predation, in animal behaviour, the pursuit, capture, and killing of animals for food. Predatory animals may be solitary hunters, like the leopard, or they may be group hunters, like wolves. The senses of predators are adapted in a variety of ways to facilitate hunting behaviour. Visual acuity is

Prey Veng, town, southern Cambodia. Prey Veng is linked to Phnom Penh, the national capital, by a national highway. The former (prior to 1975) rubber plantations of Phumi Peam Cheang near the town have the ruins of a Khmer temple. At nearby Neak Loeung is a ferry across the Mekong River. The

Prey Veng, town, southern Cambodia. Prey Veng is linked to Phnom Penh, the national capital, by a national highway. The former (prior to 1975) rubber plantations of Phumi Peam Cheang near the town have the ruins of a Khmer temple. At nearby Neak Loeung is a ferry across the Mekong River. The

bird of prey, any bird that pursues other animals for food; it is a famous apex predator (meaning without a natural predator or enemy). Birds of prey are classified in two orders: Falconiformes and Strigiformes. All birds of prey have hook-tipped beaks and sharp curved claws called talons (in

child psychology: …study published by German psychophysiologist William Preyer put forth the methods for a series of others. In 1891 American educational psychologist G. Stanley Hall established the Pedagogical Seminary, a periodical devoted to child psychology and pedagogy. During the early 20th century, the development of intelligence tests and the establishment of…

Przewalski’s horse, (subspecies Equus caballus przewalskii or E. ferus przewalskii), last wild horse subspecies surviving in the 21st century. It was discovered in western Mongolia in the late 1870s by the Russian explorer N.M. Przhevalsky. Przewalski’s horse is yellowish or light red (sometimes

Lester Young was an American tenor saxophonist who emerged in the mid-1930s Kansas City, Mo., jazz world with the Count Basie band and introduced an approach to improvisation that provided much of the basis for modern jazz solo conception. Young’s tone was a striking departure from the accepted

Josquin des Prez was one of the greatest composers of Renaissance Europe. Josquin’s early life has been the subject of much scholarly debate, and the first solid evidence of his work comes from a roll of musicians associated with the cathedral in Cambrai in the early 1470s. During the late 1470s

snake: Vertebrae: …then at two projections (prezygapophyses and postzygapophyses) from the centra, with articulating surfaces that lie above and below; and finally the zygosphenes and zygantra, found almost exclusively in snakes, the zygosphene being a projecting shelf on the upper part of the vertebra and the zygantrum being a pocket into…

evolution: Reproductive isolation: …categories of reproductive isolating mechanisms: prezygotic, or those that take effect before fertilization, and postzygotic, those that take effect afterward. Prezygotic RIMs prevent the formation of hybrids between members of different populations through ecological, temporal, ethological (behavioral), mechanical, and gametic isolation. Postzygotic RIMs reduce the viability or fertility of hybrids…

evolution: Reproductive isolation: …categories of reproductive isolating mechanisms: prezygotic, or those that take effect before fertilization, and postzygotic, those that take effect afterward. Prezygotic RIMs prevent the formation of hybrids between members of different populations through ecological, temporal, ethological (behavioral), mechanical, and gametic isolation. Postzygotic RIMs reduce the viability or fertility of hybrids…

Grenada: Independence of Grenada: …a People’s Revolutionary Government (PRG), and named their leader, Maurice Bishop, as prime minister. The new government faced opposition from Western nations because of its socialist principles and the substantial aid it had begun receiving from Cuba, but it embarked on a program to rebuild the economy, which had…

Viet Cong: …Viet Cong to form the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG). The movement’s principal objectives were the overthrow of the South Vietnamese government and the reunification of Vietnam.

Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Mexican political party that dominated the country’s political institutions from its founding in 1929 until the end of the 20th century. Virtually all important figures in Mexican national and local politics belonged to the party, because the nomination of

Italian Republican Party, anticlerical social-reform party. Although it had only a small following in the years after World War II, its position in the centre of the Italian political spectrum enabled it to take part in many coalition governments. The party dates back to the 19th century, when

Priabonian Stage, uppermost division of Eocene rocks, representing all rocks deposited worldwide during the Priabonian Age (38 million to 33.9 million years ago) of the Paleogene Period (66 million to 23 million years ago). The Priabonian Stage is named for Priabona in the Vicenza province of

bigeye, any of about 18 species of marine fishes comprising the family Priacanthidae (order Perciformes). Some members of the family are also known as catalufas. Most bigeyes are bright red in colour, but many species can change from a pale hue to a deep, mottled shade. Most have large round eyes.

bigeye: The glasseye snapper (P. cruentatus), also called the catalufa, about 30 cm long, is found in both the Atlantic and Pacific. The popeye catalufa (Pristigenys serrula) is a Pacific ocean species.

Priam, in Greek mythology, the last king of Troy. He succeeded his father, Laomedon, as king and extended Trojan control over the Hellespont. He married first Arisbe (a daughter of Merops the seer) and then Hecuba, and he had other wives and concubines. He had 50 sons, according to Homer’s Iliad,

metalwork: Pre-Mycenaean: The largest of them, called Priam’s Treasure, is a representative collection of jewels and plate. Packed in a large silver cup were gold ornaments consisting of elaborate diadems or pectorals, six bracelets, 60 earrings or hair rings, and nearly 9,000 beads. Trojan vases have bold and simple forms, mostly without…

Indonesia: Growth and impact of the Dutch East India Company: …received the cession of the Preanger regions of western Java.

West Java: …of upland that includes the Priangan plateau, which has an elevation of about 1,000 feet (300 metres) and consists of almost horizontal gently folded limestone. The plateau extends for more than 100 miles (160 km) along the southern coast and fronts a relatively narrow strip of coastal lowlands. Along the…

ancient Iran: Phraates I: …available concerning the reign of Priapatius (c. 191–176 bce), who succeeded Artabanus and whose name appears in documents found in excavations at Nisā. Under his son Phraates I (reigned c. 176–171 bce), the young Parthian kingdom seems to have recuperated sufficiently to have taken up once again its expansionist activities.…

Priapea, poems in honour of the the god of fertility Priapus. Although there are ancient Greek poems addressed to him, the name Priapea is mainly applied to a collection of 85 or 86 short Latin poems composed in various metres and dealing with the fertility god who, with his sickle, protected

Priapea, poems in honour of the the god of fertility Priapus. Although there are ancient Greek poems addressed to him, the name Priapea is mainly applied to a collection of 85 or 86 short Latin poems composed in various metres and dealing with the fertility god who, with his sickle, protected

priapism, a persistent, painful erection of the penis unaccompanied by sexual excitation or desire. When normal erection occurs, the sides and the bottom of the penis, the corpora cavernosa and the corpus spongiosum, respectively, become engorged with blood so that the penis enlarges, hardens, and

priapulid, (phylum Priapulida), any of some 15 species of predatory, marine, mud-inhabiting, unsegmented worms. Once considered a class of the former phylum Aschelminthes or placed with echiuran and sipunculan worms in the former phylum Gephyrea, priapulids have no obvious relationship to any other

priapulid, (phylum Priapulida), any of some 15 species of predatory, marine, mud-inhabiting, unsegmented worms. Once considered a class of the former phylum Aschelminthes or placed with echiuran and sipunculan worms in the former phylum Gephyrea, priapulids have no obvious relationship to any other

Priapus, in Greek religion, a god of animal and vegetable fertility whose originally Asian cult started in the Hellespontine regions, centring especially on Lampsacus. He was represented in a caricature of the human form, grotesquely misshapen, with an enormous phallus. The ass was sacrificed in

Svetozar Pribićević was a Yugoslav politician, leader of the Serbs within Austria-Hungary before the empire’s dissolution at the end of World War I. Initially Pribićević favoured a centralized Yugoslav nation rather than a federation of the South Slav peoples; as minister of the interior, he jailed

Pribilof Canyon, a long submarine canyon rising from the Bering Abyssal Plain on the floor of the Bering Sea southeast of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. It runs across the edge of the continental slope and is 265 miles (426 km) long with walls 6,000 feet (1,800 m) high. The canyon is characterized

