Steven Soderbergh: Ocean’s series and Magic Mike: …films Full Frontal (2002) and Solaris (2002), Soderbergh directed Bubble (2005), a drama about three factory workers, one of whom is eventually murdered. The film, which featured amateur actors, was simultaneously released in theaters, on cable television, and on DVD. During this time he also created the television series K…

solarium, in architecture, any room that is exposed to the sun. While the term may also be applied to the open sunporches or apartments on the roofs of ancient Greek or Roman houses, it is now used especially to designate a room that is enclosed in glass. In such a solarium, three or possibly four

Man Ray: …experimented with the technique called solarization, which renders part of a photographic image negative and part positive by exposing a print or negative to a flash of light during development. He and Miller were among the first artists to use the process, known since the 1840s, for aesthetic purposes.

Clemente, Count Solaro della Margarita was a Piedmontese statesman who supported the old order against the Risorgimento. Entering the Piedmontese diplomatic service in 1816, Solaro della Margarita rose to become foreign minister in 1835. He pursued a policy of cautious neutrality between France and

polar ecosystem: Biota of the Arctic: …Arctic have flowers that are solartropic (turning in response to the Sun). Their parabolic-shaped blossoms track daily movements of the Sun, thereby concentrating solar heat on the developing ovary, warming pollinating insects that land there, and speeding the growth of embryonic seeds.

shipping route: History: The first International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea was convened at London in 1913 as a result of the sinking of the British steamer Titanic. At the convention, companies were obliged to give public notice of the routes their vessels would follow, and owners were…

sea star: … of the genera Crossaster and Solaster are found in northern waters; they have numerous short rays and a broad, often sunburst-patterned disk. The widely distributed S. endeca is 10-rayed and sometimes 50 cm across; the very common spiny sun star (Crossaster papposus) has as many as 15 arms. Cushion stars,…

sea star: The widely distributed S. endeca is 10-rayed and sometimes 50 cm across; the very common spiny sun star (Crossaster papposus) has as many as 15 arms. Cushion stars, of the circumboreal genus Pteraster, are plump five-rayed forms with raised tufts of spines and webbed, short, blunt arms.

Hall in Tirol, town, western Austria. It lies along the Inn River just east of Innsbruck. A settlement grew up about 1260 around the nearby salt mines. Chartered in 1303, the town in 1477 was granted a mint, which after 1567 was housed in the Münzerturm (“Mint Tower”). The town retains its late

Hall in Tirol, town, western Austria. It lies along the Inn River just east of Innsbruck. A settlement grew up about 1260 around the nearby salt mines. Chartered in 1303, the town in 1477 was granted a mint, which after 1567 was housed in the Münzerturm (“Mint Tower”). The town retains its late

Norway: Political and social change: …96 seats, and Conservative leader Erna Solberg became the first prime minister from her party since 1990. She headed a minority coalition government with the Progress Party, whose anti-immigration stance had mitigated against attracting a third party to the coalition, preventing it from forming a majority government, .

Paul Verhoeven: …on Soldaat van Oranje (1977; Soldier of Orange), a tale of the Dutch resistance during World War II. Spetters (1980), a brutal coming-of-age story involving motocross racers, received mixed reviews. Verhoeven’s next movie, De vierde man (1983; The 4th Man), a psychological horror film centering on a bisexual novelist, was…

Portuguese literature: The literature of discovery and conquest: In Soldado prático (written before 1578, published in 1790; “Experienced Soldier”) Couto, who lived most of his life in the Indian city of Goa, added acute observations on the causes of Portuguese decadence in the East. Ten years of investigation in India underlay the História do…

Andes Mountains: Study and exploration: …Whymper in Ecuador, the Peruvian Mariano Paz Soldan in Peru, and the Italian geographer Agostino Codazzi, who produced detailed maps of Colombia and Venezuela. Since the late 19th century much Andean research has been directed toward economic development, primarily mining operations and railway construction.

medal: The Baroque period: …scholar, courtier, and mint master Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656–1740) revived the cast portrait medal in 1677 and founded a school with his pupils Antonio Selvi (1679–1753) and Lorenzo Maria Weber (1697–1774). The school lasted until the 1740s. In Rome, the few cast medals included works by Charles-Jean-François Chéron (1635–98) and by…

