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MCA
Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. It was acquired by Matsushita of Japan in 1990.


scar
Mark left on the skin after a wound heals. Cells called fibroblasts produce collagen fibers, which form bundles that make up the bulk of scar tissue. Scars have a blood supply but no oil glands or elastic tissue, so they can be slightly painful or itchy. Hypertrophic scars grow overly thick and fibrous but remain within the original wound site. Scars can also develop into tumorlike growths called keloids, which extend beyond the wound's limits. Both can inhibit movement when they result from serious burns over large areas, especially around a joint. All scars, especially those from unaided healing of third-degree burns, can become malignant. Treatment of serious scars is one of the most important problems in plastic surgery.


Ufa
City (pop., 1996 est.: 1,100,000), W Russia. Lying at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, it was founded as a fortress in 1574 to protect the trade route across the Ural Mtns. from Kazan to Tyumen. It became a town in 1586. It developed as an industrial center from the late 19th cent., and especially after World War II. Chief industries include electrical equipment, lumber and veneer, and oil refining.


Ulam
Polish-U.S. mathematician and atomic physicist. He received his doctoral degree in 1933 and was invited by J. von Neumann to Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study in 1936. In 1943 he moved to Los Alamos, where his early work included development (with von Neumann) of the Monte Carlo method of finding approximate solutions to problems. Later, working on a fusion bomb, he and E. Teller developed a two-stage radiation implosion design (the "Teller-Ulam configuration") that could generate an explosion capable of initiating nuclear fusion, a design that led to the creation of the hydrogen bomb.


Utah
State, (pop., 1997 est.: 2,059,000), W U.S. It covers 84,899 sq mi (219,888 sq km); its capital is Salt Lake City. Utah contains the Great Salt Lake and parts of the middle Rocky Mtns. and Uinta Mtns. The W third of the state is a broad desert-like area. About 70% of the land is owned by either the federal or the state government. The region was inhabited as early as 10,000 BC. In c.AD 400 the Pueblo Indians lived throughout Utah; they were followed by other groups, incl. the Shoshone, Ute, and Paiute Indians. Spanish missionaries visited there in the late 18th cent. It passed to Mexico in 1821. While U.S. pioneer J. Bridger discovered the Great Salt Lake in 1824, the area's first permanent settlers were Mormons, who were led to the valley of the Great Salt Lake in 1847 by B. Young. The U.S. acquired the region after the Mexican War, and in 1850 organized ...

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