• neutrality theory (biological sciences)

    evolution: Molecular biology and Earth sciences: …geneticist Motoo Kimura proposed the neutrality theory of molecular evolution, which assumes that, at the level of the sequences of nucleotides in DNA and of amino acids in proteins, many changes are adaptively neutral; they have little or no effect on the molecule’s function and thus on an organism’s fitness…

  • Neutrality Treaty (Panama-United States [1977])

    Panama: Treaty relations with the United States: A second pact promised an open and neutral canal for all nations, both in times of peace and war.

  • neutralization (chemistry)

    acid–base reaction: …fixed quantity of acid to neutralize a fixed quantity of base was one of the earliest examples of chemical equivalence: the idea that a certain measure of one substance is in some chemical sense equal to a different amount of a second substance. In addition, it was found quite early…

  • neutralization number (physics)

    lubrication: Neutralization number.: The neutralization number is a measure of the acid or alkaline content of new oils and an indicator of the degree of oxidation degradation of used oils. This value is ascertained by titration, a standard analytical chemical technique, and is defined as the…

  • neutralization test (medicine)

    serological test: Neutralization tests depend on the capacity of an antibody to neutralize the infectious properties of the infectious organisms. Hemagglutinin-inhibition tests are based on the ability of viruses to cause the red blood cells of certain animal species to agglutinate (congeal, or clump together); this agglutination…

  • neutralization theory (sociology)

    criminology: Sociological theories: Neutralization theory, advanced by the American criminologists David Cressey, Gresham Sykes, and David Matza, portrays the delinquent as an individual who subscribes generally to the morals of society but who is able to justify his own delinquent behaviour through a process of “neutralization,” whereby the…

  • Neutre (Native American people)

    Neutral, a confederacy of Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribes who lived in what are now southern Ontario, Can., and western New York, northeastern Ohio, and southeastern Michigan, U.S. The French came to call these allied tribes “Neutral” because they remained neutral in the wars

  • neutrino (physics)

    neutrino, elementary subatomic particle with no electric charge, very little mass, and 12 unit of spin. Neutrinos belong to the family of particles called leptons, which are not subject to the strong force. Rather, neutrinos are subject to the weak force that underlies certain processes of

  • neutrodyne circuit (physics)

    Alan Hazeltine: …and physicist who invented the neutrodyne circuit, which made radio commercially possible.

  • neutron (subatomic particle)

    neutron, neutral subatomic particle that, in conjunction with protons, makes up the nucleus of every atom except ordinary hydrogen (whose nucleus has one proton and no neutrons). Along with protons and electrons, it is one of the three basic particles making up atoms, the basic building blocks of

  • neutron absorption (physics)

    neutron capture, type of nuclear reaction in which a target nucleus absorbs a neutron (uncharged particle), then emits a discrete quantity of electromagnetic energy (gamma-ray photon). The target nucleus and the product nucleus are isotopes, or forms of the same element. Thus phosphorus-31, on

  • neutron beam (physics)

    neutron beam, a stream of neutrons that is used to study samples in physics, chemistry, and biology. Neutron beams are extracted from nuclear reactors and particle accelerators. See also neutron

  • neutron bomb (nuclear weapon)

    neutron bomb, specialized type of nuclear weapon that would produce minimal blast and heat but would release large amounts of lethal radiation. A neutron bomb is actually a small thermonuclear bomb in which a few kilograms of plutonium or uranium, ignited by a conventional explosive, would serve as

  • neutron capture (physics)

    neutron capture, type of nuclear reaction in which a target nucleus absorbs a neutron (uncharged particle), then emits a discrete quantity of electromagnetic energy (gamma-ray photon). The target nucleus and the product nucleus are isotopes, or forms of the same element. Thus phosphorus-31, on

  • neutron detector (instrument)

    radiation measurement: Neutron detectors: The general principle of detecting neutrons involves a two-step process. First, the neutron must interact in the detector to form charged particles. Second, the detector must then produce an output signal based on the energy deposited by these charged particles. Many of the…

  • neutron diffraction (physics)

    liquid: Molecular structure of liquids: …g: first, by X-ray or neutron diffraction from simple fluids and, second, by computer simulation of the molecular structure and motions in a liquid. In the first, the liquid is exposed to a specific, single wavelength (monochromatic) radiation, and the observed results are then subjected to a mathematical treatment known…

