radiation measurement: Neutron-activation foils: For radiation energies of several MeV and lower, charged particles and fast electrons do not induce nuclear reactions in absorber materials. Gamma rays with energy below a few MeV also do not readily induce reactions with nuclei. Therefore, when nearly any material is…

neutron capture, type of nuclear reaction in which a target nucleus absorbs a neutron (uncharged particle), then emits a discrete quantity of electromagnetic energy (gamma-ray photon). The target nucleus and the product nucleus are isotopes, or forms of the same element. Thus phosphorus-31, on

neutron optics: …the field of neutron optics, neutron-scattering studies have yielded insight into the fundamental nature of magnetism, probed the detailed structure of proteins embedded in cell membranes, and provided a tool for examining stress and strain in jet engines.

blood disease: Leukopenia: …the number of neutrophils (neutropenia). Of itself, neutropenia causes no symptoms, but persons with neutropenia of any cause may have frequent and severe bacterial infections. Agranulocytosis is an acute disorder characterized by severe sore throat, fever, and marked fatigue associated with extreme reduction in the number of neutrophilic granulocytes…

neutrophil, type of white blood cell (leukocyte) that is characterized histologically by its ability to be stained by neutral dyes and functionally by its role in mediating immune responses against infectious microorganisms. Neutrophils, along with eosinophils and basophils, constitute a group of

neutrophil: …in the blood is called neutrophilia. This condition is typically associated with acute inflammation, though it may result from chronic myelogenous leukemia, a cancer of the blood-forming tissues. An abnormally low number of neutrophils is called neutropenia. This condition can be caused by various inherited disorders that affect the immune…

neutrophil, type of white blood cell (leukocyte) that is characterized histologically by its ability to be stained by neutral dyes and functionally by its role in mediating immune responses against infectious microorganisms. Neutrophils, along with eosinophils and basophils, constitute a group of

World War I: The Western Front, 1915: …tried a new experiment at Neuve-Chapelle on March 10, when its artillery opened an intense bombardment on a 2,000-yard front and then, after 35 minutes, lengthened its range, so that the attacking British infantry, behind the second screen of shells, could overrun the trenches ravaged by the first. But the…

puppetry: Styles of puppet theatre: The moving spirit, however, was Lemercier de Neuville, who went on to create a personal puppet theatre that played in drawing rooms all over France until nearly the end of the century.

Cheers: Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth, 1986–93), a frosty psychologist who married and then divorced Crane; occasional accountant Norm Peterson (George Wendt); and his best friend, salt-of-the-earth mailman Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger).

Aleksey Mikhaylovich Remizov: …the publication in 1910 of Neuyomny buben (“The Indefatigable Tambourine”). This story of provincial life is among his best works, and it embodies many of the characteristics often found in his writing, including elements of the weird, the grotesque, and the whimsical. That same year Remizov published the short novel…

Snoop Dogg: Snoop returned to rap for Neva Left (2017) and followed up with a double album of gospel music, Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love (2018). After that detour, he released the rap album I Wanna Thank Me (2019). In 2022 Snoop was among a group of hip-hop stars—which included Dr.…

Neva River, river in Leningrad oblast (province), northwestern Russia. The river issues from Lake Ladoga at Shlisselburg and flows 46 miles (74 km) west to the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. Its drainage basin covers 109,000 square miles (282,000 square km) and includes Lakes Ladoga, Onega, and

Battle of the Neva, (July 15, 1240), military engagement in which the Novgorod army defeated the Swedes on the banks of the Neva River; in honour of this battle the Novgorod commander, Prince Alexander Yaroslavich, received the surname Nevsky. The conflict between the Swedes and the Novgorodians

Nevada, constituent state of the United States of America. It borders Oregon and Idaho to the north, Utah to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and California to the west. It ranks seventh among the 50 U.S. states in terms of total area. It also, however, is one of the most sparsely settled.