Pribilof Islands, archipelago, off the west coast of Alaska, U.S. The islands include St. Paul (40 square miles [104 square km]), St. George (35 square miles [91 square km]), and two islets (Otter and Walrus islands) lying in the Bering Sea, about 300 miles (500 km) west of the Alaska mainland and

Mecklenburg: Przybysław (Přibislav), son of the vanquished Obodrite ruler Niklot, became Henry’s vassal and founded the Mecklenburg dynasty. In a series of partitions, four separate lines were established by Przybysław’s great-grandsons in the 13th century: Mecklenburg (named from the family castle, Mikilinborg, south of Wismar), Rostock,…

Příbram, mining city, north-central Czech Republic. Located 37 miles (59 km) southwest of Prague, on the Litavka River, it is situated in the hilly and forested Brdy Mountains. Silver and gold mining, begun in the 14th century, was the town’s major industry until the 1960s, when lead, zinc, and

George A. Miller: …1960 Miller, Eugene Galanter, and Karl Pribram proposed that stimulus-response (an isolated behavioral sequence used to assist research) be replaced by a different hypothesized behavioral sequence, which they called the TOTE (test, operate, test, exit). In the TOTE sequence a goal is first planned, and a test is performed to…

Price, city, seat (1894) of Carbon county, central Utah, U.S., on the Price River, 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Provo. Settled in 1877 by Mormons, it was named for the river discovered in 1869 by William Price, a bishop of the Mormon church. Its growth was spurred by the arrival of the Denver and

Price refers to the amount of money required to purchase a product or service. Price can also be seen as a measure of a product’s value, insofar as people are willing to pay a certain monetary amount to buy it. (Read Milton Friedman’s Britannica entry on money.) Price plays an essential role in the

Harlem race riot of 1943: The aftermath: …of the riot, the federal Office of Price Administration (OPA) agreed to open an office on 135th Street in Harlem to investigate complaints about price gouging. The office was soon flooded with complaints. Mayor La Guardia was warned that when lease renewals came due, the landlords would violate voluntary price…

white-collar crime: …that constitute white-collar crimes include price collusion (conspiring with other corporations to fix the prices of goods or services as a means of obtaining artificially high profits or driving a competitor out of the market), falsifying reports of tests on pharmaceutical products to obtain manufacturing licenses, and substituting cheap, defective…

incomes policy, collective governmental effort to control the incomes of labour and capital, usually by limiting increases in wages and prices. The term often refers to policies directed at the control of inflation, but it may also indicate efforts to alter the distribution of income among workers,

Imagine a buyer and a seller at a bazaar haggling over a handwoven scarf. The seller hopes to get $60. The buyer counters at $45, then raises the offer to $50. As they negotiate, they’re trying to discover a price where both feel the trade is worth making. Suddenly, two more buyers arrive. One

price discrimination, practice of selling a commodity at different prices to different buyers, even though sales costs are the same in all of the transactions. Discrimination among buyers may be based on personal characteristics such as income, race, or age or on geographic location. For price

Stocks, ETFs, commodities, and really all market prices fluctuate, whether they’re on their way up or down. If an asset price is trending up, it occasionally pulls back. If its trend is down, it occasionally rallies. This can work in your favor if you’re looking to enter the market or add to your

If you’ve ever traveled by subway in London, Paris, or New York, you’ve seen the phrase “Mind the gap.” It’s a warning that something is missing. There’s a void ahead, and if you don’t pay attention, you could get hurt. A price gap on a stock chart is similar in that it indicates something is

price index, measure of relative price changes, consisting of a series of numbers arranged so that a comparison between the values for any two periods or places will show the average change in prices between periods or the average difference in prices between places. Price indexes were first

Mark Goodson: …I’ve Got a Secret (1952–67), The Price Is Right (1956–65, 1972– ), To Tell the Truth (1956–68, 2016– ), Concentration (1958–73), Password (1961–75), and The Match Game (1962–69, 1973–90, 2016– ). He was honoured in 1990 with an Emmy Award for lifetime achievement, and in December 1992 he was selected…

price maintenance, measures taken by manufacturers or distributors to control the resale prices of their products charged by resellers. The practice is more effective in retail sales than at other levels of marketing. Only a few types of goods have come under such controls, the leading examples

Jean Price Mars was a Haitian physician, public official, diplomat, ethnologist, and historian of his country’s sociological and intellectual development and of the contribution of Haitians to the culture of the Americas. Among his ethnological writings is Ainsi parla l’oncle (1928; new ed., 1954;

price: …system is called the “price mechanism,” and it assumes prices naturally move until the supply of a product matches demand.

