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Finlay
Cuban epidemiologist. He is known for his discovery that yellow fever is transmitted by a mosquito. Though he published experimental evidence in 1886, his ideas were ignored for nearly 20 years. He urged the study of means of transmission and stated that the carrier was the mosquito Culex fasciatus (now called Aedes aegypti). In 1900 W. Reed confirmed Finlay's theory, leading to the eradication of yellow fever in Cuba and Panama by W. Gorgas. After his death, the Cuban government created the Finlay Institute for Investigations in Tropical Medicine.
Ailey
U.S. dancer and choreographer. Born in Rogers, Texas, he moved to Los Angeles in 1942, where he studied dance and choreography (1949-54). He then moved to New York, where he performed in various theatrical productions. In 1958 he founded the Alvin Ailey Amer. Dance Theater, composed primarily of blacks. The numerous works he choreographed for the company included its signature Revelations (1960), set to black spirituals. From the 1960s to the 1980s the company toured worldwide, making Ailey one of the best-known U.S. choreographers. After his death from AIDS, J. Jamison assumed the title of artistic director of the company.
file
In hardware and metalworking, bar- or rod-shaped tool of hardened steel with many small cutting edges raised on its surfaces. Files are used for smoothing or forming objects, especially of metal. A file's cutting or abrading action results from rubbing it, usually by hand, against the workpiece. The single-cut file has rows of parallel teeth cut diagonally across the working surfaces. The double-cut file has rows of teeth crossing each other. Rasp teeth are disconnected and round on top; rasp files are usually very coarse and are used primarily on wood and soft materials.
Finland
Country, N Europe. Area: 130,559 sq mi (338,145 sq km). Population (1997 est.): 5,145,000. Capital: Helsinki. The majority of the people are Finns; there is a small Sami (Lapp) population in Lapland. Languages: Finnish, Swedish (both official); the Sami speak a Finno-Ugric language. Religions: Lutheranism, Finnish (Greek) Orthodoxy. Currency: Finnish markka. Finland is about 725 mi (1,165 km) long and 340 mi (550 km) at its widest; a third of the country is north of the Arctic Circle. Heavily forested, it contains thousands of lakes, numerous rivers, and extensive areas of marshland. Except for a small highland region in the extreme northwest, the country is a lowland less than 600 ft (180 m) above sea level. The south has relatively mild weather; the north has severe and prolonged winters and short summers. Finland has a developed free-market economy combined with state ownership of a few key industries. It is among the wealthiest countries in Europe and in the world. Lumbering is a major industry, and manufacturing is highly developed; service industries are also notable. It is a republic with one legislative ...
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