pottery: Reigns of the Longqing and Wanli emperors (1567–1620): …verte palette) was known as “Wanli five-colour” ware (Wanli wucai). The red and green Jiajing decoration was also used, and vast quantities of blue-and-white porcelain were produced for export. The body is quite unlike that used earlier in the dynasty, being thin, hard, crisp, and resonant. It is the commonest…

trench fever, infectious disease characterized by sudden onset of fever, headache, pain behind the eyes, weakness, sore muscles and joints, and often severe pain in the back and shins. There may be one period of fever, or the fever may recur several times at intervals of four to five days. The

wuxing, originally a moral theory associated with Zisi, the grandson of Confucius, and Mencius. In the 3rd century bce, the sage-alchemist Zou Yan introduced a systematic cosmological theory under the same rubric that was to dominate the intellectual world of the Han dynasty (206 bce–220 ce). In

five-factor model of personality, in psychology, a model of an individual’s personality that divides it into five traits. Personality traits are understood as patterns of thought, feeling, and behaviour that are relatively enduring across an individual’s life span. The traits that constitute the

Sir Peter Shaffer: His first staged play, Five Finger Exercise (1958; film 1962), is a tautly constructed domestic drama that almost overnight established his reputation. It was followed by the one-act duo The Private Ear (1962; filmed as The Pad and How to Use It [1966]) and The Public Eye (1962; film…

Schisandraceae: …cultivated as ornamentals—for example, the magnolia vine, or five-flavour berry (Schisandra chinensis), for its fragrant white or pink flowers and attractive fruits, and kadsura vine (Kadsura japonica), for its clusters of scarlet-coloured fruits.

FAST, astronomical observatory in the Dawodang depression, Guizhou province, China, that, when it began observations in September 2016, became the largest single-dish radio telescope in the world. FAST’s collecting area is more than 2.5 times that of the 305-metre (1,000-foot) dish at the Arecibo

Akebia: Five-leaf akebia, or chocolate vine (A. quinata), has five leaflets to each leaf arranged like the fingers on a hand; three-leaf akebia (A. trifoliata) has three leaflets to a leaf. The purplish flowers are unisexual and occur in small clusters, and the oblong purple fruits…

lizard: Parental care: …of some species, notably the five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus) of the United States and many of its relatives, remain with their eggs throughout the incubation time (about six weeks); they leave the clutch infrequently to feed. These skinks turn their eggs regularly and, if the eggs are experimentally scattered, will…

pentatonic scale, musical scale containing five different tones. It is thought that the pentatonic scale represents an early stage of musical development, because it is found, in different forms, in most of the world’s music. The most widely known form is anhemitonic (without semitones; e.g.,

statistics: Exploratory data analysis: A five-number summary simply consists of the smallest data value, the first quartile, the median, the third quartile, and the largest data value. A box plot is a graphical device based on a five-number summary. A rectangle (i.e., the box) is drawn with the ends of…

Five-Power Constitution, system of government proposed by the Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen in 1906 as the means through which democracy could be implemented in China after the overthrow of the imperial regime. It provided for a central government composed of five yüan, or branches, of

Five-Power Naval Limitation Treaty, arms limitation treaty signed by the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, and Italy on February 6, 1922. The agreement fixed the respective numbers and tonnages of capital ships to be possessed by the navies of each of the contracting nations. It was

tap dance: Vaudeville: …with inventing known as the five-tap wing. Of the eccentric and legomania dancers, Buddy Ebsen, Henry (“Rubber Legs”) Williams, and Hal Leroy stand out. A unique style was invented by one of tap’s greatest dancers, Clayton (“Peg Leg”) Bates. After losing his leg at age 12, he reinvented tap to…

pentatonic scale, musical scale containing five different tones. It is thought that the pentatonic scale represents an early stage of musical development, because it is found, in different forms, in most of the world’s music. The most widely known form is anhemitonic (without semitones; e.g.,

Judd Apatow: …Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) and The Five-Year Engagement (2012). In a change for Apatow, the movie Bridesmaids (2011) and the HBO TV series Girls (2012–17), both of which he produced, focused primarily on female characters. He both produced and directed Trainwreck (2015), a comedy written by and starring stand-up comedian…

Five-Year Plans, method of planning economic growth over limited periods, through the use of quotas, used first in the Soviet Union and later in other socialist states. In the Soviet Union the first Five-Year Plan (1928–32), implemented by Joseph Stalin, concentrated on developing heavy industry

Fyodor Vasilyevich Gladkov: …following an official demand for “five-year-plan novels” in 1928; and its positive hero, whose confidence overcomes apathy and despair, became a model for the heroes of Socialist Realism.

quasicrystal: Microscopic images of quasicrystalline structures: It exhibited fivefold symmetry, which is forbidden in crystals, and long-range order, which is lacking in amorphous solids. Its order, therefore, was neither amorphous nor crystalline. Many other alloys with these same features have subsequently been produced.

quasicrystal: Microscopic images of quasicrystalline structures: It exhibited fivefold symmetry, which is forbidden in crystals, and long-range order, which is lacking in amorphous solids. Its order, therefore, was neither amorphous nor crystalline. Many other alloys with these same features have subsequently been produced.

Zaydiyyah, sect of Shiʿi Muslims owing allegiance to Zayd ibn ʿAlī, grandson of al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī. Zayd was a son of the fourth Shiʿi imam, ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn, and a brother of Muḥammad al-Bāqir. At a time when the designation and role of the Shiʿi imam was being defined, the followers of Zayd

fives, a ball game played by two or four players in a court enclosed on three or four sides, the hard ball being struck with the hand usually protected by a glove. The derivation of the word fives is doubtful. It may be from an old game called Longue Paume, in which five on a side played, or from

jacks, game of great antiquity and worldwide distribution, now played with stones, bones, seeds, filled cloth bags, or metal or plastic counters (the jacks), with or without a ball. The name derives from “chackstones”—stones to be tossed. The knuckle, wrist, or ankle bones (astragals) of goats,

Ian Wilmut: Dolly and Polly: …a human gene known as FIX. This gene encodes a substance called human factor IX, a clotting factor that occurs naturally in most people but is absent in people with hemophilia, who require replacement therapy with a therapeutic form of the substance. Polly—along with two other sheep engineered to produce…

hallucination: Hypnosis and trance states: …among aviators have been called fascination or fixation. During prolonged, monotonous flight, pilots may experience visual, auditory, and bodily (kinesthetic) hallucinations; for example, a pilot may suddenly feel that the plane is in a spin or a dive or that it is upside down, even though it is flying level.…

pragmatism: The Metaphysical Club: …version of Peirce’s now-classic paper “The Fixation of Belief” (1877) seems to have been presented at the club. James published a paper in 1878, “Spencer’s Definition of Mind as Correspondence,” in which his pragmatism and analysis of thought and belief are clearly discernible, and two decades later, he introduced pragmatism…

human eye: Reflex pathways: …light; this is called the fixation reflex. The sensory pathway in the reflex arc leads as far as the cerebral cortex, because removal of the occipital cortex (the outer brain substance at the back of the head) abolishes reflex eye movements in response to light stimuli. If the occipital cortex…

nitrogen fixation, any natural or industrial process that causes free nitrogen (N2), which is a relatively inert gas plentiful in air, to combine chemically with other elements to form more-reactive nitrogen compounds such as ammonia, nitrates, or nitrites. Under ordinary conditions, nitrogen does

drawing: Surfaces: This process of fixing was formerly done through repeated varnishing with gum-arabic solution and even with glue or egg-white emulsion. Modern siccatives (drying substances) inhibit discoloration but cannot prevent the living surface from appearing sealed, as it were, under a skin. In pastels especially, the manifold prismatic effects…

carbon dioxide, (CO2), a colourless gas having a faint sharp odour and a sour taste. It is one of the most important greenhouse gases linked to global warming, but it is a minor component of Earth’s atmosphere (about 3 volumes in 10,000), formed in combustion of carbon-containing materials, in

corporate finance: …investments are current assets and fixed assets. Current assets include cash, inventory, and accounts receivable. Examples of fixed assets are buildings, real estate, and machinery. In addition, the resource allocation function is concerned with intangible assets such as goodwill, patents, workers, and brand names.

automation: Manufacturing applications of automation and robotics: …production can be distinguished: (1) fixed automation, (2) programmable automation, and (3) flexible automation.

coal utilization: Fixed-carbon content: Fixed carbon is the solid combustible residue that remains after a coal particle is heated and the volatile matter is expelled. The fixed-carbon content of a coal is determined by subtracting the percentages of moisture, volatile matter, and ash from a sample. Since gas-solid combustion…

theory of production: The production function: …another group, the second, covers fixed cost (accountants’ “overhead costs”), which includes items not easily varied. The discussion will deal first with variable cost.

