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Francis Carlin: Beyond Rathkelly

Beyond RathkellyFrancis CarlinAs I went over the Far Hill, Just beyond Rathkelly, — Och, to be on the Far Hill O'er Newtonstewart Town! As I went over the Far Hill With Marget's…

Beyond the Mat

Director/Writer:Barry BlausteinLions Gate Films; R; 102 minutesRelease:3/00With:Mick Foley, Terry Funk, Jake Roberts Beyond the Mat follows three individuals: huge Mankind (Mick Foley),…

Beyond Silence

Director:Caroline LinkWriters:Caroline Link and Beth SerlinDirector of Photography:Gernot RollEditor:Patricia RommelMusic:Niki ReiserProduction Designer:Susann BielingProducers:Thomas Wöbke,…

Beyond Pluto

In July 2005, a team from the California Institute of Technology announced the discovery of a possible “tenth planet” temporarily called 2003 UB313. This most distant object so far found in…

Ruby Bridges Biography

civil rights activistBorn: Sept. 8, 1954 Birthplace: Tylertown, Miss. Born on Sept. 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Miss., Ruby Nell Bridges moved with her family to New…

A View From the Bridge

By:Arthur MillerDirector:Michael MayerSets:David GalloCostumes:Michael KrassLighting:Kenneth PosnerSound:Mark BennettOpened:12/97 at the Criterion Center Stage RightCast:Anthony LaPaglia,…

willow-pattern ware

(Encyclopedia) willow-pattern ware, sometimes porcelain but frequently opaque pottery, originated in Staffordshire, England, c.1780. Thomas Minton (see Minton, family), then an apprentice potter,…

Bridge of Sighs

(Encyclopedia) Bridge of Sighs, covered stone bridge in Venice, Italy, built in the 16th cent. to connect the ducal palace with the state prison. The prisoners were led over the bridge directly to…

Dartmouth College Case

(Encyclopedia) Dartmouth College Case, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1819. The legislature of New Hampshire, in 1816, without the consent of the college trustees, amended the charter of 1769…

Beyond the Jamaican Bobsledders

Warm weather countries at the Winter Olympics by Gerry Brown Related Links 2006 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia: Ancient OlympicsFor…