mollusk: Reproduction and life cycles: …by a modified arm, or hectocotylus. Copulation in solenogasters, often by means of a special genital cone, may be supported by copulatory stylets. Various penis formations, in part with copulatory stylets, or darts, are widely found in gastropods.

hectograph, direct-process duplicator using either gelatin or the spirit process for making a master copy. The gelatin process, now rarely used, requires the preparation of a special master paper upon which the copy to be duplicated is typed, written, or drawn with a special ink or ribbon. This

asteroid: Trojan asteroids: …trailing Lagrangian point, and (624) Hektor, near the leading Lagrangian point. It was later decided to continue naming such asteroids after participants in the Trojan War as recounted in Homer’s epic work the Iliad and, furthermore, to name those near the leading point after Greek warriors and those near the…

Hector, in Greek legend, the eldest son of the Trojan king Priam and his queen Hecuba. He was the husband of Andromache and the chief warrior of the Trojan army. In Homer’s Iliad he is represented as an ideal warrior and the mainstay of Troy. Hector’s character is drawn in most favourable colours

Troilus and Cressida: …he brutally massacres the great Hector when that warrior is unarmed. Hector, for his part, is at once the wisest of the Trojans and a captive of his own sense of honour that obliges him to go into battle when his wife and family all warn him of ominous prognostications.…

Toni Collette: …Way Down, the sentimental adventure Hector and the Search for Happiness, and the animated romp The Boxtrolls. Colette then starred as the cancer-stricken best friend of Drew Barrymore’s character in the sentimental drama Miss You Already (2015) and as the mother of a family threatened by a demon during the…

Kicking Horse Pass: …was explored in 1858 by James Hector of Captain John Palliser’s expedition. Hector was kicked by his horse while crossing the pass—whence its name. The Trans-Canada Highway came through the pass in the 1960s.

Hecuba, in Greek legend, the principal wife of the Trojan king Priam, mother of Hector, and daughter, according to some accounts, of the Phrygian king Dymas. When Troy was captured by the Greeks, Hecuba was taken prisoner. Her fate was told in various ways, most of which connected her with the

Hecuba: According to Euripides (in the Hecuba), her youngest son, Polydorus, had been placed under the care of Polymestor, king of Thrace. When the Greeks reached the Thracian Chersonese on their way home, she discovered that her son had been murdered and in revenge put out the eyes of Polymestor and…

Terence: …Adelphoe; The Brothers), 160 bc; Hecyra, second production, 160 bc; Hecyra, third production, 160 bc. These dates, however, pose several problems. The Eunuchus, for example, was so successful that it achieved a repeat performance and record earnings for Terence, but the prologue that Terence wrote, presumably a year later, for…

meteorite: Achondrites: eucrite, and diogenite (HED) meteorites all came from the same asteroidal body, Vesta, the second largest member of the asteroid belt. They have also been linked to the mesosiderites, a group of stony iron meteorites (see below Association of meteorites with asteroids). Examination of HED meteorites shows that…

Willem Claesz. Heda was one of the principal Dutch Baroque still life painters. Early in his career Heda produced some figure subjects, but nearly all of his known works are still lifes, of which the earliest dated example is a vanitas of 1621. His most characteristic works are restrained

Willem Claesz. Heda was one of the principal Dutch Baroque still life painters. Early in his career Heda produced some figure subjects, but nearly all of his known works are still lifes, of which the earliest dated example is a vanitas of 1621. His most characteristic works are restrained

Islamic arts: Persian literatures: …led by its erudite principal Reẕā Qolī Khān Hedāyat, helped to shape the “new” style by making translations from European languages. Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh described his journeys to Europe in the late 1870s in a simple, unassuming style and in so doing set an example for future prose writers.

Sadeq Hedayat was an Iranian author who introduced modernist techniques into Persian fiction. He is considered one of the greatest Iranian writers of the 20th century. Born into a prominent aristocratic family, Hedayat was educated first in Tehrān and then studied dentistry and engineering in

Sadeq Hedayat was an Iranian author who introduced modernist techniques into Persian fiction. He is considered one of the greatest Iranian writers of the 20th century. Born into a prominent aristocratic family, Hedayat was educated first in Tehrān and then studied dentistry and engineering in

Olle Hedberg was a Swedish novelist whose stylistic precision and elegant craftsmanship served to satirize the conventional world of the middle classes. Beginning with Rymmare och fasttagare (1930; Prisoner’s Base), Hedberg produced a full-length novel almost every year for several decades.

