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Liebig (crater) Liebig is a lunar crater that is located to the south-southeast of the Mersenius crater, and west of the Mare Humorum in the southwest part of the Moon. To the southwest of Liebig is the slightly smaller de Gasparis crater.
Liebig condenser The Liebig condenser or straight condenser is a piece of laboratory equipment where a straight glass tube surrounded by a water jacket. Water is constantly circulated in the water jacket to help cool hot vapors, condensing them into liquid.
Liebig's law of the minimum Liebig's Law of the Minimum, often simply called Liebig's Law or the Law of the Minimum, is a principle developed in agricultural science by Carl Sprengel (1828) and later popularized by Justus von Liebig. It states that growth is controlled not by the total of resources available, but by the scarcest resource.
Liebknecht Range Liebknecht Range () is a mountain range, 16 km (10 mi) long, forming the southwest arm of the Humboldt Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39.
Lieblingsminne und Freundesliebe in der Weltliteratur Lieblingsminne und Freundesliebe in der Weltliteratur is an anthology of poetry about homosexuality by the German artist Elisar von Kupffer (Elisarion). First published in 1900, it is the first effort of its kind in modern times, and while several later works have tried to deliver an updated version of von Kupffer's book, it has proven to be a timeless piece of gay literature.
Liebowitz social anxiety scale The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) is a questionnaire by psychologist and researcher, Michael Liebowitz, whose objective is to assess the range of social interaction and performance situations which patients with social anxiety disorder may fear. It is commonly used to study outcomes in clinical trials.
Lied Lied (plural Lieder) is a German word, meaning literally "song"; among English speakers, however, the word is used primarily as a term for European classical music songs, also known as art songs. More accurately, the term perhaps is best used to describe specifically songs set to a German poem of reasonably high literary aspirations, most notably during the nineteenth century, beginning with Franz Schubert and culminating with Hugo Wolf.
Lied Center for Performing Arts The Lied Center for Performing Arts is a state-of-the-art performing arts facility located in Lincoln, Nebraska that opened in 1990. It is part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is used for various events, including orchestra, theatre, and speakers.
Lied fĂĽr NRW Lied fĂĽr NRW or Hier an Rhein und Ruhr und in Westfalen is since the 60th anniversary celebrations of North Rhine-Westphalia a non-official regional anthem of this German Bundesland. There are many local anthems of certain regions of North Rhine-Westphalia but yet there has not been an anthem for the entire country.
Lied fĂĽr Sachsen-Anhalt The Lied fĂĽr Sachsen-Anhalt (Song for Saxony-Anhalt) is a regional anthem of the German land of Saxony-Anhalt. The use of this anthem was encouraged by the first minister-president of the country to strengthen the feeling of cultural identity in the new-founded land.
Lied Library At 5 stories and 302,000 square feet, the Lied Library building is the largest on UNLV's campus in Las Vegas, Nevada. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries were established in 1957 and now include the main Lied Library (pronounced LEED) and three branch libraries: Architecture Studies, Curriculum Materials, and Music.
Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn' ('The Youth's Magic Horn') is a collection of anonymous German folk poems assembled and published by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano between 1805 and 1808; since that time, selected items from the collection have been set as 'Lieder' by several composers. The specific term Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn", however, is usually used in connection with settings made by Gustav Mahler – though it should be appreciated that Mahler actually made more settings of Wunderhorn texts than are explicitly grouped together under that title.
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ('Songs of a Travelling Journeyman', often mistranslated as 'Songs of a Wayfarer') is Gustav Mahler's first song cycle. While he had previously written other lieder, they were grouped by source of text or time of composition as opposed to common theme.
Liederkranz cheese In spite of its German-sounding name, Liederkranz cheese was a United States innovation, a recreation of Limburger cheese that was subtly different because the bacterial culture that ripened it was not the same. Liederkranz is an extinct cheese.
Liechtenstein The Principality of Liechtenstein () is a small, doubly landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to its west and by Austria to its east. Mountainous, it is a winter sports resort, though it is perhaps best-known as a tax haven.
Liechtenstein diplomatic missions Owing to its small size and population, the Principality of Liechtenstein maintains a small, yet strategically placed network of diplomatic missions in Europe and one embassy in North America. Listed are embassies and missions to international organisations, excluding honorary consulates.
Liechtenstein Football Association The Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) (German: Liechtensteiner Fussballverband) is the governing body of football in Liechtenstein. It organizes the Liechtenstein national football team and the Liechtenstein football Cup.
Liechtenstein Museum The Liechtenstein Museum is in Vienna, Austria, named after the House of Liechtenstein, one of Europe's oldest noble families. The museum includes the Princely Collections containing important European works of art, forming one of the world's leading private art collections.
