Republic of the Congo: Congo since independence: His successor, Alphonse Massamba-Débat, shifted policies to the left, notably by founding the National Revolutionary Movement (Mouvement National de la Révolution; MNR) as the sole party. The country sought assistance from the Soviet Union and China and voted with the more radical African states in world forums.…

Ndongo: …fort on the Cuanza at Massangano, which served as a base for the capture and enslavement of people for use in Brazil.

Shenandoah Valley: Massanutten Mountain extends northeastward from a point east of Harrisonburg for some 50 miles (80 km), rising to more than 3,000 feet (914 metres) and dividing the north and south forks of the Shenandoah River. Historic passes through the Blue Ridge include Swift Run Gap…

Eddie Lang was an American musician, among the first guitar soloists in jazz and an accompanist of rare sensitivity. Lang began playing violin in boyhood; his father, who made fretted stringed instruments, taught him to play guitar. In the early 1920s he played with former schoolmate Joe Venuti in

Elijah Bokher Levita: Another Masoretic work, Massarot ha-massarot (1538; “Tradition of Tradition”), remained a subject of debate among Hebraists for nearly three centuries.

massasauga, (Sistrurus catenatus), small North American rattlesnake of the family Viperidae, found in prairies, swamps, and woodlands from the Great Lakes to Arizona. It is typically 45 to 75 cm (18 to 30 inches) long. The massasauga may be totally black but is more commonly gray or tan with rows

Massasoit was a Wampanoag Indian chief who throughout his life maintained peaceful relations with English settlers in the area of the Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. Massasoit was the grand sachem (intertribal chief) of all the Wampanoag Indians, who inhabited parts of present Massachusetts and

Massawa, port city, Eritrea, in the Bay of Massawa on the Red Sea. It is connected to Asmara, the national capital, on the hinterland plateau (40 miles [64 km] west-southwest) by road, railroad, air, and aerial tramway. The town rests on the islands of Tawlad (Taulud) and Massawa (the site of the

Benjamin of Tudela: …of his journey, Massaʿot (The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela, 1907), illuminates the situation of Jews in Europe and Asia in the 12th century.

Elias Canetti: …work, Masse und Macht (1960; Crowds and Power), is an outgrowth of that interest, which is also evident in Canetti’s three plays: Hochzeit (1932; The Wedding), Komödie der Eitelkeit (1950; Comedy of Vanity), and Die Befristeten (1964; The Numbered). The first two were first performed in Braunschweig, W.Ger., in 1965…

Ernst Toller: …confinement Toller wrote Masse-Mensch (1920; Man and the Masses, 1923), a play that brought him widespread fame. Books of lyrics added to his reputation. In 1933, immediately before the accession of Hitler, he emigrated to the United States. Also in that year he brought out his vivid autobiography, Eine Jugend…

Massena, village and town (township), St. Lawrence county, northern New York, U.S., 76 miles (122 km) southwest of Montreal, Canada. It is the location of the headquarters of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, which operates and maintains the U.S. part of the seaway between Lake Erie

André Masséna, duc de Rivoli, prince d’Essling was a leading French general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Orphaned at an early age, Masséna enlisted in the Royal Italian regiment in the French service in 1775. At the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, he was a sergeant at

Erykah Badu: …came to the attention of Kedar Massenburg, who was just starting his own record company. Badu disbanded Erykah Free when Massenburg offered her a contract; she thought that she would receive more individual attention as a solo artist at a smaller label. In January 1997 “On & On,” Badu’s first…

Jules Massenet was a leading French opera composer, whose music is admired for its lyricism, sensuality, occasional sentimentality, and theatrical aptness. The son of an ironmaster, Massenet entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 11, subsequently studying composition under the noted opera composer

Jules Massenet was a leading French opera composer, whose music is admired for its lyricism, sensuality, occasional sentimentality, and theatrical aptness. The son of an ironmaster, Massenet entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 11, subsequently studying composition under the noted opera composer

Rosa Luxemburg: …Massenstreik, Partei und Gewerkschaften (1906; The Mass Strike, the Political Party, and the Trade Unions). Luxemburg advocated the mass strike as the single most important tool of the proletariat, Western as well as Russian, in attaining a socialist victory. The mass strike, the spontaneous result of “objective conditions,” would radicalize…

sportswashing: Emilio Massera, said on the eve of the World Cup, “Holding the tournament will show the world that Argentina is a trustworthy country, capable of carrying out huge projects. And it will help push back against the criticism that is raining on us from around…

