Robert Todd Lincoln was the eldest and sole surviving child of Abraham Lincoln, who became a millionaire corporation attorney and served as U.S. secretary of war and minister to Great Britain during Republican administrations. Raised in Springfield, Ill., as his father rose from local to national

Lincoln-Douglas debates, series of seven debates between the Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign, largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territories. The slavery extension question had

Lincolnshire, administrative, geographic, and historic county in eastern England, extending along the North Sea coast from the Humber estuary to The Wash. The administrative, geographic, and historic counties cover slightly different areas. The administrative county comprises seven districts: East

lincosamide, any agent in a class of antibiotics that are derived from the compound lincomycin and that inhibit the growth of bacteria by blocking bacterial protein synthesis. Lincomycin, the first lincosamide, was isolated in 1962 from a soil bacterium (Streptomyces lincolnensis). Clindamycin is a

James Lind was a physician, known as the “founder of naval hygiene in England,” whose recommendation that fresh citrus fruit and lemon juice be included in the diet of seamen eventually resulted in the eradication of scurvy from the British Navy. A British naval surgeon (1739–48) and a physician at

Jenny Lind was a Swedish-born operatic and oratorio soprano admired for her vocal control and agility and for the purity and naturalness of her art. Lind made her debut in Der Freischütz at Stockholm in 1838 and in 1841 studied with Manuel García in Paris. Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote the part of Vielka

Jenny Lind was a Swedish-born operatic and oratorio soprano admired for her vocal control and agility and for the purity and naturalness of her art. Lind made her debut in Der Freischütz at Stockholm in 1838 and in 1841 studied with Manuel García in Paris. Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote the part of Vielka

Linda Ronstadt: Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019) is a documentary about her life and career. Ronstadt published the autobiographies Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir (2013) and Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands (2022; cowritten with Lawrence Downes); the latter also included…

Tracy Letts: …the debut of his play Linda Vista, a comedy about a midlife crisis. The production moved to Broadway in 2019. The satire The Minutes, which centres on a city council meeting in a small town, premiered at Steppenwolf in 2017 and transferred to Broadway in 2022; Letts also acted in…

Erik Robert Lindahl was a Swedish economist who was one of the members of the Stockholm school of economics that developed during the late 1920s and early ’30s from the macroeconomic theory of Knut Wicksell. Lindahl held positions at the Universities of Lund, Gothenburg, and Uppsala (1942–60). His

Tomas Lindahl is a Swedish biochemist known for his discovery of base excision repair, a major mechanism of DNA repair, by which cells maintain their genetic integrity. Base excision repair corrects damage sustained by individual DNA bases (adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine), which frequently

Tomas Lindahl is a Swedish biochemist known for his discovery of base excision repair, a major mechanism of DNA repair, by which cells maintain their genetic integrity. Base excision repair corrects damage sustained by individual DNA bases (adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine), which frequently

benzene hexachloride: …isomers is an insecticide called lindane, or Gammexane.

benzene hexachloride: …isomers is an insecticide called lindane, or Gammexane.

Lindau, city, Bavaria Land (state), extreme southern Germany. It lies on an island in Lake Constance (Bodensee), connected to the mainland by two bridges, southeast of Friedrichshafen. It was the site of a Roman camp, Tiberii, and of a Benedictine abbey founded in 810. Fortified in the 12th

Lindbergh baby kidnapping, crime involving the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. At about 9:00 pm on March 1, 1932, the kidnapper or kidnappers climbed by ladder into the second-story nursery of the Lindbergh home near Hopewell, New

Lindbergh baby kidnapping: The murder investigation: Congress to pass the Federal Kidnapping Act (known as the Lindbergh Law) on June 22, 1932—the day that would have been Charles’s second birthday. The Lindbergh Law made kidnapping across state lines a federal crime and stipulated that such an offense could be punished by death.

robotic surgery: Historical developments: …telecommunication technologies enabled the 2001 Lindbergh Operation, in which French physician Jacques Marescaux and Canadian-born surgeon Michel Gagner performed a remote cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) from New York City on a patient in Strasbourg, France. Despite the breakthrough, telesurgery failed to gain widespread popularity for multiple reasons, including time delays between…

Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an American author and airplane pilot primarily known as the wife of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh and as the grief-stricken mother in one of the most famous child kidnapping cases in history. For her work as a copilot and radio operator on exploratory plane trips

Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an American author and airplane pilot primarily known as the wife of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh and as the grief-stricken mother in one of the most famous child kidnapping cases in history. For her work as a copilot and radio operator on exploratory plane trips

Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator, one of the best-known figures in aeronautical history, remembered for the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York City to Paris, on May 20–21, 1927. Lindbergh’s early years were spent chiefly in Little Falls, Minnesota, and in

Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator, one of the best-known figures in aeronautical history, remembered for the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York City to Paris, on May 20–21, 1927. Lindbergh’s early years were spent chiefly in Little Falls, Minnesota, and in

Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator, one of the best-known figures in aeronautical history, remembered for the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York City to Paris, on May 20–21, 1927. Lindbergh’s early years were spent chiefly in Little Falls, Minnesota, and in

Bertil Lindblad was a Swedish astronomer who contributed greatly to the theory of galactic structure and motion and to the methods of determining the absolute magnitude (true brightness, disregarding distance) of distant stars. After serving as an assistant at the observatory in Uppsala, Swed.,

incrementalism: Incrementalism and the ideal of rational decision making: …by the American political scientist Charles E. Lindblom in response to the then-prevalent conception of policy making as a process of rational analysis culminating in a value-maximizing decision. Incrementalism emphasizes the plurality of actors involved in the policy-making process and predicts that policy makers will build on past policies, focusing…

Carl von Linde was a German engineer whose invention of a continuous process of liquefying gases in large quantities formed a basis for the modern technology of refrigeration and provided both impetus and means for conducting scientific research at low temperatures and very high vacuums. While an

Erik Lindegren was a Swedish modernist poet who made a major contribution to the development of a new Swedish poetry in the 1940s. Lindegren attended the University of Stockholm and established himself as a literary reviewer for a number of leading newspapers and magazines. The appearance of

Lindeman Island, island in the Cumberland Islands, across Whitsunday Passage from northeastern Queensland, Australia. A rocky, coral-fringed continental island of the Great Barrier Reef, it has an area of 6 square miles (16 square km) and rises to 800 feet (240 m) at Mount Oldfield. Lindeman was

Ferdinand von Lindemann was a German mathematician who is mainly remembered for having proved that the number π is transcendental—i.e., it does not satisfy any algebraic equation with rational coefficients. This proof established that the classical Greek construction problem of squaring the circle

reality TV: …About Us (2022), American sociologist Danielle J. Lindemann defines reality TV as “a set of programs that feature non-actors (though they may also feature actors in reenactments) and make a claim to reality (whether or not there is any sort of “scripting” actually taking place) but are intended mainly to…

Ferdinand von Lindemann was a German mathematician who is mainly remembered for having proved that the number π is transcendental—i.e., it does not satisfy any algebraic equation with rational coefficients. This proof established that the classical Greek construction problem of squaring the circle

Winston Churchill: Exclusion from office, 1929–39: Lindemann (later Lord Cherwell), who enabled him to build up at Chartwell a private intelligence centre the information of which was often superior to that of the government. When Baldwin became prime minister in 1935, he persisted in excluding Churchill from office but gave him the exceptional…

philosophical feminism: Feminist theories of agency: Hilde Lindemann urged that individuals articulate their sense of themselves by telling stories. Since the narrative form opens up the possibility of reinterpreting past events as well as of devising different continuations of a story in progress, it enables women to mobilize creative powers and…

20th-century international relations: Science and technology in wartime: …a Scientific Advisory Committee under L.A. Lindemann. He and his rival Sir Henry Tizard helped to direct the research programs that discovered various means of jamming the German bombers’ radio navigation systems. By autumn 1940 the Germans countered with their X-Gerät, which broadcast its signal on several frequencies, but this…

Linden, city, northeastern Guyana, on the Demerara River upstream from Georgetown. The former towns of Mackenzie, Wismar, and Christianborg, which were unified as Linden (1971), grew up around the large mining camp that was established by the Aluminum Company of Canada, and later nationalized as

linden, (genus Tilia), genus of about 30 species of trees in the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae) native to the Northern Hemisphere. A few are outstanding as ornamental and shade trees. Lindens are large graceful deciduous trees. The asymmetrical leaves are heart-shaped and coarsely toothed.

boarding school: History of boarding schools across the world: …founded in 1744, and the Linden Hall School for Girls in Pennsylvania, founded in 1746.

