human sexual activity: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: …to as AIDS-related complex (ARC) and include fever, rashes, weight loss, and wasting. Opportunistic infections such as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, neoplasms such as Kaposi sarcoma, and central nervous system dysfunction are also common complications. The patient eventually dies, unable to mount an immunologic defense against the constant onslaught of…

institutional economics, school of economics that flourished in the United States during the 1920s and ’30s. It viewed the evolution of economic institutions as part of the broader process of cultural development. American economist and social scientist Thorstein Veblen laid the foundation for

Do the Right Thing: Plot and characters: Cast

Chris Dodd: …most notably the insurance corporation American International Group, Inc. (AIG), to distribute bonuses. Facing a difficult reelection campaign, Dodd announced in January 2010 that he would not seek a sixth term in the Senate. He later served as chairman (2011–17) of the Motion Picture Association of America.

Edessa: …Edessa was the location of Aigai, the first capital of ancient Macedonia, was seriously challenged by the discovery in 1977 of royal tombs of Macedonian leaders at Verghina, southeast of Véroia, including one identified as that of Philip II. In Roman times Edessa was a stop on the Via Egnatia…

Aegean Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek peninsula on the west and Asia Minor on the east. About 380 miles (612 km) long and 186 miles (299 km) wide, it has a total area of some 83,000 square miles (215,000 square km). The Aegean is connected through the straits of the

Windhoek, town, capital of Namibia, located roughly in the centre of the country. It lies at an elevation of 5,428 feet (1,654 metres) and is about 400 miles (650 km) north of the Orange River and 760 miles (1,225 km) north of Cape Town, South Africa. The town is surrounded by arid country, but a

Edessa: …Edessa was the location of Aigai, the first capital of ancient Macedonia, was seriously challenged by the discovery in 1977 of royal tombs of Macedonian leaders at Verghina, southeast of Véroia, including one identified as that of Philip II. In Roman times Edessa was a stop on the Via Egnatia…

Saronikós Gulf, gulf of the Aegean Sea between Ákra (cape) Soúnion of the Attica (Modern Greek: Attikí) peninsula and Ákra Skíllaion of the Argolís peninsula of the Greek Peloponnese (Pelopónnisos). A maximum of 50 miles (80 km) long northwest-southeast and about 30 miles wide, it is linked on the

Edmond Rostand: …that is still remembered is L’Aiglon (1900). This highly emotional patriotic tragedy in six acts centres on the Duke of Reichstadt, who never ruled but died of tuberculosis as a virtual prisoner in Austria. Rostand always took pains to write fine parts for his stars, and L’Aiglon afforded Sarah Bernhardt…

submarine: Toward diesel-electric power: …completed in 1900–01 and the Aigrette, completed in 1905, the first diesel-driven submarine of any navy.

aigrette, tuft of long, white heron (usually egret) plumes used as a decorative headdress, or any other ornament resembling such a headdress. Such plumes were highly prized as ornaments in Middle Eastern ceremonial dress. Jeweled aigrettes, at first made in the form of a tuft of plumes, became an

Aigues-Mortes, town, Gard département, Occitanie région, southeastern France, southwest of Nîmes, on the Canal du Rhône à Sète, with its own 3.5-mile (6-km) canal to the Gulf of Lion. Its name comes from aquae mortuae, the “dead waters” of the surrounding saline delta marshland. Built by Louis IX

Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duke d’Aiguillon was a French statesman, whose career illustrates the difficulties of the central government of the ancien régime in dealing with the provincial Parlements and estates, the extent to which powerful ministers were at the mercy of court intrigue, and how

China: The anti-foreign movement and the second Opium War (Arrow War): …to sign a treaty at Aigun (Aihui), by which the territory on the northern bank of the Amur was ceded to Russia and the land between the Ussuri River and the sea was placed in joint possession by the two countries, pending further disposition. But Beijing refused to ratify the…

South Asian arts: Medieval temple architecture: South Indian style of Karnataka: …and two cave temples at Aihole are early 8th century. Among structural temples built during the rule of the Cālukyas of Bāẖāmi are examples in the North Indian style; but, because the Karnataka region was more receptive to southern influences, there are a large number of examples that are basically…

Yarqon River: …Judaea and Samaria, and the Wadi Ayyalon (Aijalon) in the southeast. In the valley of the latter, according to the Bible, the moon stood still during Joshua’s conquest of the Amorites (Joshua 10).

Aiken, county, western South Carolina, U.S. It lies in the state’s sandhill region between the North Fork Edisto River to the northeast and the Savannah River border with Georgia to the southwest. The county is also drained by the South Fork Edisto. Aiken and Redcliffe Plantation state parks are

Aiken, city, seat of Aiken county, western South Carolina, U.S. Aiken lies 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Augusta, Georgia. It was chartered in 1835 and named for the railroad entrepreneur William Aiken. The city was originally a health resort. During the American Civil War the Confederate forces of

Conrad Aiken was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, short-story writer, novelist, and critic whose works, influenced by early psychoanalytic theory, are concerned largely with the human need for self-awareness and a sense of identity. Aiken himself faced considerable trauma in his childhood

Conrad Aiken was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, short-story writer, novelist, and critic whose works, influenced by early psychoanalytic theory, are concerned largely with the human need for self-awareness and a sense of identity. Aiken himself faced considerable trauma in his childhood

Howard Aiken was a mathematician who invented the Harvard Mark I, the forerunner of the modern electronic digital computer. Aiken did engineering work while he attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After completing his doctorate at Harvard University in 1939, he remained there for a short

Howard Aiken was a mathematician who invented the Harvard Mark I, the forerunner of the modern electronic digital computer. Aiken did engineering work while he attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After completing his doctorate at Harvard University in 1939, he remained there for a short

Joan Aiken was a prolific British author of fantasy, adventure, horror, and suspense tales for both juvenile and adult readers. Perhaps best-known as the inventor of a genre called the “unhistorical romance,” Aiken wrote tales that combine humour and action with traditional mythic and fairy tale

Joan Aiken was a prolific British author of fantasy, adventure, horror, and suspense tales for both juvenile and adult readers. Perhaps best-known as the inventor of a genre called the “unhistorical romance,” Aiken wrote tales that combine humour and action with traditional mythic and fairy tale

Moms Mabley was an American comedian who was one of the most successful Black vaudeville performers. She modeled her stage persona largely on her grandmother, who had been an enslaved person. Wise, clever, and often ribald, Mabley dressed in frumpy clothes and used her deep voice and elastic face

aikido, martial art and self-defense system that resembles the fighting methods jujitsu and judo in its use of twisting and throwing techniques and in its aim of turning an attacker’s strength and momentum against himself. Pressure on vital nerve centres is also used. Aikido practitioners train to

aikido, martial art and self-defense system that resembles the fighting methods jujitsu and judo in its use of twisting and throwing techniques and in its aim of turning an attacker’s strength and momentum against himself. Pressure on vital nerve centres is also used. Aikido practitioners train to

Anna Laetitia Barbauld was a British writer, poet, and editor whose best writings are on political and social themes. Her poetry belongs essentially in the tradition of 18th-century meditative verse. The only daughter of John Aikin, she lived from the age of 15 to 30 in Warrington, Lancashire,

shape-note singing: History: Beginning with Jesse B. Aikin’s Christian Minstrel (1846), many tunebooks were printed in seven shapes, representing the seven syllables of the doremi system. Aikin’s seven-shape notation achieved wide use in the southern United States, where it was adopted in some denominational hymnals. After the American Civil War,…

Anna Laetitia Barbauld: The only daughter of John Aikin, she lived from the age of 15 to 30 in Warrington, Lancashire, where her father taught at a Nonconformist Protestant academy. There she was encouraged by her father’s friends and colleagues to pursue her education and literary talents. In 1774 she married Rochemont…

Troy Aikman is an American gridiron football quarterback who led the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL) to three Super Bowl victories (1993, 1994, and 1996). Aikman was raised in Cerritos, a suburb of Los Angeles, before moving with his family to the small town of Henryetta,

Troy Aikman is an American gridiron football quarterback who led the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL) to three Super Bowl victories (1993, 1994, and 1996). Aikman was raised in Cerritos, a suburb of Los Angeles, before moving with his family to the small town of Henryetta,

