hookworm disease, parasitic infestation of humans, dogs, or cats caused by bloodsucking worms living in the small intestine—sometimes associated with secondary anemia. Several species of hookworms can cause the disease. Necator americanus, which ranges in size from 5 to 11 mm (0.2 to 0.4 inch), is

Baltic Sea: Physiography: …northern Sweden, leaving the freshwater Ancylus Lake stretching from Arctic Sweden and Finland to the present southern Baltic. Later changes, about 4500 bc, led to a breach of the land bridge between the present Baltic and North seas and to fragmentation of the Jutland peninsula by The Sound (Øresund), the…

Ankara, city, capital of Turkey, situated in the northwestern part of the country. It lies about 125 miles (200 km) south of the Black Sea, near the confluence of the Hatip, İnce Su, and Çubek streams. While the date of the city’s foundation is uncertain, archaeological evidence indicates

Frasnian Stage: …first occurrence of the conodont Ancyrodella rotundiloba. Under the authority of the International Commission on Stratigraphy, the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) defining the base of this unit was established in 1987 on a hillside exposure at Col du Puech de la Suque in the Noire Mountains region of…

Steven Soderbergh: Ocean’s series and Magic Mike: He then directed And Everything Is Going Fine (2010), a documentary about the life of Spalding Gray, and the big-budget ensemble thriller Contagion (2011), which portrayed the rapid spread of a deadly airborne virus. The adrenaline-fueled spy film Haywire (2011) focused on a female covert-operations specialist.

And Fjord, fjord, in the Norwegian Sea, indenting northwestern Norway, located between the islands of And (west) and Senja (east). The fjord, which is divided between Nordland and Troms fylker (counties), penetrates into the offshore island of Hinn in the south, where it is called Gulles Fjord. Its

Judi Dench: The memoir And Furthermore was published in 2010.

Brigitte Bardot: …Dieu créa la femme (1956; And God Created Woman) and Les Bijoutiers du claire de lune (1958; “The Jewelers of Moonlight”; Eng. title The Night Heaven Fell)—Bardot broke contemporary film taboos against nudity and set box office records in Europe and the United States. (Bardot was married to Vadim from…

Ignazio Silone: …Ed egli si nascose (London, And He Did Hide Himself, New York, And He Hid Himself, both 1946). Silone also wrote a powerful anti-Fascist satire, La scuola dei dittatori (1938; The School for Dictators, 1939).

Ignazio Silone: …Ed egli si nascose (London, And He Did Hide Himself, New York, And He Hid Himself, both 1946). Silone also wrote a powerful anti-Fascist satire, La scuola dei dittatori (1938; The School for Dictators, 1939).

Sarah Jessica Parker: And Just Like That… and later films: …role of Carrie Bradshaw in And Just Like That… (2021–25), a series that was described as a “new chapter” of Sex and the City. In 2022 Parker returned to another earlier character when she costarred with Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus 2, a sequel to the 1993…

Norman Jewison: …Stallone; and the legal drama ...And Justice for All (1979), with Al Pacino. He again examined racial prejudice in A Soldier’s Story (1984), about the murder of an African American army sergeant. Later efforts included Moonstruck (1987), a romantic comedy starring Cher that won him a third Oscar nod, and…

Metallica: The new lineup debuted on …And Justice for All (1988), an album that included “One,” the group’s first Top 40 single. Metallica produced its first music video for “One,” and the antiwar anthem received heavy rotation on MTV. The band followed with Metallica (also known as The Black Album; 1991),…

Abbas Kiarostami: The second film, Zendegī va dīgar hich (1992; And Life Goes On…, or Life and Nothing More), follows the journey of the director (played by an actor) of Where Is the Friend’s Home? to Koker, damaged by a severe earthquake since the first film, to find the young…

Paul Zindel: …Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1971; filmed 1972), And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little (1971), The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild (1973), Let Me Hear You Whisper (1970), The Ladies Should Be in Bed (1973), A Destiny with Half Moon Street (produced 1983; published 1992), and Amulets Against the Dragon Forces (1989; based…

Acquainted with the Night, novel by Heinrich Böll, published in German in 1953 as Und sagte kein einziges Wort (“And Said Not a Single Word”). One of Böll’s best-known works, the novel is set in Germany just after World War II. It examines the marriage of Fred and Käthe Bogner, who alternately

Claude Lelouch: For Toute une vie (1974; And Now My Love), he and Uytterhoeven received Oscar nominations for their original screenplay. Lelouch’s later notable movies included the musical Les Uns et les autres (1981; Bolero) and Les Misérables (1995), an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel. The latter won a Golden Globe…

Irving Pichel: Directing: …during World War II, whereas And Now Tomorrow (1944) was sentiment sans patriotism, with Alan Ladd and Loretta Young playing would-be lovers whom society keeps apart.

