Minnesota Twins: …Series in 1965, with outfielder Tony Oliva and pitcher Jim Kaat joining Killebrew as the team’s stars. Minnesota signed future seven-time AL batting champion Rod Carew in 1967. Carew won the AL Rookie of the Year award in his first season with Minnesota, and he, Oliva, and Killebrew led the…

Austria: Austria as a great power: …some military successes, but the Treaty of Oliva (1660) brought no territorial gains for Austria, though it stopped the advance of the Swedes in Germany.

Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares was the prime minister (1623–43) and court favourite (valido) of King Philip IV of Spain. He attempted to impose a strong centralizing policy and eventually provoked rebellion and his own fall. Olivares’s father, Enrique de Guzmán, was the Spanish

Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares was the prime minister (1623–43) and court favourite (valido) of King Philip IV of Spain. He attempted to impose a strong centralizing policy and eventually provoked rebellion and his own fall. Olivares’s father, Enrique de Guzmán, was the Spanish

Ruben Olivares is a Mexican professional boxer, world bantamweight (118 pounds) and featherweight (126 pounds) champion during the 1970s. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Olivares began his professional boxing career in 1964 and won his first 22 bouts by knockout, using the

human ear: Ascending pathways: …the cells of the superior olivary complex, whereas others make connection with the olivary cells of the same side. Together, these fibres form the trapezoid body. Fibres from the dorsal cochlear nucleus cross the midline to end on the cells of the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus. There they are…

olive: Physical description: The olive fruit is classed botanically as a drupe, similar to the peach or plum. Within the stone are one or two seeds. Olives tend to have maximum oil content (about 20–30 percent of fresh weight) and greatest weight six to eight months after the blossoms…

olive, (Olea europaea), subtropical broad-leaved evergreen tree (family Oleaceae) and its edible fruit. The olive fruit and its oil are key elements in the cuisine of the Mediterranean and are popular outside the region. The tree’s beauty has been extolled for thousands of years. The edible olive

human ear: Ascending pathways: …the cells of the superior olivary complex, whereas others make connection with the olivary cells of the same side. Together, these fibres form the trapezoid body. Fibres from the dorsal cochlear nucleus cross the midline to end on the cells of the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus. There they are…

baboon: The anubis, or olive baboon (P. anubis), is only slightly smaller than the chacma and olive in colour; the male has a large mane of hair over the head and shoulders. The anubis baboon has a wide range, from the hinterland of Kenya and Ethiopia through the grasslands…

colobus: …red colobus (genus Piliocolobus), and olive colobus (genus Procolobus).

Oleaceae, the olive family, belonging to the order Lamiales and named for the economically important olive tree (species Olea europaea). A number of plants in the family are of economic or aesthetic importance: the olive tree is the source of olives and olive oil; the ashes (genus Fraxinus) are

fruit fly: …of subtropical fruits; and the olive fruit fly (Dacus oleae), which destroys olives in the Mediterranean region. Control methods vary with the species involved and include spraying of fruits with insecticides during the egg-laying season, destruction of infested fruit, and control by parasites.

glassware: Post-Revolutionary glassworks: …importance, later known as the Olive Glass Works, Gloucester County, New Jersey, was completed in 1781 by former employees of the Wistar Glass Works, the Stanger brothers. In addition to the many fine South Jersey pieces attributed to this house, it is of interest because of its long history, eventually…

Elizabeth Strout: Amy and Isabelle and Olive Kitteridge: In Olive Kitteridge (2008) the author introduced one of literature’s more memorable characters: the eponymous cantankerous yet compassionate teacher living in the small town of Crosby, Maine. The work, which contains 13 connected stories, won a Pulitzer Prize and later was made into an HBO miniseries…

Frances McDormand: …in the 2014 TV miniseries Olive Kitteridge. McDormand later voiced the character Momma in the animated feature The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Interpreter Nelson in Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated film Isle of Dogs (2018). She also appeared in the Coen brothers’ Hail, Caesar! (2016).

olive oil, oil extracted from the fleshy part of the ripened fruit of the olive tree, Olea europaea. Olive oil varies in color from clear yellow to golden; some varieties obtained from unripe fruit have a greenish tinge. Oils of varying characteristics and qualities are produced by almost every