Glenda Jackson: …included the title role in Hedda (1975), a film adaptation of a play by Henrik Ibsen; The Incredible Sarah (1976); Stevie (1978); The Return of the Soldier (1982); and Turtle Diary (1985). In the early 1990s she also appeared in a series of TV movies, including A Murder of Quality…

Hedda Gabler, drama in four acts by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1890 and produced the following year. The work reveals Hedda Gabler as a selfish, cynical woman bored by her marriage to the scholar Jørgen Tesman. Her father’s pair of pistols provide intermittent diversion, as do the attentions of the

Peterborough: The cathedral contains the Hedda Stone, an Anglo-Saxon sculpture some 1,200 years old, and the tomb of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife. Apart from the cathedral, gatehouses, and the Church of St. John (1407), there are few other buildings of interest.

stave church: …stave church was built in Heddal, Norway, about 1150. Another typical and well-preserved example of the stave church is the Borgund church (c. 1150) in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. Its complicated, ambulatory plan utilizes freestanding posts in the nave to support the tall central portion of the structure. The…

textile: Early development of the loom: …formed with the aid of heddles (or healds). Usually one heddle is provided for each end, or multiple end, of warp thread, but on some primitive looms simple cloths are produced with heddles provided only for each alternate end. A heddle consists of a short length of cord, wire, or…

heddle loom, device used in weaving that is characterized by heddles—short lengths of wire or flat steel strips—used to deflect the warp to either side of the main sheet of fabric. The heddle is considered to be the most important single advance in the evolution of looms in general. Originally

Hedeby, in medieval Danish history, trade centre at the southeastern base of the Jutland Peninsula on the Schlei estuary. It served as an early focus of national unification and as a crossroads for Western–Eastern European and European–Western Asian trade. One of the earliest Scandinavian urban

hedenbergite, silicate mineral, calcium iron silicate of the pyroxene group closely analogous to diopside

ivy, (genus Hedera), genus of about 15 species of evergreen woody vines (rarely shrubs) in the ginseng family (Araliaceae), native to Europe and much of Asia. Several species are cultivated as climbing ornamentals, and the name ivy especially denotes the commonly grown English ivy (Hedera helix),

ivy: … especially denotes the commonly grown English ivy (Hedera helix), which is frequently planted to clothe brick walls.

fence: …many places, such as the hedges of Great Britain and continental Europe and the cactus fences of Latin America. In well-timbered country, such as colonial and 19th-century North America, many patterns of timber fence were developed, such as the split rail laid zigzag, the post rail, and the picket. On…

dunnock, (Prunella modularis), a drab, skulking European songbird, a species of accentor belonging to the family Prunellidae. Moving with a jerky, shuffling gait, this abundant but unobtrusive little bird spends much of its time among shrubs and hedgerows but often forages on the ground for tiny

bindweed: Bellbine, or hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium), native to Eurasia and North America, bears arrow-shaped leaves and white to pink 5-cm (2-inch) flowers. This twining perennial grows from creeping underground stems and is common in hedges and woods and along roadsides. Its range tends to coincide…

hedge fund, a company that manages investment portfolios with the goal of generating high returns. A hedge fund collects monetary contributions from its customers and creates portfolios by investing that pool of money across a variety of financial instruments. The goal of a hedge fund is to develop

Two words: Expensive and complex.Hedge funds are one of several types of alternative investments available to high-net-worth individuals and institutions. Hedge fund managers can invest in many different types of markets, including stocks, bonds, and commodities, but they also employ complex

maple: …the popular smaller maples the hedge, or field, maple (A. campestre) and Amur, or ginnala, maple (A. ginnala) are useful in screens or hedges; both have spectacular foliage in fall, the former yellow and the latter pink to scarlet. The Japanese maple (A. palmatum), developed over centuries of breeding, provides…

rocket: Hedge mustard (S. officinale), also a Eurasian species, has pods close to the stem and is naturalized in North America. Tumble mustard, or tall rocket (S. altissimum), is also naturalized in North America and forms a tumbleweed as it dries. London rocket (S. irio) has…

