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heroin
Heterocyclic compound, a highly addictive alkaloid derivative of morphine (chemically, it is diacetylmorphine) that makes up a large portion of illicit narcotics traffic. Easily made from morphine, it was developed and first used as an analgesic, but its undesirable effects outweighed its value, and it is illegal in most countries. Injection brings an ecstatic, warm, glowing sensation, followed by relaxation and contentment. Within half a day withdrawal symptoms set in, with a craving for more. Development of tolerance, requiring ever greater amounts for the same effects, leads to drug addiction. Illegal street heroin is usually only 2-5% pure; unwitting injection of relatively pure heroin is a major cause of overdose, resulting in depressed respiration, coma, and death.
Berain
French decorator and designer. Trained under C. Le Brun, he was appointed chief designer to the court of Louis XIV in 1674. He was skilled in designing tapestries, accessories, furniture, costumes, and elaborate stage settings for operas and extravagant theatrical productions, filled with fantastic iconography. He satisfied the king's appetite for splendor and inspired such other cabinetmakers as A.-C. Boulle.
Berlin
City and state (pop., 1995: 3,470,000), capital of reunified Germany. Founded in the early 13th cent., it was a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th cent. It became the residence of the Hohenzollerns and the capital of Brandenburg. It was successively the capital of Prussia (from 1701), of the German empire (1871-1918), of the Weimar Republic (1919-32), and of the Third Reich (1933-45). In World War II much of the city was destroyed by Allied bombing. In 1945 it was divided into four occupation zones: Amer., British, French, and Soviet. The three Western powers integrated their sectors into one economic entity in 1948; the Soviets responded with the Berlin blockade. When independent governments were established in E and W Germany in 1949, E. Berlin was made the capital of E. Germany, and W. Berlin, though surrounded by E. Germany, became part of W. Germany. Continuing immigration from E. to W. Berlin through the 1950s prompted the 1961 erection of the Berlin Wall. The area immediately became the most vivid focal point of the Cold War. The dramatic dismantling of the wall in 1989 marked the international upheaval that accompanied the end of the Soviet Union. Berlin became reunified as Germany's official capital in 1991; the transfer of government from Bonn was completed in 1999. It is the site of the Univ. of Berlin, Charlottenburg Palace, the Brandenburg Gate, and the Berlin Zoo, and is home to the Berlin Opera and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Derain
French painter, graphic artist, and designer. He studied in Paris at the Acadé mie Carriè re and Acadé mie Julian. He developed his early style in association with his friends M. de Vlaminck and H. Matisse; the three ...
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