Saddam Hussein was the president of Iraq (1979–2003) whose brutal rule was marked by costly and unsuccessful wars against neighbouring countries. Saddam, the son of peasants, was born in a village near the city of Tikrīt in northern Iraq. The area was one of the poorest in the country, and Saddam

Uday Hussein was an Iraqi official who was the oldest son of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and thus was a central figure in his father’s brutal 24-year rule. He was for many years regarded as his father’s heir apparent. Uday was a flamboyant womanizer who financed his lavish lifestyle largely

Hussein-McMahon correspondence, series of letters exchanged in 1915–16, during World War I, between Hussein ibn Ali, emir of Mecca, and Sir Henry McMahon, the British high commissioner in Egypt. In general terms, the correspondence effectively traded British support of an independent Arab state for

Amin al-Husseini was the grand mufti of Jerusalem and an Arab nationalist figure who played a major role in Arab resistance to Zionist political ambitions in Palestine. Husseini’s exact birth date is unknown; scholars have documented his own use of, variously, 1895, 1896, and 1897. Husseini studied

Fayṣal ibn ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Ḥusaynī was a Palestinian political leader who, as the most senior Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official in Jerusalem, was a pragmatic but persistent spokesman for Palestinian claims in east Jerusalem. Al-Ḥusaynī came from a prominent Palestinian family. His

Edmund Husserl was a German philosopher, the founder of Phenomenology, a method for the description and analysis of consciousness through which philosophy attempts to gain the character of a strict science. The method reflects an effort to resolve the opposition between Empiricism, which stresses

Obed Hussey was a U.S. inventor of a full-sized grain reaper that was in wide use throughout Illinois, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania until Cyrus Hall McCormick’s reaper captured the market. Hussey had invented machines for grinding corn and crushing sugarcane before he began work on a

Romeo and Juliet: …roles to young, inexperienced actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who at the time of filming were ages 15 and 17, respectively. The acclaimed director provided his trademark sweeping production design, emulating the actual societal conditions in which the story takes place. His version resonates with a realism that previous…

Hussite, any of the followers of the Bohemian religious reformer Jan Hus, who was condemned by the Council of Constance (1414–18) and burned at the stake. After his death in 1415 many Bohemian knights and nobles published a formal protest and offered protection to those who were persecuted for

Germany: The Hussite wars: The death of Hus enshrined him at once as a martyr and a national hero in the memory of his followers among the Czechs. They raised a storm of denunciation against Sigismund and expressed their resentment by widespread attacks on orthodox priests and…

Islamic arts: The modern period: …chronological order, include ʿAbduh al-Ḥamūlī, Dāʾūd Ḥusnī, Sayyid Darwīsh, ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, Umm Kulthūm, Farīd al-Aṭrash, Fayrouz, Rashid al-Hundarashi, Ṣadīqah al-Mulāya, and Muḥammad al-Gubanshi.

Susan Collins: …Center for Family Business at Husson College, where she served as executive director. In 1996 she ran for the Senate seat held by Cohen, who was stepping down to become secretary of defense. Collins won and took office the following year.

Susan Collins: …Center for Family Business at Husson College, where she served as executive director. In 1996 she ran for the Senate seat held by Cohen, who was stepping down to become secretary of defense. Collins won and took office the following year.

Jimmy Wilde: …30, 1914, he knocked out Eugene Husson of France in the sixth round to claim the European flyweight championship. He lost his first professional bout, and rights to the flyweight title, on Jan. 25, 1915, when his corner threw in the towel during the 17th round against Tancy Lee of…

Champfleury was a French novelist and journalist, theoretician of the Realist movement, which he analyzed in Le Réalisme (1857). Although his reputation has declined, he was an influential figure whose writings helped to popularize the work of the painter Gustave Courbet, then controversial for his

Arnulf Øverland: Hustavler (1929; “Laws of Living”), featuring poems about Norway but also poems about life, is, as one critic wrote, the most successful fusion of his human and artistic development. His poems of the 1930s were intended to alert Norwegians to the danger of fascism and…

Ida A. Husted Harper was a journalist and suffragist, remembered for her writings in the popular press for and about women and for her contributions to the documentation of the woman suffrage movement. Ida Husted married Thomas W. Harper, a lawyer, in 1871 and settled in Terre Haute, Indiana. Her

2026 U.S. midterm elections: What are some key states to watch?: • Ohio: The Republican incumbent Jon Husted was appointed to the Senate seat vacated by JD Vance when he became vice president. The former lieutenant governor of this now reliably red state seemed on a glide path to easy reelection until former senator Sherrod Brown, a much-respected Democratic fixture in…

Marjorie Child Husted was an American home economist and businesswoman under whose supervision the image of Betty Crocker became a General Mills icon for the perfect cook and homemaker. Husted attended public schools and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1913. She remained at the

Robert Duvall: Later films: His last films were Hustle and The Pale Blue Eye, both of which were released in 2022.

