spiritualism, in religion, a movement beginning in the 19th century in America and Europe based on the belief that departed souls can interact with the living. Spiritualists sought to make contact with the dead, usually through the assistance of a medium, a person believed to have the ability to

spirituality, the quality or state of being spiritual or of being attached to or concerned with religious questions and values broadly conceived. The term is also frequently used in a non- (or even anti-) religious sense to designate a preoccupation with or capacity for understanding fundamental

spirochete: Spirochaeta are free-living nonpathogenic inhabitants of mud and water, typically thriving in anaerobic (oxygen-deprived) environments. Leptospirosis, caused by Leptospira, is principally a disease of domestic and wild mammals and is a secondary infection of humans.

spirochete, (order Spirochaetales), any of a group of spiral-shaped bacteria, some of which are serious pathogens for humans, causing diseases such as syphilis, yaws, Lyme disease, and relapsing fever. Examples of genera of spirochetes include Spirochaeta, Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira.

spirochete, (order Spirochaetales), any of a group of spiral-shaped bacteria, some of which are serious pathogens for humans, causing diseases such as syphilis, yaws, Lyme disease, and relapsing fever. Examples of genera of spirochetes include Spirochaeta, Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira.

bacteria: Diversity of structure of bacteria: or curved (vibrio, spirillum, or spirochete). Considerable variation is seen in the actual shapes of bacteria, and cells can be stretched or compressed in one dimension. Bacteria that do not separate from one another after cell division form characteristic clusters that are helpful in their identification. For example,…

spirochete, (order Spirochaetales), any of a group of spiral-shaped bacteria, some of which are serious pathogens for humans, causing diseases such as syphilis, yaws, Lyme disease, and relapsing fever. Examples of genera of spirochetes include Spirochaeta, Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira.

spirogyra, (genus Spirogyra), any member of a genus of some 400 species of free-floating green algae (division Chlorophyta) found in freshwater environments around the world. Named for their beautiful spiral chloroplasts, spirogyras are filamentous algae that consist of thin unbranched chains of

spirogyra, (genus Spirogyra), any member of a genus of some 400 species of free-floating green algae (division Chlorophyta) found in freshwater environments around the world. Named for their beautiful spiral chloroplasts, spirogyras are filamentous algae that consist of thin unbranched chains of

cestodiasis: …Sparganosis is caused by the Spirometra mansoni larva, which may be acquired by drinking water that contains water fleas harbouring the first larval stage. The larvae may grow to a length of 30 cm (12 inches) in the abdominal wall or in the region of the eye socket; surgical removal…

respiratory disease: Methods of investigation: Spirometry, the measurement of the rate and quantity of air exhaled forcibly from a full respiration, allows measurement of the ventilation capacity of the lungs and quantification of the degree of airflow obstruction. Ventilatory capability can be measured with a peak flow meter, which is…

spironolactone, diuretic drug that is used primarily to treat conditions related to edema (fluid retention), hypertension (high blood pressure), and hormone imbalances. The therapeutic effects of spironolactone were first described in the late 1950s. In 1960 the drug was approved for the treatment

spirotrich, (class Spirotrichea), any of a group of ciliated protozoans characterized by nonuniform, sparse ciliation and prominent membranelles of fused cilia around the mouth opening. The subclass contains a number of orders. See heterotrich; hypotrich; odontostome; oligotrich;

spirotrich, (class Spirotrichea), any of a group of ciliated protozoans characterized by nonuniform, sparse ciliation and prominent membranelles of fused cilia around the mouth opening. The subclass contains a number of orders. See heterotrich; hypotrich; odontostome; oligotrich;

skeleton: Buoyancy devices: …coiled, lightly constructed shell of Spirula sinks into the body, the animal has internal air spaces that can control its buoyancy and also its direction of swimming. In cuttlefish and squids, a shell that was originally chambered has become transformed into a laminated cuttlebone. Secretion and absorption of gases to…

spirulina, Any cyanobacteria in the genus Spirulina. A traditional food source in parts of Africa and Mexico, spirulina is an exceptionally rich source of vitamins, minerals, and protein, and one of the few nonanimal sources of vitamin B12. It is now being widely studied for its possible antiviral,

spirulina, Any cyanobacteria in the genus Spirulina. A traditional food source in parts of Africa and Mexico, spirulina is an exceptionally rich source of vitamins, minerals, and protein, and one of the few nonanimal sources of vitamin B12. It is now being widely studied for its possible antiviral,