Dan Jacobson: …in the Sun (1956), and The Price of Diamonds (1957)—form a complex mosaic that provides a peculiarly incisive view of racially divided South African society. Much of his best work was in his short stories, especially in the collections The Zulu and the Zeide (1959) and Beggar My Neighbour (1964).

Jodie Comer: Theatre: …appeared in a production of The Price of Everything by Fiona Evans. In the play, which was staged at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, England, Comer played the daughter of a millionaire businessman.

Bob Woodward: …Afghanistan War policy, and in The Price of Politics (2012) he cast attention on the struggles between the administration and Congress over fiscal matters. In Fear: Trump in the White House (2018) and Rage (2020) Woodward presented a highly critical account of Donald Trump’s presidency; the latter work included a…

Seymour Hersh: …investigation led him to write The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House (1983), a damning portrait of Henry Kissinger that won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Among the subjects of Hersh’s other books were the Soviet downing of a Korean Air Lines plane, Israel’s acquisition of…

Patricia Highsmith: Among Highsmith’s other books are The Price of Salt (1952; written under the pseudonym Claire Morgan), a tale of a love affair between a married woman and a younger, unmarried woman (filmed in 2015 as Carol, the name under which the novel was published in 1990 and thereafter), and The…

James Baldwin: Debate with Buckley, later career, and honors: …a collection of autobiographical writings, The Price of the Ticket (1985).

price index: relative price changes, consisting of a series of numbers arranged so that a comparison between the values for any two periods or places will show the average change in prices between periods or the average difference in prices between places. Price indexes were first developed…

Price River, river that rises in the Wasatch Range near Scofield, central Utah, U.S. It flows generally southeastward through Carbon and northeast Emery counties, past Price and through Price Canyon, to join the Green River after a course of 130 miles (210 km). Scofield Dam (1946), near the river’s

international trade: Development of a common agricultural policy: …and a common system of price supports took the place of the former national systems.

price system, a means of organizing economic activity. It does this primarily by coordinating the decisions of consumers, producers, and owners of productive resources. Millions of economic agents who have no direct communication with each other are led by the price system to supply each other’s

Frank Lloyd Wright: The 1920s and ’30s: …was finally realized as the Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.)

the Animals: …Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England), Alan Price (b. April 19, 1942, Fatfield, Durham), Hilton Valentine (b. May 21, 1943, North Shields, Tyne and Wear—d. January 29, 2021), Chas Chandler (byname of Bryan Chandler; b. December 18, 1938, Heaton, Tyne and Wear—d. July 17, 1996), and John Steel (b. February 4,…

Shingle style: Richardson, and Bruce Price. The Price version of the Shingle style, best seen in his homes at Tuxedo Park, N.Y. (1885), influenced the early work of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Montreal Canadiens: …the play of star goalkeeper Carey Price, the Canadiens became one of the top teams in the NHL by the mid-2010s, which included another conference finals appearance in 2014–15. However, the resurgence never reached the heights the franchise was accustomed to and it ended by the 2017–18 season when the…

Toronto Blue Jays: …perennial All-Stars Troy Tulowitzki and David Price at the trade deadline, who helped propel Toronto to the team’s first playoff appearance in 22 seasons, where the Jays were eliminated in the ALCS. The team returned to the ALCS the following season and again lost and struggled during the next few…

Kind Hearts and Coronets: …aristocrat Louis Mazzini (played by Dennis Price) seeks to avenge his mother, disowned by her family for marrying below her station, by gaining the dukedom of her distant dead relative. In order to do so, he systematically murders each of the individuals standing in his way in the line of…

Reynolds Price was an American writer whose stories are set in the southern U.S. state of North Carolina, where he spent nearly all of his life. Price grew up in small towns and attended Duke University in Durham, North Carolina (A.B. 1955), where the works of Eudora Welty became a primary

Mrs. Henry Wood was an English novelist who wrote the sensational and extremely popular East Lynne (1861), a melodramatic and moralizing tale of the fall of virtue. Translated into many languages, it was dramatized with great success, and its plot has been frequently imitated in popular fiction.

