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White Mountain

(Encyclopedia) White Mountain or White Hill, Czech Bílá Hora, hill near Prague, Czech Republic. There, in Nov., 1620, the Czech Protestants under Christian of Anhalt were routed by the combined…

Weston-super-Mare

(Encyclopedia) Weston-super-MareWeston-super-Marewĕstˈən-s&oomacr;ˈpər-mâr [key], city (1991 pop. 60,821), North Somerset, SW England, on the Bristol Channel. It is a seaside resort with…

Notting Hill Carnival

Caribbean food, steel bands, calypso, and parades make the Notting Hill Carnival an international draw every August by Liz Olson Related Links Queen's Birthday United…

Anita Hill Biography

Anita Hill lawyer, educator, author, activistBorn: 7/30/1956Birthplace: Lone Tree, Okla.   Hill received her law degree from Yale University, and after a stint at the Equal Employment Opportunity…

House on Haunted Hill

Director:William MaloneWriter:Dick BeebeWarner Bros.; R; 96 minutesRelease:10/99Cast:Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs House on Haunted Hill is like the Houses of Horror found at most…

The Slums of Beverly Hills

Director/Writer: Tamara Jenkins Fox Searchlight; R; 91 minutes Release: 8/98 Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Corrigan, Carl Reiner, Rita Moreno, David…

Team (Large Hill)

Pts1Japan933.02Germany897.43Austria881.5JPN— Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, Kazuyoshi Funaki; GER— Sven Hannawald, Martin Schmitt, Hansjoerg Jaekle, Dieter Thoma; AUT—…

Brewer's: Hill-folk

The Cameronian Scotch Covenanters, who met clandestinely among the hills. Sometimes the Covenanters generally are so called. Sir W Scott used the words as a synonym of Cameronians.…

Brewer's: Hill-people

or Hill-folk. A class of beings in Scandinavian tradition between the elves and the human race. They are supposed to dwell in caves and small hills, and are bent on receiving the benefits…

Brewer's: Hill Tribes

The barbarous tribes dwelling in remote parts of the Deccan or plateau of Central India. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HillsHill-people A B C D E F G…