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DEFINITION: (adjective) Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected. SYNONYMS: impervious. USAGE: The tablecloth was imperviable to liquid; the water ran along the surface of the fabric and did not soak through to the table.

Hegel was a German philosopher who developed the Hegelian dialectic, in which one concept (thesis) inevitably generates its opposite (antithesis), and the interaction of these leads to a new concept (synthesis). He used the dialectic to explain everything from logic to nature, politics to art. Hegel has influenced many subsequent philosophies—post-Hegelian idealism, the existentialism of Kierkegaard and Sartre, the socialism of Marx, and the instrumentalism of Dewey. Where was Hegel educated?

The Kellogg-Briand Pact was an agreement between the US and France to renounce war and seek settlement of disputes by peaceful means. It took its name from US secretary of state Frank B Kellogg and French foreign minister Aristide Briand. Most other nations subsequently signed the pact, and some successes were achieved in settling disputes, but the pact made no provision for measures against aggressors and became ineffective in the 1930s. What role did the pact play in the Nuremberg Trials?

The Fuller-Doig Building in New York City was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by Chicago's Daniel Burnham. Located on a triangular block, the building was nicknamed "the Flatiron" because of its resemblance to the irons of its day. The rounded tip of the building is only 2 meters wide, while the height of the building is 87 meters (285 ft). What other cities have flatiron buildings?

An international team of medical researchers has discovered a connective tissue disease that is a molecular cousin of Marfan's syndrome, but even deadlier. Loeys-Dietz Syndrome is similar to Marfan's in that it is caused by a genetic flaw that weakens tissue, preventing it from holding together properly. The result is a major threat to the integrity of the aorta in Marfan's syndrome and many blood vessels in Loeys-Dietz syndrome.