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c5e5ae2d6321e62f88d953f1bc272880 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/cjarlotta/2016/03/29/obama-continues-fight-against-opioid-heroin-epidemic/ | Obama Continues Fight Against Opioid, Heroin Epidemic | Obama Continues Fight Against Opioid, Heroin Epidemic
Speaking at the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta, President Barack Obama today will introduce additional public- and private-sector initiatives to help curb opioid-related overdoses in the United States.
There were 18,893 deaths involving prescrip... |
1f636e96cde64a03774ef25949737ec5 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/cjarlotta/2016/05/03/opioid-abuse-contributes-to-rising-health-care-costs/ | How Opioid Abuse Contributes To Rising Healthcare Costs | How Opioid Abuse Contributes To Rising Healthcare Costs
As the opioid epidemic in the United States continues taking lives across the nation, it's also contributing to rising healthcare costs for taxpayers.
Published in the May issue of the journal Health Affairs, a new retrospective cohort study revealed that hospital... |
7c4d2072ec5883782fe92799ce091454 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/cjarlotta/2016/05/25/fighting-for-a-fix/?sh=26e871782658 | Fighting For A Fix: Reflections Of Mothers Who Lost Children To The Opioid Epidemic | Fighting For A Fix: Reflections Of Mothers Who Lost Children To The Opioid Epidemic
Communities across the country are witnessing firsthand the effects of the opioid epidemic. Addiction has no face; its victims may be your neighbors, your teammates, your friends. Many become addicted from a physician’s prescription; ot... |
7791bbaf6537f8f1f0c96666f0aed971 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/cjarlotta/2016/08/29/advice-on-e-cigarettes-varies-from-doctor-to-doctor-study-suggests/ | Advice On E-Cigarettes Varies From Doctor To Doctor, Study Suggests | Advice On E-Cigarettes Varies From Doctor To Doctor, Study Suggests
If you’re still unsure of how e-cigarettes affect users, you’re not alone.
Physicians are beginning to field more questions and more questions about e-cigarettes from patients—and responses to these concerns are varying greatly from clinician to clinic... |
623e2306f69287c5e965668f49ccf2f7 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/ckgsb/2014/08/04/chinas-salt-monopoly-cracking-down-on-illegal-contraband-2/ | China's Salt Monopoly: Cracking Down on Illegal Contraband | China's Salt Monopoly: Cracking Down on Illegal Contraband
China's 2,132-year old salt monopoly and why it makes sense to finally end it.
Early last year Taobao, Alibaba’s online marketplace, went through a cleansing process to remove contraband being sold by merchants on the site. What was this illicit item? Was it co... |
dcf63e9a4ee74c86ad29b95e81a03d17 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/ckoliver/2016/04/30/kiwi-businesses-are-investing-in-new-opportunities-with-big-data-telco/ | Kiwi Businesses are Investing in New Opportunities with Big Data & Telco | Kiwi Businesses are Investing in New Opportunities with Big Data & Telco
Big data has long been touted as a tool for success in the enterprise, though Australasian businesses of all sizes can benefit from the ability to access customer data. Recently, small business owners in New Zealand have also been able to benefit ... |
07b9464ccf55a55cae10fdb27524a9c0 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/clairecoghlan/2017/10/17/how-this-crowd-sourced-startup-is-disrupting-the-beauty-industry/ | How This Crowd-Sourced Startup Is Disrupting The Beauty Industry | How This Crowd-Sourced Startup Is Disrupting The Beauty Industry
Brandy Hoffman, a beauty executive, and Patricia Santos, a VC, met while championing a brand in Korea, China and Southeast Asia. Over the course of many long haul flights, the pair formed not just a fast friendship, but also the foundation of a fully crow... |
3dddb2682a889cd9d13436aeb32fcd7f | https://www.forbes.com/sites/clairepoole/2016/11/21/is-there-value-in-sunoco-logistics-merger-with-energy-transfer-partners/ | Is There Value In Sunoco Logistics' Merger With Energy Transfer Partners? | Is There Value In Sunoco Logistics' Merger With Energy Transfer Partners?
Investors don't think much of Sunoco Logistics Partners LP (NYSE:SXL)'s $20 billion purchase of affiliate Energy Transfer Partners LP (NYSE:ETP), and with good reason.
Energy Transfer CEO Kelcy Warren reviews documents about the Dakota Access Pip... |
ab03459a9182974e2cd1e29b818d8835 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/clairetsosie/2017/08/15/more-credit-card-issuers-let-you-pay-off-debt-for-free/ | More Credit Card Issuers Let You Pay Off Debt For Free | More Credit Card Issuers Let You Pay Off Debt For Free
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It’s never been easier to dump your high-interest credit card balances without paying a penny in interest or fees.
