(from the article "Monti, Eugenio") Monti's first Olympic effort in the two-man bobsled resulted in a second-place finish at the 1956 Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. At the 1964 Games in Innsbruck, Austria, Monti and his partner Sergio Siorpaes were the defending world champions and found themselves in heated competition with the British team of ...
North American Indian family of languages that, with the Iroquoian and Caddoan language families, constitutes the Macro-Siouan language phylum. This phylum is, after the Algonquian, the largest native American linguistic phylum north of Mexico. Siouan includes at least five language groups: those of the Gulf Coast region (including Biloxi, Ofo, ... [3 Related Articles]
a broad alliance of North American Indian peoples who spoke three related languages within the Siouan language family. The name Sioux is an abbreviation of Nadouessioux ("Adders"; i.e., "enemies"), a name originally applied to them by the Ojibwa. The Santee, also known as the Eastern Sioux, were Dakota speakers and ... [16 Related Articles]
city, seat (1856) of Woodbury county, northwestern Iowa, U.S. It lies on the Missouri River (bridged to South Sioux City, Nebraska) at the influx of the Big Sioux and Floyd rivers, where Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska meet. The former territory of Omaha, Sioux, and Oto peoples, the site was ...
(from the article "Mankato") ...blue clay along the riverbanks (Mankato was the result of an early spelling error, though the misspelling stuck). Flour milling and limestone quarrying were important to the city's early growth. A Sioux uprising in 1862 culminated in a mass hanging at Mankato on December 26, when 38 Sioux were executed ...
(from the article "Crazy Horse") Sioux Indian chief of the Oglala tribe who was an able tactician and determined warrior in the Sioux resistance to the white man's invasion of the northern Great Plains.Sitting BullSitting Bull...with tribal welfare. As a tribal leader Sitting Bull helped ...
(from the article "Iron Gate") ...make it one of the most dramatic natural wonders of Europe. Near the town of Sip a large rock reef (called Perigrada) obstructed nearly the whole width of the river until the construction of the Sip Canal in 1896. A joint development project of Romania and Yugoslavia on the Danube ...
(from the article "Mesoamerican Indian languages") ...it Teco. Kaufman identified two more new Mayan languages in the course of a linguistic survey of Guatemala. These two new languages-Sacapultec (formerly considered Quiche) and Sipacapa (formerly assumed to be Mam)-are not documented in print and both belong to the Quiche complex.
(from the article "Orinoco River") ...boulders. The waters fall in a succession of rapids, ending with the Atures Rapids. In this region, the main tributaries are the Vichada and Tomo rivers from the Colombian Llanos, and the Guayapo, Sipapo, Autana, and Cuao rivers from the Guiana Highlands.
(from the article "kiva") ...in the floor of the kiva (sometimes carved through a plank of wood, sometimes dug into the earth) served as the symbolic place of origin of the tribe; the Hopi word for this element is sipapu. Although a kiva's most important purpose is as a venue for rituals, kivas can ...
(from the article "Natural Bridges National Monument") The largest bridge, Sipapu, rises 220 feet (67 metres) above the streambed and has a span of 268 feet (82 metres). The Kachina and Owachomo bridges are, respectively, 210 and 106 feet (64 and 32 metres) high with spans of 204 and 180 feet (62 and 55 metres). There are ...
village, southwestern Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, southeastern West Indies. Located 10 miles (16 km) south of the port of San Fernando, it lies in a cacao-growing region near large oil fields. Siparia originated as the site of a Spanish mission, and the village has a Capuchin pilgrimage church, La Divina ...
(from the article "Laurales") A decoction of the bark of Siparuna cujabana (family Siparunaceae) from Brazil is used by local residents to induce sweating and as an abortifacient.
(from the article "Laurales") The family Siparunaceae includes 75 species in two genera. Glossocalyx, from tropical West Africa, has four species. The remainder of the species in the family are in the genus Siparuna, found in Mexico, Central America, and tropical South America.LauralesOther familiesMembers ...
Greek island of the Cyclades (q.v.) group, consisting of a limestone ridge whose principal peaks, Profits Ilias (2,277 feet [694 m]) and Ayios Simeon (1,624 feet [495 m]), are crowned by Byzantine churches; the island is 28 square miles (73 square km) in area. In antiquity Siphnus was colonized by ...
instrument, usually in the form of a tube bent to form two legs of unequal length, for conveying liquid over the edge of a vessel and delivering it at a lower level. Siphons may be of any size; they are used in civil engineering to transfer water or other fluids ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "bivalve") ...a septum-the "septibranch" ctenidium-that creates pressure changes within the mantle cavity and produces sudden inrushes of water, carrying prey into a funnellike inhalant siphon (Cuspidaria). Food is then pushed into the mouth by the palps and foot. Others evert the inhalant siphon, like a hood, over the prey (Poromya and ...