Santa Marta Mountains, Andean mountain range, northern Colombia, bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea and encircled on three sides by the coastal lowlands. The volcanic massif rises abruptly from the coast, culminating in snowcapped Pico (peak) Cristóbal Colón (18,947 ft [5,775 m] above sea

Nevada Fall, waterfall located on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, east-central California, U.S. It is situated about 5 miles (8 km) above the confluence of the Merced River with Tenaya Creek. One of the park’s major falls, it flows year-round and has a drop of 594 feet (181 metres). The

Las Vegas: Emergence of the contemporary city: …late 1950s the newly established Nevada Gaming Commission—which was responsible for licensing and overseeing gambling operations—began to curtail severely the freedom of gangsters to operate in the city. In the early 1960s the commission formulated its so-called “Black Book”; seeking to remove corruption from the gambling industry, the commission listed…

ephedra: Major species and uses: californica), Nevada joint fir (E. nevadensis), rough joint fir (E. aspera), and Torrey’s Mormon tea (E. torreyana). The plants have been used by indigenous peoples and were used by pioneers as sources of food and medicinals, and stem fragments of species in the southwestern United States…

keno: …Reno, Nevada, under the name Race-Horse Keno, with names of horses instead of numbers on the tickets so as not to conflict with state laws concerning lotteries. Those Nevada laws were changed in 1951, after which keno became a game with numbers. Today keno is played (with many daily drawings)…

Nevada Test Site (NTS), nuclear testing site operated by the U.S. Department of Energy and located in Nye County, Nevada, that saw a total of 928 nuclear explosive tests between January 1951 and September 1992. The site—containing 28 areas in total—is located 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Las

Nevada Test Site (NTS), nuclear testing site operated by the U.S. Department of Energy and located in Nye County, Nevada, that saw a total of 928 nuclear explosive tests between January 1951 and September 1992. The site—containing 28 areas in total—is located 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Las

Henry Hathaway: Later work: …box-office hit was followed by Nevada Smith (1966), a sequel to The Carpetbaggers (1964). The western proved highly popular, thanks in large part to the performance of Steve McQueen. Although The Last Safari (1967) and Five Card Stud (1968) received tepid responses from filmgoers, Hathaway scored a major hit with…

Nevada Test Site (NTS), nuclear testing site operated by the U.S. Department of Energy and located in Nye County, Nevada, that saw a total of 928 nuclear explosive tests between January 1951 and September 1992. The site—containing 28 areas in total—is located 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Las

Emma Nevada was an American opera singer, one of the finest coloratura sopranos of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Emma Wixom grew up in Nevada City, California, and in Austin, Nevada. She graduated from Mills Seminary (now College) in Oakland, California, in 1876. In Vienna on a European

U.S. state flag consisting of a dark blue field (background) with an emblem in the upper hoist corner including a wreath, a star, the name of the state, and the inscription “Battle born.”An early state flag, in use from 1905 to 1915, had silver and gold stars and the words “silver,” “Nevada,” and

University of Nevada, public coeducational institution of higher learning in Nevada, U.S., comprising campuses in Reno and Las Vegas. It is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education. The Reno campus, established as a land-grant college, has eight schools and colleges: the Donald W. Reynolds

Nevadan orogeny, mountain-building event in western North America that started in the Late Jurassic Epoch about 156 million years ago. This event is generally considered to be the first significant phase of Cordilleran mountain building, which continued into the Early Cretaceous Epoch. The name is

Nevado de Toluca National Park, park in México state, central Mexico. It is situated in the municipality of Zinacantepec, on the Mexico–Toluca–Guadalajara highway west of Mexico City. Established in 1936, it has an area of 259 square miles (671 square km). The park’s chief feature is the dormant,

Mount Ruiz, volcano in the Cordillera Central of the Andes, west-central Colombia, noted for its two eruptions on November 13, 1985, which were among the most destructive in history. Located about 80 miles (130 km) west of Bogotá, Mount Ruiz is the northernmost of some two dozen active volcanoes

Mount Huascarán, mountain peak of the Andes of west-central Peru. The snowcapped peak rises to 22,205 feet (6,768 meters) above sea level in the Cordillera Blanca, east of the Peruvian town of Yungay. It is the highest mountain in Peru and is a favorite of mountaineers and tourists. In 1962 a thaw

ʿAlī Shīr Navāʾī was a Turkish poet and scholar who was the greatest representative of Chagatai literature. Born into an aristocratic military family, he studied in Herāt and in Meshed. After his school companion, the sultan Ḥusayn Bayqarah, succeeded to the throne of Herāt, Navāʾī held a number of

firn, partially compacted granular snow that is the intermediate stage between snow and glacial ice. Firn is found under the snow that accumulates at the head of a glacier. It is formed under the pressure of overlying snow by the processes of compaction, recrystallization, localized melting, and

