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The Insider

Director:Michael MannWriters:Michael Mann and Eric RothTouchstone Pictures; R; 155Release:11/99Cast:Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer The only real problem with The Insider is…

Inside Schwartz

NBCThursday 8:30–9:00 p.m.Cast:Breckin Meyer, Richard Kline, Maggie Lawson, Miriam Shor NBC has the habit of sandwiching its least promising shows between hits. The thinking is that viewers…

Inside Passage

(Encyclopedia) Inside Passage, natural, protected waterway, c.950 mi (1,530 km) long, threading through the Alexander Archipelago off the coast of British Columbia and SE Alaska. From Seattle, Wash…

Betzig, Robert Eric

(Encyclopedia) Betzig, Robert Eric, 1960–, American physicist, b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Ph.D. Cornell, 1988. Betzig worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1988 to 1996, when he become vice president…

fig

(Encyclopedia) fig, name for members of the genus Ficus of the family Moraceae (mulberry family). This large genus contains some 800 species of widely varied tropical vines (some of which are…

Lincoln Memorial

(Encyclopedia) Lincoln Memorial, monument, 107 acres (45 hectares), in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.; built 1914–17. The building, designed by Henry Bacon and styled after a Greek temple, has 36…

Barnegat Bay

(Encyclopedia) Barnegat BayBarnegat Baybärˈnəgăt [key], arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.30 mi (50 km) long, E N.J., inside Long Beach Island and Island Beach Peninsula. It is a heavily used recreational…