And Quiet Flows the Don, first part of the novel Tikhy Don by Mikhail Sholokhov. The Russian novel was published between 1928 and 1940; the English translation of the first part appeared in 1934. The Don Flows Home to the Sea, part two of the original novel, was published in English translation in

ampersand, term used to refer to the symbol &, which stems from the ligature of the Latin word et, meaning “and.” The term ampersand is derived from “and per se and.” The symbol has also been used as part of &c in lieu of etc. (et cetera). The aesthetic features of the symbol vary according to the

Rob Reiner: Later films: Reiner’s next effort, And So It Goes (2014), a romantic comedy starring Diane Keaton and Michael Douglas, was drubbed by commentators and failed at the box office. The partially autobiographical Being Charlie (2015), cowritten by Reiner’s son Nick, probes the painful relationship between a young man struggling with…

De La Soul: …mixtapes before releasing the Kickstarter-funded And the Anonymous Nobody (2016), a solidly creative if low-key album featuring such guests as Damon Albarn, David Byrne, and Jill Scott.

Nick Cave: Books: …books, among them the novels And the Ass Saw the Angel (1989), a Southern gothic tale, and The Death of Bunny Munro (2009). Other books include The Sick Bag Song (2016), an epic poem inspired by his tour with the Bad Seeds in 2014. The book Faith, Hope, and Carnage…

William S. Burroughs: …retelling of those events entitled And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks. Rejected by publishers at the time, it was not published until 2008.

Khaled Hosseini: And the Mountains Echoed (2013) concerns a brother and sister separated when the latter is given up for adoption because of their family’s straitened circumstances. The novel chronicles the decades following the siblings’ divergence in 1950s Afghanistan.

Federico Fellini: Mature years of Federico Fellini: …E la nave va (1983; And the Ship Sails On), Ginger e Fred (1985; Ginger and Fred), Intervista (1987; “Interview”), and La voce della luna (1990; The Voice of the Moon), his last feature film. Unified only by his flair for the fantastic, the films reflect with typically Fellinian irony…

Fay Weldon: Her first novel, The Fat Woman’s Joke (1967; U.S. title …And the Wife Ran Away), grew out of her 1966 television play The Fat Woman’s Tale. The novels Down Among the Women (1971), Female Friends (1974), and Remember Me (1976) focus on various women’s reactions to male-and-female relationships.…

Elie Wiesel: …Wiesel’s first book, in Yiddish, Un di velt hot geshvign (1956; “And the World Has Remained Silent”), abridged as La Nuit (1958; Night), a memoir of a young boy’s spiritual reaction to Auschwitz. It is considered by some critics to be the most powerful literary expression of the Holocaust. His…

Yo La Tengo: The low-key relationship-themed And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000), which takes its title from a quote by jazz musician Sun Ra, became the group’s first entry on the Billboard 200 chart.

And Then There Were None, mystery novel by Agatha Christie published in 1939. One of the best-selling novels of all time, it remains one of Christie’s most popular works. And Then There Were None has spurred numerous adaptations across media, profoundly shaping the crime and mystery genres. Its

And Then There Were None, American thriller film, directed by René Clair and released in 1945. It is an adaptation of the classic mystery novel of the same title by Agatha Christie. Ten people (eight guests and two servants) are invited by a mysterious host to join him for a weekend on an isolated

John Oliver Killens: …later writings, especially the novel And Then We Heard the Thunder (1963).

Ermanno Olmi: …E venne un uomo (1965; And There Came a Man, or A Man Called John). The rural and working-class background of Olmi’s family surfaced in his films I recuperanti (1969; The Scavengers) and the internationally successful L’albero degli zoccoli (1978; The Tree of the Wooden Clogs), an episodic study of…

Fernando Arrabal: …des menottes aux fleurs (1969; And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers), more overtly political than his previous plays; its theme of freedom from oppression was inspired by the author’s imprisonment while on a journey to Spain in 1967.

