Moscow: The inner city: …the Garden Ring and the Boulevard Ring (the latter forming a rough horseshoe north of the Moscow River around the Kremlin and Kitay-gorod) and in Zamoskvoreche, a largely residential district south of the river. Notable examples are the old university and the former meeting place of the assembly of nobles…

Tristan Bernard: …lawyer who wrote for the théâtre de boulevard, a genre meant to entertain middle-class Parisian audiences on Sunday afternoons.

Patrick Modiano: …Les Boulevards de ceinture (Ring Roads), won the French Academy’s Grand Prix du Roman. His novel Rue des boutiques obscures (1978; Missing Person)—a thriller in which a man searches for his own identity—won the Prix Goncourt.

Pierre Boulez was the most significant French composer of his generation, as well as a noted conductor and music theorist who championed the work of 20th-century composers. Boulez, the son of a steel manufacturer, majored in mathematics at the Collège de Saint-Étienne, where he also took music

Ben Slimane, town, north-central Morocco. The town, a local market centre, is situated 12 miles (20 km) inland from the Atlantic Ocean between the cities of Rabat and Casablanca. It lies at an elevation of roughly 1,000 feet (300 metres) above sea level, at the edge of the Ziada cork oak forest.

veneer: …being decorated; and marquetry, or boulle work, which is a more elaborate kind of complex veneering.

André-Charles Boulle was one of France’s leading cabinetmakers, whose fashion of inlaying, called boulle, or buhl, work, swept Europe and was heavily imitated during the 18th and 19th centuries. Multitalented, Boulle practiced as an architect, worked in bronze and mosaic, and designed elaborate

Pierre Boulle was a French novelist who successfully combined adventure and psychology in works dealing largely with his experiences in Southeast Asia, especially in Malaya. Boulle studied to become an electrical engineer but instead went to Asia, where he spent eight years as a planter and

Pierre Boulle was a French novelist who successfully combined adventure and psychology in works dealing largely with his experiences in Southeast Asia, especially in Malaya. Boulle studied to become an electrical engineer but instead went to Asia, where he spent eight years as a planter and

Étienne-Louis Boullée was a French visionary architect, theorist, and teacher. Boullée wanted originally to be a painter, but, following the wishes of his father, he turned to architecture. He studied with J.-F. Blondel and Germain Boffrand and with J.-L. Legeay and had opened his own studio by the

Boulemane, town, north-central Morocco. The town, located at an elevation of about 5,500 feet (1,700 metres) above sea level in the Middle Atlas (Moyen Atlas) mountains, is a market centre serving Amazigh (Berber) seminomads and is connected by road with Fès city (northwest) and al-Rachidia town

Hassiba Boulmerka: Testing Her Faith: The pioneering accomplishments of track star Hassiba Boulmerka made her a controversial figure in her native country, Algeria. She was the first woman from an Arab or African nation to win a world track-and-field championship and the first Algerian to win an Olympic gold medal.…

Boulogne, city and port, Pas-de-Calais département, Hauts-de-France région, on the coast of northern France, southwest of Calais at the mouth of the Liane River and 28 miles (45 km) across the English Channel from Folkestone, England. Boulogne was the Roman harbor of Gesoriacum, later called

Bois de Boulogne, Park, west of Paris, France. In a loop of the Seine River, it was once a forest and a royal hunting preserve. It was acquired by the city of Paris in 1852 and transformed into a recreational area. It occupies 2,155 acres (873 hectares) and contains the famous racetracks of

Duchenne de Boulogne was a French neurologist, who was first to describe several nervous and muscular disorders and, in developing medical treatment for them, created electrodiagnosis and electrotherapy. During his lifelong private practice in Boulogne (1831–42) and Paris (1842–75), he explored the

Giambologna was the preeminent Mannerist sculptor in Italy during the last quarter of the 16th century. First trained under Jacques Dubroeucq, a Flemish sculptor who worked in an Italianate style, Giambologna went to Rome about 1550, where his style was influenced by Hellenistic sculpture and the

Philip I: His mother, Joan of Boulogne, who subsequently married the king of France, John II, ruled Philip’s lands during his minority, but after her death in 1360 he was declared of age. Though he married at the age of 12, he died without heirs, and his domains were…