  • neutron flux (physics)

    radiation measurement: Neutron-activation foils: …radioactivity, the intensity of the neutron flux to which the sample has been exposed can be deduced from this radioactivity measurement. In order to induce enough radioactivity to permit reasonably accurate measurement, relatively intense neutron fluxes are required. Therefore, activation foils are frequently used as a technique to measure neutron…

  • neutron optics (physics)

    neutron optics, branch of physics dealing with the theory and applications of the wave behaviour of neutrons, the electrically neutral subatomic particles that are present in all atomic nuclei except those of ordinary hydrogen. Neutron optics involves studying the interactions of matter with a beam

  • neutron star (astronomy)

    neutron star, any of a class of extremely dense, compact stars thought to be composed primarily of neutrons. Neutron stars are typically about 20 km (12 miles) in diameter. Their masses range between 1.18 and 1.97 times that of the Sun, but most are 1.35 times that of the Sun. Thus, their mean

  • neutron-activation analysis (physics)

    radiation measurement: Neutron-activation foils: For radiation energies of several MeV and lower, charged particles and fast electrons do not induce nuclear reactions in absorber materials. Gamma rays with energy below a few MeV also do not readily induce reactions with nuclei. Therefore, when nearly any material is…

  • neutron-gamma reaction (physics)

    neutron capture, type of nuclear reaction in which a target nucleus absorbs a neutron (uncharged particle), then emits a discrete quantity of electromagnetic energy (gamma-ray photon). The target nucleus and the product nucleus are isotopes, or forms of the same element. Thus phosphorus-31, on

  • neutron-scattering (physics)

    neutron optics: …the field of neutron optics, neutron-scattering studies have yielded insight into the fundamental nature of magnetism, probed the detailed structure of proteins embedded in cell membranes, and provided a tool for examining stress and strain in jet engines.

  • neutropenia (pathology)

    blood disease: Leukopenia: …the number of neutrophils (neutropenia). Of itself, neutropenia causes no symptoms, but persons with neutropenia of any cause may have frequent and severe bacterial infections. Agranulocytosis is an acute disorder characterized by severe sore throat, fever, and marked fatigue associated with extreme reduction in the number of neutrophilic granulocytes…

  • neutrophil (leukocyte)

    neutrophil, type of white blood cell (leukocyte) that is characterized histologically by its ability to be stained by neutral dyes and functionally by its role in mediating immune responses against infectious microorganisms. Neutrophils, along with eosinophils and basophils, constitute a group of

  • neutrophilia (pathology)

    neutrophil: …in the blood is called neutrophilia. This condition is typically associated with acute inflammation, though it may result from chronic myelogenous leukemia, a cancer of the blood-forming tissues. An abnormally low number of neutrophils is called neutropenia. This condition can be caused by various inherited disorders that affect the immune…

  • neutrophyllic leukocyte (leukocyte)

    neutrophil, type of white blood cell (leukocyte) that is characterized histologically by its ability to be stained by neutral dyes and functionally by its role in mediating immune responses against infectious microorganisms. Neutrophils, along with eosinophils and basophils, constitute a group of

  • Neuve-Chapelle, Battle of (European history)

    World War I: The Western Front, 1915: …tried a new experiment at Neuve-Chapelle on March 10, when its artillery opened an intense bombardment on a 2,000-yard front and then, after 35 minutes, lengthened its range, so that the attacking British infantry, behind the second screen of shells, could overrun the trenches ravaged by the first. But the…

  • Neuville, Lemercier de (French puppeteer)

    puppetry: Styles of puppet theatre: The moving spirit, however, was Lemercier de Neuville, who went on to create a personal puppet theatre that played in drawing rooms all over France until nearly the end of the century.

  • Neuwirth, Bebe (American actress)

    Cheers: Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth, 1986–93), a frosty psychologist who married and then divorced Crane; occasional accountant Norm Peterson (George Wendt); and his best friend, salt-of-the-earth mailman Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger).

  • Neuwirth, Tom (Austrian singer)

    Eurovision Song Contest: Eurovision and politics: …was won by drag performer Conchita Wurst of Austria.