Etō Shimpei: …form a political club, the Aikoku Kōtō (“Public Party of Patriots”). Angered by the domination of the government by samurai (hereditary warriors) from Chōshū and Satsuma, the group denounced the arbitrary manner in which official decisions were being made and called for the establishment of a parliamentary system of government.

ailanthus, Any of the flowering plants that make up the genus Ailanthus, in the quassia family (Simaroubaceae), native to eastern and southern Asia and northern Australia and naturalized in subtropical and temperate regions elsewhere. Ailanthus leaves alternate along the stem and are composed of

ailanthus, Any of the flowering plants that make up the genus Ailanthus, in the quassia family (Simaroubaceae), native to eastern and southern Asia and northern Australia and naturalized in subtropical and temperate regions elsewhere. Ailanthus leaves alternate along the stem and are composed of

tree of heaven, (Ailanthus altissima), rapid-growing tree, in the family Simaroubaceae, native to China but widely naturalized elsewhere. It has been planted as a yard and street tree in urban centres, because of its resistance to pollution, freedom from insects and disease, and ability to grow in

saturniid moth: Major species: The caterpillar of the cynthia moth (Samia cynthia or walkeri), also known as the ailanthus silk moth, native to Asia and introduced into North America, feeds chiefly on leaves of the ailanthus tree and the castor oil plant. The olive green adult has a distinctive pattern of crescents on…

Cecil Taylor: In 2009 he released Ailanthus/Altissima: Bilateral Dimensions of 2 Root Songs with British drummer and longtime collaborator Tony Oxley. The National Endowment for the Arts named Taylor a Jazz Master in 1990.

Yunnan: Relief and drainage: …secondary ranges—the Wuliang and the Ailao in the south-central area and the Wumeng in the northeast.

At the 1920 Games in Antwerp, Belgium, 14-year-old Aileen Riggin became the youngest Olympic champion to win a gold medal. She earned that distinction in the first women’s Olympic springboard diving event, competing on the first U.S. women’s swimming and diving team. Riggin accomplished more than

aileron, movable part of an airplane wing that is controlled by the pilot and permits them to roll the aircraft around its longitudinal axis. Ailerons are thus used primarily to bank the aircraft for turning. Ailerons have appeared in different forms throughout the years but are usually part of the

Roger Ailes was an American television producer and political consultant who became the founding president of Fox News Channel (1996–16). Ailes, the son of a foreman at a Packard Electric plant, grew up in an Ohio factory town. He began a career in television the year that he graduated from Ohio

Roger Ailes was an American television producer and political consultant who became the founding president of Fox News Channel (1996–16). Ailes, the son of a foreman at a Packard Electric plant, grew up in an Ohio factory town. He began a career in television the year that he graduated from Ohio

military technology: Plate: …the extremities; square plates called ailettes, which protected the shoulder, made a brief appearance between about 1290 and 1325 before giving way to jointed plate defenses that covered the gap between breastplate and upper-arm defenses. Helmets with hinged visors appeared about 1300, and by mid-century armourers were constructing closed, visored…

Alvin Ailey, Jr. was an American dancer, choreographer, and director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Having moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1942, Ailey became involved with the Lester Horton Dance Theater there in 1949. Following Horton’s death in 1953, Ailey was director of the

Pierre d’Ailly was a French theologian, cardinal, and advocate of church reform whose chief aim was to heal the Great Schism of the Western church (1378–1417). He advocated the doctrine of conciliarism—the subordination of the pope to a general council—and in 1381 he suggested convoking such a

disease, any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms and differing in nature from physical injury. A diseased organism commonly exhibits signs or symptoms indicative of its abnormal state. Thus, the normal

Saint Aelred of Rievaulx was a writer, historian, and outstanding Cistercian abbot who influenced monasticism in medieval England, Scotland, and France. His feast day is celebrated by the Cistercians on February 3. Of noble birth, Aelred was reared at the court of King David I of Scotland, whose