Olive Oyl, American comic-strip and cartoon character, the longtime love interest of the sailor Popeye. Tall, gangly, big-footed Olive Oyl, whose black hair was almost always tied back in a bun, first co-starred with her brother, Castor Oyl, in 1919 in the newspaper comic strip Thimble Theatre. For

sea turtle: Physical features and feeding habits: Adult and juvenile olive ridleys (Lepidochelys olivacea) are also largely pelagic, but they are known to frequent coastal regions such as bays and estuaries. The olive ridley and its relative, the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (L. kempii), are small with wide rounded shells. As adults, both species have…

olive shell, any of the marine snails that constitute the family Olividae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda). Fossils of the genus Oliva are common from the Eocene Epoch (57.8 to 36.6 million years ago) to the present. The shell, which is distinctive and easily recognizable, has a

Elizabeth Strout: Lucy Barton novels: In Olive, Again (2019), Strout continued the story of Olive Kitteridge while introducing several new characters. Strout returned to the Amgash series with Oh William! (2021), which is set several decades after My Name Is Lucy Barton. While grieving the death of her second husband, Lucy…

Portuguese literature: Studies in history and literature: The works of Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins demonstrated psychological imagination, a notable capacity for general ideas, and a gift of picturesque narration. He left in his numerous writings a vast portrait gallery of the great figures of his country, particularly in the Portugal contemporaneo (1881; “Contemporary Portugal”).

Portuguese literature: From monarchy to republic: …of António Alves Redol and Carlos de Oliveira. The latter’s Casa na duna (1943; “House on the Sand Dune”), his first novel, mixes acute perception of human motivation with social awareness, a combination that would appear throughout his career, including in his final novel, Finisterra (1978; “Land’s End”). Vergílio Ferreira,…

Manoel de Oliveira was a Portuguese filmmaker, known for richly meditative and often self-reflexive films that were frequently inspired by literary and theatrical works. Although his career began in the silent film era, he did not attain international recognition until the late 20th century, and

Manoel de Oliveira was a Portuguese filmmaker, known for richly meditative and often self-reflexive films that were frequently inspired by literary and theatrical works. Although his career began in the silent film era, he did not attain international recognition until the late 20th century, and

Mário António was a scholar, short-story writer, and poet whose works focus alternately on Angolan and Portuguese cultures. A poet of personal love and social protest in his early years, António in his later poems frequently presents verbal portraits of moods, places, and experiences. António

Brazilian literature: The short story: …the novelist and short-story writer Nelson de Oliveira, who used it in the title in two anthologies (2001 and 2003) in which he, as editor, collected these writers’ works.

As You Like It: …denied by his older brother Oliver the education and upbringing that should have been Orlando’s right as a gentleman. To escape Oliver’s murderous hatred, Orlando flees to the Forest of Arden with his faithful old servant Adam. Soon Rosalind is banished too, merely for being the daughter of the out-of-favour…

Oliver Stone: …Peter Kuznick, he also created Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States (2012), a 10-part television documentary (and accompanying book) that took an unorthodox look at the preceding century of American political history. The four-part TV series The Putin Interviews (2017) featured conversations between Stone and the Russian president.…

Oliver Twist, novel by Charles Dickens, published serially under the pseudonym “Boz” from 1837 to 1839 in Bentley’s Miscellany and in a three-volume book in 1838. The novel was the first of the author’s works to realistically depict the impoverished London underworld and to illustrate his belief

Roman Polanski: It was followed by Oliver Twist (2005), an adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic novel, and The Ghost Writer (2010), a thriller involving a former politician and the author who is writing his memoir. For the latter movie Polanski won his third French César award for best director. He then…

Oliver Twist, British dramatic film, released in 1948, that was an adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic tale of the same name. It features a memorable performance by Alec Guinness in one of his first film roles. The story follows the adventures of Oliver Twist (played by John Howard Davies), an

Oliver Twist, novel by Charles Dickens, published serially under the pseudonym “Boz” from 1837 to 1839 in Bentley’s Miscellany and in a three-volume book in 1838. The novel was the first of the author’s works to realistically depict the impoverished London underworld and to illustrate his belief