dunnock, (Prunella modularis), a drab, skulking European songbird, a species of accentor belonging to the family Prunellidae. Moving with a jerky, shuffling gait, this abundant but unobtrusive little bird spends much of its time among shrubs and hedgerows but often forages on the ground for tiny

depth charge: The Royal Navy’s Hedgehog depth charge of World War II consisted of a salvo of 24 small high-explosive bombs that could be launched to a distance of 250 yards (228 metres) and which exploded on contact as they sank through the water. Other, more conventional depth charges weighing…

hedgehog, (subfamily Erinaceinae), any of 15 Old World species of insectivores possessing several thousand short, smooth spines. Most species weigh under 700 grams (1.5 pounds), but the common western European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) can grow to 1,100 grams. Body length is 14 to 30 cm (5.5

tactics: Bowmen and pikemen: …always form a square or hedgehog, facing outward in all directions while keeping up a steady fire from their crossbows and relying on their pikes to keep the opposing horse at a respectful distance until help arrived. Whereas the Scots inhabited a northern wilderness, the Swiss were located in the…

Sir Isaiah Berlin: …most influential book, however, was The Hedgehog and the Fox (1953), in which he divides the world’s thinkers into those (the foxes) who, like Aristotle and Shakespeare, “knew many things,” and those (the hedgehogs) who, like Plato and Dante, “knew one big thing.” Berlin’s essays on various topics were collected…

hedgehog cactus, (genus Echinocereus), genus of about 60 species of cacti (family Cactaceae), native from central Mexico to the western United States. The common name hedgehog refers to the spiny fruit, which is edible in many species. Hedgehog cacti are usually cylindroid and many-stemmed and are

mushroom: Other mushrooms: …these are the hydnums or hedgehog mushrooms, which have teeth, spines, or warts on the undersurface of the cap (e.g., Dentinum repandum, Hydnum imbricatum) or at the ends of branches (e.g., H. coralloides, Hericium caput-ursi). The polypores, shelf fungi, or bracket fungi (order Polyporales) have tubes under the cap as…

skate: …little, or hedgehog, skate (Leucoraja erinacea) of the western Atlantic, for example, is adult at a length of 50–54 cm (20–21.3 inches) or less. In contrast, both the big skate (Beiringraja binoculata) of the eastern North Pacific Ocean and the common skate (Dipturus batis) of the western North Atlantic…

Palmer Hayden was an African American painter who came to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance. He is known best for his seascapes and his lively depictions of everyday life in Harlem. Peyton Cole Hedgeman (as he was originally named) started drawing when he was a child. He moved to Washington,

hedgerow, Fence or boundary formed by a dense row of shrubs or low trees. Hedgerows enclose or separate fields, protect the soil from wind erosion, and serve to keep cattle and other livestock enclosed. To lay a hedge, the trunks of closely planted saplings of species suitable for hedgerows (e.g.,

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh: …organization founded in 1925 by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1889–1940), a physician living in the Maharashtra region of India, as part of the movement against British rule and as a response to rioting between Hindus and Muslims.

hedging, method of reducing the risk of loss caused by price fluctuation. It consists of the purchase or sale of equal quantities of the same or very similar commodities, approximately simultaneously, in two different markets with the expectation that a future change in price in one market will be

China: Dong (Eastern) Han: …dated from the reign of Hedi (88–105/106), when the court once more came under the influence of consorts’ families and eunuchs. The succession of emperors became a matter of dexterous manipulation designed to preserve the advantages of interested parties. The weakness of the throne can be judged from the fact…

Sven Anders Hedin was a Swedish explorer who led a series of expeditions through Central Asia that resulted in important archaeological and geographical findings. Travels in the Caucasus, Persia, and Mesopotamia when he was 20 and an appointment as an interpreter for the Swedish-Norwegian mission

The Fly: …on Andre Delambre (played by David Hedison), a French Canadian scientist whose experiment with the transference of matter goes awry when a common housefly enters his laboratory’s experimentation chamber. To the horror of his wife, Helene (Patricia Owens), Andre emerges from the chamber with a fly’s head and arm. The…

