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-->Big Sur

Scenic region along the Pacific coast of W California. It comprises a ruggedly beautiful stretch of seacoast 100 mi (160 km) long. Popular with tourists and naturalists, it extends southward from Carmel to the Hearst Castle at San Simeon. A narrow, mountainous coastal road affords views of the Pacific Ocean and the wilderness areas of the Los Padres National Forest. The Pfeiffer-Big Sur State Park contains the town of Big Sur and borders the Big Sur River. The home of R. Jeffers is a local landmark.


bighorn
Either of two similar N. Amer. sheep: the Canadian bighorn (Ovis canadensis) and the Dall sheep (O. dalli). Bighorn have compact, muscular bodies; short, pointed ears; and very short tails. Both sexes have horns that in the male may curve in a spiral more than 39 in. (1 m) long. Their fur is usually brown with a whitish rump patch. Both species are about 39 in. (1 m) tall at the shoulder; the Canadian bighorn is heavier. They live in remote crags and cliffs of mountainous areas and feed mainly on grasses. The Canadian bighorn lives in small bands on refuges or inaccessible habitat, now reduced from its former N Mexico-Canada range. Dall sheep range from Alaska to British Columbia.


light
Any electromagnetic radiation, but especially that portion of the spectrum visible to the human eye. It is a form of energy that travels through empty space at a speed of about 186,000 miles per second (300,000 km/s). In the early 19th cent., light was described in terms of waves, but experiments later showed that it exhibits properties of particles as well. Light is the basis for the sensation of sight, and for the perception of color. The eye distinguishes the color of an object as the color of light which the object reflects or transmits. See also optics, wave-particle duality.


right
Portion of the political spectrum associated with conservative political thought. The term derives from the seating arrangement of the French revolutionary parliament (c.1790s) in which the conservative representatives sat to the presiding officer's right. In the 19th cent., the term applied to conservatives who supported authority, tradition, and property. In the 20th cent. a divergent, radical form developed that was associated with fascism. See also left.


Sachs
German-U.S. musicologist. He studied clarinet and composition as a teenager, but earned a doctorate in art history. After working as an art critic, he returned to musicology, becoming one of the most significant scholars of that field, especially in the systematic study of musical instruments (with E. von Hornbostel). After emigrating to the U.S. in 1937, he wrote important textbooks and surveys and supervised the growth of the discipline, lecturing at such institutions as Columbia and NYU.


Segesta
Ancient city, NW Sicily, located near modern Calatafimi. It was the chief city of the Elymi, a people of supposedly ...

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