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Vajra   VAJRASATTVA (Tibetan, Rdo rje sems dpa' [Dorjé Sempa]; Chinese, Jingang sadou; Japanese, Kongōsatta), the "Adamantine Being," is a bodhisattva affiliated primarily with the Buddha Akṣobhya (Unshake... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 9 pages (2,679 words) in 2 products

Vajradhara VAJRADHARA (Tib., Rdo rje chang [Dorje chang]; Mongolian, Ochirdana) is, in the last stages of Indian Tantric Buddhism and in the continuing Tibetan traditions, the distinct embodiment of the highest state of being, the primordial Ā... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 4 pages (1,169 words) in 2 products

Vajrapani   VAJRAPĀṆI. "As for Vajrapāṇi … I confess to finding him by far the most interesting divine being throughout the whole history of Buddhism, for he has a personal history and considerable personal ch... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 11 pages (3,185 words) in 2 products

Vakhsh A major Central Asian river also known as the Kunduz in its lower course, the Surkhob is one of the major tributaries of the Amu Dar'ya (Oxus). The river rises in Afghanistan in the Baba Range of the Hindu Kush and flows for 420 kil... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 1 pages (272 words) in 2 products

Val d'Arno by John Ruskin Study Pack: 5 Biographies, 1 eBook About 246 pages (73,668 words) in 6 products

Val Kilmer Val Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Contents 1 Attributed 1.1 On playing Batman 1.2 On acting 1.3 On other actors 1.4 On turning down Blue Velvet 1.5 On violence 1.6 On show business 1.7 On his early career 1.8 On his... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 Quotes About 17 pages (5,174 words) in 2 products

Val Lewton   SOURCE: Classics of the Horror Film, The Citadel Press, 1974, pp. 179-87. Everson was an eminent film historian, collector, and educator. In addition to the work excerpted here, his other scrupulously researched and enthusiastically written... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 6 Criticisms About 80 pages (24,035 words) in 7 products

Val Logsdon Fitch Val Logsdon Fitch was born to Fred B. and Frances M. (Logsdon) Fitch on March 10, 1923, on a cattle ranch near Merriman, Nebraska, a short distance from the South Dakota border. After an injury to the elder Fitch on the ranch, the family m... Study Pack: 2 Biographies, 2 Summaries About 7 pages (2,228 words) in 4 products

Valdemar IV of Denmark   Waldemar IV (ca. 1320-1375) reunited the kingdom of Denmark under his rule, presenting a strong, nationalistic challenge to the mercantile Hanseatic League. Waldemar IV was born to a bankrupt crown. In 1320, the year he was born, his fathe... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 1 Summary About 10 pages (2,939 words) in 2 products

Valdemar Poulsen Valdemar Poulsen was a Danish engineer who invented the magnetic recorder in 1898. His ideas were the basis of magnetic recording and led to crucial developments in communications and computer technology. Born in Copenhagen on November 23,... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 2 Summaries About 3 pages (977 words) in 3 products

Gina Valdes Gina Valdés's prose and poetry, characterized by a tension between her social concerns and a strong metaphysical current, place her at an important crossroads within Chicano letters. She is fusing trends that have been central to Ch... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 6 pages (1,893 words) in 1 product

Luis Valdez (BookRags) Luis Valdez (born 1940) was founder of the El Teatro Campesino in California and is thought to be the father of Mexican American theater. Playwright and director Luis Valdez is considered the father of Mexican American theater. In 1965 he ... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 3 pages (1,023 words) in 1 product

Luis (Miguel) Valdez Luis Valdez is considered the father of Chicano theater. He has distinguished himself as an actor, director, playwright, and, most recently, a filmmaker. It was, however, his role as the founding director of El Teatro Campesino, a theater ... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 20 pages (5,991 words) in 1 product

Patrizia Valduga The form of Patrizia Valduga's poetry--its most striking component--attracts the attention of critics and readers. Her rich, ponderous, minutely examined language has been full of philological refinements and neologisms since the publicati... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 7 pages (2,131 words) in 1 product

The Vale of Cedars by Grace Aguilar Study Pack: 1 eBook About 282 pages (84,450 words) in 1 product

A Valediction: Forbidden Mourning by John Donne Study Pack: 1 Study Guide, 4 Biographies About 134 pages (40,282 words) in 5 products

Valedictorian Speech This is the true story, of 300 students, learning in the same school.  We found out what happens when they stop being nice, and start getting real.  We watch them teach and learn from each other.  And then it is all over in a... Study Pack: 1 Essay About 5 pages (1,356 words) in 1 product