  • Neuyomny buben (work by Remizov)

    Aleksey Mikhaylovich Remizov: …the publication in 1910 of Neuyomny buben (“The Indefatigable Tambourine”). This story of provincial life is among his best works, and it embodies many of the characteristics often found in his writing, including elements of the weird, the grotesque, and the whimsical. That same year Remizov published the short novel…

  • Neva Left (album by Snoop Dogg)

    Snoop Dogg: Other musical projects: Snoop returned to rap for Neva Left (2017) and followed up with a double album of gospel music, Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love (2018). After that detour, he released the rap album I Wanna Thank Me (2019). In 2022 Snoop was among a group of hip-hop stars—which included Dr.…

  • Neva River (river, Russia)

    Neva River, river in Leningrad oblast (province), northwestern Russia. The river issues from Lake Ladoga at Shlisselburg and flows 46 miles (74 km) west to the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. Its drainage basin covers 109,000 square miles (282,000 square km) and includes Lakes Ladoga, Onega, and

  • Neva, Battle of the (Russian history)

    Battle of the Neva, (July 15, 1240), military engagement in which the Novgorod army defeated the Swedes on the banks of the Neva River; in honour of this battle the Novgorod commander, Prince Alexander Yaroslavich, received the surname Nevsky. The conflict between the Swedes and the Novgorodians

  • Nevada (state, United States)

    Nevada, constituent state of the United States of America. It borders Oregon and Idaho to the north, Utah to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and California to the west. It ranks seventh among the 50 U.S. states in terms of total area. It also, however, is one of the most sparsely settled.

  • Nevada de Santa Marta, Sierra (mountain range, Colombia)

    Santa Marta Mountains, Andean mountain range, northern Colombia, bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea and encircled on three sides by the coastal lowlands. The volcanic massif rises abruptly from the coast, culminating in snowcapped Pico (peak) Cristóbal Colón (18,947 feet [5,775 meters] above

  • Nevada Fall (waterfall, California, United States)

    Nevada Fall, waterfall located on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, east-central California, U.S. It is situated about 5 miles (8 km) above the confluence of the Merced River with Tenaya Creek. One of the park’s major falls, it flows year-round and has a drop of 594 feet (181 metres). The

  • Nevada Gaming Commission (government agency, Nevada, United States)

    Las Vegas: Emergence of the contemporary city: …late 1950s the newly established Nevada Gaming Commission—which was responsible for licensing and overseeing gambling operations—began to curtail severely the freedom of gangsters to operate in the city. In the early 1960s the commission formulated its so-called “Black Book”; seeking to remove corruption from the gambling industry, the commission listed…

  • Nevada joint fir (plant)

    ephedra: Major species and uses: californica), Nevada joint fir (E. nevadensis), rough joint fir (E. aspera), and Torrey’s Mormon tea (E. torreyana). The plants have been used by indigenous peoples and were used by pioneers as sources of food and medicinals, and stem fragments of species in the southwestern United States…

  • Nevada keno (gambling game)

    keno: …Reno, Nevada, under the name Race-Horse Keno, with names of horses instead of numbers on the tickets so as not to conflict with state laws concerning lotteries. Those Nevada laws were changed in 1951, after which keno became a game with numbers. Today keno is played (with many daily drawings)…

  • Nevada National Security Site (nuclear testing site, Nevada, United States)

    Nevada Test Site (NTS), nuclear testing site operated by the U.S. Department of Energy and located in Nye County, Nevada, that saw a total of 928 nuclear explosive tests between January 1951 and September 1992. The site—containing 28 areas in total—is located 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Las

  • Nevada Proving Grounds (nuclear testing site, Nevada, United States)

    Nevada Test Site (NTS), nuclear testing site operated by the U.S. Department of Energy and located in Nye County, Nevada, that saw a total of 928 nuclear explosive tests between January 1951 and September 1992. The site—containing 28 areas in total—is located 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Las

  • Nevada Smith (film by Hathaway [1966])

    Henry Hathaway: Later work: …box-office hit was followed by Nevada Smith (1966), a sequel to The Carpetbaggers (1964). The western proved highly popular, thanks in large part to the performance of Steve McQueen. Although The Last Safari (1967) and Five Card Stud (1968) received tepid responses from filmgoers, Hathaway scored a major hit with…

