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NFL Football Preview 1999: AFC West

AFC West Denver Broncos - Quarterback John Elway is gone, but running back Terrell Davis isn't. The offense will continue to thrive, but expect a loss or two more this season due…

Movies and Film: Films Worth Remembering

Films Worth RememberingMovies and FilmFilm Composition and CinematographyThe Mise-en-Scne Really Means Everything, AlmostElements of the Mise-en-ScneFilms Worth Remembering The following films or…

Parti Québécois

(Encyclopedia) Parti QuébécoisParti Québécoispärtē kēbĕkwäˈ [key] (PQ), provincial political party committed to the independence of Quebec. Founded in 1968, it soon became a force in provincial…

Arkansas City

(Encyclopedia) Arkansas City Arkansas City ärkănˈzəs [key], city, Cowley co., S Kans., at the confluence of the Arkansas and Walnut rivers, near the Okla. border; inc. 1872…

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo

(Encyclopedia) Kuniyoshi, YasuoKuniyoshi, Yasuoyäs&oomacr;-ōˈ k&oobreve;nˌēyōˈshē [key], 1889?–1953, American painter, b. Okayama, Japan. He came to the United States in 1906 and studied art…

Meléndez Valdés, Juan

(Encyclopedia) Meléndez Valdés, JuanMeléndez Valdés, Juanhwän mālānˈdāth väldāsˈ [key], 1754–1817, Spanish neoclassic poet. He studied classics and law and later taught humanities at Salamanca. After…

Mary, city, Turkmenistan

(Encyclopedia) Mary or MariMarimäˈrē [key], city (1991 pop. 94,900), capital of Mary region, SE Turkmenistan. Lying in a large oasis of the Kara Kum desert, on the Murgab River delta, Mary is the…

Greeley

(Encyclopedia) Greeley, city (2020 pop. 108,795), seat of Weld co., N Colo., at the base of the Front Range of the Rocky Mts.; inc. 1885. It is a rail…

Fort Collins

(Encyclopedia) Fort Collins, city (2020 pop. 169,810), seat of Larimer co., N Colo., on the Cache la Poudre River, at the foot of the Rocky Mts., inc.…

Izmit

(Encyclopedia) Izmit Izmit ĭzmētˈ [key] or Kocaeli Izmit…