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DEFINITION: (verb) To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently. SYNONYMS: rail. USAGE: The detective had, indeed, good reasons to inveigh against the bad luck which pursued him.

Beethoven is universally recognized as one of the greatest composers of the Western European music tradition. Aside from his architectonic innovations and expansion of the classical sonata and symphony, he brought to music a new depth and intensity of emotion that was emulated by later romantic composers but probably never surpassed. Beethoven had a reputation as an isolated romantic genius partly because of his temper and what strange habits?

One of the most popular animated TV shows in American history, The Simpsons has earned its spot in pop culture through its parodies of the "Middle American" lifestyle. The show, created by Matt Groening, is a spin-off of a series of animated shorts originally aired on The Tracey Ullman Show and has earned 21 Emmy Awards, 22 Annie Awards, and a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Groening named most of the main characters after his own family members. Where does Bart's name come from?

A conscientious objector is a person who, on the basis of religious or moral principles, refuses to participate in military service. Political opposition to the particular aim of conscription, such as that maintained by many during the Vietnam War, is usually considered a separate category. The postwar Selective Service Act, passed in 1948, required that conscientious objection be based on religious belief and training that included belief in a Supreme Being. In what year was this changed?

Scientists have found evidence of a squirrel-like species that pushes the known history of mammalian gliding or flying back by more than 75 million years. Though scientists are not sure of when the creature lived, it is clearly older than the 51 million-year-old bat that used to be the oldest evidence of flying or gliding in a mammal, and it has a chance of preceding the earliest known bird, Archaeopteryx, which flew about 150 million years ago.