William Pitt Amherst, lst Earl Amherst was a diplomat who, as British governor-general of India (1823–28), played a central role in the acquisition of Asian territory for the British Empire after the First Burmese War (1824–26). Amherst inherited in 1797 the baronial title of his uncle Jeffrey

William Pitt Amherst, lst Earl Amherst was a diplomat who, as British governor-general of India (1823–28), played a central role in the acquisition of Asian territory for the British Empire after the First Burmese War (1824–26). Amherst inherited in 1797 the baronial title of his uncle Jeffrey

Nicholas Amhurst was a satirical poet, political pamphleteer on behalf of the Whigs, and editor of The Craftsman, a political journal of unprecedented popularity that was hostile to the Whig government of Sir Robert Walpole. Expelled from the University of Oxford in 1719 (probably because of his

Ami, most numerous indigenous ethnic group on the island of Taiwan, numbering more than 124,000 in the late 20th century and located in the fertile but relatively inaccessible southeastern hilly region and along the eastern coastal plain. Of Malay stock, they speak three dialects of an

Pierre-Hyacinthe Azaïs: …and assisted her in writing L’Ami des enfants, 12 vol. (1816; “The Friend of Children”), a sequel to a collection of children’s stories by Arnaud Berquin.

Victor Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau: In his popular Ami des hommes, ou Traité de la population (1756–58; “The Friend of Man, or Treatise on Population”), Mirabeau borrowed heavily from the ideas of Richard Cantillon, an earlier 18th-century British writer, in stressing the primacy of agriculture over commerce as a source of wealth. Mirabeau’s…

Jean-Paul Marat: Attacks on the aristocracy: …as editor of the newspaper L’Ami du Peuple (“The Friend of the People”), Marat became an influential voice in favour of the most radical and democratic measures, particularly in October, when the royal family was forcibly brought from Versailles to Paris by a mob. He particularly advocated preventive measures against…

Ami: …an Indonesian-related language, also called Ami. The Ami traditionally practice slash-and-burn agriculture, growing dry rice, millet, sweet potatoes, tobacco, and betel nut. Today, wet rice cultivation is also important. Composed of extended family units, Ami society revolves around villages (each headed by a chief) containing up to 1,000 people. Men…

Driss Chraïbi: …values appear most noticeably in Un Ami viendra vous voir (1966; “A Friend Is Coming to See You”), in which Chraïbi combines the themes of insanity, violence, and the oppression of women. Women’s rights, in Europe as in North Africa, are also touched on in Succession ouverte (1962; Heirs to…

bowfin, (Amia calva), freshwater fish of the order Amiiformes (infraclass Holostei); it is the only recognized living representative of its family (Amiidae), which dates back to the Jurassic Period (201.3 million to 145 million years ago). The bowfin is a voracious fish found in sluggish waters in

Hayabusa: The first Hayabusa: Instruments included the Asteroid Multi-band Imaging Camera (AMICA), infrared and X-ray spectrometers, and a light detection and ranging (lidar) system. AMICA took images during the inbound approach to identify the asteroid’s rotational axis and then mapped Itokawa as it rotated under the spacecraft. The spectrometers assayed the chemical…

amicable numbers, in mathematics, a pair of integers in which each is the sum of the divisors of the other. The first pair of amicable (“friendly”) numbers, 220 and 284, was discovered by the ancient Greeks. The sum of the proper divisors of 284 is 1 + 2 + 4 + 71 + 142 = 220, and the sum of the

amice, (derived from Latin amictus, “wrapped around”), liturgical vestment worn under the alb. It is a rectangular piece of white linen held around the neck and shoulders by two bands tied at the waist. Probably derived from a scarf worn by the secular classes, it first appeared as a liturgical

Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli writer who is best known for his poetry. Amichai and his Orthodox Jewish family immigrated to Palestine in 1936. During World War II he served in the British army, but he later fought the British as a guerrilla prior to the formation of Israel; he also was involved in

Irving Cummings: …Alexander Graham Bell, which featured Don Ameche in arguably his most famous role, as the great inventor; he was lent able support by Henry Fonda and Loretta Young. The comedy Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) also starred Ameche, this time as a silent film director who turns a singer (played by Faye)…

Giovanni Battista Amici was an astronomer and optician who made important improvements in the mirrors of reflecting telescopes and also developed prisms for use in refracting spectroscopes (instruments used to separate light into its spectral components). Amici served as professor of mathematics at

