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Dylan
U.S. singer and songwriter. He grew up in Duluth and the iron-range town of Hibbing, Minn., adopted the name of the poet D. Thomas, and traveled around the U.S. in imitation of W. Guthrie. He began performing professionally in Greenwich Village coffeehouses, and in the early 1960s began releasing albums that brought him admiring attention. His songs "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems of the civil-rights movement, and "Mr. Tambourine Man" was interpreted as a paean to hallucinogenic drugs. In 1965 he adopted electrically amplified instruments and the rhythms of rock and roll in a major departure. The landmark albums Highway 61 Revisited (1965) and Blonde on Blonde (1966) established him as a leading figure in rock, bringing him to the pinnacle of his popularity. After a motorcycle accident in 1966, he underwent another musical turnabout and released several albums (notably Nashville Skyline, 1969) that, with their muted, reflective tone and their use of country-music elements, again surprised his public. His many later albums have included Blood on the Tracks (1975) and Time out of Mind (1997). He is perhaps the most admired and influential Amer. songwriter of his time.
Atlanta
City (pop., 1996 est.: 402,000; metro area pop.: 3,100,000), capital of Georgia. Lying in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns., Atlanta is Georgia's largest city. In 1837 a spot was selected here for a railroad terminus that would serve the SE U.S. First named Terminus and later Marthasville, it was given the name Atlanta in 1845. An important supply depot during the Amer. Civil War, it was burned by Union forces under W. T. Sherman. Atlanta became the state capital in 1868. As it recovered from the war's destruction, it began to epitomize the spirit of the "New South" in seeking reconciliation with the North. It was the home of M. L. King, and was the first major Southern city to elect a black mayor (1970). It is the principal trade and transportation center of the SE U.S.
balance
Instrument for comparing the weights of two bodies, usually for scientific purposes, to determine the difference in mass. The equal-arm balance dates back to the ancient Egyptians, possibly as early as 5000 BC. By the early 20th cent., it had been developed into an exquisitely precise measuring device. Electronic balances today depend on electrical compensation rather than mechanical deflection. The ultramicrobalance is any weighing device that serves to determine the weight of even smaller samples than can be weighed with the microbalance (which can weigh samples as small as a few milligrams), that is, total amounts as small as a few micrograms.
bylina
Traditional form of orally transmitted Old Russian and Russian heroic narrative poetry. Though byliny originated about the 10th cent., or possibly earlier, they were first written down around the 17th cent. They have been ...
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