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Laberinto de Pasiones
Laberinto de Pasiones (Labyrinth of Passions) is Pedro Almodóvar's 1982 Spanish cult comedy, his second feature, about nymphomaniac pop singer Sexilia and exiled prince Riza Niro in movida-era Madrid, starring Cecilia Roth, Imanol Arias, and a debuting Antonio Banderas.
Labes
Labes is an extinct genus of small eutherian mammals from the Late Cretaceous of France and Spain, named in 1992 and known only from isolated teeth, with two species.
Labetalol
Labetalol, the first combined alpha-1/beta-adrenergic blocker (alpha:beta 1:3 oral, 1:7 IV), treats hypertension; U.S. tablet approval 1984; preferred in pregnancy and for severe hypertension, with fatigue, nausea, dizziness as common effects.
Labh Janjua
Labh Janjua (ਲਾਭ ਜੰਜੂਆ) was an Indian Punjabi singer, born 1957, best known for "Mundian To Bach Ke" and Bollywood hits like "London Thumakda"; he died in 2015.
Labhshankar Thakar
Labhshankar Thakar (લાભશંકર ઠાકર) was a Gujarati poet, playwright, and Ayurvedic physician, a leading modernist who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1991 and co-wrote the first absurd play in Gujarati.
Labi Siffre
Labi Siffre (Claudius Afolabi Siffre), British singer-songwriter and poet born 1945 in Hammersmith, wrote "It Must Be Love", "(Something Inside) So Strong", and "I Got The...", sampled by Eminem, Jay-Z, and Kanye West; announced Unfinished Business in 2026.
Labia
Labia: the outer labia majora and inner labia minora, skin folds of the vulva protecting the urethral and vaginal openings. Highly variable in size (labia minora length roughly 20–100 mm); central to labiaplasty debates.
Labia majora
Labia majora: the two outer hair-bearing skin folds of the vulva, homologous to the scrotum, composed mainly of fat and skin; the most common site of vulvar carcinoma (about 50% of cases).
Labia minora
Labia minora: the inner folds of the vulva enclosing the vestibule, highly variable in size (length 5–100 mm) and richly innervated; also called nymphs, basis of labiaplasty.
Labia piercing
Labia piercing: a body piercing through the inner or outer labia, one of several female genital piercings. Distinguished by WHO FGM Type IV classification, 0.2% English prevalence, 45% complication rate, and saline aftercare.
Labia stretching
Labia stretching, also called labia minora elongation or labia pulling, is a body modification practice that gradually lengthens the inner labia, practiced chiefly in eastern and southern Africa.
Labiaplasty
Labiaplasty (labioplasty, nymphoplasty) is surgery to reduce or reshape the labia minora. Trim and wedge are the main techniques; over 18,813 US procedures in 2021, satisfaction above 90%, evidence quality limited.
Labid ibn Rabi'a
Labid ibn Rabi'a (لبيد بن ربيعة) was an Arab poet of the Banu Amir, one of the Mu'allaqat authors and a Companion of Muhammad, dying in Kufa around 661.
Labin
Labin, also known as Albona, is a hilltop town in eastern Istria, Croatia, near the coastal resort of Rabac, known for its medieval old town and coal mining.
Labirintus
Labirintus is a modern puzzle and planning game by László Nagy, cataloged in the Ludii general game system as DLP.Games.1426, in which balls roll until collision in a chosen arrow direction to rearrange them inside a labyrinth.
Labirynt w polu kukurydzy
Labirynt w polu kukurydzy (cornfield maze): a seasonal attraction where paths are cut through standing maize, common in Poland and Central Europe; examples at Zator (3.5 ha), Kiszombor (4.5 ha, Central Europe's largest), Kurozwęki, and Slovenia.
Lablab purpureus
Lablab purpureus (hyacinth bean, Dolichos lablab), an African-origin climbing legume grown for grain, forage, and green manure; South African origin, East African domestication, seeds about 25% protein, drought-resilient biomass.
Labna
Labna (Labná), Yucatec Maya for "old house", is a small ancient Maya city in Mexico's Puuc hills, 115 km from Mérida, famed for its carved Arch, two-story Palace, and Mirador; World Heritage with Uxmal, Sayil, and Xlapak.
Labor augmentation
Labor augmentation is the stimulation of the uterus after labor has begun on its own, using intravenous oxytocin, amniotomy, or both, when progress is slow.
Labor code and labor discipline laws
The labor code and labor discipline laws of 26 June 1940 (Трудовое законодательство 1940 года) lengthened the Soviet workday and made unauthorized job changes a crime, repealed in 1956.
Labor Code of 1918
The Labor Code of 1918 (Кодекс законов о труде) was the first Soviet labor code, establishing universal labor duty and the eight-hour day in Soviet Russia.
Labor Congress of Ukraine
The Labor Congress of Ukraine, or Congress of the Working People of Ukraine, was the Ukrainian National Republic's temporary legislature, convened in Kyiv in January 1919.
Labor Contract Law
The Labor Contract Law (劳动合同法) was a labor statute of the Republic of China governing individual employment contracts; drafted under the Nanjing National Government, it never took effect.
Labor Day
Labor Day is the U.S. federal holiday on the first Monday of September, created by the 1894 act signed by Cleveland after the Pullman strike; distinct from May Day (International Workers' Day), and shared by Canada's Labour Day.
Labor Day (film)
Labor Day (2013) is a romance-drama written and directed by Jason Reitman, adapted from Joyce Maynard's 2009 novel, starring Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, and Tobey Maguire; released January 31, 2014 by Paramount, grossing $13.4M, with 34% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Labor demand
Labor demand is the quantity of labor, in workers or hours, that organizations want to employ at a given wage; it is a derived demand from product demand.
Labor force participation rate
The labor force participation rate is the share of the working-age population that is working or actively seeking work, measured monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics since 1948.
Labor history of postal and telecommunications services
The labor history of postal and telecommunications services traces how mail, telegraph, and telephone workers organized into unions, from British Post Office meetings in the 1840s onward.
Labor history of the United States
The labor history of the United States, also called the American labor movement, traces union organizing from violent 19th-century strikes through the New Deal to today.
Labor hoarding
Labor hoarding is the practice of firms retaining more labor than current output requires, absorbing demand slowdowns by cutting hours and utilization rather than headcount.