Montfort Family: 1181 or later) married Amicia, ultimately the heiress of the English earldom of Leicester, and it was through their son, the crusader Simon de Montfort, that the family first attained real prominence. By his wife Alice de Montmorency he left four sons: Amaury de Montfort (see below), who succeeded…

Edmondo De Amicis was a novelist, short-story writer, poet, and author of popular travel books and children’s stories. Educated at the military academy at Modena, De Amicis was commissioned in the artillery. He wrote many sketches of military life for the army journal L’Italia militare and became

Italian literature: Other writings: … also tackled this theme in L’amicizia (1980; “The Friendship”).

reproductive behaviour: Flatworms and rotifers: One egg type, called amictic, is produced in the early spring. These eggs apparently cannot be fertilized, and the embryo develops without fertilization (parthenogenesis); the result is females with a life-span no longer than two weeks. When the population reaches a peak in the early summer, a second type…

amicus curiae, (Latin: “friend of the court”), one who assists the court by furnishing information or advice regarding questions of law or fact. He is not a party to a lawsuit and thus differs from an intervenor, who has a direct interest in the outcome of the lawsuit and is therefore permitted to

Jōchō: The Amida (Amitabha) of the Hōō-dō (Phoenix Hall), of the Byōdō Temple at Uji, near Kyōto, is his only extant work. Carved in 1053, it embodies tranquillity and gracefulness, effects achieved by Jōchō’s brilliant use of the joined-wood technique.

Amitabha, in Mahayana Buddhism, and particularly in the so-called Pure Land sects, the great saviour buddha. As related in the Sukhavati-vyuha-sutras (the fundamental scriptures of the Pure Land sects), many ages ago a monk named Dharmakara made a number of vows, the 18th of which promised that, on

Diyarbakır, city, southeastern Turkey. It lies on the right bank of the Tigris River. The name means “district (diyar) of the Bakr people,” an Arab tribe that conquered the city in the 7th century ce. The modern spelling of -bakır (Turkish: “copper”) is said to refer the region’s abundance of

amidah, in Judaism, the main section of morning, afternoon, and evening prayers, recited while standing up. On weekdays the amidah consists of 19 benedictions. These include 3 paragraphs of praise, 13 of petition, and another 3 of thanksgiving. Some call this section of the daily prayer by the

Jōchō: The Amida (Amitabha) of the Hōō-dō (Phoenix Hall), of the Byōdō Temple at Uji, near Kyōto, is his only extant work. Carved in 1053, it embodies tranquillity and gracefulness, effects achieved by Jōchō’s brilliant use of the joined-wood technique.

Japanese art: Painting: One fresco depicting an Amida (Amitabha) Triad shows graceful figures rendered with comparative naturalism and defined with consistent, unmodulated brush lines known as “wire lines” (tessen-byō). Like the Hōryū pagoda sculptures, the wall paintings suggest the influence of Tang style.

amidah, in Judaism, the main section of morning, afternoon, and evening prayers, recited while standing up. On weekdays the amidah consists of 19 benedictions. These include 3 paragraphs of praise, 13 of petition, and another 3 of thanksgiving. Some call this section of the daily prayer by the

amide, any member of either of two classes of nitrogen-containing compounds related to ammonia and amines. The covalent amides are neutral or very weakly acidic substances formed by replacement of the hydroxyl group (OH) of an acid by an amino group (NR2, in which R may represent a hydrogen atom or

polyamide: …chain are linked together by amide groups. Amide groups have the general chemical formula CO-NH. They may be produced by the interaction of an amine (NH2) group and a carboxyl (CO2H) group, or they may be formed by the polymerization of amino acids or amino-acid derivatives (whose molecules contain both…

Seven Holy Founders: John Bonagiunta, Benedict dell’Antella, Bartholomew Amidei, Gerard Sostegni, and Ricoverus Uguccione. Formally Ordo Fratrum Servorum Sanctae Mariae (“Order of Friar Servants of St. Mary”), the order is a Roman Catholic congregation of mendicant friars dedicated to apostolic work.