Vilhelm Moberg: …Soldat med brutet gevär (1944; When I Was a Child), Moberg considers it his calling to give a voice to the illiterate class from which he came. His most widely read and translated works include the Knut Toring trilogy (1935–39; The Earth Is Ours) and his four-volume epic of the…

theatre music: Incidental music for the theatre: …his opera, Die Soldaten (The Soldiers). The alternative is described by another composer, John Cage, as “Single sounds or groups of sounds which are not supported by harmonies but resound within a space of silence” and are added more or less at random to the other elements. It remains…

Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz: …Education”), and his best play, Die Soldaten (performed 1763, published 1776; “The Soldiers”). His plays have dramatic and comic effects arising from strong characters and the swift juxtaposition of contrasting situations. Anmerkungen übers Theater (1774; “Observations on the Theatre”) contains a translation of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost and outlines Lenz’s…

tin processing: Tin-based solders: A second large application of tin is in solders for joining metals. The most common solders are basically alloys of lead and tin. Since these metals can be alloyed across the whole range of proportions, an infinite number of compositions is possible; in practice,…

soldering, process that uses low-melting-point metal alloys to join metallic surfaces without melting them. The basic operational steps are as follows: (1) thorough cleaning of the metal to be joined by abrasive or chemical means, (2) application of a flux to remove oxides on heating and promote

stingless bee: Natural history and life cycle: …including Tetragonisca angustula, have specialized soldier bees, which are workers whose bodies are larger than those of other workers and have distinct coloration. The level of aggression displayed varies depending on the species. Like most other bees, stingless bees are important pollinators and feed on pollen and nectar from flowers.…

Eciton army ant, (Eciton burchellii), species of aggressive army ant found in heavily forested, low-elevation regions of Central and South America. Eciton army ants are key predators and live in large, typically nomadic colonies that move hunting grounds frequently. Given that numerous vertebrate

soldier beetle, any member of the approximately 3,500 species of the widely distributed insect family Cantharidae (order Coleoptera). These slender, soft-bodied beetles are brown or black and trimmed like a soldier’s uniform—with red, yellow, or orange. The adults range between 5 and 15 mm (0.2 and

Ralph Nelson: Perhaps the most-talked-about was Soldier Blue (1970), an ultraviolent statement about the U.S. military’s massacres of Native Americans during the 19th century that drew parallels to U.S. policy during the Vietnam War. He also continued to explore race relations with …tick…tick…tick (1970), a drama about the tensions that erupt…

the Shirelles: …their most successful song, “Soldier Boy” (1962), cowritten by their principal collaborator, producer Luther Dixon, the Shirelles’ popularity waned—partly because of Dixon’s departure and partly because of the onset of the British Invasion. Ironically, the Beatles recorded two Shirelles songs—“Baby It’s You” and “Boys”—on their debut album. The

Soldier Field, stadium in Chicago that was built in 1924 and is one of the oldest arenas in the NFL, home to the city’s professional gridiron football team, the Bears, since 1971. In 1919 the South Park Commission (later reorganized as the Chicago Park District) held a design competition for what

soldier fly, any member of the insect family Stratiomyidae (order Diptera), recognizable by the pattern of veins on its wings. Soldier flies may have a broad, flattened abdomen (Stratiomys) or an elongated abdomen that narrows at the base (Ptecticus). Often brightly coloured with yellow, green, or

Ralph Nelson: Soldier in the Rain (1963), an eccentric but likable military drama, starred Steve McQueen, Gleason, and Tuesday Weld. Next was Fate Is the Hunter (1964), a suspense film about a plane-crash investigation with Glenn Ford and Rod Taylor. In the amiable Father Goose (1964), Cary…

William Goldman: …published during this time were Soldier in the Rain (1960), set in a U.S. military training camp, and Boys and Girls Together (1964), a controversial drama about adolescents. In 1963 Soldier in the Rain was adapted for film, and soon afterward Goldman tried his hand at screenwriting, coauthoring the script…

Sade: The Grammy-winning title track of Soldier of Love (2010) incorporated martial beats and harsh guitars, and critics praised the trip-hop and reggae influences that colored Sade’s trademark soulful melodies. Following another hiatus, Sade contributed the song “Flower of the Universe” to the film soundtrack for A Wrinkle in Time (2018).