Fagin: …the stage and film musical Oliver! (1968), and George C. Scott portrayed the character in a televised version of the novel released in 1982. In 2005 Ben Kingsley played Fagin in director Roman Polanski’s adaptation of the novel.

white-toothed shrew: Among the largest is Olivier’s shrew (C. olivieri) of sub-Saharan Africa, which weighs 37 to 78 grams (1.3 to 2.8 ounces) and has a body 11 to 15 cm (4.3 to 5.9 inches) long and a tail of 8 to 10 cm. One of the smallest is the Sulawesi…

Isaac Oliver was a miniature painter. Oliver’s French Huguenot parents took him to England about 1568, where he studied painting and married the daughter of a then well-known portrait painter, Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder. Oliver soon won renown and royal patronage for his miniatures, including

Jamie Oliver is a British chef who achieved worldwide fame with his television shows The Naked Chef (1999) and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (2010–11) and as author of a number of cookbooks with a variety of culinary themes. Oliver’s parents were owners of a pub-restaurant in Clavering, Essex.

John Oliver is an English-American comedian, writer, and television host who has written and performed for various programs over a two-decade career but is perhaps best known as the host of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– ). The weekly half-hour television show takes a satirical look at

climate classification: Genetic classifications: …years later (1968 and 1970) John E. Oliver placed this type of classification on a firmer footing by providing a quantitative framework that designated particular air masses and air mass combinations as “dominant,” “subdominant,” or “seasonal” at particular locations. He also provided a means of identifying air masses from diagrams…

John Oliver is an English-American comedian, writer, and television host who has written and performed for various programs over a two-decade career but is perhaps best known as the host of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– ). The weekly half-hour television show takes a satirical look at

King Oliver was an American cornetist who was a vital link between the semi-mythical prehistory of jazz and the firmly documented history of jazz proper. He is also remembered for choosing as his protégé the man generally considered to have been the greatest of all New Orleans musicians, Louis

King Oliver was an American cornetist who was a vital link between the semi-mythical prehistory of jazz and the firmly documented history of jazz proper. He is also remembered for choosing as his protégé the man generally considered to have been the greatest of all New Orleans musicians, Louis

Mary Oliver was an American poet whose work reflects a deep communion with the natural world as well as a belief that poetry “mustn’t be fancy.” Oliver, who had a devoted following, was known for her use of plain language and accessible imagery. In 1984 she won a Pulitzer Prize for the collection

Sy Oliver was a jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who was one of the leading music arrangers of the 1930s and ’40s. Both of Oliver’s parents were music teachers in Ohio, where he grew up. He played the trumpet as a boy and at the age of 17 took a job (1927–30) with Zack Whyte and his

disability studies: Michael Oliver, a disabled sociologist, helped to push the movement into academia with his book Politics of Disablement: A Sociological Approach (1990), in which he analyzed how a social issue such as disability gets cast as an individual medicalized phenomenon.

Sy Oliver was a jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who was one of the leading music arrangers of the 1930s and ’40s. Both of Oliver’s parents were music teachers in Ohio, where he grew up. He played the trumpet as a boy and at the age of 17 took a job (1927–30) with Zack Whyte and his

Pesaro: ) The Oliveriano Archaeological Museum is important for students of Italian antiquities. The composer Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, a native of Pesaro, left his fortune to found a music school there.

Pauline Oliveros was an American composer and performer known for conceiving a unique, meditative, improvisatory approach to music called “deep listening.” Oliveros was raised in a family that encouraged involvement with music. At age 10 she was introduced to the accordion by her mother, who was a

Mount of Olives, multi-summit limestone ridge just east of the Old City of Jerusalem and separated from it by the Kidron Valley. Frequently mentioned in the Bible and later religious literature, it is holy to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The peak usually regarded as the Mount of Olives proper

Olivet College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Olivet, Mich., U.S., located about 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Lansing. A liberal arts college affiliated with the Congregational Christian Church and the United Church of Christ, it offers bachelor’s degree programs in arts

Mount of Olives: …the Crucifixion, in his so-called Olivet Discourse, he foretells the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world (Matthew 24–25; Mark 13; Luke 21). The traditional site of the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed just before he was betrayed by Judas Iscariot (Matthew 26; Mark 14), is on…

Bonaventure Des Périers: He assisted Pierre-Robert Olivétan and Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples in the preparation of the vernacular version of the Old Testament and Étienne Dolet in the Commentarii linguae Latinae. Margaret of Angoulême, queen of Navarre, made him her valet de chambre in 1536. He acted as her secretary and…

Olivetti & C. SpA, Italian multinational firm that manufactures office equipment and information systems. Headquarters are in Ivrea, Italy. Founded by Camillo Olivetti (1868–1943), an electrical engineer, the company began making typewriters in 1908. In 1925 Olivetti dispatched his son Adriano

Olivetti & C. SpA: …1925 Olivetti dispatched his son Adriano Olivetti to study modern manufacturing techniques and plant management in the United States. Upon his return, the company underwent a complete reorganization that included streamlining and modernizing operations and development of a new typewriter design, the M-40, which won wide acceptance in the 1930s.

Olivetti & C. SpA: Founded by Camillo Olivetti (1868–1943), an electrical engineer, the company began making typewriters in 1908. In 1925 Olivetti dispatched his son Adriano Olivetti to study modern manufacturing techniques and plant management in the United States. Upon his return, the company underwent a complete reorganization that included streamlining…

Emily Pomona Edson Briggs was an American journalist, one of the first women to acquire a national reputation in the field. Emily Edson grew up in Burton, Ohio, and, from 1840, near Chicago, attending local schools. She taught briefly and, about 1854, married John R. Briggs. In 1861, when her

Twelfth Night: …in love with the lady Olivia. Orsino sends Viola-Cesario to plead his cause to Olivia, who promptly falls in love with the messenger. Viola, meanwhile, is in love with Orsino, and, when her twin, Sebastian, is rediscovered, many comic situations of mistaken identity ensue. There is a satiric subplot involving…

olive shell, any of the marine snails that constitute the family Olividae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda). Fossils of the genus Oliva are common from the Eocene Epoch (57.8 to 36.6 million years ago) to the present. The shell, which is distinctive and easily recognizable, has a

Laurence Olivier was a towering figure of the British stage and screen, acclaimed in his lifetime as the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century. He was the first member of his profession to be elevated to a life peerage. The son of an Anglican minister, Olivier attended All Saints

bicycle: From boneshakers to bicycles: …the Olivier brothers, René and Aimé. In 1865 these two rich young men pedaled velocipedes more than 800 km (500 miles) from Paris to Marseille, and their subsequent enthusiasm for the new sport helped it to become a worldwide craze for the young, fit, and well-to-do. The brothers paid 50,000…

Émile Ollivier was a French statesman, writer, and orator who, as minister of justice under Napoleon III, authored an abortive plan for achieving a governmental compromise between Napoleonic autocracy and parliamentary democracy. Trained in the law and, in his early life, an adherent of the

Isaac Oliver was a miniature painter. Oliver’s French Huguenot parents took him to England about 1568, where he studied painting and married the daughter of a then well-known portrait painter, Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder. Oliver soon won renown and royal patronage for his miniatures, including

Laurence Olivier was a towering figure of the British stage and screen, acclaimed in his lifetime as the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century. He was the first member of his profession to be elevated to a life peerage. The son of an Anglican minister, Olivier attended All Saints

Laurence Olivier was a towering figure of the British stage and screen, acclaimed in his lifetime as the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century. He was the first member of his profession to be elevated to a life peerage. The son of an Anglican minister, Olivier attended All Saints

Laurence Olivier was a towering figure of the British stage and screen, acclaimed in his lifetime as the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century. He was the first member of his profession to be elevated to a life peerage. The son of an Anglican minister, Olivier attended All Saints

bicycle: From boneshakers to bicycles: …linked with the Olivier brothers, René and Aimé. In 1865 these two rich young men pedaled velocipedes more than 800 km (500 miles) from Paris to Marseille, and their subsequent enthusiasm for the new sport helped it to become a worldwide craze for the young, fit, and well-to-do. The brothers…

Laurence Olivier was a towering figure of the British stage and screen, acclaimed in his lifetime as the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century. He was the first member of his profession to be elevated to a life peerage. The son of an Anglican minister, Olivier attended All Saints

