CRUX

krooks [Lat.,=cross], small but brilliant southern constellation whose four most prominent members form a Latin cross, the famous Southern Cross. The long arm of the cross, terminating in the brightest member, Acrux (Alpha Crucis), points almost directly at the south celestial pole. Two other stars, Mimosa (Beta Crucis) and Gacrux (Gamma Crucis) are also among the brightest in the sky. Also in Crux is the Coalsack, a famous dark nebula. Crux reaches its highest point in the evening sky in May; its location in the far southern sky makes it visible most of the year to southern observers but not at all to observers north of about 25°N lat.

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The Crux: A Novel
Book by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Jennifer S. Tuttle; University of Delaware Press, 2002
Subjects: Boardinghouses--Fiction, Colorado--Fiction, Eugenics--Fiction, Massachusetts--Fiction, Sex Role--Fiction, Sexually Transmitted Diseases--Fiction, Women Pioneers--Fiction
THE CRUX THE CRUX A Novel by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Edited and with an Introduction...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935. The crux : a novel / by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ; edited and with an introduction...
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No Name: A Novel
Book by Wilkie Collins; Harper & Brothers, 1874
Subjects: Fiction
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No Name
Book by Wilkie Collins, Virginia Blain; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: England--Fiction, Fiction, Inheritance And Succession--Fiction, Orphans--Fiction, Sisters--Fiction, Young Women--Psychology--Fiction
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Crusade Propaganda and Ideology: Model Sermons for the Preaching of the Cross
Book by Christoph T. Maier; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Crusades--Propaganda, Crusades--Sermons, Sermons, Latin--Translations Into English, Sermons, Medieval
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The Divine Office in the Latin Middle Ages: Methodology and Source Studies, Regional Developments, Hagiography
Book by Margot E. Fassler, Rebecca A. Baltzer; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Church Music--Catholic Church--500-1400, Divine Office, Divine Office (Music)--History And Criticism
...219 9.4 Conductus Vite perdite 220 9.5 Philip the Chancellor, Crux de te volo conqueri 222 9.6 In hoc ortus occidente 227...
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Florus and Diocletian: A Crux in Christine De Pizan's Livre Du Corps De Policie
Journal article by Angus J. Kennedy; Medium Aevum, Vol. 67, 1998
Subjects: French literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Manuscripts, Medieval--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
FLORUS AND DIOCLETIAN: A CRUX IN CHRISTINE DE PIZANS LIVRE DU CORPS...melanges offerts a Philippe Menard.(2) A crux occurs in the following passage in Christine...lines 5-16, Lucas, pp. 200-I). The crux here is constituted by the fact that Florus...
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In Short: Recent Reprints
Journal article by Jennifer Putzi; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 22, 2005
Subjects: "A Half Caste" and Other Writings (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Other Things Being Equal (Book)--Book reviews, That Affair Next Door and Lost Man's Lane (Book)--Book reviews, The Crux (Book)--Book reviews, The Power and the Glory: A Novel of Appalachia (Book)--Book reviews
...Press, 2003. 373 pp. $18.95 paper. The Crux. By Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Edited by...Delaware Press, 2002. 242 pp. $42.50. The Crux. By Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Edited by...much of our own scholarship (ix). In The Crux (1911), Charlotte Perkins Gilman imagines...
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Visually Based Descriptions of an Everyday Action
Journal article by Edward S. Reed, Michael Montgomery, Myrna Schwartz, Carolyn Palmer, John B. Pittenger; Ecological Psychology, Vol. 4, 1992
Subjects: Environmental Psychology--Periodicals
...important A-1, which we designate the crux. For example, in preparing ones toothbrush...of putting the paste on the brush is the crux A-1 unit of that A-2. Given the variability...for carrying out the relevant A-2 is a crux (e.g., a single snip of the scissors can...
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Gawain's Practice of Piety in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Journal article by Phillipa Hardman; Medium Aevum, Vol. 68, 1999
Subjects: English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Piety--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...common `magical prayer that usually begins: `Crux Christi + sit mecum. The prayer continues...numerous invocations repeating the phrase `Crux Christi and the sign of the cross to be...Robert Thorntons, for example, begins: `Crux Christi + es arma invincibilis + Crux Christi...
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The Story as It Should Be: Epistemological Uncertainty in Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain
Journal article by Edwin J. Barton; The Hemingway Review, Vol. 14, 1994
Subjects: Hemingway, Ernest--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hermeneutics--Analysis, Psychological fiction--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...lexical riddle, which "pivots upon a lexical crux, the unarticulated or ambiguous words such...in "cat" is the easy-to-come-by lexical crux, maternal instincts: her wish for a cat...domestic maternity" is in some sense the crux of the matter in this story. Yet no one...
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The Crux of the Matter: Heather McHugh
Magazine article by Langdon Hammer; American Scholar, Vol. 75, Summer 2006
Subjects: Hinge and Sign: Poems, 1968-1993 (Poetry collection)--Criticism and interpretation, McHugh, Heather--Criticism and interpretation, McHugh, Heather--Works, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works
The Crux of the Matter: Heather McHugh. by Langdon Hammer Heather McHughs...the crucifixions. Im permanently excruciated," McHugh remarks. "Thats the crux." A "crux," beside the Latin word for cross, is also what editors or critics call...
