In the early 1800s, Sacajawea (1784-1812) accompanied Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their historical expedition from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific Ocean. Sacajawea is responsible in large part for the success of the expeditio...

Unicellular Fungi (Yeast Phylum) are one of the most studied single-cell Eukaryotes. Among them, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is perhaps the biological model most utilized for decades in order for scientists to understand the molecular anatomy...

The varied phases of Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer's life as a preceptor and later as a lawyer in the service of the duchy of Brunswick, Lüneburg, and Wolfenbüttel were accompanied by many-sided literary ambitions. His religious poetry...

Sacha Guitry (1885 - 1957) was a Russian-born French film actor, director, and screenwriter. Unsourced You can pretend to be serious but you can't pretend to be funny. He is a cuckold; that's why I cheated on him. A woman who runs off with...

Born December 18, 1927, in New York's east Bronx. Sachs grew up in the "railroad" apartment on Jennings Street. "Jennings Street had no trees, birds, or flowers. But it had kids. Every day after school and all day on the weekends, holidays...

Although Edward Sackville-West is probably best remembered as a music critic, he wrote five unusual novels that earned him a place in the history of literature during the 1920s and 1930s. They did not remain in print for long and, with one...

Donne's use of sacred and profane imagery in "To His Mistress Going to Bed" can be considered at times reckless, bordering on the boundary of blasphemy. However, it is also an example of Donne's genius, in that he used complex images of exo...

The Sacred Books of the East is a monumental 50-volume set of English translations of Asian religious writings, edited by Max Müller and published by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It incorporates the essential sacred t...

Sacred Ground may refer to: Sacred Ground (1983 film), starring Tim McIntire and Jack Elam Sacred Ground (album), by McBride & the Ride "Sacred Ground" (song), the title track from the McBride & the Ride album "Sacred Ground" (Star ...

Sacrifice Shiokari Pass is a story of severe sacrifice and offering. Through the characters of Nobuo, Kiku, and Yoshikawa, the theme of sacrifice plays a vital role and is shown throughout the entire book. Considering Christian...

SACRILEGE is typically defined as "violation or theft of the sacred." It originates from the Latin sacrilegium or sacer (sacred) and lego (to gather or to steal). In addition to the literal theft of sacred objects or the viol...

(b. 1940), Japanese baseball player. Oh hit 868 home runs during a 22-year career with the Yomiuri Giants from 1959 to 1980. Born in Tokyo, Oh joined the Giants in 1959 out of Waseda Jitsugyo High School. Originally a pitcher, he was switc...

(1877–1966), Japanese general and politician. Araki Sadao was a general, politician, and leader of the Imperial Way faction (Kodoha, an ultra-nationalist group during the 1930s). A native of Tokyo and a graduate of the Japanese Mili...

The terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001, underscored the significance of and threat posed by the al-Qaeda terrorist network, comprised of individuals and groups in approximately 50 countries worldwide. The organiz...

(1930–1987), Pakistani artist. Sadequain's paintings, in media ranging from oils to felt markers, are evidence of his skillful draftsmanship and imaginative visual vocabulary. Sadequain was born in Amroha, India, to a family ...

SĀDHUS AND SĀDHVĪS. The term sādhu (feminine, sādhvī) derives from the Sanskrit root sādh (meaning "accomplish") and also has the general sense of "a good or virtuous pe...

Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity. Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it....

Sadism and Masochism "What all these people are doing is not aggressive; they are inventing new possibilities of pleasure with strange parts of their body - through the eroticization of the body. I think it's...a creative enterprise, which...

Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping? Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile. A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain...

Ira Sadoff's initial style and approach to his subjects--his characteristic erasures and retreats--seem largely influenced by the psychological and political zeitgeist reflected in the work of many American poets in the 1970s. Shaped by th...

Saeb Erekat is a Palestinian politician. Sourced Saeb Erekat : There is no country in the world where religious and national identities are intertwined. Robert Spencer : Just ask all those secular republics in the Islamic world. Erekat: Pa...

Saek is a member of the Tai family of languages, which are spoken across a wide area of northern Southeast Asia, from northern Vietnam and Southern China in the east to Assam in the west. The family includes Thai and Lao, the national lang...

Early safes, used primarily by banks, were crude wooden chests with padlocks or boxes covered with sheet iron as a slight protection against fire. Neither posed any serious problem to determined thieves and robbers. In 1844, Frenchman Alex...