harp, stringed instrument in which the resonator, or belly, is perpendicular, or nearly so, to the plane of the strings. Each string produces one note, the gradation of string length from short to long corresponding to that from high to low pitch. The resonator is usually of wood or skin. In

Alejo Carpentier: …arpa y la sombra (1979; The Harp and the Shadow). In the latter, the protagonist is Christopher Columbus, involved in a love affair with the Catholic Queen Isabella of Castile. Carpentier’s last novel, La consagración de la primavera (1979; “The Consecration of Spring”), deals with the Cuban revolution.

African music: Harp lutes: The sophisticated kora of the Malinke people of West Africa is classified as a harp lute. Its strings lie in two parallel ranks, rising on either side of a vertical bridge, which has a notch for each string. The long neck passes through…

Saint Ephraem Syrus ; Western feast day June 9, Eastern feast day January 28) was a Christian theologian, poet, hymnist, and doctor of the church who, as doctrinal consultant to Eastern churchmen, composed numerous theological-biblical commentaries and polemical works that, in witnessing to the

harp seal, (Pagophilus, or Phoca, groenlandica), medium-sized, grayish earless seal possessing a black harp-shaped or saddle-shaped marking on its back. Harp seals are found on or near ice floes from the Kara Sea of Russia west to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada. The harp seal is both the

gastropod: Classification: Volutacea Harp shells (Harpidae), olive shells (Olividae), mitre shells (Mitridae), volute shells (Volutidae), nutmeg shells (Cancellariidae), and marginellas (Marginellidae) generally have operculum reduced or lacking; most are tropical ocean dwellers, active predators or scavengers; many olive, volute, and marginella shells

Henning Larsen: … Award for architecture for the Harpa Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conference Centre (2011). With a site on the shores of Faxa Bay, the architects drew their inspiration from the northern lights and the surrounding Icelandic scenery to create a multifaceted glass structure whose mass echoed Iceland’s rocky coast and whose…

crustacean: Annotated classification: Order Harpacticoida Antennules short; abdomen not markedly narrower than the thorax; articulation between thoracic segments 5 and 6; mostly benthic, some tunnel in the fronds of seaweeds; usually 1 egg sac but some with 2; marine and freshwater, with some semiterrestrial on damp forest floors; about…

Bombay duck, (Harpadon nehereus), fish of the family Synodontidae, found in estuaries of northern India, where it is widely used as a food fish and, when dried, as a condiment. The Bombay duck grows to a length of about 41 cm (16 inches) and is a dull, translucent gray or brown in colour with

perciform: Annotated classification: Family Harpagiferidae (plunderfishes) Body naked; 1–7 flexible spines in spinous dorsal fin. Marine, Antarctic and southern South America. 5 genera with about 29 species. Suborder Icosteoidei (Malacichthyes) Family Icosteidae (ragfish) A single species (Icosteus

Harpagus was a Median general who first served Astyages, the last king of the Median Empire, but later deserted to the Achaemenid king Cyrus II. Harpagus, leading an army, was sent by Astyages to fight his disloyal vassal Cyrus; instead, Harpagus and his troops joined with Cyrus, perhaps, as some

Demosthenes: Imprisonment and exile: …talents deposited in Athens by Harpalus, a refugee from Alexander. Demosthenes was found guilty, fined 50 talents, and imprisoned. The circumstances of the case are still unclear. Demosthenes may well have intended to use the money for civic purposes, and it is perhaps significant that the court fined him only…

ball: The smallest, the harpastum, was a hard ball stuffed with feathers. The largest, the follis, contained an air-filled bladder, similar to a modern football (soccer ball) or basketball.

