Trade Act | Fair Trade Act
…United States when the California Fair Trade Act of 1931 was amended in 1933 to include a so-called nonsigners’ clause, whereby prices agreed upon by a manufacturer and contracting dealers were made binding upon all resellers. Influenced by the depressed markets of the 1930s, 44 states enacted similar l... |
54aefb20e96f79165d69862c8b8c0d89 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/fair-trade-law | Fair-trade law | Fair-trade law
Fair-trade law, in the United States, any law allowing manufacturers of branded or trademarked goods (or in some instances distributors of such products) to fix the actual or minimum resale prices of these goods by resellers. The designation “fair-trade law” is peculiar to the United States; the practic... |
aa644508bf16ed8892ed0be81381607e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/fair-trade-organization | Fair trade organization | Fair trade organization
…Asia, and Latin America and fair trade organizations (FTOs) in the United States and Europe, thereby eliminating intermediary buyers and sellers. A subsidiary goal of the movement in developed countries is to increase consumer awareness of unjust and unfair international trade practices.
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43963f8d6747fe07e7597ccc8c5f7cfe | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fair-Trade-Original | Fair Trade Original | Fair Trade Original
Wereldhandel, later renamed Fair Trade Original. In 1967 Fair Trade Original began purchasing products from producer groups in developing countries, initially importing wood carvings from the slums of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and later establishing subsidiaries in West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, a... |
b2cc974e9b24d3decb93d8a8e02791c1 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fairfaxs-Devisee-v-Hunters-Lessee | Fairfax’s Devisee v. Hunter’s Lessee | Fairfax’s Devisee v. Hunter’s Lessee
…a dispute over extensive lands, Fairfax’s Devisee v. Hunter’s Lessee (1813), the Supreme Court had reversed Virginia’s highest court and commanded it to enter a judgment in favour of the party originally ruled against. The Virginia court refused to obey the Supreme Court’s mandate,... |
86cda4242aa6c60183ee8156aeed3cdd | https://www.britannica.com/topic/falafel | Falafel | Falafel
Falafel, a staple Middle Eastern dish—and a popular street food around the world—that consists of fried spiced balls or patties of ground chickpeas or fava beans (or a mixture of both) stuffed into a pita or wrapped in laffa bread with hot sauce, tahini sauce, and generally some saladlike combination of tomato... |
2608ba6725be750c2029604d68abfcc7 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Faliscan-language | Faliscan language | Faliscan language
Faliscan language, an Italic language closely related to Latin and more distantly related to Oscan and Umbrian languages (qq.v.). Faliscan was spoken by the Falisci in central Italy in a small region northwest of the Tiber River. Falerii, the Faliscan capital, was destroyed by the Romans in 241 bc, a... |
8a59c7bed9ceea7991b2ad6b8255789b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fallout-3 | Fallout 3 | Fallout 3
…2 (1998), for PCs, and Fallout 3 (2008), the first in the series to also be released for console systems, were also well received, cementing the franchise’s status as a classic in the RPG genre. Fallout has appeared on the all-time best games lists of a number of prominent gaming…
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29e95c07f0e9095ac01baeaf9ef29472 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fallout-electronic-game | Fallout | Fallout
Fallout, electronic game released by American game developer Interplay Entertainment in 1997 for personal computers (PCs). Fallout contained many traditional role-playing game (RPG) elements, such as turn-based play and characters that evolve as experience is gained, but it added a variety of innovations that ... |
4b8a258ee14d998a63ea9b901e7779d4 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Family-British-television-miniseries | Family | Family
…Doyle wrote the BBC miniseries Family, which generated heated controversy throughout conservative Ireland. The program shed harsh light on a family’s struggle with domestic violence and alcoholism and portrayed the bleaker side of life in a housing project, the same venue he had used in the more comedic Barryto... |
e1536583c6ee79a1c68217cd7c36b350 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/family-law/Community-property | Community property | Community property
A marital property system should try to balance two sets of interests: the interests of the spouses and the interests of third parties such as purchasers, creditors, and business partners. Community-property regimes emphasize the first but are less attractive in terms of the second, because the prope... |
321a2d78efd9389e6a8cc64a354bb999 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Family-Sayings | Family Sayings | Family Sayings
Lessico famigliare (1963; Family Sayings) is a novelistic memoir of her upbringing and career. Ginzburg’s novels of the 1970s and ’80s pessimistically explore the dissolution of family ties in modern society.