Robert Aldrich: The 1970s: …directed Reynolds in the neo-noir Hustle (1975), with the actor playing a cynical cop who falls for call girl (Catherine Deneuve). After the antiwar polemic Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977), Aldrich helmed several forgettable films, including The Frisco Kid (1979), in which Gene Wilder portrayed a rabbi in the Wild West…

Taraji P. Henson: …central character’s much-put-upon girlfriend, and Hustle & Flow (2005), as the pregnant prostitute Shug, opposite Terrence Howard, whom she later demanded be hired to play the role of Lucious Lyon, the ex-husband of her character on Empire. (She also sang backup vocals on the latter movie’s Academy Award-winning song, “It’s…

Anne Hathaway: The Dark Knight Rises, Les Misérables, and Interstellar: …to commit murder; the comedy The Hustle, about two rival con artists; Modern Love, an Amazon anthology series in which Hathaway appeared in an episode as a woman struggling with mental illness; and Dark Waters, a fact-based drama concerning a legal case about a chemical company’s alleged pollution of a…

The Hustler, American film drama, released in 1961, that won both popular and critical acclaim and earned each of its four major actors (Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott, and Piper Laurie) Academy Award nominations. The film sparked a resurgence of popularity in the game of pool. Newman

Cardi B: Bodak Yellow and Invasion of Privacy: …her feature film debut in Hustlers, playing a stripper alongside Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu.

Hervé Filion was a harness-race driver, trainer, and owner who was one of the most successful North American harness-racing drivers. Filion was born on his family’s farm, one of 10 children; many of his eight brothers, notably his younger brother Henri, also became harness drivers. Hervé left

Anjelica Huston is an American actress noted for her coolly elegant portrayals of tough-minded self-sufficient women. Huston was the second child born to film director John Huston (himself the son of actor Walter Huston) and former ballerina Enrica Soma. In 1953 the family relocated from California

John Huston was an American motion-picture director, writer, and actor whose taut dramas were among the most popular Hollywood films from the early 1940s to the mid-1980s. Many of his films were literary adaptations or tough action tales with an existential spin. Indeed, his own life—in which

Nancy Huston is a Canadian novelist and nonfiction author who writes in French and English and makes prizewinning translations of her own works, which explore the themes of cultural dislocation and personal identity. As a child, Huston lived in Canada, Germany, and the United States. She left Sarah

Out of the Past: …reveal to his girlfriend (Virginia Huston) that his real name is Jeff Markham and that he is, in fact, a private detective. In an extended flashback, Jeff retraces his history with Whit, who years earlier had hired him to track down Kathie Moffat (Jane Greer). According to Whit, Kathie…

Walter Huston was a noted Canadian-born American character actor whose career in theatre and films ranged from musical comedy to high drama. Originally trained as an engineer, Huston first appeared on the stage in Toronto (1902) and made his New York City debut three years later. He worked as an

eastern Africa: The Shirazi migration: The great palace of Husuni Kubwa, with well over 100 rooms, was built at this time and had the distinction of being the largest single building in all sub-Saharan Africa. Husuni Ndogo, with its massive enclosure walls, was probably built at this time, too, as were the extensions to…

Hungary: Revolution, counterrevolution, and the regency, 1918–45: …government, under the presidency of Károly Huszár, was formed in November 1919. Elections (for a single house) were held in January 1920.

Zoltán Huszárik was a Hungarian filmmaker who directed numerous poetic short films and two feature films, the best-known of which is Szindbád (1971; “Sinbad”). Huszárik studied directing at the School of Film and Dramatic Arts in Budapest from 1949 to 1952. He was expelled, however, probably

Zoltán Huszárik was a Hungarian filmmaker who directed numerous poetic short films and two feature films, the best-known of which is Szindbád (1971; “Sinbad”). Huszárik studied directing at the School of Film and Dramatic Arts in Budapest from 1949 to 1952. He was expelled, however, probably

Johann Oecolampadius was a German humanist, preacher, and patristic scholar who, as a close friend of the Swiss reformer Huldrych Zwingli, led the Reformation in Basel. A student at Heidelberg, Oecolampadius left in 1506 to become tutor to the sons of the Palatinate’s elector and in 1510 became

Kichizan: …painting extant in Japan: “The Hut in the Valley” (dated 1413; located in the Konchi-in monastery in Kyōto). The painting reflects the influence of Chinese landscape art and is an early Japanese example of a shi-ga-jiku, hanging scroll on which poems commenting upon the painting are inscribed.

