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cd5177c5a07f3414f1e7d99000b875b7 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alemanni | Alemanni | Alemanni
Alemanni, also spelled Alamanni, orAlamani, a Germanic people first mentioned in connection with the Roman attack on them in ad 213. In the following decades, their pressure on the Roman provinces became severe; they occupied the Agri Decumates c. 260, and late in the 5th century they expanded into Alsace and... |
d08f0040cb560386ebec4b5a9e1afe84 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alemannic | Alemannic | Alemannic
Alemannic dialects, which developed in the southwestern part of the Germanic speech area, differ considerably in sound system and grammar from standard High German. These dialects are spoken in Switzerland, western Austria, Swabia, and Liechtenstein and in the Alsace region of France. Yiddish, the language…
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ddfd883194b0d46cb7f8bb02514ae2da | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alex-Chilton-song-by-the-Replacements | Alex Chilton | Alex Chilton
…by the million sing for Alex Chilton” captured the newfound appreciation for Chilton’s groundbreaking work. Chilton essentially retired from recording new material in the 21st century, but he remained a prolific live performer until his death.
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e4b8533946b111b4d8bb3f82c1993320 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alexander-Nevsky-film-by-Eisenstein | Alexander Nevsky | Alexander Nevsky
…recounting the medieval epic of Alexander Nevsky, in accordance with Stalin’s policy of glorifying Russian heroes. Made in 1938, this film transfigured the actual historical events, majestically leading to a final resolution that represented the triumph of collectivism. As in medieval epics, the chara... |
0b188dfc21fa6acf4ec8c81ce4d250f2 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alexander-the-Great-play-by-Racine | Alexander the Great | Alexander the Great
…Racine transferred his next play, Alexandre le Grand, to a longer-established theatre while Molière’s actors were actually performing it, which turned the two men against each other. Molière was constantly harassed by the authorities, especially the ecclesiastical ones for the challenge to orthodox... |
21850b77a70a458ef691b8b0f7c036a6 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alexander-v-Sandoval | Alexander v. Sandoval | Alexander v. Sandoval
Yet in Alexander v. Sandoval (2001), the Supreme Court closed the door on disparate-impact suits brought by individuals under Title VI, ruling that although the agency’s regulations were valid, no private right of action existed for individuals to enforce them. Sandoval’s precedent also has been a... |
bcd1c25863a9a7da90fd5481ba5bda0f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alexandria-Municipal-Museum | Alexandria Municipal Museum | Alexandria Municipal Museum
Alexandria Municipal Museum, Arabic Matḥif Al-baladīyah Al-iskandarī, also called Greco-roman Museum, museum of Greek and Roman antiquities founded in 1892 and housed in Alexandria, Egypt, in a Greek Revival-style building opened in 1895.
The museum contains material found in Alexandria its... |
5d3a8784d62e88bc32655f921905bf98 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alexandrian-canon | Alexandrian canon | Alexandrian canon
…the foundation of the so-called Alexandrian Canon, a selection in each genre of literary work that contemporaries considered to be models of excellence.
The Old Testament as it has come down in Greek translation from the Jews of Alexandria via the Christian church differs in many respects from the He... |
4f2cffe7357fac59f5b525593741da11 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alexandrian-rite | Alexandrian rite | Alexandrian rite
Alexandrian rite, the system of liturgical practices and discipline in use among Egyptian and Ethiopian Christians of both the Eastern-rite Catholic and independent Christian churches.
The Alexandrian rite is historically associated with John Mark, a disciple of the Apostles, who traveled to Alexandri... |
ed1bc7a90635789e2c1d22197552f061 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alfa-Romeo-SpA | Alfa Romeo SpA | Alfa Romeo SpA
Alfa Romeo SpA, Italian manufacturer of high-priced sports cars and other vehicles. The company was operated by the Italian government through its state holding company, IRI (Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale), until 1986, when it was sold to Fiat SpA. Headquarters are in Milan.