…her own (Lessico famigliare [1963; Family Sayings]), handles fictional characters (Famiglia [19... |
8ddf31b9c645f4a13b77f159a1cee146 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Family-Strife-in-Hapsburg | Family Strife in Hapsburg | Family Strife in Hapsburg
Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg (Family Strife in Hapsburg), a profound and moving historical tragedy, lacks the theatrical action that would make it successful in performance and is chiefly remarkable for the portrayal of the emperor Rudolph II. Much of Grillparzer’s most mature thought forms the... |
f0046108443e198a99361989af818aa2 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fan-Tan-card-game | Fan-Tan | Fan-Tan
Fan-Tan, also called Sevens, orPlay And Pay, card game that may be played by any number of players up to eight. The full pack of 52 cards is dealt out, one card at a time. Thus, some hands may contain one more card than others. All players ante to a pool; in some games, those players who are dealt fewer cards ... |
067e6762deff4fad2b35f90ebf95e544 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fancy-Pants | Fancy Pants | Fancy Pants
…and Sorrowful Jones (1949) and Fancy Pants (1950), both with Bob Hope. All of her comedies were box office successes, but they failed to make the most of her wide-ranging talents.
Brunette (1947), The Paleface (1948), Fancy Pants (1950), The Lemon Drop Kid (1951), and Son of Paleface (1952). Several films ... |
9f6d9f977a4010e71cd17340101c88f4 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fanny-film-by-Logan | Fanny | Fanny
Having adapted Marcel Pagnol’s comedy Fanny as a stage musical in 1954, Logan transferred the musical to film in 1961, with Boyer, Leslie Caron, and Maurice Chevalier in the lead roles. Both the film and the score were nominated for Academy Awards. Produced, directed, and cowritten by Logan, Ensign Pulver…
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26617373ad6586fb9f5669262959fc69 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fanny-Hill-fictional-character | Fanny Hill | Fanny Hill
Fanny Hill, fictional character, a London prostitute who is the protagonist of the novel Fanny Hill (1748–49) by English author John Cleland.
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a18026d3df1c15079b156192ec76049a | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fanny-Hill-novel | Fanny Hill | Fanny Hill
Fanny Hill, in full Memoirs of Fanny Hill, erotic novel by John Cleland, first published in two volumes in 1748–49 as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. An expurgated version published in 1750 chronicles the life of a London prostitute, describing with scatological and clinical precision many varieties of sexu... |
ed495460b3ccc637062b7faee86faabf | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fanny-play-by-Pagnol | Fanny | Fanny
His next three comedies—Marius (1929), Fanny (1931), and César (1936), known as the Marseille trilogy—deal with the lives of a Marseille fishmonger, Fanny, her lover Marius who goes off to sea, César the father, and his friend Panisse. The salty language of the people and Pagnol’s ability to capture the…
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29d3c431a05e2d7d8afd8e5a5d8d1e07 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fantastic-Beasts-and-Where-to-Find-Them | Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them | Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
…Rowling wrote the companion volumes Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (2001), which was adapted into a film series (2016, 2018) that featured screenplays by Rowling; Quidditch Through the Ages (2001); and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008)—all of which originated as books rea... |
96cde4c287f0196861a5c43b1d19fb3b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fantastic-Four | Fantastic Four | Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four, American team of comic strip superheroes, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics in 1961, that brought an element of realism to the genre unique for its time. A cornerstone of Marvel’s universe of characters, the Fantastic Four remains one of the most popular superhero team... |
817c0ac93b6b68ed86c78b4008d14cc8 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Far-from-Heaven | Far from Heaven | Far from Heaven
In Far from Heaven (2002), Haynes re-created the style of a Douglas Sirk melodrama to tell the tale of a seemingly perfect married couple in 1950s suburbia whose relationship is afflicted when the husband (Dennis Quaid) reveals to his wife (Moore) that he has been struggling…
… in the Todd Haynes film F... |
128d8d2b5a45073cf59060c23b776b1d | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Farb-Family-Portrait | Farb Family Portrait | Farb Family Portrait
…significant painting from this period, Farb Family Portrait (1969–70), was the result of a new working technique. Starting with a slide of the family portrait, Flack projected the image onto the canvas to use as her guide for painting. This method relieved her of having to make preliminary drawing... |
35fbc8498dc7f8c5d65f6b6d0ebd9213 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fargo-American-television-series | Fargo | Fargo
…of the TV anthology series Fargo.