Memphis, city and capital of ancient Egypt and an important center during much of Egyptian history. Memphis is located south of the Nile River delta, on the west bank of the river, and about 15 miles (24 km) south of modern Cairo. Closely associated with the ancient city’s site are the cemeteries,

Islamic arts: Umayyad dynasty: …largely satirical poetry of al-Ḥuṭayʾah (died 674). The fact that Christians as well as Muslims were involved in composing Classical Arabic poetry is proved by the case of al-Akhṭal (died c. 710), whose work preserves the pre-Islamic tradition of al-Ḥīrah in authentic form. He is particularly noted for his…

Crossword Book Awards, any of a series of Indian literary awards established in 1998 by Indian book retailer Crossword, its stated aim being to create a prize equivalent to Western literary accolades such as the Booker Prize and the Pulitzer Prize. The Crossword was initially conceived as a single

Francis Hutcheson was a Scots-Irish philosopher and major exponent of the theory of the existence of a moral sense through which man can achieve right action. The son of a Presbyterian minister, Hutcheson studied philosophy, classics, and theology at the University of Glasgow (1710–16) and then

Glenview, village, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. It is a suburb of Chicago, located 20 miles (30 km) north of downtown, and lies on the north branch of the Chicago River. Illinois and later Potawatomi Indians were early inhabitants of the area, which was visited by French explorers

The Commission on Freedom of the Press, better known as the Hutchins Commission, was established in 1943 to examine whether freedom of the press in the United States was endangered and to assess the responsibilities of mass media in a democracy. After extensive deliberation, the commission

Alec Baldwin: Rust shooting: Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed, and the director, Joel Souza, was wounded. The family of Hutchins later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the film’s producers, one of whom was Baldwin, and an undisclosed settlement was reached in 2022.

Robert Maynard Hutchins was an American educator and university and foundation president, who criticized overspecialization and sought to balance the college curriculum and to maintain the Western intellectual tradition. After attending Oberlin College in Ohio (1915–17), he served in the ambulance

Robert Maynard Hutchins was an American educator and university and foundation president, who criticized overspecialization and sought to balance the college curriculum and to maintain the Western intellectual tradition. After attending Oberlin College in Ohio (1915–17), he served in the ambulance

Hutchinson, city, seat (1872) of Reno county, south-central Kansas, U.S. Hutchinson lies on the Arkansas River. It was founded by C.C. Hutchinson, an Indian agent, in 1871 upon the arrival of the Santa Fe Railway. Salt beds discovered there in 1887 became the basis of a major industry. Hutchinson

The Hutchinson Family, American singing group of the mid-19th century, significant figures in the development of native popular music tradition. In contrast to the prevailing sentimental and minstrel songs of the period, their music confronted social issues and embraced causes including woman

Merritt Parkway: …New York state is the Hutchinson River Parkway and in Connecticut is the Wilbur Cross Parkway.

Sir Jonathan Hutchinson: He introduced “Hutchinson’s triad” for the diagnosis of the inherited, or congenital, form of the disease: notched, narrow-edged permanent incisors (Hutchinson’s teeth); interstitial keratitis, an inflammation with occlusion of the cornea of the eye; and labyrinthine disease, a disorder of the inner ear. He was knighted in…

The Hutchinson Family: )—and their youngest sister, Abby, a contralto (b. Aug. 29, 1829—d. Nov. 24, 1892, New York City), formed a quartet and began giving concerts in New England in 1841. Initially their repertoire was centred around conventional melodramatic songs, but the Hutchinsons’ contacts with Frederick Douglass and with the Washingtonian…

Alfred Hutchinson was a writer and teacher noted for his imaginative experiments with language. His autobiography, Road to Ghana (1960), was highly acclaimed and translated into several languages. It tells of his escape from Johannesburg (via East Africa and Ghana) to the United Kingdom after he

