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Buryat Republic

(Encyclopedia) Buryat Republic Buryat Republic b&oobreve;ryätˈ [key] or Buryatia…

Tuva Republic

(Encyclopedia) Tuva Republic or Tyva RepublicTuva Republicboth: t&oomacr;ˈvə, Rus. t&oomacr;väˈ, Tuvan t&oomacr;wäˈ [key], constituent republic (1990 est. pop. 366,000), 65,830 sq mi (170…

John Frankenheimer Biography

John Frankenheimer director, producerBorn: 2/19/1930Birthplace: Malba, New York Beginning his career as a television director, he later became a major film director of the 1960s, with such…

Gary Sinise

Gary Siniseactor; directorBorn: 3/17/1955Birthplace: Chicago A founding member of Chicago's influential Steppenwolf Theatre Company, he is an award-winning stage actor and director who conquered film…

Gary Sinise Biography

Gary Siniseactor; directorBorn: 3/17/1955Birthplace: Chicago A founding member of Chicago's influential Steppenwolf Theatre Company, he is an award-winning stage actor and director who conquered film…

The Song of Hiawatha: Picture-Writing

Blessing the Cornfields Hiawatha's Lamentation Picture-Writing In those days said Hiawatha, "Lo! how all things fade and perish! From the memory of the old men Pass away the great…

Kamchatka

(Encyclopedia) KamchatkaKamchatkakămchătˈkə [key], peninsula, 104,200 sq mi (269,878 sq km), Kamchatka Territory, Russian Far East, separating the Sea of Okhotsk in the west from the Bering Sea and…

dairying

(Encyclopedia) dairying, business of producing, processing, and distributing milk and milk products. Ninety percent of the world's milk is obtained from cows; the remainder comes from goats,…

1953 Cannes Film Festival

Grand PrixThe Wages of Fear, Henri-Georges Clouzot (France/Italy)Best ActorCharles Vanel, The Wages of Fear (France/Italy)Best ActressShirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba (United States)…