Search

Search results

Displaying 251 - 260

Endless Summer Blockbusters

Get ready for the onslaught of endless summer movies with this quick guide to what's coming out and when. Look for the box of popcorn icon next to movies that are kid friendly. By Jennie Wood…

serf

(Encyclopedia) serf, under feudalism, peasant laborer who can be generally characterized as hereditarily attached to the manor in a state of semibondage, performing the servile duties of the lord (…

Top 10 Vinyl Albums, 2014

The following table lists the rank, title, artist, and U.S. sales data for the top ten selling vinyl albums of 2014. /**/ Rank Title, Artist Units Sold…

Top 10 Vinyl Albums, 2014

The following table lists the rank, title, artist, and U.S. sales data for the top ten selling vinyl albums of 2014. /**/ Rank Title, Artist Units Sold…

Lady and the Tramp

Introduction   1   2   3   4   5   6    7   8   9   10     Next by Beth Rowen Lady and the Tramp (1955) Disney's canine caper-romance broke new ground for the studio on two fronts. It was…

Olympic Preview: Archery

First Olympic Appearance: 1900 by Beth Rowen Related Links Olympics Overview 2012 Encyclopedia: Archery  Did You Know?As legend has it, Robin Hood once won an archery contest by…

Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st ViscountAlverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscountôlˈvərstən [key], 1842–1915, lord chief justice of England (1900–1913). He served on…

Ingle, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Ingle, Richard, fl. 1642–53, English seaman and tobacco trader. Little is known of him. While the English civil war was in progress, he appeared (1645) with several ships off Maryland…

James, Saint (St. James the Less)

(Encyclopedia) James, Saint, in the Bible, one of the Twelve Apostles, called St. James the Less or St. James the Little. He was the son of Alphaeus; his mother, Mary, was one of those at the cross…