Anne Hutchinson was a religious liberal who became one of the founders of Rhode Island after her banishment from Massachusetts Bay Colony. Anne Marbury was the daughter of a silenced clergyman and grew up in an atmosphere of learning. She married William Hutchinson, a merchant, in 1612, and in 1634

The Hutchinson Family: 25, 1884, Hutchinson, Minn.)—and their youngest sister, Abby, a contralto (b. Aug. 29, 1829—d. Nov. 24, 1892, New York City), formed a quartet and began giving concerts in New England in 1841. Initially their repertoire was centred around conventional melodramatic songs, but the Hutchinsons’ contacts with Frederick…

G. Evelyn Hutchinson was an English-born American zoologist known for his ecological studies of freshwater lakes. Hutchinson was educated at Greshams School in Holt, Norfolk, and at the University of Cambridge. He lectured for two years at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and

G. Evelyn Hutchinson was an English-born American zoologist known for his ecological studies of freshwater lakes. Hutchinson was educated at Greshams School in Holt, Norfolk, and at the University of Cambridge. He lectured for two years at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and

The Hutchinson Family: ); John, a baritone who could sing falsetto (b. Jan. 4, 1821—d. Oct. 29, 1908, Lynn); Asa, who sang bass (b. March 14, 1823—d. Nov. 25, 1884, Hutchinson, Minn.)—and their youngest sister, Abby, a contralto (b. Aug. 29, 1829—d. Nov. 24, 1892, New York City), formed…

The Hutchinson Family: , three brothers—Judson, who sang tenor (b. March 14, 1817—d. Jan. 10, 1859, Lynn, Mass.); John, a baritone who could sing falsetto (b. Jan. 4, 1821—d. Oct. 29, 1908, Lynn); Asa, who sang bass (b. March 14, 1823—d. Nov. 25, 1884, Hutchinson, Minn.)—and their youngest sister, Abby,…

English literature: The defeated republicans: ” Lucy Hutchinson composed, probably in the mid-1660s, her remarkable memoirs of the life of her husband, Colonel Hutchinson, the parliamentarian commander of Nottingham during the Civil Wars. Edmund Ludlow, like Hutchinson one of the regicides, fled to Switzerland in 1660, where he compiled his own…

Joyce Meyer is a prominent American televangelist, author, and speaker known for her dynamic teaching style and practical approach to Christian living. Her ministry grew in popularity throughout the 1990s and 2000s, during which she frequently espoused a prosperity gospel message that faith and

Sir Jonathan Hutchinson was a British surgeon, pathologist, and pioneer in the study of congenital syphilis. As Surgeon to the London Hospital (1859–83) and professor of surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons (1879–83), he became an authority on eye and skin diseases, especially leprosy. He was

Thomas Hutchinson was the royal governor of the British North American Province of Massachusetts Bay (1771–74) whose stringent measures helped precipitate colonial unrest and eventually the American Revolution (1775–83). The son of a wealthy merchant, Hutchinson devoted himself to business ventures

lighthouse: Paraboloidal mirrors: In 1777 William Hutchinson of Liverpool, England, produced the first practical mirrors for lighthouses, consisting of a large number of small facets of silvered glass set in a plaster cast molded to a paraboloid form. More generally, shaped metal reflectors were used, silvered or highly polished. These…

progeria: …major types of progeria are Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), which has its onset in early childhood, and Werner syndrome (adult progeria), which occurs later in life. A third condition, Hallerman-Streiff-François syndrome, is characterized by the presence of progeria in combination with dwarfism and other features of abnormal growth. Progeria is…

horseshoe shrimp: Hutchinsoniella macracantha, which attains a length of 37 mm (1.5 inches), occurs on the Atlantic coast of the northeastern United States. Lightiella incisa, about 2.6 mm (0.10 inch) in length, is found in waters near Puerto Rico; L. serendipita, 3.2 mm (0.13 inch) long, occurs…

Li Ka-shing: …purchased a controlling interest in Hutchison Whampoa. Under his leadership, Hutchison emerged as the world’s largest independent operator of ports. The company also bought out Husky Oil in Canada and set up mobile-phone operations in Australia, Europe, and the United States. Among Li’s other ventures was an Internet service, Tom.com,…

Kay Bailey Hutchison is an American businesswoman and politician who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas, serving from 1993 to 2013. Bailey was born in Galveston, Texas, to Allan Bailey and Ella Kathryn Sharp Bailey. Her family had long ties to the state; her