Boulogne, city and port, Pas-de-Calais département, Hauts-de-France région, on the coast of northern France, southwest of Calais at the mouth of the Liane River and 28 miles (45 km) across the English Channel from Folkestone, England. Boulogne was the Roman harbor of Gesoriacum, later called

Bulu, one of a number of related peoples inhabiting the hilly, forested, south-central area of Cameroon as well as mainland Equatorial Guinea and northern Gabon. These peoples are collectively called the Fang (q.v.). “Bulu” is a loosely defined term that designates one of the three major

Thomas Boulsover was an English inventor of fused plating, or “old Sheffield plate.” After an apprenticeship in Sheffield, Boulsover became a member of the Cutlers Company, i.e., a full-fledged craftsman, in 1727. In 1743, while repairing a copper and silver knife handle, he discovered that the two

Sir Adrian Cedric Boult was an English conductor who led the BBC Symphony and other major orchestras during a career that spanned six decades. He received his first musical training at Christ Church, Oxford, and continued his studies at the Leipzig Conservatory, where he was influenced by the fluid

Hugh Boulter was an English archbishop of Armagh and virtual ruler of Ireland at the height of the 18th-century Protestant Ascendancy, when Ireland was dominated by members of the established Anglican Church of Ireland. Boulter was ordained priest in the Anglican Church and in 1719 became chaplain

Edmund Bolton was an English historian, antiquarian, and poet whose lyrics are among the best in the miscellany Englands Helicon (1600), a widely known anthology of late 16th-century lyric and pastoral poetry. Bolton was educated at Cambridge and the Inner Temple, London. He obtained a minor

Mabel St. Clair Stobart was an English medical relief worker, feminist, and author. Stobart founded the Women’s Sick and Wounded Convoy Corps in 1907 and the Women’s National Service League in 1914. The purpose of both these organizations was to provide emergency medical services during times of

Matthew Boulton was an English manufacturer and engineer who financed and introduced James Watt’s steam engine. After managing his father’s hardware business, in 1762 Boulton built the Soho manufactory near Birmingham. The factory produced small metal articles such as gilt and silver buttons and

Taveuni Island: Bouma National Heritage Park, on the eastern side, contains pristine rainforest and three waterfalls, each some 65 feet (20 metres) high. Copra is the chief product. The island has become a popular tourist destination, and a number of resorts were built beginning in the late…

Boumbé II River, stream that rises in the Central African Republic and flows south and southeast to form part of the boundary with Cameroon. After a course of about 100 miles (160 km) it joins the Kadeï River near Gamboula,

Boumediene v. Bush, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 12, 2008, held that the Military Commissions Act (MCA) of 2006, which barred foreign nationals held by the United States as “enemy combatants” from challenging their detentions in U.S. federal courts, was an unconstitutional

Houari Boumedienne was an army officer who became president of Algeria in July 1965 following a coup d’etat. Boukharouba’s service to Algeria began in the 1950s, during his country’s struggle for independence from France, when, after studying at al-Azhar University in Cairo, he joined the rebel

Prince Boun Oum was a Laotian politician who renounced his rights as heir to the throne of Champasak (though he retained his traditional title) and became known for his rightist, pro-Western positions. Boun Oum was the oldest son of Chao Rasadani, king of Champasak, and was educated in Saigon (now

Prince Boun Oum was a Laotian politician who renounced his rights as heir to the throne of Champasak (though he retained his traditional title) and became known for his rightist, pro-Western positions. Boun Oum was the oldest son of Chao Rasadani, king of Champasak, and was educated in Saigon (now

Prince Boun Oum was a Laotian politician who renounced his rights as heir to the throne of Champasak (though he retained his traditional title) and became known for his rightist, pro-Western positions. Boun Oum was the oldest son of Chao Rasadani, king of Champasak, and was educated in Saigon (now

Côte d’Ivoire: Precolonial kingdoms: The Bouna kingdom was created in the late 17th century by Bounkani, an immigrant from Dagomba (now Ghana). It, along with Kong, became a major centre of Islamic learning.

soapwort: Major species: Common soapwort, or bouncing Bet (S. officinalis), reaching a height of 1 metre (3 feet), is widely naturalized in eastern North America. Its roots have been used medicinally, and its sap is a substitute for soap.