Jamaica: The crown colony: …architecture were subsequently altered, and Sir Sydney Olivier (later Lord Olivier) rebuilt its public offices on the finest street of the city. The economy recovered slowly from the disaster, and unemployment remained a problem. In the early 20th century thousands of Jamaicans migrated to help build the Panama Canal or…

olivine, any member of a group of common magnesium, iron silicate minerals. Olivines are an important rock-forming mineral group. Magnesium-rich olivines are abundant in low-silica mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks and are believed to be the most abundant constituent of the Earth’s upper mantle.

human ear: Descending pathways: …a fibre tract called the olivocochlear bundle. It constitutes an efferent system, or feedback loop, by which nerve impulses, thought to be inhibitory, reach the hair cells. This system, which uses acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter, is presumably involved in sharpening, or otherwise modifying, the analysis that is made in the…

Olivos, cabecera (county seat) of Vicente López partido (county), Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, eastern Argentina. It is located directly north of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires provincia (province), on the Río de la Plata estuary. The site of present-day Olivos was during the 16th and

Carlos Menem: The Olivos Pact (1994), an agreement between Menem and the opposing Congressional party, allowed him to revise the constitution of 1853 to permit his reelection as president in 1995 (the pact also limited presidential terms to four years and imposed restrictions on executive control over certain…

Austria: Austria as a great power: …some military successes, but the Treaty of Oliva (1660) brought no territorial gains for Austria, though it stopped the advance of the Swedes in Germany.

Temür was the grandson and successor of the great Kublai Khan; he ruled (1295–1307) as emperor of the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty (1206–1368) of China and as great khan of the Mongol Empire. He was the last Yuan ruler to maintain firm control over China, but he never exercised real power over Mongol

Öljeitü was the eighth Il-Khan ruler of Iran, during whose reign the Shīʿite branch of Islam was first proclaimed the state religion of Iran. A great-grandson of Hülegü, founder of the Il-Khanid dynasty, Öljeitü was baptized a Christian and given the name Nicholas by his mother. As a youth he

Öljeitü was the eighth Il-Khan ruler of Iran, during whose reign the Shīʿite branch of Islam was first proclaimed the state religion of Iran. A great-grandson of Hülegü, founder of the Il-Khanid dynasty, Öljeitü was baptized a Christian and given the name Nicholas by his mother. As a youth he

Olkhon Island, island in Lake Baikal, administered as part of Irkutsk oblast (province), east-central Russia. It is separated from the lake’s western shore by the straits of Olkhon and the Maloye More (Little Sea). Its area is 280 square miles (730 square km), and its highest point, Mount Zhima,

theatre music: Stage musicals: …erstwhile Soviet Union, the musicologist Andrey Olkhovsky once noted that

saga: Sagas of Icelanders: Ǫlkofra þáttr (the term þáttr is often used for a short story) and Bandamanna saga (“The Confederates’ Saga”) satirize chieftains who fail in their duty to guard the integrity of the law and try to turn other people’s mistakes into profit for themselves. The central…

William Salesbury: …a collection of Welsh proverbs, Oll Synnwyr Pen Kembero Ygyd (“The Whole Sense of a Welshman’s Head”), possibly the first book printed in Welsh. His Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe (1547), the first work of its kind, appeared in a facsimile edition in 1877. His translation of the New Testament…

Roussillon: Ollada, or ouillade, is a beef stew cooked in a heavy pot. Cargolada is a dish of escargots. Notable wines come from Banyuls-sur-Mer, Rivesaltes, and Maury.

tlachtli: …the ritual ball game (ollama) played throughout pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Possibly originating among the Olmecs (La Venta culture, c. 800–c. 400 bce) or even earlier, the game spread to subsequent cultures, among them those of Monte Albán and El Tajín; the Maya (as pok-ta-pok); and the Toltec, Mixtec, and Aztec.…

fili: The highest grade was the ollamh, achieved after at least 12 years of study, during which the poet mastered more than 300 difficult meters and 250 primary stories and 100 secondary stories. Attaining the highest grade entitled a fili to wear a cloak of crimson-colored bird feathers and carry a…

pool: …was invented in 1864 by Joseph Oller (1839–1922), a French impresario and part-time bookmaker. He also solved the problem of the time-consuming work of dividing the prize money among the winners in proportion to the size of their wagers by inventing a mechanical machine, the compteur totalisateur, to perform the…

