owl, (order Strigiformes), any member of a homogeneous order of primarily nocturnal raptors found nearly worldwide. The bird of Athena, the Greek goddess of practical reason, is the little owl (Athene noctua). Owls became symbolic of intelligence because it was thought that they presaged events. On

English literature: Influence of French poetry: …poem of this period is The Owl and the Nightingale (written after 1189), an example of the popular debate genre. The two birds argue topics ranging from their hygienic habits, looks, and songs to marriage, prognostication, and the proper modes of worship. The nightingale stands for the joyous aspects of…

The Owl and the Pussy-cat, nonsense poem by Edward Lear, published in Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (1871). One of the best known and most frequently anthologized of Lear’s poems, it was written and illustrated for a young daughter of the English man of letters John Addington

Herbert Ross: First films: …positive for the frenetic comedy The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), Ross’s adaptation of Bill Manhoff’s play about the burgeoning romance between an uptight aspiring writer (played by George Segal) and his prostitute neighbour (Streisand). Ross’s next directorial effort, the drama T.R. Baskin (1971), with Candice Bergen, was much less…

durukuli, (genus Aotus), any of several species of closely related nocturnal monkeys of Central and South America distinguished by their large yellow-brown eyes. The durukuli is round-headed, with small ears and dense, soft, grizzled gray or brown fur. Weight ranges from 780 to 1,250 grams (1.7 to

kakapo, (Strigops habroptilus), giant flightless nocturnal parrot (family Psittacidae) of New Zealand. With a face like an owl, a posture like a penguin, and a walk like a duck, the extraordinarily tame and gentle kakapo is one of strangest and rarest birds on Earth. Heaviest of the world’s

Lake Memphremagog: …and mountains, the loftiest being Owl’s Head (3,360 feet [1,024 metres]), on the western shore. The name Memphremagog comes from the Algonquian term meaning “where there is a big expanse of water.”

Janet Campbell Hale: …then published her first novel, The Owl’s Song (1974); the book of poems Custer Lives in Humboldt County & Other Poems (1978); and the novel The Jailing of Cecelia Capture (1985), her master’s thesis, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Hale’s other works of fiction included Women on the…

owl-faced monkey, (Cercopithecus hamlyni), arboreal guenon found in tropical forests east of the Congo basin. The owl-faced monkey is greenish gray with black underparts and forelimbs; the lower back and base of the tail are silver-gray. It is named for the white streak running down the length of

owlet, commonly, any young owl; the term is also used as the general name for several diminutive African and Southeast Asian species of Glaucidium (see pygmy owl) and two little owls (Athene) of southern Asia (see little

owlet frogmouth, any of seven or eight species of shy and solitary night birds belonging to the genus Aegotheles and comprising the family Aegothelidae. They are closely related to frogmouths, in the order Caprimulgiformes. These inhabitants of forests resemble small owls with very wide mouths

owlet moth, (family Noctuidae), large worldwide group of more than 20,000 species of triangular, stout-bodied nocturnal lepidopterans. The family Noctuidae includes some of the world’s largest moths; wingspans in this diverse group range from 0.8 to 30.5 cm (0.3 to 12 inches). Although most have

owlet frogmouth, any of seven or eight species of shy and solitary night birds belonging to the genus Aegotheles and comprising the family Aegothelidae. They are closely related to frogmouths, in the order Caprimulgiformes. These inhabitants of forests resemble small owls with very wide mouths

moth owl, Australian bird, a species of owlet frogmouth

owlfly, (family Ascalaphidae), any of a group of insects (order Neuroptera) that are frequently mistaken for dragonflies because of their slender bodies and long membranous wings. The adults are found mainly in the tropics but are quite common in the southwestern and southern United States.

Janet Frame: …she composed her first novel, Owls Do Cry (1957). The experimental book incorporates both poetry and prose and lacks a conventional plot. It investigates the worth of the individual and the ambiguous border between sanity and madness. Faces in the Water (1961) is a fictionalized account of her time in…

Herman Wildenvey: Owls to Athens, a selection of his poems in English translation, was published in 1935.