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The Cocoa Crux: It Has a Long History of Traditional and Medicinal Uses, and the Backing of Bolivia's Head of State, but Can Coca Exist without Cocaine?
Magazine article by Joyce Gregory Wyels; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 58, November 2006
Subjects: Cocoa--History, Cocoa--Usage
The Cocoa Crux: It Has a Long History of Traditional and Medicinal Uses, and the Backing of Bolivias Head of State, but Can Coca Exist without...
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Undercover Operatives and the Crux of Credibility
Magazine article by Brook I. Landis; Security Management, Vol. 33, June 1989
Subjects: Employee dismissals--Cases, Employee drug abuse--Investigations, Employment at will--Cases, Labor unions--Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Undercover operations--Analysis
Undercover Operatives and the Crux of Credibility. by Brook I. Landis IN THE AUGUST 1986 ISSUE of Security Management I discussed discharging an employee...
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Using Visuals to Build Teams: Here's an Approach from the Center for Creative Leadership for Breaking Down Barriers and Addressing Complex Challenges Sometimes, a Picture-Or How a Person Interprets It-Can Capture the Crux of the Matter
Magazine article by David Magellan Horth, Charles J. Palus; T&D, Vol. 57, October 2003
Subjects: Center for Creative Leadership--Training, Group problem solving--Methods, Teamwork (Workplace)--Management, Visual learning--Analysis, Work groups--Management
...for Breaking Down Barriers and Addressing Complex Challenges Sometimes, a Picture-Or How a Person Interprets It-Can Capture the Crux of the Matter. by David Magellan Horth , Charles J. Palus Business school students are taught to approach challenges...
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Charlotte's Web
Magazine article by Vivian Gornick; The Nation, Vol. 277, August 4, 2003
Subjects: The Crux (Book)
...Web. by Vivian Gornick The Crux. By Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Introduction...Economics) long forgotten. Gilmans The Crux, a short novel first published serially...it is necessary but insufficient. The Crux tells the story of a group of women who...
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The Crux of the Church Chasm
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), July 17, 2009
The Crux of the Church Chasm. Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES It is ironic that the presiding bishop...embracing the radical social agenda that precipitated this crisis? That, it would seem, is the crux of the problem. BRIAN STUCKEY Denver
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Crux of Reckless Homicide Trial Is Determining Who Was Driver
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 28, 2007
Subjects: Homicide
Crux of Reckless Homicide Trial Is Determining Who Was Driver. Byline: Tona Kunz tkunz@@dailyherald.com John Homatas and John...27-year-old April Simmons and her unborn child. Determining which man was driving Homatas car near midnight Jan. 4, 2006, is the crux of Homatas reckless homicide trial. Prosecutors say Homatas drove that night, an assertion confirmed by a witness who pulled...
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Football: Millwall 'Crux of Season' for Money; COCA-COLA LEAGUE ONE
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 21, 2007
Subjects: Carbonated beverages, Soft drink industry, Soft drinks
Football: Millwall Crux of Season for Money; COCA-COLA LEAGUE ONE. Byline: By Rob Tanner...game of the whole season," he said. "This game on Saturday is the real crux of what we are going to achieve this season. "We have got ourselves into...
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Legitimacy Is Crux of Taiwan Issue
Newspaper article by Gus Constantine; The Washington Times, June 22, 2001
Subjects: China, Taiwan
Legitimacy is crux of Taiwan issue by Gus Constantine To the men who rule in...the very legitimacy that Beijing denies. These conflicting views are the crux of a decades-old dispute that has been thrust back into the spotlight by...
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Suzanne Breen Column: Give Brady the Right to Die; the Crux of the Issue Is Whether the State Should Be Allowed to Keep Someone Alive, Murderer or Otherwise, Who Doesn't Wish to Be Alive
Newspaper article by Suzanne Breen; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), March 2, 2000
Suzanne Breen Column: Give Brady the Right to Die; the Crux of the Issue Is Whether the State Should Be Allowed to Keep Someone...transfusions. Brady should have the same right on force-feeding. The crux of the issue is whether the State should be allowed to keep someone...
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encyclopedia articles on: Crux  - 10 results

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Crux
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CRUX krooks Lat.,=cross, small but brilliant southern constellation whose four most prominent members...Mimosa (Beta Crucis) and Gacrux (Gamma Crucis) are also among the brightest in the sky. Also in Crux is the Coalsack, a famous dark nebula. Crux reaches its highest point in the evening sky in May; its location in the far southern sky makes it...
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Southern Cross
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOUTHERN CROSS see Crux . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Centaurus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CENTAURUS sentor s, southern constellation located N and E of Crux, the Southern Cross. It is known especially for its bright stars Alpha Centauri and Hadar . It also contains Centaurus A...
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Acrux
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ACRUX a kr ks from the Bayer designation Crucis, brightest star in the constellation Crux (Southern Cross); 1992 position R.A. 12 h 26.2 m , Dec. 63 04. Its apparent magnitude of 0.86 makes it one of the 20 brightest...
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Mimosa , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MIMOSA , in astronomy or Beta Crucis ba t kroo sis, bright star in the constellation Crux (Southern Cross); 1992 position R.A. 12 h 47.3 m , Dec. 59 39. It is sometimes called Becrux, from its Bayer name, analogous...
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