Taviani brothers: …La Masseria delle allodole (2007; The Lark Farm), and Maraviglioso Boccaccio (2015; Wondrous Boccaccio). Cesare deve morire (2012; Caesar Must Die), about prison inmates staging a production of Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, won the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. The brothers’ last collaboration was Una questione privata

Joe Masseria was a leading crime boss of New York City from the early 1920s until his murder in 1931. Emigrating from Sicily at age 16, Masseria associated with a band of Italian killers and Black Hand extortionists and committed burglaries and other petty crimes, but in 1920 he began to create the

Joe Masseria was a leading crime boss of New York City from the early 1920s until his murder in 1931. Emigrating from Sicily at age 16, Masseria associated with a band of Italian killers and Black Hand extortionists and committed burglaries and other petty crimes, but in 1920 he began to create the

The Masses, American monthly journal of arts and politics, socialist in its outlook. It was known for its innovative treatment of illustration and for its news articles and social criticism. The Masses was founded in 1911 in New York City by the Dutch immigrant Piet Vlag; his goal was to educate

masseter, (from Greek masasthai, “to chew”), prominent muscle of the jaw. The masseter arises from the zygomatic bone (cheekbone) and is inserted at the rear of the mandible (jawbone). Contraction of the muscle raises the mandible, and it is particularly used in chewing food. The masseter can be

Canada: Cultural life: …(what became known as the Massey Report) warning that Canadian culture had become invisible, nearly indistinguishable from that of the neighbouring United States, owing to years of “American invasion by film, radio, and periodical.” Henceforth, the government declared that Canada’s mass media would be required to encourage Canadian content—books, television…

Vincent Massey was a statesman who was the first Canadian to serve as governor-general of Canada (1952–59). Massey lectured in modern history at the University of Toronto from 1913 to 1915 until he was appointed associate secretary of the cabinet war committee during World War I (1914–18). After

geography: Influence of the social sciences: …made by the British geographer Doreen Massey. Furthermore, decision makers learn from the consequences of previous decisions. There is a continuous interplay between context and decision maker (or between structure and agency). Realists can explain why events have occurred—why a factory is located at a particular site—but not as examples…

Raymond Massey was a Canadian-American actor, director, and producer. Massey was born into a prominent Toronto family. He served in the Canadian Army and was wounded at Ypres, France, in 1916. After World War I he continued his education, at Oxford, and embarked upon a career as an actor, much

Raymond Massey was a Canadian-American actor, director, and producer. Massey was born into a prominent Toronto family. He served in the Canadian Army and was wounded at Ypres, France, in 1916. After World War I he continued his education, at Oxford, and embarked upon a career as an actor, much

Vikrant Massey is an Indian actor who works primarily in Hindi cinema and television. Regarded as one of 21st-century Bollywood’s most unconventional stars, Massey is known for his roles in offbeat films and his naturalistic acting style. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he has no family

Vincent Massey was a statesman who was the first Canadian to serve as governor-general of Canada (1952–59). Massey lectured in modern history at the University of Toronto from 1913 to 1915 until he was appointed associate secretary of the cabinet war committee during World War I (1914–18). After

William Ferguson Massey was a New Zealand statesman, prime minister (1912–25), lifelong spokesman for agrarian interests, and opponent of left-wing movements. His Reform Party ministries included leadership of the country during World War I. After immigrating to New Zealand in 1870, Massey farmed

Anbar, ancient Mesopotamian town located on the left bank of the Euphrates River, just north of the modern city of Fallujah and downstream from Al-Ramādī, in central Iraq. Originally called Massice and Fairuz Sapur (Pērōz-Shāpūr), it was destroyed by the Roman emperor Julian in 363 ce. The town was

ancient Iran: Wars of Shāpūr I: …the border of Asūristān, at Massice [Misikhe on the Euphrates], a great battle took place. The emperor Gordian was killed and we destroyed the Roman army. The Romans proclaimed Philip [the Arabian; reigned 244–249] emperor. The emperor Philip came to terms, and as ransom for their lives he gave us…

massicot, one of the two forms of lead oxide (PbO) that occurs as a mineral (the other form is litharge). Massicot forms by the oxidation of galena and other lead minerals as soft, yellow, earthy or scaly masses that are very dense. It has been found in significant quantities at Badenweiler, Ger.;