Three credit cards from major issuers — Barclaycard, Bank of America and Chase — now give you an interest-free and fee-free way to pay do... |
82336b94aca69860431b7221e3a52d0a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/clairevoon/2015/03/16/japan-society-cat-exhibition/ | The Viral Cat Pictures of Japan's Edo Period | The Viral Cat Pictures of Japan's Edo Period
In the age of the Internet, it's clear that cats don't fail to capture our attention and dominate our social media feeds. But long before they starred in viral videos and inspired memes, cats were frequently featured in paintings, sculpture, and other forms of art. In Japan,... |
61d78d4d42a6f8ca8869ba4b096a1ec4 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/claraknutson/2012/03/21/the-focus-of-corporate-philanthropy/ | The Focus of Corporate Philanthropy | The Focus of Corporate Philanthropy
The top issue, according to a study published by Forbes Insights, entitled “Corporate Philanthropy: The New Paradigm: Volunteerism. Competence. Results,” is social services. Forty-five percent of companies address social services in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts... |
1f5fd92ea3fccc3455246da461578def | https://www.forbes.com/sites/claralindhbergendorff/2018/10/24/content-community-commerce-consumer-startups-magic-formula/ | Content, Community, Commerce: Consumer Startups' Magic Formula | Content, Community, Commerce: Consumer Startups' Magic Formula
Glossier started as beauty blog “Into the Gloss” (content), then launched their own cosmetic... [+] products (commerce), and is currently building out their own beauty forum for user discussions and reviews (community). Joel Barhamand
Editorial content and... |
d53b75b14db2bfa0e26df8f7fc9b0421 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/claralindhbergendorff/2021/03/12/from-the-attention-economy-to-the-creator-economy-a-paradigm-shift/?sh=148448acfaa7 | From The Attention Economy To The Creator Economy: A Paradigm Shift | From The Attention Economy To The Creator Economy: A Paradigm Shift
Ciao Attention Economy, Hello Creator Economy: Why creators and their communities are leading us ... [+] towards a more collaborative digital economy. SUPERSTOCK
We are at the beginning of the end of an era. The Attention Economy—the ad-based revenue... |
b848bdfe1444302c6d8a7014ab610f90 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/clarebettelley/2014/11/13/management-experience-is-overrated-heres-why/ | Management Experience Is Overrated: Here's Why | Management Experience Is Overrated: Here's Why
Consumers’ buying behavior is the holy grail of any business leader worth their salt, and there are oodles of willing marketing gurus who claim to hold the key that can unlock the secrets behind the latest trends.
But there is one approach that businesses could develop usi... |
b89d2792333a64d357d94b1b7993eaa1 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-American-television-program | House | House
…in the American television drama House. Laurie—whose American accent on the show was so convincing that people often thought he was joking around when he spoke with his natural British accent—garnered two Golden Globe Awards (2006 and 2007) for his role and gained extraordinary popularity in the United States.
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de5bff4e7b43be9381b9291de3940171 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-N | House N | House N
House N, a residential structure in Ōita, Japan, was also completed in 2008. Fujimoto’s design blurred the boundaries between domestic space and the street, and between the built environment and nature, with a series of progressively more intimate living spaces nested within one another. A…
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c2d099850de4de2e2455b98e434a1063 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/house-of-Bourbon/Solidarity-and-discord | Solidarity and discord | Solidarity and discord
The accession of the duc d’Anjou to Spain would never have been secured without the resolute support of his grandfather, the French king. Similarly, the Bourbon sovereignties in Italy owed their establishment chiefly to the Bourbon power in Spain. Dynastic harmony between France and Spain, howeve... |
d472dec79b7408cb0fe141572d492796 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Burgesses | House of Burgesses | House of Burgesses
House of Burgesses, representative assembly in colonial Virginia, which was an outgrowth of the first elective governing body in a British overseas possession, the General Assembly of Virginia. The General Assembly was established by Gov. George Yeardley at Jamestown on July 30, 1619. It included th... |
027e9979e48b017cec1721cd039bf204 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Commons-British-government | House of Commons | House of Commons
House of Commons, also called Commons, popularly elected legislative body of the bicameral British Parliament. Although it is technically the lower house, the House of Commons is predominant over the House of Lords, and the name “Parliament” is often used to refer to the House of Commons alone.
The or... |
02fc7e150e70f7c0bbc6395cd4b755de | https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Glass | House of Glass | House of Glass
…Footsteps) and Rumah kaca (1988; House of Glass), had to be published abroad. These late works comprehensively depict Javanese society under Dutch colonial rule in the early 20th century. In contrast to Pramoedya’s earlier works, they were written in a plain, fast-paced narrative style.
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23995fcc6ddf74aeae4c73109580dcc6 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Habsburg/Bloodlines-and-conflict | Bloodlines and conflict | Bloodlines and conflict
By a series of abdications toward the end of his life, Charles V transferred his Burgundian, Spanish, and Italian possessions to his son Philip II and his functions as emperor to his brother Ferdinand, who succeeded him formally as such after his death (1558). That division of the dynasty betwee... |
0a3e1344d5b6803e678323fe3907aa1e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Representatives-Japanese-government | House of Representatives | House of Representatives
…it within 60 days, the House of Representatives can make it law by repassing it by a two-thirds majority of the members present.