  • Nevada State Capitol (building, Carson City, Nevada, United States)
  • Nevada Test Site (nuclear testing site, Nevada, United States)

    Nevada Test Site (NTS), nuclear testing site operated by the U.S. Department of Energy and located in Nye County, Nevada, that saw a total of 928 nuclear explosive tests between January 1951 and September 1992. The site—containing 28 areas in total—is located 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Las

  • Nevada, Emma (American opera singer)

    Emma Nevada was an American opera singer, one of the finest coloratura sopranos of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Emma Wixom grew up in Nevada City, California, and in Austin, Nevada. She graduated from Mills Seminary (now College) in Oakland, California, in 1876. In Vienna on a European

  • Nevada, flag of (United States state flag)

    An early state flag, in use from 1905 to 1915, had silver and gold stars and the words “silver,” “Nevada,” and “gold” emblazoned against a dark blue field. The design had been recommended by Governor John Sparks and Adjutant General Harry Day to honour the mining industry of the state. The

  • Nevada, University of (university system, Nevada, United States)

    University of Nevada, public coeducational institution of higher learning in Nevada, U.S., comprising campuses in Reno and Las Vegas. It is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education. The Reno campus, established as a land-grant college, has eight schools and colleges: the Donald W. Reynolds

  • Nevadan orogeny (geology)

    Nevadan orogeny, mountain-building event in western North America that started in the Late Jurassic Epoch about 156 million years ago. This event is generally considered to be the first significant phase of Cordilleran mountain building, which continued into the Early Cretaceous Epoch. The name is

  • Nevado de Toluca National Park (park, Mexico)

    Nevado de Toluca National Park, park in México state, central Mexico. It is situated in the municipality of Zinacantepec, on the Mexico–Toluca–Guadalajara highway west of Mexico City. Established in 1936, it has an area of 259 square miles (671 square km). The park’s chief feature is the dormant,

  • Nevado del Ruiz (volcano, Colombia)

    Mount Ruiz, volcano in the Cordillera Central of the Andes, west-central Colombia, noted for its two eruptions on November 13, 1985, which were among the most destructive in history. Located about 80 miles (130 km) west of Bogotá, Mount Ruiz is the northernmost of some two dozen active volcanoes

  • Nevado Huascarán (mountain, Peru)

    Mount Huascarán, mountain peak of the Andes of west-central Peru. The snowcapped peak rises to 22,205 feet (6,768 meters) above sea level in the Cordillera Blanca, east of the Peruvian town of Yungay. It is the highest mountain in Peru and is a favorite of mountaineers and tourists. In 1962 a thaw

  • Nevāʾī, Mir ʿAlī Shīr (Turkish poet)

    ʿAlī Shīr Navāʾī was a Turkish poet and scholar who was the greatest representative of Chagatai literature. Born into an aristocratic military family, he studied in Herāt and in Meshed. After his school companion, the sultan Ḥusayn Bayqarah, succeeded to the throne of Herāt, Navāʾī held a number of

  • névé (geology)

    firn, partially compacted granular snow that is the intermediate stage between snow and glacial ice. Firn is found under the snow that accumulates at the head of a glacier. It is formed under the pressure of overlying snow by the processes of compaction, recrystallization, localized melting, and

  • Neve, Felipe de (Spanish colonial governor)

    Los Angeles: Spanish colonial outpost: Felipe de Neve and 44 settlers from Sonora and Mazatlán established a pueblo near a river they called Río de Porciúncula, where the Native American village of Yang-na (or Yabit) was located. They called the new settlement El Pueblo de la Reina de los Angeles…

  • Nevele Pride (American racehorse)

    Nevele Pride, (foaled 1965), American harness racehorse (Standardbred), the fastest trotter in history. He won 57 victories out of the 67 races he entered, earning more than $870,000 in his career of three seasons. Foaled by Thankful and sired by Star’s Pride, Nevele Pride was irritable and

  • Nevelskoy, Gennady I. (Russian explorer)

    Amur River: History: …by the Russian naval officer Gennady I. Nevelskoy proved that Sakhalin is an island and that, therefore, the Amur is accessible from the south and not from the north alone, as the Russians previously had supposed. Systematic study of the river system followed this discovery, as the Russians sought to…

