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Underground (Film)

Director: Emir KusturicaWriters: Dusan Kovacevic and Emir KusturicaDirector of Photography:Vilko FilacEditor:Branka CeperacMusic:Goran BregovicProduction Designer:Miljen Kreka…

Underground Railroads

A short history of subterranean transport in America by Dan Shafto The interior of a women's car on the early New York subway. Modern systems not only integrate the sexes, but also modes of…

Leonora Speyer: A Note from the Pipes

A Note from the PipesLeonora SpeyerPan, blow your pipes and I will be Your fern, your pool, your dream, your tree!I heard you play, caught your swift eye, "A pretty melody!" called I, "Hail,…

The London Underground Quiz

Welcome to the London Tube quiz! The London Underground, also known as the Tube, is the oldest and one of the most extensive underground rail systems in the world. It's a vital part of London's…

underground

(Encyclopedia) underground: see guerrilla warfare.

Underground Railroad

(Encyclopedia) Underground Railroad, in U.S. history, loosely organized system for helping fugitive slaves escape to Canada or to areas of safety in free states. It was run by local groups of…

commercial paper

(Encyclopedia) commercial paper, type of short-term negotiable instrument, usually an unsecured promissory note, that calls for the payment of money at a specified date. Because it is not backed by…

Concluding Note.

Footnotes Concluding Note. We have now passed through the Iliad, and seen the anger of Achilles, and the terrible effects of it, at an end, as that only was the subject of the poem,…

Background Notes

Background Notes These publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and…

Great Artesian Basin

(Encyclopedia) Great Artesian Basin, c.670,000 sq mi (1,735,300 sq km), between the Eastern Highlands and the Western Plateau, E central Australia, extending S from the Gulf of Carpentaria,…