Tyler Perry: …picked up by Oprah Winfrey’s OWN channel in its third season following its cancellation by TBS. Perry created several additional television shows for OWN: the soap operas The Haves and the Have Nots (2013–21) and If Loving You Is Wrong (2014–16) as well as such comedies as Love Thy Neighbor…

Yes: …included the hit single “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” and Big Generator (1987); the creation of another group by other Yes veterans (including Bruford, Howe, and Wakeman) led to legal wrangling over ownership of the band’s name. The dispute, which was settled by 1991, showed that even though (like…

Caryl Churchill: Owners, a two-act 14-scene play about obsession with power, was her first major theatrical endeavour and was produced in London in 1972. During her tenure as resident dramatist at London’s Royal Court Theatre, Churchill wrote Objections to Sex and Violence (1974), which, though not well-reviewed,…

bank: The role of bank capital: …also comes from share owners’ equity, which means that bank managers must concern themselves with the value of the bank’s equity capital as well as the composition of the bank’s assets and liabilities. A bank’s shareholders, however, are residual claimants, meaning that they may share in the bank’s profits but…

ownership, the legal relation between a person (individual, group, corporation, or government) and an object. The object may be corporeal, such as furniture, or completely the creature of law, such as a patent, copyright, or annuity; it may be movable, such as an animal, or immovable, such as land.

Owo, town, Ondo state, southwestern Nigeria, at the southern edge of the Yoruba Hills (elevation 1,130 feet [344 m]) and at the intersection of roads from Akure, Kabba, Benin City, and Siluko. A major collecting point for cocoa, it also serves as a market center (yams, cassava [manioc], corn

Chang Sŭng-ŏp was an outstanding painter of the late Chosŏn dynasty (1392–1910) in Korea. An orphan, Chang worked as a servant to a wealthy family, learning his art by watching the master’s son study painting. Although he later worked with Chinese painting manuals, he had no formal teachers, and

African literature: French: …society is the subject of Joseph Owono’s Tante Bella (1959; “Aunt Bella”), the first novel to be published in Cameroon. Paul Lomami-Tshibamba of Congo (Brazzaville) wrote Ngando le crocodile (1948; “Ngando the Crocodile”; Eng. trans. Ngando), a story rooted in African tradition. Faralako: roman d’un petit village africaine (1958; “Faralako:…

Occupy Wall Street (OWS), extended protest against economic inequality and the corruption of corporate law that occurred from September 17 to November 15, 2011, centred in New York City. The demonstration marked the beginning of a new focus on wealth disparity in American politics. The Occupy Wall

LSD: …pioneer in that movement was Augustus Owsley Stanley III, a California-based underground chemist who manufactured several million doses of the drug. Stanley’s efforts supplied the drug to several figures who would become advocates for LSD, including novelist Ken Kesey. Stanley also was a personal supplier of LSD to the Grateful…

Bono: …to the Akan fields, and Owusu Aduam (flourished c. 1650) is reported to have completely reorganized the industry. From the Akan fields the gold passed through the entrepôts of the western Sudan along the trade routes of the Sahara to the terminal ports of North Africa and from there to…

Owyhee River, river formed by the junction of several forks in the southwestern corner of Idaho, U.S. It flows northwest across the Oregon boundary and north through Malheur county and empties into the Snake River south of Nyssa, Ore., after a course of 250 miles (402 km). The Owyhee Dam (1932)

cow: …draft purposes, are known as oxen. A group of cows, cattle, or kine (an archaic term for more than one cow) constitutes a herd. English lacks a gender-neutral singular form, and so “cow” is used for both female individuals and all domestic bovines.

ox, (Bos taurus, or B. taurus primigenius), a domesticated form of the large horned mammals that once moved in herds across North America and Europe (whence they have disappeared) and Asia and Africa, where some still exist in the wild state. South America and Australia have no wild oxen. Oxen are

X-ray source: The quasar OX 169, for example, has been observed to vary substantially in X-ray output in less than two hours, implying that the region producing this radiation is less than two “light-hours” across (i.e., smaller than the solar system).

