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121Oligocene Epoch — Major division of the Tertiary Period, from с 33. 7 to 23.8 million years ago. It follows the Eocene Epoch and precedes the Miocene Epoch. The term (from the Greek for few recent forms ) refers to the small number of modern animals that… …
122Ordovician Period — Interval of geologic time, 490–443 million years ago, the second oldest period of the Paleozoic Era. It follows the Cambrian and precedes the Silurian. During the Ordovician, many of the landmasses were aligned in the tropics. Life was dominated… …
123Permian Period — Interval of geologic time, 290–248 million years ago. The last of the six periods of the Paleozoic Era, it follows the Carboniferous Period. During the Permian, the continents joined to form a single supercontinent, Pangea. Hot, dry conditions… …
124Steinberg, Saul — orig. Saul Jacobson born June 15, 1914, Râmnicu Sărat, Rom. died May 12, 1999, New York, N.Y., U.S. Romanian born U.S. cartoonist and illustrator. He studied architecture in Milan, meanwhile publishing cartoons in Italian magazines. Settling in… …
125education, philosophy of — Application of philosophical methods to problems and issues in education. Among the topics investigated in the philosophy of education are the nature of learning, especially in children, and the purpose of education, including the question of… …
126Australian literature — Introduction the body of literatures, both oral and written, produced in Australia. Perhaps more so than in other countries, the literature of Australia characteristically expresses collective values. Even when the literature deals… …
127Brandes, Georg — ▪ Danish writer in full Georg Morris Cohen Brandes born Feb. 4, 1842, Copenhagen, Den. died Feb. 19, 1927, Copenhagen Danish critic and scholar who, from 1870 through the turn of the century, exerted an enormous influence on the Scandinavian… …
128Bricker, John W. — ▪ American politician in full John William Bricker born Sept. 6, 1893, Madison county, Ohio, U.S. died March 22, 1986, Columbus, Ohio conservative Republican politician who held state and national public offices for many years; he was… …
