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poster
Eye-catching printed paper announcement or advertisement that is exhibited to promote a product, event, or idea. Posters were popularized by the mid-19th-cent. invention of lithography, which allowed colored posters to be produced cheaply and easily. H. de Toulouse-Lautrec was noted for his poster art, which often advertised Parisian cabaret performers. Poster art flourished with the rise of the Art Nouveau style, as seen in the work of A. Mucha. During World War I, posters were used for recruiting and propaganda, and the industrial boom of the early 20th cent. gave rise to advertising posters for every conceivable product and event. The later rise of film and television advertising led to an eclipse in poster art.
Easter
Major festival of the Christian church year, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus on the third day after his crucifixion. In Western churches it falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25, depending on the date of the first full moon after the spring equinox. The date was fixed after the Council of Nicaea (AD 325). In the Eastern Orthodox calendar, which uses a different calculation, it often falls later. A joyful festival and a time of redemption, Easter brings an end to the long period of penance that constitutes Lent. The word is probably derived from Eostre, a Germanic goddess of spring, and some of its folk customs (e.g., the decoration of eggs as symbols of new life) may have originated with ancient pagan spring festivals. From the late 2nd cent., it has also been a time for baptism.
goiter
Enlargement of the thyroid gland, causing a prominent swelling at the throat. The thyroid can grow to 50 times normal weight, interfere with breathing and swallowing, and cause a choking feeling. Simple (endemic) goiter, the most common, is due to low iodine intake. It and related conditions result from various defects in thyroid hormone synthesis (hypothyroidism). Advanced cases are treated with thyroid hormone, or surgical removal of the thyroid if it obstructs breathing. The cause of sporadic goiter, which occurs in areas where iodine intake is more than adequate, remains a mystery. An enlarged thyroid may have normally functioning tissue or may produce too much hormone (hyperthyroidism). See also Graves' disease.
hosiery
Knit or woven coverings for the feet and legs, worn inside shoes. In the 8th cent. BC, Hesiod referred to linings for shoes; the Romans wrapped their feet, ankles, and legs in long strips of leather or woven cloth. Knitted socks were discovered in Egyptian tombs of the 3rd-6th cent. AD. The first knitting machine was invented in England in the 16th cent. Full-fashioned stockings were knitted flat, then shaped and seamed up the back by hand. In the 19th cent., seamless stockings, mostly of cotton, were knitted on circular machines, but they did not fit well; seamless hose did not become popular until the 1940s, when nylon ...
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