Martin Noth: In his book Das System der zwölf Stämme Israels (1930; “The Scheme of the Twelve Tribes of Israel”), written when he was just 28, Noth proposed the theory that the unity called Israel did not exist prior to the covenant assembly at Shechem in Canaan (Joshua 24), where,…

Courtney Love: …were joined by the drummer Patty Schemel and the bassist Kristen Pfaff. Cobain committed suicide days before the release of Hole’s second album, Live Through This (1994). Two months later Pfaff died of a heroin overdose. In 1998 Hole released Celebrity Skin, a commercial and critical success, but the group…

schemochrome, any one of many colourless, submicroscopic structures in organisms that serve as a source of colour by the manner in which they reflect light. Among those physical structures in organisms that fractionate light into its component colours are ridges, striations, facets, successive

Róza Déryné Széppataki was the first female Hungarian opera singer and the most famous Hungarian actress of the first half of the 19th century. Her parents sent her to Pest (now part of Budapest), then a predominantly German city, to learn the German language. In 1810 she joined the theatre company

Schenck v. United States, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on March 3, 1919, that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” In June

Schenck v. United States: Charles T. Schenck was general secretary of the U.S. Socialist Party, which opposed the implementation of a military draft in the country. The party printed and distributed some 15,000 leaflets that called for men who were drafted to resist military service. Schenck was subsequently arrested…

poker: History of poker: …began in 1871, when Colonel Jacob Schenck, the U.S. minister to Great Britain, explained the game to a group of gentlemen that included members of the British court. Queen Victoria heard about the game and expressed interest, whereupon Schenck wrote and had privately printed (1872) a set of rules to…

Arthur van Schendel was a Dutch novelist and short-story writer, whose basically Romantic temperament, combined with a concentrated, restrained, almost classical style, produced some of the greatest novels of his period. His first important novels Een zwerver verliefd (1904; “A Wanderer in Love”)

Schenectady, city, seat (1809) of Schenectady county, east-central New York, U.S., on the Mohawk River and New York State Canal System. With Albany and Troy, it forms an urban-industrial complex. Founded as a Dutch settlement in 1662, it took its name from the nearby Mohawk village of Schaunactada,

Schenectady, county, east-central New York state, U.S., comprising a hilly region bordered to the southeast by the Mohawk River (which also bisects the county) and to the west by Schoharie Creek. The Mohawk incorporates the New York State Canal System (completed 1918) and its constituent the Erie

Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein was a German painter and designer of woodcuts whose work bears the strong influence of Albrecht Dürer. An altarpiece for the Church of Ober-Sankt-Veit, near Vienna, believed to be his first work, was drawn by Dürer. In 1509 Schäuffelein worked in the Tirol and later in

Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein was a German painter and designer of woodcuts whose work bears the strong influence of Albrecht Dürer. An altarpiece for the Church of Ober-Sankt-Veit, near Vienna, believed to be his first work, was drawn by Dürer. In 1509 Schäuffelein worked in the Tirol and later in

Schengen Agreement, international convention initially approved by Belgium, France, West Germany (later Germany), Luxembourg, and the Netherlands in Schengen, Luxembourg, on June 14, 1985. The signatories agreed to begin reducing internal border controls, with the ultimate goal of allowing free

police: Computerization: …established a computerized information system—the Schengen Information System (SIS)—which allows the authorities of certain member states, plus some other European countries, to send or receive data about criminals, missing persons, stolen property, and other matters of interest to law enforcement officers. Each member of the EU, however, must devise its…

Ard Schenk is a Dutch speed skater who in 1972 won three gold medals in the Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan. He was the first skater to win the 500-, 1,500-, 5,000- and 10,000-metre races at the world championships in a single year (1972). Schenk was the son of a former national skating

Ard Schenk is a Dutch speed skater who in 1972 won three gold medals in the Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan. He was the first skater to win the 500-, 1,500-, 5,000- and 10,000-metre races at the world championships in a single year (1972). Schenk was the son of a former national skating

Heinrich Schenker was an Austrian music theorist whose insights into the structural hierarchies underlying much of 18th- and 19th-century music led to a new understanding of the laws of melodic and harmonic construction and form. Schenker was not well known in his time; he worked as a private

Robert Schenkkan is an American actor and writer who was best known for his historical plays, which notably included The Kentucky Cycle, a series of short plays that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992. Schenkkan grew up in Austin, Texas, in a family with a passionate appreciation for the arts. His