Little Rock: In 1722 Bernard de la Harpe, a French explorer, saw on the bank of the Arkansas River two conspicuous rock formations, which he reputedly named La Petite Roche and La Grande Roche. Near the smaller rock was a Quapaw Indian settlement, which La Harpe made his trading…

Frédéric-César de La Harpe was a Swiss political leader and Vaudois patriot, tutor and confidant to Tsar Alexander I of Russia and a central figure in the creation of the Helvetic Republic (1798). Resentment of Bernese administration in his native Vaud caused La Harpe to go abroad, and at the

Jean-François de La Harpe was a critic and unsuccessful playwright who wrote severe and provocative criticisms and histories of French literature. Orphaned at age 9 and imprisoned at 19 for allegedly writing a satire against his protectors at college, La Harpe became a bitter and caustic man. Of

Harpellales, order of fungi (phylum Glomeromycota, kingdom Fungi) with a vegetative body (thallus) consisting of single or branched filaments (hyphae). Members of Harpellales may occur in the gut or on the cuticle (outer covering) of crabs, beach fleas, boring gribble, and other arthropods. Asexual

Harper, American detective-mystery film, released in 1966, that starred Paul Newman in one of his most popular antihero roles. The film was based on the novel The Moving Target (1949) by Ross Macdonald, and the screenplay was written by William Goldman. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on

Harper, town and Atlantic Ocean port, southeastern Liberia, West Africa. It is situated on Cape Palmas. The cape was settled (1833) by a group of North American freed slaves sponsored by the Maryland Colonization Society. In 1857 troubles with the local Grebo people led the colony to request

Costa Mesa, city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. The city lies on a coastal plateau overlooking the Pacific Ocean, at the mouth of the Santa Ana River, 37 miles (60 km) southeast of Los Angeles. With Newport Beach it forms Orange county’s “Harbor Area.” The area was originally inhabited

Harper Brothers: The name of their company, Harper & Brothers, was adopted in 1833. The brothers divided the duties of the company informally, with James serving as pressroom supervisor, John as business manager and production overseer, Wesley as the firm’s chief editor and critic, and Fletcher as a general executive officer. Allocation…

Cass Canfield: …1967 in the newly formed Harper & Row firm, after Harper & Brothers merged with Row, Peterson & Company. From 1967 he was a senior editor. In addition to his work as a publisher and editor, Canfield wrote a memoir, Up and Down and Around: A Publisher Recollects the Time…

Harper Brothers, printers and members of a distinguished American publishing firm which exerted a significant influence on letters and politics throughout the 19th century. The Harper family had settled on Long Island before the American Revolution, and the four brothers were reared in a stern and

campaign finance: Quebec (1997) and Harper v. Canada (2004) that restrictions could be implemented not only to prevent the undue influence of donors on officeholders’ decisions but also to counteract the capacity of affluent members of society to exercise a disproportionate influence on the election by dominating the debate. Whereas…

Twenty-fourth Amendment: …Amendment’s equal protection clause, in Harper v. Virginia Board of Electors, extended the prohibition of poll taxes to state elections.

Tom T. Hall: …of his pointed story song “Harper Valley P.T.A.” topped the charts in the country and pop categories. Meanwhile, Mercury Records encouraged Hall to perform his own songs, and his first recorded single with the company—“I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew” (1967)—was a minor hit.

Mary Louise Booth: …Harper & Brothers’ new weekly Harper’s Bazar. Under her direction the magazine was a great success, growing to a circulation of 80,000 in its first decade. Harper’s Bazar printed information on fashion, interior decoration, and domestic arts and crafts, as well as fiction and essays by leading popular authors of…

Mary Louise Booth: …Harper & Brothers’ new weekly Harper’s Bazar. Under her direction the magazine was a great success, growing to a circulation of 80,000 in its first decade. Harper’s Bazar printed information on fashion, interior decoration, and domestic arts and crafts, as well as fiction and essays by leading popular authors of…

Harper’s Magazine, monthly magazine published in New York City, one of the oldest literary and opinion journals in the United States. It was founded in 1850 as Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, a literary journal, by the printing and publishing firm of the Harper brothers. Noted in its early years for

Harper’s Magazine, monthly magazine published in New York City, one of the oldest literary and opinion journals in the United States. It was founded in 1850 as Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, a literary journal, by the printing and publishing firm of the Harper brothers. Noted in its early years for

Alfred R. Waud: …after joining the staff of Harper’s Weekly magazine at the end of 1861 and went on to sketch scenes of the Battle of Gettysburg, among other significant military actions.