Ailsa Craig, granite islet, South Ayrshire council area, Scotland, at the mouth of the Firth of Clyde and 10 miles (16 km) off the coast of South Ayrshire, to which it belongs. It is nicknamed “Paddy’s Milestone” for its location halfway between Glasgow and Belfast (Northern Ireland). The name

red panda: …sole member of the family Ailuridae.

catbird: …three species of the genus Ailuroedus, of the bowerbird family (Ptilonorhynchidae), are also called catbirds. These green birds occur in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. The male does not build a bower but holds territory in the forest by loud singing. For the related tooth-billed catbird, see bowerbird.

bear: Evolution and classification: Genus Ailuropoda (giant panda) 1 species of central China. Genus Helarctos (sun bear) 1 species of Southeast Asia. Genus

giant panda, (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), bear with striking black-and-white coloration inhabiting bamboo forests in the mountains of central China. Its coloration, combined with a bulky body and round face, gives it a captivating appearance that has endeared it to people worldwide. According to the

red panda, (Ailurus fulgens), reddish brown, long-tailed, raccoonlike mammal, about the size of a large domestic cat, that is found in the mountain forests of the Himalayas and adjacent areas of eastern Asia and subsists mainly on bamboo and other vegetation, fruits, and insects. Once classified as

red panda: …made up of two subspecies—the Himalayan red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens), which resides in the mountains of northern India, Tibet, Bhutan, and Nepal, and the Chinese red panda (A. fulgens styani), which lives in China’s Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. Although these mammals are classified traditionally within a single species, some…

red panda: …Bhutan, and Nepal, and the Chinese red panda (A. fulgens styani), which lives in China’s Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. Although these mammals are classified traditionally within a single species, some scientists claim that DNA and morphological differences between the two are striking enough to reclassify them as two distinct species…

American Indian Movement (AIM), militant Native American civil rights organization, founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1968 by Ojibwe activists Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, Eddie Benton Banai, Pat Bellanger, and George Mitchell. Later, Russell Means, an activist of Oglala Lakota Sioux

AIM, U.S. satellite designed to study noctilucent clouds. AIM was launched on April 25, 2007, by a Pegasus XL rocket that was dropped from an airplane. Noctilucent clouds are faint ice-bearing clouds that form at a height of about 80 km (50 miles) in the layer of the atmosphere called the

rocket and missile system: Air-to-air: …the third category was the AIM-120 AMRAAM (for advanced medium-range air-to-air missile), jointly developed by the U.S. Air Force and Navy for use with NATO aircraft. AMRAAM combined inertial mid-course guidance with active radar homing.

rocket and missile system: Air-to-air: …the AIM-4 (for air-intercept missile) Falcon, the AIM-9 Sidewinder, and the AIM-7 Sparrow. The widely imitated Sidewinder was particularly influential. Early versions, which homed onto the infrared emissions from jet engine tailpipes, could approach only from the target’s rear quadrants. Later versions, beginning with the AIM-9L, were fitted with more…

rocket and missile system: Air-to-air: The AIM-54 Phoenix, a semiactive radar missile with active radar terminal homing introduced by the U.S. Navy in 1974, was capable of ranges in excess of 100 miles. Fired from the F-14 Tomcat, it was controlled by an acquisition, tracking, and guidance system that could engage…

rocket and missile system: Semiactive: ) The AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile of the U.S. Air Force used a similar semiactive radar guidance method. Laser-guided missiles also could use semiactive methods by illuminating the target with a small spot of laser light and homing onto that precise light frequency through a seeker head…

rocket and missile system: Passive: …achieve wide success was the AIM-9 Sidewinder developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s. Many later passive homing air-to-air missiles homed onto ultraviolet radiation as well, using on-board guidance computers and accelerometers to compute optimal intercept trajectories. Among the most advanced passive homing systems were optically tracking munitions that…

rocket and missile system: Design principles: errors, guidance/en-route errors, or aim-point errors. Both launch- and aim-point errors can be corrected by surveying the launch and target areas more accurately. Guidance/en-route errors, on the other hand, must be corrected by improving the missile’s design—particularly its guidance. Guidance/en-route errors are usually measured by a missile’s circular error…

