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Paektu, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Paektu or Baekdu, Mount, volcanic peak, 9,003 ft (2,744 m) high, in the Changbai Mts. on the border between North Korea and China. The highest mountain in Korea, it rises from a basalt…

Wilder, Thornton Niven

(Encyclopedia) Wilder, Thornton Niven, 1897–1975, American playwright and novelist, b. Madison, Wis., grad. Yale (B.A., 1920), Princeton (M.A., 1925). He received most of his early education in China…

heaven

(Encyclopedia) heaven, blissful upper realm or state entered after death; in Western monotheistic religions it is the place where the just see God face to face (sometimes called the beatific vision…

Children of Heaven

Director/Writer:Majid MajidiMiramax Films; 88 minutes; unratedRelease:1/99Cast:Amir Naji, Mir Farrokh Hashemian, Bahareh Seddiqi Long before Elvis's passionate exhortation of “Don't step on…

Brewer's: Heaven

(Anglo-Saxon, heofon, from heofen, elevated, vaulted.) THE THREE HEAVENS. (According to the Jewish system.) The word heaven in the Bible denotes (1) the air, thus we read of “the fowls of…

Final Destination

Director:James WongWriter:Glen MorganNew Line Cinema; R; 110 minutesRelease:3/00Cast:Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Tony Todd Horror must have suspense. At the very least, the audience should have…

Destination Bizarre

Great American claims to fame by John Gettings According to the Hosiery Association, the industry's leading trade association, one out of every eight Americans who put on a…

Son My

(Encyclopedia) Son My: see My Lai incident.