…drifter in the television series Fargo, an adaptation of the 1996 film by the Coen brothers, and a prosecutor in the melodrama The Judge. He then portrayed an American political operative hired to run the campaign of a Bolivian presidential candidate in Our Brand Is Crisis (201... |
7d4968c930a0d0382f15212887a380e6 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/farm-agriculture | Farm | Farm
There were extended farmsteads in northern and western Europe with a development of enclosed compounds and elaborate field systems in Britain. In central Europe the extended farmsteads were in time supplemented by both unenclosed villages and defended hilltop sites, as was also the case in the area of…
…producers ... |
02161389e7a890f576317ef4509b062c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Farm-Aid | Farm Aid | Farm Aid
…and in 1985 he cofounded Farm Aid, which organized festivals to raise money for farmers. Nelson was a well-known and enthusiastic connoisseur of marijuana, and, after a few states legalized the drug’s sale and purchase, he launched (2015) a marijuana supply company, Willie’s Reserve. He penned several memoirs... |
e6b0d9ebbaddf3f32ca616872fddf132 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/farm-cheese | Farm cheese | Farm cheese
…derived from cottage cheese is farm, or farmer, cheese, which is made by pressing the curd, thereby eliminating most of the liquid. It is drier than either cottage cheese or pot cheese and is crumbly in texture.
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8e562ec344d9516d59a678ad2e790419 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/farm-management/Basic-concerns | Basic concerns | Basic concerns
A good farm manager is familiar with the legal description of the farm property for which he is responsible, location relative to other property, roads, markets, and sources of supply, the details of the field arrangement and farmstead layout, the farm’s capital position or relation of debts to assets, a... |
eee7dff6d7fa62ba5f832e519342c641 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Farman-III | Farman III | Farman III
Farman III, aircraft designed, built, and first flown by the French aviator Henri Farman in 1909. (See also history of flight.)
In the early spring of 1909, Farman, the son of English parents living in France, ordered a new airplane from the French aeronautical pioneer Gabriel Voisin. Having earned enormou... |
91e12762bdbc9444852c321528963e88 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Farmer-Labor-Party | Farmer–Labor Party | Farmer–Labor Party
Farmer–Labor Party, in U.S. history (1918–44), a minor political party of Minnesotan small farmers and urban workers, which supported Robert M. La Follette in the 1924 presidential election and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936. An outgrowth of the Nonpartisan League (q.v.), the Farmer–Labor P... |
86ec1973b937b09cb1bed190ca969acc | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Farmers-Alliance | Farmers' Alliance | Farmers' Alliance
Farmers’ Alliance, an American agrarian movement during the 1870s and ’80s that sought to improve the economic conditions for farmers through the creation of cooperatives and political advocacy. The movement was made up of numerous local organizations that coalesced into three large groupings.
In the... |
82919cc24f42dda193d5943e01f6c34f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Farmers-Almanac | Farmer's Almanac | Farmer's Almanac
Farmer’s Almanac, also called Old Farmer’s Almanac, American annual journal containing anecdotal weather prognostications, planting schedules, astronomical tables, astrological lore, recipes, anecdotes, and sundry pleasantries of rural interest, first published by Robert B. Thomas in 1792 for the year... |
ca1edc2bedff98f2a40ab743fd135689 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/farmhouse | Farmhouse | Farmhouse
The basic requirements for the farmer’s family are about the same as those of the urban family, but certain features of the farmhouse depend on the farm life pattern. Because the farmer generally comes directly from the fields or the service buildings, with soiled…
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bfd96f82427d7cf687e8ad5e8e3f026f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Farnese-family | Farnese Family | Farnese Family
Farnese Family, an Italian family that ruled the duchy of Parma and Piacenza from 1545 to 1731. Originating in upper Lazio, the family soon became noted through its statesmen and its soldiers, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries.
The first of its most celebrated members was Alessandro (1468–1549),... |
7d3f8c5af030d5ef9f76b10f9723de55 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Farnese-Hercules | Farnese Hercules | Farnese Hercules
… was the original of the Farnese Heracles, signed by Glycon as copyist. The Glycon copy has many copies extant, including one in the Pitti Palace, Florence, with an inscription naming Lysippus as the artist.
