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tapas
Ascetic practice carried out to achieve spiritual power or purification. In Hinduism, it is associated with Yoga as a way of purifying the body in preparation for the more exacting spiritual exercises leading to liberation. In Jainism, its practice is a central means of breaking the cycle of rebirths by preventing new karma from forming and by eliminating the old. Tapas can take many forms, incl. fasting, controlling the breath, and holding difficult and painful body postures. Extreme forms are carried out by sadhus, many of whom earn alms for their unusual abilities or deprivations.
Zapata
Mexican revolutionary and champion of the rural poor. A mestizo peasant, he was orphaned at 17 and took responsibility for his brothers and sisters. He led his neighbors in protests against the hacienda that had appropriated their land, and eventually led them in taking the land by force. He organized a small force to help F. Madero unseat P. Dí az. Dissatisfied with the pace of land reform under Madero, Zapata led a guerrilla campaign that took land back from the haciendas and returned it to the communal Indian ejidos. He was instrumental in the defeat of Gen. V. Huerta after Huerta deposed and assassinated Madero. With P. Villa he occupied Mexico City and began to implement land reform, but was tricked, ambushed, and killed by the forces of V. Carranza, whom the U.S. had recognized as president.
Aspasia
Mistress of Pericles and a vivid figure in Athenian society. Originally from Miletus, she lived with Pericles from c.445 BC until his death in 429. Because she was not a citizen, their son was initially denied civic rights. Though an intellectual admired by Socrates, she endured public attacks, especially in comic theater, for her private life and her supposed influence on Pericles' foreign policy.
bagasse
Fiber remaining after the extraction of the sugar-bearing juice from sugarcane. The term was once applied more generally to various waste residues from processing plant materials. Bagasse may be used as fuel in the sugarcane mill or as a source of cellulose for manufacturing animal feeds. Paper is produced from bagasse in several Latin-Amer. countries, in the Middle East, and in all sugar-producing countries that are deficient in forest resources. It is the essential ingredient for the production of pressed building board, acoustical tile, and other construction materials.
canasta
Form of rummy, using two full decks, in which players or partnerships try to meld groups of three or more cards of the same rank and score bonuses for seven-card melds. Eleven cards are dealt to each player, the undealt portion of the pack is placed on the table, and the top card is turned up to start the discard pile. Each player in turn must draw, may meld, and must discard one card. A hand ends when a player melds his last card (goes out). Canasta originated in Uruguay in the ...
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