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snow

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Snow occurs in many different forms. Among the various recognized classes of forms are (A) needles; (B) columns and groups of columns; (C) plates; (D) branched, or dendritic,…

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…

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…

Snow Dogs

Director:Brian LevantWriters:Jim Kouf, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael GoldbergWalt Disney Pictures; PG; 99 minutesRelease:1/02Cast:Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn, Joanna Bacalso Cuba Gooding Jr.…

Tony Snow

Name at birth: Robert Anthony SnowTony Snow was a journalist and conservative political commentator who left his job at the FOX News Channel to become the White House press secretary for George W.…

Snow White

Snow White is a character from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (originally "Schneewittchen" or "Schneeweissen"), one of the folk tales collected and published by The Brothers Grimm in the early…

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…

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…