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Leahy
U.S. naval officer. Born in Hampton, Iowa, he graduated from Annapolis and served in the Spanish-Amer. War, the Philippine insurrection, and the Boxer Rebellion. He commanded a navy transport in World War I, when he began a friendship with F. Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of the navy. He became chief of naval operations in 1937-39, was appointed governor of Puerto Rico (1939) and U.S. ambassador to France (1940), and served as Roosevelt's chief of staff during World War II, continuing in that post under H. Truman. He was made a fleet admiral in 1944.


year
Time required for the earth to travel once around the sun, slightly less than 3651 / 4 days. This fractional number makes necessary the periodic adjustment of days in any calendar that is to be kept in step with the seasons. In the Gregorian calendar, a common year contains 365 days, and every fourth year is a leap year of 366 days.


yeast
Any of certain economically important single-celled fungi (see fungus), most in the class Ascomyetes, a few in Basidiomycetes. Found worldwide in soils and on plant surfaces, yeasts are especially abundant in sugary mediums such as flower nectar and fruits. The types commonly used in the production of bread, beer, and wine are selected strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The small cakes and packets used in food and beverage processing contain billions of individual yeast cells, each of which can ferment approximately its own weight of glucose per hour. Yeast is 50% protein and is rich in B vitamins; brewer's yeast is sometimes taken as a vitamin supplement. Some yeasts are mild to dangerous pathogens of humans and other animals (e.g., Candida albicans, which irritates mouth and vaginal linings; and Histoplasma and Blastomyces, which cause persistent lung infections).


Yeats
Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer. The son of a well-known painter, Yeats early developed an interest in mysticism and visionary traditions as well as in Irish peasant folklore, and both interests would continue to be sources of poetic imagery for him. His early volumes include the poetry volume The Wanderings of Oisin (1889) and the essay collection The Celtic Twilight (1893). In 1889 he fell in love with Maud Gonne, a brilliant, beautiful Irish patriot who inspired his involvement in Irish nationalism but did not reciprocate his feelings. With Lady A. Gregory and others, he founded the theater that became the Abbey Theatre; throughout his life he would remain one of its directors. He contributed plays to its repertoire, incl. The Countess Cathleen (1899), On Baile's Strand (1905), and Deirdre (1907). His poetry changed decisively in the years 1909-14: the otherworldly, ecstatic atmosphere of the early lyrics cleared and his work gained in concreteness and complexity, often dealing with political themes, though his interest in mysticism and his passion for Maud Gonne continued unabated. With ...

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