Adhémar of Monteil was a French bishop, papal legate, and a leader of the First Crusade. Adhémar was bishop of Le Puy from 1077 and made a pilgrimage to the East in 1086–87. Responding to Pope Urban II’s call in November 1095 for a holy expedition to the East, he was appointed papal legate of the

Adhémar of Monteil was a French bishop, papal legate, and a leader of the First Crusade. Adhémar was bishop of Le Puy from 1077 and made a pilgrimage to the East in 1086–87. Responding to Pope Urban II’s call in November 1095 for a holy expedition to the East, he was appointed papal legate of the

Gustave Aimard was a French popular novelist who wrote adventure stories about life on the American frontier and in Mexico. He was the main 19th-century French practitioner of the western novel. At the age of 12 Aimard went to sea as a ship’s boy and subsequently witnessed local wars and

Anouk Aimée was a French motion-picture actress who starred in films in various languages with a number of noted directors, including Federico Fellini, Jacques Demy, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Altman, and Claude Lelouch. The daughter of an actor and actress, Aimée made her first film appearance at

Aimee Semple McPherson was a controversial American Pentecostal evangelist and early radio preacher whose International Church of the Foursquare Gospel brought her wealth, notoriety, and a following numbering in the tens of thousands. Aimee Kennedy was reared by her mother as a Salvation Army

Alain Resnais: …Aimer, boire et chanter (2014; Life of Riley), were also praised by critics.

Aimoin was a French Benedictine monk whose history of the Franks was highly esteemed in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. After his arrival at the Abbey of Fleury-sur-Loire (between c. 980 and 985), near Orléans, Aimoin wrote about St. Benedict, completing the second and third books of

Aimorés Mountains, mountainous region divided between the estados (states) of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, eastern Brazil, occupying an area of about 3,900 square miles (10,100 square km). The mountains form a crystalline-hill upland with an average elevation of 3,000 feet (900 m). They are

Aimorés Mountains, mountainous region divided between the estados (states) of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, eastern Brazil, occupying an area of about 3,900 square miles (10,100 square km). The mountains form a crystalline-hill upland with an average elevation of 3,000 feet (900 m). They are

International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS), confederation primarily comprising national sports medicine associations from across the globe. The organization also includes continental associations, regional associations, and various individual members. It is the oldest and largest such

E.D. Hirsch, Jr.: …as Validity in Interpretation (1967), The Aims of Interpretation (1976), and The Philosophy of Composition (1977).

Anne Parrish: …that was later called the Aimwell School. It quickly proved a success, and within three years Parrish had hired several teachers to assist her with some 50 pupils. Courses in regular school subjects were supplemented by training in domestic skills. Over the years the school moved several times to larger…

Rhône-Alpes: départements of Loire, Rhône, Ain, Haute-Savoie, Savoie, Isère, Drôme, and Ardèche. In 2016 the Rhône-Alpes région was joined with the région of Auvergne to form the new administrative entity of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Aïn Beïda, town, northeastern Algeria. It is situated on a plateau at the eastern edge of the Sétif plains. The plateau, once occupied by a large lake, now has several shallow depressions containing saline lakes. Sheltered on the east by wooded hills, Aïn Beïda is in a grain-producing area

Bouira: …there are also vineyards near Aïn Bessem in the north. Sour el-Ghozlane in the drier south is a trading centre for horses, cattle, and sheep. Pop. (2008) 68,545.

North Africa: Early humans and Stone Age society: …is uncertainty about some factors, Aïn el-Hanech (in Algeria) is the site of one of the earliest traces of hominin occupation in the Maghrib. Somewhat later but better-attested are sites at Ternifine (near Tighenif, Algeria) and at Sidi Abd el-Rahmane, Morocco. Hand axes associated with the hominin Homo erectus have…

ʿAin Ghazal, archaeological site of a Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement near Amman, Jordan, that was active from about 7250 bce to about 5000 bce, during which period the residents transitioned from relying on both wild and domesticated plants for subsistence to becoming a pastoral society. The

Battle of ʿAyn Jālūt, decisive victory of the Mamluks of Egypt over the invading Mongols on September 3, 1260, which saved Egypt and Islam and halted the westward expansion of the Mongol empire. Baghdad, the capital city of the ʿAbbāsid caliphate, had fallen to the Mongols under the Il-Khan Hülegü