Emily Post was an American authority on social behaviour who crafted her advice by applying good sense and thoughtfulness to basic human interactions. Emily Price was educated in private schools in New York City. A popular debutante, she married Edwin M. Post in 1892 (divorced 1906). At the turn of

Fanny Price, fictional character, a poor relation of timid disposition but strong principles who goes to live with the family of Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, her wealthy uncle and aunt, in Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park (1814). Fanny is befriended by her cousin Edmund, who becomes a

Florence Price was an American composer and pianist whose work spans three decades, during which she wrote more than 300 musical compositions. In 1933, she became the first African American woman to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra. In 2009, the discovery of unpublished

Florence Price was an American composer and pianist whose work spans three decades, during which she wrote more than 300 musical compositions. In 1933, she became the first African American woman to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra. In 2009, the discovery of unpublished

Belize: Independence of Belize: …internal self-government in 1964, when George Price, a middle-class Roman Catholic intellectual of mixed Creole and mestizo ancestry, became premier. (Price became leader of the PUP in 1954.) Unrelenting Guatemalan hostility, however, impeded independence. In the 1970s Belize took its case for self-determination to the international community, appealing to the…

George Price was an American cartoonist whose work, characterized by witty, imaginative drawing and brief, often one-line captions, helped to modernize the magazine cartoon. As a young man Price did odd jobs in printing offices and did freelance illustrations. During the 1920s he was active in

H.H. Price was a British philosopher noted for his study of perception and thinking. Before his appointment as Wykeham professor of logic at New College, Oxford (1935–59), where he was educated, Price taught at Magdalen College (1922–24), Liverpool University (1922–23), and Trinity College

H.H. Price was a British philosopher noted for his study of perception and thinking. Before his appointment as Wykeham professor of logic at New College, Oxford (1935–59), where he was educated, Price taught at Magdalen College (1922–24), Liverpool University (1922–23), and Trinity College

Leontyne Price is an American lyric soprano, the first African American singer to achieve an international reputation in opera. Both of Price’s grandfathers had been Methodist ministers in Black churches in Mississippi, and she sang in her church choir as a girl. Only when she graduated from the

Lloyd Price was an American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. Price made his mark in rock music history with his exuberant tenor and his flair for recasting rhythm and blues as irrepressible pop music, often working with seminal New Orleans producer Dave Bartholomew. Price’s recording of his

Leontyne Price is an American lyric soprano, the first African American singer to achieve an international reputation in opera. Both of Price’s grandfathers had been Methodist ministers in Black churches in Mississippi, and she sang in her church choir as a girl. Only when she graduated from the

Nick Price is a South African-born golfer who was one of the sport’s leading players in the early 1990s. Price’s family moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where he began playing golf at age eight. At age 17 he traveled to the United States and won the Junior World tournament in San Diego,

Nick Price is a South African-born golfer who was one of the sport’s leading players in the early 1990s. Price’s family moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where he began playing golf at age eight. At age 17 he traveled to the United States and won the Junior World tournament in San Diego,

outlaw music: Reception in the music industry: …the Good Times,” recorded by Ray Price, was named song of the year for 1970 by the Academy of Country Music. That same year Cash’s recording of Kristofferson’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” was named song of the year by the Country Music Association. Cash’s live performance of that song on…

outlaw music: Reception in the music industry: …the Good Times,” recorded by Ray Price, was named song of the year for 1970 by the Academy of Country Music. That same year Cash’s recording of Kristofferson’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” was named song of the year by the Country Music Association. Cash’s live performance of that song on…

Reynolds Price was an American writer whose stories are set in the southern U.S. state of North Carolina, where he spent nearly all of his life. Price grew up in small towns and attended Duke University in Durham, North Carolina (A.B. 1955), where the works of Eudora Welty became a primary