Paul Verhoeven: …on Soldaat van Oranje (1977; Soldier of Orange), a tale of the Dutch resistance during World War II. Spetters (1980), a brutal coming-of-age story involving motocross racers, received mixed reviews. Verhoeven’s next movie, De vierde man (1983; The 4th Man), a psychological horror film centering on a bisexual novelist, was…

Orchis: anthropophora), the soldier, or military, orchid (O. militaris), and the naked man orchid (O. italica) all have flowers that resemble helmeted human figures. (See also man orchid.) Other Eurasian species of Orchis include some known as marsh orchids and others known as spotted orchids.

Kris Kristofferson: Film career and the Highwaymen: …American novelist in James Ivory’s A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries (1998), based on the life of writer James Jones. Kristofferson acted in a steady stream of feature films that included Sayles’s Limbo (1999), Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes (2001), Ethan Hawke’s Chelsea Walls (2001), Ken Kwapis’s He’s Just Not…

William Faulkner: Youth and early writings: His first novel, Soldiers’ Pay (1926), given a Southern though not a Mississippian setting, was an impressive achievement, stylistically ambitious and strongly evocative of the sense of alienation experienced by soldiers returning from World War I to a civilian world of which they seemed no longer a part.…

A Soldier’s Play, drama in two acts by Charles Fuller, produced and published in 1981 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1982. Set on an army base in Louisiana during World War II, the play deals with the open and covert conflicts between whites and blacks that limit the possibility of

Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley: …service, as revealed in his Soldier’s Pocket-book for Field Service (1869), led to his appointment (May 1871) as assistant adjutant general at the War Office.

Norman Jewison: …again examined racial prejudice in A Soldier’s Story (1984), about the murder of an African American army sergeant. Later efforts included Moonstruck (1987), a romantic comedy starring Cher that won him a third Oscar nod, and Bogus (1996), a film about a boy and his imaginary friend, played by Gérard…

Igor Stravinsky: Life and career: …on Russian folk idioms, while The Soldier’s Tale (1918), a mixed-media piece using speech, mime, and dance accompanied by a seven-piece band, eclectically incorporates ragtime, tango, and other modern musical idioms in a series of highly infectious instrumental movements. After World War I the Russian style in Stravinsky’s music began…

The Soldier, sonnet by Rupert Brooke, published in 1915 in the collection 1914. Perhaps his most famous poem, it reflects British sorrow over and pride in the young men who died in World War I. Narrated in the first person by an English soldier, the poem is sentimental, patriotic, and epitaphic. In

squirrelfish, any of about 70 species of large-eyed, colourful, tropical reef fish of the family Holocentridae (order Beryciformes). Squirrelfish are edible fish found throughout the tropics. They have spiny fins and rough, prickly scales; some also have a sharp spine on each cheek. Most

Xavier Herbert: …novels Seven Emus (1959) and Soldiers’ Women (1961) and his collected short stories, Larger than Life (1963), were somewhat less well received by the critics and public alike. His sprawling saga Poor Fellow My Country (1975) expressed his pessimistic view of life but lacked the richness and vitality of Capricornia.…

theatre music: Incidental music for the theatre: …his opera, Die Soldaten (The Soldiers). The alternative is described by another composer, John Cage, as “Single sounds or groups of sounds which are not supported by harmonies but resound within a space of silence” and are added more or less at random to the other elements. It remains…

sole, any of a variety of flatfishes, but, more strictly, those of the family Soleidae (order Pleuronectiformes). Soles in this restricted sense constitute about 30 genera and 130 species of flatfishes found in temperate and tropical seas. Like numerous other flatfishes, soles are flattened, more

sedimentary rock: Bedding structure: A great variety of markings, such as flutes and scour and fill grooves, can be found on the undersides of some sandstone beds. These markings are caused by swift currents during deposition; they are particularly abundant in sandstones deposited by turbidity currents.

A sole proprietorship is the most common and simplest form of business ownership. You own and run the business yourself, and there is no legal separation between you and the business. If you begin selling goods or services without forming a separate legal entity, you are a sole proprietor by

Maurice Gee: Early works and Plumb trilogy: …1980s, are Meg (1981) and Sole Survivor (1983).

Today in History—May 16: The WWII Story That Inspired Saving Private Ryan: …policy eventually evolved into the Sole Survivor Policy, made official in 1948.

sole: The well-known Dover sole (Solea solea) of Europe is a commercially valuable food fish. The Dover sole reaches a length of about 50 cm (20 inches) and is brown in colour, with darker blotches and a black spot on each pectoral fin. It is found from estuaries…

Soledad, city, Atlántico departamento, northwestern Colombia. It lies 18 miles (30 km) upstream from the mouth of the Magdalena River. It was founded in 1640, and much of its development during the colonial era was due to its proximity to Barranquilla, 3 miles (5 km) to the north. Soledad became a

Eduardo Acevedo Díaz: Soledad (1894; “Solitude”), his masterpiece, had a continuing influence on gaucho novelists in Uruguay and Argentina.