Ull, in Norse mythology, a god associated with skis and the bow, according to the Icelandic poet and historian Snorri Sturluson in his Prose Edda. Ull is said there to be the handsome son of Sif and the stepson of her husband Thor. Ull possessed warrior-like attributes and was called upon for aid

skateboarding: …hands-free aerial known as the ollie is one of the most important tricks in contemporary skateboarding. It was invented in 1978 by Alan (“Ollie”) Gelfand, who discovered that slamming his foot down on the kicktail and simultaneously sliding his front foot forward caused the board and himself to jump into…

enchondroma: …with the lesions produced in enchondromatosis (also called Ollier disease).

Émile Ollivier was a French statesman, writer, and orator who, as minister of justice under Napoleon III, authored an abortive plan for achieving a governmental compromise between Napoleonic autocracy and parliamentary democracy. Trained in the law and, in his early life, an adherent of the

olm, (Proteus anguinus), blind salamander belonging to the family Proteidae (order Caudata). It lives in the subterranean streams in karst areas of the Adriatic coast from northeastern Italy southward into Montenegro. As an aquatic cave dweller, the olm has lost its skin pigmentation, and its

Olmaliq, city, eastern Uzbekistan. It is situated 35 miles (55 km) southeast of the city of Tashkent on the northern slopes of the Qurama Mountains and on the left bank of the Ohangaron River. Olmaliq was founded in 1951 from several settlements exploiting the rich nonferrous-metal resources of the

Olmec, the first elaborate pre-Columbian civilization of Mesoamerica (c. 1200–400 bce) and one that is thought to have set many of the fundamental patterns evinced by later American Indian cultures of Mexico and Central America, notably the Maya and the Aztec. The Nahuatl (Aztec) name for these

John II: …vanquished the dissidents at the Battle of Olmedo in 1445.

José Joaquín Olmedo was a poet and statesman whose odes commemorating South America’s achievement of independence from Spain captured the revolutionary spirit of his time and inspired a generation of Romantic poets and patriots. They have remained monuments to the heroic figures of the liberation

José Joaquín Olmedo was a poet and statesman whose odes commemorating South America’s achievement of independence from Spain captured the revolutionary spirit of his time and inspired a generation of Romantic poets and patriots. They have remained monuments to the heroic figures of the liberation

Ehud Olmert is an Israeli politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem (1993–2003) and as prime minister of Israel (2006–09). Olmert’s parents were members of the Irgun Zvai Leumi, a militant Jewish group that fought for the establishment of Israel. In the mid-1950s and early ’60s, Olmert’s father,

Ermanno Olmi was an Italian motion-picture director whose early work examined life in the business world and whose later films explored religious and social themes. Olmi was born in the Malpensata neighborhood of the city of Bergamo in northern Italy. He and his family moved to Treviglio, in the

primate: Renewed interest in primate origins: …Hill man in England, the Olmo remains in Italy, and the Calaveras skull in the United States have been shown to be recent intrusions (burials in the case of Galley Hill and Olmo, fraudulent in the case of Calaveras) into Pliocene or Pleistocene levels (5.3 million to 11,700 years ago).…

Spanish literature: Theatre: …this group’s realist style is Lauro Olmo’s La camisa (1962; The Shirt), which depicts unemployed workers too poverty-stricken to seek employment because doing so requires a clean shirt. Like the social novel, social theatre featured generic or collective protagonists, economic injustices, and social-class conflicts, their depictions calculated to suggest Franco’s…

Edward James Olmos is a Mexican American actor, director, producer, and activist known for his gruff voice and distinctive features and for his crafting of complex Latino characters in film, television, and theater. He had regular roles in the television series Miami Vice (1984–89), American Family

Americans with Disabilities Act: In Olmstead v. L.C. (1999), the court ruled that two developmentally disabled women being held in a large psychiatric institution run by the state of Georgia should be allowed to relocate to smaller group homes and that prohibiting them from doing so constituted segregation and discrimination.…