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Lagrange's theorem is one of the fundamental theorems of finite group theory. Formally stated, the order of a subgroup of a group divides the order of the original group. This means that the number of elements in any subgroup of a finite g...
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Lahars are debris flows associated with volcanoes, and can be further classified as either hot or cold depending on their temperature. The word lahar is of Indonesian origin, reflecting the frequency of volcanic debris flows in that region...
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(1999 est. pop. 7 million). Lahore is the capital of the Punjab province of Pakistan and is the country's cultural and industrial center and its secondlargest city. There are contrary views as to the origin of its name. According to...
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LĀHORĪ, MUḤAMMAD ʿALĪ (1874–1951), scholar of Islam and founder of the Lāhorī branch of the Aḥmadīyyah movement. Born in Murar (Kapurthala), India, Lāhorī ...
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LAIMA is one of the few goddesses of the Baltic peoples who can be said to personify a number of elemental concepts. She incorporates a wide variety of both individual and societal functions, of which two are particularly noteworthy: archi...
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1952- Chinese-American mathematician whose work focuses on "strange attractors." Young was awarded the Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize for her role in "the investigation of the statistical properties of dynamical systems and ...
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LAITY is a term that has emerged in the Western religious and theological traditions to refer to those members of a religious community who, as a group, do not have the responsibilities of fulfilling the priestly functions appropriate to t...
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LAKES. Water, essential to life on earth, has occupied a preeminent place in religious thought and imagery, together with the land and sky. In many cultures it is considered to be procreative, a source of forms and of creative energy. The ...
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The Great Lakes are a prominent feature of the North American landscape, but Russia holds the distinction of having the "World's Great Lake." Called the "Pearl of Siberia" or the "Sacred Sea�...
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Lake Balkash is a large lake located in southeast Kazakhstan at 342 meters (1,122 feet) above sea level and covering an area of 17,275 square kilometers (6,670 square miles). The lake is 605 kilometers (376 miles) long, with the western pa...
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Lake Erie is the most productive of the Great Lakes. Located along the southern fringe of the Precambrian Shield of North America, Lake Erie has been ecologically degraded by a variety of anthropogenic stressors including nutrient loadin...
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The development of relatively stable, warmer and colder layers within a body of water. Thermal stratification is related to incoming heat, water depth, and degree of water column mixing. Deep, large lakes such as the Great Lakes receive in...
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A beautiful lake 6,200 ft (1,891 m) high in the Sierra Nevada, straddling the California-Nevada state line, Lake Tahoe is a jewel to both nature-lovers and developers. It is the tenth deepest lake in the world, with a maximum depth of 1,...
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One of the great messages to come out of the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s is that, while humans can cause pollution, they can also clean it up. Few success stories illustrate this point as clearly as that of Lake Washing...
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LAKOTA RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. Lakota, meaning "friends or allies," are Plains Indian peoples. They represent the largest of three divisions within the political body known as the Titonwan, along with the Dakota and Nakota. The...
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Laksamana is a Malay honorific title given to the supreme military commander, the counterpart of the highest Malay state official, the bendahara. This is expressed in the saying "The bendahara rules the land, the laksamana rules the...
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(2001 est. pop. 61,000). Lakshadweep is an Indian union territory (capital, Kavaratti) that includes the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi islands, which are scattered in the Arabian Sea some 300 kilometers off the Malabar Coast of South In...
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Lalande, Andr aise entre les deux guerres. Paris, 1942. Smith, Colin. Contemporary French Philosophy. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1964....
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(1774–1890), Baul singer of Bengal. A wandering ascetic who infused his songs with a strong mixture of Sufi and Hindu mystical thought, Fakir Lalon Shah is considered the greatest Baul singer in Bengal, a former Indian province now ...
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Acetylmethadol (also referred to as l-alpha-acetylmethadol, methadyl acetate, LAAM or L-AAM) is structurally related to METHADONE. LAAM is a potent OPIOID agonist with properties similar to methadone, except for its prolonged half-life. Th...
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The ideas of naturalist and systematist Jean Baptiste de Lamarck (1744-1829) influenced the notions surrounding evolution and also sparked social Lamarckism, which developed years after his death. He was also responsible for making a resp...
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The Lamb shift describes a small but measurable difference in electron energy levels within the hydrogen atom that is accounted for by quantum electrodynamic theory. Specifically, the difference involves a shift between the 2s and the 2p s...
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In grammar, as well as in the theory of programming languages, "syntax" specifies the grammatical nature or construction of a statement. "Semantics" deals with the meaning attached to a well-formed statement. It should be observed that not...
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The idea of building up a complete material from a number of relatively thin layers to give a product of increased strength is an old idea. The patent for the first machine for pasting sheets of paper together in layers, forming chipboard,...