Hejaz, region of western Saudi Arabia, along the mountainous Red Sea coast of the Arabian Peninsula from Jordan on the north to Asir region on the south. The northern part of the province was occupied as early as the 6th century bce, when the Chaldean kings of Babylon maintained Taymāʾ as a summer

William Hedley was an English coal-mine official and inventor who built probably the first commercially useful steam locomotive of the adhesion type (i.e., dependent on friction between wheels and rails, as are almost all modern railway engines). He patented his design on March 13, 1813, and in

medal: The Baroque period: The Swiss Johann Carl Hedlinger (1691–1771) was trained in Paris, became court medalist in Stockholm, and produced numerous historical medals on commission. His portraits are the most elegant and individualistic effigies of the 18th century. The European medal was dominated by the court style of Versailles. The…

Sverre Fehn: His Hedmark Cathedral Museum (1979) in Hamar, Nor., was built astride the historic ruins of a 14th-century cathedral and manor house. Some of Fehn’s other notable museum designs include the Aukrust Center (completed 1996) in Alvdal, Nor., and the Norwegian Museum of Photography (completed 2001) in…

environmental economics: Revealed-preferences method: …revealed-preferences method is called the hedonic approach.

utilitarianism: Basic concepts: Bentham believed that a hedonic calculus is theoretically possible. A moralist, he maintained, could sum up the units of pleasure and the units of pain for everyone likely to be affected, immediately and in the future, and could take the balance as a measure of the overall good or…

hedonism, in ethics, a general term for all theories of conduct in which the criterion is pleasure of one kind or another. The word is derived from the Greek hedone (“pleasure”), from hedys (“sweet” or “pleasant”). Hedonistic theories of conduct have been held from the earliest times. They have

psychological hedonism, in philosophical psychology, the view that all human action is ultimately motivated by desires for pleasure and the avoidance of pain. It has been espoused by a variety of distinguished thinkers, including Epicurus, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart Mill, and important

Epicureanism: Criticism and evaluation: …what he called the “hedonistic paradox,” one of the most ineffective ways to achieve pleasure is to deliberately seek it out.

ethics: Varieties of consequentialism: …view was often called “hedonistic utilitarianism.”

Toussaint Louverture: Elimination of rivals: …of another nominal French superior, Gabriel Hédouville, who arrived in 1798 as representative of the Directory (the French Revolutionary government). Knowing that France had no chance of restoring colonialism as long as the war with England continued, Hédouville attempted to pit against Toussaint the mulatto leader André Rigaud, who ruled…

Tippi Hedren is an American film actress best known for her role in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds and for her advocacy work, particularly on behalf of big cats. Hedren is the younger of two daughters born to Bernard and Dorothea Eckhardt Hedren. Though her formal name is Nathalie Kay

Tippi Hedren is an American film actress best known for her role in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds and for her advocacy work, particularly on behalf of big cats. Hedren is the younger of two daughters born to Bernard and Dorothea Eckhardt Hedren. Though her formal name is Nathalie Kay

Hans Hedtoft was a Danish politician and statesman who initiated a change in Danish policy from neutrality to active membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). At the age of 25 Hedtoft-Hansen became president of the Social Democratic Party’s youth organization. As secretary of the

Hans Hedtoft was a Danish politician and statesman who initiated a change in Danish policy from neutrality to active membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). At the age of 25 Hedtoft-Hansen became president of the Social Democratic Party’s youth organization. As secretary of the

Jadwiga ; canonized June 8, 1997; feast day February 28) was the queen of Poland (1384–99) whose marriage to Jogaila, grand duke of Lithuania (Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland), founded the centuries-long union of Lithuania and Poland. Jadwiga was the daughter of Louis I, king of both Hungary and

Jadwiga ; canonized June 8, 1997; feast day February 28) was the queen of Poland (1384–99) whose marriage to Jogaila, grand duke of Lithuania (Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland), founded the centuries-long union of Lithuania and Poland. Jadwiga was the daughter of Louis I, king of both Hungary and

Neil Patrick Harris: …of the gender-bending rock-and-roll musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Harris’s spot-on portrayal of the transgender Hedwig earned him a Tony Award for best actor in a leading role in a musical. In 2015 he hosted the variety show Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris. He then played the…

Alberta Watson: Return to Canada: …Woo (2001), John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Thom Fitzgerald’s The Wild Dogs, (2002) and Jeremy Podeswa’s TV movie, After the Harvest (2001), which brought her another Gemini nomination.