Amidism, sect of Mahāyāna Buddhism centring on worship of Amida (in Japanese; Sanskrit Amitābha; Chinese O-mi-t’o-fo), Buddha (Buddha of Infinite Light), whose merits can be transferred to a believer. Amidism holds that the faithful—by believing in Amida, hearing or saying his name, or desiring to

amidah, in Judaism, the main section of morning, afternoon, and evening prayers, recited while standing up. On weekdays the amidah consists of 19 benedictions. These include 3 paragraphs of praise, 13 of petition, and another 3 of thanksgiving. Some call this section of the daily prayer by the

amidah, in Judaism, the main section of morning, afternoon, and evening prayers, recited while standing up. On weekdays the amidah consists of 19 benedictions. These include 3 paragraphs of praise, 13 of petition, and another 3 of thanksgiving. Some call this section of the daily prayer by the

Henri Frédéric Amiel was a Swiss writer known for his Journal intime, a masterpiece of self-analysis. Despite apparent success (as professor of aesthetics, then of philosophy, at Geneva), he felt himself a failure. Driven in on himself, he lived in his Journal, kept from 1847 until his death and

Amiens, city, capital of Somme département, Hauts-de-France région, principal city and ancient capital of Picardy, northern France, in the Somme River valley, north of Paris. Famed since the Middle Ages are its textile industry and its great Gothic cathedral of Notre-Dame, one of the finest in

Amiens Cathedral, Gothic cathedral located in the historic city of Amiens, France, in the Somme River valley north of Paris. It is the largest of the three great Gothic cathedrals built in France during the 13th century, and it remains the largest in France. It has an exterior length of 476 feet

Battle of Amiens, (August 8–11, 1918), World War I battle that marked the beginning of what came to be known as the “hundred days,” a string of Allied offensive successes on the Western Front that led to the collapse of the German army and the end of the war. By late July 1918 Allied forces held a

United Kingdom: Simon de Montfort and the Barons’ War: The verdict of the Mise of Amiens in 1264, however, was so favourable to Henry III that Simon de Montfort could not accept it.

Treaty of Amiens, (March 27, 1802), an agreement signed at Amiens, Fr., by Britain, France, Spain, and the Batavian Republic (the Netherlands), achieving a peace in Europe for 14 months during the Napoleonic Wars. It ignored some questions that divided Britain and France, such as the fate of the

France: Foreign relations: By the Treaty of Amiens (1279) the Agenais, whose status had been left in doubt when Alphonse of Poitiers died, passed to Edward I of England, who also had unsettled claims in Quercy. Serious conflict was precipitated in 1293, when clashes between French and English seamen caused…

John Sayles: …to the Philippines to make Amigo (2010), a film account of the Philippine-American War (1899–1902). His later thriller Go for Sisters (2013) saw two women on opposite sides of the law team up to find the kidnapped son of one of them in Mexico. Sayles shifted his attention back to…

Santana: …several years before returning, on Amigos (1976), to the formula that brought his initial success. Moonflower, a best-selling double album that included a hit remake of the Zombies’ “She’s Not There,” followed in 1977.

fish: Annotated classification: Order Amiiformes (bowfins and fossil relatives) Relatively conservative holosteans with typical holostean characters as given above; some specialized in body shape (elongate); most typical fusiform holosteans. 1 living member of the family Amiidae, with 1 species, Amia calva (bowfin), of North America. Marine and freshwater, almost…

ʿAmūq, plain of southern Turkey, bordering Syria. Framed by mountains, the plain is about 190 square miles (500 square km) in area and forms a triangle between the cities of Antioch (southwest), Reyhanlı (southeast), and Kırıkhan (north). In the centre of the plain is Lake Amik (Lake Antioch),

nocardiosis: Amikacin, an antibiotic, may be used with patients who do not respond to sulfa drugs.

Egypt: The Ṭūlūnid dynasty (868–905): …by the caliph, and the ʿāmil (fiscal officer), who was sometimes appointed by the caliph, sometimes by the governor. When Aḥmad entered Egypt in 868 he found the office of ʿāmil filled by one Ibn al-Mudabbir, who over a period of years had gained control of Egyptian finances, enriching himself…

Amis and Amiles, chief characters in an Old French metrical romance, based on an older and widespread legend of friendship and sacrifice. In its simplest form the story tells of the knights Amis and Amiles and of their lifelong devotion to one another. The tale, probably of Oriental origin, was

Bahāʾ ad-dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-ʿĀmilī was a theologian, mathematician, jurist, and astronomer who was a major figure in the cultural revival of Ṣafavid Iran. Al-ʿĀmilī was educated by his father, Shaykh Ḥusayn, a Shīʿite theologian, and by excellent teachers of mathematics and medicine. After

Idi Amin was a military officer and president (1971–79) of Uganda whose regime was noted for the sheer scale of its brutality. A member of the small Kakwa ethnic group of northwestern Uganda, Amin had little formal education and joined the King’s African Rifles of the British colonial army in 1946