Robert Schenkkan is an American actor and writer who was best known for his historical plays, which notably included The Kentucky Cycle, a series of short plays that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992. Schenkkan grew up in Austin, Texas, in a family with a passionate appreciation for the arts. His

Shenute was a monastic reformer, abbot of the White Monastery, near Atripe in Upper Egypt, who is regarded as a saint in the Coptic (Egyptian Christian) Church. Shenute entered monastic life as a youth and succeeded his uncle as abbot of the White Monastery in 383. He revived the rule of Pachomius,

loincloth: … Egyptians wore a loincloth (schenti) of woven material that was wrapped around the body several times and tied in front or belted. Sometimes the schenti was pleated or partially pleated and sometimes stiffened to project in front.

History of film: Australia: … (The Getting of Wisdom, 1977), Fred Schepisi (The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, 1978), George Miller (Mad Max, 1979), and the first AFTRS graduates, Phillip Noyce (Newsfront, 1978) and Gillian Armstrong (My Brilliant Career, 1979). Unlike the productions financed with foreign capital by the Canadian Film Development Corporation during the same…

Jesus Only: …California, one of the participants, John G. Scheppe, experienced the power of the name of Jesus, and many accepted his revelation. McAlister’s teaching and the emotional testimony of Scheppe and others marked the emergence of the Jesus Only movement, which ultimately led to the denial of the traditional doctrine of…

cryptology: Developments during World Wars I and II: Koch of the Netherlands and Arthur Scherbius of Germany, independently discovered the rotor concept and designed machines that became the precursors of the best-known cipher machine in history, the German Enigma used in World War II. (See figure.)

Vitaly Scherbo is a former gymnast from what is now Belarus who was the first in his sport to win six gold medals in one Olympics. Scherbo quickly advanced in Soviet sports, competing in his first gymnastics meet at the age of 7. At 15 years old he became a member of the Soviet national team, and

Hermann Scherchen was a German conductor and champion of 20th-century music. He was influential in the careers of many contemporary composers. Scherchen was musically self-taught. Early in his career he played the viola, and for a time he toured with the Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg.

Éric Rohmer was a French motion-picture director and writer who was noted for his sensitively observed studies of romantic passion. Rohmer was an intensely private man who provided conflicting information about his early life. He offered different given names and gave several dates of birth,

Éric Rohmer was a French motion-picture director and writer who was noted for his sensitively observed studies of romantic passion. Rohmer was an intensely private man who provided conflicting information about his early life. He offered different given names and gave several dates of birth,

Rock Hudson was an American actor noted for his good looks and movie roles during the 1950s and ’60s and popular television series in the 1970s. A well-liked actor of modest talent, Hudson was one of the first known Hollywood celebrities to die of AIDS-related complications; the extensive publicity

string theory: Predictions and theoretical difficulties: …California Institute of Technology and Joel Scherk of the École Normale Supérieure and, independently, Tamiaki Yoneya of Hokkaido University came to a radical conclusion. They suggested that one of the supposedly failed predictions of string theory—the existence of a particular massless particle that no experiment studying the strong force had…

African architecture: Nomads and pastoralists: Some San scherms (shelters) are little more than depressions in the ground, but groups such as the !Kung build light-framed shelters of sticks and saplings covered with grass. Other hunter-gatherers, such as the Hadza of Tanzania, live in dry savanna territory, which contains a wide range of…

Lee Miller: War correspondent for Vogue: …teamed up with Life photojournalist David E. Scherman. Together they followed the 83rd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army as it advanced on the front lines. Miller became the first female photojournalist to do so. She photographed the Liberation of Paris, the battle of Saint-Malo, field hospitals in Normandy, and…

Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor was the doyenne of American high society in the latter half of the 19th century, who held the ground of “old money” in the face of changing times and values. Caroline Schermerhorn was the daughter of a wealthy merchant and had colonial Dutch aristocracy on both

Willem Drees: …affairs in the governments of Willem Schermerhorn and Louis Beel. In 1946 Drees and Schermerhorn, a left-wing Liberal, had formed a new socialist party, the Partij van de Arbeid (“Party of Labour”). As prime minister from Aug. 6, 1948, Drees formed ministries that were coalitions of his own party and…

tapestry: 19th and 20th centuries: …from 1896 to 1903 at Scherrebek, followed by similar enterprises at nearby Kiel and Meldorf. The most significant development, however, occurred at the design school of the Bauhaus, where tapestry was created during the 1920s and early 1930s. Abstract in composition, the Bauhaus designs were deeply rooted in the theory…

