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2003–2004 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Broadway PlayI Am My Own WifeOff-Broadway PlayIntimate Apparel Play RevivalHenry IV Actor in a PlayFrank Langella, MatchActress in a PlayEileen Atkins, The Retreat from MoscowFeatured Actor…

savings bank

(Encyclopedia) savings bank, financial institution that, until recently, performed only the following functions: receiving savings deposits of individuals, investing them, and providing a modest…

galley

(Encyclopedia) galley, long, narrow vessel widely used in ancient and medieval times, propelled principally by oars but also fitted with sails. The earliest type was sometimes 150 ft (46 m) long with…

bank holidays

(Encyclopedia) bank holidays, days when the law requires that banks be closed. In the United States the list varies from state to state but generally includes, besides the major holidays, many days…

air lock

(Encyclopedia) air lock, compartment connecting two different environments, usually at different pressures, that enables personnel to transfer from one environment to the other. Space capsules have…

Haringey

(Encyclopedia) Haringey Haringey hârˈĭng-gāˌ [key], outer borough of Greater London, SE England. Although defined as…

Sabine Crossroads

(Encyclopedia) Sabine CrossroadsSabine Crossroadssăbˌēnˈ [key], locality, De Soto parish, NW La., near Mansfield. There in the Civil War, Union forces under Nathaniel P. Banks, advancing on…

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss

(Encyclopedia) Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816–94, American politician and Union general in the Civil War, b. Waltham, Mass. After serving in the Massachusetts legislature (1849–53), Banks entered…