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Encyclopedia - Electronic Organ: Encyclopedia Ii - Electronic Organ - The 1950s And 1960s
Electronic organ - The spinet organ. Following World War II, most electronic home organs were built in a configuration usually called a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1940s: Encyclopedia - 1940s
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1940s - Events and trends. The 1940s we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Management Techniques: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Management Techniques - 19th Century
developed by innovators like Eli Whitney, James Watt, and Matthew Boulton middle of the 19th century - human element with theories of wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychotherapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychotherapy - History
Most psychotherapies are either direct descendants of psychoanalysis, or their founders started out in areas of psychoanalysis before dev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gulag: Encyclopedia Ii - Gulag - History
From 1918 camp-type detention facilities were set up, as a reformed extension of earlier labour camps (katorgas), operated in Siberia as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia - 1950s
1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1950s - Events and trends. The 1950s in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Superhero: Encyclopedia - Superhero
A superhero is a fictional character who is noted for feats of courage and nobility, who usually has a colorful name and costume and abil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Watts: Encyclopedia - Alan Watts
Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion. He wrot...   » Read the article

Article - Spirituality And Science: The Holographic Universe
This very, very exciting article actually gives a scientific theory behind many spiritual viewpoints and spiritual experiences, including...   » Read the article

Article - Electronic Voice Phenomena: Spirit World And Electronic Voice Phenomena
Electronic Voice Phenomena Juergenson was a film producer in Sweden who, in 1959 while making a documentary, had decided to tape bird so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Film Industry: Encyclopedia Ii - Film Industry - Film Theory
Film theory seeks to develop concise, systematic concepts that apply to the study of film/cinema as art. Classical film theory provides a...   » Read the article

Article - Basics Of Hinduism: What About The Hindu Caste System And Untouchability?
Basics of Hinduism: What about the hindu caste system and untouchability? Caste is the hereditary division of Indian society based on oc...   » Read the article

