Williams syndrome: A genetic disorder characterized by mild mental retardation, unique personality characteristics, unusual facial features, and cardiovascular disease. The level of calcium tends to be high in blood (hypercalcemia) and urine (hypercalciuria).
Long March: Long March, (1934â35), the 6,000-mile (10,000-km) historic trek of the Chinese communists, which resulted in the relocation of the communist revolutionary base from southeastern to northwestern China and in the emergence of Mao Zedong as the undisputed party leader. Fighting Nationalist forces
Tuten's novel The Adventures of Mao on the Long March is a modern classic (The New York Times called it almost too good to be true, when it was first published in the 70s), and Walter Mosley is among his most devoted fans.