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Dallas
City (pop., 1996 est.: 1,053,000), N Texas. Located on the Trinity River, it was first settled in 1841, and was probably named for G. Dallas. While cotton fed the town's growth, the discovery in 1930 of the great E. Texas oil field made the city a major center of the petroleum industry. It saw spectacular growth after World War II, when several large aircraft-manufacturing firms located in the area. These were followed by electronics and automobile-assembly plants. It is the headquarters of more than 100 insurance companies, and the Southwest's leading financial center, as well as a transportation hub. Its many educational institutions include Southern Methodist Univ. (founded 1911). It is known for its cultural activities; the Dallas Theater Center is the only theater designed by F. L. Wright.


alloy
Metallic substance composed of two or more elements, as either a mixture, compound, or solid solution. The components of alloys are ordinarily themselves metals, though carbon is an essential nonmetal component of steel. Alloys are usually produced by melting the mixture of ingredients. The value of alloys was discovered in very ancient times; brass (copper and zinc) and bronze (copper and tin) were especially important. Today the most important are the alloy steels, which have a wide range of special properties, incl. hardness, toughness, corrosion resistance, magnetizability, and workability.


ballad
Form of short narrative folk song. Its distinctive style crystallized in Europe in the late Middle Ages as part of the oral tradition and has been preserved as a musical and literary form. The oral form has persisted as the folk ballad, and the written, literary ballad evolved from the oral tradition. The folk ballad typically tells a compact tale with deliberate starkness, using devices such as repetition to heighten effects. The modern literary ballad (e.g., those by W. H. Auden, B. Brecht, and E. Bishop) recalls in its rhythmic and narrative elements the traditions of folk balladry.


ballade
One of several fixed forms in French lyric poetry and song, cultivated particularly in the 14th-15th cents. It consists of three stanzas, all having the same rhyme scheme and identical final refrain lines, and a shortened final dedicatory stanza. The texts were often solemn and formal, containing elaborate symbolism and classical references. Though present in the poetry of many ages and regions, the ballade in its purest form was found only in France and England. Its precursors can be found in the songs of the troubadours and trouvè res.


Ballard
U.S. oceanographer and marine geologist. Born in Wichita, Kan., he grew up near San Diego, Cal. As a marine scientist at the Woods Hole (Mass.) Oceanographic Research Institution, he pioneered the use of deep-diving submersibles, participated in the first manned exploration of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and discovered warm ...

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