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Aryan
Prehistoric people that settled in Iran and N India. In the 19th cent. there arose a notion, propagated by the Comte de Gobineau and later by his disciple H. S. Chamberlain, of an "Aryan race": people who spoke Indo-European, especially Germanic, languages and lived in N Europe. These Aryans were considered to be superior to all other races. Though repudiated by numerous scholars, incl. F. Boas, the notion was seized on by A. Hitler and made the basis of the Nazi policy of exterminating Jews, Gypsies, and other "non-Aryans." See also racism.
ASALA
Marxist-Leninist terrorist group formed in 1975 to force the Turkish government to acknowledge the Armenian massacres of 1915 and pay reparations. Its activities have been directed against Turkish government officials and institutions. Its founder, Hagop Hagopian, was killed in 1988. It has been relatively inactive in recent years.
Asam
Bavarian architects, decorators, and brothers. After studying in Rome (1711-13), Cosmas Damian became a prolific fresco painter and Egid Quirin a sculptor and stuccoist. They developed the effects of dramatic lighting and illusionism originated by G. L. Bernini and Andrea Pozzo. Working as a team, they produced magnificent illusionistic decoration, combining dramatic lighting and color, in ecclesiastical buildings. Their most notable collaboration, the church of St. John Nepomuk in Munich (1729-46)--known as the Asamkirche, as it was owned by them and attached to Egid Quirin's house--is a masterpiece of Bavarian Rococo style.
Asch
Polish-U.S. novelist and playwright. Much of his writing concerns the experience of Jews in Eastern European villages or as immigrants in the U.S. (to which he himself emigrated in 1914). It includes the play The God of Vengeance (1907) and the novels Mottke the Thief (1916), Uncle Moses (1918), Judge Not (1926), and Chaim Lederer's Return (1927). In later, more controversial works, he explored the common heritage of Judaism and Christianity. His career was outstanding both for output and impact, and he is one of the best-known writers in modern Yiddish literature.
ASCII
Standard data-transmission code used to represent both text (letters, numbers, punctuation marks) and noninput device commands (control characters). It converts information into standardized digital formats that allow computers to communicate with each other and to process and store data efficiently. Standard ASCII uses groups of seven-digit bits, and can represent 128 characters. Extended ASCII, which uses an 8-bit encoding system, can represent 256 characters, incl. many useful characters not available in standard ASCII, such as letters with accents. Extended ASCII is the industrywide standard for encoding text on personal computers. See also EBCDIC, Unicode.
ash
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