Cipszer: …present-day north-central Slovakia known as Špis (Hungarian: Szepes; German: Zips). The Cipszers originated in the lower Rhine region, Flanders, Saxony, and Silesia. King Géza II (ruled 1141–62) of Hungary moved them to the Szepes area in the middle of the 12th century. Their local self-government was first recognized in writing…

history of Europe: The Bronze Age: …Bronze Age fortified site at Spišský Štvrtok, Slovakia, strategically located to control the trade routes running through a mountain pass across the Carpathians along the Hornád River, and by the Late Bronze Age Lusatian hilltop site in the Moravian Pforte passes. The development of aggression and its formalization played a…

bivalve: Internal features: The burrowing Spisula illustrates these changes. It, like Nucula, is equivalve and anteriorly and posteriorly symmetrical (isomyarian). The mantle margin is fused ventrally, allowing the foot to extend through an anterior pedal gape. The posterior inhalant and exhalant orifices are formed into tentacle-fringed siphons. The gills are…

spit, in geology, narrow coastal land formation that is tied to the coast at one end. Spits frequently form where the coast abruptly changes direction and often occur across the mouths of estuaries; they may develop from each headland at harbour mouths. Spits, which may be composed of sand or

Armenia: Relief: …destroyed the northwestern town of Spitak and caused severe damage to Leninakan (now Gyumri), Armenia’s second most populous city. About 25,000 people were killed.

Spitalfields, neighborhood in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. It is situated just east of the Bishopsgate section of the former London Wall. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the priory and hospital, or “spital,” of St. Mary, which was founded in 1197 by Walter and Rose Brown. Like other

Alexander the Great: Campaign eastward to Central Asia: …been overthrown by the Sogdian Spitamenes. Bessus was captured, flogged, and sent to Bactra, where he was later mutilated after the Persian manner (losing his nose and ears); in due course he was publicly executed at Ecbatana.

baseball: Records and statistics: …the increased use of the spitball (in which moisture is applied to the surface of a ball to affect its flight), the appearance of a cadre of bigger and stronger pitchers, and conservative managerial styles (called “scientific” or “inside” baseball) all contributed to a sharp fall in total runs and…

animal social behaviour: The ultimate causes of social behaviour: …expense of the recipient), and spite (the actor hurts the recipient and both pay a cost). Mutualistic associations pose no serious evolutionary difficulty since both individuals derive benefits that exceed what they would achieve on their own. In general, altruism is less likely to evolve, since a gene for altruism…

Spitfire, the most widely produced and strategically important British single-seat fighter of World War II. The Spitfire, renowned for winning victory laurels in the Battle of Britain (1940–41) along with the Hawker Hurricane, served in every theatre of the war and was produced in more variants

Ellen Burstyn: …Loves a Woman (1994) and The Spitfire Grill (1996). Her transformative performance as an addict in Requiem for a Dream (2000) was critically lauded, as was her turn as first lady Barbara Bush in Oliver Stone’s W. (2008). In 2014 she played the grown daughter of a spaceship pilot in…

Spithead, strait of the English Channel, forming an extensive, deep, and sheltered channel between the northeastern shore of the Isle of Wight and the mainland of England. The Spit Sand forms the western side of the channel leading into Portsmouth harbour. Besides its special association with the

Spitsbergen, largest island of the Svalbard archipelago, part of Norway, in the Arctic Ocean. Spitsbergen, with an area of 15,075 square miles (39,044 square km), is approximately 280 miles (450 km) long and ranges from 25 to 140 miles (40 to 225 km) wide. The terrain is mountainous, and most of

Philipp Spitta was a German scholar, one of the principal figures in 19th-century musicology and author of the first comprehensive work on Johann Sebastian Bach. Spitta studied at Göttingen and in 1874 helped found the Bachverein (Bach Society) in Leipzig. In 1875 he became professor of musical

Philipp Spitta was a German scholar, one of the principal figures in 19th-century musicology and author of the first comprehensive work on Johann Sebastian Bach. Spitta studied at Göttingen and in 1874 helped found the Bachverein (Bach Society) in Leipzig. In 1875 he became professor of musical

