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Snow Falling on Cedars

Director:Scott HicksWriters:Scott Hicks and Ron BassUniversal Pictures; PG-13; 130 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Ethan Hawke, Youki Kudoh, Sam Shepard, James Cromwell, Eric Thal, Rick Yune Snow…

snow line

(Encyclopedia) snow line, altitude above which or latitude beyond which snow does not melt in summer (usually called the permanent snow line), or, in winter, the line to which snow extends at a given…

Basile, Giovanni Battista

(Encyclopedia) Basile, Giovanni BattistaBasile, Giovanni Battistajōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä bäsēˈlā [key], 1575–1632, Italian writer. Basile held several important official positions, devoting his spare…

The Great White Hurricane

The Blizzard Of 1888: March 11–March 14, 1888 by Borgna Brunner Blizzard of 1888, 14th St. between 5th and 6th Avenues looking West, March 1888. Today's Weather Fact More Weather Facts…

Snow, John

ex-secretary of the TreasuryBirthplace: Toledo, OhioBorn: 8/2/39

Snow Day

Director:Chris KochWriters:Will McRobb and Chris ViscardiParamount Pictures; PG; 89 minutesRelease:2/00Cast:Chevy Chase, Chris Elliott, Mark Webber Snow Day brings Nickelodeon product to the…

avalanche

(Encyclopedia) avalanche, rapidly descending large mass of snow, ice, soil, rock, or mixtures of these materials, sliding or falling in response to the force of gravity. Avalanches, which are natural…

Brewer's: White in the Eye

It is said that the devil has no white in his eyes, and hence the French locution, “Celui qui n`a point de blanc en l'oeil. ” “Do you see any white in…

Brewer's: White Witch

(A). A cunning fellow; one knowing in white art in contradistinction to black art. “Two or three years past there came to these parts one ...…

Snow, C. P.

(Encyclopedia) Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester), 1905–80, English author and physicist. Snow had an active, varied career, including several important positions in the…