The company was... |
839580c81acc72eddd72484f0484316e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alfonso-dAvalos-Marques-del-Vasto | Alfonso d’Avalos, Marques del Vasto | Alfonso d’Avalos, Marques del Vasto
A splendid example is Alfonso d’Avalos, Marques del Vasto (1533), brilliantly rendered in gleaming armour ornamented with gold. He is accompanied by a small page whose head reaches his waist. The introduction of a secondary figure to give scale is a device frequently adopted by Titia... |
d9fdb5323655988bddfb0b7028dacf92 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alfonso-Munio | Alfonso Munio | Alfonso Munio
…on historic models; her play Alfonso Munio (1844; rev. ed., Munio Alfonso, 1869), based on the life of Alfonso X, and Saúl (1849), a biblical drama, achieved popular success. Her novels, such as Sab (1841), an antislavery work, are now almost completely forgotten. Twice widowed and with many lovers, she…... |
8e7c94aac6dfd051d8e3b0d083447b9f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alfred-a-Masque | Alfred, a Masque | Alfred, a Masque
…melodic style was apparent in Alfred, a Masque (notable for “Rule, Britannia”) and The Judgment of Paris, both produced at the Prince of Wales’s residence at Cliveden in 1740. Arne’s settings of Shakespeare’s songs, written for revivals of As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and The Merchant of Venice in…
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5baa4795489cf648a24e7014a53336c9 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alfred-P-Sloan-Foundation | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
…report was forwarded to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, an American nonprofit that provided research grants. In 1997 the foundation proceeded to commission a series of workshops to determine the feasibility of such a survey.
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852edea3ba9d1f8dc347efa3bbe211e4 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/algebraic-notation | Algebraic notation | Algebraic notation
Individual moves and entire games can be recorded using one of several forms of notation. By far the most widely used form, algebraic (or coordinate) notation, identifies each square from the point of view of the player with the light-coloured pieces, called White.…
A move can be recorded by designat... |
7cc54e12e0a3b8fe077f0837c2f459fe | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Algerian-cuisine | Algerian cuisine | Algerian cuisine
Algerian cuisine, like that of most North African countries, is heavily influenced by Arab, Amazigh, Turkish, and French culinary traditions. Couscous, a semolina-based pasta customarily served with a meat and vegetable stew, is the traditional staple. Although Western-style dishes, such as pizza and o... |
f0a776bb27b3a5a7b8f017cc96301ddd | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Algerian-Manifesto | Algerian Manifesto | Algerian Manifesto
Algerian Manifesto in December 1942 for presentation to Allied as well as French authorities; it sought recognition of political autonomy for Algeria. General Charles de Gaulle declared a year later that France was under an obligation to the Muslims of North Africa because of the…
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bdd1de21fca81c31617f2faca6797a64 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Algerian-Popular-Party | Algerian Popular Party | Algerian Popular Party
…the Parti Populaire Algérien (PPA; Algerian Popular Party), which was suppressed only to reemerge in 1946 as the Mouvement pour le Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques (MTLD; Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties). His influence, however, declined dramatically in the postwar period. In... |
3f2eeb0a2e5b688324be861368dbbe51 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Algernon | Algernon | Algernon
Algernon, in full Algernon Moncrieff, fictional character, a witty man-about-town in Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance Of Being Earnest (1895). Algernon Moncrieff, known as Algy, is the nephew of Lady Bracknell. He pretends to be the brother of his friend Jack Worthing so that he may meet Cecily, Jack’s ward.... |
55776d7ec1e7009a7c5389539d77d052 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alhambra-fortress-Granada-Spain | Alhambra | Alhambra
Alhambra, palace and fortress of the Moorish monarchs of Granada, Spain. The name Alhambra, signifying in Arabic “the red,” is probably derived from the reddish colour of the tapia (rammed earth) of which the outer walls were built.
Constructed on a plateau that overlooks the city of Granada, the Alhambra was... |
b91f4c3a3425fd049e44185e30895b40 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ali-Baba | Ali Baba | Ali Baba
Ali Baba, Arabic ʾAlī Bābā, fictional character, the hero of “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” one of the best-known stories in The Thousand and One Nights. Ali Baba is a poor woodcutter who secretly watches as 40 thieves hide their booty in a cave, the door to which can be opened only by the verbal command o... |
a98a4b423c87a547d7940b71404bb119 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alibaba-Group | Alibaba Group | Alibaba Group
…who was head of the Alibaba Group, which comprised several of China’s most popular Web sites, including the business-to-business marketplace Alibaba.com and the shopping site Taobao.com.
…of the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. Despite such moves, many of Yahoo!’s rivals endured. In February 2008 the ... |
4c15d0c7948adabe75d0426af96f1dfb | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alices-Adventures-in-Wonderland | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, widely beloved British children’s book by Lewis Carroll, published in 1865. With its fantastical tales and riddles, it became one of the most popular works of English-language fiction. It was notably illustrated by British artist John Tenniel.
