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Brewer's: Phoenix Period
or Cycle, generally supposed to be 500 years; Tacitus tells us it was 250 years; R. Stuart Poole that it was 1,460 Julian years, like the Sothic Cycle; and Lipsius that it was 1,500 years…Brewer's: Renaissance Period
(The). That period in French history which began with the Italian wars in the reign of Charles VIII. and closed with the reign of Henri II. It was the intercourse with Italy, brought about…Periodic Table Quiz I
Welcome, aspiring chemists, to the ultimate elemental challenge: the Periodic Table Quiz! Prepare to embark on an atomic adventure that takes you from the reactive world of alkali metals to the noble…kame
(Encyclopedia) kamekamekām [key], low, steep, rounded hill or ridge of layered sand and gravel drift, developed from glacial deposits. Kames were probably formed by streams of melting glacial ice…Abu al-Fida
(Encyclopedia) Abu al-FidaAbu al-Fidaäˌb&oomacr; äl-fēˈdä, –fĭdäˈ [key], 1273–1331, Arab historian, b. Damascus. He fought against the Christians in the last period of the Crusades and later…Perugino
(Encyclopedia) PeruginoPeruginopār&oomacr;jēˈnō [key], c.1445–1523?, Umbrian painter, b. near Perugia. His real name was Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci. Perugino is, after Raphael, the greatest…Last Night
Director/Writer:Don McKellarLions Gate Films; R; 93 minutesRelease:11/99Cast:Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Callum Keith Rennie It is the final night on earth. Humanity's first unmovable deadline…The Last Days
Director:James MollWriter:October Films; 88 minutes; unratedRelease:2/99With:Tom Lantos, Alice Lok Cahana, Renee Firestone, Bill Basch, Irene Zisblatt This excellent documentary retells the…Last Resort
Director/Writer:Pawel PawlikowskiShooting Gallery; NR; 75 minutesRelease:2/01Cast:Dina Korzun, Paddy Considine, Artiom Strelnikov Last year an estimated half-million illegal immigrants…Last Words
Last WordsThe next day was Sunday, and a goodly troop of young and old set forth to church.—some driving, some walking, all enjoying the lovely weather and the happy quietude which comes to…