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The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

Director/Writer/Producer:Susan W. DryfoosDirectors of Photography:Richard Blofson and Jeffrey GruntherEditor:Angelo CarraoCastle Hill Productions; NR; 83 minutesRelease:9/96Cast:Al Hirschfeld…

Apennines

(Encyclopedia) ApenninesApenninesăpˈənīnz [key], Ital. Appennino, mountain system, running the entire length of the Italian peninsula. It extends south c.840 mi (1,350 km) from the Cadibona Pass in…

East Riding of Yorkshire

(Encyclopedia) East Riding of Yorkshire, district and unitary authority, NE England. The district extends from the Yorkshire Wolds (N) to the River…

Northern Cape

(Encyclopedia) Northern Cape, province (2011 pop. 1,145,861), 144,015 sq mi (372,889 sq km), NW South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Northern Cape was created from…

lupine

(Encyclopedia) lupine or lupinlupinl&oomacr;ˈpĭn [key], any species of the genus Lupinus, annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). These leguminous plants…

Northumberland

(Encyclopedia) NorthumberlandNorthumberlandnôrthŭmˈbərlənd [key], county (1991 pop. 300,600), 2,019 sq mi (5,229 sq km), NE England; administratively, Northumberland is a unitary authority (since…

Dzungaria

(Encyclopedia) DzungariaDzungariaz&oobreve;n-gârˈēə [key] or JunggarDzungariaj&oobreve;ngˈgärˈ [key], physical region (c.300,000 sq mi/777,000 sq km) of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, NW…

Gorno-Badakhshan

(Encyclopedia) Gorno-BadakhshanGorno-Badakhshangôrˈnə-bädäkhshänˈ, –bədəkhshänˈ [key] or Badakhshan, Tajik Kuhistoni Badakhshon, autonomous province (1991 est. pop. 167,100), c.24,600 sq mi (63,710…

Majorca

(Encyclopedia) MajorcaMajorcaməjôrˈkə [key], Span. MallorcaMajorcamälyôrˈkä [key], island (1991 pop. 602,074), 1,405 sq mi (3,639 sq km), Spain, largest of the Balearic Islands, in the W…

Derbyshire

(Encyclopedia) Derbyshire Derbyshire därˈbēshər, –shĭr [key] county, 1,016 sq mi (2,632 sq km), central England. The…