India: The emperor, the nobility, and the provinces: In 1720 Muḥammad Amīn Khan replaced Sayyid ʿAbd Allāh Khan as vizier; after Amīn Khan’s death (January 1720), the office was occupied by the Niẓām al-Mulk for a brief period until Amīn Khan’s son Qamar al-Dīn Khan assumed the title in July 1724 by a claim of…

al-Amīn was the sixth caliph of the ʿAbbāsid dynasty. As the son of Hārūn ar-Rashīd, the fifth caliph, and Zubayda, a niece of al-Manṣūr, the second caliph, al-Amīn took precedence in the succession over his elder half brother, al-Maʾmūn, whose mother was a Persian slave. In 809, al-Amīn succeeded

Hafizullah Amin was a leftist politician who briefly served as the president of Afghanistan in 1979. Amin was born into a Ghilzay Pashtun family. After graduating from Kabul University, he traveled to the United States for graduate study at Columbia University in New York. Upon returning to

Idi Amin was a military officer and president (1971–79) of Uganda whose regime was noted for the sheer scale of its brutality. A member of the small Kakwa ethnic group of northwestern Uganda, Amin had little formal education and joined the King’s African Rifles of the British colonial army in 1946

al-Amīn was the sixth caliph of the ʿAbbāsid dynasty. As the son of Hārūn ar-Rashīd, the fifth caliph, and Zubayda, a niece of al-Manṣūr, the second caliph, al-Amīn took precedence in the succession over his elder half brother, al-Maʾmūn, whose mother was a Persian slave. In 809, al-Amīn succeeded

Muhammad: Biography according to the Islamic tradition: …Muhammad also loses his mother Āminah, and at eight he loses his grandfather. Thereupon responsibility for Muhammad is assumed by the new head of the clan of Hāshim, his uncle Abū Ṭālib. While accompanying his uncle on a trading journey to Syria, Muhammad is recognized as a future prophet by…

Lakshadweep: Relief, soils, and climate: 6 km) in breadth; the Amindivis are the northernmost islands of the group, and Minicoy Island is the southernmost island. Almost all the inhabited islands are coral atolls. The higher eastern sides of the islands are the most suited for human habitation, while the low-lying lagoons on the western sides…

amine, any member of a family of nitrogen-containing organic compounds that is derived, either in principle or in practice, from ammonia (NH3). Naturally occurring amines include the alkaloids, which are present in certain plants; the catecholamine neurotransmitters (i.e., dopamine, epinephrine,

amino acid, any of a group of organic molecules that consist of a basic amino group (―NH2), an acidic carboxyl group (―COOH), and an organic R group (or side chain) that is unique to each amino acid. The term amino acid is short for α-amino [alpha-amino] carboxylic acid. Each molecule contains a

human respiratory system: Transport of carbon dioxide: Amino groups of the hemoglobin molecule react reversibly with carbon dioxide in solution to yield carbamates. A few amino sites on hemoglobin are oxylabile, that is, their ability to bind carbon dioxide depends on the state of oxygenation of the hemoglobin molecule. The change in…

monosaccharide: Amino sugars (i.e., sugars in which one or two hydroxyl groups are replaced with an amino group, ―NH2) occur as components of glycolipids and in the chitin of arthropods.

metabolism: Synthesis of proteins: …the other product is called aminoacyl–tRNA ([88b]). In E. coli the amino acid that begins the assembly of the protein is always formylmethionine (f-Met). There is no evidence that f-Met is involved in protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells.

metabolism: Synthesis of proteins: …the aminoacyl–tRNA moves from the aminoacyl-acceptor (A) site on the ribosome to another site, called a peptidyl-donor (P) site.

metabolism: Synthesis of proteins: …effects the formation of an aminoacyl–AMP complex ([88a]) in a manner somewhat analogous to reaction [77]; ATP is required, and inorganic pyrophosphate is a product. The aminoacyl–AMP, which remains bound to the enzyme, is transferred to a specific molecule of tRNA in a reaction catalyzed by the same enzyme. AMP…

metabolism: Synthesis of proteins: …the other product is called aminoacyl–tRNA ([88b]). In E. coli the amino acid that begins the assembly of the protein is always formylmethionine (f-Met). There is no evidence that f-Met is involved in protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells.

