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Movies and Film: The Mise-en-Scène Really Means Everything, Almost
The Mise-en-Scne Really Means Everything, AlmostMovies and FilmFilm Composition and CinematographyThe Mise-en-Scne Really Means Everything, AlmostElements of the Mise-en-ScneFilms Worth Remembering…1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup Champions
Men Overall Luc Alphand, FRA Downhill Luc Alphand, FRA Slalom Thomas Sykora, AUT Giant Slalom Michael von Gruenigen, SWI Super G Hans Knaus, AUT Nation's Cup Austria…1936 Olympic Canoeing Results
Event Time 1000 m Kayak Singles K1 Gregor Hradetzky, AUT 4:22.9 Helmut Cämmerer, GER 4:25.6 Jacob Kraaier, HOL 4:35.1 10,000 m Kayak Singles K1 Ernst Krebs…Louisa May Alcott: Thanksgiving
ThanksgivingThis yearly festival was always kept at Plumfield in the good old-fashioned way, and nothing was allowed to interfere with it. For days beforehand, the little girls helped Asia…Saint Helens, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Saint Helens, Mount, volcanic peak, 8,363 ft (2,549 m; 9,677 ft/2,950 m before its 1980 eruption) high, SW Wash., historically the most active volcano in the Cascade Range. Dormant…pontoon
(Encyclopedia) pontoon, one of a number of floats used chiefly to support a bridge, to raise a sunken ship, or to float a hydroplane or a floating dock. Pontoons have been built of wood, of hides…pomegranate
(Encyclopedia) pomegranatepomegranatepŏmˈgrănĭt, pŏmˈə– [key], handsome deciduous and somewhat thorny large shrub or small tree (Punica granatum) belonging to the family Punicaceae, native to…sea spider
(Encyclopedia) sea spider, common name for members of the class Pycnogonida, long-legged, rather spiderlike organisms of the subphylum Chelicerata, widely distributed in marine waters. Most are tiny…Prescott, William Hickling
(Encyclopedia) Prescott, William Hickling, 1796–1859, American historian, b. Salem, Mass. He entered his father's law office, but was compelled by a serious eye injury to abandon law. He received…Tethys , in astronomy
(Encyclopedia) TethysTethystēˈthĭs [key], in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn III (or S3), Tethys is 659 mi (1060 km) in diameter, orbits…Trending
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