The Ox-Bow Incident, novel by Walter van Tilburg Clark, published in 1940. This psychological study of corrupt leadership and mob rule was read as a parable about fascism when it first appeared. Set in Nevada in 1885, the story concerns the brutal lynching of three characters falsely accused of

The Ox-Bow Incident, American western film, released in 1943, that was a thought-provoking and disturbing look at the dangers of mob justice. The movie, which was based on the novel of the same name by Walter van Tilburg Clark, epitomized a new maturity in the western movie genre, having progressed

poison: Plant poisons (phytotoxins): Oxalates are salts of oxalic acid, which under natural conditions is not toxic but becomes so because of the oxalate ion. Resins, a heterogeneous assemblage of complex compounds, differ widely in chemical properties but have certain similar physical properties. Some resins are physiologically very active,…

oxalic acid, a colourless, crystalline, toxic organic compound belonging to the family of carboxylic acids. Oxalic acid is widely used as an acid rinse in laundries, where it is effective in removing rust and ink stains because it converts most insoluble iron compounds into a soluble complex ion.

Oxalidales, the wood sorrel order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, containing 6 families, 58 genera, and 1,810 species. Members of Oxalidales include annuals, perennial herbs, lianas, shrubs, and trees of both temperate and tropical regions. Under the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II (APG II)

oxaliplatin, platinum-based chemotherapy drug used primarily to treat colorectal cancer. Oxaliplatin often is used in combination with other anticancer drugs, especially 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin. It was discovered in 1976 by Japanese chemist Kidani Yoshinori at Nagoya City University,

Oxalis, genus of small herbaceous plants, in the family Oxalidaceae, comprising about 850 species, native primarily to southern Africa and tropical and South America. A few South American species have edible tubers or roots, but most members of the genus are familiar as garden ornamentals. The name

shamrock: Of commercial importance is wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) of the family Oxalidaceae. The plant is found in Ireland and elsewhere in Europe and is commonly sold as a potted plant for St. Patrick’s Day. Black medic (Medicago lupulina) is also sometimes referred to as a shamrock.

Oxalis: cernua, known as Bermuda buttercups, with showy yellow flowers, native to southern Africa and naturalized in Florida and the Bermudas. Another yellow-flowered kind is the weedy, creeping oxalis (O. corniculata). Both O. stricta and O. corniculata are widely naturalized in the Old World. The tubers of O. tuberosa,…

Oxalis: …kind is the weedy, creeping oxalis (O. corniculata). Both O. stricta and O. corniculata are widely naturalized in the Old World. The tubers of O. tuberosa, the oca of South America, and the roots of O. deppei, a bulbous Mexican species, are edible.

wood sorrel: …flowering plants of the genus Oxalis (family Oxalidaceae).

Oxalis: …States, with rose-purple flowers; the redwood wood sorrel (O. oregana), of the coast redwood belt from California to Oregon, with pink to white flowers; and O. cernua, known as Bermuda buttercups, with showy yellow flowers, native to southern Africa and naturalized in Florida and the Bermudas. Another yellow-flowered kind is…

Oxalis: cernua, known as Bermuda buttercups, with showy yellow flowers, native to southern Africa and naturalized in Florida and the Bermudas. Another yellow-flowered kind is the weedy, creeping oxalis (O. corniculata). Both O. stricta and O. corniculata are widely naturalized in the Old World. The tubers of O. tuberosa,…

Oxalis: …America, among which are the yellow wood sorrel (O. stricta), of the eastern United States and Canada, with yellow flowers; the violet wood sorrel (O. violacea), of the eastern United States, with rose-purple flowers; the redwood wood sorrel (O. oregana), of the coast redwood belt from California to Oregon, with…

Oxalidales: Oxalis tuberosa (oca) is cultivated in the Andes for its edible tubers; O. pes-caprae (Bermuda buttercup) also has tubers that can be used as a vegetable, although the plant is considered a weedy pest in many parts of the world.

Oxalis: …Canada, with yellow flowers; the violet wood sorrel (O. violacea), of the eastern United States, with rose-purple flowers; the redwood wood sorrel (O. oregana), of the coast redwood belt from California to Oregon, with pink to white flowers; and O. cernua, known as Bermuda buttercups, with showy yellow flowers, native…

metabolism: Incomplete oxidation: …coenzyme A; the four-carbon compound oxaloacetate; and the five-carbon compound α-oxoglutarate. The first, acetate in the form of acetyl coenzyme A, constitutes by far the most common product—it is the product of two-thirds of the carbon incorporated into carbohydrates and glycerol; all of the carbon in most fatty acids; and…

nitride: Cyanogen: Cyanogen, (CN)2, is a toxic, colourless gas that boils at −21 °C (−6 °F). It can be prepared by oxidation of hydrogen cyanide (HCN). A variety of oxidizing agents can be used, including oxygen gas, O2, chlorine gas, Cl2, and nitrogen dioxide gas, NO2.…

metabolism: Formation of coenzyme A, carbon dioxide, and reducing equivalent: , hydrogen is removed—to form oxalosuccinate. The two hydrogen atoms are usually transferred to NAD+, thus forming reduced NAD+ [40].

antibiotic: Antituberculosis antibiotics: Cycloserine, an antibiotic produced by Streptomyces orchidaceus, is also used in the treatment of tuberculosis. A structural analog of the amino acid d-alanine, it interferes with enzymes necessary for incorporation of d-alanine into the bacterial cell wall. It is rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract…

lancewood: True lancewood, Oxandra lanceolata, of the West Indies and Guianas, furnishes most of the lancewood of commerce in the form of spars about 13 feet (4 m) in length and 5 inches (13 cm) in diameter at the small end. Lancewood was formerly used by…

sedative-hypnotic drug: oxazepam (Serax), and triazolam (Halcion). They are, however, intended only for short- or medium-term use, since the body does develop a tolerance to them and withdrawal symptoms (anxiety, restlessness, and so on) develop even in those who have used the drugs for only four to…

oxazolidinone, class of synthetic antibiotics defined chemically by a heterocyclic ring structure that contains one oxygen atom, one nitrogen atom, and three carbon atoms. Oxazolidinones inhibit bacterial growth by blocking the organisms’ ability to synthesize proteins. Linezolid is highly active

oxbird, any of certain small sandpipers, especially the dunlin (q.v.). In Africa the buffalo weaver (q.v.) and the oxpecker are called

buffalo weaver: …more widespread species is the black buffalo weaver, or oxbird (Bubalornis albirostris); it is black, with white in the wings. The white-headed buffalo weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli), confined to eastern Africa, is brown and white, with red rump and vent. Both are stout-bodied, heavy-billed birds 20–25 cm (8–10 inches) long. In…

dunlin, (Calidris alpina), one of the most common and sociable birds of the sandpiper group. The dunlin is a member of the family Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes). It is about 20 cm (8 inches) long and has a bill curved downward at the tip. In breeding season, its plumage is brightly coloured,

sang de boeuf, a glossy, rich, bloodred glaze often slashed with streaks of purple or turquoise used to decorate pottery, particularly porcelain. The effect is produced by a method of firing that incorporates copper, a method first discovered by the Chinese of the Ming dynasty, probably during the

D. Wayne Lukas: Horse training: …Triple Crown race win with Oxbow’s victory in the Preakness; Bob Baffert surpassed his record in 2018. Even through the end of his career, Lukas continued to make history. He became the oldest trainer to win a Triple Crown race when Seize the Grey won the Preakness in 2024, giving…

oxbow lake, small lake located in an abandoned meander loop of a river channel. It is generally formed as a river cuts through a meander neck to shorten its course, causes the old channel to be rapidly blocked off, and then migrates away from the lake. If only one loop is cut off, the lake formed

René Marqués: The Oxcart), concerns a rural Puerto Rican family who immigrate to New York City in search of their fortune but fail and subsequently return to Puerto Rico, where they find it hard to adapt. In 1959 he published three plays together in the collection Teatro…

Axel, Count Oxenstierna was the chancellor of Sweden (1612–54), successively under King Gustav II Adolf and Queen Christina. He was noted for his administrative reforms and for his diplomacy and military command during the Thirty Years’ War. He was created a count in 1645. Oxenstierna was born of a

Bengt Gabrielsson, Count Oxenstierna was a Swedish statesman who, as the principal foreign policy adviser of King Charles XI, established a virtually neutral foreign policy for Sweden, breaking the existing alliance with France and forming ties with the Netherlands, England, and the Holy Roman

Swedish literature: The 18th century: Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna did his most original work while a diplomat in Vienna; his Skördarne (1796; “Harvests”) reveals pre-Romantic feeling for the beauty of nature. Bengt Lidner was the chief exponent of pre-Romanticism in poetry. His most successful work is the ode Grefvinnan Spastaras död…

Sweden: The Kalmar Union: …noble opposition, led by Archbishop Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, rebelled against Charles, who fled to Danzig. Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott, a Danish noble, became the regents, and Christian was hailed as king of Sweden. Christian increased taxes, and in 1463 the peasants in Uppland refused to pay and were supported…

heterocyclic compound: Rings with seven or more members: ring compounds, one-heteroatom heterocycles—azepines, oxepines, and thiepines—and their derivatives are the most comprehensively studied.

heterocyclic compound: Four-membered rings: Azetidine, oxetane, and thietane—four-membered rings containing, respectively, one nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur atom—are prepared by nucleophilic displacement reactions similar to those used to prepare the corresponding three-membered rings.

oxeye, in Britain, any of certain small sandpipers (especially the dunlin; q.v.) and the great tit (titmouse). See also

tarpon: The Pacific tarpon, M. cyprinoides, is similar.

dunlin, (Calidris alpina), one of the most common and sociable birds of the sandpiper group. The dunlin is a member of the family Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes). It is about 20 cm (8 inches) long and has a bill curved downward at the tip. In breeding season, its plumage is brightly coloured,

oxeye daisy, (Leucanthemum vulgare), perennial plant in the aster family (Asteraceae), commonly grown as an ornamental. The oxeye daisy is native to Europe and Asia and has naturalized in the United States. The plant grows about 60 cm (2 feet) high and has notched oblong leaves and long petioles

Oxfam International, privately funded international organization that provides relief and development aid to impoverished or disaster-stricken communities worldwide. The original Oxfam was founded at Oxford, England, in 1942 to raise funds for the feeding of hungry children in war-torn Greece. It

Oxford, city, seat (1837) of Lafayette county, northern Mississippi, U.S. It is situated about 75 miles (120 km) southeast of Memphis, Tennessee. Originating as a trading post, it was incorporated in 1837 and named for the English centre of learning, reflecting the townspeople’s early desire for a

Hampshire: The Oxford, a breed popular in England and in the Great Lakes region of the U.S., was produced in the mid-19th century in Oxfordshire, England, by crossing Hampshires and Cotswolds.

Oxford, county, western Maine, U.S. It consists of a mountainous region bordered to the west by New Hampshire and to the north by Quebec, Canada. The Appalachian National Scenic Trail crosses the Maine–New Hampshire border along the Mahoosuc Range and traverses the northern part of the county via

Oxford, city (district), administrative and historic county of Oxfordshire, England. It is best known as the home of the University of Oxford. Situated between the upper River Thames (known in Oxford as the Isis) and the Cherwell, just north of their confluence, the town was first occupied in Saxon

Brat Pack: Brat Pack films: …Class (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Oxford Blues (1984), Pretty in Pink (1986), Blue City (1986), About Last Night… (1986), Wisdom (1986), and Fresh Horses (1988).

Oxfordshire: It is divided into the Oxford Clay Vale and the White Horse Vale by an outcrop of Corallian limestone, giving rise to the Oxford Heights.

Oxfam International, privately funded international organization that provides relief and development aid to impoverished or disaster-stricken communities worldwide. The original Oxfam was founded at Oxford, England, in 1942 to raise funds for the feeding of hungry children in war-torn Greece. It

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), definitive historical dictionary of the English language, originally consisting of 12 volumes and a 1-volume supplement. The dictionary is a corrected and updated revision of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (NED), which was published in 10

Sir Richard Steele: Mature life and works.: …that of gazetteer—writer of The London Gazette, the official government journal. Although this reinforced his connection with the Whig leaders, it gave little scope for his artistic talents, and, on April 12, 1709, he secured his place in literary history by launching the thrice-weekly essay periodical The Tatler. Writing under…

