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adder
Any of several venomous snakes of the viper family (Viperidae) and the death adder, a viperlike elapid. Vipers include the common adder, puff adders, and night adders. Adders occur in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. They range in length from 18 in. to 5 ft (45 cm-1.5 m). The puff adder of Africa and the death adder of Australia and the nearby islands are particularly venomous, with a bite often lethal to humans. The name is also used for other snakes (e.g., the hognose snake).


Waldenses
Members of a Christian movement that originated in 12th-cent. France. Devotees sought to follow the example of Jesus by living in poverty and simplicity. The movement's reputed founder, P. Waldo, was eventually condemned by the archbishop of Lyon for his use of a non-Latin Bible and other unorthodox activities. After being placed under ban by Pope Lucius III (1184), Waldo and his followers departed from Roman Catholicism by rejecting such concepts as purgatory and the veneration of the saints. Rome responded with active persecution and execution of Waldenses, and their numbers diminished by the end of the 15th cent. In the 16th cent. they adopted the church organization of Genevan Protestantism. Intermittently persecuted, they have remained a small movement within Christianity, surviving today in Argentina, Uruguay, and the U.S.


Wenders
German film director. He directed short films from 1967 and made features from 1973, incl. Alice in the Cities (1974) and Kings of the Road (1976). He won acclaim in the U.S. for Paris, Texas (1984) and Wings of Desire (1987). Noted for his themes of alienation and anxiety, he later directed Far Away, So Close (1993), Lisbon Story (1994), The End of Violence (1997), and the documentary Buena Vista Social Club (1999).

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