  • Nevelson, Louise (American sculptor)

    Louise Nevelson was an American sculptor known for her large monochromatic abstract sculptures and environments in wood and other materials. In 1905 she moved with her family from Ukraine to Rockland, Maine. She married businessman Charles Nevelson in 1920 and later left her husband (divorced 1941)

  • Never (poetry by Graham)

    Jorie Graham: In Swarm (2000) and Never (2002) she departed from her characteristic imagery-focused style. Overlord (2005) is a more-accessible collection that deals with political, social, and environmental matters, often through allusions to World War II. Sea Change (2008) furthers those themes with poems warning of the dangers of global warming…

  • Never a Dull Moment (album by Stewart)

    Rod Stewart: Solo career: His next album, Never a Dull Moment (1972), and its single “You Wear It Well” were also hits, as Stewart’s solo work eclipsed his efforts with the Faces. Among other subsequent hits were “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” and Stewart’s version of Cat Stevens’s “The First Cut…

  • Never Been Kissed (film by Gosnell [1999])

    Drew Barrymore: Stardom: … (1998), a Cinderella-like story, and Never Been Kissed (1999), which she also executive produced.

  • Never Come Morning (work by Algren)

    Nelson Algren: Never Come Morning (1942) tells of a Polish petty criminal who dreams of escaping from his squalid Northwest Side Chicago environment by becoming a prizefighter. Before the appearance of Algren’s next book—the short-story collection The Neon Wilderness (1947), which contains some of his best writing—he…

  • Never Fear (film by Lupino [1949])

    Ida Lupino: Directing: …her official directing debut with Never Fear (1949; also known as The Young Lovers), a low-budget drama in which Not Wanted star Sally Forrest played a young dancer stricken with polio. With that film Lupino became Hollywood’s first credited female director since the retirement of Dorothy Arzner in 1943. In…

  • Never for Ever (album by Bush)

    Kate Bush: Never for Ever, The Dreaming, and Hounds of Love: Bush returned in 1980 with Never for Ever, which produced such hits as “Babooshka” and was praised for its musical sophistication. On The Dreaming (1982), the first album she produced entirely on her own, she employed new synthesizer technology to create densely layered arrangements for songs that explore such subjects…

  • Never Have I Ever (American television series)

    Mindy Kaling: The Mindy Project, Never Have I Ever, and The Sex Lives of College Girls: …and cowrote the Netflix show Never Have I Ever (2020–23), about a first-generation Indian American teenager. She later created and cowrote The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021– ), a comedy series that centers on four college roommates; it aired on HBO Max.

  • Never Let Me Down (album by Bowie)

    David Bowie: The 1980s and ’90s: …to have the heart (Never Let Me Down [1987]) and would-be artistic statements for which he had lost his shrewdness (Outside [1995]).

  • Never Let Me Go (film by Romanek [2010])

    Andrew Garfield: Budding onscreen career and breakthrough in The Social Network: … and Carey Mulligan in the film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2010). He also continued to take roles on television, starring in the Red Riding (2009) series, for which he received rave reviews. His career reached international acclaim when he assumed the role of Eduardo Saverin in…

  • Never Let Me Go (novel by Ishiguro)

    10 Devastating Dystopias: Never Let Me Go (2005), by Kazuo Ishiguro: Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go takes place in an alternative late-20th-century England in which human clones are created to serve as organ donors for non-clones. As she works as a carer for donors, Kathy H., the…

  • Never Love a Stranger (novel by Robbins)

    Harold Robbins: Robbins wrote his first novel, Never Love a Stranger (1948; film 1958), while working for the studio. The book chronicles a young New York boy’s life of crime and dissolution. It was among several other works (by different authors) containing scenes of sex and violence that became the subject of…

  • Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (album by the Sex Pistols)

    the Sex Pistols: …By the time their album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols reached number one in early November, Rotten, Vicious, Jones, and Cook had recorded together for the last time.

  • Never on Sunday (film by Dassin [1960])

    Melina Mercouri: …good-hearted prostitute in the film Never on Sunday (1960). This film gained her an international reputation that would serve her well in politics. Her involvement in politics was triggered by her indignation over the military coup that brought a handful of army colonels to power in Greece in 1967.