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, children’s book by American author and illustrator Theodore Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss, published in 1937. And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street is the first of Dr. Seuss’s books for children. It is less fantastical than some of his more famous

Laura Nyro: …Blood, Sweat and Tears (“And When I Die”). A wayward yet reclusive artist, Nyro resisted pressure to streamline her songs for mass consumption. She was shaken after being booed off the stage by Janis Joplin fans at the 1967 Monterey (California) Pop Festival, but, under the guidance of agent…

Brigitte Bardot: …Dieu créa la femme (1956; And God Created Woman) and Les Bijoutiers du claire de lune (1958; “The Jewelers of Moonlight”; Eng. title The Night Heaven Fell)—Bardot broke contemporary film taboos against nudity and set box office records in Europe and the United States. (Bardot was married to Vadim from…

Christopher Hitchens: And Yet…(2015) assembles essays on a wide variety of topics.

Altan was a Mongol khan, or chief, who terrorized China during the 16th century. He converted the Mongols to the reformed, or Dge-lugs-pa (Yellow Hat), sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Altan became chief of the eastern Mongols in 1543 and thereafter posed a constant threat to the northern borders of China

Genghis Khan: Early struggles: …had had the relationship of anda, or sworn brother, and at that time the most powerful Mongol prince, for help in recovering Börte. He had had the foresight to rekindle this friendship by presenting Toghril with a sable skin, which he himself had received as a bridal gift. He seems…

Géza Anda was a Hungarian pianist and conductor. Anda studied at the Musical Academy in Budapest under Ernst von Dohnányi and Zoltán Kodály. For his debut, in 1939, he performed Johannes Brahms’s second Piano Concerto in B-flat Major, conducted by Willem Mengelberg. In 1943 Anda gave up his post as

Géza Anda was a Hungarian pianist and conductor. Anda studied at the Musical Academy in Budapest under Ernst von Dohnányi and Zoltán Kodály. For his debut, in 1939, he performed Johannes Brahms’s second Piano Concerto in B-flat Major, conducted by Willem Mengelberg. In 1943 Anda gave up his post as

gladiator: There were also the andabatae, who are believed to have fought on horseback and to have worn helmets with closed visors—that is, to have fought blindfolded; the dimachaeri (“two-knife men”) of the later empire, who carried a short sword in each hand; the essedarii (“chariot men”), who fought from…

South Asian arts: Bhakti poetry: Āṇṭāḷ (8th century), a Vaiṣṇava poetess, is literally love-sick for Krishna. Periyāḻvār, her father, sings of Krishna in the aspect of a divine child, originating a new genre of celebrant poetry. Kulacēkarar, a Cēra prince, sings of both Rāma and Krishna, identifying himself with several…

Turkmen literature: …writing of the Turkmen poet ʿAndalīb, who used the local form of the Chagatai language. ʿAndalīb wrote poetic imitations (mukhammas) of Chagatai ghazals by the Turkish poet ʿAlī Shīr Navāʾī. He also wrote three narrative poems that use a Turkmen epic form, the destān (dessan): Yusup-Zuleikhā, based on a traditional…

World War II: The invasion of Norway: …also at Namsos and at Åndalsnes, to attack Trondheim from the north and from the south, respectively. The Germans, however, landed fresh troops in the rear of the British at Namsos and advanced up the Gudbrandsdal from Oslo against the force at Åndalsnes. By this time the Germans had about…

Andalusia, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historical region of Spain, encompassing the provincias (provinces) of Huelva, Cádiz, Sevilla, Málaga, Córdoba, Jaén, Granada, and Almería. The southernmost region of Spain, Andalusia is bounded by the autonomous communities of Extremadura

Al-Andalus, Muslim kingdom that occupied much of the Iberian Peninsula from 711 ce until the collapse of the Spanish Umayyad dynasty in the early 11th century. The Arabic name Al-Andalus was originally applied by the Muslims (Moors) to the entire Iberian Peninsula; it likely refers to the Vandals