Paul Scherrer was a Swiss physicist who collaborated with Peter Debye in the development of a method of X-ray diffraction analysis. The Debye–Scherrer method is widely used to identify materials that do not readily form large, perfect crystals. Scherrer spent most of his life in Zürich, where he

Washington Nationals: …pitching (led by Strasburg and Max Scherzer) and hitting by young phenom Juan Soto led the team back to the postseason in 2019. There Washington exorcised years of playoff failures by defeating the two-time defending NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the division series for the franchise’s first victory of…

scherzo, in music, frequently the third movement of a symphony, sonata, or string quartet; also, in the Baroque era (c. 1600–c. 1750), a light vocal or instrumental piece (e.g., the Scherzi musicali of Claudio Monteverdi, 1607), and, in the 19th century, an independent orchestral composition. In

scherzo, in music, frequently the third movement of a symphony, sonata, or string quartet; also, in the Baroque era (c. 1600–c. 1750), a light vocal or instrumental piece (e.g., the Scherzi musicali of Claudio Monteverdi, 1607), and, in the 19th century, an independent orchestral composition. In

scherzo, in music, frequently the third movement of a symphony, sonata, or string quartet; also, in the Baroque era (c. 1600–c. 1750), a light vocal or instrumental piece (e.g., the Scherzi musicali of Claudio Monteverdi, 1607), and, in the 19th century, an independent orchestral composition. In

Rhätikon Mountains: The group’s highest peak is Schesaplana (9,724 feet [2,964 meters]) on the Austrian-Swiss border, east-northeast of Maienfeld, Switzerland. Tourism is the main economic base of the region.

Costa Concordia disaster: …of the ship’s crew, notably Capt. Francesco Schettino, were charged with various crimes.

agrostology: …1708 the German botanist Johann Scheuchzer wrote Agrostographiae Helveticae Prodromus, a taxonomic paper on grasses that some authors consider to mark the birth of agrostology. Many systems of classification followed this brief beginning. The earliest were based purely on external morphology of the plant, but later systems take into consideration…

Scheveningen, seaside resort and fishing port, Zuid-Holland provincie, western Netherlands, on the North Sea. Fishing has been an occupation there since the 14th century. Charles II embarked from Scheveningen to return to England at the Restoration (1660), and King William I landed nearby in 1813.

Icelandic literature: The 19th century: …men in particular: a philologist, Hallgrímur Scheving; a poet and lexicographer, Sveinbjörn Egilsson; and a philosopher and mathematician, Björn Gunnlaugsson. The principal movement in this renaissance was Romanticism. Inspired by the philosopher Henrik Steffens, Bjarni Thorarensen produced nationalistic poetry that became a model for 19th-century lyrical poetry.

sculpture: Relief sculpture: Stiacciato relief is an extremely subtle type of flat, low relief carving that is especially associated with the 15th-century sculptors Donatello and Desiderio da Settignano. The design is partly drawn with finely engraved chisel lines and partly carved in relief. The stiacciato technique depends largely…

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: …surprise hire of college coach Greg Schiano, who oversaw two losing seasons that featured a number of embarrassing moments—notably a MRSA bacterial outbreak in the locker room—before being fired at the end of the 2013 season. The Buccaneers rebuilt around young quarterback Jameis Winston, and the team posted its first…

Mars: Spacecraft exploration: …Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Schiaparelli lander. Schiaparelli ejected its parachute early and crashed into the surface. The TGO mapped the vertical distribution of dust and water vapor in the atmosphere. It did not detect any methane, which conflicted with Curiosity’s detection and suggests that some process destroys methane before…

Elsa Schiaparelli was an Italian-born fashion designer who established an important couture house in Paris. She was famous for her Surrealist fashions of the 1930s and for her witty accessories, such as a purse in the shape of a telephone. Schiaparelli ran away from her upper-class family and

Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli was an Italian astronomer and senator whose reports of groups of straight lines on Mars touched off much controversy on the possible existence of life on that planet. Schiaparelli went to Berlin in 1854 to study astronomy under Johann F. Encke. Two years later he was

diplomatics: Post-Renaissance scholarship: In Italy Luigi Schiaparelli made vital contributions to the study of Lombard documents. From the 19th century, some study of documents has formed part of the medieval-history curriculum in most European universities.