The stor... |
7f24aa6d89f75ebd85f0dc5b1e180ce1 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/alimentary-paste | Alimentary paste | Alimentary paste
Alimentary paste, a shaped and dried dough prepared from semolina, farina, wheat flour, or a mixture of these with water or milk and with or without egg or egg yolk. See pasta.
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df521b0fb084e62cebe001c0c1ddf0af | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alita-Battle-Angel | Alita: Battle Angel | Alita: Battle Angel
…screenplay for the sci-fi thriller Alita: Battle Angel (2019), an adaptation of a manga series.
…film was the science-fiction thrillerAlita: Battle Angel (2019), based on a manga novel. Connelly then starred in Snowpiercer (2020– ), which was her first TV series since The \$treet (2000–01).
…years ... |
7503fdfd4bc98a6002fb703cf1813e18 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/All-About-Eve | All About Eve | All About Eve
All About Eve, American film, released in 1950, that delighted critics with its acid wit and that starred Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, and George Sanders. The movie received six Academy Awards, including that for best picture.
The film opens at a theatre awards banquet held by the fictional Sarah Siddons So... |
fbe14e7536c01dc2a0ee19aebbfe9888 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/All-Rise | All Rise | All Rise
…also appeared in the films All Rise (2018) and Cats (2019), the latter of which is an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster stage musical.
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17cbb0bcb583292d46c686d7e93f56ff | https://www.britannica.com/topic/All-That-You-Cant-Leave-Behind | All That You Can’t Leave Behind | All That You Can’t Leave Behind
The aptly titled All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000) and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004) were focused on riffs and songs rather than atmosphere and mystery, and they succeeded in reestablishing the quartet as a commercial force, but at what price? The band took five…
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64241705e4ef9eb6c66e0c7fdaeb2e32 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Allegresse | Allegresse | Allegresse
…for sculpture for her work Allegresse (1921). She was the recipient of several other prizes throughout her career, including a bronze medal in 1900 for one of her sculptures at the Paris exposition and a gold medal in 1904 for her sculpture at the St. Louis exposition, and she was…
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446653b8119f4416aad696e9e4204a5f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Allen-Toussaint-1688498 | Allen Toussaint | Allen Toussaint
During the 1960s Allen Toussaint took over the mantle of the Crescent City’s musical master chef from Dave Bartholomew. Acting as songwriter, pianist, and producer, Toussaint was responsible for national hits by Ernie K-Doe, Chris Kenner, Jessie Hill, Aaron Neville, Irma Thomas, and the Showmen, all rec... |
34c772925bfa30e9713845073e370c9e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alliance-for-a-Green-Revolution-in-Africa | Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa | Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
…was named chairperson of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), an organization aiding small-scale farmers; AGRA was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. He later played a crucial role in resolving the Kenyan election cri... |
aba54cc2e726328bd6b17b12a81a4f80 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Alliance-for-the-Future-of-Austria | Alliance for the Future of Austria | Alliance for the Future of Austria
…form a new party, the Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich; BZÖ), which entered the legislature in 2006. While the FPÖ remained a significant, if controversial, force in national politics in the 21st century, electoral support for the BZÖ declined greatly af... |
5be1c023a82eeaa05b288e8b38275f48 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ally-McBeal | Ally McBeal | Ally McBeal
His notable shows included Ally McBeal (1997–2002), The Practice (1997–2004), and Boston Legal (2004–08).
…had created the legal comedy-drama Ally McBeal (Fox, 1997–2002).
…role on the television series Ally McBeal, and he won a Golden Globe Award for his work on the show. His drug problems continued, howev... |
8f37089aa159409b9f4f3faa8260a3e1 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ally-Sloper | Ally Sloper | Ally Sloper
Though the strip Ally Sloper is often credited to the English novelist Charles Henry Ross, it was his wife, Marie Duval (pseudonym of the French actress Emilie de Tessier), Europe’s first (and still obstinately unrecognized) professional woman cartoonist, who developed the character Ally Sloper. Featured in... |
e85bf44e3dc511d48dbe53c76a0ddac7 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/almanac | Almanac | Almanac
Almanac, book or table containing a calendar of the days, weeks, and months of the year; a record of various astronomical phenomena, often with climate information and seasonal suggestions for farmers; and miscellaneous other data. An almanac provides data on the rising and setting times of the Sun and Moon, t... |
f452ec58011714ab70d4a40ce767746f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/alphabet-writing | Alphabet | Alphabet
Alphabet, set of graphs, or characters, used to represent the phonemic structure of a language. In most alphabets the characters are arranged in a definite order, or sequence (e.g., A, B, C, etc.).