Andalusia, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historical region of Spain, encompassing the provincias (provinces) of Huelva, Cádiz, Sevilla, Málaga, Córdoba, Jaén, Granada, and Almería. The southernmost region of Spain, Andalusia is bounded by the autonomous communities of Extremadura

Andalusia, city, seat (1841) of Covington county, southern Alabama, U.S., near the Conecuh River, about 85 miles (135 km) south of Montgomery. It originated in 1841 as New Site, when the county seat of Montezuma relocated to higher ground because of floods, at a point along the Three Notch Trail

Andalusia, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historical region of Spain, encompassing the provincias (provinces) of Huelva, Cádiz, Sevilla, Málaga, Córdoba, Jaén, Granada, and Almería. The southernmost region of Spain, Andalusia is bounded by the autonomous communities of Extremadura

Málaga: The Andalusia Technology Park opened in Málaga in 1992 in an effort to promote regional technology development. The complex is used for the creation and development of technology companies and as a research centre.

Luis Buñuel: Life and work: …in Un Chien andalou (1929; An Andalusian Dog), a short film in Surrealist style. Using the free-association technique pioneered by André Breton and Philippe Soupault, Buñuel and Dalí wrote the film, which Buñuel directed and Duverger photographed; Batcheff played a major role. Dalí arrived from Spain only for the last…

button quail: …widely distributed species is the striped button quail, or Andalusian hemipode (Turnix sylvatica). It occurs in southern Spain, Africa, and southeastern Asia to the Philippines. The red-backed button quail (T. maculosa) is its counterpart in the Australo-Papuan region. The Andalusian hemipode, 15 cm (6 in.) long, has streaked, reddish-gray upperparts…

andalusite, (Al2SiO5), aluminum silicate mineral that occurs in relatively small amounts in various metamorphic rocks, particularly in altered sediments. It is found in commercial quantities in the Inyo Mountains, Mono county, Calif., in the United States; in Kazakhstan; and in South Africa. Such

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, union territory, India, consisting of two groups of islands at the southeastern edge of the Bay of Bengal. The peaks of a submerged mountain range, the Andaman Islands and their neighbours to the south, the Nicobar Islands, form an arc stretching southward for some 620

A.R. Radcliffe-Brown: His study The Andaman Islanders (1922; new ed. 1964) contained the essential formulation of his ideas and methods.

Andaman Islands, island group, Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory, India, lying in the Indian Ocean about 850 miles (1,370 km) east of the Indian subcontinent. The Andamans have an area of 2,474 square miles (6,408 square km). They are one of the two major groups of islands in the union

Andaman Sea, marginal sea of the northeastern Indian Ocean. It is bounded to the north by the Irrawaddy River delta of Myanmar (Burma); to the east by peninsular Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia; to the south by the Indonesian island of Sumatra and by the Strait of Malacca; and to the west by the

Andaman Sea: …submarine valleys east of the Andaman-Nicobar Ridge, depths exceed 14,500 feet (4,400 metres). The sea’s northern and eastern third is less than 600 feet (180 metres) deep, in part because vast quantities of silt have been deposited by the Irrawaddy River at its delta. The western and central half of…

Andamanese, aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Most Andamanese have been detribalized and absorbed into modern Indian life, but traditional culture survives among such groups as the Jarawa and Onge of the lesser islands. Late 20th-century estimates

Andamanese language, language spoken by the indigenous people of the Andaman Islands. The number of speakers of the language has been steadily decreasing. Andamanese dialects are usually classified into northern, central, and southern groups, with the southern dialects being the most archaic. The

Andania mysteries, ancient Greek mystery cult, held perhaps in honour of the earth goddess Demeter and her daughter Kore (Persephone) at the town of Andania in Messenia. The cult had died out during the period of Spartan domination in the late 5th century and early 4th century bc, but it was

harem, in Muslim countries, the part of a house set apart for the women of the family. The word ḥarīmī is used collectively to refer to the women themselves. Zanāna (from the Persian word zan, “woman”) is the term used for the harem in India, andarūn (Persian: “inner part” [of a house]) in Iran.