Liechtensteinisches Gymnasium The Liechtensteinisches Gymnasium (English: Liechtenstein Secondary School) is a secondary school located in Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein. It was founded in 1937 as "Collegium Marianum" by the Maristen-SchulbrĂĽder as a private school.
Liechtensteinklamm Liechtensteinklamm (Liechtenstein Gorge) is a particularly narrow gorge with walls up to 300m high, located in the Austrian Alps 50km south of Salzburg. It is around 4km long and named after Johann II of Liechtenstein who had walkways built in 1875.
Lieldienas In ancient Latvia, Lieldienas ("big days") was the celebration of Vernal Equinox on March 23. The celebration usually lasted three or four days; each day was devoted to a specific deity, though no source gives the names of the respective deity.
Liem Swie King Liem Swie King (林水鏡, pinyin: Lin Shuijing) (born February 28, 1956) was an Indonesian badminton player in the late 1970s and 1980s who competed in singles and some doubles events. Along with Morten Frost Hansen (Denmark), Han Jian (China), and Prakash Padukone (India), he was one of the world's dominant players in that era.
Lien In law, a lien is a form of security interest granted over an item of property to secure the payment of a debt or performance of some other obligation. The owner of the property, who grants the lien, is referred to as the lienor and the person who has the benefit of the lien is referred to as the lienee.
Lien avoidance In bankruptcy the debtor, by way of a Motion to Avoid Lien, can avoid certain liens that attached to the debtor's exempt property prior to the filing of the bankruptcy petition. This action is often used to clear title to land from a judgment lien arising out of pre-petition activity in a state court.
Lien Gisolf Carolina Anna 'Lien' Gisolf (Fort de Kock-former Dutch East Indies, July 13 1910 - Amstelveen, May 30 1993) was a Dutch athlete, who competed mainly in the High jump in the twenties and thirties of last century.
Lien waivers In the Mechanics lien process a lien waiver is a document from a contractor, subcontractor, materialmen, equipment lessor or other party to the construction project stating they they have received payment and waive any future lien rights to the property. There are typically four types of lien waivers:
Lienholder The term lienholder is usually used in instances of title of a vehicle (such as an automobile) to refer to the person who has right of property of the vehicle, as opposed to the party that merely has right of posession. The party that only has right of posession is referred to as a registered owner, and in the event the registered owner fails to pay off the lien according to the agreed-to terms, the lienholder has the right to invoke repossession of the vehicle.
Liepāja Liepāja (German: Libau, Lithuanian: Liepoja, Polish: Lipawa, Russian: Либава / Libava or Лиепая / Liyepaya, Yiddish: ליבאַװע / Libave) is a city in western Latvia on the Baltic sea. It is the third-largest city of Latvia and an important ice-free port.
Lierne (vault) A Lierne (from the French lier - to bind) in Gothic rib vaulting is an architectural term for a tertiary rib spanning between two other ribs, instead of from a springer, or to the central boss. The type of vault that utilizes liernes is called a lierne vault or stellar vault (named after the star shape generated by connecting liernes).
Lierskogen Lierskogen is the easternmost village in Lier county, in Buskerud county, Norway. Situated in the south-east corner of Buskerud, it borders Asker (and Akershus county) to the east, and make up the eastern part of Lier county together with the nearby village of Tranby.
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right is a book of political commentary and satire by comedian and political commentator Al Franken, published in 2003 by Dutton, a subsidiary in the Penguin Group. It was written with the help of a volunteer group of fourteen Harvard students known as "Team Franken.
Lies My Teacher Told Me Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your History Textbook Got Wrong by James Loewen is a critical review of twelve popular American history textbooks which concludes that textbook authors propagate factually false, eurocentric, and mythologized views of history. It is the winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship.
Lies Of Our Times Lies Of Our Times (LOOT) A Magazine to Correct the Record, was published between January 1990 and December 1994. It served not only as a general media critic, but as a watchdog of The New York Times, which the magazine referred to as "the most cited news medium in the U.
Liesel Matthews Liesel Matthews (born as Liesel Pritzker on March 14, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American heiress, socialite, and actress. Liesel is an heiress to the Hyatt Hotel fortune and was a child actress who starred as Sara Crewe in A Little Princess (1995), the film adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett classic.
Lieserl Lieserl is the title of the fifth story in Stephen Baxter's science fiction anthology Vacuum Diagrams. It was originally published in Interzone in 1993 and represents a small, but integral part of the novel, Ring.