Los Angeles: Spanish colonial outpost: Felipe de Neve and 44 settlers from Sonora and Mazatlán established a pueblo near a river they called Río de Porciúncula, where the Native American village of Yang-na (or Yabit) was located. They called the new settlement El Pueblo de la Reina de los Angeles…

Nevele Pride, (foaled 1965), American harness racehorse (Standardbred), the fastest trotter in history. He won 57 victories out of the 67 races he entered, earning more than $870,000 in his career of three seasons. Foaled by Thankful and sired by Star’s Pride, Nevele Pride was irritable and

Amur River: History: …by the Russian naval officer Gennady I. Nevelskoy proved that Sakhalin is an island and that, therefore, the Amur is accessible from the south and not from the north alone, as the Russians previously had supposed. Systematic study of the river system followed this discovery, as the Russians sought to…

Louise Nevelson was an American sculptor known for her large monochromatic abstract sculptures and environments in wood and other materials. In 1905 she moved with her family from Ukraine to Rockland, Maine. She married businessman Charles Nevelson in 1920 and later left her husband (divorced 1941)

Jorie Graham: In Swarm (2000) and Never (2002) she departed from her characteristic imagery-focused style. Overlord (2005) is a more-accessible collection that deals with political, social, and environmental matters, often through allusions to World War II. Sea Change (2008) furthers those themes with poems warning of the dangers of global warming…

Rod Stewart: ” His next album, Never a Dull Moment (1972), and its single “You Wear It Well” were also hits, as Stewart’s solo work eclipsed his efforts with the Faces. Among other subsequent hits were “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” and Stewart’s version of Cat Stevens’s “The First Cut…

Drew Barrymore: … (1998), a Cinderella-like story, and Never Been Kissed (1999), which she also executive produced.

Nelson Algren: Never Come Morning (1942) tells of a Polish petty criminal who dreams of escaping from his squalid Northwest Side Chicago environment by becoming a prizefighter. Before the appearance of Algren’s next book—the short-story collection The Neon Wilderness (1947), which contains some of his best writing—he…

Ida Lupino: Directing: …her official directing debut with Never Fear (1949; also known as The Young Lovers), a low-budget drama in which Not Wanted star Sally Forrest played a young dancer stricken with polio. With that film Lupino became Hollywood’s first credited female director since the retirement of Dorothy Arzner in 1943. In…

Kate Bush: Bush returned in 1980 with Never for Ever, which produced such hits as “Babooshka” and was praised for its musical sophistication. On The Dreaming (1982), the first album she produced entirely on her own, she employed new synthesizer technology to create densely layered arrangements for songs that explored such subjects…

Mindy Kaling: …and cowrote the Netflix show Never Have I Ever (2020– ), about a first-generation Indian American teenager. She later created and cowrote The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021– ), a comedy series that centres on four college roommates; it aired on HBO Max.

David Bowie: …to have the heart (Never Let Me Down [1987]) and would-be artistic statements for which he had lost his shrewdness (Outside [1995]). As of the late 1990s, he seemed a spent force, and perhaps Bowie’s greatest innovation in this era was the creation of Bowie Bonds, financial securities backed…

Kazuo Ishiguro: In 2005 Ishiguro published Never Let Me Go (filmed 2010), which through the story of three human clones warns of the ethical quandries raised by genetic engineering. The Buried Giant (2015) is an existential fantasy tale inflected by Arthurian legend. His next novel, Klara and the Sun (2021), is…

Andrew Garfield: Budding onscreen career and breakthrough in The Social Network: … and Carey Mulligan in the film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2010). He also continued to take roles on television, starring in the Red Riding (2009) series, for which he received rave reviews. His career reached international acclaim when he assumed the role of Eduardo Saverin in…

Harold Robbins: Robbins wrote his first novel, Never Love a Stranger (1948; film 1958), while working for the studio. The book chronicles a young New York boy’s life of crime and dissolution. It was among several other works (by different authors) containing scenes of sex and violence that became the subject of…

the Sex Pistols: …By the time their album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols reached number one in early November, Rotten, Vicious, Jones, and Cook had recorded together for the last time.