The House of Representatives (Shūgiin), or lower house, ultimately takes precedence over the House of Councillors (Sangiin), or upper house, in matters of passing le... |
072fbbeb32324e5cd6124ef70d4f2158 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Representatives-Malaysian-government | House of Representatives | House of Representatives
…the upper house and the House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) as the lower. The paramount ruler appoints a prime minister from among the members of the House of Representatives. On the advice of the prime minister, the monarch then appoints the other ministers who make up the cabinet. The nu... |
a6b85b7bc6fdb35a81177c67257a4c97 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Trastamara | House of Trastámara | House of Trastámara
…dynastic rift and consolidated the house of Trastámara.
…from 1369, founder of the house of Trastámara, which lasted until 1504.
The Trastámara dynasty, which came to power in Castile in the late 14th century, gave a new impetus to the search for peninsular unity by using marriage, diplomacy, and w... |
2c484093d9303d8e9dbea42eceb22b3e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Wax | House of Wax | House of Wax
House of Wax, American horror film, released in 1953, that established Vincent Price as a leading actor in the genre. It was one of the first films shot in 3-D.
Price portrayed Prof. Henry Jarrod, an ingenious sculptor of wax statues and part owner of a wax museum that is burned down by his business partn... |
592fa9b5d8e81884bbb03fc0d570f917 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Wessex | House of Wessex | House of Wessex
…of Anglo-Saxon England, whose ruling dynasty eventually became kings of the whole country. In its permanent nucleus, its land approximated that of the modern counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, and Somerset. At times its land extended north of the River Thames, and it eventually expanded westward... |
1ab7b39b0600c7760f9793e7429af578 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/house-of-Windsor | House of Windsor | House of Windsor
House of Windsor, formerly (1901–17) Saxe-Coburg-Gotha or Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the royal house of the United Kingdom, which succeeded the house of Hanover on the death of its last monarch, Queen Victoria, on January 22, 1901. The dynasty includes Edward VII (reigned 1901–10), George V (1910–36), Edw... |
5fa74e8e0cacf58a36768ff799c8e6a3 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Wittenberg | House of Wittenberg | House of Wittenberg
…split by partition between the Wittenberg and Lauenburg branches; the Wittenberg line was formally granted an electoral vote by the Golden Bull of 1356. The strength of the duchy lay in the military and commercial qualities of its predominantly free population. But the vigour of its eastward expans... |
d18e2bb11ed2993642c31b92229cfd5e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/How-German-Is-It-Wie-Deutsch-ist-es | How German Is It/Wie Deutsch ist es | How German Is It/Wie Deutsch ist es
How German Is It/Wie Deutsch ist es (1980), often considered Abish’s best work, is a multilayered novel about postwar Germany and its past. Other works by Abish include Duel Site (1970), a collection of poems; 99: The New Meaning (1990), a group of narratives; and…
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4d3cb417c9aea66d0b7ef8fe564eefda | https://www.britannica.com/topic/How-Many-Miles-to-Babylon | How Many Miles to Babylon? | How Many Miles to Babylon?
Johnston’s third novel, How Many Miles to Babylon? (1974), concerns the complex and tragic friendship of two young men who are sentenced to death during World War I. Shadows on Our Skin (1977) and The Railway Station Man (1984) focus on violence in Northern Ireland, and The Old…
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21ea81c10de06a9725437814c7c86f57 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/How-Stella-Got-Her-Groove-Back | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | How Stella Got Her Groove Back
…contract for her fourth novel, How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1996; film 1998), about a wealthy Black woman of middle age who falls in love with a young cook while vacationing in Jamaica. The novel was a roman à clef based on her own romance with Jonathan Plummer, a…
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6dad89ac21291ce2eb6a22156610dcf0 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/How-the-Grinch-Stole-Christmas-by-Dr-Seuss | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | How the Grinch Stole Christmas
…Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. The former features a mischievous talking cat who entertains two bored children on a rainy day, while the latter introduces the Scrooge-like Grinch, who wants to ruin Christmas in Whoville but ultimately discovers that the holiday is mo... |
1e5ba14ee7827480370f4a10eef928d6 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/How-the-West-Was-Won-film-by-Ford-Hathaway-and-Marshall | How the West Was Won | How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won, American western film, released in 1962, that was a sprawling epic about the transformation of the American West in the 19th century.
The story is told in five parts—“The Rivers,” “The Plains,” “The Civil War,” “The Railroad,” and “The Outlaws”—that follow several generations... |
decdded66240c20b9da3d2b3bb015133 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Howard-family | Howard Family | Howard Family
Howard Family, a famous English family whose head, the duke of Norfolk, is the premier duke and hereditary earl marshal of England. The earls of Suffolk, Carlisle, and Effingham and the Lord Howard of Glossop and Lord Stafford represent the family in its younger lines.
The family was founded by William H... |
c13219b1d38c158531a84a48aa9f9df1 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/hu-liquid-container | Hu | Hu
Hu, Wade-Giles romanization hu, type of ancient Chinese bronze vessel used to contain wine or water.
