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warlord
In China, an independent military commander in the early 20th cent. Warlords, supported by provincial military interests or foreign powers, ruled various parts of China following the death of Yuan Shikai, first president of the Republic of China. In SE China, Sun Yat-sen and the Nationalist party gained the backing of a warlord based in Guangzhou. In N China three leading warlords emerged: Zhang Zuolin, a Japanese-backed bandit in Manchuria; Wu Peifu, a traditionally educated officer in central China; and Feng Yuxiang, who seized Beijing in 1924. The Nationalist party consolidated its control in the south and, under Chiang Kai-shek, swept northward, reuniting the country in 1928. Numerous local warlords continued to exert de facto power over their own domains until the Japanese invasion during what became World War II. See also Northern Expedition.
armor
Protective clothing that can shield the wearer from weapons and projectiles. By extension, armor is also protective covering for animals, vehicles, and so on. Prehistoric warriors used leather hides and helmets. Chinese warriors used rhinoceros skin in the 11th cent. BC, and Greek infantry wore thick, multilayered metal-and-linen cuirasses (armor covering the body from neck to waist) in the 5th cent. BC. Shirts of chain mail were worn throughout the Roman Empire, and mail was the chief armor of Western Europe until the 14th cent. Ancient Greeks and Romans used armor made of rigid metal plates, which reappeared in Europe around the 13th cent. Plate armor dominated European design until the 17th cent., when firearms began to make it obsolete. It began to disappear in the 18th cent., but the helmet reappeared in World War I and became standard equipment. Modern body armor (the bulletproof vest) covers the chest and sometimes the groin; it is a flexible garment reinforced with steel plates, fiberglass, boron carbide, or multiple layers of nylon fabric. The synthetic Kevlar is now widely used for such armor.
marjoram
Perennial herb (Majorana hortensis) of the mint family, or its fresh or dried leaves and flowering tops. Native to the Mediterranean and W Asia, marjoram is cultivated as an annual where winter temperatures kill the plant. It is used to flavor many foods. Various other aromatic herbs or undershrubs of the genera Origanum (see oregano) and Majorana of the mint family are also called marjoram.
Pandora
In Greek mythology, the first woman. After Prometheus stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on mortals, Zeus decided to counteract this blessing and commissioned Hephaestus to fashion a woman out of earth, upon whom the gods bestowed their choicest gifts. After marrying Prometheus' brother, Pandora opened a jar containing all kinds of misery and evil, which escaped and flew out over the earth. In one version, Hope alone remained inside, the lid having been shut before she could ...
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