Melina Mercouri: …good-hearted prostitute in the film Never on Sunday (1960). This film gained her an international reputation that would serve her well in politics. Her involvement in politics was triggered by her indignation over the military coup that brought a handful of army colonels to power in Greece in 1967.

Ozzy Osbourne: Going solo: After the tour for Never Say Die (1978), Osbourne left the band. A period of despair and drug abuse led to Osbourne’s divorce from his first wife, Thelma Mayfair. He then met and married Sharon Arden, who encouraged him to start a career as a solo artist. His first…

Irvin Kershner: Star Wars, James Bond, and RoboCop: …blockbuster James Bond franchise with Never Say Never Again (1983), which marked Connery’s long-awaited return to the role he had first made famous some 20 years before.

John Sturges: Bad, Magnificent, and Great: The World War II drama Never So Few (1959) offered a noteworthy cast that included Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen, Gina Lollobrigida, and Charles Bronson.

Luther Vandross: …first album for that label, Never Too Much, sold more than one million copies, and its title song was a number-one rhythm-and-blues hit. So began a long string of million-selling albums that featured Vandross’s distinctive baritone, precise phrasing, and unabashedly romantic songs, including “Here and Now,” for which he won…

Norman Z. McLeod: Danny Kaye and Bob Hope: In Never Wave at a WAC (1953), Rosalind Russell portrayed a socialite who enlists in the army, thinking she will be able to spend more time with her officer boyfriend. Next was Casanova’s Big Night (1954), which starred Hope as an 18th-century Venetian tailor who pretends…

alternative rock: …from their epochal 1991 album, Nevermind. The sheer immediacy of its expert guitar distortions and layered orchestrations—influenced by the organized noise of British pop groups such as the Cure and My Bloody Valentine—assured that “grunge,” as the music based on those feedback sounds was called, would become an international pop…

Nevers, town, Nièvre département, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté région, central France, south-southeast of Paris. Situated on the high right bank of the Loire River at its confluence with the Nièvre River, it is a typical old provincial town that has been modernized after the establishment of new

Nevers faience, French tin-glazed earthenware introduced from Italy to Nevers in 1565, by two brothers named Corrado. As the Conrade family, they and their descendants dominated Nevers faience manufacture for more than a century. The earliest authenticated piece of Nevers, dated 1589, is a large

Nevers glass figure, any of the ornamental glassware made in Nevers, Fr., from the late 16th century through the early 19th. Only a few inches high, they have been mistaken for fine porcelain but were made of glass rods and tubes and were often made on a wire armature. The subjects are religious,

Ernie Nevers was an American collegiate and professional football and baseball player, who was considered one of the greatest football players of all time. Nevers played at tackle for Superior (Wis.) High School, and as a fullback at Stanford University (Calif.) he was called by Pop Warner the

Ernie Nevers was an American collegiate and professional football and baseball player, who was considered one of the greatest football players of all time. Nevers played at tackle for Superior (Wis.) High School, and as a fullback at Stanford University (Calif.) he was called by Pop Warner the

Louis I was the count of Flanders and of Nevers (from 1322) and of Réthel (from 1325), who sided with the French against the English in the opening years of the Hundred Years’ War. Grandson and heir of Robert of Bethune, count of Flanders, Louis was brought up at the French court and married

Joss Whedon: Whedon later created The Nevers, a TV series about a group of female superheroes in Victorian London. In 2020, however, during production of the first season, he left the program, citing “the physical challenges of making such a huge show during a global pandemic.” At the time he…

Brazil: The Petrobras scandal, impeachment of Rousseff, and Temer interregnum: …finisher—the Brazilian Social Democratic Party’s Aécio Neves, the former governor of Minas Gerais state, whose late surge garnered him about 34 percent of the vote. The runoff in late October proved to be one of the closest presidential elections in recent Brazilian history: Rousseff won a second term by capturing…

Cabo Verde: Independence: …election, however, the PAICV candidate, José Maria Neves, narrowly won in the first round of voting; he had been up against six other candidates. Neves was inaugurated on November 9, 2021.

São João del Rei: …museums and a memorial to Tancredo de Almeida Neves, a popular statesman who was born in the city. Pop. (2010) 84,404.