para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), a vitamin-like substance and a growth factor required by several types of microorganisms. In bacteria, PABA is used in the synthesis of the vitamin folic acid. The drug sulfanilamide is effective in treating some bacterial diseases because it prevents the bacterial

aminoglycoside, any of several natural and semisynthetic compounds that are used to treat bacterial diseases. The term aminoglycoside is derived from the chemical structure of these compounds, which are made up of amino groups (―NH2) attached to glycosides (derivatives of sugar). The first

renal system: Quantitative tests: Para-aminohippuric acid (PAH), when introduced into the bloodstream and kept at relatively low plasma concentrations, is rapidly excreted into the urine by both glomerular filtration and tubular secretion. Sampling of blood from the renal vein reveals that 90 percent of PAH is removed by a…

Crohn disease: drugs, including corticosteroids and aminosalicylic acid compounds, are used to treat Crohn disease. The drugs are effective both in treating acute episodes and in suppressing the disease over the long term. Depending on the circumstances, hematinics, vitamins, high-protein diets, and blood transfusions are also used. Surgical resection of the…

transaminase, any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of the amino group (―NH2) of an amino acid to a carbonyl compound, commonly an a-keto acid (an acid with the general formula RCOCOOH). The liver, for example, contains specific transaminases for the transfer of an amino group from

Battista Guarini: …earlier work in this genre, Aminta (1573), it had a more immediate success, becoming one of the most famous and most widely translated and imitated works of the age. For nearly two centuries Il pastor fido was regarded as a code of gallantry and a guide to manners. An English…

Battista Guarini: …earlier work in this genre, Aminta (1573), it had a more immediate success, becoming one of the most famous and most widely translated and imitated works of the age. For nearly two centuries Il pastor fido was regarded as a code of gallantry and a guide to manners. An English…

Jean-Joseph-Marie Amiot was a Jesuit missionary whose writings made accessible to Europeans the thought and life of East Asia. Amiot entered the Society of Jesus in 1737 and was sent as a missionary to China in 1750. While in China, he helped verify certain geographical locations, thereby making a

emir, (“commander,” or “prince”), in the Muslim Middle East, a military commander, governor of a province, or a high military official. Under the Umayyads, the emir exercised administrative and financial powers, somewhat diminished under the ʿAbbāsids, who introduced a separate financial officer.

admiral: …with Muslim Arabs, who combined amīr (“commander”), the article al, and baḥr (“sea”) to make amīr al-baḥr. Shortened to amiral, the title was adopted for naval use by the Sicilians. The French copied the word from the Genoese during the Seventh Crusade (1248–54). The Latin word admirabilis (“admirable”) may have…

Rashidun: …the Friday sermons; and as umarāʾ al-muʾminīn (“commanders of the faithful”), they commanded the army.

Iran: The Buyids: …other for the office of amīr al-umarāʾ (commander in chief), who virtually ruled Iraq on behalf of the caliphs. When Aḥmad gained Khūzestān, he was close to the scene of the amīr al-umarāʾ contests, which he chose to settle by himself. Aḥmad entered Baghdad in 945 and assumed control of…

Sayyid Amir Ali was a jurist, writer, and Muslim leader who favoured British rule in India rather than possible Hindu domination of an independent India. Amir Ali, who traced his ancestry to the Prophet Muhammad’s daughter Fāṭimah, received his law degree from the University of Calcutta. He was

India: Successors to the Bahmanī: …hands of Qasīm Barīd’s son Amīr Barīd upon his father’s death in 1505, thus establishing what proved to be a dynastic claim for the Barīd Shāhī dynasty of Bidar.

Amīr Khusrow was an Indo-Persian poet, musician, and historian, widely regarded as one of India’s greatest Persian-language poets. Khusrow is popularly acknowledged as the creator of qawwali, a musical performance of Sufi poetry. During his lifetime, he developed Hindawi (also called Rekhta), a

Afghanistan: Drainage of Afghanistan: …Bābā Mountains known as the Amīr lakes; they are noted for their unusual shades of colour, from milky white to dark green, a condition caused by the underlying bedrock.

ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm ʿĀmir was a military official who helped establish Egypt as a republic in 1952 and, as leader of the army, was one of the most powerful figures in Egypt until his death. As army chief of staff he led Egyptian forces to defeat in the Six-Day War of June 1967. ʿĀmir attended War

Amratian culture: …Upper Egypt, its type-site being Al-ʿĀmirah near modern Abydos. Numerous sites, dating to about 3600 bce, have been excavated and reveal an agricultural way of life similar to that of the preceding Badarian culture but with advanced skills and techniques. Pottery characteristic of this period includes black-topped red ware and…

Georgian literature: Origins and early development: …preceded and perhaps influenced by Amiran-Darejaniani (probably c. 1050; Eng. trans. Amiran-Darejaniani), a wild prose tale of battling knights, attributed by Rustaveli to Mose Khoneli, who is otherwise unknown.