Spittal, town, southern Austria. It lies along the Drava (Drau) River at the mouth of the Lieser valley, just west of Millstätter Lake and northwest of Villach. Named for a hospital founded there by the counts of Ortenburg in 1191, it received market rights in 1242 but achieved municipal status

Spittal, town, southern Austria. It lies along the Drava (Drau) River at the mouth of the Lieser valley, just west of Millstätter Lake and northwest of Villach. Named for a hospital founded there by the counts of Ortenburg in 1191, it received market rights in 1242 but achieved municipal status

Carl Spitteler was a Swiss poet of visionary imagination and author of pessimistic yet heroic verse. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919. Spitteler was a private tutor for eight years in Russia and Finland. After he returned to Switzerland in 1879, he made his living as a teacher

reptile: Spitting: The spitting of venom by some Asian and African cobras (Naja) and the ringhals (Hemachatus haemachatus) is a purely defensive act directed against large animals. Instead of a straight canal ending in a long opening near the tip of each fang as in most…

cobra: The ringhals, or spitting cobra (Hemachatus haemachatus), of southern Africa and the black-necked cobra (Naja nigricollis), a small form widely distributed in Africa, are spitters. Venom is accurately directed at the victim’s eyes at distances of more than two metres (6.5 feet) and may cause temporary,…

spitting cobra, one of several species of cobras that, when threatened, can shoot or eject venom directly from their fangs. Spitting cobras typically spray venom in self-defense. All spitting cobras belong to the Elapidae family, but not all spitting cobras belong to the Naja genus (true cobras)

puppetry: Puppetry in the contemporary world: …puppetry could be seen in “Spitting Image,” a program introduced in 1984 with caricatured puppets designed by Roger Law and Peter Fluck. It consisted of satiric sketches, originally of English politicians and personalities, and represented a revival of the 18th-century tradition of adult satiric puppet theatre.

spitting spider, any member of the family Scytodidae (order Araneida). Most species have six pearly-white eyes rather than the usual eight. Equipped with silk glands connected with their venom glands, spitting spiders ensnare their prey by spitting a venomous, mucilaginous silk. They also have silk

homopteran: Spittle: Exuded from the alimentary tract by nymphs of the Cercopidae (i.e., spittlebugs) are spittle masses commonly found on stems of meadow plants. The spittle fluid is voided from the anus after it has been mixed with a mucilaginous substance excreted by epidermal glands of…

froghopper, (family Cercopidae), any of numerous species of small (less than 1.5 cm [0.6 inch] long) hopping insects (order Homoptera), worldwide in distribution, that produce a frothy substance known as spittle. The whitish nymph secretes a fluid through the anus that is mixed with a secretion

spitz, any of a group of northern dogs—such as the Akita, Pomeranian, and Samoyed—characterized by a wolflike or foxlike head; a dense, double coat in which the outer coat tends to stand off from the body; erect, pointed ears; and tails that curve over their backs. These traits were developed to

Mark Spitz is an American swimmer who, at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, became the first athlete to win seven gold medals in a single Games. Like many other outstanding American swimmers, Spitz trained for several years at the Santa Clara (California) Swim Club. He served as captain of the

Mark Spitz is an American swimmer who, at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, became the first athlete to win seven gold medals in a single Games. Like many other outstanding American swimmers, Spitz trained for several years at the Santa Clara (California) Swim Club. He served as captain of the

infant stimulation program: Emergence of modern infant stimulation programs: …the 1940s, when Austrian-born psychoanalyst René Spitz showed that long-term hospitalization of foundling infants with little or no stimulation was associated with abnormal behavioral development. In the 1950s, American psychologist Harry Harlow showed that monkeys raised in isolation (i.e., without maternal stimulation) displayed abnormal development. These findings indicated a potential…

fungus: Growth: …by its German name, the Spitzenkörper, and its position determines the direction of growth of a hypha.

