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21Modern architecture — This article is about architectural aspects of modernization and modernism. For most recent developments in architecture, see Contemporary architecture. Contrasts in modern architecture, as shown by adjacent high rises in Chicago, Illinois. IBM… …
22Dharmakaya — The Dharmakāya (lit. Truth Body or Reality Body) is a central concept in Mahayana Buddhism forming part of the Trikaya doctrine that was first expounded in the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra (The Lotus Sutra), composed in the first century BCE. It… …
23Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah — Tāriqu l Ḥākim, called bi Amr al Lāh (Arabic: الحاكم بأمر الله; literally Ruler by God s Command ), was the sixth Fatimid Caliph in Egypt, ruling from 996 to 1021.His reign was notable for several things: the tender age eleven at which he… …
24Nightfall (Asimov short story) — Nightfall is an influential science fiction short story by author Isaac Asimov, about the coming of darkness to the people of a planet ordinarily illuminated at all times on all sides. It was subsequently adapted to become a novel.Considered a… …
25Postmodern architecture — was an international style whose first examples are generally cited as being from the 1950s, and which continues to influence present day architecture. Postmodernity in architecture is generally thought to be heralded by the return of wit,… …
26Jacques Champion de Chambonnières — (Jacques Champion, commonly referred to as Chambonnières) (c. 1601/2 – 1672) was a French harpsichordist, dancer and composer. Born into a musical family, Chambonnières made an illustrious career as court harpsichordist in Paris and was… …
27Slashed zero — Not to be confused with Ø. Display of zero in three typefaces. From top to bottom: slashed zero, dotted zero, plain zero. The slashed zero is a representation of the number 0 (zero), with a slash through it. In character encoding terms, it is an… …
28Waka (canoe) — In the Māori language and New Zealand English, waka (IPA:IPA|wɔka) are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (waka tīwai) used for fishing and river travel, to large decorated war canoes (waka taua) up… …
29Leonel Power — (1370 to 1385 ndash; June 5 1445 ) was an English composer of the late Medieval and early Renaissance eras. Along with John Dunstaple, he was one of the major figures in English music in the early 15th century.LifeHe was probably from Kent, and… …
30New York State Tenement House Act — One of the reforms of the Progressive Era, the New York State Tenement House Act of 1901 was one of the first such laws to ban the construction of dark, poorly ventilated tenement buildings in the state of New York. Among other sanctions, the law …
