Sentences with phrase «encyclopedia says»

An online encyclopedia says that Eves and Harris were accused of violating centuries of parliamentary tradition.

Wikipedia the FREE encyclopedia says «culture jamming sometimes entails transforming mass media to produce... satirical commentary about itself.»

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia says similarly that «The identification of this Mary with the sinful woman is, of course, impossible for one who follows closely the course of the narrative with an eye to the transition.»

The reverse can also be true, for the World Book Encyclopedia says that «energy changes into matter when subatomic particles collide at high speeds and create new, heavier particles.»

And in 1890, Woodruff, who the Utah History Encyclopedia says initially had supported the practice of polygamy, issued what became known as the 1890 Manifesto: «I publicly declare that my advice to the Latter - day Saints is to refrain from contracting any marriages forbidden by the law of the land.»

Not exact matches

Regarding the shape of the earth, The Encyclopedia Americana says: «The earliest known image that men had of the earth was that it was a flat, rigid platform at the center of the universe....

Its roots: Aside from the brief account in the Bible, «everything written about the Wise Men stems principally from legend,» says The Christmas Encyclopedia.

«The Nativity gradually absorbed or supplanted all other solstice rites,» says the Encyclopedia of Religion.

«Christmas,» says the Encyclopedia of Religion, means ««Christ's Mass,» that is, the mass celebrating the feast of Christ's nativity,» or birth.

Its roots: «The establishment of December 25 evolved not from biblical precedent,» says The Christmas Encyclopedia, «but from pagan Roman festivals held at year's end,» about the time of the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.

Those festivals included the Saturnalia, in honor of Saturn, god of agriculture, «and the combined festivals of two sun gods, the Roman Sol and the Persian Mithra,» says the same encyclopedia.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation Edited by Hans J. Hillerbrand; Four volumes Oxford University Press, 1,977 pages, $ 45 It's a reviewer's cliche, and a way of damning with faint praise, to say of a book that no academic library can afford to be without it.

In passing, may we say that it is an article which demands both translation into English and presentation in a form more readily accessible than that of an article within the pages of a multi-volume learned encyclopedia.

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy says historical nationalism includes the belief in «the supremacy of the nation's claims over other claims to individual allegiance.»

Yvonne Staples was not as interested in singing as the rest of her family but she stepped in when her brother Pervis left for military service, said family friend Bill Carpenter, who is author of Uncloudy Day: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia.

He was, Woodson says, «the walking encyclopedia, the counselor of the unwise, the friend of the unfortunate, the social welfare organizer, and the interpreter of the times.»

These numbers deserve more scrutiny than can be offered here, but it should be noted that the Encyclopedia treats every victim of Stalin as a Christian martyr and says there were 1 million «Jewish Christian» martyrs in the Holocaust.

Form the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia: «The notion of Allah in Arabic theology is substantially the same as that of God among the Jews, and also among the Christians, with the exception of the Trinity, which is positively excluded in the Koran, cxii: «Say God, is one God, the eternal God, he begetteth not, neither is he begotten and there is not any one like unto him.»

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine says, «The least harmful stress scenario is one in which an individual has a sufficient degree of control or some idea of predictability.

«Eggs function as a staple in India in the same way as rice,» says Lakshmi, author of the recently released Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs, «They can carry any spice you want them to.»

The «free encyclopedia that anyone can edit» is too male, too Western and too demanding — fixing it will take some radical changes, says Jim Giles

«In the U.S., over the last 15 years, we've become so ideologically polarized that if I ask you in a survey to tell me your positions on abortion, taxes, and gun control, I can predict with a fairly high percentage, 80 - 90 %, what your position on climate change might be,» said Nisbet, who is also editor - in - chief of «The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Change Communication.»

«This model was trained on genetic data from human tumors in The Cancer Genome Atlas and was able to predict response to certain inhibitors that affect cancers with overactive Ras signaling in an encyclopedia of cancer cell lines,» Greene said.

The reason, they say, is that no amount of new editors will be able to plug Wikipedia's gaps until the rules that govern the encyclopedia are changed.

Yet making Wikipedia more welcoming is more complicated than it may seem, says Samuel Klein, an active editor since 2004 who is now a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation, a San Francisco - based organisation that supports the running of the encyclopedia.