Rameau’s Nephew, novel by Denis Diderot, written between 1761 and 1774 but not published during the author’s lifetime. J.W. von Goethe translated the text into German in 1805, and Goethe’s translation was published in French as Le Neveu de Rameau in 1821. The first printing from the original

nevus, congenital skin lesion, or birthmark, caused by abnormal pigmentation or by proliferation of blood vessels and other dermal or epidermal structures. Nevi may be raised or may spread along the surface of the skin. In other types, such as the blue nevus, proliferative tissue is buried deep

Battle of Neville’s Cross, (Oct. 17, 1346), English victory over the Scots—under David II—who, as allies of the French, had invaded England in an attempt to distract Edward III from the Siege of Calais (France). Edward, however, had foreseen the invasion and left a strong force in the northern

soul music: …in the ultrafunky work of Art Neville’s group the Meters. Atlantic Records produced smoldering soul smashes in New York City—notably by Aretha Franklin and Donny Hathaway; Wonder and the Jackson 5 created some of the era’s great soul records in Los Angeles; and in Philadelphia, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff…

John Neville, earl of Northumberland was a leading partisan in the English Wars of the Roses. He was the son of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and the brother of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, the “Kingmaker.” John Neville was a ringleader in the conflict between the Nevilles and Percys in

Ralph Neville, 1st earl of Westmorland was an English noble who, though created earl by King Richard II, supported the usurpation of the crown by Henry IV and did much to establish the Lancastrian dynasty. The eldest son of John, 3rd Baron Neville, he was knighted during a French expedition in

Ralph Neville, 1st earl of Westmorland was an English noble who, though created earl by King Richard II, supported the usurpation of the crown by Henry IV and did much to establish the Lancastrian dynasty. The eldest son of John, 3rd Baron Neville, he was knighted during a French expedition in

Richard Neville, 16th earl of Warwick was an English nobleman called, since the 16th century, “the Kingmaker,” in reference to his role as arbiter of royal power during the first half of the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York. He obtained the crown for the Yorkist

Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin: His brother Arthur Finley Nevin (1871–1943), a composer and conductor, did research on the music of the Blackfoot Indians and used this music in his opera Poia (Berlin, 1910).

Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin was an American composer of light songs and piano pieces. Nevin studied in New York City, Boston, and Berlin, first appearing as a pianist in Pittsburgh (1886) and later in Boston, Chicago, New York City, and other U.S. cities. His early songs on English and German texts

John Williamson Nevin was an American Protestant theologian and educator who contributed to the “Mercersburg theology”—a movement that attempted to counter the popular Protestant revivalism of antebellum America. After graduating from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1826, Nevin taught there

Nevinnomyssk, city, Stavropol kray (territory), western Russia, on the Kuban River at the mouth of the Bolshoy (Great) Zelenchuk River. Until the mid-1950s it was an agricultural market town, but in 1962 a chemical complex utilizing nearby natural gas reserves was constructed. A fertilizer plant

Allan Nevins was an American historian, author, and educator, known especially for his eight-volume history of the American Civil War and his biographies of American political and industrial figures. He also established the country’s first oral history program. Nevins was raised on a farm in

MacDowell: …founded in 1907 by pianist Marian Nevins MacDowell (1857–1956) and her husband, composer Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860–1908), at their summer home in Peterborough, New Hampshire. They had found inspiration in the wooded setting and envisaged a sanctuary for other creative artists.

John Nevison was a Yorkshire highwayman of Restoration England, made famous in ballads and folklore. Beginning as a youthful thief, Nevison furthered his escapades in Holland, where he was arrested for thievery and imprisoned, escaped, fought with English regiments in Flanders, and then deserted

John Nevison was a Yorkshire highwayman of Restoration England, made famous in ballads and folklore. Beginning as a youthful thief, Nevison furthered his escapades in Holland, where he was arrested for thievery and imprisoned, escaped, fought with English regiments in Flanders, and then deserted

John Nevison was a Yorkshire highwayman of Restoration England, made famous in ballads and folklore. Beginning as a youthful thief, Nevison furthered his escapades in Holland, where he was arrested for thievery and imprisoned, escaped, fought with English regiments in Flanders, and then deserted