In the usual case, each alphabetic character represents either a consonant or a vowel rather than a syllable or ... |
9b4235bf0ed6cbb81ee4716f7bf5d65a | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Altaic-languages | Altaic languages | Altaic languages
Altaic languages, group of languages consisting of three language families—Turkic, Mongolian, and Manchu-Tungus—that show noteworthy similarities in vocabulary, morphological and syntactic structure, and certain phonological features. Some, but not all, scholars of those languages argue for their gene... |
89d18e43af67450b2af549d27b12f799 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Altered-States | Altered States | Altered States
…making her film debut in Altered States (1980). In 1982 she became famous for her performance as the adorable Gertie in Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. Later that year Barrymore, at age seven, became the youngest-ever host of the television show Saturday Night Live. In 1984 s... |
3d8558a3ca5615bbe00a30ca56382d0d | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Always-1989-film | Always | Always
…Dreyfuss in Steven Spielberg’s romance Always (1989) and in Lasse Hallström’s Once Around (1991), and she starred with Gena Rowlands and Bill Pullman in the 1992 TV movie Crazy in Love.
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5dc8ae19dd31107908ad32fd9fea3f3e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/AMA-Plaza | AMA Plaza | AMA Plaza
AMA Plaza, formerly (1972–2013) IBM Building and One IBM Plaza, byname of 330 North Wabash, a 52-story skyscraper in downtown Chicago, Illinois, U.S., designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1972. It is a towering example of both the International Style and the elegant pin-striped steel-and-gla... |
179b9abc26cd2c6b65e285fb42d27000 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Amalgamated-Association-of-Iron-Steel-and-Tin-Workers | Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers | Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers
…of Industrial Organizations) and the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers, an older union that had failed in earlier attempts to organize American steelworkers. Operating within the CIO, the newly formed union was called the Steel Workers Organ... |
e048094c6359088b8549a3566a344f22 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Amalthaea | Amalthaea | Amalthaea
Amalthaea, in Greek (originally Cretan) mythology, the foster mother of Zeus, king of the gods. She is sometimes represented as the goat that suckled the infant god in a cave in Crete, sometimes as a nymph who fed him the milk of a goat. This goat having broken off one of its horns, Amalthaea filled the hor... |
07941da138deed3b760b3fdb1b791740 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Amaru | Amaru | Amaru
…time a formless water serpent, Amaru, was the first female being. Her female followers stole ritual flutes, kuai, from the males of that age and initiated Amaru by placing her in a basket while they blessed food for her. Insects and worms tried to penetrate the basket, and eventually a…
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543f28fdb789c6ef56dc8afff3b6bc13 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Amaryllis-at-the-Fair | Amaryllis at the Fair | Amaryllis at the Fair
He also dictated a novel, Amaryllis at the Fair (1887), which is sometimes compared to Thomas Hardy’s regional novels. Earlier novels by Jefferies include the beautiful Dewy Morn, 2 vol. (1884), and Green Ferne Farm (1880).
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b1378f1df503c386a41429fa640b4a0f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Amaryllis-literary-character | Amaryllis | Amaryllis
Amaryllis, in Roman literature, a stock female character, a natural, pretty young woman who was usually a shepherdess. Amaryllis is mentioned in classical pastoral poetry and in later works, such as Thomas Campion’s “I Care Not for These Ladies” (1601) and John Milton’s “Lycidas” (1638).
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e21114a99ba5b1e62da78b6f7d953dae | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Amati-family | Amati Family | Amati Family
Amati Family, a family of celebrated Italian violin makers in Cremona in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Andrea (c. 1520–c. 1578), the founder of the Cremona school of violin making, was perhaps originally influenced by the work of slightly earlier makers from Brescia. His earliest-known violins are dated a... |
2fe6692df156df90073fc187b6eef7a9 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/amauta-Inca-scholar | Amauta | Amauta
…respected encyclopaedic scholars known as amautas. After the completion of this education, the pupils were required to pass a series of rigorous examinations in order to attain full status in the life of the Inca nobility.