Valence (chemistry) Valence refers to a number assigned to elements that reflects their ability to react with other elements and the type of reactions the element will undergo. The term valence is derived from the Latin word for strength and can reflect an el... Study Pack: 3 Summaries About 10 pages (2,872 words) in 3 products

Jose Angel Valente José Angel Valente is in a group of Spanish poets who came to the fore in the late 1950s and 1960s, which also includes such writers as Claudio Rodríguez, Carlos Sahagún, Francisco Brines, Eladio Cabañero, and A... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 6 pages (1,636 words) in 1 product

Valentin Haüy 1745-1822 French abbot and inventor who is credited with the conception (1771) of an embossed letter system to educate persons with blindness. In 1783-84 Abbot Haüy founded the Institute for the Blind and began training his blind stud... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 1 pages (301 words) in 2 products

Valentin Kataev   Valentin Kataev, a highly prominent Soviet writer, wrote fiction, plays, autobiographical essays, and poetry. He was founding editor of the journal Iunost' (Youth) in 1955 and served as its editor in chief until 1962. Kataev enjoyed a succ... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 1 Summary About 26 pages (7,742 words) in 2 products

Valentin Rasputin   Valentin Grigor'evich Rasputin made his name as one of the foremost writers of "village prose" with four novellas written in the late 1960s to the mid 1970s achieving particular prominence with "Proshchanies Materoi" (translated as Farewel... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 1 Summary About 25 pages (7,352 words) in 2 products

Valentina Tereshkova   Valentina Tereshkova (born 1937) was the first woman in space, orbiting the earth 48 times in Vostok VI in 1963. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. Tereshkova took off from the Tyuratam Space Station in the Vostok VI in 196... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 6 Summaries About 24 pages (7,167 words) in 7 products

Valentine (film) Valentine is a horror movie with David Boreanaz about a highschool outsider who kills his tormentors. Tagline: Love Hurts. External links IMDB Wikipedia has an article about: Valentine (movie)... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 Quotes About 5 pages (1,543 words) in 2 products

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Valentine Blacker Valentine Blacker born in Armagh , Northern Ireland , 1778 - died in Calcutta , India , 4 February , 1826 ), was a lieutenant colonel in the Honourable East India Company and later Surveyor General of India . Sourced Put your trust in God,... Study Pack: 1 Quotes About 1 pages (247 words) in 1 product

Valentine Greatrakes 1629-1683 Irish man who, with what would today be called faith healing, cured many people suffering from psychosomatic illness—illness that originates or is made worse by the patients' belief that they are ill. His ability to... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 1 pages (373 words) in 2 products

Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent by William Carleton Study Pack: 1 Biography, 1 eBook About 631 pages (189,376 words) in 2 products

Valentine Mott 1785-1865 American physician who pioneered vascular surgery. Mott earned a medical degree from New York's Columbia College, studied surgical techniques abroad in London and Edinburgh, then returned to the United States to teach at C... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 1 pages (297 words) in 2 products

Valentine's Day   Valentine's Day (Also known as St. Valentine's Day) Symbols: hearts, cupid, flowers, chocolate, and doves/ U.S. holiday colors: red & pink Valentine's Day is a Christian Festival commemorating the martyrdom of St. Valentine on February ... Study Pack: 2 Summaries, 1 Essay About 433 pages (129,857 words) in 3 products

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Critical thinking by Creative Teaching Press   The process of critical thinking requires you to ask more questions of both others and of yourself before a decision or determination is made. In order to successfully evaluate data in a critical manner, you must have a system in place t... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 3 Essays About 881 pages (264,215 words) in 4 products

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Diego de Valera Early-twentieth-century biographers of Diego de Valera such as Lucas de Torre y Franco-Romero and José Antonio de Balenchana tend to dismiss Valera as little more than a pedant and a brigand. This portrait has been extensively revis... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 13 pages (4,009 words) in 1 product

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Valeriy Polyakov 1942- Russian Cosmonaut Dr. Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov—physician, researcher, and cosmonaut—holds the record for human longevity in space. In 1994-95 Polyakov spent 437 days and 17 hours in space, the longest uninterrupted... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 3 pages (986 words) in 2 products

Diego Valeri Diego Valeri represents a twentieth-century continuation of the classical lyric tradition in its purest form. Peripheral to contemporary ideological crises, his voice is imbued with the music and Arcadian imagery of Anacreon, Petrarch, Ang... Study Pack: 1 Biography About 11 pages (3,433 words) in 1 product

Valerian (emperor) The Roman emperor Valerian (ca. 200-ca. 260), or Publius Licinius Valerianus, attempted to stay the advances of the barbarians and the Persians on Roman territory and was a vigorous persecutor of the Christians. The background of Valerian ... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 1 Summary About 9 pages (2,624 words) in 2 products