Hedwig glass, Egyptian-made glass of the 11th or 12th century, of which only 12 known examples exist; they are among the last cut glass produced in the East. Their designs of stylized lions and griffins among palm leaves are cut in high relief, a technique derived from rock-crystal cutting. Carried

Johann Hedwig was a botanist who did more than any other scientist to advance the knowledge of mosses. Hedwig studied medicine at the University of Leipzig but took up botany when the city of Kronstadt refused to grant him a license to practice medicine. In 1781 he returned to Leipzig and became

Hedwig glass: Hedwig (died 1243), patron saint of Silesia, who allegedly performed a wine miracle in one of these glasses. Another glass—once belonging to St. Elizabeth and later given to Martin Luther—was said to give strength to women in labour when they drank from it.

ginger lily, (genus Hedychium), genus of about 70 species in the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. Several are cultivated as ornamentals, and the flowers of many Hedychium species are used for garlands and other decorations. The

ginger lily: Major species: coronarium, known as white ginger lily, and the yellow-flowered H. flavum, or yellow butterfly ginger, are commonly used in the leis of Hawaii. Spiked ginger lily (H. spicatum) has heavily perfumed flowers and is used in traditional and Ayurvedic medicine.

ginger lily: Major species: flavum, or yellow butterfly ginger, are commonly used in the leis of Hawaii. Spiked ginger lily (H. spicatum) has heavily perfumed flowers and is used in traditional and Ayurvedic medicine.

ginger lily: Major species: Native to the Himalayas, Kahili ginger, or Kahili garland lily (H. gardnerianum), is grown for its large cylindrical clusters of showy yellow flowers. It is considered a very aggressive invasive species in Hawaii and other places outside its native range.

ginger lily: Physical description: …underside; in one species (Hedychium greenei) the leaves are dark green above and red underneath. The sweetly scented flowers are borne in spirally arranged clusters. In addition to seeds and rhizomes, many species are able to propagate with asexual bulbils.

butterfly: …the skippers; and Hedylidae, the American moth-butterflies (sometimes considered a sister group to Papilionoidea). The brush-footed butterflies represent the largest and most diverse family and include such popular butterflies as the admirals, fritillaries, monarchs, zebras, and painted ladies. See also lepidopteran for more detailed

Christopher McCandless: …that the seeds of the wild potato, or Eskimo potato (Hedysarum alpinum), had disabled him. Research undertaken years afterward at the behest of McCandless’s biographer Jon Krakauer and others identified the most probable agent of harm as l-canavanine, an amino acid that is found in wild potato seeds and functions…

Minnie Pearl: …and on the television show Hee Haw for 20 years. Announcing her presence with a signature "How-dee! I’m just so proud to be here!" and sporting a trademark flowered hat with a $1.98 price tag dangling from it, she regaled audiences with tales of her search for a "feller" and…

Almelo: …(1350) by the lords of Heeckeren, who also gained the countship of Limburg in 1711. A branch of the family still holds the seat and the Huis te Almelo castle (1662–64).

Martin Johnson Heade was an American painter known for his seascapes and still-life paintings and associated with the luminist aesthetic. Heade grew up in rural Pennsylvania and studied art with his neighbour the folk artist Edward Hicks and possibly with Hicks’s cousin Thomas Hicks, a portrait

Alan J. Heeger is an American chemist who, with Alan G. MacDiarmid and Shirakawa Hideki, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000 for their discovery that certain plastics can be chemically modified to conduct electricity almost as readily as metals. After receiving a Ph.D. in physics from the

