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Boxer Uprising

(Encyclopedia) Boxer Uprising, 1898–1900, antiforeign movement in China, culminating in a desperate uprising against Westerners and Western influence. By the end of the 19th cent. the Western powers…

Movie Box Office Grosses, 2008

RankTitleDistributorTotal Domestic GrossOpen Date 1.The Dark KnightWarner Bros.$531,001,57818 July 2008 2.Iron ManParamount$318,313,1992 May 2008 3.Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the…

Brewer's: Fou Drunk

“Wilbraham has fou-drunk”—i.e. is despicably drunk, dead drunk. French, fou, “mad,” as fou-enragé; or simply fu', i.e. “full,” “intensive,” as in full-oft, “full-well ye reject the…

Apologies for War

Appreciations of Sun Tzu Bibliography Apologies for War Accustomed as we are to think of China as the greatest peace-loving nation on earth, we are in some danger of forgetting that her…

Notable Asian Americans, A-Z

Grace ParkBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports PersonalitiesScientistsEntertainers:…

Movies and Film

Movies and FilmMovies and Filmch01s01 when-movie-filmch01s02 taking-movie-vs-watching-filmch01s03 how-to-watch-flick-as-if-it-were-filmch02s01 how-film-madech02s02 development-birth-notionch02s03…

Sun Tzu on the Art of War: Laying Plans [1]

Waging War [1] Laying Plans [1] Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject…