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31Sankara — /sung keuhr euh/, n. Shankara. * * * ▪ Indian philosopher also spelled Shaṅkara , also called Saṅkarācārya born 700?, Kālaḍi village?, India died 750?, Kedārnāth philosopher and theologian, most renowned exponent of the Advaita Vedānta… …
32Shabtai, Jacob — (1934 81) Israeli novelist and short story writer. His most famous work, Zikron Devanim, describes nine months in the protag onist s life, beginning and ending with a death; despite its somber theme it is notable for its wit and penetrating… …
33BIEBER, MARGARETE — (1879–1979), archaeological scholar and teacher. Born in Schoenau, West Prussia, she studied at Bonn, and then was for some years an assistant at the German Archaeological Institute in Athens. On her return to Germany she worked at the… …
34LANGER, FRANTIŠEK — (1888–1965), Czech playwright, novelist, and physician. Langer was born in Prague. His first play, Svatý Václav ( St. Wenceslas, 1912), was staged by the Prague National Theater before he was 23. An officer in the Austrian army in World War I,… …
35literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
36Список награждённых Национальной медалью науки США — Джошуа Ледерберг (справа) получает Национальную медаль науки из рук Президента США Джорджа Буша старшего Список …
37arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
38historiography — historiographic /hi stawr ee euh graf ik, stohr /, historiographical, adj. historiographically, adv. /hi stawr ee og reuh fee, stohr /, n., pl. historiographies. 1. the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively. 2 …
39Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …
40ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …
