Yvonne Bryceland was a South African actress who was known both for her inspired interpretations of the antiapartheid works of South African playwright Athol Fugard and for defying racial segregation in South Africa with her second husband, Brian Astbury, by founding the country’s first nonracial

study of religion: Modern origin and development of the history and phenomenology of religion: Friedrich Heiler (1892–1967), like Otto a professor at Marburg (Germany), was a strong proponent of the phenomenological and comparative method, as in his major work on prayer. Heiler, however, went beyond the scientific study of religion in attempting to promote interreligious fellowship, partly through the…

celestial mechanics: Chaotic orbits: …Hénon and the American astronomer Carl Heiles discovered that when a system exhibiting periodic motion, such as a pendulum, is perturbed by an external force that is also periodic, some initial conditions lead to motions where the state of the system becomes essentially unpredictable (within some range of system states)…

virtual reality: Early work: …Is Cinerama (1952), the cinematographer Morton Heilig became fascinated with Cinerama and 3-D movies. Like Waller, he studied human sensory signals and illusions, hoping to realize a “cinema of the future.” By late 1960, Heilig had built an individual console with a variety of inputs—stereoscopic images, motion chair, audio, temperature…

Heilbronn, city, Baden-Württemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies along the Neckar River and is surrounded by vineyards and the Swabian Forest. Built on the site of an old Roman settlement, it was first mentioned in 741, and the Carolingian princes had a palace there. Heilbronn was

Karl Marx: Brussels period of Karl Marx: …published Die heilige Familie (1845; The Holy Family), a prolix criticism of the Hegelian idealism of the theologian Bruno Bauer. Their next work, Die deutsche Ideologie (written 1845–46, published 1932; The German Ideology), contained the fullest exposition of their important materialistic conception of history, which set out to show how,…

Moses Hess: Hess’s first published work, Heilige Geschichte der Menschheit von einem Jünger Spinozas (1837; “The Holy History of Mankind, by a Young Spinozist”), exhibited the sharp imprint not only of Benedict de Spinoza’s but also of G.W.F. Hegel’s transcendental philosophy. Hess saw a material application of his beliefs in an…

Baltic religion: Temples and other holy places: …as to whether the so-called holy corner (heilige Hinterecke)—i.e., the dark corner of a peasant’s house in which a deity or patron lives—belongs to pre-Christian concepts or not. On the other hand, various places in the house proper, such as the hearth and the doorstep, were considered to be abodes…

study of religion: Modern origin and development of the history and phenomenology of religion: …world with the publication of The Idea of the Holy (in its German edition of 1917), which showed the influence of Schleiermacher, Marett, Edmund Husserl, and the Neo-Kantianism of Jakob Fries (1773–1843). More important than the philosophical side of his enterprise, however, was the excellent delineation of a central experience…

Cellini’s halo, bright white ring surrounding the shadow of the observer’s head on a dew-covered lawn with a low solar elevation angle. The low solar angle causes an elongated shadow, so that the shadow of the head is far from the observer, a condition that is apparently required for Cellini’s halo

Ludwig van Beethoven: Approaching deafness: …the (then) country village of Heiligenstadt he wrote the “Heiligenstadt Testament.” Ostensibly intended for his two brothers, the document begins:

history of the Low Countries: Causes of the revolt: …victory over the Spaniards at Heiligerlee (in the province of Groningen), considered the beginning of the Eighty Years’ War; but shortly afterward Louis was defeated near Jengum in East Friesland. A greater setback, however, was the complete failure, due to lack of funds, of a campaign led by William himself…

Holy Roman Empire, the varying complex of lands in western and central Europe ruled by the Holy Roman emperor, a title held first by Frankish and then by German kings for 10 centuries. The Holy Roman Empire existed from 800 to 1806. For histories of the territories governed at various times by the

Amur River, river of East Asia. It is the longest river of the Russian Far East, and it ranks behind only the Yangtze and Huang Ho (Yellow River) among China’s longest rivers. Its headwaters rise in Russia (Siberia), Mongolia, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China in the mountains

Heilongjiang, the northernmost sheng (province) of China’s Northeast region. It is bounded to the north and east by Russia along the Amur River and the Ussuri (Wusuli) River, to the south by the Chinese province of Jilin, and to the west by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The capital is

time: One-way view of time in the philosophy of history: This belief in Heilsgeschichte (salvational history) has been derived by Islam and Christianity from Judaism and Zoroastrianism. Late in the 12th century, the Christian seer Joachim of Fiore saw this divinely ordained spiritual progress in the time flow as unfolding in a series of three ages—those of the…

Konrad Witz: The Heilsspiegel altarpiece (c. 1435; now dispersed), generally agreed to be his earliest surviving work, displays numerous monumental, sculpturelike figures in small, bare rooms. In this altarpiece, such figures as the personification of “The Synagogue” are placed diagonally to the picture-plane in a simple, graceful pose,…

Heilongjiang, the northernmost sheng (province) of China’s Northeast region. It is bounded to the north and east by Russia along the Amur River and the Ussuri (Wusuli) River, to the south by the Chinese province of Jilin, and to the west by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The capital is

Albert Heim was a Swiss geologist whose studies of the Swiss Alps greatly advanced knowledge of the dynamics of mountain building and of glacial effects on topography and geology. Heim was appointed to the chair of geology at the Federal Polytechnic School in Zürich in 1873. He served as director

Vestmanna Islands: …and only inhabited island is Heimaey, 4 miles (6 km) in length, on which the town of Vestmannaeyjar is located. Fishing and some limited farming are the chief economic activities. The fiery emergence in 1963–67 of the volcanic isle of Surtsey, 14 miles (23 km) southwest, covered the island group…

Salomon Maimon was a Jewish philosopher whose acute Skepticism caused him to be acknowledged by the major German philosopher Immanuel Kant as his most perceptive critic. He combined an early and extensive familiarity with rabbinic learning with a proficiency in Hebrew, and, after acquiring a

Hermann Sudermann: , Magda) carried his fame throughout the world. It portrays the conflicts of Magda, a celebrated opera singer who returns to confront her past in the narrow, provincial hometown that she left in disgrace.

Heinrich Federer: …the nationalistic outlook of the Heimatkunst (“Homeland Art”) movement, which took Swiss and German rural life as its subject in novels and literary sketches. His novels include Der heilige Franz von Assisi (1908; “Saint Francis of Assisi”), Lachweiler Geschichten (1911; “Lachweil Stories”), Berge und Menschen (1911; “Mountains and Men”), Sisto…

Marya Mannes was an American writer and critic, known for her caustic but insightful observations of American life. Mannes was the daughter of Clara Damrosch Mannes and David Mannes, both distinguished musicians. She was educated privately and benefited from the cultural atmosphere of her home and

Heimdall, in Norse mythology, the watchman of the gods. Called the shining god and whitest skinned of the gods, Heimdall dwelt at the entry to Asgard, where he guarded Bifrost, the rainbow bridge. He required less sleep than a bird, could see 100 leagues, and could hear grass growing in the meadows

Heimdall, in Norse mythology, the watchman of the gods. Called the shining god and whitest skinned of the gods, Heimdall dwelt at the entry to Asgard, where he guarded Bifrost, the rainbow bridge. He required less sleep than a bird, could see 100 leagues, and could hear grass growing in the meadows

Hannes Hafstein: …the heroic, as exemplified in Heimdallur (1884), a portrait of Brandes. He also wrote many delicate love lyrics and drinking songs.

Heimdall, in Norse mythology, the watchman of the gods. Called the shining god and whitest skinned of the gods, Heimdall dwelt at the entry to Asgard, where he guarded Bifrost, the rainbow bridge. He required less sleep than a bird, could see 100 leagues, and could hear grass growing in the meadows

Japan: Social change: …a small group organized the Heimin shimbun (“Commoner’s Newspaper”); it published The Communist Manifesto and opposed the Russo-Japanese War before being forced to cease publication. The socialist movement gained strength after World War I, but its program was often theoretical and doctrinaire, and its leaders found it difficult to make…

Heimlich maneuver, emergency procedure that is used to dislodge foreign bodies from the throats of choking victims. In the early 1970s, the American surgeon Henry J. Heimlich observed that food and other objects causing choking were not freed by the recommended technique of delivering sharp blows

Heimskringla, (c. 1220; “Orb of the World”), collection of sagas of the early Norwegian kings, written by the Icelandic poet-chieftain Snorri Sturluson. It is distinguished by Snorri’s classical objectivity, realistic psychology, and historically feasible (if not always accurate) depiction of cause

Halldór Laxness: …economic independence; and Heimsljós (1937–40; World Light), a four-volume novel about the struggles of a peasant poet. These novels criticized Icelandic society from a socialist viewpoint, and they attracted a great deal of controversy. Although he had initially rejected the literary tradition of his native country, Laxness later embraced the…

Heimwehr, (German: Home Defense Force), any of the local organizations formed in various parts of Austria to expel invading Yugoslavs or preserve order immediately after World War I. Composed of conservative-minded country dwellers, the Heimwehr came to represent much of the Austrian right wing

number game: Puzzles involving configurations: The game was created by Piet Hein in 1942 in Denmark, where it quickly became popular under the name of polygon. It was invented independently in the United States in 1948 by John Nash, and a few years later one version was marketed under the name of hex.

Piet Heyn was an admiral and director of the Dutch West India Company who captured a Spanish treasure fleet (1628) with 4,000,000 ducats of gold and silver (12,000,000 gulden, or florins). That great naval and economic victory provided the Dutch Republic with money to continue its struggle against

Rosicrucian: …the Rosicrucian Fellowship, whose founder, Max Heindel, attended lectures in Germany by the theosophist Rudolf Steiner. After publishing purportedly secret doctrines against Steiner’s wishes, Heindel taught a form of Rosicrucianism heavily influenced by theosophy. The Rosicrucian Fellowship was founded in Seattle in 1909, and it inspired the creation of other…

Heinrich Heine was a German poet whose international literary reputation and influence were established by the Buch der Lieder (1827; The Book of Songs), frequently set to music, though the more sombre poems of his last years are also highly regarded. Heine was born of Jewish parents. His father

Heinrich Heine was a German poet whose international literary reputation and influence were established by the Buch der Lieder (1827; The Book of Songs), frequently set to music, though the more sombre poems of his last years are also highly regarded. Heine was born of Jewish parents. His father

Heinrich Heine was a German poet whose international literary reputation and influence were established by the Buch der Lieder (1827; The Book of Songs), frequently set to music, though the more sombre poems of his last years are also highly regarded. Heine was born of Jewish parents. His father

compactness: …compactness was motivated by the Heine-Borel theorem for Euclidean space, which states that compactness of a set is equivalent to the set’s being closed and bounded.

polio, acute viral infectious disease of the nervous system that usually begins with general symptoms such as fever, headache, nausea, fatigue, and muscle pains and spasms and is sometimes followed by a more serious and permanent paralysis of muscles in one or more limbs, the throat, or the chest.

Germany: Ostpolitik and reconciliation, 1969–89: …of 1969 and its candidate, Gustav Heinemann, also captured the presidency, West Germany underwent its first full-scale change of government. After 20 years of CDU-CSU domination, the SPD captured the chancellorship for Brandt in coalition with the FDP, whose leader Walter Scheel became foreign minister. This so-called social-liberal coalition carried…

Barbara Heinemann was a French-born U.S. spiritual leader of the Community of True Inspiration, also known as the Amana Colony. The Community of True Inspiration had been founded in 1714 by Pietistic mystics and was revived later by Michael Krausert and Christian Metz. In 1818 Heinemann was

William Heinemann was an English publisher whose firm published outstanding contemporary fiction and drama, introduced translations of important works of European literature to Great Britain, and produced inexpensive translations of classical Greek and Roman texts. Heinemann studied music in

Adolf Hitler: Dictator, 1933–39: …Knives,” Röhm and his lieutenant Edmund Heines were executed without trial, along with Gregor Strasser, Kurt von Schleicher, and others.

Faroese literature: Development during the 20th century: …distinctly more modern bent is Jens Pauli Heinesen. His works reflect an approach to Faroese life that is generally more international than that of Brú or Joensen and that is infused with a certain satiric element. Gunnar Hoydal, also a poet, is known primarily for his short stories and travel…

William Heinesen was a Faroese writer of Danish-language poetry and fiction in which he used his remote North Atlantic homeland as a microcosmic setting for universal social, psychological, and cosmic themes. In 1921, while studying in Copenhagen, Heinesen published a volume of lyric poetry,

Samuel Heinicke was a German advocate for and teacher of oralism (one of many early communication methods devised for use by hearing-impaired individuals) in the education of the deaf. After receiving only a village school education, Heinicke enlisted in the army, where he found time to indulge his

Karl, Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein: Influence of August Rehberg.: …1780, through his friendship with Friedrich Anton von Heinitz, the Prussian minister of mines, he obtained a suitable post.

Ernst Heinrich Heinkel: …successfully with reaction motors; the He 178, first turbojet-powered aircraft; and the He 111 and He 162, widely used by Germany’s air force during World War II. Though he fell into disfavour with the Nazis late in the war, he was arrested by the Allies and tried for war crimes;…

Ernst Heinrich Heinkel was a German designer and builder of the first rocket-powered aircraft shortly before the outbreak of World War II. Heinkel’s first plane, constructed in 1910, crashed and burned. Continuing his work, he became chief designer for the Albatros Aircraft Company in Berlin before

Robert A. Heinlein was a prolific American writer considered to be one of the most literary and sophisticated of science-fiction writers. He did much to develop the genre. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929 and serving in the navy for five years, Heinlein pursued graduate studies

Robert A. Heinlein was a prolific American writer considered to be one of the most literary and sophisticated of science-fiction writers. He did much to develop the genre. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929 and serving in the navy for five years, Heinlein pursued graduate studies

Henry II was the duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, one of the leading Roman Catholic princes attempting to stem the Reformation in Germany. Always a loyal supporter of the Habsburg emperors, Henry tried to restore Roman Catholicism in his realm but was defeated by John Frederick I the Magnanimous of

Henry III was the duke of Saxony (1142–80) and of Bavaria (as Henry XII, 1156–80), a strong supporter of the emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. Henry spent his early years recovering his ancestral lands of Saxony (1142) and Bavaria (1154–56), thereafter founding the city of Munich (1157), enhancing

Henry X was a margrave of Tuscany, duke of Saxony (as Henry II), and duke of Bavaria. He was a member of the Welf dynasty, whose policies helped to launch the feud between the Welf and the Hohenstaufen dynasties that was to influence German politics for more than a century. Upon his father’s death

Henry I was a German king and founder of the Saxon dynasty (918–1024) who strengthened the East Frankish, or German, army, encouraged the growth of towns, brought Lotharingia (Lorraine) back under German control (925), and secured German borders against pagan incursions. The son of Otto the

Heinrich event, any of a series of at least six large discharges of icebergs that carried coarse-grained rocky debris, apparently from North American ice sheets, into the North Atlantic Ocean at latitudes between 40° and 55° N, where the debris was later deposited on the ocean floor as the icebergs

Heinrich Julius was a duke of Brunswick, a representative of early Baroque culture who was important in the development of German drama. His work incorporated the theatrical effect of English Elizabethan drama and the English clown, or fool, into German theatre. A gifted scholar, theologian, and

Heinrich, baron von Haymerle was a diplomat and foreign minister of the Habsburg Empire (1879–81) who secured a treaty with Serbia giving Austria-Hungary virtual control over Serbian foreign policy. Entering the imperial diplomatic service in 1850, Haymerle served in Turkey, Greece (1857), and,

Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling: …(and best) two volumes of Heinrich Stillings Jugend (1777; “Heinrich Stilling’s Youth”). This work’s piety and simplicity was influential in the pietistic tide opposed to the rationalism of the Enlightenment. In 1772 Jung-Stilling settled as a physician at Elberfeld and made a name for himself with his successful operations for…

Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling: …best known for his autobiography, Heinrich Stillings Leben, 5 vol. (1806), the first two volumes of which give a vividly realistic picture of village life in an 18th-century pietistic family.

Fritz von Unruh: …to such later works as Heinrich von Andernach (1925), a festival play and a great plea for love among men.

German literature: Post-Classical Middle High German literature: …of this post-Classical era are Heinrich von dem Türlîn, who wrote an obscure and lengthy baroque romance of Sir Gawain called Die Krône (c. 1220–30; The Crown); Rudolf von Ems, who authored various longer epics and a chronicle of world history; and Konrad von Würzburg, a versatile stylist who continued…

Heinrich Von Melk was an early Middle High German poet, the first satirist in German literature. A Benedictine lay brother of the Austrian monastery of Melk, he composed a vivid poem Von des Tôdes gehügede (c. 1150–60; “Remembrance of Death” or “Memento Mori”). The monkish theme is traditional, but

Heinrich Von Morungen was a German minnesinger, one of the few notable courtly poets from east-central Germany. A native of Thuringia, he spent much of his later life in the service of Duke Dietrich of Meissen. His poems, of which some 33 are to be found in the Heidelberg manuscript, are all

Novalis: His mythical romance Heinrich von Ofterdingen (1802), set in an idealized vision of the European Middle Ages, describes the mystical and romantic searchings of a young poet. The central image of his visions, a blue flower, became a widely recognized symbol of Romantic longing among Novalis’s fellow Romantics.…

Heinrich von Veldeke was a Middle High German poet of noble birth whose Eneit, telling the story of Aeneas, was the first German court epic to attain an artistic mastery worthy of its elevated subject matter. While at the court of the landgrave Hermann of Thuringia, Heinrich completed the Eneit,

Heinrich event: …named for German marine geologist Hartmut Heinrich, are thought to be related to Dansgaard-Oeschger events and Bond cycles in the climate record.

Martin Heinrich is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and began representing New Mexico in that body the following year. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (2009–13). Though born in Nevada, Heinrich grew up in Cole Camp, Missouri,

Martin Heinrich is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and began representing New Mexico in that body the following year. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (2009–13). Though born in Nevada, Heinrich grew up in Cole Camp, Missouri,

Henry II ; canonized 1146; feast day July 13) was the duke of Bavaria (as Henry IV, 995–1005), German king (from 1002), and Holy Roman emperor (1014–24), last of the Saxon dynasty of emperors. He was canonized by Pope Eugenius III, more than 100 years after his death, in response to church-inspired

Islamic arts: Early Islamic criticism: …studied by the German scholar Wolfhart Heinrichs in Arabische Dichtung und griechische Poetik (1969). This study analyzes al-Qarṭājannī’s theories in relation to Aristotle’s theories of poetics. (Heinrichs, who was at the time his study was published one of the few Islamic scholars specializing in the study of literary problems, showed…

Daniël Heinsius was a Dutch poet, famous in his day as a classical scholar. At Leiden, Heinsius produced classical editions, verses, and orations from an early age. He annotated many Latin poets and Greek writers from Hesiod to Nonnus, and the popularity of his lectures dazzled his colleagues. By

Wilhelm Heinse was a German novelist and art critic whose work combined grace with the stormy fervour that is characteristic of literature of the Sturm und Drang period and exerted a strong influence on the Romanticists. A law student at Erfurt, Heinse met the writer Christoph Martin Wieland and

Wilhelm Heinse was a German novelist and art critic whose work combined grace with the stormy fervour that is characteristic of literature of the Sturm und Drang period and exerted a strong influence on the Romanticists. A law student at Erfurt, Heinse met the writer Christoph Martin Wieland and

Anthonie Heinsius was a statesman who as councillor pensionary of Holland (1689–1720) and the leading Dutch adviser of William III, prince of Orange, guided the Dutch Republic’s campaigns against France in the War of the Grand Alliance (1687–97) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14). A

Daniël Heinsius was a Dutch poet, famous in his day as a classical scholar. At Leiden, Heinsius produced classical editions, verses, and orations from an early age. He annotated many Latin poets and Greek writers from Hesiod to Nonnus, and the popularity of his lectures dazzled his colleagues. By

textual criticism: From Politian to Cobet: Gronovius and N. Heinsius were informed by Bentleian principles. Under his influence there grew up what may be called an Anglo-Dutch school of criticism, the two most typical representatives of which were Richard Porson and C.G. Cobet. Its strength lay in sound judgment and good taste rooted…

Boston Celtics: ball-handling wizard Bob Cousy, Tom Heinsohn, dominating center Bill Russell (five times the league’s Most Valuable Player), and later Sam Jones, K.C. Jones, and John Havlicek, the “Celts” won eight consecutive NBA titles between 1958–59 and 1965–66—a record for the four major North American team sports—and triumphed again

pottery: Porcelain: … (cousin to the Obermaler) and J.G. Heintze. Perhaps the most important early wares are the chinoiseries, which appear in great variety. The first work of the kind, much of it painted by the Hausmaler Bartholomäus Seuter, is in gold silhouette followed by polychrome painting after designs by the Obermaler. The…

huaju: …an adaptation of Lin Shu’s Heinu yutianlu (1901; “The Black Slave Cries Out to Heaven”), itself a version of Uncle Tom’s Cabin; it was produced by a group of Chinese students in Japan in 1907. At first the huaju plays consisted exclusively of translations or adaptations of Western works intended…

Heinz, division and brand of the Kraft Heinz Company, a major manufacturer of processed foods and beverages that was formed by the 2015 merger of H.J. Heinz Holding Corporation and Kraft Foods Group. Heinz is known for its “57 Varieties” slogan, which was devised in 1896, though the company was

Pittsburgh: The contemporary city: …city’s professional baseball team, and Acrisure Stadium houses the Steelers, its professional football team. The Penguins, Pittsburgh’s professional ice hockey team, plays at PPG Paints Arena. Popular summertime attractions include riverboat excursions on Pittsburgh’s waterways and Kennywood, an amusement park southeast of the city in West Mifflin.