(from the article "gastropod") ...and suborders, are listed in order of increasing specialization.)Brackish water or marine limpets with (Siphonariidae) gill-like structures or with a lung (Gadinidae).Operculum present; shell conical; with pulmonary...
(from the article "cnidarian") ...and dactylozooids project through pores in surface of skeleton. Reduced, acraspedote (lacking a velum) nonfeeding medusae are released. Tropical.Pelagic polypoid colonies with greatest degree of polymorphism in phylum; lack medusae. Oceanic; worldwide. Includes Portuguese man-of-war,...reproductioncnidarianReproduction and life cycles...dactylozooids, tentacleless ...
(from the article "lower vascular plant") ...generally the layer giving rise to the branches in roots, and the endodermis seems to regulate the flow of water and dissolved substances from the surrounding cortex. More common in fern stems are siphonosteles, having a pith in the centre with the vascular tissue forming a cylinder around it. Where ...
(from the article "crustacean") ...of fish and invertebrates; mouth not tubelike or suckerlike; mandibles reduced; adult segmentation often reduced or lost; mostly marine, few freshwater.Mouth tubelike or forms a sucker with styletlike mandibles; adult segmentation reduced or lost; parasites and commensals on fish and invertebrates; mostly...
(from the article "seashell") ...when the foot is withdrawn into the shell. In the cephalopods Nautilus and Spirula, the planospirally coiled shell consists of multiple chambers connected by a porous tube called the siphuncle. The chambers contain quantities of water and gas that are adjusted by the siphuncle to achieve neutral buoyancy. Many seashells ...
(from the article "Manfredonia") ...del Gargano at the head of the Golfo (gulf) di Manfredonia, northeast of Foggia. The Romanesque church of Sta. Maria di Siponto (1117), 2 miles (3 km) southwest, marks the site of the ancient Sipontum, conquered by the Romans in 217 BC and the see of a bishop from the ...
ancient city of Babylonia, located southwest of present Baghdad, central Iraq. Sippar was subject to the 1st dynasty of Babylon, but little is known about the city before 1174 BC, when it was sacked by the Elamite king Kutir-Nahhunte. It recovered and was later captured by the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser ... [2 Related Articles]
Indian filmmaker was responsible for producing Sholay ("Flames," 1975), the most commercially successful Bollywood film ever released. Sholay, which was inspired by Hollywood's The Magnificent Seven (itself a version of Akira Kurosawa's Japanese film Shichinin no samurai [Seven Samurai]), was admired as Bollywood's first "curry western" and reportedly earned at ...
(from the article "Egypt, ancient") ...family contended for the succession. Merneptah's son Seti II (ruled 1204-1198 BC) had to face a usurper, Amenmeses, who rebelled in Nubia and was accepted in Upper Egypt. His successor, Siptah, was installed on the throne by a Syrian royal butler, Bay, who had become chancellor of Egypt. Siptah was ...
Mexican painter and muralist whose art reflected his Marxist political ideology. He was one of the three founders of the modern school of Mexican mural painting (along with Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco). [3 Related Articles]
island, south-central Philippines. Part of the central Visayas island group, it is located in the Bohol (Mindanao) Sea, 19 miles (30 km) southeast of Negros island. Siquijor town on the north coast is the largest settlement. It was called Isla de Fuegos ("Island of Fires") by the early Spanish explorers ...
cluster of barren sandstone islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria, near the mouth of the McArthur River, in northeastern Northern Territory, Australia. The islands have a total area of 800 square miles (2,100 square km). Vanderlin, the largest, is 20 miles (32 km) long by 8 miles (13 km) wide. ... [1 Related Articles]
Middle English alliterative poem of unknown authorship, dating from the second half of the 14th century (perhaps 1375). It is a chivalric romance that tells a tale of enchantment in an Arthurian setting. Its hero, Sir Gawayne (Gawain), is presented as a devout but humanly imperfect Christian who wins a ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Mackenzie Mountains") ...a headstream of the Yukon. The Franklin Mountains, paralleling the eastern bank of the Mackenzie River for about 300 miles (480 km), are sometimes regarded as part of the range. The highest peak is Keele Peak (9,751 feet [2,972 metres]), and many others, including Dome peak and Mounts Hunt, Sidney ...