Turkish literature: Modern Turkish literature: …Veli Kanık, Oktay Rifat, and Melih Cevdet Anday—initiated the Garip (“Strange”) movement with publication of a volume of poetry by the same name. In it they emphasized simplified language, folkloric poetic forms, and themes of alienation in the modern urban environment. Later, Anday broke with this style, treating philosophical and…

Dilip Kumar: Early life and career: …in director Mehboob Khan’s film Andaz (“Style”), which catapulted him to stardom.

avocet: The Andean avocet (R. andina), with a primarily white body, black back and wings, is confined to alkali lakes of the high Andes. The red-necked, or Australian, avocet (R. novaehollandiae) is black and white with red-brown head and neck.

spectacled bear, (Tremarctos ornatus), the only South American bear of the family Ursidae. It inhabits the northern and central Andes Mountains, dwelling primarily in forested areas, and it feeds mainly on shoots and fruit. The spectacled bear is the only bear species found south of the Equator.

Andean peoples: …it is conventional to call “Andean” only the people who were once part of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire in the Central Andes, or those influenced by it. Even so, the Andean region is very wide. It encompasses the peoples of Ecuador, including those of the humid coast—many of whose contacts…

Andean Community, South American organization founded to encourage industrial, agricultural, social, and trade cooperation. Formed in 1969 by the Cartagena Agreement, the group originally consisted of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile; Venezuela joined in 1973 but withdrew in 2006, and

Andean Community, South American organization founded to encourage industrial, agricultural, social, and trade cooperation. Formed in 1969 by the Cartagena Agreement, the group originally consisted of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile; Venezuela joined in 1973 but withdrew in 2006, and

condor: Andean condor: The male Andean condor is a black bird with grayish white wing feathers, a white fringe of feathers around the neck, and a bare red or pinkish head, neck, and crop. Males have a large caruncle, or fleshy protuberance, on the forehead and top of the beak,…

flamingo: …of South America are the Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) and the puna, or James’s, flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi). The former has a pink band on each of its yellow legs, and the latter was thought extinct until a remote population was discovered in 1956.

Andean Geosyncline, a linear trough in the Earth’s crust in which rocks of the Mesozoic Era (251 million to 65.5 million years ago) and Cenozoic Era (65.5 million years ago to the present) were deposited in South America. An intense orogenic (mountain-building) event affected the older sediments in

sheldgoose: picta), and the Andean goose (C. melanoptera)—and the Orinoco goose (Neochen jubatus). African sheldgeese include the spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) and the Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus).

Andean Community, South American organization founded to encourage industrial, agricultural, social, and trade cooperation. Formed in 1969 by the Cartagena Agreement, the group originally consisted of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile; Venezuela joined in 1973 but withdrew in 2006, and

Andean Community: CAN’s Andean Integration System consists of several institutions, all of which seek to facilitate integration. They include the Andean Presidential Council, an organization of the presidents of member countries that coordinates integration efforts; the Commission of the Andean Community, which is CAN’s primary policy-making institution; the…

Andean peoples, aboriginal inhabitants of the area of the Central Andes in South America. Although the Andes Mountains extend from Venezuela to the southern tip of the continent, it is conventional to call “Andean” only the people who were once part of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire in the Central

Antarctica: Structural framework: …and Cenozoic mobile belt in West Antarctica—separated by the fault-block belt, or horst, of the Transantarctic Mountains. East and West Antarctica have come to be known respectively as the Gondwana and Andean provinces, indicating general affinities of each sector with other regions; that is, the east seems to have affinity…

mountain: Andean-type belts: At some continental margins, oceanic lithosphere is subducted. At some of these sites, the landscape is dominated by volcanoes, such as along the Cascades of western North America or in Japan, but at others, such as along much of the Andes of South…

Rabbe Enckell: …most remarkable collection of poetry, Andedräkt av koppar (1946; “Breath of Copper”). In 1960 he was made poet laureate of Swedish Finland.

Portugal: Disputes with Castile: …the paramour of the Galician João Fernandes Andeiro, conde de Ourém, who had intrigued with both England and Castile and whose influence was much resented by Portuguese patriots. Opponents of Castile chose as their leader an illegitimate son of Peter I: John, master of Aviz, who killed Ourém (December 1383)…

Pevensey: …towers of a Roman fort, Anderida (c. 250 ce), rank among the best extant examples of Roman building in England. After the Norman Conquest (1066) a castle was built within the Roman walls. Pop. (2001) 2,997; (2011) 3,153.