United Kingdom: Joseph Massie’s categories: …late 1750s an economist named Joseph Massie estimated that the bottom 40 percent of the population had to survive on less than 14 percent of the nation’s income. The rest of his calculations can be summarized as follows:

Jeffrey Epstein: The Epstein files: Thomas Massie of Kentucky, one of the legislators who wrote the transparency act, said the release “grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the law.” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche acknowledged that the Justice Department had not completed its review…

Armorican Massif, flattened erosional upland, or peneplain, of France, encompassing the western départements of Finistère, Côtes-d’Armor, Morbihan, and Ille-et-Vilaine and parts of Manche, Orne, Mayenne, Maine-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, and Vendée. The region has an area of approximately 25,000

Massif Central, upland area in south-central France. Bordered by the lowlands of Aquitaine on the west, the Paris Basin and the Loire River valley on the north, the Rhône-Saône river valley on the east, and the Mediterranean coastlands of Languedoc on the south, it is conventionally demarcated by

Aïr massif, group of granitic mountains rising sharply from the Sahara in central Niger. Several of these mountains approach and exceed 6,000 feet (1,800 m), the highest being Mount Gréboun (6,378 feet [1,944 m]). The mountains are dissected by deep valleys, called koris, in which some vegetation

Tondou Massif, plateau region in the eastern Central African Republic, near the border with South Sudan. Most of the plateau ranges between 2,600 and 3,300 feet (800 and 1,000 metres) in elevation; it reaches 3,461 feet (1,055 metres) at Mount Ngouo in the northeast. The Kotto River, a tributary of

Marseille, city, capital of Bouches-du-Rhône département, southern France, and also the administrative and commercial capital of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, one of France’s fastest growing régions. Located west of the French Riviera, Marseille is one of the major ports of the Mediterranean Sea. It

St. John Cassian ; Eastern feast day February 29 (observed on February 28 during non-leap years); Western feast day July 23) was an ascetic, monk, theologian, and founder and first abbot of the famous abbey of Saint-Victor at Marseille. His writings, which have influenced all Western monasticism,

Massillon, city, Stark county, northeastern Ohio, U.S., 8 miles (13 km) west of Canton, on the Tuscarawas River. Settled (1811) by New Englanders, it developed from two villages called Kendal and Brookfield and was named (1826), after its founding by James Duncan, for Bishop Jean-Baptiste

Oceanic art and architecture: The Massim area: The islands off the extreme southeastern tip of New Guinea were linked by the kula trading cycle, which distributed not only shell valuables—the ostensible motive of the transactions—but also quantities of other goods. Notable among these were carvings in dark hardwood, which was…

Massim style, type of stylized, curvilinear carving found in the Massim region, one of the major stylistic areas of Papua New Guinea. The Massim region, located in the southeast, includes the Trobriand, D’Entrecasteaux, and Woodlark islands; the Louisiade Archipelago; and the easternmost tip of the

Rome: Renaissance palaces: the Farnese, and the Massimo alle Colonne palaces. Because all the pertinent documents were destroyed in the sack of Rome in 1527, the architect of the Palazzo della Cancelleria remains unknown. Dated 1486–98, it was built by Cardinal Raffaelo Riario out of a night’s winnings at the gaming table.…

Léonide Massine was a Russian dancer and innovative choreographer of more than 50 ballets, one of the most important figures in 20th-century dance. Massine studied acting and dancing at the Imperial School in Moscow and had almost decided to become an actor when Serge Diaghilev, seeking a

Philip Massinger was an English Jacobean and Caroline playwright noted for his gifts of comedy, plot construction, social realism, and satirical power. Besides the documentation of his baptism at St. Thomas’s Church, Salisbury, it is known that Massinger attended St. Alban Hall, Oxford, in 1602,

Masinissa was the ruler of the North African kingdom of Numidia and an ally of Rome in the last years of the Second Punic War (218–201). His influence was lasting because the economic and political development that took place in Numidia under his rule provided the base for later development of the