Spitzer Space Telescope, U.S. satellite, the fourth and last of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration fleet of “Great Observatories” satellites. It studied the cosmos at infrared wavelengths. The Spitzer observatory began operating in 2003 and spent more than 16 years gathering

Eliot Spitzer is an American lawyer and politician who was governor of New York from 2007 to 2008. As the state’s attorney general (1999–2006), he gained national attention for his aggressive pursuit of corruption in the financial industry. Spitzer was educated at Princeton University (B.A., 1981)

stylistics: … (1865–1947), the Swiss philologist, and Leo Spitzer (1887–1960), the Austrian literary critic. According to followers of these thinkers, style in language arises from the possibility of choice among alternative forms of expression, as for example, between “children,” “kids,” “youngsters,” and “youths,” each of which has a different evocative value. This…

Lyman Spitzer was an American astrophysicist who studied the physical processes occurring in interstellar space and pioneered efforts to harness nuclear fusion as a source of clean energy. After Spitzer earned a B.A. from Yale University in 1935, he spent a year at the University of Cambridge. He

Lyman Spitzer was an American astrophysicist who studied the physical processes occurring in interstellar space and pioneered efforts to harness nuclear fusion as a source of clean energy. After Spitzer earned a B.A. from Yale University in 1935, he spent a year at the University of Cambridge. He

Carl Spitzweg is recognized as the most representative of the German artists working in the Biedermeier syle. Spitzweg is commonly identified as having been born in Unterpfaffenhofen, close to Munich. Trained in pharmacy at the University of Vienna, he was a pharmacist and newspaper illustrator

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian literary theorist, feminist critic, postcolonial theorist, and professor of comparative literature noted for her personal brand of deconstructive criticism, which she called “interventionist.” Educated in Calcutta (B.A., 1959) and at the University of

disk-winged bat: Spix’s disk-winged bat (Thyroptera tricolor) lives in small, cohesive colonies that roost in rolled-up leaves. It is unique among bats for its “heads-up” roosting posture.

macaw: …confirmed sighting of a non-captive Spix’s macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii)—the bird that inspired the popular children’s films Rio (2011) and Rio 2 (2014)—occurred in 2000, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and other authorities considered the species extinct in the wild by 2018. In addition, ornithologists hold out…

dickcissel, (Spiza americana), American bird usually placed in the family Cardinalidae. The male dickcissel—named for its song—is a streaky brown bird 16 cm (6.5 inches) long, with a black bib on its yellow breast, looking somewhat like a miniature meadowlark. Dickcissels are seedeaters. They breed

eagle: Members of the Spizaetus species—e.g., the ornate hawk eagle (S. ornatus) of tropical America—have short wide wings, long rounded tails, and ornamented heads. Bonelli’s eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus), of Mediterranean areas and parts of southern Asia, is about 60 cm (24 inches) long, is dark above and light below,…

sparrow: …sparrow (Spizella passerina) and the tree sparrow (S. arborea), trim-looking little birds with reddish-brown caps; the savanna sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) and the vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus), finely streaked birds of grassy fields; the song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) and the fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca), heavily streaked

sparrow: …in North America are the chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina) and the tree sparrow (S. arborea), trim-looking little birds with reddish-brown caps; the savanna sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) and the vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus), finely streaked birds of grassy fields; the song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) and the

fungus: Annotated classification: Order Spizellomycetales Parasitic on soil organisms and plants; holocarpic (having all the thallus involved in the formation of the fruiting body) or eucarpic; example genera include Spizellomyces and Powellomyces. Class Monoblepharidomycetes Asexual reproduction by zoospores or autospores; filamentous, branched or unbranched thallus;

loudness, in acoustics, attribute of sound that determines the intensity of auditory sensation produced. The loudness of sound as perceived by human ears is roughly proportional to the logarithm of sound intensity: when the intensity is very small, the sound is not audible; when it is too great, it

Sudan: Resumption of civil war: …under the banner of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and its political wing, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).

bryophyte: Ecology and habitats: …species in the moss family Splachnaceae), somewhat shaded cavern mouths (the liverwort Cyathodium and the mosses Mittenia and Schistostega), leaf surfaces (the moss Ephemeropsis and the liverwort genus Metzgeria and many species of the liverwort family Lejeuneaceae), salt pans

Bruce Jay Friedman: …notably Stir Crazy (1980) and Splash (1984; written with others). Lucky Bruce: A Literary Memoir was published in 2011.