A pear-shaped container, the hu has a narrow neck that blends gracefully into an expanded midsection, which is sharply cut to a small base. The vessel can be suspended by means of lugs (ear-shaped protuberances) or ... |
a7ca57cd12fbe92536b7816b63b909c2 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Huangdi-neijing | Huangdi neijing | Huangdi neijing
…earliest surviving medical book, the Huangdineijing, or “The Yellow Emperor’s Esoteric Classic” (3rd century bce?), presents itself as the teachings of a legendary Celestial Master addressed to the Yellow Emperor.
…of internal medicine called the Huangdi neijing (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic) in the ... |
b488f5f9facb177c20926f2ffb895946 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Huey-Smith-and-the-Clowns | Huey Smith and the Clowns | Huey Smith and the Clowns
For a time Huey Smith and the Clowns, which featured singer-comedian Bobby Marchan and outstanding New Orleans instrumentalists, toured widely as a result of their 1957–58 novelty hits “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” and “Don’t You Just Know It.” The latter, with its “Koobo, koob... |
fe00ab1f4ea80d79dbb880b9975c6d26 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hughes-Medical-Institute | Hughes Medical Institute | Hughes Medical Institute
Hughes Medical Institute, in full Howard Hughes Medical Institute, American philanthropic foundation, established in 1953 by the aviator and industrialist Howard Hughes. From its offices in Chevy Chase, Md., the organization subsidizes biomedical research at hospitals and universities througho... |
1f3a8f491d2856437c48ec937cf28170 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/human-behavior/Development-in-adolescence | Development in adolescence | Development in adolescence
Adolescence may be defined as that period within the life span when most of a person’s characteristics are changing from what is typically considered childlike to what is typically considered adultlike. Changes in the body are the most readily observed, but other, less definitive attributes s... |
a802d4c5c79df3e7eb8db7c1b52137ca | https://www.britannica.com/topic/human-rights/Liberte-civil-and-political-rights | Liberté: civil and political rights | Liberté: civil and political rights
The first generation, civil and political rights, derives primarily from the 17th- and 18th-century reformist theories noted above (i.e., those associated with the English, American, and French revolutions). Infused with the political philosophy of liberal individualism and the relat... |
9f65a2e189086de2d3d6b7008d2cc31c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/human-sexual-activity/Development-and-change-in-the-reproductive-system | Development and change in the reproductive system | Development and change in the reproductive system
One’s anatomy and sexuality change with age. The changes are rapid in intra-uterine life and around puberty but are much slower and gradual in other phases of the life cycle.
The reproductive organs first develop in the same form for both males and females: internally t... |
f3b4a880168b014cc4faa801b148c66a | https://www.britannica.com/topic/human-sexual-activity/Sexually-transmitted-diseases | Sexually transmitted diseases | Sexually transmitted diseases
Infections transmitted primarily by sexual contact are referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Caused by a variety of microbial agents that thrive in warm, moist environments such as the mucous membranes of the vagina, urethra, anus, and mouth, STDs are diagnosed most frequent... |
2da53c18a97db03d899d9434b02c8737 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/human-sexual-activity/Social-and-cultural-aspects | Social and cultural aspects | Social and cultural aspects
The effects of societal value systems on human sexuality are, as has already been mentioned, profound. The American anthropologist George P. Murdock summarized the situation, saying:
The historical heritage is, of course, the foundation upon which the current situation rests. Western civiliz... |
b3975dbab8b45b3b7ce345ac8da619c0 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Human-Torch | Human Torch | Human Torch
Human Torch, fictional superhero.
Human Torch was one of the “big three” heroes of Marvel (then known as Timely) Comics, along with Captain America and the Sub-Mariner—and one of the most popular Marvel superheroes of the 1940s. Like the Sub-Mariner, he was first seen on the newsstands in Marvel Comics #1,... |
520fb853fe9581ab5702699828304796 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Humayuns-Tomb | Humāyūn's Tomb | Humāyūn's Tomb
Humāyūn’s Tomb, one of the earliest extant examples of the garden tomb characteristic of Mughal-era architecture, situated in Delhi, India. In 1993 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.