Sir Barnes Wallis: …who invented the innovative “dambuster” bombs used in World War II.

Emil Zátopek was a Czech athlete who is considered one of the greatest long-distance runners in the history of the sport. He won the gold medal in the 10,000-metre race at the 1948 Olympics in London and three gold medals at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland, in the 5,000- and

neo-noir: Meanwhile, in Bound (1996), Lana and Lilly Wachowski offer a woman-centered noir thriller with a queer romantic triangle, while The Matrix (1999) launched a series of spectacular science-fiction films that contain not only elements from film noir but also an allegorical transgender narrative.

formal logic: Logical manipulations in LPC: …β are said to be bound alphabetical variants of each other, and bound alphabetical variants are always equivalent. The reason for restricting the replacement variable to one not occurring elsewhere in the scope of the quantifier can be seen from an example: If ϕxy is taken as before to mean…

Bound Brook, borough, Somerset county, north-central New Jersey, U.S., on the Raritan River, 31 miles (50 km) southwest of New York City. The area was settled in 1681 soon after it was deeded by the Delaware Indians to Philip Carteret (colonial governor) and other men. The Staats Homestead in South

Eugene O’Neill: Entry into theatre: …produced his one-act sea play Bound East for Cardiff. The talent inherent in the play was immediately evident to the group, which that fall formed the Playwrights’ Theater in Greenwich Village. Their first bill, on November 3, 1916, included Bound East for Cardiff—O’Neill’s New York debut. Although he was only…

Woody Guthrie: Childhood in Oklahoma: …life in his autobiographical novel Bound for Glory [1943].)

Hal Ashby: The 1970s: Ashby’s next film was Bound for Glory (1976), a biopic about the activist folk singer Woody Guthrie (David Carradine). Although it did not do well at the box office, the film was well received by critics; among its many Academy Award nominations was one for best picture.

Yambo Ouologuem: …Le Devoir de violence (1968; Bound to Violence), which received the Prix Renaudot. With this work, Ouologuem became the first African writer to receive a major French literary award.

basketry: Wattle construction: (1) The bound, or wrapped, type, which is not very elaborate, has a widespread distribution, being used for burden baskets in the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, for poultry cages in different parts of Africa and the Near East, and for small crude baskets in Tierra del…

cosmology: Einstein’s model: …and isotropic universe had a closed spatial geometry. As described above, the total volume of a three-dimensional space with uniform positive curvature would be finite but possess no edges or boundaries (to be consistent with the first assumption).

formal logic: The lower predicate calculus: If a is any individual variable and α is any wff, every occurrence of a in α is said to be bound (by the quantifiers) when occurring in the wffs (∀a)α and (∃a)α. Any occurrence of a variable that is not bound is said to be free. Thus, in (∀x)(ϕx…

clay mineral: Clay-water relations: …be divided into zeolitic and bound waters. The latter is bound to exchangeable cations or directly to the clay mineral surfaces. Both forms of water may be removed by heating to temperatures on the order of 100°–200° C and in most cases, except for hydrated halloysite, are regained readily at…

Christopher Plummer: …movie credits from 2018 included Boundaries, in which he played an aging pot dealer on a road trip with his daughter and grandson. He later starred as a mystery writer who is murdered in Knives Out (2019), a comedic take on the whodunit.

Germany: Land of Germany: Germany shares its entire southern boundary with Switzerland and Austria. In the southeast the border with the Czech Republic corresponds to an earlier boundary of 1918, renewed by treaty in 1945. The easternmost frontier adjoins Poland along the northward course of the Neisse River and subsequently the Oder to the…

Edvard I. Moser: …as head direction cells and border cells, that were involved in spatial representation. Head direction cells were found to transmit signals when an animal positioned its head in a specific direction, and border cells were discovered to transmit signals about an environment’s edges and boundaries. Subsequent research uncovered interactions between…