Italy: The end of French rule: By the terms of the armistice of Schiarino-Rizzino (April 16, 1814), Beauharnais was able to retain control of Lombardy. But an insurrection in Milan on April 20 allowed the Austrians to occupy the entire region.

Bill Frist: …centre of the controversy surrounding Terry Schiavo, a brain-damaged Florida woman whose family was locked in a fierce legal battle over whether to remove her from life support. After viewing video footage of Schiavo, Frist challenged the opinion of doctors who had examined her in person, stating that because she…

Tintoretto: Career: …of Tintoretto’s closest collaboration with Andrea Meldolla; together they decorated the Palazzo Zen with frescoes. The fresco technique had an important part in the formation of Tintoretto’s idiom, for it suggested to him the quickness of execution that was to become fundamental to his manner of painting. Unfortunately only some…

Aftenposten: …was established in 1860 by Christian Schibsted and played a significant role in developing a sense of Norwegian nationhood. Noted from its founding for the strength of its coverage of local and, increasingly, national news, Aftenposten generally took an editorial stance that was moderately conservative.

Patrick Joseph Frawley, Jr.: …was named chairman of the Schick Safety Razor Company. The nationalization of a Schick plant in Cuba one year later transformed Frawley into an outspoken promoter of anticommunist and conservative causes. He gave voice to political issues through his Twin Circle Publishing Co., which purchased the National Catholic Register in…

Schick test, method for determining susceptibility to diphtheria; it laid the basis for inoculation against the disease. A minute amount of diphtheria toxin is injected into the skin of the forearm. Redness at the site of injection after three days indicates a positive reaction (absence of

razor: …manufactured was that on which Jacob Schick, a retired U.S. Army colonel, applied for a patent in 1928 and that he placed on the market in 1931. Competitive models soon appeared. In the electric razor a shearing head, driven by a small motor, is divided into two sections: the outer…

Wilhelm Schickard was a German astronomer, mathematician, and cartographer. In 1623, he invented one of the first calculating machines. He proposed to Johannes Kepler the development of a mechanical means of calculating ephemerides (predicted positions of celestial bodies at regular intervals of

René Schickele was a German journalist, poet, novelist, and dramatist, whose personal experience of conflict between nations made his work an intense plea for peace and understanding. Schickele was active as a foreign correspondent, editor, and, from 1915 to 1919, as the publisher of the Weissen

August, Graf von Platen: …attacked its extravagances, particularly the Schicksaldrama, or fate drama, in his witty comedies in the manner of Aristophanes: Die verhängnisvolle Gabel (1826; “The Fateful Prong”) and Der romantische Oedipus (1829; “The Romantic Oedipus”). Der romantische Oedipus earned him the enmity of two other eminent German writers—Karl Immermann, whose work was…

Hans Carossa: His first novel, Doktor Bürgers Ende (1913; “The End of Doctor Bürger”; revised and republished in 1930 as Die Schicksale Doktor Bürgers, “The Fortunes of Doctor Bürger”), in which a young doctor, driven to despair by the suffering around him, commits suicide when he fails to save the…

Alfred Döblin: …in the book Schicksalsreise (1949; Destiny’s Journey).

fate tragedy, a type of play especially popular in early 19th-century Germany in which a malignant destiny drives the protagonist to commit a horrible crime, often unsuspectingly. Adolf Mullner’s Der neunundzwanzigste Februar (1812; “February 29”) and Die Schuld (1813; “The Debt”) and Zacharias

Amadeus Quartet: …three young Austrian Jewish refugees—Peter Schidlof, the group’s violist; Norbert Brainin, a violinist; and Siegmund Nissel, also a violinist. They were released from the camp with help from Dame Myra Hess and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Schidlof, who had been a violinist, began to study the viola. With the introduction…

Schiedam, gemeente (municipality) and river port, western Netherlands, at the confluence of the Schie and Nieuwe Maas (New Meuse) rivers, just west of Rotterdam. Named for an early dam on the Schie, it was chartered in 1273 and conducted a flourishing medieval trade in fish and grain until it was

Egon Schiele was an Austrian Expressionist painter, draftsman, and printmaker noted for the eroticism of his figurative works. As a student at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts (1907–09), Schiele was strongly influenced by the Jugendstil movement, the German Art Nouveau. He met Gustav Klimt, leader

Gaylen Gerber: …panels of the Swiss artist Adrian Schiess, which were at one end of the wall, and the paintings of the German artist Gerhard Richter, which occupied the other end. By using his own works as a line of demarcation, Gerber established equivalencies between two distinct artists.