Ain River, river, eastern France, flowing 124 miles (200 km) southward from the Jura Plateau through Jura and Ain départements. The river emerges from its gorge near Pont-d’Ain, having powered several hydroelectric stations (the largest of which is the Barrage de Vouglans). The Ain then crosses the

I-n-Salah, oasis town, central Algeria, in the Sahara on the southern edge of the arid Tademaït Plateau. At the crossing of ancient trans-Saharan caravan routes, it was once an important trade link between northern and central Africa but has declined in modern times owing to high transportation

Aïn Sefra, town, western Algeria. It is situated in the Saharan Atlas Mountains, 28 miles (45 km) east of the border with Morocco. The town lies in a broad valley between Mount Aïssa and Mount Mekter, on either side of the usually dry Wadi Aïn Sefra. Aïn Sefra was founded in 1881 as a French

Aïn Temouchent, town, northwestern Algeria, on the right bank of the Wadi Sennêne. The town is bounded on the south by the Wadi Temouchent, with the Tessala Mountains in the background. Built on the site of the ruined Roman Albula and the later Arab settlement of Ksar ibn Senar, the town was

feminism: The suffrage movement: Her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech was delivered in 1851 before the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, but Truth did not dedicate her life to women’s rights. Instead, she promoted abolitionism and a land-distribution program for other former slaves. In the speech, Truth remarked, “That…

Edward Buzzell: The best, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1955), released by Universal, was an effective mix of music and solid acting by Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Mamie Van Doren, and Jack Carson; Buzzell cowrote the screenplay for the film, which should not be confused with the 1978 musical concerning the Harlem…

Pat Boone: …same year Dot released “Ain’t That a Shame,” Boone’s cover of an R&B song originally recorded by Fats Domino. Other hits followed, many of which were first recorded by African American artists, including Little Richard, Ivory Joe Hunter, and Big Joe Turner. Among these were “Long Tall Sally” (1956)…

Casey Affleck: …Heist (2011), the period romance Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013), and the science fiction film Interstellar (2014).

Al-Ain, city in Al-Buraimi oasis, southeastern Abu Dhabi emirate, United Arab Emirates. The oasis city consists of houses of dried earth in a large palm grove; it also has a modern mosque and many gardens. Al-Ain is situated in a large expanse of fertile land at the foot of Mount Ḥafīt. Grave

Abū al-Faḍl ʿAllāmī: Memoirs, letters, and dispatches: …by the third volume, the Āʾīn-e Akbarī (“The Institutes of Akbar”).

Abū al-Faḍl ʿAllāmī: Memoirs, letters, and dispatches: …by the third volume, the Āʾīn-e Akbarī (“The Institutes of Akbar”).

Sarah Forbes Bonetta was a Yoruban woman who was captured as a child by a neighboring kingdom and later taken from western Africa to the United Kingdom by an abolitionist. She had her welfare and education funded by Queen Victoria, with whom she developed a close relationship. There is very little

Bhuj: The Aina Mahal, a palace built by Rao Lakhpatji in the 18th century and now a museum, is one of Bhuj’s major tourist destinations. The city is a commercial centre for wheat, barley, cattle, cotton, and salt produced in the hinterland. Handicrafts include the manufacture of…

greenling: …the North Pacific; and the ainame (H. otakii), a common food fish of Japan.

André Philidor was a musician and composer, an outstanding member of a large and important family of musicians long connected with the French court. The first recorded representatives of the family were Michel Danican (died c. 1659), upon whom the nickname Philidor (the name of a famous Italian

Columbia: …1930) and the Robert Mills Historic House (1823) and Park; the house, which is also called Ainsley Hall Mansion, was designed by Mills, who also designed the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. The State House, or capitol (begun c. 1855), is a gray granite structure built in Italian Renaissance style.

Ben Ainslie is a British sailing champion who became the most-decorated Olympic mariner of all time when he captured his fourth career gold medal (fifth medal overall) at the 2012 Games in London. Ainslie was born in the north of England, but when he was seven, his family moved to the coast of