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Pallas, Peter Simon ... Palmyra

Pallas, Peter Simon German naturalist who advanced a theory of mountain formation and, by the age of 15, had outlined new classifications of certain animal groups. Pallava dynasty early 4th-century to late 9th-century CE line of rulers in southern India whose members originated as indigenous subordinates of the Satavahanas in the Deccan, moved into Andhra, and then to Kanci (Kanchipuram in modern Tamil Nadu state, India), where they became rulers. Their genealogy and chronology are highly disputed. The ... Pallenberg, Max actor, an exponent of the Austrian tradition of extempore farce, whose talents contributed to the evolution of German theatrical practice. palliative care form of health care that seeks to improve the quality of life of patients with terminal disease through the prevention and relief of suffering. It is facilitated by the early identification of life-threatening disease and by the treatment of pain and disease-associated problems, including those that are physical, psychological, social, ... Palliser family fictional characters in the Palliser novels, a series of novels published in the late 19th century by Anthony Trollope. The novels trace the slow progress of the marriage between Plantagenet Palliser and Lady Glencora Palliser, formerly Glencora M'Cluskie. Palliser novels series of novels by Anthony Trollope. They are united by their concern with political and social issues and by the character Plantagenet Palliser, who appears in each, with other characters recurring periodically. The series consists of these works (in order of publication): Can You Forgive Her?, Phineas Finn, The Eustace ... pallium liturgical vestment worn over the chasuble by the pope, archbishops, and some bishops in the Roman Catholic church. It is bestowed by the pope on archbishops and bishops having metropolitan jurisdiction as a symbol of their participation in papal authority. It is made of a circular strip of white lamb's ... palm any member of the Arecaceae, or Palmae, the single family of monocotyledonous flowering plants of the order Arecales. Palm Bay city, Brevard county, east-central Florida, U.S. It lies along the Indian River, a lagoon (part of the Intracoastal Waterway) which at that point is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the long and narrow southern peninsula of Merritt Island, adjacent to Melbourne (north). The area was settled in the 1850s ... Palm Beach town, Palm Beach county, southeastern Florida, U.S., on a narrow barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean (east) and Lake Worth (west). The latter, actually a lagoon (part of the Intracoastal Waterway), is bridged to West Palm Beach. In 1878 a shipwrecked cargo of coconuts was washed onto the barren, sandy ... palm chestnut edible nut of the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes, or in some classifications Guilielma gasipaes), family Arecaceae (Palmae), that is grown extensively from Central America as far south as Ecuador. The typical 18-metre (60-foot) mature peach palm bears up to five clusters of 50 to 80 orange-yellow fruits, each of which ... Palm OS a proprietary operating system for personal computing devices, including personal digital assistants (PDAs), "smart phones" (telephones with PDA-like features), handheld gaming systems, and Global Positioning System (GPS) devices. More than 17,000 applications have been created for the Palm OS by licensed developers. Palm Springs city, Riverside county, southern California, U.S. It lies in the Coachella Valley, at the foot of Mount San Jacinto, which rises to 10,804 feet (3,293 metres). The area originally was inhabited by Cahuilla Indians; it was known to the Spanish as Agua Caliente ("Hot Water") for its hot springs. By ... Palm Sunday in the Christian tradition, first day of Holy Week and the Sunday before Easter, commemorating Jesus Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It is associated in many churches with the blessing and procession of palms (leaves of the date palm or twigs from locally available trees). These special ceremonies were taking ... Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965 series of tornados that struck the Midwestern region of the United States on April 11, 1965. A six-state area of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa was severely damaged by the tornados. Indiana's death toll was the heaviest, with 141 of the 270 total deaths; at least 5,000 other ... palm-chat (species Dulus dominicus), songbird of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and nearby Gonave Island, which may belong in the waxwing family (Bombycillidae) but which is usually separated as the family Dulidae. This 19-centimetre (7.5-inch) bird has a stout bill, and its plumage is greenish brown above and whitish, with ... Palm-Wine Drinkard, The novel by Amos Tutuola, published in 1952 and since translated into many languages. Written in the English of the Yoruba oral tradition, the novel was the first Nigerian book to achieve international fame. The story is a classic quest tale in which the hero, a lazy boy who likes to ... Palma city, capital of the Balearic Islands provincia (province) and comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), Spain, in the western Mediterranean Sea. The city lies on the southwestern coast of the island of Majorca in the centre of 10-mile- (16-km-) wide Palma Bay. Little is known of Palma before 123 BC, when the ... Palma Soriano city, eastern Cuba. Lying on the Cauto River, on the northern slopes of the Sierra Maestra, Palma Soriano is a commercial and manufacturing centre for the agricultural and pastoral hinterland, which yields sugarcane, cacao, coffee, corn (maize), fruits, and cattle. Coffee, soft drinks, and furniture are the main industrial products. ... Palma, Jacopo Venetian painter of the High Renaissance, noted for the craftsmanship of his religious and mythological works. He may have studied under Giovanni Bellini, the originator of the Venetian High Renaissance style. Palma, Ricardo Peruvian writer best known for his collected legends of colonial Peru, one of the most popular collections in Spanish American literature. Palmares autonomous republic within Alagoas state in northeastern Brazil during the period 1630-94; it was formed by the coalescence of as many as 10 separate communities (called quilombos, or mocambos) of fugitive black slaves that had sprung up in the locality from 1605. The state owed its prosperity to abundant irrigated ... Palmas city, capital of Tocantins estado (state), north-central Brazil. It lies at the centre of the state, east of the Tocantins River. When Tocantins state