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Joint Base Andrews

(Encyclopedia) Joint Base Andrews, officially Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington, formerly Andrews Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 4,279 acres (1,732 hectares), central Md…

Saint Andrews

(Encyclopedia) Saint Andrews, town (1991 pop. 11,302), Fife, E Scotland, on the North Sea. A summer resort, it is famous for its golf courses. It was the seat of an archbishop from 908 and the…

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

Director:Mira NairWriters: Helena Kriel and Mira NairDirector of Photography:Declan QuinnEditor:Kristina BodenMusic:Mychael DannaProduction Designer:Mark FriedbergProducers:Mira Nair and…

Saint Andrews, University of

(Encyclopedia) Saint Andrews, University of, at St. Andrews, Scotland; founded 1410. It is the oldest university in Scotland. It has faculties of arts, science, and divinity. St. Salvator's College…

The English Patient

Director/Writer: Anthony Minghella Director of Photography: John Seale Editor: Walter Murch Music: Gabriel Yared Production Designer: Stuart Craig Producer: Saul Zaentz…

Andrews, Roy Chapman

(Encyclopedia) Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884–1960, American naturalist and explorer, b. Beloit, Wis., B.A. Beloit College, 1906, M.A. Columbia Univ., 1913. Associated with the American Museum of Natural…

Craigie, Sir William A.

(Encyclopedia) Craigie, Sir William A., 1867–1957, British lexicographer, b. Dundee, Scotland. Educated at the Univ. of St. Andrews, Craigie studied Scandinavian languages at Copenhagen before…

Andrews, Lorrin

(Encyclopedia) Andrews, Lorrin, 1795–1868, American missionary to the Hawaiian Islands, b. present-day Vernon, Conn., grad. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1825. He founded (1831) on Maui a training…