(from the article "Virginia reel") spirited American country dance for couples. It stems from the rinnce fadha, a pre-Christian Irish dance that evolved into the English dance called the Sir Roger de Coverley. Brought to Virginia by English colonists, the Sir Roger de Coverley in time became the Virginia reel, the several versions of which ...
(from the article "Selkirk Mountains") ...are sometimes considered part of the Rocky Mountain system. The summits are lowest in the south, where they average 7,500 feet (2,300 m), but many northern peaks exceed 10,000 feet (3,000 m), with Mount Sir Sanford (11,555 feet [3,522 m]) being the highest. In many places the Selkirks rise abruptly ...
(from the article "Botswana") International air traffic in Botswana, though dating to 1919, was limited until the opening up of the Sir Seretse Khama Airport at Gaborone in 1984. Gaborone is now served by British and French airlines as well as by regional airlines and the national parastatal airline, Air Botswana.
(from the article "Arabic literature") ...These reports also became part of the collections of maghazi (accounts of the Prophet's raids during his lifetime) and sirah (biographies of the Prophet). Beyond these specific genres, however, the logical structure of the khabar was replicated in a wide...study of ...
ruler, or nawab, of Bengal, India, under the nominal suzerainty of the Mughal emperor. His reign marked the entry of Great Britain into India's internal affairs. The nawab's attack on Calcutta resulted in the "Black Hole" incident, in which a number of English captives suffocated in a jail cell (see ... [7 Related Articles]
city in central Bangladesh. It lies just west of the Jamuna River (the name of the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh) and is about 70 miles (110 km) northwest of Dhaka. Sirajganj is an important jute collection, processing, and trade centre that has road, rail, and river connections to major cities. Its ...
(from the article "Swimming") ...highlight of the diving competition took place in the men's 3-m springboard synchronized contest. After favoured China scored a zero for a failed dive and Russia suffered a major mishap, Greece's Nikolaos Siranidis and Thomas Bimis earned their country's first gold medal in diving, first gold medal in an aquatic ...
(from the article "Austronesian languages") Fourteen of the 21 or 22 Austronesian languages spoken by the pre-Chinese aboriginal population of Taiwan (also called Formosa) survive. Siraya and Favorlang, which are now extinct, are attested from fairly extensive religious texts compiled by missionaries during the Dutch occupation of southwestern Taiwan (1624-62). All the roughly 160 native ...
(from the article "Najaf, Al-") Much of the city's encircling wall still remains, as do the deep sirdabs (vaulted cellars) that sometimes connect multiple houses and extend, in places, beyond the city's limits. These have provided both refuge from the midday sun and, often, sanctuary for political dissidents. Al-Najaf has long been ...
(from the article "Tenzing Norgay") ...in 1935 he accompanied Eric Shipton's reconnaissance expedition of Everest. In the next few years he took part in more Everest expeditions than any other climber. After World War II he became a sirdar, or organizer of porters, and in this capacity accompanied a number of expeditions. In 1952 the ...
in Greek mythology, a creature half bird and half woman who lured sailors to destruction by the sweetness of her song. According to Homer there were two Sirens on an island in the western sea between Aeaea and the rocks of Scylla. Later the number was usually increased to three, ... [1 Related Articles]
noisemaking device producing a piercing sound of definite pitch. Used as a warning signal, it was invented in the late 18th century by the Scottish natural philosopher John Robison. The name was given it by the French engineer Charles Cagniard de La Tour, who devised an acoustical instrument of the ... [1 Related Articles]
any member of the family Sirenidae (order Caudata), a group of four species of aquatic salamanders that resemble eels. Their long, slender bodies are usually brown, dark gray, or greenish. The forelegs are tiny, and the hind legs and pelvis are absent. Young and adults have feathery gills. [3 Related Articles]
any of four large aquatic mammalian species now living primarily in tropical waters where food plants grow. The three species of manatee (genus Trichechus) occupy warm latitudes of the coastal Atlantic and associated rivers, and the dugong (Dugong dugon) inhabits the coastlines of the Indian and Pacific oceans. The extinct ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "fungus") ...these organic substances are actually sex pheromones, chemicals produced by one partner to elicit a sexual response in the other. In Allomyces (order Blastocladiales) a pheromone named sirenin, secreted by the female gametes, attracts the male gametes, which swim toward the former and fuse with them. In Achlya (phylum Oomycota, ...
(from the article "Caudata") ...million years ago) to present; Japan, China, and eastern United States; 2 genera (Andrias and Cryptobranchus) and 3 species.Mode of fertilization unknown; angular bone fused with prearticular bone in lower jaw; only anterior pair of limbs present; external gills;...
