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San Angelo

(Encyclopedia) San AngeloSan Angelosăn ănˈjəlō [key], city (1990 pop. 84,474), seat of Tom Green co., W Tex., where two forks join to form the Concho River; laid out 1869, inc. 1903. It is an…

Tom Green County, TX Census Data

Texas Tom Green County, Texas People QuickFactsTom Green CountyTexasPopulation, 2005 estimate 103,61122,859,968Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -0.4%9.6%Population,…

Tom Green County, TX Social Statistics

Tom green county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school29,720100.0Nursery school,…

Tom Green County, TX Economic Statistics

Tom green county texas dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over80,282100.0In labor force51,75864.5Civilian…

The Green Mile

Director/Writer:Frank DarabontCastle Rock/Warner Bros.; R; 180 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Tom Hanks, David Morse, Michael Clarke DuncanBased on the serial novel by Stephen King The Green Mile…

tom-tom

(Encyclopedia) tom-tom, name popularly applied to high-pitched hand drums, usually barrel-shaped and having either one or two drumheads of skin. They are tunable to specific pitches. Supposedly of…

Tom

(Encyclopedia) TomTomtôm [key], river, c.525 mi (840 km) long, rising in the Alatau range, S Siberian Russia. It flows N through the Kuznetsk Basin past Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, and Tomsk into the Ob…

Hughes, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Hughes, Thomas, 1822–96, English author. A lawyer, Hughes eventually became a judge; he was also a Liberal member of Parliament and worked assiduously for social reforms. His novel of…

Tom Thumb

(Encyclopedia) Tom Thumb, 1838–83, American entertainer, whose original name was Charles Sherwood Stratton, b. Bridgeport, Conn. His career as General Tom Thumb began in 1842, when the showman P. T.…

Black Tom

(Encyclopedia) Black Tom, part of Jersey City, N.J., also called Black Tom Island. In July, 1916, German saboteurs demolished U.S. munitions stores there; in Jan., 1917, they destroyed the Kingsland…