Moral Re-Armament (MRA), a modern, nondenominational revivalistic movement founded by American churchman Frank N.D. Buchman (1878–1961). It sought to deepen the spiritual life of individuals and encouraged participants to continue as members of their own churches. Primarily a Protestant movement,

encyclopaedia: Children’s encyclopaedias: …the Britannica Junior Encyclopædia, the Oxford Junior Encyclopaedia (intended for children of age 11 upward) was systematically arranged. Each of the 12 text volumes is devoted to a broad subject field: humankind, natural history, the universe, communications, great lives, farming and fisheries, industry and commerce, engineering, recreations, law and society,…

Oxford movement, 19th-century movement centred at the University of Oxford that sought a renewal of “catholic,” or Roman Catholic, thought and practice within the Church of England in opposition to the Protestant tendencies of the church. The argument was that the Anglican church was by history and

United Kingdom: The exclusion crisis and the Tory reaction: The Oxford Parliament was dissolved in a week, the “Whig” (Scottish Gaelic: “Horse Thief”) councillors, as they were now called, were dismissed from their places, and the king appealed directly to the country for support.

ordinary language analysis, method of philosophical investigation concerned with how verbal expressions are used in a particular, nontechnical, everyday language. The basic source for this school of thought is the later writings of the Viennese-born philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, followed by the

United Kingdom: Civil war and revolution: …course between them, supporting the Oxford Propositions (1643) for peace as well as creating the administrative machinery to raise and finance armies. The excise, modeled on impositions, and the monthly assessments, modeled on ship money, increased levels of taxation to new heights. The king burdened the communities his forces controlled…

savings and loan association: The Oxford Provident Building Association of Philadelphia, which began operating in 1831 with 40 members, was the first savings and loan association in the United States. By 1890 they had spread to all states and territories.

biblical literature: Middle English versions: The contemporary Oxford Psalter achieved such influence that it became the basis of all subsequent Middle English versions. By 1361 a prose translation of most of Scripture into Middle English had been executed.

University of Oxford, English autonomous institution of higher learning at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, one of the world’s great universities. It lies along the upper course of the River Thames (called the Isis by Oxonians), 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of London. Sketchy evidence indicates

history of publishing: University and government presses: …older establishments, such as the Oxford University Press, are, of course, large, profitable organizations with worldwide connections and a long list of more general publications.

Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford was an English lyric poet and theatre patron, who became, in the 20th century, the strongest candidate proposed (next to William Shakespeare himself) for the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays. Evidence exists that Oxford was known during his lifetime to have

John de Vere, 13th earl of Oxford was an English soldier and royal official, a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses. He helped to restore the deposed King Henry VI (1470) and later (1485) to secure the English throne for the last surviving male claimant from the house of Lancaster, Henry

Provisions of Oxford, (1258), in English history, a plan of reform accepted by Henry III, in return for the promise of financial aid from his barons. It can be regarded as England’s first written constitution. Henry, bankrupted by a foolish venture in Sicily, summoned Parliament in the spring of

Robert de Vere, 9th earl of Oxford was a favorite of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–99) during that monarch’s minority. He led the group of courtiers who unsuccessfully supported Richard’s efforts in 1385–87 to wrest control of the government from powerful nobles. Through his mother, a

Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford was a British statesman who headed the Tory ministry from 1710 to 1714. Although by birth and education he was a Whig and a Dissenter, he gradually over the years changed his politics, becoming the leader of the Tory and Anglican party. Harley came from a

Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford was a British statesman who headed the Tory ministry from 1710 to 1714. Although by birth and education he was a Whig and a Dissenter, he gradually over the years changed his politics, becoming the leader of the Tory and Anglican party. Harley came from a

University of Oxford, English autonomous institution of higher learning at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, one of the world’s great universities. It lies along the upper course of the River Thames (called the Isis by Oxonians), 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of London. Sketchy evidence indicates

Scott Morrison: Fortress Australia, the stroll out, and the 2022 election: …a single vaccine, the problematic AstraZeneca version, complicated by supply issues and the emergence of rare but troubling side effects). However, the appearance and rapid spread in June 2021 of the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus quickly revealed the vulnerability of “Fortress Australia,” and Morrison shifted strategies, refocusing…