money: Central banking: If the country has a fixed exchange rate, the central bank buys or sells foreign exchange on demand to maintain stability in the rate. When sales by the central bank are too brisk, the growth of the monetary base decreases, the quantity of money and credit declines, and interest rates…

brick and tile: Firing and cooling: In the more modern fixed fire zone, dried bricks are placed on cars carrying as many as 3,000 or more bricks; the cars start at the cool end of a long tunnel kiln and move slowly forward through gradually increasing temperatures to the firing zone, pass through it, and…

church year: Roman Catholic Church: Until 1969 the fixed holy days began with St. Andrew (November 30), the nearest to the beginning of Advent. The three days before Ascension Day, called Minor Rogation Days (“Days of Asking”), are devoted to special prayers for fruitful harvests. Found only in the Roman Catholic Church are the…

lighthouse: Identification: Steadily burning lights are called fixed lights. For giving mariners accurate directional information in ports, harbours, and estuarial approaches, fixed directional lights display sharply defined red and green sectors. Another sensitive and very accurate method of giving directional instruction is by range lights, which are two fixed lights of different…

poker: Fixed limit: In fixed-limit games, no one may bet or raise by more than the established limit. In draw poker the limit is usually twice as much after the draw as before—for example, two chips before the draw, four chips after. In stud poker the…

oil, any greasy substance that is liquid at room temperature and insoluble in water. There are many types, such as essential oil; orris oil; mineral oil (see petroleum); whale oil; pine oil; linseed oil; perilla oil; fish oil; tall oil; citronella oil. There is also cooking oil, such as olive,

pacemaker: …were of a type called asynchronous, or fixed, and they generated regular discharges that overrode the natural pacemaker. The rate of an asynchronous pacemaker may be altered by the physician, but once set it will continue to generate an electric pulse at regular intervals. Most are set at 70 to…

ammunition: In artillery ammunition, a fixed round is a complete round in which all components are securely joined by a cartridge case. (Though brass was used almost invariably for cartridge cases before World War II, it has since been largely superseded by steel.) In semifixed ammunition, the projectile is detachable…

Fixed and variable annuities are insurance products that can each provide a steady stream of income for life, although they achieve that aim differently. Fixed annuities appeal to savers who are seeking predictable income based on a fixed interest rate. This is ideal for retirees focused on

animal behaviour: Ontogeny: …termed pecking behaviour a “fixed action pattern” to indicate that it was performed automatically and correctly the first time it was elicited, apparently regardless of the animal’s experience.

accordion: …the rows in traditional “fixed-bass,” or Stradella, models give three-note chords—major and minor triads and dominant and diminished sevenths—while “free-bass” accordions overcome melodic restrictions by providing extra buttons or a converter switch for bass melodies and counterpoint. Many accordions include up to five registers for the basses, allowing each…

coal utilization: Fixed bed: In fixed-bed systems, lumps of coal, usually size-graded between 3 and 50 millimetres, are heaped onto a grate, and preheated primary air (called underfire air) is blown from under the bed to burn the fixed carbon. Some secondary air (overfire air) is introduced over the coal…

African music: Xylophones: Fixed-key xylophones are more elaborate. Mounted below each key, there is usually an individually tuned calabash resonator, often with a mirliton (a vibrating membrane) attached to add a buzzing quality to the sound. A mid-14th-century account mentions a calabash-resonated xylophone in the West African kingdom…

accounting: Depreciation: …is recognized each year, and declining-charge depreciation, in which more depreciation is recognized during the early years of life than during the later years, on the assumption that the value of the asset’s service declines as it gets older. It is the responsibility of an independent accountant (the auditor) to…

airplane: Propellers: …vary in type, including two-blade fixed pitch, four-blade controllable (variable) pitch, and eight-blade contrarotating pitch. The blade angle on fixed-pitch propellers is set for only one flight regime, and this restriction limits their performance. Some fixed-pitch propellers can be adjusted on the ground to improve performance in one part of…

fixed-point theorem, any of various theorems in mathematics dealing with a transformation of the points of a set into points of the same set where it can be proved that at least one point remains fixed. For example, if each real number is squared, the numbers zero and one remain fixed; whereas the

research and development: The role of government: …of this system led to fixed-price contracts, but these have the drawback that it is often so difficult to define the end point of a research contract that the contractor can treat a fixed-price agreement as if it were cost-plus. Another problem is that, when the end point can be…

fishing: Early history: …patent on the fixed-spool, or spinning, reel. In this kind of reel, the spool permanently faces toward the tip of the rod, and the line peels off during the cast. The increased casting distance afforded by the spinning reel—and facilitated by new lines with smaller diameters—revolutionized freshwater fishing.