Boundary Commission, consultative committee created in July 1947 to recommend how the Punjab and Bengal regions of the Indian subcontinent were to be divided between India and Pakistan shortly before each was to become independent from Britain. The commission—appointed by Lord Mountbatten, the

phase: Unary systems: …B is located on the boundary curve between the stability fields of low quartz and high quartz. At all points along this curve, these two phases coexist. Substituting values in the phase rule (2 + F = 1 + 2) will cause a variance of 1 to be obtained. This…

boundary ecosystem, complex of living organisms in areas where one body of water meets another, where one terrestrial ecosystem meets another, or where a body of water meets the land. See

boundary layer, in fluid mechanics, thin layer of a flowing gas or liquid in contact with a surface such as that of an airplane wing or of the inside of a pipe. The fluid in the boundary layer is subjected to shearing forces. A range of velocities exists across the boundary layer from maximum to

lubrication: Boundary lubrication.: A condition that lies between unlubricated sliding and fluid-film lubrication is referred to as boundary lubrication, also defined as that condition of lubrication in which the friction between surfaces is determined by the properties of the surfaces and properties of the lubricant other…

gongbi: A term related to gongbi, jiehua, or “boundary painting,” refers to the accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler. One of the masters of gongbi is the 16th-century painter Qiu Ying.

Boundary Peak, highest point (13,147 feet [4,007 metres]) in Nevada, U.S. The northernmost peak of the White Mountains, it lies in Esmeralda county within Inyo National Forest, 65 miles (105 km) west-southwest of Tonopah, Nevada. The peak is administered by the U.S. Forest Service. Its name derives

Alaskan mountains: …the mountains of the coastal Boundary Ranges, which, with the mountainous islands of the Alexander Archipelago, constitute the Alaskan panhandle.

sculpture: Symbolism: …is symbolic are the carved boundary stones of the ancient world; memorials sited on battlegrounds or at places where religious and political martyrs have been killed; the Statue of Liberty and similar civic symbols situated at harbours, town gates, bridges, and so on; and the scenes of the Last Judgment…

Cambrian Period: Boundaries and subdivisions of the Cambrian System: The lower boundary of the Cambrian System is defined at a formal global stratotype section and point (GSSP), which was ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) in 1992. The stratotype section is located at Fortune Head on…

chemical bonding: Shapes of atomic orbitals: …therefore represented by a spherical boundary surface (Figure 2), which is a surface that captures a high proportion of the electron density. The electron is more likely to be found somewhere inside the spherical boundary surface than outside it.

boundary value, condition accompanying a differential equation in the solution of physical problems. In mathematical problems arising from physical situations, there are two considerations involved when finding a solution: (1) the solution and its derivatives must satisfy a differential equation,

Ely: …for trips into the vast Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, which contains more than 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of water trails. Soudan Underground Mine State Park, about 20 miles (30 km) southwest of the city, offers tours of a former iron mine 2,400 feet (730 metres) below the surface. Bear…

Burnside problem: …exponent finite? Known as the bounded Burnside problem, the distinction has to do with the order, or exponent, for each element. For example, Golod’s group did not have a bounded exponent; that is, it did not have a single number n such that, for any element in the group, g…

bounded rationality, the notion that a behaviour can violate a rational precept or fail to conform to a norm of ideal rationality but nevertheless be consistent with the pursuit of an appropriate set of goals or objectives. This definition is, of course, not entirely satisfactory, in that it

Josiah Bounderby, fictional character, a wealthy businessman in Charles Dickens’s novel Hard Times (1854). Bounderby uses everyone around him to further his own interests. He keeps the existence of his mother a secret as he perpetuates the myth that he began life as an orphan who had to struggle to

Pensive: …he caught a glimpse of Bounding Home coming up on his right. The 16–1 long shot surged on, despite McCreary’s urging of Pensive, and won by half a length. Pensive sired 1949 Derby winner Ponder and died that same year.

metes and bounds, limits or boundaries of a tract of land as identified by natural landmarks, such as rivers, or by man-made structures, such as roads, or by stakes or other markers. A principal legal type of land description in the United States, metes-and-bounds descriptions are commonly used