A landmark in the development of Mughal architecture, Humāyūn’s Tomb was commissioned in 1569, after the death... |
c1a0575d5661db34e764198e95bda1b4 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Humphrey-Chimpden-Earwicker | Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker | Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker
Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker, fictional character, a middle-aged tavern owner who is the protagonist of James Joyce’s novel Finnegans Wake (1939). Earwicker (often designated by variations on his initials, H.C.E., one form of which is “Here Comes Everybody”) is Joyce’s Everyman. His wife, An... |
f54eff386139cbc450fdc22054755118 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/hung-Parliament | Hung Parliament | Hung Parliament
…outright majority led to a hung Parliament. Conservative and Labour Party leaders met with the Liberal Democrats over the ensuing days in an effort to secure enough seats to form a new government. When it appeared that those talks would result in a formal “Lib-Con” coalition, Brown announced his resign... |
bcdb836ed7c6f2760cb918c1ea58e57e | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hurlyburly | Hurlyburly | Hurlyburly
…a go-go dancer in Philadelphia; Hurlyburly (1985; film 1998) and Those the River Keeps (1991), two related dramas about disillusionment in Hollywood; A Question of Mercy (1998); The Dog Problem (2002); The Black Monk (2004), based on a Chekhov short story; An Early History of Fire
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ede477a9b1f5a934fae0fcb7ea329093 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/husband | Husband | Husband
…of ill treatment by her husband and his family. A dowry used in this way is actually a conditional gift that is supposed to be restored to the wife or her family if the husband divorces, abuses, or commits other grave offenses against her. Land and precious metals have often…
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0687e8a4d929f3b7bbc7466bed0b0a61 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/HushHush-Sweet-Charlotte | Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Its success led to Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), with Davis joined by Olivia de Havilland, Agnes Moorehead, and Joseph Cotten in a surprisingly effective thriller. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) was exciting in its own right, a survival yarn set in the Sahara desert. Although the film ... |
e368ddd9a2311bd19e52ec2cc4f0708b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Husker-Du | Hüsker Dü | Hüsker Dü
Hüsker Dü, American band of the 1980s that melded pop melodies and lyricism with punk music, helping to set the stage for the alternative rock boom of the 1990s. The members were Bob Mould (b. October 12, 1960, Malone, New York, U.S.), Greg Norton (b. March 13, 1959, Rock Island, Illinois), and Grant Hart (... |
f6b580e0cbcebde98d7b06a91643f950 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/hussar | Hussar | Hussar
Hussar, member of a European light-cavalry unit employed for scouting, modeled on the 15th-century Hungarian light-horse corps. The typical uniform of the Hungarian hussar was brilliantly coloured and was imitated in other European armies. It consisted of a busby, or a high, cylindrical cloth cap; a jacket with... |
430dd0b142eef509d31b9dd8d8d00c14 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/hyangchal | Hyangch’al | Hyangch’al
…extended system of transcription, called hyangch’al, followed shortly thereafter, in which entire sentences in Korean could be written in Chinese. In another system, kugyŏl, abridged versions of Chinese characters were used to denote grammatical elements and were inserted into texts during transcription. Ex... |
1738ae6eb9a973890b2e8e4d78a48f2d | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hygieia | Hygieia | Hygieia
Hygieia, in Greek religion, goddess of health. The oldest traces of her cult are at Titane, west of Corinth, where she was worshipped together with Asclepius, the god of medicine. At first no special relationship existed between her and Asclepius, but gradually she came to be regarded as his daughter; later l... |
6e98e3f478e33fd02fc0dc6540664798 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hyperborean | Hyperborean | Hyperborean
Hyperborean, in Greek religion, one of a mythical people intimately connected with the worship of Apollo at Delphi and of Artemis at Delos. The Hyperboreans were named with reference to Boreas, the north wind, and their home was placed in a paradisal region in the far north, “beyond the north wind.” They l... |
e0975ba28167d6c151133e05d357c0ce | https://www.britannica.com/topic/hypergeometric-distribution | Hypergeometric distribution | Hypergeometric distribution
Hypergeometric distribution, in statistics, distribution function in which selections are made from two groups without replacing members of the groups. The hypergeometric distribution differs from the binomial distribution in the lack of replacements. Thus, it often is employed in random sa... |
a03e55153a7f1edc55ba2437bd1f4126 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hyperion-by-Keats | Hyperion | Hyperion
Hyperion, fragmentary poetic epic by John Keats that exists in two versions. The first was begun in 1818 and published, unfinished, in 1820. The second, The Fall of Hyperion, a revised edition with a long prologue, was also left unfinished and was published posthumously in 1856. The poem is the last of Keats’... |
d0de5e89532d1a8e16586809ff3854ef | https://www.britannica.com/topic/hyphen | Hyphen | Hyphen
The hyphen, to mark words divided at the ends of lines, appeared late in the 10th century; single at first, it was often doubled in the period between the 14th and 18th centuries.
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30430bf400948e08ab5127934665fc01 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-Am-Legend | I Am Legend | I Am Legend
In I Am Legend (2007), Smith appeared as a scientist who is perhaps the last human on Earth following an epidemic. Hancock (2008) featured Smith as a superhero trying to revamp his unpopular image, and in Seven Pounds (2008) he played a man seeking redemption after…
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1983c73be4ebcab68d827197d5a99c6d | https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-Brought-You-My-Bullets-You-Brought-Me-Your-Love | I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love | I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
…to releasing its first album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, on independent label Eyeball Records in 2002, building a reputation on its darkly striking look and dramatic performance style. The following year the band signed with Reprise Records.
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652588c583ae77cef526a3881ba11b8b | https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-dialoghi | I dialoghi | I dialoghi
…of their city, and in I dialoghi and other dialogues he continues the examination of carnality and corruption among Romans.