Liestal (district) The District of Liestal is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. The city of Liestal serves as capital of both the district of Liestal and the canton of Basel-Country.
Liet-Kynes Liet-Kynes is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He was the son of Pardot Kynes, the original imperial planetologist/ecologist of Arrakis, and nominal leader of the Fremen at the start of the Dune novel.
Lietauka Lietauka or Letauka is a small rivulet in Lithuania that is believed to have given the name to Lithuania. It is 11 km in length and flows into Neris 30 km away from KernavÄ—, a possible first capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Lietava Lietava is a village and municipality in Žilina District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. The village is also home the third largest castle is Slovakia, "Lietava" or "Lietava Castle".
Lietuvininks Lietuvininkas (Lithuanian: Lietuvininkas, plural - Lietuvininkai, commonly translated into English as Lietuvninks) is the term applied to East Prussians of Lithuanian descent who lived in Lithuania Minor. Unlike other Lithuanians, who remained mostly Roman Catholic after the Protestant Reformation, Lietuvninkai were mostly Lutheran-Protestants (Evangelical-Lutheran).
Lietuvos Skautija Lietuvos Skautija, the primary national Scouting organization of Lithuania, became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1997. The coeducational Lietuvos Skautija has 2,074 members as of 2004.
Lieutenancy areas of Scotland The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial lords-lieutenant, the monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different from the local government council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the former regions and districts, the former counties of Scotland, and the various other subdivisions of Scotland.
Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade's spelling) is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine corps and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a Major and below a Colonel. The rank of Lieutenant Colonel is often verbally shortened to simply "Colonel".
Lieutenant Colonel (United States) Lieutenant Colonel is a rank of the United States armed forces which is currently used by the United States Army, United States Air Force and United States Marine Corps. The United States Navy equivalent to a Lieutenant Colonel is the rank of Commander.
Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander (Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies superior to a Lieutenant and subordinate to a Commander. The corresponding rank in most armies, marine corps and air forces is Major, and in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces is Squadron Leader.
Lieutenant Commander Steele Lieutenant Commander Steele was the young and ambitious subordinate of Commander Ulysses Feral in the animated television series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. He appeared in the episodes The Wrath of Dark Kat and Enter the Madkat, voiced by Hal Rayle.
Lieutenant Dan Taylor Lieutenant Dan Taylor is a fictional character featured prominently in both the novel and movie Forrest Gump. In the latter, he was portrayed by Gary Sinise, who was nominated for an Academy Award for the role.
Lieutenant General Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General.
Lieutenant General (Pakistan) Pakistan Army has followed British Army rank system since its independence from British Empire in 1947. However, crown in the ranks has been replaced with a star and crescent, which symbolizes the sovereignty of Government of Pakistan.
Lieutenant General of New France Lieutenant General of New France was the military post that governed early New France (and Acadia) from 1603 until 1627. Before 1603, two holders served the post briefly from 1541 to 1603 and vacant from 1543 to 1598.
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas Arkansas' Lieutenant Governor presides over the Senate with a tie-breaking vote, serves as governor when the governor is out of state, and serves as governor if the governor is impeached, removed from office, dies or is otherwise unable to discharge the office's duties.
Lieutenant Governor of California The office of the Lieutenant Governor of California, like the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, is unusually powerful for a "vice-executive" position. In addition to (basically cermonial) roles serving as Acting Governor (in the absence of the Governor) and as President of the State Senate, the California Lieutenant Governor either sits on, or appoints representatives to, many of California's regulatory commissions and executive agencies.
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado The lieutenant governor of Colorado is the second-highest-ranking member of the executive department of the Colorado state government, below only the Governor of Colorado. The lieutenant governor, who acts as governor in his absence and succeeds to the governorship in case of vacancy, is elected on a partisan ticket with the governor.
Lieutenant Governor of Florida The position of lieutenant governor of Florida was created in the 1968 Florida state constitution (See Article IV, Section 2). The lieutenant governor is elected on the same party ticket as the gubernatorial candidate.
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote. Unlike some states, the Lieutenant Governor is elected on a separate ticket from the state Governor.
Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey The Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Guernsey.
Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong(香港副總督) was the second highest position during the British Colonial rule in Hong Kong from 1843 - 1902. Although Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong was the second highest position in Hong Kong, the Lieutenant Governor did not have any actual power in the Government - their power usually was gained by the Colonial Secretary.
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is the second highest executive of the State of Illinois. The lieutenant governor is directly elected on a gubernatorial ticket, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state.
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey The Lieutenant Governor of Jersey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Jersey.