Henry John Heinz was a U.S. manufacturer whose highly successful prepared-foods company, H.J. Heinz Company, Inc., became famous for its slogan “57 Varieties.” Heinz became interested in selling foods when he was a child; by the age of 16, he had several employees working to cultivate the hotbeds

Henry John Heinz was a U.S. manufacturer whose highly successful prepared-foods company, H.J. Heinz Company, Inc., became famous for its slogan “57 Varieties.” Heinz became interested in selling foods when he was a child; by the age of 16, he had several employees working to cultivate the hotbeds

heir, one who succeeds to the property of a person dying without a will or who is legally entitled to succeed by right of descent or relationship. In most jurisdictions, statutes of descent determine transfer of title to property if there is no will naming the legatee. In English common law,

heir apparent, the individual or individuals with an indisputable legal claim to an inheritance. The term refers to inheritors of royal or noble titles, as well as inheritors of private property. In a legal system based on primogeniture, which favours the inheritance claims of an eldest son or his

George Colman, the Younger: Pangloss, the elderly pedant in The Heir at Law (first performed 1797), is his only outstanding comic creation. But the comic opera Two to One (1784), his first success; the quasi-operatic Inkle and Yarico (1787); the melodramas The Battle of Hexham (1789) and The Iron Chest (1796), the latter based…

heir: …be either heir apparent or heir presumptive during the lifetime of the property holder. The heir apparent is one whose right to inherit is indefeasible as long as he or she outlives the property holder. The heir presumptive is one whose right may be defeated by the birth of a…

history of film: The Soviet Union: …Heir to Genghis Khan, or Storm over Asia, 1928), which is set in Central Asia during the Russian Civil War. Both mingle human drama with the epic and the symbolic as they tell a story of a politically naive person who is galvanized into action by tsarist tyranny. Although Pudovkin…

Cynthia Ozick: Heir to the Glimmering World (2004; also published as The Bear Boy) tells the story of a young woman hired as a nanny in the home of two Jewish-German academics exiled to New York City in the 1930s. Diction: A Quartet, a collection of four…

The Heiress, American dramatic film, released in 1949, that was adapted from the play of the same name by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz. Both the play and the film were based on the Henry James novel Washington Square (1881). Set in New York City before the Civil War, The Heiress features Olivia de

Moisés Kaufman: …of Ruth and Augustus Goetz’s The Heiress, a play based on Henry James’s novel Washington Square; and a revival of Torch Song (2018–19), which was written by Harvey Fierstein. In 2016 Kaufman received the National Medal of Arts.

heirloom, an item of personal property that by immemorial usage is regarded as annexed by inheritance to a family estate. The owner of such an heirloom may dispose of it during his lifetime, but he cannot bequeath it by will away from the estate. If he dies intestate (without a will), the object

heirloom plant, any plant cultivar that has been grown for a certain number of years and that breeds “true to type” from seeds, with each generation of the plant having the same combination of traits. There is no agreement on the precise criteria for heirloom plants. According to some definitions,

heirloom plant, any plant cultivar that has been grown for a certain number of years and that breeds “true to type” from seeds, with each generation of the plant having the same combination of traits. There is no agreement on the precise criteria for heirloom plants. According to some definitions,

Dorothy Alexander: …1933, she wrote and staged Heirs of All the Ages, using 3,000 performers.

Estate planning isn’t just for the rich.Estate planning is the process of deciding what you want to happen to your assets if you die or become incapacitated, and ensuring your final wishes are executed. At its most basic level, estate planning consists of having documents in place, such as a will,

Heisei period, in Japan, the period (1989–2019) corresponding to the reign of Akihito. It began when Akihito ascended the throne on the death of his father, Hirohito (the Shōwa emperor). The two Chinese characters (kanji) constituting the period’s name are translated, respectively, as “peace” and