Amirante Isles, group of coral islands in the western Indian Ocean, lying about 200 miles (320 km) southwest of the Seychelles group and forming, with the Seychelles and other islands, the Republic of Seychelles. The Amirante Isles were known to Persian Gulf traders centuries ago and were sighted

Abū ʿĀmir al-Manṣūr: …his family, known as the ʿĀmirids, retained power for only a few more years.

Al-ʿĀmiriyyah: …(Mareotis) on the southwest, is Al-ʿĀmiriyyah town. This town was originally a small gypsum-mining centre on the desert roads leading south to Cairo and west along the coast to Marsā Maṭrūḥ. Al-ʿĀmiriyyah’s modern development began in the late 1970s, when construction started on major industrial plants in the district, including…

Al-ʿĀmiriyyah, industrial district of Al-Iskandariyyah (Alexandria) muḥāfaẓah (governorate), northern Egypt. The centre of the 913-square-mile (2,365-square-km) district, which adjoins Lake Maryūṭ (Mareotis) on the southwest, is Al-ʿĀmiriyyah town. This town was originally a small gypsum-mining

Amis and Amiles, chief characters in an Old French metrical romance, based on an older and widespread legend of friendship and sacrifice. In its simplest form the story tells of the knights Amis and Amiles and of their lifelong devotion to one another. The tale, probably of Oriental origin, was

Amis and Amiles, chief characters in an Old French metrical romance, based on an older and widespread legend of friendship and sacrifice. In its simplest form the story tells of the knights Amis and Amiles and of their lifelong devotion to one another. The tale, probably of Oriental origin, was

Jacobin Club, the most famous political group of the French Revolution, which became identified with extreme egalitarianism and violence and which led the Revolutionary government from mid-1793 to mid-1794. The Jacobins originated as the Club Breton at Versailles, where the deputies from Brittany

Club of the Cordeliers, one of the popular clubs of the French Revolution, founded in 1790 to prevent the abuse of power and “infractions of the rights of man.” The club’s popular name was derived from its original meeting place in Paris, the nationalized monastery of the Cordeliers (Franciscans).

Ferhat Abbas: …et de la Liberté (AML; Friends of the Manifesto and Liberty), which envisioned an Algerian autonomous republic federated to a renewed, anti-colonial France. After the suppression of the AML and a year’s imprisonment, in 1946 he founded the Union Démocratique du Manifeste Algérien (UDMA; Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto),…

Austronesian languages: Formosan: … (spoken in the northern mountains), Amis (spoken along the narrow east coast), and Paiwan (spoken near the southern tip of the island); only superficial descriptions are available for most of the other Formosan languages.

Kingsley Amis was a novelist, poet, critic, and teacher who created in his first novel, Lucky Jim, a comic figure that became a household word in Great Britain in the 1950s. Amis was educated at the City of London School and at St. John’s College, Oxford (B.A., 1949). His education was interrupted

Martin Amis was an English satirist known for his virtuoso storytelling technique and his dark views of contemporary English society. As a youth, Amis, the son of the novelist Kingsley Amis, thrived literarily on a permissive home atmosphere and a “passionate street life.” He graduated from Exeter

Kingsley Amis was a novelist, poet, critic, and teacher who created in his first novel, Lucky Jim, a comic figure that became a household word in Great Britain in the 1950s. Amis was educated at the City of London School and at St. John’s College, Oxford (B.A., 1949). His education was interrupted

Amish, member of a Christian group in North America, primarily the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church. The church originated in the late 17th century among followers of Jakob Ammann. Jakob Ammann (c. 1644–c. 1730) was a Mennonite leader whose controversial teachings caused a schism among his

Amish, member of a Christian group in North America, primarily the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church. The church originated in the late 17th century among followers of Jakob Ammann. Jakob Ammann (c. 1644–c. 1730) was a Mennonite leader whose controversial teachings caused a schism among his

al-Shabaab: …African Union peacekeeping force (AMISOM) authorized by the UN Security Council in February 2007. The death of Ayro in a U.S. air strike in 2008 did little to slow al-Shabaab’s insurgency. In October 2008 the TFG signed a power-sharing agreement with members of the former SSICC, providing for the…