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In a collection (or set) of objects (or elements), the act of determining the number of objects present is called counting. The numbers thus obtained are called the counting numbers or natural ...
Kenner, William Hugh
Canadian-American literary critic (b. Jan. 7, 1923, Peterborough, Ont.-d. Nov. 24, 2003, Athens, Ga.), was a leading interpreter of American poet Ezra Pound and of Modernism in general. He was ...
No Child Left Behind-a Progress Report
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush's much-heralded No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education program finished its fourth year of operation with a mixed record of success and problems. The plan was a revision of ...
Ramakrishna Mission
religious society that carries out extensive educational and philanthropic work in India and is also the foremost exponent in Western countries of a modern version of Advaita Vedanta-a school of ...
Saraswati, Swamigal Chandrasekharendra
Indian religious leader (b. May 20, 1894, Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu, India--d. Jan. 8, 1994, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu), was a revered Hindu sage and a lifelong advocate of religious tolerance. ...
computer
About the time that Backus and his team invented FORTRAN, Hopper's group at UNIVAC released Math-matic, a FORTRAN-like language for UNIVAC computers. It was slower than FORTRAN and not particularly ...
Ghoussoub, Mai
Lebanese writer, publisher, and sculptor cofounded (with her longtime friend Andre Gaspard) Al Saqi (1979), the first bookshop in London to focus on Arab literature and Middle Eastern culture, and ...
Austin College
private, coeducational institution of higher education in Sherman, Texas, U.S. Austin, a liberal arts college, is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The college offers bachelor's ...
Babson College
private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S. Business management education is emphasized at the college, which offers B.S. and M.B.A. degrees. It consists ...
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