Gloria Naylor: Naylor’s second novel, Linden Hills (1985), borrows its structure and theme from Dante’s Inferno and focuses on the destructive materialism of upwardly mobile suburban Blacks. The critically praised Mama Day (1988) blends stories from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest with Black folklore, and Bailey’s Café (1992)

Pieter Cort van der Linden was a Dutch Liberal statesman whose ministry (1913–18) settled controversies over state aid to denominational schools and extension of the franchise, central issues in Dutch politics since the mid-19th century. After having been employed as a solicitor in The Hague until

Pieter Cort van der Linden was a Dutch Liberal statesman whose ministry (1913–18) settled controversies over state aid to denominational schools and extension of the franchise, central issues in Dutch politics since the mid-19th century. After having been employed as a solicitor in The Hague until

vocal music: The 17th–20th centuries: …the modified-strophic setting of “Der Lindenbaum” (“The Linden Tree”), from the cycle Winterreise (“Winter Journey”), Schubert changes from major to minor for the stanza suggesting bitter recollections, gives a more dramatic interpretation to both the voice and piano for references to the chilling winter wind, and, finally, repeats the music…

Native American: The Clovis and Folsom cultures: The Lindenmeier site, a Folsom campsite in northeastern Colorado, has yielded a wide variety of end and side scrapers, gravers (used to engrave bone or wood), and bone artifacts. The Folsom culture is thought to have lasted from approximately 9000 to 8000 bce. Related Paleo-Indian groups,…

Elon Lindenstrauss is an Israeli mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010 for his work in ergodic theory. Lindenstrauss received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1991. He stayed at that university for graduate school, receiving

Gustav Lindenthal was an Austrian-born American civil engineer known for designing Hell Gate Bridge across New York City’s East River. After gaining experience working on railways and bridges in Austria and Switzerland, Lindenthal immigrated to the United States (1871). He served as a construction

St. Louis: The contemporary city: Other schools include Lindenwood University in St. Charles (1827), Harris-Stowe State College (1857), Maryville University of St. Louis (1872), Webster University (1915), Fontbonne University (1923), and St. Louis Community College (1962).

history of film: Pre-World War I European cinema: …Kops, while the immensely popular Max Linder created a comic persona that would deeply influence the work of Charlie Chaplin. The episodic crime film was pioneered by Victorin Jasset in the Nick Carter series, produced for the small Éclair Company, but it remained for Gaumont’s Louis Feuillade to bring the…

spicebush, (Lindera benzoin), deciduous, dense shrub of the laurel family (Lauraceae), native to eastern North America. It occurs most often in damp woods and grows about 1.5–6 m (about 5–20 feet) tall. The alternate leaves are rather oblong, but wedge-shaped near the base, and 8–13 cm (3–5 inches)

Georg von Dollmann: The neo-Baroque or neo-Rococo Linderhof is especially incongruous in its mountainous setting. Neuschwanstein, which was begun for Ludwig by Eduard Riedel, was intended to suggest the medieval Teutonism of Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser (1845). Herrenchiemsee was planned as a replica of the French royal residence at Versailles.

Jean-Baptiste-Robert Lindet was a member of the Committee of Public Safety that ruled Revolutionary France during the period of the Jacobin dictatorship (1793–94). He organized the provisioning of France’s armies and had charge of much of the central economic planning carried out by the committee.

Astrid Lindgren was an influential Swedish writer of children’s books who created such memorable characters as Pippi Longstocking. Lindgren’s great popularity began in 1945 with the publication of Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking), the first of several books with Pippi as a main character. This

Swedish literature: Political writing: …has been the setting for Torgny Lindgren’s novels, such as Ormens väg på hälleberget (1982; Way of a Serpent). He, however, was primarily interested in questions of power, oppression, and the nature of evil. Likewise, many of Göran Tunström’s novels are firmly anchored in his home region of Värmland. Originally…

Waldemar Lindgren was a Swedish-born American economic geologist noted for a system of ore classification that he detailed in his book Mineral Deposits (1913). Lindgren graduated in 1882 as a mining engineer from the Freiberg Mining Academy in Germany. Following a year of postgraduate work at

Sweden: The 21st century: …month the public stabbing of Anna Lindh, the popular minister of foreign affairs, shocked Swedes and again raised questions about the price of an open and egalitarian society.

