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Achaea

(Encyclopedia) AchaeaAchaeaəkēˈə [key], region of ancient Greece, in the northern part of the Peloponnesus on the Gulf of Corinth. It lay between Sicyon and Elis. There the Achaeans supposedly…

Hays, Will H.

(Encyclopedia) Hays, Will H., 1879–1954, American politician and motion-picture executive, b. Sullivan, Ind.; his original name was William Harrison Hays. Hays became active in Indiana political…

War Pictures

ContentsThe AlliesThe BombardmentLead SoldiersThe Painter on SilkA Ballad of Footmen

Brewer's: Picture

A model, or beau-ideal, as, He is the picture of health; A perfect picture of a house. (Latin, pictura.) The Picture. Massinger has borrowed the plot of this play from Bandello of…

Brewer's: Pictures

(See Cabinet, Cartoons, etc.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PiePicture Galleries A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…

Picture Graphs

In this video, Emily learns how to present numerical data with pictographs.

1995

In Brief | World | US | Entertainment | Sports | Deaths Facts in Brief US Population: 262,765,000 (est) President: Bill Clinton | Vice President: Al Gore Literacy: 120% World Population: 5,555,…

Cnidus

(Encyclopedia) Cnidus or CnidosCnidusboth: nīˈdəs [key], ancient Greek city of Caria, SW Asia Minor, on Cape Krio, in present SW Asian Turkey. It was partly on the peninsula and partly on an island…

motion picture photography

(Encyclopedia) motion picture photography or cinematography, photographic arts and techniques involved in making motion pictures. See also photography, still. Cinematography developed as a…

Guido of Siena

(Encyclopedia) Guido of SienaGuido of Sienasēĕnˈə [key], fl. 13th cent., Italian painter. All that is known of him is an inscription on a large and almost completely repainted Virgin and Child…