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62d3cafcab29230d9f49a7892dc54a87 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-Go-Back-to-May-1937 | I Go Back to May 1937 | I Go Back to May 1937
…her parents’ marriage in “I Go Back to May 1937” and explores their relationship in other poems in the collection. The Matter of This World: New and Selected Poems (1987) and The Father (1992) continue her intimate meditations—free of bitterness and self-pity—on her own life, as does The Wellspri... |
94fbbd2fbd49a739569577e2a81b92a9 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-Greet-You-at-the-Beginning-of-a-Great-Career-The-Selected-Correspondence-of-Lawrence-Ferlinghetti-and-Allen-Ginsberg-1955-1997 | I Greet You at the Beginning of a Great Career: The Selected Correspondence of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, 1955–1997 | I Greet You at the Beginning of a Great Career: The Selected Correspondence of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, 1955–1997
…with Ginsberg were published as I Greet You at the Beginning of a Great Career: The Selected Correspondence of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, 1955–1997 (2015). Shortly before hi... |
39a7cc390fa13f2f561dc32317142857 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-Heart-Huckabees | I Heart Huckabees | I Heart Huckabees
…starred opposite Lily Tomlin in I Heart Huckabees, a comedy about a husband-and-wife detective team that helps clients solve their existential problems, and with Robert De Niro in the broad comedy Meet the Fockers.
Huppert’s subsequent films included I Heart Huckabees (2004), a comedy about detective... |
398c17e17afad16bb2f80081705fa9dc | https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-Love-Lucy | I Love Lucy | I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy, American television situation comedy that aired on CBS from 1951 to 1957 and was the most popular show in America for four of its six prime-time seasons. The series won five Emmy Awards, including best situation comedy (1953 and 1954) and best actress (Lucille Ball, 1956).
I Love Lucy centred ... |
1031f674cbe12d64db4edee699c2c6f6 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-promessi-sposi-novel-by-Manzoni | I promessi sposi | I promessi sposi
I promessi sposi, novel by Alessandro Manzoni, published in three volumes in 1825–26; the complete edition was issued in 1827. It was initially translated into English as The Betrothed Lovers, but it was more commonly translated as simply The Betrothed. Set in early 17th-century Lombardy during the pe... |
ea26100e2430c7fa1532a41033b15631 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-Wanna-Hold-Your-Hand | I Wanna Hold Your Hand | I Wanna Hold Your Hand
…and Gale’s first full-length film, I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978). Zemeckis directed the comedy about three young girls who are obsessed with the Beatles. Zemeckis and Gale subsequently scripted the Spielberg-directed 1941 (1979), and Spielberg served as executive producer for several other films... |
33e430258c0090592ad0c35a3750d979 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-Want-to-Hold-Your-Hand | I Want to Hold Your Hand | I Want to Hold Your Hand
…version of the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” in 1969, which exhibited his awe-inspiring vocal agility, Green recorded a fine remake of the Temptations’ “I Can’t Get Next to You,” and it reached number one on the soul charts in 1971. But it was “Tired of Being…
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c48916f45f4cc4a08ea7725d4dec57ba | https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-Will-Always-Love-You | I Will Always Love You | I Will Always Love You
…at number one with “I Will Always Love You,” Boyz II Men came back to tie her with “I’ll Make Love to You.” The release of their follow-up single, “On Bended Knee,” put them with an elite group of artists (Presley and the Beatles) who succeeded themselves at the…
…her most popular songs, “I Will... |
04176ceceddfb569649ca8a658b02c80 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Iago-fictional-character | Iago | Iago
Iago, fictional character, the villain of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello (written 1603–04). One of Shakespeare’s most intriguing and plausible villains, Iago frequently takes the audience or reader into his confidence, a device that encourages close observation of his skillful manipulations and their disas... |
9c5b5ec4e6d4c87d7027af42b0989916 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ice-Age-animated-film | Ice Age | Ice Age
…father, in the animated feature Ice Age (2002); he reprised the character in four sequels (2006, 2009, 2012, and 2016). In the dark comedy Eulogy (2004) he was cast as the maladjusted eldest son mourning the death of the family patriarch. That year he also appeared in Welcome to Mooseport,…
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e9808949d438cbbdda64221a6475e678 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ice-Palace-film-by-Sherman | Ice Palace | Ice Palace
Ice Palace (1960), from the Edna Ferber novel, was an ambitious period adventure set in Alaska, with Richard Burton and Robert Ryan. After the courtroom drama A Fever in the Blood (1961), Sherman directed The Second Time Around (1961), a pleasant western with Debbie Reynolds…
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071565af86c0c75d20d0811a2111c874 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Icelander-people | Icelander | Icelander
The inhabitants are descendants of settlers who began arriving in ad 874 and continued in heavy influx for about 60 years thereafter. Historians differ on the exact origin and ethnic composition of the settlers but agree that between 60 and 80 percent of them were of…
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08906481ee374ba48a0677daf86c8bab | https://www.britannica.com/topic/ideal-type | Ideal type | Ideal type
