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Beverly Hills Ninja

Director: Dennis DuganWriters: Mark Feldberg and Mitch KlebanoffDirector of Photography:Arthur AlbertEditor:Jeff GoursonMusic:George S. ClintonProduction Designer:Ninkey DaltonProducers:Brad…

The World's 20 Largest Cities by Population

The biggest cities to ever exist For the first time in human history, a majority of people live in urban environments. The world's largest cities today fall under a class that researchers call "…

Minamitori

(Encyclopedia) Minamitori or Marcus Island, coral atoll, c.740 acres (300 hectares), W Pacific Ocean, 700 mi (1,125 km) SE of Japan; part of Tokyo prefecture, Japan. Triangular in shape and rising to…

Dibrugarh

(Encyclopedia) Dibrugarh Dibrugarh dĭbˈr&oobreve;gər [key], city, Assam state, NE India, at the confluence of the…

Dabo, Leon

(Encyclopedia) Dabo, LeonDabo, Leondäˈbō [key], 1868–1960, American painter, b. Detroit. He worked with John La Farge, studied in Paris under Puvis de Chavannes, and was influenced by Whistler and by…

Kwajalein

(Encyclopedia) KwajaleinKwajaleinkwäˈjälān, –lēn, –lĭn [key], coral atoll, 6.5 sq mi (16.8 sq km), central Pacific, in the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. The largest atoll of the Marshalls,…

flamethrower

(Encyclopedia) flamethrower, mechanism for shooting a burning stream of liquid or semiliquid fuel at enemy troops or positions. Primitive types of flamethrowers, consisting of hollow tubes filled…

Murayama, Tomiichi

(Encyclopedia) Murayama, TomiichiMurayama, Tomiichitōˌmē-ēˈchē m&oobreve;rˌäyäˈmə [key], 1924–, Japanese politician. A long-time labor union official and member of the Socialist party, he was…

Boston ivy

(Encyclopedia) Boston ivy or Japanese ivy, tall-climbing woody vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) from East Asia, one of the most popular of city wall coverings. Of the same genus as the Virginia…