John Walker Lindh is a U.S. citizen who was captured along with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan during the Afghanistan War in 2001. In 2002 he agreed to a plea bargain and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Lindh was released in 2019. The son of a corporate lawyer and a commercial photographer,

Lindos, town on the eastern coast of Rhodes and the site of one of the three city-states of Rhodes before their union (408 bc). Lindos was the site of Danish excavations (1902–24, resumed 1952) that uncovered the Doric Temple of Athena Lindia on the acropolis, propylaea (entrance gates), and a stoa

Ilchester, town (parish), South Somerset district, administrative and historic county of Somerset, southwestern England. It lies along the River Yeo. Ilchester was known as Lindinis under Roman rule and was the northern tribal capital of the Durotriges, an early British people. A royal mint was

Holy Island, historic small island (2 square miles [5 square km]) in the west North Sea, 2 miles (3 km) from the English Northumberland coast (in which county it is included), linked to the mainland by a causeway at low tide. It is administratively part of Berwick-upon-Tweed district. Holy Island’s

Lindisfarne Gospels, manuscript (MS. Cotton Nero D.IV.; British Museum, London) illuminated in the late 7th or 8th century in the Hiberno-Saxon style. The book was probably made for Eadfrith, the bishop of Lindisfarne from 698 to 721. Attributed to the Northumbrian school, the Lindisfarne Gospels

Lindisfarne raid, Viking assault in 793 on the island of Lindisfarne (Holy Island) off the coast of what is now Northumberland. The monastery at Lindisfarne was the preeminent centre of Christianity in the kingdom of Northumbria. The event sent tremors throughout English Christendom and marked the

Jackson Browne: …for the Sky, featured instrumentalist David Lindley—Browne had million-selling hits with The Pretender (1976) and the live album Running on Empty (1978); the title tracks from both recordings are among his best-known songs. His musical style ranged from romantic folk rock ballads to up-tempo rock and reggae.

John Lindley was a British botanist whose attempts to formulate a natural system of plant classification greatly aided the transition from the artificial (considering the characters of single parts) to the natural system (considering all characters of a plant). In 1819 Lindley arrived in London

William Lindley was a British civil engineer who helped renovate the German city of Hamburg after a major fire. Lindley engaged in railway work on the European continent and settled in Hamburg as engineer in chief to the Hamburg-Bergedorf Railway (1838–60). On May 5, 1842, a fire broke out in

Sweden: Political reform: …government under the leadership of Arvid Lindman. The motion granted a universal and equal franchise for the second chamber, a certain democratization of the first chamber, and proportional representation for elections to both chambers of the Riksdag. The elections to the second chamber in 1911 produced a landslide victory for…

Free Democratic Party: …to government, but FDP leader Christian Lindner withdrew from talks at the 11th hour. Lindner quipped, “It is better not to govern than to govern wrongly,” and, with the prospect of another election looming, the CDU-CSU ultimately renewed its grand coalition with the SPD. Although the far-right Alternative for Germany…

Black Eyed Peas: ) and apl.de.ap (byname of Allan Pineda Lindo; b. November 28, 1974, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines) recruited MC and dancer Taboo (byname of Jaime Luis Gomez; b. July 14, 1975, East Los Angeles, California) to form the Black Eyed Peas. The group’s debut recording, Behind the Front…

Lindos, town on the eastern coast of Rhodes and the site of one of the three city-states of Rhodes before their union (408 bc). Lindos was the site of Danish excavations (1902–24, resumed 1952) that uncovered the Doric Temple of Athena Lindia on the acropolis, propylaea (entrance gates), and a stoa

Susan L. Lindquist was an American molecular biologist who made key discoveries concerning protein folding and who was among the first to discover that in yeast, inherited traits can be passed to offspring via misfolded proteins known as prions. Lindquist received a bachelor’s degree (1971) in

Susan L. Lindquist was an American molecular biologist who made key discoveries concerning protein folding and who was among the first to discover that in yeast, inherited traits can be passed to offspring via misfolded proteins known as prions. Lindquist received a bachelor’s degree (1971) in

vampire: History: …the Right One In) by John Ajvide Lindqvist, in which the main characters are a perpetually childlike vampire and a young boy she befriends and helps fend off bullies. The book was adapted for film in Sweden in 2008 and in the United States as Let Me In in 2010.