  • Never Say Die! (album by Black Sabbath)

    Ozzy Osbourne: Going solo: After the tour for Never Say Die (1978), Osbourne was fired from the band. A period of despair and drug abuse led to Osbourne’s divorce from his first wife, Thelma Mayfair. He then met and married Sharon Arden, who encouraged him to start a career as a solo artist.…

  • Never Say Never Again (film by Kershner [1983])

    Irvin Kershner: Star Wars, James Bond, and RoboCop: …blockbuster James Bond franchise with Never Say Never Again (1983), which marked Connery’s long-awaited return to the role he had first made famous some 20 years before.

  • Never So Few (film by Sturges [1959])

    John Sturges: Bad, Magnificent, and Great: The World War II drama Never So Few (1959) offered a noteworthy cast that included Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen, Gina Lollobrigida, and Charles Bronson.

  • Never Too Much (recording by Vandross)

    Luther Vandross: Breakthrough and success: …first album for that label, Never Too Much, sold more than one million copies, and its title song was a number-one rhythm-and-blues (R&B) hit. So began a long string of million-selling albums that featured Vandross’s distinctive baritone, precise phrasing, and unabashedly romantic songs, including “Here and Now,” for which he…

  • Never Wave at a WAC (film by McLeod [1953])

    Norman Z. McLeod: Danny Kaye and Bob Hope: In Never Wave at a WAC (1953), Rosalind Russell portrayed a socialite who enlists in the army, thinking she will be able to spend more time with her officer boyfriend. Next was Casanova’s Big Night (1954), which starred Hope as an 18th-century Venetian tailor who pretends…

  • Nevermind (album by Nirvana)

    alternative rock: …from their epochal 1991 album, Nevermind. The sheer immediacy of its expert guitar distortions and layered orchestrations—influenced by the organized noise of British pop groups such as the Cure and My Bloody Valentine—assured that “grunge,” as the music based on those feedback sounds was called, would become an international pop…

  • Nevers (France)

    Nevers, town, Nièvre département, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté région, central France, south-southeast of Paris. Situated on the high right bank of the Loire River at its confluence with the Nièvre River, it is a typical old provincial town that has been modernized after the establishment of new

  • Nevers faience (pottery)

    Nevers faience, French tin-glazed earthenware introduced from Italy to Nevers in 1565, by two brothers named Corrado. As the Conrade family, they and their descendants dominated Nevers faience manufacture for more than a century. The earliest authenticated piece of Nevers, dated 1589, is a large

  • Nevers glass figure (glassware)

    Nevers glass figure, any of the ornamental glassware made in Nevers, Fr., from the late 16th century through the early 19th. Only a few inches high, they have been mistaken for fine porcelain but were made of glass rods and tubes and were often made on a wire armature. The subjects are religious,

  • Nevers, Ernest Alonzo (American athlete)

    Ernie Nevers was an American collegiate and professional football and baseball player, who was considered one of the greatest football players of all time. Nevers played at tackle for Superior (Wis.) High School, and as a fullback at Stanford University (Calif.) he was called by Pop Warner the

  • Nevers, Ernie (American athlete)

    Ernie Nevers was an American collegiate and professional football and baseball player, who was considered one of the greatest football players of all time. Nevers played at tackle for Superior (Wis.) High School, and as a fullback at Stanford University (Calif.) he was called by Pop Warner the

  • Nevers, Lodewijk van (count of Flanders)

    Louis I was the count of Flanders and of Nevers (from 1322) and of Réthel (from 1325), who sided with the French against the English in the opening years of the Hundred Years’ War. Grandson and heir of Robert of Bethune, count of Flanders, Louis was brought up at the French court and married

  • Nevers, The (American television series)

    Joss Whedon: Whedon later created The Nevers, a TV series about a group of female superheroes in Victorian London. In 2020, however, during production of the first season, he left the program, citing “the physical challenges of making such a huge show during a global pandemic.” At the time he…

  • Neves, Aécio (Brazilian politician)

    Brazil: The Petrobras scandal, impeachment of Rousseff, and Temer interregnum: …finisher—the Brazilian Social Democratic Party’s Aécio Neves, the former governor of Minas Gerais state, whose late surge garnered him about 34 percent of the vote. The runoff in late October proved to be one of the closest presidential elections in recent Brazilian history: Rousseff won a second term by capturing…

  • Neves, José Maria (prime minister of Cabo Verde)

    Cabo Verde: Independence: …election, however, the PAICV candidate, José Maria Neves, narrowly won in the first round of voting; he had been up against six other candidates. Neves was inaugurated on November 9, 2021.

