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night blindness

(Encyclopedia) night blindness, inability to see normally in subdued light. It is usually a result of vitamin A deficiency. The rod cells, one of two light-sensitive areas of the retina of the eye,…

night school

(Encyclopedia) night school: see vocational education.

Haskins, Charles Homer

(Encyclopedia) Haskins, Charles Homer, 1870–1937, American historian, an authority on medieval history, b. Meadville, Pa. At Harvard (1902–31) he was professor and dean of graduate studies (1908–24…

Christmas

(Encyclopedia) Christmas [Christ's Mass], in the Christian calendar, feast of the nativity of Jesus, celebrated in Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches on Dec. 25. In liturgical importance it ranks…

midsummer day and midsummer night

(Encyclopedia) midsummer day and midsummer night, names given to the feast of the nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) and the preceding night (St. John's Eve, June 23). Because midsummer is…

Poems: Night

by WilliamBlakeHoly ThursdaySpringNight The sun descending in the west, The evening star does shine; The birds are silent in their nest, And I must seek for mine. The moon, like a…

Last Night

Director/Writer:Don McKellarLions Gate Films; R; 93 minutesRelease:11/99Cast:Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Callum Keith Rennie It is the final night on earth. Humanity's first unmovable deadline…

Boogie Nights

Director/Writer: Paul Thomas AndersonDirector of Photography: Robert ElswitEditor:Dylan TichenerMusic:Michael PennProduction Designer:Bob ZiembickiProducers:Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael De…