Sir Peter Strawson: In The Bounds of Sense (1966), Strawson attempted to determine how much of the metaphysics of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason (1781; 2nd ed. 1787) could be plausibly defended. His arguably uncharitable assessment of Kant’s transcendental idealism nevertheless inspired much new Anglo-American scholarship on Kant…

Laos: The Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Bounnhang Vorachith, age 78, to replace Choummaly Sayasone, age 79, as general secretary. In April the National Assembly then elected Bounnhang to succeed Choummaly as president and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith to take over as prime minister from Thongsing Thammavong. Choummaly had served as general…

Pella, ancient capital of King Archelaus of Macedonia at the end of the 5th century bce and birthplace of Alexander the Great. The city lay in northern Greece, about 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Thessaloníki. Originally known as Bounomos, the city developed rapidly under Philip II, but, after the

amesha spenta, in Zoroastrianism, any of the six divine beings or archangels created by Ahura Mazdā, the Wise Lord, to help govern creation. Three are male, three female. Ministers of his power against the evil spirit, Ahriman, they are depicted clustered about Ahura Mazdā on golden thrones

Lao literature: Modern Lao literature: …and outspoken Lao writers was Bounthanong Somsaiphon, whose novels, short stories, and poetry provide invaluable insight into the rapidly changing realities of Lao culture and society under the communist regime. His important works include Long su Thanon Lan Xang (1989; “Entering Lan Xang Avenue”), a semiautobiographical account of his life…

Bountiful, city, Davis county, northern Utah, U.S., between the Wasatch Range and Great Salt Lake, just north of Salt Lake City. The second Mormon settlement (after Salt Lake City) in Utah, the city was originally called Sessions’ Settlement (for Perrigrine Sessions, a Mormon pioneer who arrived in

prize: …past, prize money or “bounty” has been paid, partly as a reward for bravery and as a stimulus to exertion and partly as a compensation for the poor rates of pay prevailing in naval services. However, prize bounty was abolished in the United States in 1899 and in England…

Bounty, English armed transport ship remembered for the mutiny of her crew on April 28, 1789, while she was under the command of Capt. William Bligh (q.v.). See also Christian,

Jennifer Aniston: Rom-coms: …Not That into You (2009), The Bounty Hunter (2010), The Switch (2010), Just Go with It (2011), and Wanderlust (2012).

Bounty Islands, outlying island group of New Zealand, in the South Pacific Ocean, 415 mi (668 km) east of South Island. Comprising 13 granite islets with a total land area of 320 ac (130 ha), they are inhospitable and without human habitation. Discovered and named by Capt. William Bligh of the

Church Commissioners: The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy was established by Queen Anne in 1704. Into this corporation were paid the first fruits (annates) and tenths (decimae) of the annual profits, originally paid by clergy to…

Bounty System, in U.S. history, program of cash bonuses paid to entice enlistees into the army; the system was much abused, particularly during the Civil War, and was outlawed in the Selective Service Act of 1917. During the French and Indian Wars, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the

Anthony Hopkins: Initial success: … (1982) and Captain Bligh in The Bounty (1984). During this period Hopkins won Emmy Awards for his performances as Bruno Richard Hauptmann in The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976) and as Adolf Hitler in The Bunker (1981). In 1989 he made his West End stage debut in the musical drama M.…

Bounty System: Bounty-jumping—the widespread practice of enlisting, collecting the bonus, deserting, reenlisting, collecting another bonus, etc.—was an inherent defect in the system. Many bounty brokers recruited men and pocketed a sizable portion of the bonus, or they passed off derelicts as able-bodied men to the recruiting sergeants,…

Skirophoria: …the ceremonial ox slaying, or Bouphoria, took place. Oxen were driven around an altar on which grain offerings had been placed. The first ox to eat the offerings was killed with an ax; its slayer ran away. A trial followed, at the end of which the ax was found guilty…

floral decoration: Forms of floral decoration: Flower bouquets that are carried include the nosegay and corsage. In the mid-19th century, the nosegay, or posy (a small bunch of mixed flowers), was much in fashion. No well-dressed Victorian lady appeared at a social gathering without carrying one, edged with a paper frill or…

cigar: 5 inches long; bouquet is a smaller torpedo-shaped cigar; Londres is a straight cigar about 4.75 inches long. These descriptive terms appear after the brand name. A panatela is a thin cigar open at both ends, usually about 5 inches long with a straight shape but sometimes having…

bouquet garni, bundle or faggot of herbs that is added to a soup, stew, sauce, or poaching liquid to give flavour. It is removed before the dish is served. The classic bouquet garni consists of sprigs of parsley and thyme and a bay leaf, tied together if fresh or wrapped in cheesecloth if dried.