Antonio Machado: …typified by the poems in Soledades (1903; “Solitudes”) and Soledades, galerías, y otros poemas (1907; “Solitudes, Galleries, and Other Poems”), established his links with romanticism. These poems are concerned largely with evoking memories and dreams and with the subjective identification of the poet with natural phenomena, especially the sunset. In…

Luis de Góngora: …Polyphemus and Galatea”) and the Soledades (circulated in manuscript in 1613; “Solitudes”), written in an intensely difficult and purposely complex style, provoked the scorn and enmity of many. There has been a temptation to divide his work into the light-dark and easy-difficult, but 20th-century criticism has shown his compositions to…

Antonio Machado: …in Soledades (1903; “Solitudes”) and Soledades, galerías, y otros poemas (1907; “Solitudes, Galleries, and Other Poems”), established his links with romanticism. These poems are concerned largely with evoking memories and dreams and with the subjective identification of the poet with natural phenomena, especially the sunset. In his second stage Machado…

sole, any of a variety of flatfishes, but, more strictly, those of the family Soleidae (order Pleuronectiformes). Soles in this restricted sense constitute about 30 genera and 130 species of flatfishes found in temperate and tropical seas. Like numerous other flatfishes, soles are flattened, more

Jean Sénac: …more militant national pride, in Le Soleil sous les armes (1957; “The Sun Under Arms”), Matinale de mon peuple (1961; “Matinal of My People”), and later collections.

Ahmadou Kourouma: …Les Soleils des indépendances (1968; The Suns of Independence), satirized contemporary African politics. Narrated in a French flavoured with pungent Malinke folk aphorisms, the story follows the last of a line of tribal princes as he is mistreated by French colonial as well as postindependence African authorities. The work was…

Solemn League and Covenant, (1643), agreement between the English and Scots by which the Scots agreed to support the English Parliamentarians in their disputes with the royalists and both countries pledged to work for a civil and religious union of England, Scotland, and Ireland under a

Ireland: The 20th-century crisis: Thousands of Ulstermen signed the Solemn League and Covenant to resist Home Rule (1912), and in January 1913 the Ulster unionists established a paramilitary army, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), to coordinate armed resistance. In September 1913 Carson announced that a provisional government of Ulster would be established in the…

Feast of Christ the King, festival celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church in honour of Jesus Christ as lord over all creation. Essentially a magnification of the Feast of the Ascension, it was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925. Originally, it was celebrated on the last Sunday in October, but in

Feast of the Annunciation, Christian feast day honoring the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive a son by the power of the Holy Spirit, to be named Jesus. A major Marian feast, it is celebrated annually on March 25, nine months before Christmas. The

Feast of Corpus Christi, festival of the Roman Catholic Church in honour of the real presence of the body (corpus) of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. A movable observance, it is observed on the Thursday (or, in some countries, the Sunday) after Trinity Sunday and is a holy day of obligation in many

bivalve: Annotated classification: Order Solemyoida Shell valves equal and elongate, lacking hinge teeth, covered by a shiny periostracum; dimyarian or monomyarian; some with protobranch ctenidia containing symbiotic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria; minute palps; minute or absent gut; foot with flat sole; marginally papillate; marine; deep-burrowing; infaunal. About 35 species. Subclass Pteriomorphia

razor clam, any of the species of marine bivalve mollusks of the family Solenidae. In England the species of the genera Ensis and Solen are called razor shells. The Solenidae are common in intertidal sands and muds, particularly of temperate seas. These bivalves have narrow and elongated razorlike

tusk shell, any of several marine mollusks of the class Scaphopoda. There are four genera of tusk shells (Dentalium is typical and most common) and more than 350 species. Most tusk shells live in fairly deep water, sometimes to depths of about 4,000 metres (13,000 feet); many deep-sea species are

excretion: The nephridia of annelids, nemertines, flatworms, and rotifers: …a special type known as solenocytes, or flame cells. The possession of solenocytes by some annelids is one of the characteristics that allies them with other nonsegmented phyla that have no true body cavity. They also have a system of tubules opening at the surface and ending internally in flame…

solenodon, (family Solenodontidae), either species of large shrewlike mammal found only on the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. Solenodons have a chunky body with short, stocky legs. Various skin glands give it a goatlike odour. The elongate head has very small eyes and tapers to a long, flexible

solenodon: The giant solenodon (S. arredondoi) is represented by partial skeletons from western Cuba. Whether it survived after 1500 is unknown, as the bones may date to the Pleistocene Epoch (2,600,000 to 11,700 years ago) or the Holocene Epoch (11,700 years ago to the present). This large…