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65626e56cfb9d7c6589423c7feab4968 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Amazing-Grace-film-by-Apted | Amazing Grace | Amazing Grace
…major film role was in Amazing Grace (2006), a historical treatment of politician William Wilberforce’s antislavery efforts, in which Cumberbatch played Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger.
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67dd2e1b49cc7b8ee75045141d19bea3 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ambush-film-by-Wood | Ambush | Ambush
Finally, there was Ambush (1950), an adequate western about an Indian scout (Robert Taylor) trying to rescue a woman kidnapped by Apaches. Before the film was released, Wood suffered a fatal heart attack.
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db82e01ec77f58377b591b28193a983e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Amen-album-by-Keita | Amen | Amen
…albums released in the 1990s, Amen (1991) was the most enthusiastically received. Keita returned to Bamako in 2001 and released Moffou to great acclaim the following year. For the album, Keita recorded with numerous guest artists representing a broad spectrum of African and non-African acoustic traditions.
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afee80b48f5625362632900cfba262f4 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/amen-prayer | Amen | Amen
Amen, expression of agreement, confirmation, or desire used in worship by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The basic meaning of the Semitic root from which it is derived is “firm,” “fixed,” or “sure,” and the related Hebrew verb also means “to be reliable” and “to be trusted.” The Greek Old Testament usually transl... |
6469e9e13a4de52b3d6a92a1755968f6 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Association-for-the-Advancement-of-Science | American Association for the Advancement of Science | American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general scientific society in the United States. It was founded in 1847 in Boston, Mass., by a number of geologists and naturalists and held its first meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1848. Its g... |
55d4b3f92844859068a0388d5231598c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Association-on-Intellectual-and-Developmental-Disabilities | American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities | American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
…Persons (now known as the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities). Kerlin would serve as the secretary-treasurer of that organization for the next 16 years, publishing and disseminating the proceedings of the group’s annua... |
2261a95a1ada676f4543be7333188d13 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Ballads | American Ballads | American Ballads
American Ballads, in full American Ballads: Settings of American Tunes for Orchestra, six-movement orchestral piece on patriotic themes by American composer Morton Gould that premiered on April 24, 1976, during the U.S. Bicentennial. The piece was funded by the New York State Council on the Arts and f... |
de059ed7247a319422f3085f5c80fa24 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Bandstand-1688271 | American Bandstand | American Bandstand
From 1957 through 1963 Philadelphia was the “Home of the Hits,” a reflection of the power of Dick Clark’s American Bandstand television show, carried nationally on the American Broadcasting Company network. The program’s format was simple: singers mimed to their records, and the show’s teenage audien... |
2bd6ad5ca4d613922e1e6b2c0deceb96 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Basketball-League | American Basketball League | American Basketball League
The American Basketball League (ABL), a professional league for women in the United States, began play in 1996 and allowed Edwards her first chance to play professionally in her home country. When the ABL folded in 1999, Edwards went into semiretirement. In 2003 she signed with…
…as a threat ... |
fc42e5dd84e67f87fe2cea6e3c8bde80 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Broadcasting-Company | American Broadcasting Company | American Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC), major American television network that is a division of the Disney Company. Its headquarters are in New York City.