Gentile da Fabriano was the foremost painter of central Italy at the beginning of the 15th century, whose few surviving works are among the finest examples of the International Gothic style. An early signed work by Gentile has stylistic affinities with Lombard painting and suggests that he was

collophane, massive cryptocrystalline apatite, composing the bulk of fossil bone and phosphate rock, commonly carbonate-containing fluorapatite or fluorian hydroxylapatite. Hornlike concretions having a grayish-white, yellowish, or brown colour are common. For detailed physical properties, see

Portishead: …production work for trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack. Gibbons had been earning a living as a nightclub singer when she and Barrow met in 1991 while participating in a job-training program at the Bristol unemployment office. They collaborated on a number of songs and dubbed themselves Portishead, after the town where…

mining: Mining massive deposits: Several of the methods described above (e.g., blasthole stoping, sublevel caving) can be applied to the extraction of massive deposits, but the method specifically developed for such deposits is called panel/block caving. It is used under the following conditions: (1) large ore bodies…

MOOC, a course offered over the Internet to massive numbers of people, sometimes numbering in the tens of thousands. The term MOOC—an acronym for massive open online course—communicates both a sense of the mass scale of these courses and the technological platforms needed in order for them to

If you’re a book lover, you’ve probably been asked the eternal bookworm’s question: If you were stranded on a desert island, which book would you want by your side? Would you want a beach read to peruse as you sit on the sand and scan the horizon for rescue? Or a beginner’s guide to survival

subatomic particle: Linking to the cosmos: …supersymmetric particles both provide possible explanations for the nonluminous, or “dark,” matter that is believed to constitute 26.5 percent of the mass of the universe. This dark matter must exist if the motions of stars and galaxies are to be understood, but it has not been observed through radiation of…

online gaming: The massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) drew millions of subscribers, who brought the company an estimated $1 billion per year in retail sales and subscription fees from 2007 to 2010. MMOGs differ from traditional computer games in a number of important ways. First, Internet connectivity is…

role-playing video game: Multiplayer RPGs: …multiplayer game worlds, known as massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), have their origin in early text-based multiuser dungeons played on mainframe computers and minicomputers. Because the introduction of graphics in RPGs pushed early PCs and telephone connection speeds to their limits, most of the first graphical multiplayer RPGs settled…

supercomputer: Historical development: …machines quickly became known as massively parallel computers. Besides opening the way for new multiprocessor architectures, Hillis’s machines showed how common, or commodity, processors could be used to achieve supercomputer results.

André Masson was a noted French Surrealist painter and graphic artist. Masson studied painting in Brussels and then in Paris. He fought in World War I and was severely wounded. He joined the emergent Surrealist group in the mid-1920s after one of his paintings had attracted the attention of the

André Masson was a noted French Surrealist painter and graphic artist. Masson studied painting in Brussels and then in Paris. He fought in World War I and was severely wounded. He joined the emergent Surrealist group in the mid-1920s after one of his paintings had attracted the attention of the

Antoine Masson was a French painter and engraver chiefly remembered for his portrait engravings, which were cut exclusively with a graver, or burin. Masson’s portrait of “The Grey-Headed Man” and his “Christ with the Disciples at Emmaus” are examples of his finest work. Masson was reared to be an

biography: Informative biography: , 1859–94), by David Masson, and Abraham Lincoln: A History (10 vol., 1890), by John G. Nicolay and John Hay, offer representative samples. In the 20th century such works as Edward Nehls’s, D.H. Lawrence: A Composite Biography (1957–59) and David Alec Wilson’s collection of the life records of…

Frédéric Masson was a French historian and academician best known for his books on Napoleon I. In Napoléon inconnu (1895; “The Unknown Napoleon”), Masson, with Guido Biagi, brought out the unpublished writings (1786–93) of Napoleon before he became emperor: notes; extracts from historical,

Athens 1896 Olympic Games: Paul Masson of France won three of the six cycling events.