…marble copy known as the Farnese Hercules was found about 1546 ce and demonstrates the ancie... |
115437c6cf7c76d22fb99063f986e704 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Farnsworth-House | Farnsworth House | Farnsworth House
Farnsworth House, pioneering steel-and-glass house in Plano, Illinois, U.S., designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1951. The structure’s modern classicism epitomizes the International Style of architecture and Mies’s dictum “less is more.” It is set on the floodplain of the Fox River a... |
23cd6041f994269c6d3c4b818008defe | https://www.britannica.com/topic/farthingale | Farthingale | Farthingale
Farthingale, underskirt expanded by a series of circular hoops that increase in diameter from the waist down to the hem and are sewn into the underskirt to make it rigid. The fashion spread from Spain to the rest of Europe from 1545 onward. The frame could be made of whalebone, wood, or wire. The shape was... |
4832dc2f38894f43d3416f2d27a032b9 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism | Fascism | Fascism
Fascism, political ideology and mass movement that dominated many parts of central, southern, and eastern Europe between 1919 and 1945 and that also had adherents in western Europe, the United States, South Africa, Japan, Latin America, and the Middle East. Europe’s first fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, took... |
b09e7035d76941b2aa48c14dea43942d | https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism/Neofascism | Neofascism | Neofascism
Although fascism was largely discredited in Europe at the end of World War II, fascist-inspired movements were founded in several European countries beginning in the late 1940s. Similar groups were created outside Europe as well, primarily in Latin America, the Middle East, and South Africa. Like their fasci... |
c2530cbaa846f4af3aad69a2f2d7fb87 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fascist-Party | Fascist Party | Fascist Party
Benito Mussolini’s Fascist Party of Italy was named for the fasces, which the members adopted in 1919 as their emblem. The Winged Liberty dime, minted in the United States from 1916 to 1945, depicts the fasces on its reverse side.
Badoglio dissolved the Fascist Party, and on October 13 Italy declared war ... |
998c4f95a29ed084078d87ff202d91d0 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fast-and-Furious-6 | Fast & Furious 6 | Fast & Furious 6
…Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Furious 7 (2015). The latter was especially successful, earning more than \$1.5 billion to become among the highest-grossing films of all time. The franchise continued to do well with The Fate of the Furious (2017). Diesel also tried his…
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be530d7d26569d3b6432b62e58bfcd3a | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fast-Five | Fast Five | Fast Five
…for Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Furious 7 (2015). The latter was especially successful, earning more than \$1.5 billion to become among the highest-grossing films of all time. The franchise continued to do well with The Fate of the Furious (2017). Diesel…
…Fast and t... |
f04978ba3dcdd9e2f5947a7bbcd9637a | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fast-of-Tammuz | Fast of Tammuz | Fast of Tammuz
Fast of Tammuz, a minor Jewish observance (on Tammuz 17) that inaugurates three weeks of mourning (see Three Weeks) that culminate in the 24-hour fast of Tisha be-Av. Though probably an adaptation of some pagan festival, the Jewish people have associated the fast with several unhappy historical events: ... |
be9e6fb3ab29152bd3fb14685d7f5443 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/fasti-Roman-calendar | Fasti | Fasti
Fasti, (probably from Latin fas, “divine law”), in ancient Rome, sacred calendar of the dies fasti, or days of the month on which it was permitted to transact legal affairs; the word also denoted registers of various types. The fasti were first exhibited in the Forum in 304 bc by the aedile Gnaeus Flavius, who b... |
75af0b28723b2e00eb32e4c4c065b65b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fat-Chair | Fat Chair | Fat Chair
His Fat Chair of 1964, in which a potentially unstable mass of fat is banked up on a fixed geometric base, implying the possibility of dramatic change should the heating conditions change, is perhaps his most famous single sculptural object. Very often, though, his sculptures functioned…
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4a1696efc6ea8c814e952c0915ea5f46 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/fat/Synthesis-and-metabolism-in-living-organisms | Synthesis and metabolism in living organisms | Synthesis and metabolism in living organisms
Formation of fats in seeds and fruits occurs late in the ripening process. Sugars and starches predominate in fruits, seeds, and sap in the unripe condition. These apparently are converted by enzymes during the maturing process to fatty acids and glycerol, which then form gl... |
1dad040a400c77232d5b3ab715ac06fc | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fata-Morgana-mirage | Fata Morgana | Fata Morgana
Fata Morgana, mirage that appeared periodically in the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily, named in Italian after the legendary enchantress of Arthurian romance, Morgan le Fay.