Richard Price was a British moral philosopher, expert on insurance and finance, and ardent supporter of the American and French revolutions. His circle of friends included Benjamin Franklin, William Pitt, Lord Shelburne, and David Hume. A Dissenter like his father, he ministered to Presbyterians

Sammy Price was an American pianist and bandleader, a jazz musician rooted in the old rhythm and blues and boogie-woogie traditions who had a long career as a soloist and accompanist. Price first toured as a dancer before working in bands in the Southwest and Midwest during the 1920s and ’30s. He

Sammy Price was an American pianist and bandleader, a jazz musician rooted in the old rhythm and blues and boogie-woogie traditions who had a long career as a soloist and accompanist. Price first toured as a dancer before working in bands in the Southwest and Midwest during the 1920s and ’30s. He

Sir Uvedale Price, 1st Baronet was a British landscape designer and, with the writer-artist William Gilpin and Richard Payne Knight, one of the chief aestheticians of the Picturesque movement in landscaping. Price was a wealthy country squire, Knight his friend and neighbour; both were enthusiastic

Sterling Price was an antebellum governor of Missouri, and Confederate general during the U.S. Civil War. After attending Hampden-Sydney College (1826–27), Price studied law. In 1831 he moved with his family from Virginia to Missouri, where he entered public life. He served in the state legislature

Arthur Miller: The Price (1968) continued Miller’s exploration of the theme of guilt and responsibility to oneself and to others by examining the strained relationship between two brothers. He directed the London production of the play in 1969.

Thomas Price was an Australian statesman who as premier of South Australia (1905–09) was the first long-term Labor Party premier of an Australian state. A stonecutter in England, Price emigrated to South Australia in 1883 to improve his health; he continued his trade and served as secretary of the

Donald Trump: Cabinet appointments: In September 2017 Tom Price resigned as secretary of health and human services after news reports revealed that he had spent some $400,000 on luxury chartered aircraft for trips to Europe and within the United States. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, and Veterans Affairs Secretary…

Tonya Harding’s athletic ability made her a two-time national champion; her involvement in a heinous attack on a rival made her possibly the most infamous athlete in American figure skating history. Skating history could have remembered Harding as the first American woman to land the incredibly

Vincent Price was an American actor who was best known for his brilliant performances in horror films. His villains were debonair yet menacing, played with a silken voice and a self-mocking air that oozed treachery. Price’s father owned the National Candy Company, and his paternal grandfather

Vincent Price was an American actor who was best known for his brilliant performances in horror films. His villains were debonair yet menacing, played with a silken voice and a self-mocking air that oozed treachery. Price’s father owned the National Candy Company, and his paternal grandfather

diesel engine: Price’s engine: …1914 a young American engineer, William T. Price, began to experiment with an engine that would operate with a lower compression ratio than that of the diesel and at the same time would not require either hot bulbs or tubes. As soon as his experiments began to show promise, he…

utility and value: Changes in prices and incomes: …contains a locus UU′, τηε price–consumption curve, showing how the consumer’s purchases vary with PX.

price-fixing, any agreement between business competitors (“horizontal”) or between manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers (“vertical”) to raise, fix, or otherwise maintain prices. Many, though not all, price-fixing agreements are illegal under antitrust or competition law. Illegal actions may be

money: The gold standard: …adjustment process known as the price-specie-flow adjustment mechanism. This process, analyzed by 18th- and 19th-century economists such as David Hume, John Stuart Mill, and Henry Thornton, occurred as follows: a rise in a particular country’s quantity of money would tend to raise prices in that country relative to prices in…

The price-to-book ratio (P/B) compares a company’s market value with its book value per share, drawn from the balance sheet. It shows whether the market is valuing a company above, below, or in line with the worth of its reported assets. P/B = price per share ÷ book value per share Book value

The price-to-cash-flow ratio (P/CF) compares a company’s stock price with the cash it generates from operations, known as operating cash flow. This figure comes from the company’s statement of cash flows. P/CF = price per share ÷ operating cash flow per share For example, if a company reports $10