11) Maeterlinck, Maurice. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of the symbolists and the mystical thought of Novalis and Emerson; his eventual 60-odd volumes can be read as a symbolist manifesto. Their suggestion of universal...
12) fraternal orders. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...both men and women. The best-known orders are the Freemasons (see Freemasonry) and the Odd Fellows, both of which originated in 18th-century England (although enthusiasts...
13) Mason, James. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...he played villains and romantic figures with equal skill. Among his best-known films are Odd Man Out (1946), Rommel, Desert Fox (1951), Julius Caesar (1953), A Star...
14) shorthand. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...was used for centuries. Modern systems date from 1588, when Timothy Bright published his 500-odd symbols for words; a French system was developed by Jacques Cossard...
15) Sherriff, Robert Cedric. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(1950). Sherriff also wrote novels and film scripts such as Goodby, Mr. Chips (1936) and Odd Man Out (1945)....
16) transit instrument. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...lines ruled on thin glass. The threads or lines are parallel in a north-south direction and odd in number. Precise adjustment places the middle line exactly on the...
17) Osh. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The old city adjoins the larger modern section. The Tash-Sulayman [Solomon's throne], an odd-shaped rock, was once a place of Muslim pilgrimage. Osh was the scene...
18) Hopkins, Sir Anthony. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of roles, Hopkins is especially adept at portraying eccentric characters, from the merely odd to the truly monstrous. Plays in which he has appeared include Equus,...
19) Barton, Derek H. R. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...France. Barton shared the 1969 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Norwegian chemist Odd Hassel for their separate contributions to the development of conformational analysis,...
20) Gaudi i Cornet, Antonio. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Mila (1905-10). Gaudi also introduced color into his facades. Improvising designs from odd bits of material, such as rubble, bricks, and polychrome tiles, he achieved...
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