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Saburo Ienaga (b. 1913), Japanese historian. Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1913, Ienaga Saburo graduated from Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo) in 1937. He began his career as a high school teacher, later moving to Tokyo University o... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 7 pages (1,952 words) in 2 products

Sacagawea   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... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 3 Summaries About 37 pages (11,175 words) in 4 products

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Saccharin Saccharin Overview Saccharin (SAK-uh-rin) is a synthetic compound whose water solutions are at least 500 times as sweet as table sugar. It passes through the human digestive system without being absorbed, so it has an effective caloric valu... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 10 pages (2,861 words) in 2 products

Saccharomyces cerevisiae 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... Study Pack: 3 Summaries About 8 pages (2,327 words) in 3 products

Sacco and Vanzetti   Nicola Sacco (died 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888-1927), Italian-born anarchists, became the subject of one of America's most celebrated controversies and the focus for much of the liberal and radical protest of the 1920s in the Unite... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 1 Summary, 1 Essay About 32 pages (9,604 words) in 3 products

Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer 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... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 9 pages (2,663 words) in 1 product

Sacha Baron Cohen Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 1971-10-13 ) is a Golden Globe Award-winning British comedian and actor. Sourced Thank you to every American who has not sued me so far. While attending the Golden Globe awards. BBC News Online “The moment I ... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 Quotes About 18 pages (5,505 words) in 2 products

Sacha Guitry 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... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 Quotes About 4 pages (1,228 words) in 2 products

Sacharias Jansen 1588-c. 1628 Dutch Optician Sacharias Jansen is generally credited with inventing the first compound microscope and may possibly have invented the telescope. A traveling merchant as well as optician, Jansen was a bit of a rogue, involved a... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 2 pages (594 words) in 1 product

Marilyn Sachs 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... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 22 pages (6,486 words) in 1 product

Howard (Oliver) Sackler The Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and a Tony--any play which sweeps the three most coveted awards for a given Broadway season secures for its creator a place in twentieth-century theatre history. Such a coup was ... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 13 pages (3,852 words) in 1 product

Edward Sackville-west 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... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 6 pages (1,857 words) in 1 product

Sacred (comparative religion)   SACRED SPACE. A sacred place is first of all a defined place, a space distinguished from other spaces. The rituals that a people either practice at a place or direct toward it mark its sacredness and differentiate it from other defined spa... Study Pack: 3 Summaries About 72 pages (21,606 words) in 3 products

Sacred and Profane Imagery in Donne's "To His Mistress Going to Bed" 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... Study Pack: 1 Essay About 3 pages (907 words) in 1 product

Sacred and Profane Love   Sacred and Profane Love (also called Venus and the Bride) is an oil painting by Titian, painted around 1513-1514. The painting was commissioned by Niccolò Aurelio, a secretary to the Venetian Council of Ten (so identified because his coat ... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 eBook About 268 pages (80,334 words) in 2 products

Sacred Books of the East   Series (ed. Max Müller) published by Oxford University Press. Buddhist volumes are Nos. 10, 11, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 35, 36 and 49.... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 eBook About 537 pages (161,075 words) in 2 products

Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman   Sacred Clowns is a 1993 novel by Tony Hillerman. It involves koshares, or sacred clowns, which the book is named after. the story also involves several homicides and the relationship between Jim Chee and Janet Pete. The book involves the ch... Study Pack: 1 Study Guide, 3 Biographies, 1 Summary About 52 pages (15,623 words) in 5 products

Sacred Ground by Mercedes Lackey   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 ... Study Pack: 1 Study Guide, 1 Biography, 1 Summary About 21 pages (6,192 words) in 3 products

Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth   SOURCE: "Standing outside England and Looking In," in London Observer, No. 10,488, October 18, 1992, p. 59. In the following interview, Unsworth reflects on his childhood and literary influences as well as on winning the prestigious Booker ... Study Pack: 1 Study Guide, 1 Summary, 2 Criticisms About 144 pages (43,318 words) in 4 products

Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman Study Pack: 1 Study Guide About 174 pages (52,218 words) in 1 product

Sacrifice   SACRIFICE [FIRST EDITION]. The term sacrifice, from the Latin sacrificium (sacer, "holy"; facere, "to make"), carries the connotation of the religious act in the highest, or fullest sense; it can also be underst... Study Pack: 3 Summaries, 1 Quotes About 59 pages (17,572 words) in 4 products

Sacrifice (BookRags) 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... Study Pack: 1 Essay About 2 pages (556 words) in 1 product

Sacrifices for Achievements Sacrifices for Achievements During the 1950's my grandfather, Fidencio Sanchez Lopez, migrated into the United States in look of financial capital. My grandfather comes from a ranch located in the Sierras of Mexico. Coming into United St... Study Pack: 1 Essay About 1 pages (375 words) in 1 product