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky The office of lieutenant governor of Kentucky has existed under the last three of Kentucky's four constitutions, beginning in 1797. The lieutenant governor serves as governor of Kentucky under circumstances similar to the vice president of the United States assuming the powers of the presidency.
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland The Lieutenant Governor of Maryland is the second highest ranking official in the executive branch of the state government of Maryland in the United States. He or she is elected on the same ticket as the Governor of Maryland and must meet the same qualifications.
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking executive officer in Mississippi, right below the governor. The office of lieutenant governor was established when Mississippi became a state, abolished for a few decades in the first half of the 19th century, and restored later in the century.
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma The Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma is the second-highest executive official of the state government of Oklahoma. As first in the gubernatorial line of succession, the Lieutenant Governor becomes the new Governor of Oklahoma upon the death, resignation, or removal of the Governor.
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota The Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of South Dakota state government, and also serves as presiding officer of the South Dakota State Senate. The lieutenant governor succeeds to the officer of governor if the office becomes vacant, and may also serve as acting governor if the governor is incapacited or absent from the state.
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee The Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee is the Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate and first in line in the succession to the office of Governor of Tennessee in the event of the death, resignation, or removal from office through impeachment and conviction of the Governor.
Lieutenant Governor of Texas The Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the United States of America. It is considered the most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a leader of the Legislative Budget Board.
Lieutenant Governors of Alberta This is a list of the Lieutenant-Governors of Alberta, Canada, since its establishment in 1905. Prior to 1905, the Canadian Sovereign's representative in what is now Alberta was the Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories.
Lieutenant Governors of Pondicherry Pondicherry is a Union Territory of India, not a separate State, which implies that the governance and administration of the territory falls directly under the federal authority in New Delhi. However, along with Delhi, Pondicherry is one of the few two union territories in India, which is entitled by special constitutional amendments to have an elected legislative assembly and a cabinet of ministers, thereby enjoying partial statehood powers.
Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island In Prince Edward Island, the Sovereign is represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, though due to Canada's federal nature, eleven legally distinct Crowns exist in Canada.
Lieutenant Governors of Saskatchewan This is a list of the Lieutenant Governors of Saskatchewan, Canada, since its establishment in 1905. Prior to 1905, the Sovereign's representative in what is now Saskatchewan was the Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories.
Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation is an escapist novel by Edwin Lester Arnold combining elements of both fantasy and science fiction, first published in 1905. The last of Arnold's novels, its lukewarm reception led him to stop writing fiction.
Lieutenant of the Admiralty The Lieutenant of the Admiralty is a now honorary office generally held by a senior retired Royal Navy admiral. He is the official deputy to the Lord High Admiral, an office vested in the Sovereign since 1964.
Lieutenant Thomas Peacock Lieutenant Thomas Peacock was an officer with Easy company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Lieutenant Peacock joined Easy company as a platoon leader before Easy Company participated in Operation Market Garden.
Lieutenant-Colonel (Canada) In the Canadian Forces, the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel (LCol) (French: lieutenant-colonel or lcol) is an Army or Air Force rank equal to a Commander of the Navy. A Lieutenant-Colonel is the second-highest rank of Senior Officer.
Lieutenant-Colonel (UK) Lieutenant-Colonel is a British rank used in several Commonwealth countries superior to Major and subordinate to Colonel. The comparable naval rank is Commander and the comparable rank in many Commonwealth air forces is Wing Commander.
Lieutenant-General (Canada) In the Canadian Forces, the rank of Lieutenant-General (LGen) (Lieutenant-général or Lgén in French) is a Army or Air Force rank equal to a Vice-Admiral of the Navy. A Lieutenant-General is a General Officer, the equivalent of a Naval Flag Officer.
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance was a member of the British Board of Ordnance and the deputy of the Master-General of the Ordnance. The office was established in 1544, and the holder was appointed by the crown under letters patent.
Lieutenant-Governor (Canada) In Canada, the lieutenant-governor (often without a hyphenIn a Canadian context there are numerous, and not mutually agreeable, notions regarding hyphenation and capitalisation of the position title. The Canadian Style (an official federal government style guide), indicates Lieutenant-Governor (upper case with hyphen; p.
Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia The Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia is the vice-regal representative of the Queen of Canada in the province of British Columbia. The role of the Lieutenant-Governor is to carry out the constitutional and ceremonial duties of the monarch in the province.
Lieutenant-Governors of Northwest Territories This is a list of historical lieutenant-governors of Northwest Territories, Canada. The position of Lieutenant-Governor lasted from the acquisition of Rupert's Land and the Northwest Territories in 1869 to the creation of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905.