Houthi movement: Houthi rebellion: The increasing tension between the Believing Youth and the Saleh regime transformed the network into a broader movement. Saleh’s support for the United States’ war on terrorism and 2003 invasion of Iraq prompted anger from the movement’s sympathizers, who believed Saleh was supporting…

Houthi movement, Islamic fundamentalist movement in northern Yemen and one of the main actors in the Yemeni Civil War (2014– ). The network grew out of a revivalist movement among Zaydī Muslims, who belong to a small sect of Shiʿi Islam centered in northern Yemen, that opposed foreign influence on

hutia, (family Capromyidae), any of 26 living and recently extinct species of Caribbean rodents. The surviving species of hutia are short-limbed and stout and have a large head, small eyes and ears, prominent claws, and long whiskers. Size ranges from the rat-sized dwarf hutia (Mesocapromys nanus),

Don Hutson was an American professional gridiron football player who, in his 11-year career from 1935 to 1945 in the National Football League (NFL), defined the role of the receiver in the modern passing game and created many of the sport’s pass routes. In addition to playing wide receiver, he was

Don Hutson was an American professional gridiron football player who, in his 11-year career from 1935 to 1945 in the National Football League (NFL), defined the role of the receiver in the modern passing game and created many of the sport’s pass routes. In addition to playing wide receiver, he was

Hutt River, river in southern North Island, New Zealand. It rises in the Tararua Range and, fed by the Pakuratahi, Mangaroa, Akatarawa, and Whakatikei rivers, flows south to enter Wellington Harbour after a course of 35 miles (56 km). It supplies much of the fresh water used in the Greater

Philipp von Hutten was the last German captain general of Venezuela. A relative of the humanist poet and satirist Ulrich von Hutten, he sailed to Venezuela under Georg Hohermuth (called George of Spires) to rule on behalf of the Augsburg banking house of Welser, which had been granted a concession

Ulrich von Hutten was a Franconian knight and humanist, famed as a German patriot, satirist, and supporter of Martin Luther’s cause. His restless, adventurous life, reflecting the turbulent Reformation period, was occupied with public and private quarrels, pursued with both pen and sword. As a

Conrad Ferdinand Meyer: …permanent importance, the powerful poem Huttens letzte Tage (1871). The narrative poem Engelberg (1872) was followed by his 11 Novellen, or prose narratives, among which are Das Amulett (1873), Der Heilige (1880; The Saint), Das Leiden eines Knaben (1883), Die Hochzeit des Mönchs (1884; The Monk’s Wedding), Die Versuchung des…

Anabaptist: …Moravia under the leadership of Jakob Hutter, stressed the common ownership of goods modeled on the primitive church in Jerusalem. The Hutterite colonies first established in Moravia survived the Reformation and are now located primarily in the western United States and Canada. Another important leader, Melchior Hofmann, established a large…

Kraftwerk: The original members were Ralf Hütter (b. 1946, Krefeld, West Germany) and Florian Schneider (b. 1947, Düsseldorf, West Germany—d. 2020).

Hutterite, member of the Hutterian Brethren, a branch of the Anabaptist movement, originally from Austria and South Germany, whose members found refuge from persecution in Moravia. It stressed community of goods on the model of the primitive church in Jerusalem detailed in Acts of the Apostles

Hutterite, member of the Hutterian Brethren, a branch of the Anabaptist movement, originally from Austria and South Germany, whose members found refuge from persecution in Moravia. It stressed community of goods on the model of the primitive church in Jerusalem detailed in Acts of the Apostles

Alfred Hutton was an English fencing master. He organized numerous fencing exhibitions, displays, and lectures, which helped to revitalize interest in the sport in England at the end of the 19th century. He also was instrumental in organizing Britain’s Amateur Fencing Association (1895), serving as

Betty Hutton was an American actress and singer who electrified audiences with her explosive personality and high-spirited performances in musicals and comedies on the stage and screen. At the age of three Hutton began performing for audiences in her mother’s Detroit speakeasies during the

Where Eagles Dare: Brian G. Hutton was praised for his expert direction, and the strong supporting cast included Derren Nesbitt and Ingrid Pitt.

number game: 18th and 19th centuries: In 1775 Charles Hutton published five volumes of extracts from the Ladies’ Diary dealing with “entertaining mathematical and poetical parts.” On the Continent there appeared several writers, including: Christian Pescheck, Abat Bonaventura, the Dutch writer Paul Halcken, and Edme-Gilles Guyot’s four volumes of Nouvelles Récréations physiques et…

James Hutton was a Scottish geologist, chemist, naturalist, and originator of one of the fundamental principles of geology—uniformitarianism, which explains the features of the Earth’s crust by means of natural processes over geologic time. Hutton was the son of a merchant and city officeholder.