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LAMOTTE, ÉTIENNE (1903–1983), Belgian specialist in Indian Buddhist doctrine and history. A Roman Catholic priest, Lamotte was a professor at the Catholic University of Louvain. His two most significant achievements in the fi...
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From primitive torches to powerful searchlights, human progress has been marked by humankind's attempts to conquer darkness. In early huts and villages, campfires gave enough light for normal activities. Torches, made of wood or other plan...
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The rise of Lana Turner (1920-1995) from humble origins to Hollywood stardom made her an inspiration to a generation of young American women. She achieved great popular acclaim during her acting career, but her personal life was marred by ...
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Great Britain 1853-1854 In the late 1840s wages in the Lancashire cotton industry had been reduced by 10 percent. When prosperity improved, the workers were disappointed not to have their old rates reinstated. A two-month strike of spinne...
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The cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of the vertebrates. The group derives its name from the notochord that extends far forward into the head (farther than the brain, in contrast to vertebrates). The most famous representa...
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Land ethic refers to an approach to issues of land use that emphasizes conservation and respect for our natural environment. Rejecting the belief that all natural resources should be available for unchecked human exploitation, a land eth...
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Possession of property in outer space is an area of space law that is complex and controversial. There exists a tension between the desire to encourage scientific exploration that will benefit all humankind and the economic reality that no...
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Founded in 1976 by Wes and Dana Jackson, the Land Institute is both an independent agricultural research station and a school devoted to exploring and developing alternative agricultural practices. Located on the Smoky Hill River near Sa...
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First identified as a humanitarian concern in Afghanistan and Cambodia in the late 1980s, land mines have become an international issue. Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Angola are the world's most seriously affected countries; other Asia...
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In the ninth year of her reign, the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut (c. 1478-1457 B.C.) sent a number of ships on a trading expedition to the distant land of Punt, located to the south of Egypt. The Egyptians were fascinated by the exotic peo...
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This term has been used environmentally in two distinct ways. The more historic use refers to making land productive for agriculture. The current usage refers mostly to the restoration of disturbed land to an ecologically stable conditio...
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Land reform is a social and political restructuring of the agricultural systems through redistribution of land. Successful land reform policies take into account the political, social, and economic structure of the area. In agrarian soci...
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In 2000 in Zimbabwe, black Africans began occupying the farms of the white minority (who owned most of the land), terrorizing the families living there and threatening to take the land for black Africans. The occupying forces were encoura...
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A land trust is a private, legally incorporated, nonprofit organization that works with property owners to protect open land through direct, voluntary land transactions. Land trusts come in many varieties, but their intent is consistent....
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Land is any part of the earth's surface that can be owned as property. Land comprises a particular segment of the earth's crust and can be defined in specific terms. The location of the land is extremely important in determ...
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Entropy is a physical quantity that can be interpreted as a measure of the thermodynamic disorder of a physical system. Entropy has the unique property that its global value must always increase or stay the same; this property is reflected...
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Many people live their lives unaware of an accumulating danger that threatens the human lifestyle and existence. America creates more trash than any other nation on the planet. We as Americans are largely responsible for much of the poll...
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Landforms are the mesoscale topographic features that define a regional landscape. Climate and plate tectonics ultimately determine the system of processes—plate tectonic motion,...
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Landgrebe, Ludwig(1902 nomenologie. Hamburg: Meiner, 1982....
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Landscape ecology is an interdisciplinary field that emerged from several intellectual traditions in Europe and North America. An identifiable landscape ecology started in central Europe in the 1960s and in North America in the late 1970...
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Landslide is a general term used to describe a variety of geologic processes involving the movement of fine-grained earth, coarse-grained debris, or rock down a slope under the influence of gravity. This broad definition of downslope movem...
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As a household name for so many readers of varying persuasions, Langston Hughes was perhaps the most significant black American writer in the twentieth century. From the Harlem Renaissance of the early twenties, to the Black Arts reorienta...
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Reality cannot always be relayed clearly through language. It is not always possible to convey exact thoughts or emotions using only the relatively limited vocabulary of our languages. Some might argue that if a `wordless emotion' does aris...
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Learning a new language is a great thing. It is fun, interesting and can lead to great opportunities. When you learn a new language, you are exposed to new things. You also learn their culture and the way the people live and the food they ...
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Language Acquisition Device (Lad) Notion that some knowledge about language is built into the brain of the human child. Learning theorists argue that the environments of young children everywhere are supportive of learning. All young child...
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Language and Thought Should questions about "thought"—about intentionality, beliefs, and concept possession, for example—be approached directly or, instead, indirectly via the philosophy of "language�...
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