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121Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing — The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing has been awarded since 1979 for a distinguished example of feature writing giving prime consideration to high literary quality and originality. The Pulitzer Committee issues an official citation explaining… …
122Affine connection — An affine connection on the sphere rolls the affine tangent plane from one point to another. As it does so, the point of contact traces out a curve in the plane: the development. In the branch of mathematics called differential geometry, an… …
123Diogo Gomes — Diego Gomez redirects here. For Argentine footballer, see Diego Gomez (footballer). Diogo Gomes (c. 1420 – c. 1500), was a Portuguese navigator, explorer and writer. Statue of Diogo Gomes, Praia, Cape Verde. Diogo Gomes was a servant and explorer …
124Collegiate secret societies in North America — There are many collegiate secret societies in North America. They vary greatly in their levels of secrecy and independence from their universities. As the term is used in this article, a secret society is a collegiate society where significant… …
125Encyclopaedia Hebraica — The Encyclopaedia Hebraica (he|האנצקלופדיה העברית) is a comprehensive encyclopedia in the Hebrew language that was published in the latter half of the 20th century.Making of the EncyclopaediaThe idea of the Encyclopaedia Hebraica began to take… …
126Iran, ancient — Introduction also known as Persia historic region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where Persian language and… …
127research and development — Introduction abbreviation R and D, or R & D, in industry, two intimately related processes by which new products and new forms of old products are brought into being through technological innovation. Introduction and definitions …
128Go — by John Clellon Holmes (1952) This first novel by John Clellon Holmes is also the first “Beat” novel ever published, a roman à clef with portraits of some of the most important Beats before they became famous in the mid 1950s. It introduced… …