  • Neves, Tancredo de Almeida (Brazilian politician)

    São João del Rei: …museums and a memorial to Tancredo de Almeida Neves, a popular statesman who was born in the city. Pop. (2010) 84,404.

  • Neveu de Rameau, Le (novel by Diderot)

    Rameau’s Nephew, novel by Denis Diderot, written between 1761 and 1774 but not published during the author’s lifetime. J.W. von Goethe translated the text into German in 1805, and Goethe’s translation was published in French as Le Neveu de Rameau in 1821. The first printing from the original

  • nevi (skin blemish)

    nevus, congenital skin lesion, or birthmark, caused by abnormal pigmentation or by proliferation of blood vessels and other dermal or epidermal structures. Nevi may be raised or may spread along the surface of the skin. In other types, such as the blue nevus, proliferative tissue is buried deep

  • Neville’s Cross, Battle of (England [1346])

    Battle of Neville’s Cross, (Oct. 17, 1346), English victory over the Scots—under David II—who, as allies of the French, had invaded England in an attempt to distract Edward III from the Siege of Calais (France). Edward, however, had foreseen the invasion and left a strong force in the northern

  • Neville, Art (American musician)

    soul music: …in the ultrafunky work of Art Neville’s group the Meters. Atlantic Records produced smoldering soul smashes in New York City—notably by Aretha Franklin and Donny Hathaway; Wonder and the Jackson 5 created some of the era’s great soul records in Los Angeles; and in Philadelphia, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff…

  • Neville, Gary (English football player)

    David Beckham: Club play: …future star players Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, and Paul Scholes and won the national-level Football Association (FA) Youth Cup in 1992. Beckham made his first-team debut for Manchester United in September 1992 and signed a professional contract with the club in January 1993. He scored his first goal for Manchester…

  • Neville, John, Earl of Northumberland (English noble)

    John Neville, earl of Northumberland was a leading partisan in the English Wars of the Roses. He was the son of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and the brother of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, the “Kingmaker.” John Neville was a ringleader in the conflict between the Nevilles and Percys in

  • Neville, Ralph (English noble)

    Ralph Neville, 1st earl of Westmorland was an English noble who, though created earl by King Richard II, supported the usurpation of the crown by Henry IV and did much to establish the Lancastrian dynasty. The eldest son of John, 3rd Baron Neville, he was knighted during a French expedition in

  • Neville, Ralph (English noble)

    Ralph Neville, 1st earl of Westmorland was an English noble who, though created earl by King Richard II, supported the usurpation of the crown by Henry IV and did much to establish the Lancastrian dynasty. The eldest son of John, 3rd Baron Neville, he was knighted during a French expedition in

  • Neville, Richard (English noble)

    Richard Neville, 16th earl of Warwick was an English nobleman called, since the 16th century, “the Kingmaker,” in reference to his role as arbiter of royal power during the first half of the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York. He obtained the crown for the Yorkist

  • Nevin, Arthur Finley (American composer)

    Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin: His brother Arthur Finley Nevin (1871–1943), a composer and conductor, did research on the music of the Blackfoot Indians and used this music in his opera Poia (Berlin, 1910).

  • Nevin, Ethelbert Woodbridge (American composer)

    Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin was an American composer of light songs and piano pieces. Nevin studied in New York City, Boston, and Berlin, first appearing as a pianist in Pittsburgh (1886) and later in Boston, Chicago, New York City, and other U.S. cities. His early songs on English and German texts

  • Nevin, John Joe (Irish boxer)

    Irish Travellers: Language, culture, and society: …boxers, including Olympic bantamweight boxer John Joe Nevin, Irish middleweight champion Andy Lee, and British world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.

  • Nevin, John Williamson (American Protestant theologian)

    John Williamson Nevin was an American Protestant theologian and educator who contributed to the “Mercersburg theology”—a movement that attempted to counter the popular Protestant revivalism of antebellum America. After graduating from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1826, Nevin taught there