Cuba: Plant and animal life: Solenodons (Atopogale cubana), which are nearly extinct ratlike insectivores, are found only in the remotest eastern regions. Other mammals include hutias (edible rodents) and manatees, or sea cows, which inhabit river mouths. Several types of bats prey on mosquitoes and insects harmful to agriculture, and in…

solenodon: Skeletal remains of Marcano’s solenodon (S. marcanoi) were found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It must have become extinct after 1500 ce because the bones were associated with those of house rats (Rattus rattus), which were introduced to Hispaniola by Europeans. The giant solenodon (S. arredondoi) is…

solenodon: The Hispaniolan solenodon (S. paradoxus) lives in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

solenodon, (family Solenodontidae), either species of large shrewlike mammal found only on the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. Solenodons have a chunky body with short, stocky legs. Various skin glands give it a goatlike odour. The elongate head has very small eyes and tapers to a long, flexible

solenogaster, small, wormlike, marine mollusk of the class Aplacophora (subclass Neomeniomorpha). Unlike most other mollusks, solenogasters have no shell. The body is covered instead by a cuticle containing many calcareous spicules. Most solenogasters are 2.5 cm (1 inch) or less in length. The

solenogaster, small, wormlike, marine mollusk of the class Aplacophora (subclass Neomeniomorpha). Unlike most other mollusks, solenogasters have no shell. The body is covered instead by a cuticle containing many calcareous spicules. Most solenogasters are 2.5 cm (1 inch) or less in length. The

solenoid, a uniformly wound coil of wire in the form of a cylinder having a length much greater than its diameter. Passage of direct electric current through the wire creates a magnetic field that draws a core or plunger, usually of iron, into the solenoid; the motion of the plunger often is used

fire ant, (genus Solenopsis), genus of nearly 200 species of ants that occur in tropical regions of the world, such as Central and South America, and in some temperate regions, such as North America. They are noted for their ability to survive extreme conditions, including floods. Fire ants are

fire ant: Red imported fire ant: …member of the genus, the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), was accidentally introduced into the southern United States from South America. The red or yellowish ants are 1–5 mm (0.04–0.2 inch) in length and can inflict a severe sting. The sting is rated 1.2 on the Schmidt sting pain…

fire ant: Red imported fire ant: …member of the genus, the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), was accidentally introduced into the southern United States from South America. The red or yellowish ants are 1–5 mm (0.04–0.2 inch) in length and can inflict a severe sting. The sting is rated 1.2 on the Schmidt sting pain…

ghost pipefish, (genus Solenostomus), any of a group of small, rare marine fishes characterized by long snouts and enlarged fins that belong to the family Solenostomidae (order Gasterosteiformes). Ghost pipefishes inhabit the Indian and western Pacific oceans and reach lengths of 7.5 to 17 cm

In 1543 Henry VIII of England declared war on France and seized Boulogne. In response, Francis I prepared a fleet to invade England. The opposing naval forces met off the English coast on July 19–20, 1545, in a tentative encounter, known as the Battle of the Solent, that deterred a French invasion

The Solent, strait of the English Channel, between the mainland coast of the county of Hampshire, England, and the northwestern coast of the Isle of Wight. It extends eastward for 15 miles (24 km) from The Needles, a group of rocks west of the Isle of Wight, to Southampton Water, an inlet serving

Terrassa: …undergone reconstruction and houses the Soler y Palet Museum, famous for its medieval paintings and sculpture and for its collection of Catalan ceramics. Also in Terrassa is the Biosca Museum of historic textiles and a school for textile engineers.