Lieutenant-Governors of Quebec This is a list of viceroys (governors and lieutenant-governors) of the Canadian province of Quebec, before and after Confederation in 1867. For governors preceding the 1759 British conquest, see Governor of New France.
Lieuwe de Boer Lieuwe de Boer (born June 26, 1951) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 500 metres.
Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra was a South African paleontologist whose work focused on the mammal-like reptiles of the Middle (Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone) and Late Permian, whose fossil remains are common in the South African Karroo. He was the author of a large number of papers on Therapsids and Pareiasaurs, and described and revised a number of species.
Lieve Slegers Lieve Slegers (born April 6, 1965 in Turnhout, Vlaanderen) is a former long-distance runner from Belgium, who won the Rotterdam Marathon on April 28, 1996 clocking 2:28:06. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's 10.
Lieven The Lievens are one of the oldest and noblest families of Baltic Germans. They claim descent from Caupo of Turaida, the Livonian quasi rex who converted to Christianity in 1186, when Bishop Meinhard attempted to Christianize the region.
Liewe Heksie Liewe Heksie (Liewe means "Dear" or "Sweet" and Heksie means little witch - pronounced "lee-vuh hack-see") is a fictional character created in 1961 by Afrikaans children’s books author, Verna Vels. The Liewe Heksie series consisted of a number of books.
Liexian Zhuan The Liexian Zhuan (; "Biographies of Immortals") was the first Daoist hagiography. Although the book's preface was ascribed to the famous Han Dynasty editor Liu Xiang, scholars believe it contains later additions and probably dates from circa 3rd century CE.
Liezel Huber Liezel Huber is a tennis player from South Africa who won the women's doubles title in Wimbledon in 2005 and the Australian Open in 2007 with partner Cara Black. It was the first Wimbledon title for Huber, born in Durban on August 21, 1976.
Life & Personal Development Coaching Life & Personal Development Coaching is still a relatively new concept within the UK, although it has rapidly become the second fastest growing industry in the UK after IT. Life coaching& Personal Development coaching is about helping individuals to improve themselves, their lives and in a business setting, their company or the company they are employed by.
Life & Style Life & Style was an American syndicated talk show that was geared toward young adult females. It was produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Television and lasted only one season, from September 2004 to March 2005.
Life (Inspiral Carpets album) Life is the debut studio album from British indie band Inspiral Carpets, it was released in 1990 on Mute Records during the period dubbed Madchester by the British media. The group released 3 singles from the album, Move, This Is How It Feels and She Comes In The Fall, the latter two in different versions to those found on the album.
Life and death Life and death is a fundamental concept in the game of Go, where the status of a distinct group of stones is determined as either being "alive", and may remain on the board, or "dead," where the group will be lost as "captured". The basic idea can be simply but slightly inaccurately put in the form that:
Life and Debt Life and Debt is a 2001 documentary film directed by Stephanie Black. It examines the economic and social situation in Jamaica, and specifically the impact thereon of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's globalization policies.
Life and Fate (novel) Life and Fate () Vasily Grossman's 1959 novel is his magnum opus. Technically, it is the second half of the author's conceived two-part book under the same title, but while the first half (the novel For the Right Cause), written during the reign of Joseph Stalin and first published in 1952, expresses loyalty to the regime, Life and Fate sharply critcises Stalinism.
Life and How To Survive It Life and How To Survive It is a self help psychology book written by therapist Robin Skynner and comedian John Cleese. The book is written in a question and answer form, with Cleese asking questions about relationships, and his therapist Skynner answering them.
Life and Labor Commune The Life and Labor Commune was a Tolstoyan agricultural commune founded in 1921 and disbanded as a state run collective farm in 1937. The commune was founded near Moscow but was later resettled on the outskirts of Siberia.
Life annuity The life annuity (also known as a single-payment annuity) is a financial instrument that allows for a seller (issuer), typically a financial institution such as a life insurance company, to provide a series of future payments to a buyer (annuitant) for a known sum with a net present value; the payment stream has an unknown duration based principally upon the life expectancy of the annuitant. Generally, such an instrument stops payment at the death of the annuitant.
Life as a House Life as a House is a 2001 film starring Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Hayden Christensen. Directed by Irwin Winkler and written by Mark Andrus, the film involves the metaphorical and emotional underpinnings of demolishing and reconstructing a house.
Life at the Top Life At The Top is the second novel by the English author John Braine, first published in the UK by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1962. It continues the story of the life and difficulties of Joe Lampton, an ambitious young man of humble origins.
Life Alert Life Alert is a company that provides services that help the elderly contact emergency services. The company's system is based around a device with a button shaped as a pendant to be worn on the user at all times.

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