tektite: Form and markings: Splash-form tektites have shapes like the microtektites but are about one million times as massive. Spheres (the majority), oblate spheroids, and a few dumbbells, teardrops, disks, and cylinders are found. Splash-form tektites are always marked by corrosion. The two most common kinds of corrosion are…

cultural globalization: Borrowing and translating popular culture: An earlier example of splashback—when a cultural innovation returns, somewhat transformed, to the place of its origin—was the British Invasion of the American popular music market in the mid-1960s. Forged in the United States from blues and country music, rock and roll crossed the Atlantic in the 1950s to…

pomo, either of two different phrases (two different Chinese characters are pronounced po) that describe two kinds of textured surface given to Chinese paintings (see cun). The more common interpretation of pomo is “broken ink,” which, though it is now difficult to identify, was supposedly an

amorphous solid: Melt quenching: …shown in Figure 4C, called splat quenching, can quench a droplet of a molten metal roughly 1,000 °C in one millisecond, producing a thin film of metal that is an amorphous solid. In enormous contrast to this, the silicate glass that forms the rigid ribbed disk of the Hale telescope…

plaster: Splatter dash and pebble dash are textured surfaces resulting from throwing mortar or pebble with some force on the finish coat while it is still soft.

glacier: Surface features: Splaying crevasses, parallel to the flow in midchannel, are caused by a transverse expansion of the flow. The drag of the valley walls produces marginal crevasses, which intersect the margin at 45°. Transverse and splaying crevasses curve around to become marginal crevasses near the edge…

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a nonprofit organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, that is committed to advocacy for civil rights and racial equality. Formally incorporated in 1971 by Alabama lawyers Morris Dees and Joe Levin, the Southern Poverty Law Center was founded as a small law firm

Nicholas Moore: Spleen (1973) presented 30 variations on a poem by Charles Baudelaire. Longings of the Acrobats (1990), a selection of his poetry, was published posthumously.

spleen, organ of the lymphatic system located in the left side of the abdominal cavity under the diaphragm, the muscular partition between the abdomen and the chest. In humans it is about the size of a fist and is well supplied with blood. As the lymph nodes are filters for the lymphatic

Charles Baudelaire: Prose poems: Baudelaire’s Petits poèmes en prose was published posthumously in 1869 and was later, as intended by the author, entitled Le Spleen de Paris (translated as The Parisian Prowler). He did not live long enough to bring these poems together in a single volume, but it is…

fern: Hybridization: …certain fern genera, such as spleenworts (Asplenium), wood ferns (Dryopteris), and holly ferns (Polystichum), hybridization between species (interspecific crossing) may be so frequent as to cause serious taxonomic problems. Hybridization between genera is rare but has been reported between closely related groups. Fern hybrids are conspicuously intermediate in characteristics between…

Aspleniaceae, the spleenwort family of ferns, with 1–10 genera and some 800 species, in the division Pteridophyta (the lower vascular plants). Some botanists treat Aspleniaceae as comprising a single genus, Asplenium (spleenwort), but up to nine small segregate genera are recognized by other

A Harlot High and Low, novel in four parts by Honoré de Balzac, published in 1839–47 as Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes. It was also translated into English as The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans and A (or The) Harlot’s Progress. It belongs to the “Scenes of Parisian Life” portion of

fairy wren: The splendid fairy wren (M. splendens) of Western Australia, unlike the bluecap in the east, avoids settled areas.

Ted Williams was an American professional baseball player who compiled a lifetime batting average of .344 as an outfielder with the American League Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960. He was the last player to hit .400 in Major League Baseball (.406 in 1941). Williams was an excellent ballplayer as a

sunbird: …distributed African species is the splendid sunbird (Cinnyris coccinigaster), with purple head, green back, and black wings and tail. A related group, the spider hunters (Arachnothera), are plain species with longer bills and shorter tails; they are found in Southeast Asia.