Sacrilege   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... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 25 pages (7,601 words) in 2 products

Saʿdī SAʿDĪ (AH 597?–690/1200?–1291 CE), pen name of Abū ʿAbd Allāh Musharrif (al-Dīn) ibn Muṣliḥ al-Dīn Saʿdī-yi Shīrāzī, Islamic Pe... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 4 pages (1,250 words) in 1 product

Sad Sam (letter/sound association for 's') Study Pack: About 4 pages (1,200 words) in 0 products

The Sad Shepherd by Henry van Dyke Study Pack: 2 Biographies, 1 eBook About 37 pages (11,142 words) in 3 products

A Sad Story/Jolly Young Fisher (2 tongue twisters) Study Pack: About 0 pages (0 words) in 0 products

Language arts   The term Language Arts may mean: Language, an academic study, sometimes also specialized as linguistics Language Arts (1996 album) by the artist Buck 65... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 28,533 pages (8,559,754 words) in 1 product

Sadaejuui Literally translatable as "serving the great-ism" (or in some sources, "toadyism"), the term sadaejuui has a decisively pejorative meaning to modern Koreans, north and south. It has served throughout the twentie... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 2 pages (481 words) in 1 product

Sadaharu Oh (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... Study Pack: 2 Summaries, 1 Quotes About 7 pages (1,949 words) in 3 products

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes   Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is an historical fiction novel written by American author Eleanor Coerr and published in 1977. The story is of a Japanese girl, Sadako Sasaki, who lived in Hiroshima at the time the atomic bombing. She d... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 65 pages (19,378 words) in 1 product

Sadako Ogata International civil servant Sadako Ogata (born 1927) was chosen to serve as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1991. On December 21, 1990, Professor Sadako Ogata was called from her post as dean of the Faculty of Foreign ... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 1 Summary About 3 pages (1,032 words) in 2 products

Sadao Araki (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... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 6 pages (1,820 words) in 2 products

Saddam Hussein   Saddam Hussein (born 1937), the socialist president of the Iraqi Republic beginning in 1979 and strongman of the ruling Baa'th regime beginning in 1968, was known for his political shrewdness and ability to survive conflicts. He led Iraq i... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 2 Summaries, 5 Essays, 1 Quotes About 54 pages (16,076 words) in 9 products

Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda   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... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 65 pages (19,543 words) in 2 products

Sadducees SADDUCEES. The Sadducees were one of the main Jewish political and religious groups (usually termed "sects") of the Second Temple period. By about the reign of John Hyrcanus I (135–104 BCE), they were a recognizable ar... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 13 pages (3,803 words) in 2 products

Sadequain (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 ... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 12 pages (3,720 words) in 2 products

Sadhana : the realisation of life by Rabindranath Tagore Study Pack: 1 Biography, 1 eBook About 116 pages (34,881 words) in 2 products

Sadhu   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... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 16 pages (4,908 words) in 2 products

Sadhu Sundar Singh Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929 Many people despise those who spend their health, strength and money for the salvation of others, and call them mad. And yet it is they who will save many and be save... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 Quotes About 15 pages (4,438 words) in 2 products

Sadi 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.... Study Pack: 1 Quotes About 0 pages (37 words) in 1 product

Sadie Christman Life throws you curve balls, but you either learn to swerve them or hit them like there is no tomorrow. The greatest thing you can do for someone is to love them and show them how to love back.... Study Pack: 1 Quotes About 0 pages (40 words) in 1 product

Sadomasochism 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... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 Quotes About 14 pages (4,159 words) in 2 products

Mary Anne Sadlier A Victorian woman writer whose voluminous fiction has escaped canonization, Mary Anne Sadlier was famous in her day for didactic, sentimental romances promoting the causes of Catholicism and Irish culture in North America. Henry J. Morgan ... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 1 Summary About 7 pages (2,041 words) in 2 products

Sadness 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... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 Quotes About 4 pages (1,042 words) in 2 products

Sado, Niigata (2001 pop. 73,000). Japan's fifthlargest island, Sado (Sadogashima), is located in the Sea of Japan, 35 kilometers from the city of Niigata in Honshu. The island is 853 square kilometers. Beginning in the Nara period (710–794... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 6 pages (1,910 words) in 2 products

Ira Sadoff   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... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 1 Summary About 7 pages (2,227 words) in 2 products

Nina Nikolaevna Sadur Nina Sadur began her career as a playwright. During the latter years of perestroika Sadur's plays were circulated and staged initially at small studio theaters before they were added to the repertoire of more-established theaters. Her play... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 21 pages (6,285 words) in 1 product