Robert Le Maçon was the chancellor of France, a leading adviser of Charles VII of France, and a supporter of Joan of Arc. After being ennobled in 1401, Le Maçon was a counselor to Louis II, duke of Anjou and titular king of Naples, from 1407. Appointed chancellor (1414) to Queen Isabella, wife of

Afghanistan: Civil war, communist phase (1978–92): …was under the command of Ahmad Shah Massoud, who instead fought the Soviets from a redoubt in the Panjanshīr River valley (commonly Panjshēr valley) northeast of Kabul. Massoud was among those commanders affiliated with the Islamic Society (one of the most influential mujahideen groups), then headed by an Azhar-trained scholar,…

gundi: …Tunisia, and Libya, but the Mzab gundi (Massoutiera mzabi) has the largest range, extending from southeastern Algeria through southwestern Libya to northern Mali, Niger, and Chad. The Felou gundi (Felovia vae) is confined to Senegal, Mali, and Mauritania. The East African gundi, or Speke’s pectinator (Pectinator spekei), is geographically isolated…

Henri de Massue Galway, marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval was a French soldier who became a trusted servant of the British king William III. Massue began his career as aide-de-camp to Marshal Turenne (1672–75), then went on diplomatic mission to England (1678). After the revocation of the Edict of

Quentin Massys: Cornelis Massys (1513–79), Quentin’s second son, became a master painter in 1531, painting landscapes in his father’s style and also executing engravings.

Quentin Massys: Jan (1509–75), who became a master in the guild of Antwerp in 1531, was banished in 1543 for his heretical opinions, spent 15 years in Italy or France, and returned to Antwerp in 1558. His early pictures were imitations of his father’s work, but a…

Quentin Massys was a Flemish artist, the first important painter of the Antwerp school. Trained as a blacksmith in his native Leuven, Massys is said to have studied painting after falling in love with an artist’s daughter. In 1491 he went to Antwerp and was admitted into the painters’ guild. Among

mast, in botany, nuts or fruits of trees and shrubs, such as beechnuts, acorns, and berries, that accumulate on the forest floor, providing forage for game animals and swine. Mast has also been used as human food and to fatten poultry. The phrase “a good mast year” refers to a period in which there

fluid mechanics: Lift: …an airfoil of which the mast is the leading edge, and the considerations that favour long wings for aircraft favour tall masts as well.

mast cell, tissue cell of the immune system of vertebrate animals. Mast cells mediate inflammatory responses such as hypersensitivity and allergic reactions. They are scattered throughout the connective tissues of the body, especially beneath the surface of the skin, near blood vessels and

stave church, in architecture, type of wooden church built in northern Europe mainly during the Middle Ages. Between 800 and 1,200 stave churches may have existed in the mid-14th century, at which time construction abruptly ceased. About 30 stave churches survive in Norway, nearly all dating from

mast seeding, the production of many seeds by a plant every two or more years in regional synchrony with other plants of the same species. Since seed predators commonly scour the ground for each year’s seed crop, they often consume most of the seeds produced by many different plant species each

Torrington, city, coextensive with the town (township) of Torrington, Litchfield county, northwestern Connecticut, U.S., on the Naugatuck River. The town was named in 1732 for Great Torrington, England, but the area was not settled until 1737. The town was incorporated in 1740. The village went by

North Africa campaigns: Planning a second front in Africa: He relied particularly on Gen. Charles Mast, commander of the troops in the Algiers sector, and on Gen. Antoine Émile Béthouart, commander of the Casablanca sector. Mast (whose involvement had been secured as part of a mission dubbed Operation Flagpole) suggested that a senior Allied military representative should come…

mastaba, rectangular superstructure of ancient Egyptian tombs, built of mud brick or, later, stone, with sloping walls and a flat roof. A deep shaft descended to the underground burial chamber. The term mastaba was first used archaeologically in the 19th century by workmen on Auguste Mariette’s

spiny eel: …those of the freshwater family Mastacembelidae (order Perciformes) and of the deep-sea family Notacanthidae (order Notacanthiformes). Members of both groups are elongated and eel-like but are not related to true eels.

Pius IX ; beatified September 3, 2000, feast day February 7) was the pope, leader of the Roman Catholic Church, from 1846 to 1878. His pontificate is the longest in history and was marked by a transition from moderate political liberalism to conservatism. Notable events of his reign include the

Jainism: Festivals: …famous of all Jain festivals, Mastakabhisheka (“Head Anointment”), is performed every 12 years at the Digambara sacred complex at Shravanabelagola (“White Lake of the Ascetics”) in Karnataka state. In this ceremony the 57-foot- (17-metre-) high statue of Bahubali is anointed from above with a variety of substances (water, milk, flowers,…

mastectomy, surgical removal of a breast, usually to remove a malignancy but also performed in the treatment of other conditions (e.g., cystic breast disease) and for other medical reasons. Mastectomy is most effective when the cancerous tumour is discovered at an early stage and the malignant