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40fec1731cb1d32f5c84f166d1846980 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fate-of-a-Cockroach-and-Other-Plays | Fate of a Cockroach, and Other Plays | Fate of a Cockroach, and Other Plays
…of Death”; English translation in Fate of a Cockroach, and Other Plays) is particularly noteworthy in this regard.
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d95898cc2e17ca7b77e1177007751e7b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Father-and-Son | Father and Son | Father and Son
Father and Son, autobiography by Edmund Gosse, published anonymously in 1907. Considered a minor masterpiece, Father and Son is a sensitive study of the clash between religious fundamentalism and intellectual curiosity. The book recounts Gosse’s austere childhood, particularly his relationship with his ... |
af5596e8881cdc4592eddf2313c812cc | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Father-Brown | Father Brown | Father Brown
Father Brown, fictional character, a priest who is the protagonist of a series of detective stories by G.K. Chesterton. The character was based on a priest whom Chesterton had met who had acquired a deep understanding of human evil by listening to confessions. Father Brown appears clumsy and naive, with a... |
3bd990b4b6526c1263140e77781f0988 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Father-of-the-Bride-Part-II | Father of the Bride Part II | Father of the Bride Part II
…of the Bride (1991), and Father of the Bride, Part II (1995).
…the 1950 classic comedy; and Father of the Bride II (1995).
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ebede53487c1c9f8af37feab178f0c93 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/fatwa | Fatwa | Fatwa
Fatwa, in Islam, a formal ruling or interpretation on a point of Islamic law given by a qualified legal scholar (known as a mufti). Fatwas are usually issued in response to questions from individuals or Islamic courts. Though considered authoritative, fatwas are generally not treated as binding judgments; a requ... |
70b5bd1f8c4703cf2bdd1ec805ba712c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/faun | Faun | Faun
Faun, in Roman mythology, a creature that is part human and part goat, akin to a Greek satyr. The name faun is derived from Faunus, the name of an ancient Italic deity of forests, fields, and herds, who from the 2nd century bce was associated with the Greek god Pan.
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a1d1fd86e602caf5800d9e0e01ff03ef | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Faust-opera | Faust | Faust
Faust, opera in five (or sometimes four) acts by French composer Charles Gounod (French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré) that premiered in Paris on March 19, 1859. The work draws upon Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s two-part play based on the German legend of a man who sells his soul to the Devil in exch... |
2e2df7044ee3984eca7e600274cddf5e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Faust-Symphony | Faust Symphony | Faust Symphony
…specifically programmatic works—such as the Faust Symphony and some of his symphonic poems—are not often performed. In Liszt’s works without written program, notably the Piano Sonata in B Minor and his two piano concerti, similar types of moods are expressed in a style resembling that of the symphonic p... |
7cb6fbc02b07fb403435bef0e3a7d72f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/fazenda | Fazenda | Fazenda
Fazenda, large plantation in Brazil, comparable to the slave-based plantations of the Caribbean and the United States. In the colonial period (16th–18th century) the plantation owners (fazendeiros) ruled their estates, and the black slaves and freemen who worked them, with virtually no interference from the co... |
4ab6277b063f85b6862e7d7016a6330e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Feast-in-the-House-of-Levi | Feast in the House of Levi | Feast in the House of Levi
…theme be changed to a Feast in the House of Levi.
…The Pilgrims of Emmaus and Feast in the House of Levi—allowed him to compose large groups of figures in increasingly complex Renaissance architectural settings that attest to his knowledge of the works of the 16th-century Venetian architects... |
8c31c81ea097378e7db9851ef17cf6f6 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Feast-of-Fools | Feast of Fools | Feast of Fools
Feast of Fools, popular festival during the Middle Ages, held on or about January 1, particularly in France, in which a mock bishop or pope was elected, ecclesiastical ritual was parodied, and low and high officials changed places. Such festivals were probably a Christian adaptation of the pagan festivi... |
a05a399ad7c7df6a8c2d14e7aea37ce4 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Feast-of-Saint-John | Feast of Saint John | Feast of Saint John
The Feast of St. John (San Juan Ara), on June 24, is celebrated with traditional games, one of which includes walking on hot coals. The country’s Afro-Paraguayan community at Kamba Kua celebrates an annual music and dance festival. Throughout the country on August 1 it is…
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bc2d889cda0cef72a30eb9b366f0cf85 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Feast-of-Saint-Joseph-the-Worker | Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker | Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker
…Pope Pius XII established the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker on May 1 as a counter-celebration to the communists’ May Day.
