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• protective — [prə tek′tiv, prōtek′tiv] adj. 1. protecting, or serving, intended, or alleged to protect [a protective gesture, protective custody] 2. Econ. serving or intended to protect domestic products, industries, etc. in competition with foreign products …   English World dictionary

• Jersey Zoological Park — Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (prev. Jersey Zoological Park) The dodo is the symbol of the trust and the zoo. Statues of dodos stand at the gateways of the zoo. Date opened 26 March 1959 Location Trinity, Jersey …   Wikipedia

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• Jambo — was a celebrated gorilla housed at Jersey Zoo. The gorilla was born on April 17, 1961, in Zoo Basel, Basel, Switzerland, to mother Achilla and father Stephi . Stephi was acquired from the Columbus (Ohio) Zoo. Stephi was captured in 1950 by… …   Wikipedia

• Madonna of the rocks — (1483 1486; Paris, Louvre)    Leonardo da Vinci painted this work for the Church of San Francesco Grande in Milan and received the commission from the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception. Two of his pupils and an independent sculptor were… …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

• Misericordia altarpiece — (beg. 1445; San Sepolcro, Museo Civico)    The Misericordia Altarpiece was commissioned from Piero della Francesca by the Confraternity of the Misericordia of San Sepolcro, some of whose members were part of the artist s family. The contract… …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

• Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… …   Universalium

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

• arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …   Universalium

• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• Dhumavati — An early 20th century Rajput painting depicting dark complexioned Dhumavati wearing dark clothes and holding a winnowing basket. She is riding a crow but adorned with jewellery, decorations which are contrary to her traditional description …   Wikipedia