Ideal type, a common mental construct in the social sciences derived from observable reality although not conforming to it in detail because of deliberate simplification and exaggeration. It is not ideal in the sense that it is excellent, nor is it an average; it is, rather, a constructed ideal used to appr... |
72e8ad7a600dcfbb5ed775af772e5528 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/identification-memory | Identification | Identification
The identification level of a signal determines the number of different units that must be distinguished by unique signal variants. Identification levels, listed in order of increasing number of variants required, include species, sex, age groups, colonies, family groups, and individuals. The larger the ... |
2cacabebea880e995837dd248f9a7bc2 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/identity-theory | Identity theory | Identity theory
Identity theory, in philosophy, one view of modern Materialism that asserts that mind and matter, however capable of being logically distinguished, are in actuality but different expressions of a single reality that is material. Strong emphasis is placed upon the empirical verification of such stateme... |
88ef8ba24cb6a653fde2cc1e929051f8 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ideology-philosophical-movement | Ideology | Ideology
Ideology, French Idéologie, French philosophic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries that reduced epistemological problems (concerning the nature or grounds of knowledge) to those of psychology (as in the work of Étienne Condillac), before advancing to ethical and political problems. The Idéolog... |
186e3babd0dbb88fffe4463768c140ec | https://www.britannica.com/topic/idiorrhythmic-monasticism | Idiorrhythmic monasticism | Idiorrhythmic monasticism
Idiorrhythmic monasticism, also called eremitic monasticism (from Greek eremos, “desert”), the original form of monastic life in Christianity, as exemplified by St. Anthony of Egypt (c. 250–355). It consisted of a total withdrawal from society, normally in the desert, and the constant practic... |
c3959b8ac1f648f2a0eb3e77a09049b0 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/IG-Farben | IG Farben | IG Farben
IG Farben, in full Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, (German: “Syndicate of Dyestuff-Industry Corporations”), world’s largest chemical concern, or cartel, from its founding in Germany in 1925 until its dissolution by the Allies after World War II. The IG (Interessengemeinschaft, “sy... |
5d1480dee295f671b7d9bf35d8dbf051 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Igarashi-family | Igarashi Family | Igarashi Family
Igarashi Family, (flourished 17th century), Japanese lacquerware artists who specialized in the maki-e technique, wherein a design is made by sprinkling minute gold, silver, or copper flakes over a lacquer ground. The founder of the Igarashi family, Shinsai, contributed to the art by perfecting two te... |
6cc5c71f19a9c68fb775c73bc6c22038 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Igboid-languages | Igboid languages | Igboid languages
Igboid languages, a language cluster that constitutes a subbranch of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. There are nearly 20 million speakers of Igboid languages in southeastern Nigeria. In the early years of the 20th century an attempt to develop an artificial form of Igbo call... |
1ddffde055270a8ba6907caa189ed641 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/ihram | Ihram | Ihram
Ihram, Arabic iḥrām, sacred state into which a Muslim must enter in order to perform the hajj (major pilgrimage) or the ʿumrah (minor pilgrimage). At the beginning of a pilgrimage, the Muslim stops at a designated station to perform certain ritual cleansing ceremonies; each male shaves his head, cuts his nails, ... |
b0c3134a1391d39d1795d917f4e19ca8 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/ijma | Ijmāʿ | Ijmāʿ
Ijmāʿ, (Arabic: “consensus”) in Islamic law, the universal and infallible agreement of either the Muslim community as a whole or Muslim scholars in particular. The consensus—sometimes justified through a saying from the Hadith (traditions of the sayings and actions of Muhammad), “My people will never agree in an... |
4239fabb882de67dfdd8279480a8c541 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ijo | Ijo | Ijo
Ijo, also called Ijaw, people of the forests of the Niger River delta in Nigeria comprising a large number of formerly autonomous groups. They speak languages of the Ijoid branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
West of the main Niger outlets each group occupies a cluster of villages linked by loose ties of coo... |
4160bf11e8231f2ef7bc7c5a72032587 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/ijtihad | Ijtihād | Ijtihād
Ijtihād, (Arabic: “effort”) in Islamic law, the independent or original interpretation of problems not precisely covered by the Qurʾān, Hadith (traditions concerning the Prophet Muhammad’s life and utterances), and ijmāʿ (scholarly consensus). In the early Muslim community every adequately qualified jurist had... |
0ca51d57175da42171e99ca204a82484 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ikiru | Ikiru | Ikiru
Ikiru (“To Live”) is regarded by many critics as one of the finest works in the history of the cinema. It concerns a petty governmental official who learns he has only half a year until he will die from cancer. He searches for solace in…
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d6118c9edb1fddd0c02749b16172a61d | https://www.britannica.com/topic/ikonostasis | Ikonostasis | Ikonostasis
the Eastern Orthodox iconostasis (image screen), which hides the chancel from the view of the faithful except on certain ritual occasions when it is opened to them. Hindu sanctuaries also are concealed by hangings. In Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican churches the chancel has usually been separated fro... |
f4ce82d2503c7b6f177f2e2baa736341 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Il-Bambino | Il Bambino | Il Bambino
…is the home of “Il Bambino,” a wooden statue (originally a 15th-century statue; now a copy) of the Christ Child, who is called upon to save desperately ill children.