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8d6d531c71e639624e630a28c8e2c2c1 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/feast-religion/Other-sacred-times | Other sacred times | Other sacred times
Birth, puberty, marriage, and death have been times of sacred significance for peoples of all cultures from time immemorial. They signify changes in the status of a person’s being in terms of a person’s relationship with fellow members of his or her society and the realm of the sacred or holy that in... |
2972c6fe31205689b03afb5083f3977a | https://www.britannica.com/topic/feast-religion/Times-of-seasonal-changes | Times of seasonal changes | Times of seasonal changes
Before the development of agriculture, with its associations with solar and lunar calendars, ritual feasts were probably celebrated by hunters and gatherers of tubers and fruits. Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) peoples from about 30,000–10,000 bc as well as contemporary peoples such as the Aborigi... |
ca46378090c9b38d73e673077ea2d664 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/featherbedding | Featherbedding | Featherbedding
Featherbedding, labour union practices that require the employer to pay for the performance of what he considers to be unnecessary work or for work that is not in fact performed or to employ workers who are not needed. The existence of featherbedding in any specific instance is usually disputed and dep... |
978bf3e1ae9c4fd335db4080e3210747 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federal-Communications-Commission | Federal Communications Commission | Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent agency of the U.S. federal government. Established in 1934, it regulates interstate and foreign communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. Its standards and regulations apply only to the technical aspects, incl... |
6f8907cb8dcbb57dbb1d6b668e857b97 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federal-Deposit-Insurance-Corporation | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), independent U.S. government corporation created under authority of the Banking Act of 1933 (also known as the Glass-Steagall Act), with the responsibility to insure bank deposits in eligible banks against loss in the event of a bank fa... |
36f30e3812fe888cccaa2575cee6560b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federal-Election-Commission | Federal Election Commission | Federal Election Commission
… court also found that the Federal Election Commission (FEC), which had been established in 1974 to administer and enforce FECA, was improperly constituted in violation of the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article II, Section 2, clause 2), because members of the commission w... |
123a386e5bed0316f75dec84a9a108de | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federal-Judiciary-Act | Federal Judiciary Act | Federal Judiciary Act
…the chief author of the Federal Judiciary Act of 1789, the principal basis ever since of the U.S. court structure.
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811fa6bd2910cbb70ea1a9a7a77a0c45 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federal-Reserve-Act | Federal Reserve Act | Federal Reserve Act
…passed the act creating the Federal Reserve System, which remains the most powerful government agency in economic affairs. A third victory came with passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914), which strengthened existing laws against anticompetitive business actions and gave labour unions relief f... |
af2386073ad8a437b818e7a07c83f727 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federal-Security-Force | Federal Security Force | Federal Security Force
…around him, he formed the Federal Security Force (FSF), the principal task of which was his personal protection. In time, the FSF emerged as a paramilitary organization, and Bhutto’s demand for ever-increasing personal security raised questions about his governing style. It also opened rifts in ... |
0b53018ff6644388f7897dfc1273b0bd | https://www.britannica.com/topic/federalism | Federalism | Federalism
Federalism, mode of political organization that unites separate states or other polities within an overarching political system in a way that allows each to maintain its own integrity. Federal systems do this by requiring that basic policies be made and implemented through negotiation in some form, so that ... |
28c6510bba91c81166b7a1a0fcd6aa2e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federally-Administered-Tribal-Areas | Federally Administered Tribal Areas | Federally Administered Tribal Areas
…the provinces, Pakistan has the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (seven agencies along the Afghan border, adjacent to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), which ostensibly are overseen by agents responsible to the federal government; the Islamabad Capital Territory; and a number of tribal areas ... |
404382a3be212e67f7524eacafd2d91b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federation-Aeronautique-Internationale | Féderátion Aéronautique Internationale | Féderátion Aéronautique Internationale
Féderátion Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), English International Aeronautical Federation, nongovernmental and nonprofit international organization that encourages and oversees the conduct of sporting aviation events throughout the world and certifies aviation world records. T... |
270c5dfd9bb2f0d75cd7b3347bd35613 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federation-Equestre-Internationale | Fédération Équestre Internationale | Fédération Équestre Internationale
The Fédération Équestre Internationale and such member national organizations as the American Horse Shows Association regulate and promote the shows.