Splendor in the Grass, American film drama, released in 1961, that examines repressed love and the sexual frustrations of a teenage couple. Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty, in his first screen role, play high school lovers Deanie and Bud in a small Kansas town in the 1920s. They struggle to stay

alchemy: Latin alchemy: SalomonTrismosin, purported author of the Splendor solis, or “Splendour of the Sun” (published 1598), engaged in extensive visits to alchemical adepts (a common practice) and claimed success through “kabbalistic and magical books in the Egyptian language.” The impression given is that many had the secret of gold making but that…

A Harlot High and Low, novel in four parts by Honoré de Balzac, published in 1839–47 as Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes. It was also translated into English as The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans and A (or The) Harlot’s Progress. It belongs to the “Scenes of Parisian Life” portion of

Splendor in the Grass, American film drama, released in 1961, that examines repressed love and the sexual frustrations of a teenage couple. Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty, in his first screen role, play high school lovers Deanie and Bud in a small Kansas town in the 1920s. They struggle to stay

blood disease: Hemolytic anemias: In a number of instances, splenectomy—removal of the spleen—is necessary and is usually partially or wholly effective in relieving the anemia. The effectiveness of splenectomy is attributed to the removal of the organ in which red cells, coated with antibody, are selectively trapped and destroyed.

human cardiovascular system: The aorta and its principal branches: …serves the liver; and the splenic artery, which supplies the stomach, pancreas, and spleen.

anthrax, acute, infectious, febrile disease of animals and humans caused by Bacillus anthracis, a bacterium that under certain conditions forms highly resistant spores capable of persisting and retaining their virulence for many years. Although anthrax most commonly affects grazing animals such as

spleen: …lymphocytes, and lymphatic nodules, called follicles in the spleen. Germinal centres in the white pulp serve as the sites of lymphocyte production. Similar to the lymph nodes, the spleen reacts to microorganisms and other antigens that reach the bloodstream by releasing special phagocytic cells known as macrophages. Splenic macrophages reside…

splenomegaly: …of impaired flow through the splenic vein, which empties into the portal vein. Such impairment may be caused by liver disease, portal vein or splenic vein pathology, constrictive pericarditis, or congestive cardiac failure.

splenitis, enlargement and inflammation of the spleen as a result of infection, parasite infestation, or cysts. Infections spread readily to the spleen from other parts of the body. In pneumonia the spleen is moderately enlarged and soft; the cut surface is reddish to gray, while the tissue may be

splenomegaly, enlargement of the spleen, the abdominal organ that serves as a temporary storage site for blood and filters out degenerated and old blood cells. Splenomegaly may arise as a symptom of a number of diseases, including certain systemic infections, inflammatory diseases, hematologic

splice, permanent joining of two ropes by interweaving their strands. In the short splice the strands of each rope are unlayed (untwisted), interwoven, and tucked into the lay (twist) of the other rope. For neatness the strands are usually trimmed down before the final tuck is made. For making a

numerical analysis: Approximation theory: …rational functions, trigonometric polynomials, and spline functions (made by connecting several polynomial functions at their endpoints—they are commonly used in statistics and computer graphics).

coal: Banded and nonbanded coals: …than 80 percent vitrinite, and splint coal, which contains more than 30 percent opaque matter. The nonbanded varieties include boghead coal, which has a high percentage of algal remains, and cannel coal, which has a high percentage of spores in its attritus (that is, pulverized or finely divided matter). The…

radio: In the United States: …the industry known as “splintering,” in which one programming format (such as rock music) “splinters” into at least two more narrowly focused kinds of music (such as hip-hop or classic rock), in an effort to appeal to specific audiences with carefully defined demographic and psychographic profiles. About a dozen…

mineral: Cleavage and fracture: Splintery fracture is breakage into elongated fragments like splinters of wood, while hackly fracture is breakage along jagged surfaces.

Bobby Darin: …singles, but in 1958 “Splish Splash,” a novelty song he reputedly wrote in 12 minutes, became an international hit. Other hit singles followed, but, not content to remain a teenage sensation, Darin changed tack in 1959 and began recording adult standards à la Frank Sinatra, whom Darin famously aspired…

Split, seaport, resort, and chief city of Dalmatia, southern Croatia. It is situated on a peninsula in the Adriatic Sea with a deep, sheltered harbour on the south side. A major commercial and transportation centre, the city is best known for the ruins of the Palace of Diocletian (built 295–305

bowling: Principles of play: A split can occur on the first ball when two or more pins are left standing, separated by at least one fallen pin. Stepping over the foul line is a foul and results in loss of all pins knocked down on that delivery. There are depressed…