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The Visitor

The VisitorFoxFoxFriday 8:00–9:00 p.m.; canceledCast: John Corbett When Adam MacArthur (Corbett) emerges from a downed plane after being held captive for 40 years by aliens, he finds himself…

Nana Sahib

(Encyclopedia) Nana SahibNana Sahibnäˈnä säˈhĭb [key], b. c.1821, leader in the Indian Mutiny, his real name was Dhundu Pant. The adopted son of the last peshwa (hereditary prime minister) of the…

Akufo-Addo, Nana

(Encyclopedia) Akufo-Addo, Nana (Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo), 1944–, Ghanaian lawyer, government official, and political leader, president of Ghana (2017–). Born into a prominent political family,…

Lovesick on Nana Street

Director/Writer: Savi GabizonDirector of Photography:Yoav KoshEditor:Tali Halter ShenkarProduction Designer:Emanuel AmramiProducers:Anat Assoulin and Savi GabizonLovesick Ltd.; NR; 94…

Kotzebue

(Encyclopedia) KotzebueKotzebuekŏtˈsəby&oomacr; [key], city (1990 pop. 2,751), NW Alaska, on Kotzebue Sound at the tip of Baldwin Peninsula; inc. 1958. It has one of the largest settlements of…

Hinsley, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Hinsley, Arthur, 1865–1943, English prelate, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Yorkshire, he attended Catholic schools in England and Rome. He was ordained in 1893 and…

Kanpur

(Encyclopedia) KanpurKanpurkänˈp&oobreve;r [key], city (1991 pop. 2,029,889), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Ganges River. A major industrial center, it produces chemicals, textiles…

Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: V

Selected Biographies A to ZA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+ biographies Biographies by…

Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware II Biography

Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware IIthe AsanteheneAge: 79 venerable spiritual and cultural leader of the Ashanti people of Ghana. A London-trained lawyer, the Asantehene became the 18th king of Ashanti…

Attis

(Encyclopedia) AttisAttisăˈtĭs [key] or AtysAtysāˈ– [key], in Phrygian religion, vegetation god. When Nana ate the fruit of the almond tree, which had been generated by the blood of either Agdistis…