Saint Kitts and Nevis: Land: …almost entirely of a mountain, Nevis Peak (3,232 feet [985 metres]), which is flanked by the lower Round Hill (1,014 feet [309 metres]) on the north and by Saddle Hill (1,850 feet [564 metres]) on the south. Its area is 36 square miles (93 square km). The soil of Nevis…

John Nevison was a Yorkshire highwayman of Restoration England, made famous in ballads and folklore. Beginning as a youthful thief, Nevison furthered his escapades in Holland, where he was arrested for thievery and imprisoned, escaped, fought with English regiments in Flanders, and then deserted

John Nevison was a Yorkshire highwayman of Restoration England, made famous in ballads and folklore. Beginning as a youthful thief, Nevison furthered his escapades in Holland, where he was arrested for thievery and imprisoned, escaped, fought with English regiments in Flanders, and then deserted

Emma Southworth was one of the most popular of the 19th-century American sentimental novelists. For more than 50 years, her sentimental domestic novels reached a wide audience in the United States and Europe. After teaching school for five years, Emma Nevitte married Frederick Southworth, an

Neviʾim, the second division of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, the other two being the Torah (the Law) and the Ketuvim (the Writings, or the Hagiographa). In the Hebrew canon the Prophets are divided into (1) the Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings) and (2) the Latter Prophets

Vladimir Bekhterev: Bekhterev founded the Nevrologichesky Vestnik (“Neurology Journal”), the first Russian journal on nervous diseases, in 1896. His insistence on a purely objective approach to the study of behaviour and his conviction that complex behaviours could be explained through the study of reflexes influenced the growing behaviourist movement of…

Saab AB: …purchased by the start-up company National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS).

Nevşehir, city, central Turkey. It lies on the lower slopes of a hill crowned by a ruined citadel dating from the Seljuq period. Other monuments include the mosque Kurşunlu Cami, with its attached madrasah (religious school), hospice, and library, built in the early 18th century by Damad İbrahim

Ahmed Nedim: …of the grand vizier, Nevsheherli İbrahim Paşa, received an appointment as a librarian. Later, he became the Sultan’s close friend—thus his name Nedim, meaning Boon Companion. He lived during the Tulip Age (Lâle Devri) of Ottoman history, in the reign of Sultan Ahmed III (1703–30), so called because a fad…

Nikolay Gogol: Mature career: In another, “Nevsky prospekt” (“Nevsky Prospect”), a tragic romantic dreamer is contrasted to an adventurous vulgarian, while in the revised finale of “Portret” (“The Portrait”) the author stresses his conviction that evil is ineradicable in this world. In 1836 Gogol published in Pushkin’s Sovremennik (“The Contemporary”) one…

St. Petersburg: Admiralty Side: …and best known is the Nevsky. One of the world’s great thoroughfares, Nevsky Prospekt cuts southeastward across the peninsula formed by the northward loop of the Neva to the vicinity of the Alexander Nevsky Abbey, crossing the smaller Moyka and Fontanka rivers. The Anichkov Bridge across the latter is graced…

Nikolay Gogol: Mature career: In another, “Nevsky prospekt” (“Nevsky Prospect”), a tragic romantic dreamer is contrasted to an adventurous vulgarian, while in the revised finale of “Portret” (“The Portrait”) the author stresses his conviction that evil is ineradicable in this world. In 1836 Gogol published in Pushkin’s Sovremennik (“The Contemporary”) one…

Saint Alexander Nevsky ; canonized in Russian Church 1547; feast days November 23, August 30) was a prince of Novgorod (1236–52) and of Kiev (1246–52) and grand prince of Vladimir (1252–63), who halted the eastward drive of the Germans and Swedes but collaborated with the Mongols in imposing their

nevus, congenital skin lesion, or birthmark, caused by abnormal pigmentation or by proliferation of blood vessels and other dermal or epidermal structures. Nevi may be raised or may spread along the surface of the skin. In other types, such as the blue nevus, proliferative tissue is buried deep

Paul McCartney: Wings and solo career: … (2005), Memory Almost Full (2007), New (2013), and Egypt Station, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart in September 2018.

the Strokes: The Strokes’ sixth studio album, The New Abnormal (2020), produced by Rick Rubin, was hailed as a return to form and generally won positive reviews.