Article - Korean Buddhism
Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Chinese Mahaya...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ghost Dance: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Ghost Dance
Ghost Dance A new religious movement among Native Americans of the western United States.   The Ghost Dance had two distinct pha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yeti: Encyclopedia Ii - Yeti - History
For hundreds of years, natives in the Himalays have been telling stories about a humanoid monster that wanders around the mountain range....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mad Magazine: Encyclopedia Ii - Mad Magazine - Imitators And Variants
Mad has had many imitators through the years. The three most durable of these were CRACKED, Sick, and Crazy. Most others were short-lived...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exeter: Encyclopedia Ii - Exeter - History
The Latin name for Exeter, Isca Dumnoniorum , suggests that the city was originally a Celtic oppidum, or town, on the banks on the River ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zen: Encyclopedia Ii - Zen - Zen And Western Culture
Since the 1930s in the United Kingdom, and at least since the Beatnik movement of the 1950s in the United States, the West has had a grow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Effects Of Feminism In The West
Some feminists would argue that there is still much to be done on these fronts, while others would disagree and claim that the battle has...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London In Film: Encyclopedia Ii - London In Film - 20th Century
Edwardian London has been depicted in several films, notably the Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets in 1949, the Merchant Ivory E.M. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex Assignment: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex Assignment - Assignment In Intersex Conditions
Intersex is a broadly defined term that usually denotes the presence of discordance of the biological aspects of sex: at least some aspec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Beatles: Encyclopedia Ii - The Beatles - Influences And Music
As youths, the members of The Beatles were enthusiastic followers of Elvis Presley, first and foremost, and later, of British rock-and-ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript: Encyclopedia Ii - Voynich Manuscript - Description
By current estimates, the book originally had 272 pages in 17 quires of 16 pages each [2]. Only about 240 vellum pages remain today, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Procter & Gamble: Encyclopedia Ii - Procter & Gamble - History
William Procter, a candlemaker, and James Gamble, a soapmaker, formed the company known as Procter & Gamble in 1837. The two men, imm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kolkata: Encyclopedia Ii - Kolkata - Modern Kolkata
Kolkata is the main business, commercial and financial hub of eastern India. Kolkata witnessed an economic decline from the late sixties ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London: Encyclopedia Ii - London - London Districts
London - Central London. Main article: Central London London - City of London. Main article: City of London The City of London is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kadaň: Encyclopedia Ii - Kadaň - History
Kadaň - Early History - Thirty Years' War. There are legends accrediting the beginnings of the town to Celtic tribes. Others talk abou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex Doll: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex Doll - Commercial Forms
Cheaper sex dolls are inflatable, using air. These lower price-range (less than $50) dolls are usually rather ugly, made of welded vinyl,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loyola Marymount University: Encyclopedia Ii - Loyola Marymount University - Athletics
The 2005-06 academic year will mark the 99th year of competition in intercollegiate athletics for the Loyola Marymount University Athleti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain Implant: Encyclopedia - Brain Implant
The term brain implants, also known as neural implants, usually refers to devices of a technological nature that are connected directly t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aphex Twin: Encyclopedia Ii - Aphex Twin - Discography Under Various Aliases
AFX Analogue Bubblebath (1991) Analogue Bubblebath 2 (1992) Analogue Bubblebath 3 (1993) Analogue Bubblebath 4 (1994) Analogue Bubblebat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electroencephalography: Encyclopedia - Electroencephalography
Electroencephalography is the neurophysiologic measurement of the electrical activity of the brain by recording from electrodes placed on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August Wilson: Encyclopedia - August Wilson
August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. His singular achievement and literar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bass Guitar: Encyclopedia Ii - Bass Guitar - Etymology
There is much debate among musicians and fans of the instrument about what to call the instrument. While "bass guitar" (pronounced "base"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eleanor Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Eleanor Roosevelt - Life After The White House
Following the death of her husband in 1945, Roosevelt continued to live on the Hyde Park Estate, in Val-Kill, the house that her husband ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Cosby: Encyclopedia - Bill Cosby
William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr., Ed.D (born July 12, 1937) is an American actor, comedian, educator, television producer and philanthropi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Involuntary Settlements In The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Involuntary Settlements In The Soviet Union - Exile Settlements
Exile settlements (ссыльное поселение, ssylnoye poselenie) were a kind of internal exile. The system of political and ad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woody Allen: Encyclopedia Ii - Woody Allen - Film Career
Woody Allen - Early films. His first movie production was What's New, Pussycat? in 1965, for which he wrote the screenplay. It was a la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Finger: Encyclopedia - Bill Finger
Bill Finger (February 8, 1914 - January 24, 1974) was an American writer who is best remembered (though never officially credited) as the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nichiren: Encyclopedia - Nichiren
Nichiren (日蓮) (February 16, 1222 – October 13, 1282), born Zennichimaro (善日麿), later Zeshō-bō Renchō (是生房蓮長), an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virginia Military Institute: Encyclopedia Ii - Virginia Military Institute - Student Life
The Virginia Military Institute is a unique military and educational experience. All Cadets are housed on campus in a large five story bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diego De Landa: Encyclopedia - Diego De Landa
Diego de Landa Calderón (1524 – 1579) was Bishop of Yucatán. De Landa was in charge of bringing the Roman Catholic faith to the Maya ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1991 In Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 1991 In Music - Events
1991 was the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychokinesis: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychokinesis - Psychokinetic Events
There have been anecdotal reports of such apparent phenomena throughout history in various cultures. For example, poltergeist activity is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Tokyo: Encyclopedia - University Of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo (東京大学; Tōkyō Daigaku, abbreviated as 東大 Tōdai) is generally ranked as Japan's most prestigious uni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ruthin: Encyclopedia Ii - Ruthin - History
Little is known of the history of the town prior to the construction of the castle started in 1277. Construction was begun by Dafydd, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animation: Encyclopedia - Animation
This is a Root page - a common introduction to several more specialised pages. This animation moves at 10 frames per second. This anima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Common Cold: Encyclopedia Ii - Common Cold - Pathology
The common cold is caused by numerous viruses (mainly rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, and also certain echoviruses, paramyxoviruses, and cox...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London: Encyclopedia - London
London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. London produces 17% of the UK's GDP, and is one of the world's major bus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Soviet Union - Republics
The Soviet Union was a federation of Soviet Socialist Republics (SSR). The first Republics were established shortly after the October Rev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeroméxico: Encyclopedia - Aeroméxico
AeroMéxico, is Mexico's largest airline, considered for more than 11 consecutive years as the most on-time airline worldwide. It operate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Trivia
It is a detail from a frieze by "Dickie" Doyle that once formed the masthead of Punch magazine, which the editors of Private Eye had come...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Nature Of The Magazine
Private Eye is often accused of specialising in scurrilous gossip about the misdeeds of the powerful and famous, but its defenders point ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Red Scare: Encyclopedia Ii - Red Scare - The Red Summer
A series of bombings in June of 1919 sparked the FBI to more aggressive actions. The mayor of Seattle received a homemade bomb in the mai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dna: Encyclopedia Ii - Dna - The History Of Dna Research
The discovery that DNA was the carrier of genetic information was a process that required many earlier discoveries. The existence of DNA ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frog: Encyclopedia - Frog
Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia - Full list of families Frog is the common name for amphibians in the order Anura. There is o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1970s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1970s - Social Movements
1970s - Environmentalism. The seventies touched off a mainstream affirmation of the environmental issues early activists from the '60s,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Egypt - Islam In Egyptian Society
As of 1990, Egyptian Islam was a complex and diverse religion. Although Muslims agreed on the faith's basic tenets, the country's various...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Worcester Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Worcester Massachusetts - History
Worcester was first settled in 1673 and was officially incorporated in 1684. The settlement was established as a town in 1722, and charte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viz Comic: Encyclopedia Ii - Viz Comic - Regular Features
Viz comic - Featured Strips. Recurring or notable one-off strips include: Acker Bilk – (See Jimmy Hill) Aldridge Pryor – a patholo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypnosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypnosis - Theories
The exact psychological state of a subject in hypnosis is unclear, and its very existence and effects are strongly debated. The following...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Language - Spoken Chinese
The map on the right depicts the subdivisions ("languages" or "dialect groups") within Chinese. The traditionally recognized seven main g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtual Memory: Encyclopedia - Virtual Memory
Virtual memory or virtual memory addressing is a memory management technique, used by multitasking computer operating systems wherein non...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1950s - People
1950s - World leaders. Prime Minister Robert Menzies (Australia) Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent (Canada) Prime Minister John Diefenb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1950s - Events And Trends
The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-ty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1950s - Events And Trends
The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-t...   » Read the article