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dado
In Classical architecture, the plain portion of the pedestal of a column, between the base and the cornice (or cap). In later architecture, a dado is a wall's paneled or decorated lower part, up to 2-3 ft (60-90 cm) above the floor and defined by a horizontal molding. Interior walls were so treated especially in the 16th-18th cent. In carpentry, a dado is a rectangular groove cut across the grain of a wood member.


Macon
City (pop., 1996 est.: 113,000), central Georgia. A fort was built near the site, and in 1806 a settlement grew up around it. Macon was laid out across the river in 1823, and it annexed the settlement in 1829; the town was named for N. Macon. During the Amer. Civil War, it was a Confederate supply depot. A distribution center in an agricultural region, it is the site of several institutions of higher learning and Robins Air Force Base, as well as the birthplace of the poet Sidney Lanier (1842-1881).


Marot
French poet. While imprisoned in 1526 for defying Lenten abstinence regulations, he wrote some of his best-known works, incl. "L'Enfer" ("The Inferno"), an allegorical satire on justice. He held several court posts; his long service to Francis I was only briefly interrupted. One of the greatest poets of the French Renaissance, he markedly influenced the style of his successors with his use of the forms and imagery of Latin poetry. When not writing official court poems, he spent most of his time translating the Psalms.


mayor
Political leader of a municipal corporation. Mayors are either appointed or elected for a limited term. In Europe until the mid-19th cent., most mayors were appointed by the central government; in France, they are still agents of the central government. In the U.S., they are either directly elected by the populace or chosen by an elected council. Some fulfill only ceremonial functions, executive power being held by a professional manager hired by the legislature. A mayor's powers may include the power to make appointments, veto legislation, administer budgets, and manage administrative functions. See also city government.


Modoc
Plateau Indian people of Penutian language stock from south of the Cascade Range in N California. Their economy was based on hunting and gathering and they lived much like their closely related neighbors the Klamath. In 1864 the U.S. government forced the Modoc to live on Klamath lands, giving rise to the Modoc War of 1872-73. About 80 families retreated to the California Lava Beds but eventually surrendered and were removed to Oklahoma. Survivors were permitted to return to Oregon in 1909. Today the Modoc number about 500.


radon
Chemical element, chemical symbol Rn, atomic number 86. The heaviest noble gas, it is colorless, odorless, tasteless, radioactive (see radioactivity), and relatively unreactive (forming compounds only with fluorine). It is rare in nature ...

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