was created in 1989, its provisional capital was Miracema do Tocantins, which lies north of Palmas on the Tocantins River. Palmas was later declared the official ... Palmdale city, Los Angeles county, southwestern California, U.S. North of the city of Los Angeles, Palmdale lies at the southern end of Antelope Valley. The area was first settled in the 1880s, when the towns of Harold and Palmenthal were formed, the former by railroad workers and the latter by settlers ... Palme, Olof prime minister of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86), prominent leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Arbetar Partiet), Sweden's oldest continuing party. He became Sweden's best-known international politician. Palmela, Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Duke de Portuguese liberal statesman and supporter of Queen Maria II. Palmer city, southern Alaska, U.S. Located near the mouth of the Matanuska River, it lies 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Anchorage. The area was long inhabited by Athabascan Indians. George Palmer established a trading post along the river about 1890, and in 1916 the town was established as a station ... Palmer Archipelago island group off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Gerlache and Bismarck straits. The archipelago, which includes the islands of Anvers (46 miles [74 km] long by 35 miles [56 km] wide), Liege, Brabant, and Wiencke, was discovered in 1898 by the Belgian ... Palmer Land broad southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula, about 400 miles (640 km) east of Peter I Island (in the Bellingshausen Sea), claimed by Britain as part of the British Antarctic Territory. It is named after its discoverer, Nathaniel Palmer, captain of a U.S. sealing vessel, who led an expedition to ... Palmer, A. Mitchell American lawyer, legislator, and U.S. attorney general (1919-21) whose highly publicized campaigns against suspected radicals touched off the so-called Red Scare of 1919-20. Palmer, Alice Elvira Freeman American educator who exerted a strong and lasting influence on the academic and administrative character of Wellesley (Massachusetts) College during her brief tenure as its president. Palmer, Arnold professional American golfer, the first to win the Masters Tournament (Augusta, Ga.) four times and the first to earn $1 million in tournament prize money. During his professional career (1954-75) he won 92 tournaments, 60 of which were on the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) tour. As a leading ... Palmer, Bertha Honore American socialite remembered especially for her active contributions to women's, artistic, and Chicago civic affairs. Palmer, E H English Orientalist, distinguished as a linguist and as a traveler, among whose many translations is a version of the Qur'an-the sacred scripture of Islam-that, despite some inaccuracies, captures the spirit and poetry of the original. Palmer, Jim American professional baseball player who won three Cy Young Awards (1973, 1975-76) as the best pitcher in the American League (AL) and who had a lifetime earned-run average (ERA) of 2.86, a 268-152 record, and 2,212 career strikeouts. He played his entire career (1965-84) with the AL's Baltimore Orioles and ... Palmer, Nathaniel American sea captain and explorer after whom Palmer Land, a stretch of western Antarctic coast and islands, is named. Palmer, Phoebe Worrall American evangelist and religious writer, an influential and active figure in the 19th-century Holiness movement in Christian fundamentalism. Palmer, Potter American merchant and real-estate promoter who was responsible for the development of much of the downtown district and the Lake Shore Drive area of Chicago after the city's great fire of 1871. Palmer, Samuel English painter and etcher of visionary landscapes who was a disciple of William Blake. Palmer, Sir Geoffrey New Zealand Labour Party leader and prime minister of New Zealand for a year in 1989-90. Palmer, Timothy U.S. pioneer builder of covered timber truss bridges. Palmer, Vance Australian author of novels, short stories, and plays whose work is noted for disciplined diction and frequent understatement. He is considered one of the founders of Australian drama. Palmerston Atoll atoll of the northern Cook Islands, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean. A coral formation, it has a lagoon that lacks clear passage to the open sea. Covered with coconut and pandanus groves, it exports copra. Although there is evidence of a ... Palmerston North city, southern North Island, New Zealand, overlooking the Manawatu River. The settlement, named after Lord Palmerston, prime minister of England, was founded in 1866 and declared successively a town (1868), a borough (1877), and a city (1930). It lies at the junction of road and rail lines to Wellington (87 ... Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, Baron Temple Of Mount Temple English Whig-Liberal statesman whose long career, including many years as British foreign secretary (1830-34, 1835-41, 1846-51) and prime minister (1855-58, 1859-65), made him a symbol of British nationalism. palmetto Tree (Sabal palmetto) of the palm family, occurring in the southeastern U.S. and the West Indies. Commonly grown for shade and as ornamentals along avenues, palmettos grow to about 80 ft (24 m) tall and have fan-shaped leaves. The water-resistant trunk is used as wharf piling. Mats and baskets are ... Palmgren, Selim Finnish pianist and composer who helped establish the nationalist movement in Finnish music. Palmieri, Eddie American pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader who blended jazz piano with various Latin American popular-music styles and was a pioneer in the development of salsa music. Palmira city, Valle del Cauca departamento (department), southwestern Colombia. It lies in the rich Cauca River valley. Founded in 1688, the city has long been an important agricultural and livestock-raising centre. Now the second largest city in its department, Palmira is referred to as the "agricultural capital of Colombia"; tobacco, coffee, ... palmistry reading of character and divination of the future by interpretation of lines and undulations on the palm of the hand. The origins of palmistry are uncertain. It may have begun in ancient India and spread from there. It was probably from their original Indian home that the traditional fortune-telling of ... Palmyra ancient city in south-central Syria, 130 miles (210 km) northeast of Damascus. The name Palmyra, meaning "city of palm trees," was conferred upon the city by its Roman rulers in the 1st century CE; Tadmur, Tadmor, or Tudmur, the pre-Semitic name of the site, is also still in use. The ...