Hendrika Mastenbroek was a Dutch swimmer, who at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin became the first female athlete to win four medals at a single Games. Mastenbroek swam in the canals of Rotterdam, Netherlands, to train for distance races and in indoor pools to train for sprint races. In 1934 she won the

guild: Structure and social role: …divided into a hierarchy of masters, journeymen, and apprentices. The master was an established craftsman of recognized abilities who took on apprentices; these were boys in late childhood or adolescence who boarded with the master’s family and were trained by him in the elements of his trade. The apprentices were…

Vijay: Box office dominance: …draw in the 2020s with Master (2021), Beast (2022), and Varisu (2023; “Heir”). He played a mild-mannered cafe owner with a secret criminal past in the blockbuster Leo (2023), which is ranked among the 25 highest-grossing Indian films. Leo was followed by The Greatest of All Time (2024), after which…

master’s degree, academic degree intermediate between the bachelor’s degree and the doctor’s degree. The terms master and doctor were used interchangeably during the Middle Ages, but in Germany the doctorate came to be considered superior to the master’s and this system subsequently spread to the

Peter Weir: …tyranny of the media, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), a seafaring epic based on the series by Patrick O’Brian and cowritten by Weir; the movies all earned Weir Oscar nominations for best director. His other films included The Mosquito Coast (1986), Green Card (1990),…

The Master and Margarita, novel by Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov, written in 1928–40 and published in a censored form in the Soviet Union in 1966–67. The unexpurgated version was published there in 1973. Witty and ribald, the novel is at the same time a penetrating philosophical work that

agency: Medieval influence of canon law and Germanic law: …expansion of the doctrine of master and servant. Anglo-Norman law created the figures of ballivus and attornatus. His position in the household of his master empowered the ballivus to transact commercial business for his master, reminiscent of the power of the slave to bind his master under Roman law. Later…

history of logic: The Megarians and the Stoics: …a mysterious argument called the Master Argument. It claimed that the following three propositions are jointly inconsistent, so at least one of them is false:

William Henry West Betty was an English actor who won instant success as a child prodigy. Betty’s debut was in Belfast, before he was 12, in an English version of Voltaire’s Zaïre. He was successful in Dublin, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. In 1804, when he first appeared at Covent Garden, London, troops

history of the organization of work: Large-scale building: The master builder, who planned and directed the erection of the pyramids and other great structures, occupied a high position in society. Ancestor of the modern architect and engineer, he was a trusted court noble and adviser to the ruler. He directed a host of subordinates,…

Wallace Shawn: …Shawn wrote and starred in A Master Builder, the film adaptation of Henrick Ibsen’s play of the same name (1892). He then appeared in the movies Admission (2013), Maggie’s Plan (2015), The Only Living Boy in New York (2017), and Book Club (2018).

The Master Builder, drama in three acts by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, originally published as Bygmester Solness in 1892 and first performed in 1893. The play juxtaposes the artist’s needs with those of society and examines the limits of artistic creativity. There is an autobiographical

Stefan Zweig: …Kampf mit dem Dämon, 1925; Master Builders). He achieved popularity with Sternstunden der Menschheit (1928; The Tide of Fortune), five historical portraits in miniature. He wrote full-scale, intuitive rather than objective, biographies of the French statesman Joseph Fouché (1929), Mary Stuart (1935), and others. His stories include those in Verwirrung…

Maria Callas: Popular culture: …depicted in Terrence McNally’s play Master Class (first performed and published 1995), based on her classes at Juilliard. Franco Zeffirelli, who had worked with Callas on several operas, later directed the biopic Callas Forever (2002), which starred Fanny Ardant. Other notable movies include Maria (2024), with Angelina Jolie in the…

clock: Electric clocks: In a master clock system, electricity is used to give direct impulses to the pendulum, which in turn causes the clock’s gear train to move, or to lift a lever after it has imparted an impulse to the pendulum. In various modern master clocks the pendulum operates…

blood: Blood cells: A master colony-stimulating factor (multi-CSF), also called interleukin-3, stimulates the most ancestral hematopoietic stem cell. Further differentiation of this stem cell into specialized descendants requires particular kinds of CSFs; for example, the CSF erythropoietin is needed for the maturation of red cells, and granulocyte CSF controls…