Boris Johnson: Ascent to prime minister: Under the Fixed Terms of Parliament Act, however, a prime minister must win the support of at least two-thirds of the House of Commons to hold such an election when it falls outside of the body’s fixed five-year terms, meaning that Johnson would have to win opposition…

gauge: Fixed-type gauges are used to indicate whether a given dimension is larger or smaller than the standard. They may be of hard steel, soft steel, or glass. Sometimes chrome plating or tungsten-carbide coatings are used to prevent wear.

airplane: …of an airplane are a wing system to sustain it in flight, tail surfaces to stabilize the wings, movable surfaces to control the attitude of the plane in flight, and a power plant to provide the thrust necessary to push the vehicle through the air. Provision must be made to…

Waco: …popularity of the home-renovation show Fixer Upper (2013–18), which was based in Waco. The program starred Chip and Joanna Gaines, and the couple launched several businesses in Waco, including a restaurant and a home-furnishings store. The city is the seat of Baylor University (Southern Baptist; founded 1845), McLennan Community College…

John Frankenheimer: Films of the 1960s: In 1968 Frankenheimer directed The Fixer, which was based on Bernard Malamud’s acclaimed novel. The script was by Dalton Trumbo, and Alan Bates gave an Oscar-nominated performance as a Jewish handyman wrongfully imprisoned in tsarist Russia; Dirk Bogarde was also memorable as a sympathetic magistrate. The Extraordinary Seaman

The Fixer, novel by Bernard Malamud, published in 1966. It received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1967. The Fixer is considered by some to be the author’s finest novel. It is the story of a Jewish handyman, or fixer, who discovers that there is no rational reason for human cruelty; he also

history of photography: Daguerreotype: …1837 Daguerre was able to fix the image permanently by using a solution of table salt to dissolve the unexposed silver iodide. That year he produced a photograph of his studio on a silvered copper plate, a photograph that was remarkable for its fidelity and detail. Also that year, Niépce’s…

Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau was a French physicist noted for his experimental determination of the speed of light. Fizeau worked with Jean-Bernard-Léon Foucault on investigations of the infrared portion of the solar spectrum and made other observations of heat and light. Unaware of Christian

optical interferometer: The Fizeau-Laurent surface interferometer (see Figure) reveals departures of polished surfaces from a plane. The system was described by the French physicist A.-H.-L. Fizeau in 1862 and adapted in 1883 into the instruments now widely used in the optical industry. In the Fizeau-Laurent system, monochromatic light…

Kvasir: Two dwarfs, Fjalar and Galar, who were weary of academics and learning, killed Kvasir and distilled his blood in Odhrǫrir, the magic caldron. When mixed with honey by the giant Suttung, his blood formed mead that gave wisdom and poetic inspiration to those who drank it. The…

Jóhann Sigurjónsson: …Bjærg-Ejvind og hans hustru, 1911; Eyvind of the Mountains; filmed 1917, by Victor Sjöström), which created a sensation in Scandinavia and in Germany and was later produced in England and the United States. Some contemporary critics hailed him as a peer of Henrik Ibsen, B.M. Bjørnson, and August Strindberg—but his…

fjärd, rocky inlet of the sea, usually found along relatively low-lying coasts. Formed by the submergence of a glacial valley, fjärds are characteristically more irregularly shaped than the fjords. Like fjords, they may be quite deep and may have thresholds at their mouths. Fjärds are often

Jónas Hallgrímsson: …Copenhagen, he founded the periodical Fjölnir (1835–47; “The Many-Sided”), in which he published much of his poetry (including his popular patriotic poem “Ísland” [“Iceland”]) and later his groundbreaking short stories. Fjölnir was important to the future of Icelandic national sentiments and to the future distinction of Iceland’s language and literature,…

fjord, long narrow arm of the sea, commonly extending far inland, that results from marine inundation of a glaciated valley. Many fjords are astonishingly deep; Sogn Fjord in Norway is 1,308 m (4,290 feet) deep, and Canal Messier in Chile is 1,270 m (4,167 feet). The great depth of these submerged

