Hadrons are subatomic particles that are affected by the strong force, the force that binds the nucleus together. Two hadrons--the proton and the neutron--are found in the atomic nucleus. All others are created by high-energy collisions, f...

The various different kinds of blood cells have a finite life span in the circulation. Red blood cells last for about 120 days, platelets for 10 days and granulocytes can live for less than 24 hours. Monocytes only circulate from one to th...

Hemophilia A and hemophilia B are genetic disorders in the blood-clotting system, characterized by bleeding into joints and soft tissues, and by excessive bleeding into any site experiencing trauma or undergoing surgery. Hemophilia A and B...

The 1960s and 1970s were a period of destabilization in German literature. Notions of sociopolitical relevance eroded the position of the traditional genres in favor of activist, experimental forms. Even established writers were driven off...

Hafiz Assad (al-'Asad; 1930-2000) took power in Syria in 1970 and became president, a position he retained longer than any other person since Syrian independence in 1946. Hafiz Assad was born on October 6, 1930 into a large, poor peasant f...

Hafiz Khan is a Fijian businessman and politician. He was appointed to the Senate in July 2005. Maiden speech to the Senate, 24 August 2005 (excerpts) "As I have chosen Fiji, having been born and raised here, as my home, indigenous Fijian ...

Hafsat Abiola (born 1980 ) is a Nigerian human rights, civil rights and democracy activist, founder of the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), which seeks to strengthen civil society and promote democracy in Nigeria. Sourced Hafsat Ab...

In "Om lyrikk" (On Poetry), published in the magazine Kvinnen og tiden (The Woman and the Time) in 1953 and collected in her Østenfor kjærlighet, vestenfor drøm: prosa gjennom 30 år (East of Love, West of Dream: P...

It is estimated that there were a million casualties from the use of poison gases in the First World War. Official figures list 180,983 British soldiers as being gassed, of whom 6,062 died in the trenches, but these figures are often cons...

HAṬHAYOGA is historically the most influential, and today the best known, of the several schools of yoga derived from the classical Yoga of Patañjali's Yoga Sūtra. Haṭhayoga differs from classical Yoga, a...

H'AI GAON (939–1038), Babylonian halakhist. H'ai succeeded his father, Sherira', as head of the academy at Pumbedita and occupied the post for forty years, during which time he penned hundreds of responsa, compo...

We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children....

There are few crossroads with the name recognition of the San Francisco intersection of Haight and Ashbury. A seemingly enchanted place, the Haight-Ashbury district begins at the top of a rise that gradually makes its way west to the beach...

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked. Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice...

Hailey Anne Nelson ( born September 14, 1994) American actress Quotes from Big Fish Jenny: It's not a woman, it's a fish. No one ever catches her. Fish looks diff'rent to diff'rent people. My daddy said it looked like the coon dog he had w...

The best way I know to win an argument is to start by being in the right....

(1996 est. pop. 7.1 million). Hainan, an island province in the South China Sea off the coast of China's Guangdong Province, covers an area of 34,000 square kilometers. Before 1988, when the island obtained provincial status, it was...

While many people may not be familiar with who Helen Haines was, she made numerous contributions during her lifetime to the American Library Association, the library press, library education, and the American intellectual freedom movement....

(2002 pop. 572,000). Located 103 kilometers (64 miles) east of Hanoi on the coast of northern Vietnam, Haiphong, Vietnam's third-largest city (behind Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi), is a major seaport and the main hub of northern Vietn...

Hair, a "tribal-rock musical" (Barnes), captures the attitudes and idealisms of the Hippie movement of the 1960's. Written by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, with music and lyrics by Galt McDermot, Hair illustrates Hippies' repudiation of conv...

SOURCE: Blake, Richard A. “Selective Memory.” America 140, no. 13 (7 April 1979): 286. In the following excerpt, Blake commends Hair's atmosphere of “great good fun,” but cautions against the film's tendency to sanitize historical e...

Hairspray is a 2007 musical film based on a Broadway musical, set in 1960s Baltimore . It follows the adventures of plump, cute Tracy Turnblad, an aspiring dancer, when she launches a campaign to racially integrate a local TV dance show. B...

Human beings have styled and adorned their hair since the beginning of recorded history. This styling has different and often contradictory purposes. As an intrinsic, yet malleable part of the body, the hair and its styling can serve as an...

Haiti was once the first black independent republic in the world and the richest island in the Caribbean. Today Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and one of the poorest countries in the world. What could have happened...

Leon Uris's novels "Exodus" and "Trinity" moved me, captivated me, and kept me up late at night. I expected his latest, "The Haj," to have the same effect, and I was very disappointed that it didn't. The story failed to capture my interest ...