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3c22e30ab064b4daec44893ae7c84618 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Il-Politecnico | Il Politecnico | Il Politecnico
…the Risorgimento and whose journal, Il Politecnico (“The Polytechnic”), not only served as a vehicle for his political views but also was influential in introducing new scientific and technical improvements into Italy.
In Milan, Carlo Cattaneo’s journal, Il politecnico (“The Polytechnic”), founded in 18... |
a58091284d2a221779cf96dba3ebe91f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Il-Popolo-dItalia | Il Popolo d’Italia | Il Popolo d’Italia
…of his party’s daily newspaper, Il Popolo. He was the author of De Gasperi e il suo tempo (1956; “De Gasperi and His Time”) and other books.
…he assumed the editorship of Il Popolo d’Italia (“The People of Italy”), in which he unequivocally stated his new philosophy: “From today onward we are all It... |
d200fb91e5c06cafdf471381a497a994 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Il-Tempo | Il Tempo | Il Tempo
Il Tempo, (Italian: “Time”) morning daily newspaper published in Rome, one of Italy’s outstanding newspapers and one with broad appeal and influence in the Roman region. It was founded in 1944 by Renato Angiolillo as a conservative paper with a strong anticommunist bias. Il Tempo quickly became recognized as ... |
307c503c0ba29a829bbcb29ce1fe972f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Il-vecchio-della-montagna | Il vecchio della montagna | Il vecchio della montagna
With Il vecchio della montagna (1900; “The Old Man of the Mountain”) she began to write about the tragic effects of temptation and sin among primitive human beings.
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a58cd4984d136eb397604df865a0e5c4 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ill-Be-Seeing-You-film-by-Dieterle | I’ll Be Seeing You | I’ll Be Seeing You
Selznick, for whom he directed I’ll Be Seeing You (1944), starring Ginger Rogers as a woman convicted of manslaughter who, while on furlough during the holidays, falls in love with a shell-shocked soldier (Joseph Cotten). Love Letters (1945) was another glossy Selznick melodrama, with Jennifer Jones ... |
988aa35ebe9051128b55fca0455a659a | https://www.britannica.com/topic/illegal-immigration | Illegal immigration | Illegal immigration
…deport a large number of illegal immigrants who had been coming into the state, mainly from Bangladesh and especially since the early 1970s. Over time it developed a broader goal of protecting and promoting the regional identity of the state vis-à-vis the central government in New Delhi.
In fact, t... |
965117ef1b32a9f73d1e8a53c926a40c | https://www.britannica.com/topic/illicit-antiquities | Illicit antiquities | Illicit antiquities
Illicit antiquities, archaeological objects that have been illegally excavated or exported from their country of origin for monetary gain. Most countries place sovereign claims on their archaeological heritage. In countries with strong patrimony laws, it is illegal for an unauthorized individual to... |
1759215f14c4dc662470f9f850684268 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Illinois-Central-Railroad | Illinois Central Railroad | Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad (IC), former U.S. railroad founded in 1851 that expanded service from Illinois to much of the Midwest before merging with the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) in 1999.
With its charter in 1851, the Illinois Central Railroad was the first of many railroads to re... |
525c3a9031e42f2e47618ae0f76028ab | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Illustrated-London-News | Illustrated London News | Illustrated London News
Illustrated London News, historic magazine of news and the arts, published in London, a forerunner in the use of various graphic arts. It was founded as a weekly in 1842 by Herbert Ingram, and it became a monthly in 1971. It was London’s first illustrated periodical, with 32 woodcuts in the 16 ... |
7c1de283dc106ad09263c1bebe7348c4 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Illyrian | Illyrian | Illyrian
The next to arrive were Illyrians from the Balkans, who occupied Venetia and Apulia. At the beginning of the historical period, Greek colonists arrived in Italy, and after 400 bce the Celts, who settled in the plain of the Po.
…and shattered a coalition of Illyrians who had invaded Macedonia. Meanwhile, a rumo... |
194b5d2d6e7fe9a4f0c56abb7164693f | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Illyrian-language | Illyrian language | Illyrian language
Illyrian language, Indo-European language spoken in pre-Roman times along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea and in southeastern Italy. The language of the Illyrian fragments found in Italy is usually called Messapic, or Messapian. Some scholars believe the modern Albanian language (q.v.) to be d... |
d9a24330b28a76c78639949f419c24e1 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Illyrian-movement | Illyrian movement | Illyrian movement
Illyrian movement, South Slav nationalist movement (c. 1835–48). Begun in the 1830s, largely through the efforts of the poet and journalist Ljudevit Gaj, the movement involved the revival of Serbo-Croatian literary activity and sought the unification of all the South Slavs in the Habsburg Empire.
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