Betty Bone Schiess was an American Episcopal priest who was at the forefront of the movement that led the church to permit the ordination of women. Betty Bone received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1945 and a master’s from Syracuse (New York) University in 1947. After

Francesco del Cossa: …work, the frescoes in the Schifanoia Palace at Ferrara (probably commissioned in 1469), Cossa developed a personal style of great coherence and vitality. Illustrating a humanist program, these frescoes represent in three tiers allegorical scenes, astrological symbols of the months, and scenes representing the daily life of Borso d’Este, the…

Francesco del Cossa: …work, the frescoes in the Schifanoia Palace at Ferrara (probably commissioned in 1469), Cossa developed a personal style of great coherence and vitality. Illustrating a humanist program, these frescoes represent in three tiers allegorical scenes, astrological symbols of the months, and scenes representing the daily life of Borso d’Este, the…

amine: Addition: …amines react readily to form imines (also called azomethines or Schiff bases), R2C=NR′.

Adam Schiff is an American Democratic politician who represents California in the U.S. Senate (2024– ). Schiff previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (2001–24). Schiff is the youngest of two boys born to Sherri and Ed Schiff, and he was raised in the Jewish faith. The family

Adam Schiff is an American Democratic politician who represents California in the U.S. Senate (2024– ). Schiff previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (2001–24). Schiff is the youngest of two boys born to Sherri and Ed Schiff, and he was raised in the Jewish faith. The family

The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893: Richter, Angela Hewitt, and András Schiff. A performance by American composer Wendy Carlos of two of the prelude and fugue numbers from Book I is noteworthy for having been played on a Moog synthesizer (Switched-On Bach, 1968). She made other recordings of Baroque music on synthesizer as well, adapting…

Dorothy Schiff was an American newspaper publisher of the New York Post, then a steadfastly liberal publication. Schiff attended Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College in 1920–21, and for some years she led the life of a wealthy debutante and socialite. During the 1930s, however, she became interested in

Jacob H. Schiff was an American financier and philanthropist. As head of the investment banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb, and Company, he became one of the leading railroad bankers in the United States, playing a pivotal role in the reorganization of several transcontinental lines around the turn of the

Jacob H. Schiff was an American financier and philanthropist. As head of the investment banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb, and Company, he became one of the leading railroad bankers in the United States, playing a pivotal role in the reorganization of several transcontinental lines around the turn of the

Moritz Schiff was a German physiologist who investigated the effects produced by removal of the thyroid gland. A graduate of the University of Göttingen (M.D., 1844) and a student of the French physiologist François Magendie in Paris, Schiff became director of the ornithology section of the

textile: Net and lace making: Schiffli lace, a type of embroidery, is made by modern machines, evolved from a hand version, using needles with points at each end. Several hundred needles are placed horizontally, often in two rows, one above the other. The fabric to be embroidered is held vertically…

Coogan’s Bluff: …and a notable score by Lalo Schifrin, who composed the famous theme song to the television series Mission: Impossible (1966–73) as well as the later scores for the Dirty Harry films. Lee J. Cobb, who played a crusty New York City police lieutenant, earned particular praise for his performance. The…

Emanuel Schikaneder was a prominent German actor, singer, playwright, and theatre manager now chiefly remembered as the librettist of Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Schikaneder began his career as an actor with a small traveling company performing the improvised farce and song

Emanuel Schikaneder was a prominent German actor, singer, playwright, and theatre manager now chiefly remembered as the librettist of Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Schikaneder began his career as an actor with a small traveling company performing the improvised farce and song

ostariophysan: Annotated classification: Family Schilbeidae (schilbeid catfishes) Similar to Siluridae, but with adipose fin usually present and spine in dorsal fin. Food fishes. Size to 2.3 metres (about 8 feet), 110 kg (240 pounds). Asia and Africa. About 25 genera, 56 species. Families Amblycipitidae (torrent catfishes) Mountain streams of southern…

ostariophysan: Annotated classification: Family Schilbeidae (schilbeid catfishes) Similar to Siluridae, but with adipose fin usually present and spine in dorsal fin. Food fishes. Size to 2.3 metres (about 8 feet), 110 kg (240 pounds). Asia and Africa. About 25 genera, 56 species. Families Amblycipitidae (torrent catfishes) Mountain streams of southern…