…from these rules of the Fédération Équestre Internationale:
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0ff1482e68e8b303fae8ee91200ceb09 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federation-Internationale-de-Football-Association | FIFA | FIFA
It later joined the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to formulate rules of international competition.
Football’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), estimated that at the turn of the 21st century there were approximately 250 million football players... |
e472bce189734c6c7f200755df04fb51 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federation-Internationale-de-Volleyball | Fédération Internationale de Volleyball | Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
The Fédération Internationale de Volley Ball (FIVB) was organized in Paris in 1947 and moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1984. The USVBA was one of the 13 charter members of the FIVB, whose membership grew to more than 210 member countries by the late 20th century.
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bf509fd53e14158340a0e3bc84f72d3a | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federation-Internationale-Motocycliste | Fédération Internationale Motocycliste | Fédération Internationale Motocycliste
…Internationale du Motocyclisme (renamed the Fédération Internationale Motocycliste [FIM] in 1949) created the international cup, uniting five nations: Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, and Britain. The first international cup race took place in 1905 at Dourdan, France. The race ... |
1c8ac8dd2b5edd0a0c6fd8ea5d74958f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federation-of-Indian-Chambers-of-Commerce-and-Industry | Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry | Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), association of Indian business organizations, dedicated to promoting the growth and global competitiveness of Indian businesses. Established in 1927, it is the oldest and largest business association ... |
244e0391324c47abc1e055dea3267eeb | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federation-of-Korean-Industries | Federation of Korean Industries | Federation of Korean Industries
…over as chairman of the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI). The FKI, which represented the interests of several hundred companies, was considered South Korea’s most powerful business organization. Kim tried to use his new position to help combat South Korea’s economic slump, the wors... |
7d126637f550a9537e0c48f78f950f26 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federation-of-Labour-Exchanges | Federation of Labour Exchanges | Federation of Labour Exchanges
Federation of Labour Exchanges, French Fédération des Bourses du Travail (FBT), federation of French workers’ organizations (bourses) established in 1892. The bourse was a combination of a labour exchange (dealing with job placement), a workers’ club and cultural centre, and a central... |
45412e7681d1bfe73e9d1f6012ddbc6a | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federation-of-the-Democratic-and-Socialist-Left | Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left | Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left
…left-wing parties to form the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (Fédération de la Gauche Démocrate et Socialiste). The alliance succeeded in keeping de Gaulle from an absolute majority in the first round of the 1965 election. In the first round of the June ... |
020655282d59a1f74fdf2f2924208cbe | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fedora-film-by-Wilder | Fedora | Fedora
…little seen was the German-financed Fedora (1978), in which Holden played a producer who tries to coax a Greta Garbo-like actress (Martha Keller) out of retirement. Matthau and Lemmon were teamed by Wilder one last time in his final film, Buddy Buddy (1981), adapted by Wilder and Diamond from the…
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d550114649a52ff37e2b9685c33836d6 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/feed-agriculture/Basic-types-of-feeds | Basic types of feeds | Basic types of feeds
Animal feeds are classified as follows: (1) concentrates, high in energy value, including fat, cereal grains and their by-products (barley, corn, oats, rye, wheat), high-protein oil meals or cakes (soybean, canola, cottonseed, peanut [groundnut]), and by-products from processing of sugar beets, sug... |
05f9e0e2583133add455859c0a20ed29 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/feed-agriculture/Minerals | Minerals | Minerals
Minerals essential for animal life include common salt (sodium chloride), calcium, phosphorus, sulfur, potassium, magnesium, manganese, iron, copper, cobalt, iodine, zinc, molybdenum, and selenium. The last six of these can be toxic to animals if excessive amounts are eaten.
