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Pollution haven hypothesis
The pollution haven hypothesis (PHH) is the claim that lower trade costs shift polluting industries toward countries with weaker environmental regulations, though evidence for it is weak.
Pollution in China
Pollution in China, also called Chinese pollution, is severe air and water contamination from coal-dominated industrialization, addressed through control programs begun after the 2013 smog winter.
Pollution of the Ganges
Pollution of the Ganges: contamination of India's Ganga river by untreated sewage (over 80% of load), industrial effluent, and runoff, addressed since the 1985 Ganga Action Plan and the 2014 Namami Gange Programme, with persistent capacity and utilization gaps.
Polly (Nirvana song)
Polly is an acoustic 1991 song by Nirvana, written by Kurt Cobain and released on Nevermind. Also known as "New Wave Polly" (Incesticide), it is based on the 1987 Gerald Arthur Friend abduction and rape of a 14-year-old girl after a Tacoma Dome concert.
Polly Arnold
Polly L. Arnold is a British inorganic chemist known for her work on rare earth and actinide chemistry, and Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley since 2020.
Polly Bergen
Polly Bergen (Nellie Paulina Burgin, 1930-2014), American Emmy-winning actress, singer, and cosmetics entrepreneur; won the 1958 Emmy for The Helen Morgan Story on Playhouse 90, starred in The Polly Bergen Show and Cape Fear, and founded the Polly Bergen Co.
Polly Draper
Polly Draper (Polly Carey Draper, born 1955) is an American actress, writer, director, and producer known as Ellyn Warren on thirtysomething and as creator of The Naked Brothers Band, starring her sons Nat and Alex Wolff.
Polly Holliday
Polly Dean Holliday (1937-2025), American actress, played waitress Flo Castleberry on CBS's Alice (1976-1985) and its spin-off Flo, famous for 'Kiss my grits!'; two Golden Globes, four Emmy nominations, 1990 Tony nomination.
Polly Matzinger
Polly Matzinger is an American immunologist at NIH best known for the danger model, which holds that the immune system responds to damage rather than foreignness.
Polly Parsons (producer)
Polly Parsons (born 1967), American producer and daughter of Gram Parsons; founder of DaddyVan Productions, producer of the 2004 Return to Sin City tribute and the 2023 Last Roundup release; distinct from the British presenter of the same name.
Polly Pocket
Polly Pocket: micro doll and compact playset line created by Chris Wiggs (Origin Products), launched by Bluebird Toys in 1989, acquired by Mattel in 1998, relaunched 2018, now a Mattel franchise brand with collector and entertainment extensions.
Polly Powrie
Polly Powrie (Olivia Elizabeth Powrie, born 1987, Auckland) is a New Zealand 470 sailor who won Olympic gold at London 2012 and silver at Rio 2016 with Jo Aleh, plus the 2013 470 World Championship, later a high-performance sport administrator.
Polly Samson
Polly Samson (born 1962, London) is an English novelist and lyricist, wife of David Gilmour, author of A Theatre for Dreamers and The Kindness, and lyricist on four number-one albums including The Division Bell.
Polly Walker
Polly Walker (born 1966, Warrington, England) is a British actress; trained in ballet then Drama Centre London; known for Atia in Rome (Golden Globe-nominated 2006), Gill Biggeloe in Line of Duty, and Lady Portia Featherington in Bridgerton.
Pollyanna
Pollyanna is Eleanor H. Porter's 1913 children's novel about orphan Pollyanna Whittier and her Glad Game, serialized in The Christian Herald, a million-copy bestseller that made "Pollyanna" a word for blind optimism and spawned sequels, Glad clubs, and film adaptations.
Pollyanna (1960 film)
Pollyanna (1960) is Walt Disney Productions' live-action family drama directed and written by David Swift from Eleanor H. Porter's 1913 novel, starring Hayley Mills in her American debut, released May 19, 1960, filmed in Santa Rosa and Napa, California.
Pollyanna principle
Pollyanna principle, also called Pollyanna hypothesis or linguistic positivity bias: the tendency to prefer and use positive words and information over negative ones, framed by Boucher and Osgood in 1969 and named for Porter's 1913 novel heroine.
Polmacoxib
Polmacoxib (CG100649, Acelex) is a first-in-class NSAID dual inhibitor of COX-2 and carbonic anhydrase I/II, approved for osteoarthritis in South Korea (2015) and India (2023), dosed 2 mg daily.
Polo
Polo, also called the sport of kings, is an ancient equestrian team sport from Persia and Central Asia, codified at Hurlingham in 1875, an Olympic sport 1900-1936, now governed worldwide by the FIP.
Polo (confectionery)
Polo is a ring-shaped mint brand, "the mint with the hole", launched by Rowntree's on 15 April 1948 and made since at Nestlé's York factory; variants include Original, Spearmint, Fruits, and Sugar Free mints approved by the Oral Health Foundation.
Polo (novel)
Polo is a 1991 novel by Jilly Cooper, the third book in the Rutshire Chronicles. It follows polo star Ricky France-Lynch and Perdita MacLeod across England and Argentina.
Polo (TV series)
Polo is a 2024 five-episode Netflix documentary series, executive produced by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle via Archewell, following elite players at the U.S. Open Polo Championship in Wellington, Florida; it earned poor reviews (Metascore 40, RT 25%).
Polo & Pan
Polo & Pan are a French electronic duo formed in Paris in 2012 by Paul Armand-Delille and Alexandre Grynszpan, known for nostalgic electro-pop with tropical flair.
Polo at the Summer Olympics
Polo at the Summer Olympics: men's team equestrian sport contested in 1900, 1908, 1920, 1924, and 1936, then discontinued. Great Britain leads with 3 golds; Argentina won 1924 and 1936; FIP seeks reinstatement.
Polo de Ondegardo
Juan Polo de Ondegardo, a Castilian jurist and colonial administrator in the Viceroyalty of Peru, served as corregidor of Charcas and Cuzco and died in 1575.
Polo dynasties and playing families
Polo dynasties and playing families describes Argentine polo families, including the Heguys of Indios Chapaleufú, the Novillo Astradas of La Aguada, and the Pieres of Ellerstina.
Polo G
Polo G (Taurus Tremani Bartlett, born 1999) is a Chicago rapper of melodic drill; albums Die a Legend, The Goat, Hall of Fame (No. 1, with RAPSTAR), Hood Poet; also known as Capalot.
Polo Grounds
Polo Grounds, name of several upper Manhattan stadiums used for baseball and football 1880-1963, chiefly home of the New York Giants (1911-1957), Yankees (1913-1922), Mets (1962-63); 279/258/483-foot dimensions, demolished 1964.
Polo handicap
Polo handicap: player rating in goals from -2 to 10, created by H. L. Herbert in the late 1880s US polo; set nationally by AAP, HPA, USPA; sums set team tournament levels.
Polo in India
Polo in India, or Sagol Kangjei in Manipur, is the Indian tradition of equestrian polo. Modern polo was codified here: Calcutta Polo Club (1862) is the world's oldest surviving club, and the Indian Polo Association (1892) governs the sport.