Swedish literature: Political writing: Sven Lindqvist went through a similar process; after a period of committed writing, he returned in En älskares dagbok (1981; “A Lover’s Diary”) to a more or less autobiographical novel of his own youth. Lars Gyllensten, a skeptical intellectual and experimenter, voiced through his novels…

Philadelphia Flyers: …1992 the team acquired centre Eric Lindros, who became one of the biggest stars in the NHL in his eight seasons in Philadelphia. In 1996–97 Lindros, along with winger John LeClair, propelled the Flyers to the seventh Stanley Cup finals in team history, which, like the previous four appearances, ended…

fern: Chromosome numbers and polyploidy: …from 27 to 36, or Lindsaea, with x numbers from 34 to about 50. So much variation in the chromosome base number suggests that the “genus” concerned may be unnatural or that it may be very ancient, with intermediate numbers having disappeared (e.g., Dennstaedtia), or that it is in a…

fern: Annotated classification: Lindsaeineae Family Lindsaeaceae (lace ferns) Plants mostly in soil or on rocks; rhizomes short- to long-creeping, hairy or scaly; leaves 1 to 3 times pinnately compound, usually glabrous, sori marginal or submarginal, the indusium either lateral and opening toward the margin or the sori protected by a…

fern: Annotated classification: …in some older literature) Suborder Lindsaeineae Family Lindsaeaceae (lace ferns) Plants mostly in soil or on rocks; rhizomes short- to long-creeping, hairy or scaly; leaves 1 to 3 times pinnately compound, usually glabrous, sori marginal or submarginal, the indusium either lateral and opening toward the margin or the sori protected…

Kawartha Lakes, city, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 2001 by the merger of the former town of Lindsay and the other communities constituting what until the amalgamation had been Victoria county. It was named for the Kawartha Lakes, a chain of lakes in the region. It lies along the

Lindsay and Crouse, were an American duo responsible for coauthoring humorous plays and collaborating on theatrical productions. Howard Lindsay (b. March 29, 1889, Waterford, New York, U.S.—d. February 11, 1968, New York, New York) and Russel Crouse (b. February 20, 1893, Findlay, Ohio, U.S.—d.

Antigua and Barbuda: Land: …143 feet (44 metres) at Lindsay Hill in the northeast, it is 62 square miles (161 square km) in area. Barbuda is without streams or lakes and receives less rainfall than Antigua. Codrington, the only settlement, lies on a lagoon to the west. The climate is similar to that of…

Lindsay and Crouse: Howard Lindsay (b. March 29, 1889, Waterford, New York, U.S.—d. February 11, 1968, New York, New York) and Russel Crouse (b. February 20, 1893, Findlay, Ohio, U.S.—d. April 3, 1966, New York, New York) were notable both for their continual successes and for the way…

Lady Anne Barnard was the author of the popular ballad “Auld Robin Gray” (1771). In 1763 she married Sir Andrew Barnard and accompanied him to the Cape of Good Hope when he became colonial secretary there in 1797. When the Cape was ceded to Holland (1802), they settled permanently in London. “Auld

Vachel Lindsay was an American poet who—in an attempt to revive poetry as an oral art form of the common people—wrote and read to audiences compositions with powerful rhythms that had an immediate appeal. After three years at Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio, Lindsay left in 1900 to study art in Chicago

Norman Lindsay was an Australian artist and novelist especially known for his political cartoons and sensual book illustrations. At 16 Lindsay began to draw for a Melbourne newspaper, and in 1901 he moved to New South Wales. He was for many years the chief cartoonist of the Sydney Bulletin. His

Norman Lindsay was an Australian artist and novelist especially known for his political cartoons and sensual book illustrations. At 16 Lindsay began to draw for a Melbourne newspaper, and in 1901 he moved to New South Wales. He was for many years the chief cartoonist of the Sydney Bulletin. His

Sir David Lyndsay was a Scottish poet of the pre-Reformation period who satirized the corruption of the Roman Catholic church and contemporary government. He was one of the company of gifted courtly poets (makaris) who flourished in the golden age of Scottish literature. His didactic writings in