All farm animals generally need mor... |
93c8cf8130a9fdf6367f3e7691f8edeb | https://www.britannica.com/topic/feeder-fund | Feeder fund | Feeder fund
…made possible largely through “feeder funds”—management funds that bundled moneys from other investors, poured the pooled investments into Madoff Securities for management, and thereby earned fees in the millions of dollars; individual investors often had no idea that their money was entrusted to Madoff. W... |
ae2ccff89096559cb4ffb75babb372b2 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Feeding-Frenzy-How-Attack-Journalism-Has-Transformed-American-Politics | Feeding Frenzy: How Attack Journalism Has Transformed American Politics | Feeding Frenzy: How Attack Journalism Has Transformed American Politics
In Feeding Frenzy: How Attack Journalism Has Transformed American Politics (1991), Sabato criticized what he described as the media’s increasing focus on unflattering stories from the personal lives of politicians and candidates, corresponding to r... |
51996549e4d7dc60364013f186cf31d3 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Feel-Free | Feel Free | Feel Free
…collections Changing My Mind (2009), Feel Free (2018), and Intimations (2020). Grand Union, a volume of her short stories, was released in 2019.
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857c0d24d4c72bcd904de8ace0607b18 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Feesten | Feesten | Feesten
In his later work Feesten (1902; “Celebrations”), he appears more objective, describing scenes from lower-middle-class life; and in his autobiographical Jaapje (1917), Jaap (1923), and Jacob (1930), he shows his genius for impressionistic word-painting.
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bf20ac53989d382b475f6d9e4e799e3d | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Feet-of-Flames | Feet of Flames | Feet of Flames
…introduced the equally popular show Feet of Flames, which featured more than 100 dancers performing on a four-tiered stage. Flatley toured with different versions of the show through 2001. He continued to work as a creative director on new shows, and he oversaw the Lord of the Dance franchise with…
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98b6e7e27e9981a64028459e1eb0a116 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Felicitas | Felicitas | Felicitas
Felicitas, Roman goddess of good luck to whom a temple was first built in the mid-2nd century bc. She became the special protector of successful commanders. Caesar planned to erect another temple to her, and it was built by the triumvir M. Aemilius Lepidus. The emperors made her prominent as symbolizing the... |
f462b9c38400d4ec885b6ad59957bfea | https://www.britannica.com/topic/fellah | Fellah | Fellah
…delta, where peasant agriculturists, the fellahin, have been less affected by intermarriage with outside groups.
…mostly of peasant farmers (fellahin), can survive only by making the most careful use of the available land and water.
…condition of the villagers (fellahin) in the agricultural districts. The tradi... |
688b86e12f797948336da543ae7e09ef | https://www.britannica.com/topic/feminism | Feminism | Feminism
Feminism, the belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes. Although largely originating in the West, feminism is manifested worldwide and is represented by various institutions committed to activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests.
At its core, feminism is the belief in full soci... |
563ac32da52721eafe0d21d74cb76ee9 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/feminism/The-fourth-wave-of-feminism | The fourth wave of feminism | The fourth wave of feminism
Although debated by some, many claim that a fourth wave of feminism began about 2012, with a focus on sexual harassment, body shaming, and rape culture, among other issues. A key component was the use of social media to highlight and address these concerns. The new wave arose amid a number o... |
0e377652b1a727342cafedbddba43718 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/feminism/The-second-wave-of-feminism | The second wave of feminism | The second wave of feminism
The women’s movement of the 1960s and ’70s, the so-called “second wave” of feminism, represented a seemingly abrupt break with the tranquil suburban life pictured in American popular culture. Yet the roots of the new rebellion were buried in the frustrations of college-educated mothers whose... |
c9d86a8834943ce770c006eab4c17390 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Femme-Fatale | Femme Fatale | Femme Fatale
…an audience, and the thriller Femme Fatale (2002) was a return to his earlier works. Directed and scripted by De Palma, it offered Antonio Banderas as a photographer and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as a jewel thief. Although it drew praise from critics, it failed to register at the box office. The…
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62bc9e3804177ec99794d62dbfe1b8c6 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/angelicamarideoliveira/2019/01/10/quinto-andar-the-brazilian-startup-changing-the-rentals-market-plans-further-disruption/?sh=67e4cf015fa2 | Quinto Andar: The Brazilian Startup Changing The Rentals Market Plans Further Disruption | Quinto Andar: The Brazilian Startup Changing The Rentals Market Plans Further Disruption
Quinto Andar reduces renting timescales in Brazil from one month down to a few days. Getty
After simplifying rental processes for tenants and landlords in Brazil with his startup Quinto Andar, Gabriel Braga plans to explore more pi... |
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