- causing fear or alarm : formidable
- illustrious, eminent; broadly : worthy of respect
- Rinsing bacon under cold water before frying can reduce the amount it shrinks by almost 50 percent.
- The temperature of the sun can reach up to 15 million degrees Fahrenheit.
Hasegawa Tōhaku was a Japanese painter and founder of the Hasegawa school.
He is considered one of the great painters of the Azuchi–Momoyama period, and he is best known for his byōbu folding screens, such as Pine Trees and Pine Tree and Flowering Plants, or the paintings in walls and sliding doors at Chishaku-in, attributed to him and his son.
Pierre Chevallier est un médecin et une personnalité politique française de la IVᵉ République né le 30 janvier 1909 à Orléans et mort le 12 août 1951 dans la même ville.
Il a participé à la résistance intérieure française durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale puis exercé les fonctions de maire d'Orléans, député du Loiret et secrétaire d’État à l'Enseignement technique, à la Jeunesse et aux Sports.
Dans le cadre de ses mandats, Pierre Chevallier participe à la reconstruction d'Orléans, notamment celle de la rue Royale avec ses arcades selon l'ordre classique du XVIIIᵉ siècle. Au Parlement, il devient un spécialiste de l'urbanisme et plaide également pour l'aménagement de la région naturelle du Val de Loire et la préservation de son patrimoine.
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies against the military dictatorship of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. The revolution began in July 1953, and continued sporadically until the rebels finally ousted Batista on 31 December 1958, replacing his government with a revolutionary socialist state. 26 July 1953 is celebrated in Cuba as the Day of the Revolution. The 26th of July Movement later reformed along communist lines, becoming the Communist Party in October 1965.
The Cuban Revolution had powerful domestic and international repercussions. In particular, it transformed Cuba's relationship with the United States, although efforts to improve diplomatic relations have gained momentum in recent years. In the immediate aftermath of the revolution, Castro's government began a program of nationalization, centralization of the press and political consolidation that transformed Cuba's economy and civil society. The revolution also heralded an era of Cuban intervention in foreign military conflicts in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.