Upon receiving the Cervantes Prize in 1979 («a generous blunder that I shamelessly accept,» he said), Borges commented in an interview that with the prize money — a million pesetas, to be shared with Spanish poet Gerardo Diego — he planned to buy the Espasa Calpe encyclopedia, which he eventually received as a present from the publishers.

«A well - balanced and healthy diet is essential for both your wellbeing and that of your baby,» says Alison Mackonochie, author of The Practical Encyclopedia of Pregnancy, Babycare and Nutrition for Babies and Toddlers.

People often say that I am a walking encyclopedia when it comes to anime, for example the term Cosplay was coined by a reporter from Japan at the 1984 WorldCon in LA.

Bring out the poet in you by The Love Quotes encyclopedia offers a great collection of famous love quotes, poems, and sayings from famous authors, poets, songs, and movies.

When I worked at Microsoft, editing the CD - ROM and web movie encyclopedia Cinemania, I and my colleagues at Music Central had a difficult time explaining to the marketing folks the qualitative differences between people's (I'm sorry — consumers») relationships to movies and music and, say, their relationships to their kitchen appliances.

He reveals himself to be a virtual Hollywood encyclopedia and his anecdotes about who said what to whom during the shooting of this or that picture are never ending.

Have multiple copies of documents related to that question (literary criticism, encyclopedia entries, op - eds, news articles, etc.) and multiple dictionaries on a table for students to use — I recommend saying nothing about these and seeing what happens.

he said, referring to another encyclopedia, the oldest in the English language still in print and one that is often pitted against Wikipedia.

«It's like an encyclopedia,» Reimers said.

But to say that «encyclopedia sites» were just a small portion of plagiarized content on Turnitin.com belies the frequency with which students turn to that type of site.

John, who is a walking encyclopedia about book marketing says, «Eighty percent of all books are sold by word of mouth, but it's publicity that primes the marketing pump.

I have a big book that I'm killing myself to finish right now,» Reinhart says, laughing, before describing his forthcoming Star Wars encyclopedia, a celebration of the 30 - year anniversary of the first Star Wars film.

Right now Encyclopedia Britannica says that over 100 million subscribe to its digital publications and they see the business growing in the next few years.

With this edition, we probably say good - bye to the largest single - subject encyclopedia in the world in its print form, while we look forward to what editor Stanley Sadie called the «exciting and challenging possibilities» of its electronic future.

Jorge Cauz the President of the company said «A printed encyclopedia is obsolete the minute that you print it,» Whereas our online edition is updated continuously.»

He said it's not uncommon to see a decade - old computer manual or an incomplete encyclopedia set on a library shelf — not exactly inspiring reading material for young people.

«They want to be compensated for putting money in your pocket,» says Jack Guttentag, author of «The Mortgage Encyclopedia.»

«If you don't understand how the investment markets work, you're much more likely to panic,» said Barbara A. Friedberg, a veteran portfolio manager and author of «Personal Finance: An Encyclopedia of Modern Money Management.»

But having said that the Visual Guide actually contains quite a few bits of information that the Encyclopedia does not, as well as quite a few entries that are strangely missing from the big book.

They're even fixing historical inaccuracies in the in - game encyclopedia - «there is no such thing as a Nile alligator, but there is a Nile crocodile,» Isgreen says.

Dr Judith Curry is a member of the National Research Council's Climate Research Committee, the co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, the co-author of Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, the winner of the Henry G Houghton Research Award from the American Meteorological Society, a former member of the National Academies Space Studies Board and Climate Research Group, and of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Working Group... but she's «anti-science» because Michael Mann says so.

Encyclopedia of planetary sciences says «Absorption is the conversion of electromagnetic energy to another form of energy through interaction with matter.

Or hired assassin «I T Jolliffe» of the Koch - funded Potemkin tract «Principal Component Analysis» in the Scaife - funded Potemkin reference work «The International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science», who said Mann's science is «a piece of dubious statistics».

«It could be a very big leap in the way we do science,» said Cristian Samper, acting secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, one of seven museums, universities and labs to launch the encyclopedia.

«It's an interactive zoo,» said James Edwards, who will be the encyclopedia's executive director.