Fiordland penguin, (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus), species of crested penguin (genus Eudyptes, order Sphenisciformes) characterized by a thick stripe of pale yellow feather plumes above each eye (the superciliary stripe) that extends from the bill to the rear of the head. The terminal ends of each of the

Jörd, in Norse mythology, a giantess, mother of the deity Thor and mistress of the god Odin. In the late pre-Christian era she was believed to have had a husband of the same name, perhaps indicating her transformation into a masculine personality. Her name is connected with that of the Lithuanian

rapamycin: It acts specifically on FK-binding protein 12 (FKBP12), a substance commonly referred to as an immunophilin because it binds to immunosuppressive drugs. In turn, the rapamycin-FKBP12 complex binds to the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a kinase (an enzyme that adds phosphate groups to other molecules) that plays a…

rapamycin: It acts specifically on FK-binding protein 12 (FKBP12), a substance commonly referred to as an immunophilin because it binds to immunosuppressive drugs. In turn, the rapamycin-FKBP12 complex binds to the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a kinase (an enzyme that adds phosphate groups to other molecules) that plays a…

Kim Woo Choong: …over as chairman of the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI). The FKI, which represented the interests of several hundred companies, was considered South Korea’s most powerful business organization. Kim tried to use his new position to help combat South Korea’s economic slump, the worst since the end of the Korean…

flerovium (Fl), artificially produced transuranium element of atomic number 114. In 1999 scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, produced atoms of flerovium from colliding atoms of calcium-48

Jean-Bertrand Aristide: …a new political party, the Lavalas Family, and in 2000 he was again elected president. Although the opposition boycotted the election and charges of electoral fraud led to international calls for new or runoff elections, the results were declared official, and Aristide was inaugurated in February 2001.

military aircraft: Helicopters: …used a handful of Flettner Fl 282s, powered by two noncoaxial, contrarotating lifting rotors, for ship-based artillery spotting and visual reconnaissance.

Venice: The new order: …of government, inaugurated by Doge Domenico Flabanico (1032–42). He restored to the people the sovereign right to elect the doge, but the term populus was in practice restricted to the residents of the Rialto and, more narrowly, to a select group of nobles. The executive organ was the ducal curia,…

fan: The flabellum, a metal disk mounted on a long handle, was used in medieval church ceremony; it was held by the deacon and used pro muscis fugandis, “to drive away flies.”

annelid: Annotated classification: …10 cm; examples of genera: Flabelligera, Stylariodes. Order Sternaspida Sedentary; anterior setae short and thick; posterior end with ventral shield bearing radiating setae and anal branchiae; size, 3 cm; genera include Sternaspis. Order Oweniida

annelid: Annotated classification: Order Flabelligerida Sedentary; setae of anterior segments directed forward to form a cephalic (head) cage; prostomium and peristome retractile, with 2 palpi and retractile branchiae; size, 1 to 10 cm; examples of genera: Flabelligera, Stylariodes. Order Sternaspida

protozoan: Annotated classification: Flabellinea Flat. Lack subcylindrical pseudopodia; lack centrosomes and flagellated stages. Stereomyxida Branched or reticulate networks; trilaminate centrosomes. Acanthamoebidae Uninucleate cells. Form nonadhesive uroids. Glycocalyx is thin. Subpseudopodia are prominent. Cysts are

fan: The flabellum, a metal disk mounted on a long handle, was used in medieval church ceremony; it was held by the deacon and used pro muscis fugandis, “to drive away flies.”

polio: Course of disease: …develops what is known as flaccid paralysis. The motor impulses that normally move along the nerve fibres from the spinal cord to muscles are blocked, and, as a result, muscles become limp and cannot contract. The extent of paralysis depends on where the virus strikes and the number of nerve…

Marcus Porcius Cato: …the notice of the patrician Lucius Valerius Flaccus, who helped him begin a political career at Rome. Cato was elected quaestor (205), aedile (199), and praetor (198) in Sardinia, where he suppressed usury. He was elected consul with Flaccus in 195, and as consul he unsuccessfully opposed the repeal of…