The company’s history traces to 1926, when the Radio Corporation of America (now RCA Corporation) and two other firms founded the Nationa... |
2a19ef2cd705b7a19632f7ad29e8ee8a | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Civil-Liberties-Union | American Civil Liberties Union | American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), organization founded by Roger Baldwin and others in New York City in 1920 to champion constitutional liberties in the United States. The ACLU works to protect Americans’ constitutional rights and freedoms as set forth in the U.S. Constitution and it... |
20f3d4db3d511e415e6d35311135b76f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-colonies/How-colonization-took-place | How colonization took place | How colonization took place
A variety of motives—political, religious, and economic—contributed to the settling of the Atlantic seaboard. Both labour and capital in England had become fairly fluid by 1600 and were seeking more profitable fields. A sharp rise in prices and living costs made many people restless; the inc... |
beccedcfec504165beb9d958e7670806 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Dad | American Dad | American Dad
He cocreated, wrote, and produced American Dad!, an irreverent look at the family of an ultrapatriotic CIA agent, which premiered on Fox in 2005; it moved to the TBS channel in 2014. In 2008 he debuted Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, a series of animated shorts released directly to…
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e2062bb6bd668708982253368853453e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Dental-Association | American Dental Association | American Dental Association
American Dental Association (ADA), association of American dentists formed in 1859 in Niagara Falls, New York, and headquartered in Chicago. Its mission is promoting good dental health. Governance of the organization is provided through the House of Delegates, which is managed by the Board ... |
8c65b9e53992409688d2a214809c6ce4 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Federation-of-State-County-and-Municipal-Employees | American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees | American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), American union representing a wide variety of public- and private-sector employees including local and state government workers, hospital workers, university employees, teachers, and othe... |
2dbaf46d659ce377fb52aab2fbfcd8a7 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Freedom-and-Catholic-Power | American Freedom and Catholic Power | American Freedom and Catholic Power
…furor with the publication of American Freedom and Catholic Power (1949), the first in a series of controversial books that severely attacked the Roman Catholic Church. For nearly two decades Blanshard plagued the church with such best sellers as Communism, Democracy, and Catholic P... |
deb9f077a40044a965bc61e6d80f9829 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Friends-Service-Committee | American Friends Service Committee | American Friends Service Committee
American Friends Service Committee, (AFSC), organization to promote peace and reconciliation through programs of social service and public information, founded by American and Canadian Friends (Quakers) in 1917. In World War I, the AFSC helped conscientious objectors to find work in ... |
09b493569d205ae97f0f3d3e375bbdd0 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Gothic-photograph-by-Parks | American Gothic | American Gothic
…took perhaps his best-known photograph, American Gothic, which featured an African American cleaning woman holding a mop and broom while standing in front of an American flag.
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72967b3d2ab9a482b67b71c2d6c1a7ad | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Hustle | American Hustle | American Hustle
Russell film American Hustle (2013) was broadly based on the events surrounding the Abscam investigation.
…the main roles of 2013’s American Hustle. The sleek romp, which was loosely based on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Abscam sting operation of the late 1970s and early ’80s, won the Golden Gl... |
d75a5a12de8b3d6e383af610568c837d | https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Indian | American Indian | American Indian
American Indian, also called Indian, Native American, indigenous American, aboriginal American, Amerindian, or Amerind, member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Eskimos (Inuit and Yupik/Yupiit) and Aleuts are often excluded from this category, because their closest genetic and... |
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By Opta Sports Data0 Min Read
Jan 13 (OPTA) - Top Scorers in the Serie A on Monday 1 C. Immobile (Lazio) 20 2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 14 R. Lukaku (Inter Milan) 3 João Pedro (Cagliari Calcio) 11 4 L... |
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By Reuters Staff4 Min Read
MILAN (Reuters) - Napoli’s Serie A title challenge petered out on Sunday when they twice squandered the lead in a 2-2 draw at home to Torino, leaving Juventus almost certain to collect the trophy for the seventh season in a row.
Socce... |
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Sa... |
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FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group H - Valencia v Ajax Amsterdam - Mestalla, Valencia, Spain - October 2, 2019 Ajax's Daley Blind celebrates after the match REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo
(Reuters) - Dutch-bor... |
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(Reuters) - Porto striker Moussa Marega left the pitch in protest of being subject to racist insults during his side’s 2-1 win away to Vitoria Guimaraes in Portugal’s Primeira Liga on Sunday.
Soccer Football - Europa League - Group G - F... |
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By Opta Sports Data0 Min Read
Jan 5 (OPTA) - Standings for the Primeira Liga on Sunday P W D L F A Pts 1 Benfica 15 14 0 1 38 5 42 ............................................... 2 Porto 15 12 2 1 30 7 38 .... |
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By Opta Sports Data0 Min Read
Jan 12 (OPTA) - Standings for the Primeira Liga on Sunday P W D L F A Pts 1 Benfica 16 15 0 1 40 6 45 ............................................... 2 Porto 16 13 2 1 34 9 41 .... |
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Oct 24 (OPTA) - Standings for the Primeira Liga on Saturday P W D L F A Pts 1 Benfica 4 4 0 0 13 3 12 ............................................ 2 Porto 5 3 1 1 13 6 10 .............. |
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BUCHAREST, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Former Romania striker Adrian Mutu has returned to Dinamo Bucharest to become general manager, the 18-times Romanian champions said on Wednesday.
The administrative role is the first managerial pos... |
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Feb 16 (Reuters) - San Marino, joint bottom of the FIFA world rankings alongside Bhutan and the Turks and Caicos Islands, have handed Pierangelo Manzaroli the Herculean task of coaching the national side.
