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Movies and Film: The Job Descriptions

The Job DescriptionsMovies and FilmFilm Personnel: Gaffers, Grips, and GofersEmployment HistoryUnionsThe Job DescriptionsFilms Worth Viewing Here is the list of the most high-profile jobs (not…

Notable Filmmakers and Directors

Spike Lee See also Actors African-American Actors Asian American Film & Television Personalities Hispanic-American Film, Television, and Theater Personalities Women Stage and…

Women's History Month

Women Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism   Women's History Month Nobel Winning Scientists Nobel Peace Prize Winners…

enzyme

(Encyclopedia) enzyme, biological catalyst. The term enzyme comes from zymosis, the Greek word for fermentation, a process accomplished by yeast cells and long known to the brewing industry, which…

horror

(Encyclopedia) horror or horror story, literary genre in which an eerie, tense, often suspenseful atmosphere typically builds to the discovery of something repugnant, such as cannibalism, incest, or…

flag, symbolic cloth

(Encyclopedia) flag, piece of cloth, usually bunting or similar light material, plain, colored, or bearing a device, varying in size and shape, but often oblong or square, used as an ensign, standard…

Roses, Wars of the

(Encyclopedia) Roses, Wars of the, traditional name given to the intermittent struggle (1455–85) for the throne of England between the noble houses of York (whose badge was a white rose) and…

pine

(Encyclopedia) pine, common name for members of the Pinaceae, a family of resinous woody trees with needlelike, usually evergreen leaves. The Pinaceae reproduce by means of cones (see cone) rather…

America’s Most Literate Cities, 2005

This study attempts to capture one critical index of our nation’s social health—the literacy of its major cities (population of 250,000 and above). The study focuses on six…

America’s Most Literate Cities, 2007

This study attempts to capture one critical index of our nation’s social health—the literacy of its major cities (population of 250,000 and above). The study focuses on six…