Timothy Hutton: …reconnected with his father, actor Jim Hutton (whose best-known role was the title character in the 1975–76 television series Ellery Queen). He lived with his father while attending high school in Los Angeles, and acting in a high-school play awakened his desire for a career as an actor.

supermodel: The 1990s and the Big Five: …to make $100,000 a year Lauren Hutton, 1969: First to sign an exclusive deal with a beauty brand (Revlon) Margaux Hemingway, 1975: First to sign a $1 million contract (to advertise Fabergé perfume) Beverly Johnson, 1970s: First Black cover girl for American Vogue and French Elle Ines de la Fressange,…

Sir Leonard Hutton was a cricketer considered one of England’s finest batsmen. Hutton made his first-class debut with Yorkshire at the age of 17 and within four years was opening batsman for England. Among his major achievements was a 1938 stand against Australia during which he scored 364 runs in

Timothy Hutton is an American actor whose subtle portrayal of a young man’s psychological anguish in the film Ordinary People (1980) earned him critical acclaim and an Academy Award for best supporting actor. Hutton’s parents divorced when he was a small child, and he lived with his mother until

Timothy Hutton is an American actor whose subtle portrayal of a young man’s psychological anguish in the film Ordinary People (1980) earned him critical acclaim and an Academy Award for best supporting actor. Hutton’s parents divorced when he was a small child, and he lived with his mother until

Blackpool: …to the British scientific writer William Hutton, who popularized the health-giving properties of seawater. Its proximity to the Lancashire industrial towns and the introduction of fast railway services brought about Blackpool’s rapid 19th-century growth. About 7 miles (11 km) of seafront were laid out along the famous sandy beach. Further…

Hutu, Bantu-speaking people of Rwanda and Burundi. Numbering about 9,500,000 in the late 20th century, the Hutu comprise the vast majority in both countries but were traditionally subject to the Tutsi (q.v.), warrior-pastoralists of Nilotic stock. When the Hutu first entered the area, they found it

Rwanda: Independence and the 1960s: …Kayibanda, Rwanda’s first president, the Party for Hutu Emancipation (Parti du Mouvement de l’Emancipation du Peuple Hutu) emerged as the spearhead of the revolution. Communal elections were held in 1960, resulting in a massive transfer of power to Hutu elements at the local level. And in the wake of the…

Rwanda genocide of 1994: Background: …personnel, which led to the Hutu revolution. The revolution began with an uprising on November 1, 1959, when a rumor of the death of a Hutu leader at the hands of Tutsi perpetrators led groups of Hutu to launch attacks on the Tutsi. Months of violence followed, and many Tutsi…

Hai River system: …with its important tributary, the Hutuo River, rising in the Taihang Mountains west of Shijiazhuang in western Hebei. The most important of the Hai’s tributaries is the Yongding. Issuing from the Guanting Reservoir—which is itself fed by the Sanggan River—the Yongding flows into the North China Plain in the Beijing…

Gilgamesh: …men set out together against Huwawa (Humbaba), the divinely appointed guardian of a remote cedar forest, but the rest of the engagement is not recorded in the surviving fragments. In Tablet VI Gilgamesh, who had returned to Uruk, rejected the marriage proposal of Ishtar, the goddess of love, and then,…

biogeographic region: Oriental region: Huxley’s line is considered a more appropriate delineation by some zoogeographers (e.g., G.G. Simpson) because the Philippines has a highly idiosyncratic fauna.

Aldous Huxley was an English novelist and critic gifted with an acute and far-ranging intelligence whose works are notable for their wit and pessimistic satire. He remains best known for one novel, Brave New World (1932), a model for much dystopian science fiction that followed. Aldous Huxley was a

Aldous Huxley was an English novelist and critic gifted with an acute and far-ranging intelligence whose works are notable for their wit and pessimistic satire. He remains best known for one novel, Brave New World (1932), a model for much dystopian science fiction that followed. Aldous Huxley was a

Hugh Esmor Huxley was an English molecular biologist whose study (with Jean Hanson) of muscle ultrastructure using the techniques of X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy led him to propose the sliding-filament theory of muscle contraction. An explanation for the conversion of chemical energy