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Hurok
Russian-U.S. impresario. He came to the U.S. in 1905 and in 1913 inaugurated the concert series Music for the Masses, which led to his representing many famous Eastern European artists when they toured abroad, incl. F. Chaliapin, M. Elman, A. Pavlova, and A. Rubinstein. The most famous impresario of his time, he made a significant contribution to the cause of peace by arranging visits of Russian opera and ballet companies to the U.S. at the height of the Cold War.
aurochs
Extinct wild ox (Bos primigenius) of Europe, the species from which cattle are probably descended. The aurochs survived in central Poland until 1627. It was black, stood 6 ft (1.8 m) high at the shoulder, and had spreading, forward-curving horns. Some German breeders claim to have re-created this race since 1945, but their animals are smaller and probably lack the aurochs's genetic constitution. The name has sometimes been wrongly applied to the European bison.
aurora
Luminous phenomenon of the upper atmosphere that occurs primarily at high latitudes. Auroras in the Northern Hemisphere are called aurora borealis, or northern lights; in the Southern Hemisphere they are called aurora australis, or southern lights. Auroras are caused by the interaction of energetic particles (electrons and protons) from outside the atmo-sphere with atoms of the upper atmosphere. Such interaction occurs in zones surrounding the earth's magnetic poles. During periods of intense solar activity, auroras occasionally extend to the middle latitudes.
City (pop., 1996 est.: 252,000), N central Colorado. It was founded near Denver during the silver boom of 1891 and named Fletcher; it was incorporated and renamed in 1907. Though mainly residential, it is also the site of Buckley Air National Guard Base.
Roman goddess of dawn. Her Greek counterpart was Eos. Hesiod described her as the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. She was the sister of Helios, the sun, and Selene, the moon. By the Titan Astraeus, she became the mother of the winds and of the evening star. In Greek mythology she was also represented as the lover of the hunters Cephalus and Orion.
Luminous phenomenon of the upper atmosphere that occurs primarily at high latitudes. Auroras in the Northern Hemisphere are called aurora borealis, or northern lights; in the Southern Hemisphere they are called aurora australis, or southern lights. Auroras are caused by the interaction of energetic particles (electrons and protons) from outside the atmo-sphere with atoms of the upper atmosphere. Such interaction occurs in zones surrounding the earth's magnetic poles. During periods of intense solar activity, auroras occasionally extend to the middle latitudes.
City (pop., 1996 est.: 252,000), N central Colorado. It was founded near Denver during the silver boom of 1891 and named Fletcher; it was incorporated and renamed in 1907. Though mainly residential, it is also the site of Buckley ...
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