Marcus Verrius Flaccus was a Roman freedman who became a learned scholar and grammarian and the most famous teacher of his day. Verrius Flaccus introduced the principle of competition among his pupils and awarded old books, beautiful or rare, as prizes. Augustus entrusted the education of his two

Horace was an outstanding Latin lyric poet and satirist under the emperor Augustus. The most frequent themes of his Odes and verse Epistles are love, friendship, philosophy, and the art of poetry. Horace was probably of the Sabellian hillman stock of Italy’s central highlands. His father had once

Johannes Dantiscus was a Polish poet and diplomat who was among the first representatives in Poland of Renaissance humanism. Dantiscus wrote, in Latin, incidental verse, love poetry, and panegyrics (formal speeches of praise). A courtier to the Polish king Sigismund I, Dantiscus accompanied the

Matthias Flacius Illyricus was a Lutheran Reformer, pioneer in church historical studies, and theological controversialist who created a lasting rift within Lutheranism. From 1539, after studies in Venice with the humanist Baptista Egnatius, Flacius attended the universities of Basel, Tübingen, and

Anna Paquin: …she starred in the series Flack, playing a publicist working at a London firm. She later was cast in the last season (2019) of the TV series The Affair. In the true-crime miniseries A Friend of the Family (2022), Paquin played the mother of a young girl who was repeatedly…

Audrey Flack was an American painter and sculptor whose choice of subject matter added a sociopolitical dimension to the Photo-realist movement. She was one of the first artists to use a projection of a photograph as an aid to painting. Flack began studying art while at Cooper Union in New York

Roberta Flack was an American rhythm and blues (R&B) singer known for the number-one hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1972) and “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973), and for her duets with soul music singer Donny Hathaway “Where Is the Love” (1972) and “The Closer I Get to You”

Roberta Flack was an American rhythm and blues (R&B) singer known for the number-one hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1972) and “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973), and for her duets with soul music singer Donny Hathaway “Where Is the Love” (1972) and “The Closer I Get to You”

Tôlan̈aro: …fort there in 1643, and Étienne de Flacourt wrote his descriptive Histoire de la Grande Isle de Madagascar there in 1661. A port on the Indian Ocean, Tôlan̈aro handles exports of dried fish, lumber, cattle, sisal, waxes, beans, peanuts (groundnuts), and other foodstuffs. It serves as the outlet for large…

James B. Eads: …middle arch, Eads’s deputy, Colonel Henry Flad, had planned to hump the middle arch slightly to bring the two halves together; then, with the cantilevering removed, the arch would assume its normal shape. Eads, on the other hand, had prepared a wrought-iron plug fitted with threads; the last two arch…

chess: Technological improvements: …a tiny latch called a flag, appeared at the turn of the 19th century and helped end the chronic arguments over when a player had exceeded a time limit. The flag, lying straight down near the 12 at the top of a clock face, is lifted at the end of…

falcon: Falcons have plumes called “flags” on their legs and a notch in the beak that is well developed in the genus Falco to form a “tooth.”

flag, a piece of cloth, bunting, or similar material displaying the insignia of a sovereign state, a community, an organization, an armed force, an office, or an individual. A flag is usually, but not always, oblong and is attached by one edge to a staff or halyard. The part nearest the staff is

Flag (1954–55), encaustic, oil, and collage painting on wood panel that was created in 1954–55 by American artist Jasper Johns. It was the first of many renderings of the flag of the United States by Johns and is one of his best-known works. Along with his friend and fellow artist Robert

Even when a stock, cryptocurrency, commodity, or other security is clearly trending in one direction, it may occasionally reverse course for several periods before resuming the prevailing trend. This price action creates patterns called flags and pennants, which technical analysts use to spot a

Orrin Hatch: …would make it illegal to burn the American flag, but it failed by one vote. He also worked to set restrictions on class-action lawsuits and to curb medical malpractice suits, sponsoring bills to that effect in 2004 and 2009, respectively. In addition, he was a vocal critic of the Patient…

Sean Penn: …and starred in the drama Flag Day, in which a young woman (played by his daughter, Dylan Penn) discovers her father’s criminal past. Later that year he appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-of-age dramedy Licorice Pizza. In the TV miniseries Gaslit (2022), Penn portrayed U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell, who…

Flag Day, in the United States, a day honouring the national flag, observed on June 14. The holiday commemorates the date in 1777 when the United States approved the design for its first national flag. The idea to set aside a day to honour the national flag came from several sources. Bernard J.