Vachel Lindsay was an American poet who—in an attempt to revive poetry as an oral art form of the common people—wrote and read to audiences compositions with powerful rhythms that had an immediate appeal. After three years at Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio, Lindsay left in 1900 to study art in Chicago

Kansas: Cultural life: …museum, the small community of Lindsborg has a biennial folk festival, the Svensk Hyllningsfest, which honours the Swedish pioneers who settled the town. It features Swedish costumes, traditional food, folk dances, and displays of the arts and crafts of local artisans. Wilson has a Czech festival each year. Examples of…

Lindsey, an early Anglo-Saxon kingdom and bishopric, probably coterminous with the modern districts of East Lindsey and West Lindsey, in Lincolnshire. It was an area of early settlement by the Angles and was ruled by its own kings until the late 8th century. In the mid-7th century Northumbria had

Parts of Lindsey, formerly one of three administrative divisions of the historic county of Lincolnshire, England, and approximately coterminous with the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey. It now forms the unitary authorities of North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire and the districts of West

Ben B. Lindsey was an American judge, international authority on juvenile delinquency, and reformer of legal procedures concerning offenses by youths and domestic-relations problems. His controversial advocacy of “companionate marriage” was sometimes confused with the “trial marriage” idea of the

Ben B. Lindsey was an American judge, international authority on juvenile delinquency, and reformer of legal procedures concerning offenses by youths and domestic-relations problems. His controversial advocacy of “companionate marriage” was sometimes confused with the “trial marriage” idea of the

Parts of Lindsey, formerly one of three administrative divisions of the historic county of Lincolnshire, England, and approximately coterminous with the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey. It now forms the unitary authorities of North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire and the districts of West

balloon flight: Long-distance ballooning: Richard Branson and Swedish aeronaut Per Lindstrand, aboard the Virgin Atlantic Flyer, made the first transatlantic flight in a hot-air balloon. And in 1991, aboard the Otsuka Flyer, they made the first transpacific flight in a hot-air balloon. In 1984 American aviator Joseph W. Kittinger, aboard the helium-filled Rosie O’Grady’s…

metalogic: Elementary logic: Although Lindström’s theorem does not settle satisfactorily whether or not elementary logic is the right logic, it does seem to suggest that mathematical findings can help the logician to clarify his concepts of logic and of logical truth.

metalogic: Elementary logic: …that enabled the Swedish logician Per Lindström to prove in 1969 a general theorem to the effect that, roughly speaking, within a broad class of possible logics, elementary logic is the only one that satisfies the requirements of axiomatizability and of the Löwenheim-Skolem theorem. Although Lindström’s theorem does not settle…

United Kingdom: Administration: By the year 98 Lincoln and Gloucester had joined Camulodunum as coloniae, and by 237 York had become a fourth. Coloniae of Roman citizens enjoyed autonomy with a constitution based on that of republican Rome, and Roman citizens had various privileges before the law. It is likely that Verulamium…

Lindos, town on the eastern coast of Rhodes and the site of one of the three city-states of Rhodes before their union (408 bc). Lindos was the site of Danish excavations (1902–24, resumed 1952) that uncovered the Doric Temple of Athena Lindia on the acropolis, propylaea (entrance gates), and a stoa

dance: Social dance: The lindy and rock and roll brought back contact between the dancers, but it was of a very acrobatic and individualistic kind. The influence of African dance could still be seen in disco and other popular forms, particularly in the characteristic swaying of the hips and…

dance: Social dance: The lindy and rock and roll brought back contact between the dancers, but it was of a very acrobatic and individualistic kind. The influence of African dance could still be seen in disco and other popular forms, particularly in the characteristic swaying of the hips and…

hemp: Cultivation and processing: …long, fairly straight fibre, or line. The fibre strands, usually longer than 1.8 metres (5.8 feet), are made of individual cylindrical cells with an irregular surface.

fishing: Early history: Horsehair fishing lines gave way to lines made of silk, cotton, or linen. The average angler could cast three times farther with these lines, and this increased distance helped spur the development of artificial lures. With longer casting capabilities and more line, a considerable tangle (called an…

drawing: Elements and principles of design: …element of drawing is the line. Through practically the entire development of Western drawing, this figure, essentially abstract, not present in nature, and appearing only as a border setting of bodies, colours, or planes, has been the vehicle of a representational more or less illusionist rendition of objects. Only in…