Pieter Bruegel, the Elder: Life: According to Carel van Mander’s Het Schilderboeck (Book of Painters), published in Amsterdam in 1604 (35 years after Bruegel’s death), Bruegel was apprenticed to Pieter Coecke van Aelst, a leading Antwerp artist who had located in Brussels. The head of a large workshop, Coecke was a sculptor, architect, and designer…

Joseph Schildkraut was an Austrian-born American stage, television, and motion-picture actor. Schildkraut joined his father, the actor Rudolf Schildkraut, on his first American tour in 1910 and remained to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (1912–13). He made his professional debut in

Finnish literature: Origins: …among the Idlers belonged to Runar Schildt, whose novellas and plays dealt with ethical and artistic problems (e.g., Häxskogen [1920; “Witchwood”]). Schildt also ventured beyond the boundaries of city and class to describe life in the Swedish-speaking countryside. Poets linked to this group include Arvid Mörne, whose work was devoted…

Christology: Post-Enlightenment Christology: …such as Karl Rahner and Edward Schillebeeckx have acknowledged the historicity of the dogmatic pronouncements and have insisted on allowing for new and fresh interpretations without forfeiting their essential content.

Daniela Schiller is an Israeli-born cognitive neuroscientist best known for her research in the area of memory reconsolidation, or the process of re-storing memories after they have been retrieved. Schiller, the youngest of four children, was raised in Rishon LeẔiyyon, Israel, near Tel Aviv–Yafo.

humanism: Other uses: …century the pragmatic humanism of Ferdinand C.S. Schiller, the Christian humanism of Jacques Maritain, and the movement known as secular humanism, though differing from each other significantly in content, all showed this anthropocentric emphasis.

Friedrich Schiller was a leading German dramatist, poet, and literary theorist, best remembered for such dramas as Die Räuber (1781; The Robbers), the Wallenstein trilogy (1800–01), Maria Stuart (1801), and Wilhelm Tell (1804). Friedrich Schiller was the second child of Lieut. Johann Kaspar

Friedrich Schiller was a leading German dramatist, poet, and literary theorist, best remembered for such dramas as Die Räuber (1781; The Robbers), the Wallenstein trilogy (1800–01), Maria Stuart (1801), and Wilhelm Tell (1804). Friedrich Schiller was the second child of Lieut. Johann Kaspar

Hermann Kurz: …for two powerful historical novels, Schillers Heimatjahre (1843; “Schiller’s Homeland Years”) and Der Sonnenwirt (1855; “The Proprietor of the Sun Inn”), both critical of the existing social order, and for his satirically humorous tales of Swabian life in Erzählungen (1858–63; “Tales”).

Austria: Austria in the European Union: …strongest in Europe, retired the schilling.

malabsorption test: …are required to undergo the Schilling test. Radioactive vitamin B12 is administered orally, and the amount excreted in the urine over the next 24 hours is measured. Malabsorption is confirmed if less than 8 percent of the vitamin B12 is excreted in the urine.

Curt Schilling is an American professional baseball player who emerged as a leading pitcher in the 1990s and helped both the Arizona Diamondbacks (2001) and the Boston Red Sox (2004 and 2007) win the World Series. Schilling was drafted by the Red Sox out of Yavapai Junior College in Prescott,

Curt Schilling is an American professional baseball player who emerged as a leading pitcher in the 1990s and helped both the Arizona Diamondbacks (2001) and the Boston Red Sox (2004 and 2007) win the World Series. Schilling was drafted by the Red Sox out of Yavapai Junior College in Prescott,

Johann Schiltberger was a German nobleman whose Reisebuch (“Travel Book”), describing his journeys through areas now chiefly within the Transcaucasian region and Russia, offers an important record of medieval times. While serving in the Crusade of King Sigismund of Hungary against the Turks, the

Johann Schiltberger was a German nobleman whose Reisebuch (“Travel Book”), describing his journeys through areas now chiefly within the Transcaucasian region and Russia, offers an important record of medieval times. While serving in the Crusade of King Sigismund of Hungary against the Turks, the