Antonio Soler was the most important composer of instrumental and church music in Spain in the late 18th century. Soler was educated at the choir school of Montserrat and at an early age was made chapelmaster at Lérida Cathedral. In 1752 he joined the Order of St. Jerome (Hieronymites) and became

Magnoliales: Timber: Guatteria boyacana (solera, or Colombian lancewood) has most of the same properties and uses, though it is not as well known in the timber trade. Enantia chlorantha (African whitewood), a yellowwood from Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Cameroon, produces a sulfurous yellow dye; the wood also is used…

sherry: …what is known as the solera system, which mixes wines of several vintages. This method matures the younger wines, freshens the older wines, and helps maintain the consistency, or historical continuity, of a type. A solera consists of from three to eight tiers of barrels in which sherries of various…

Paolo Soleri was an Italian-born American architect and designer who was one of the best-known utopian city planners of the 20th century. Soleri received a doctorate in architecture from the Turin Polytechnic in 1946, and from 1947 to 1949 he worked under Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West in

René Marqués: …Child for That Shadow”); and Los soles truncos (“Maimed Suns”). In Los soles truncos, one of his most successful plays, Marqués re-creates the closed environment and lives of three patrician sisters unable to cope with the onslaught of modernization. In most of his plays, Marqués advocates the development of a…

Dennis Quaid: Personal life and politics: In 1978 Quaid married actress P.J. Soles, who was known for her roles in the horror films Carrie (1976) and Halloween (1978). The couple divorced in 1983. After his marriage (1991–2001) to Meg Ryan, Quaid wed Kimberly Buffington, a real estate agent, in 2004. The couple had twins before divorcing…

Solesmes, village, Sarthe département, Pays de la Loire région, west-central France. It is well known for its Benedictine abbey, the centre of the reform of plainsong (unisonous music used in the Christian church from earliest times) in France. The abbey was founded in 1010, but through the

Benedictine: Foundations, including Solesmes, with its emphasis on the celebration of the liturgy, arose throughout Europe; monks and nuns returned to England; congregations were established in North and South America; and monasteries scattered all over the world. In the face of this revival, Pope Leo XIII desired to…

Solothurn, capital of Solothurn canton, northwestern Switzerland. It lies along the Aare River, south of Basel. It originated as the Celtic and Roman stronghold of Salodurum, occupying a strategic position at the approach to the Rhine from the southwest. The medieval town grew around the remains of

Solothurn, canton, northwestern Switzerland. It is bounded by the cantons of Bern to the west and south, Jura to the west, Aargau to the east, and Basel-Landschaft (demicanton) to the north. It is drained by the Aare River and its tributaries. Consisting of territories acquired by Solothurn (q.v.),

soleus muscle, a flat, broad muscle of the calf of the leg lying just beneath the gastrocnemius muscle. It arises from the upper portions of the tibia and fibula, the bones of the lower leg, and then joins with the gastrocnemius to attach via the Achilles tendon at the heel. Its major action is

Convergence and Union: …and ’90s, the CiU and Jordí Pujol i Soley, the president of Catalonia from 1980 to 2003, supported the national government led by the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), which in return agreed to generous tax transfers to the Catalonian government. However, in 1994, demanding that greater autonomy and more…

Pozzuoli: …the northeast, is the famous Solfatara, a semiactive volcano that exhales sulfurous vapours and gives vent to liquid mud and hot mineral springs. Along the coast is the Monte Nuovo, a volcanic cone that arose after eruptions in 1538.

solfatara, a natural volcanic steam vent in which sulfur gases are the dominant constituent along with hot water vapour. See

solfatara, a natural volcanic steam vent in which sulfur gases are the dominant constituent along with hot water vapour. See

solfège, vocal exercises sung to the solmization syllables (do, re, mi, etc.) and, by extension, vocalizes, or exercises sung to a single vowel, often florid and difficult to master. Solfège collections survive from the 17th century onward, with examples by leading composers of 18th-century opera,

solfège, vocal exercises sung to the solmization syllables (do, re, mi, etc.) and, by extension, vocalizes, or exercises sung to a single vowel, often florid and difficult to master. Solfège collections survive from the 17th century onward, with examples by leading composers of 18th-century opera,

Battle of Solferino, (June 24, 1859), last engagement of the second War of Italian Independence. It was fought in Lombardy between an Austrian army and a Franco-Piedmontese army and resulted in the annexation of most of Lombardy by Sardinia-Piedmont, thus contributing to the unification of Italy.

Soli, ancient Greek city on Cyprus, located west of modern Karavostasi on Morphou Bay. Soli traditionally was founded after the Trojan War by the Attic hero Acamas, perhaps reflecting the Sea Peoples’ occupation of Cyprus (c. 1193 bc). According to another legend, however, the city was named for