The 44-year-old, previously coach ... |
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Soccer Football - Scottish Premiership - Celtic v Rangers - Celtic Park, Glasgow, Britain - December 29, 2019 Rangers' Alfredo Morelos Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
(Reuters) - Glasgow club Rangers have said s... |
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FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Europa League - Rangers Training - The Hummel Training Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - December 11, 2019 Rangers' Jermain Defoe and Glen Kamara during training Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff
(Reu... |
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By Zoran Milosavljevic3 Min Read
(recasts after coach’s news conference)
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Soccer Football - Champions League - Group D - Atletico Madrid v Juventus - Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain - September 18, 2019 Atletico Madrid's Hector Herrera celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Susana Vera/Files
(Reu... |
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By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
(Adds Bilbao medical officer’s statement)
MADRID, March 15 (Reuters) - Real Betis’s Primera Liga match against Athletic Bilbao was abandoned on Saturday after visiting goalkeeper Armando was struck by a bottle thrown by a fan.
Bi... |
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By Reuters Staff4 Min Read
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Lionel Messi racked up 50 goals for the sixth year in a row while fellow forwards Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann were also on target as Barcelona turned on the style to beat Alaves 4-1 on Saturday and en... |
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BARCELONA, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann were all on target in a convincing 4-1 home win over Alaves on Saturday which ensured they will finish 2019 top of La Liga.
Griezmann put ... |
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MADRID (Reuters) - Joan Laporta, who presided over one of Barcelona’s most successful periods, took his campaign to become president again to enemy territory by unveiling a colossal poster next... |
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BARCELONA (Reuters) - Lionel Messi’s salary is too big for Barcelona due to their financial predicament, presidential candidate Emili Rousaud has said, adding that he wishes to keep the club’s all-time top scorer on a r... |
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FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - FC Barcelona v Valencia - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - December 19, 2020 Barcelona's Lionel Messi REUTERS/Albert Gea
(Reuters) - Lionel Messi counts himself “lucky” to have worked under ... |
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By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group G - FC Barcelona v Juventus - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - December 8, 2020 FC Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman reacts REUTERS/Albert Gea
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona fans and observers must ac... |
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By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
MADRID, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Defender Raphael Varane helped Real Madrid to a hard-fought 3-0 win at Getafe on Saturday, their first La Liga victory in four matches, to provisionally go ahead of Barcelona at the top of the standings.
The F... |
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By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
MADRID, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Barcelona came from behind to snatch a 2-1 victory at La Liga’s basement club Leganes on Saturday after another unconvincing display away from home from the champions as substitute Arturo Vidal struck a... |
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By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
(Reuters) - Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale is not leaving the club even though he has not been featuring regularly for the La Liga champions in recent weeks, according to his agent Jonathan Barnett.
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - L... |
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Football Soccer - Real Madrid training - Champions League - San Paolo stadium, Naples, Italy - 6/3/17 - Real Madrid players Mariano Diaz Mejia (L) and Isco (R) attend a training session. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files
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By Reuters Staff3 Min Read
MADRID, June 26 (Reuters) - A member of the Qatari royal family, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nassar Al-Thani, has agreed to buy Malaga soccer club for 36 million euros ($48.30 million), the Spanish team said on their website (www.malagafc.es).
A... |
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By Opta Sports Data0 Min Read
Dec 18 (OPTA) - Summaries for the La Liga on Wednesday (start times are CET) Barcelona (0) 0 Yellow card: Rakitić 21, Suárez 40, Lenglet 45 Subs used: Vidal 55 (Nélson Semedo), Ansu Fati 83 (Griezmann) Rea... |
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By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said Eden Hazard’s positive COVID-19 test had come at a difficult time for the player just as he was returning to full fitness, but added the Belgian was in high spirits.
Soccer F... |
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By Daren Butler2 Min Read
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Veteran coach Fatih Terim took the reins at Galatasaray for a fourth time on Friday, days after the 20-times Turkey champions parted ways with Croatian Igor Tudor, the Istanbul club said.
Football Soccer - Turkey's na... |
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By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
ZURICH (Reuters) - A new penalty shootout system based on the tennis tiebreak was used for the first time in a competitive game on Thursday but ended in the usual fashion, with Germany winning.
Known as ABBA, the system is designed to preven... |
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