Rhine River: Physiography: At Andernach, where the ancient Roman frontier left the Rhine, the basaltic Seven Hills rise steeply to the east of the river, where, as the English poet Lord Byron put it, “the castle crag of Dachenfels frowns o’er the wide and winding Rhine.”

William A. Anders was a U.S. astronaut who participated in the Apollo 8 flight (December 21–27, 1968), during which the first crewed voyage around the Moon was made. The astronauts, including Anders, Frank Borman, and James Lovell, remained in an orbit about 70 miles (112 km) above the surface of

William A. Anders was a U.S. astronaut who participated in the Apollo 8 flight (December 21–27, 1968), during which the first crewed voyage around the Moon was made. The astronauts, including Anders, Frank Borman, and James Lovell, remained in an orbit about 70 miles (112 km) above the surface of

Władysław Anders was the commanding officer of the Polish army in the Middle East and Italy during World War II who became a leading figure among the anticommunist Poles who refused to return to their homeland after the war. After service in the Russian army during World War I, Anders entered the

Alfred Andersch was a German-Swiss writer who was a dominant figure in West German literature and who helped found Gruppe 47, a movement that also included Heinrich Böll and Günter Grass. Rebelling against the German nationalism of his father, an army officer, Andersch was imprisoned in the Dachau

Martin Andersen Nexø was a writer who was the first Danish novelist to champion social revolution. His works helped raise social consciousness in Denmark and throughout Europe. Nexø came from an extremely poor family in the slums of Copenhagen but spent most of his childhood on the island of

Andersen’s disease, extremely rare hereditary metabolic disorder produced by absence of the enzyme amylo-1:4,1:6-transglucosidase, which is an essential mediator of the synthesis of glycogen. An abnormal form of glycogen, amylopectin, is produced and accumulates in body tissues, particularly in the

Arthur Andersen: Consulting Schemes: in 1913 by Arthur E. Andersen, a young accounting professor who had a reputation for acting with integrity—was primarily an auditing firm focused on providing high-quality standardized audits. But a shift in emphasis during the 1970s pitted a new generation of auditors advocating for clients and consulting fees…

Grete Waitz was a Norwegian marathoner who dominated women’s long-distance running for more than a decade, winning the New York City Marathon nine times between 1978 and 1988 (she did not compete in 1981 or 1987). Waitz began as a middle-distance runner and at age 17 set a 1,500-metre European

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish master of the literary fairy tale whose stories achieved wide renown. He is also the author of plays, novels, poems, travel books, and several autobiographies. While many of those works are almost unknown outside Denmark, his fairy tales are among the most

Hjalmar Andersen was a Norwegian speed skater who dominated the longer speed-skating distances in the early 1950s, winning three gold medals at the 1952 Olympic Games in Oslo and setting several world records. Andersen, who was considered one of the most powerful speed skaters of all time, began

Hjalmar Andersen was a Norwegian speed skater who dominated the longer speed-skating distances in the early 1950s, winning three gold medals at the 1952 Olympic Games in Oslo and setting several world records. Andersen, who was considered one of the most powerful speed skaters of all time, began

Hjalmar Andersen was a Norwegian speed skater who dominated the longer speed-skating distances in the early 1950s, winning three gold medals at the 1952 Olympic Games in Oslo and setting several world records. Andersen, who was considered one of the most powerful speed skaters of all time, began

surfing: The rise of women in surfing: …dynamic and aggressive female surfer, Lisa Andersen, from the United States. Andersen won four women’s world titles (1994, ’95, ’96, and ’97). Second, professional women surfers finally resolved a long-standing debate over the best surfing style for women. In short, they agreed that they had to surf aggressively like men.…

New Orleans Saints: …of those playoffs was placekicker Morten Andersen, who was named to six Pro Bowls in his 13 seasons with the team (1982–94) and would later go on to set the NFL record for most career points scored.

Tryggve Andersen was a novelist and short-story writer of the Neoromantic movement in Norway who depicted the conflict between the bureaucratic and peasant cultures and who helped revive Dano-Norwegian literature. Born on a farm, Andersen attended the University of Kristiania (now Oslo), where he

Anderson, county, northwestern South Carolina, U.S. It consists of a piedmont region in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains between the Saluda River to the northeast and the Savannah River border with Georgia to the southwest. Part of that border is Hartwell Lake, created by the Hartwell Dam