Who were the Von Erich wrestling family?: Fritz Von Erich (1929–97): …Erich fought as a “heel”: a villain who swears at crowds, cheats opponents, and serves as a match’s antagonist. Like other notable heels, including “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Dwayne (“The Rock”) Johnson, Von Erich became more popular than some of his “babyface” opponents. A “babyface,” or “face,” is…

ship: Static stability: …float at unwanted angles of heel (sideways inclination) and trim (endwise inclination). Nonzero trim angles may lift the tips of propeller blades above the surface, or they may increase the possibility that the bow will slam into waves during heavy weather. Nonzero heel angles (which tend to be much greater…

heel, in anatomy, back part of the human foot, below the ankle and behind the arch, and the corresponding part of the foot in other mammals that walk with their heels touching the ground, such as the raccoon and the bear; it corresponds to the point of the hock of hoofed mammals and those that walk

tarsal: The calcaneus, or heel bone, is the largest tarsal and forms the prominence at the back of the foot. The remaining tarsals include the navicular, cuboid, and three cuneiforms. The cuboid and cuneiforms adjoin the metatarsal bones in a firm, nearly immovable joint.

warble fly, (family Oestridae), any member of a family of insects in the fly order, Diptera, sometimes classified in the family Hypodermatidae. The warble, or bot, flies Hypoderma lineatum and H. bovis are large, heavy, and beelike. The females deposit their eggs on the legs of cattle. The larvae

team roping: …behind his horse while the heeler ropes both hind legs. If one of the steer’s feet comes free, there is a five-second penalty. Time stops when both riders face each other with tight ropes. The steer may remain upright or rolled onto its side. The fastest time wins. Team ropers…

African literature: Somali: …buraambur, composed by women, the heello, or balwo, made up of short love poems and popular on the radio, and the hees, popular poetry. Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan (Mohammed Abdullah Hassan) created poetry as a weapon, mainly in the oral tradition. Farah Nuur, Qamaan Bulhan, and Salaan Arrabey were also well-known…

gladiator bug, (order Mantophasmatodea), any of approximately 15 species of insects found only in certain regions of Africa, the common name of which is derived from their stout appearance and predatory behaviour. These insects have modified raptorial legs that give them the ability to grasp their

Jan Davidsz de Heem was one of the greatest Baroque painters of still life in Holland. His most numerous and characteristic works are arrangements of fruits, metal dishes, and wine glasses; compositions of books and musical instruments; and examples of the popular “vanity of life” theme, with such

Jan Davidsz de Heem was one of the greatest Baroque painters of still life in Holland. His most numerous and characteristic works are arrangements of fruits, metal dishes, and wine glasses; compositions of books and musical instruments; and examples of the popular “vanity of life” theme, with such

Jacob van Heemskerck was a Dutch naval commander and merchant remembered for his voyage in the Barents Sea region in search of an Arctic passage to India and for his victory over the Spanish fleet off Gibraltar, which led to an armistice between Spain and the United Provinces of the Netherlands and

Maerten van Heemskerck was one of the leading Mannerist painters in 16th-century Holland working in the Italianate manner. He spent a period (c. 1528) in the Haarlem studio of Jan van Scorel, then lately returned from Italy. Van Heemskerck’s earliest works—Ecce Homo and St. Luke Painting the

Heemstede, gemeente (municipality), western Netherlands. It lies along the Ring Canal, which borders the reclaimed Haarlem Lake polder, drained between 1840 and 1852. Heemstede is chiefly a residential suburb for Amsterdam and Haarlem. Many dunes in the vicinity have been leveled, and the land is

John C. Heenan was an American heavyweight champion (i.e., of the United States and Canada) under the London Prize Ring, or bare-knuckle, rules. He fought Tom Sayers for the world championship in a famous bout. On October 20, 1858, at Long Point, Ontario, Canada, in a match for the American

John C. Heenan was an American heavyweight champion (i.e., of the United States and Canada) under the London Prize Ring, or bare-knuckle, rules. He fought Tom Sayers for the world championship in a famous bout. On October 20, 1858, at Long Point, Ontario, Canada, in a match for the American

Gene Tunney: Tunney defended his title against Tom Heeney in 1928 and then announced his retirement on July 28 of that year. From 1915 to 1928 Tunney had 77 bouts, winning 65, of which 43 were by knockouts.

Uriah Heep, fictional character, the unctuous villain in Charles Dickens’s novel David Copperfield (1849–50). The name Uriah Heep has become a byword for a falsely humble

Cape Town: The city layout: …that name, it was renamed Adderley Street in 1850. Other main roads paralleled it as the town grew. In Strand Street, on what once was the shore of Table Bay, stands the Castle of Good Hope, built by the company between 1666 and 1679. Near the Castle are the Botanic…