Jeff Koons: Koons’s sculpture Bouquet of Tulips, a work featuring a colossal hand offering a bunch of 11 metal balloon tulips, was unveiled in 2019 in the gardens of the Petit Palais in Paris. Koons offered the concept as a memorial to the victims of the 2015 and 2016…

guerrilla warfare: Counterguerrilla warfare: …results until a Swiss mercenary, Henry Bouquet, trained his new light-infantry regiment to fight Indian-style in the French and Indian War (1754–63). (See also Robert Rogers.) Bouquet’s treatise on tactics, clothing, arms, training, logistics, and decentralized tactical formations is reminiscent of Caesar’s work on Gaul. British generals fighting in the…

Hédi Bouraoui is a Tunisian poet and scholar whose creative and critical works seek to illuminate the human condition and transcend cultural boundaries. Bouraoui specialized in English literature at the University of Toulouse in France and then, in the United States, received degrees in English and

Henri Bourassa was a politician and journalist, spokesman for Canadian nationalism, and founder of the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir (1910). Bourassa studied law but built a reputation as a writer on political affairs. He became mayor of Montebello, Labelle County, Que., in 1890 and represented

Henri Bourassa was a politician and journalist, spokesman for Canadian nationalism, and founder of the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir (1910). Bourassa studied law but built a reputation as a writer on political affairs. He became mayor of Montebello, Labelle County, Que., in 1890 and represented

Charles-Denis-Sauter Bourbaki was a French general who served with distinction in Algeria, the Crimean War, and the Franco-German War. Bourbaki was the son of a colonel who lost his life in the War of Greek Independence. After studying at the military school at La Flèche and at Saint Cyr (1834–36),

Nicolas Bourbaki, pseudonym chosen by eight or nine young mathematicians in France in the mid 1930s to represent the essence of a “contemporary mathematician.” The surname, selected in jest, was that of a French general who fought in the Franco-German War (1870–71). The mathematicians who

United States: The era of conservative domination, 1877–90: …Democrats whom their critics called Bourbons because, like the French royal family, they supposedly had learned nothing and forgotten nothing from the revolution they had experienced. For the South as a whole, the characterization is neither quite accurate nor quite fair. In most Southern states the new political leaders represented…

bourbon whiskey, whiskey distilled from corn mash; specifically, a whiskey distilled from a mash containing at least 51 percent corn, the rest being malt and rye, and aged in new charred oak containers. See

Bourbon Restoration, (1814–30) in France, the period that began when Napoleon I abdicated and the Bourbon monarchs were restored to the throne. The First Restoration occurred when Napoleon fell from power and Louis XVIII became king. Louis’ reign was interrupted by Napoleon’s return to France (see

Caserta: …the construction there of the Bourbon Royal Palace in the 18th century. San Leucio, 2 miles (3 km) north, is a village founded by Ferdinand IV, king of Naples, in 1789; it has large silk factories. In the Italian Risorgimento (movement for political unity), the Battle of the Volturno (1860),…

New Orleans: Cultural life: Bourbon Street is famous for its nightclubs, where music (notably jazz) and risqué floor shows are a specialty. Devotees of jazz may also visit Preservation Hall, where revivals of traditional styles may be heard. The New Orleans Jazz Club established a Jazz Museum and later…

vanilla: …unripe fruit of Mexican or Bourbon vanilla (Vanilla planifolia), Tahiti vanilla (V. tahitensis), and occasionally West Indian vanilla (V. pompona); all three species are thought to be derived from a single species native to Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. Vanilla had been used to

bourbon whiskey, whiskey distilled from corn mash; specifically, a whiskey distilled from a mash containing at least 51 percent corn, the rest being malt and rye, and aged in new charred oak containers. See