Los Angeles: Inventing a city: …mounted an attack on Mayor Arthur C. Harper for his ties to the Southern Pacific, his stock speculations, and other corruption-related offenses, and their efforts prompted his resignation in 1909.

Bryce Harper is a superstar Major League Baseball (MLB) player who has won a pair of National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards. Touted as the next big thing in baseball since he was 16 years old, Harper is one of the game’s most celebrated players of his generation. Harper was born to

Bryce Harper is a superstar Major League Baseball (MLB) player who has won a pair of National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards. Touted as the next big thing in baseball since he was 16 years old, Harper is one of the game’s most celebrated players of his generation. Harper was born to

Harper Brothers: Fletcher Harper (b. Jan. 31, 1806, Newton, N.Y.—d. May 29, 1877, New York City), the youngest, was 10 years old when his parents moved to New York City from Long Island in 1816. He was apprenticed to his brothers and was admitted to the firm…

Frances E.W. Harper was an American author, orator, and social reformer who was notable for her poetry, speeches, and essays on abolitionism, temperance, and woman suffrage. Frances Watkins was the daughter of free black parents. She grew up in the home of an uncle whose school for black children

Frances E.W. Harper was an American author, orator, and social reformer who was notable for her poetry, speeches, and essays on abolitionism, temperance, and woman suffrage. Frances Watkins was the daughter of free black parents. She grew up in the home of an uncle whose school for black children

Ida A. Husted Harper was a journalist and suffragist, remembered for her writings in the popular press for and about women and for her contributions to the documentation of the woman suffrage movement. Ida Husted married Thomas W. Harper, a lawyer, in 1871 and settled in Terre Haute, Indiana. Her

Harper Brothers: James Harper (b. April 13, 1795, Newton, N.Y., U.S.—d. March 27, 1869, New York City) was apprenticed when he was 16 years old to a printer in New York City who was a friend of the family and a faithful Methodist. He went into business…

Harper Brothers: John Harper (b. Jan. 22, 1797, Newton, N.Y.—d. April 22, 1875, New York City) was apprenticed to a New York City printer named Jonathan Seymour, and when he reached journeyman status he entered the printing business with his brother James, as J. & J. Harper.…

Harper Brothers: Joseph Wesley Harper (b. Dec. 25, 1801, Newton, N.Y.—d. Feb. 14, 1870, New York City) purchased a partnership in the brother’s firm in 1823. He was the brother whose literary judgment was relied on by the others.

Michael S. Harper was an African-American poet whose sensitive, personal verse is concerned with ancestral kinship, jazz and the blues, and the separation of the races in America. Harper grew up in New York City and in West Los Angeles. He was educated at Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles State

Michael S. Harper was an African-American poet whose sensitive, personal verse is concerned with ancestral kinship, jazz and the blues, and the separation of the races in America. Harper grew up in New York City and in West Los Angeles. He was educated at Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles State

Robert Almer Harper was an American biologist who identified the details of reproduction in the development of the fungus ascospore (sexually produced spores of fungi in the class Ascomycetes). After graduating from Oberlin (Ohio) College (M.A., 1891), Harper did graduate study at the University of

Stephen Harper is a Canadian politician who served as prime minister of Canada (2006–15). Harper was born in eastern Canada, where he spent his childhood. He attended the University of Calgary, where he received both a bachelor’s degree (1985) and a master’s degree (1991) in economics. Upon

Stephen Harper is a Canadian politician who served as prime minister of Canada (2006–15). Harper was born in eastern Canada, where he spent his childhood. He attended the University of Calgary, where he received both a bachelor’s degree (1985) and a master’s degree (1991) in economics. Upon

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper), Mary’s best friend, and Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman), Mary’s superficial landlord, round out the cast of characters. The half-hour episodes chronicled the conflicts and debacles that occurred in the professional and personal lives of the characters.

William Rainey Harper was an American Hebraist who served as leader of the Chautauqua Institution and as the first president of the University of Chicago. Harper’s interest in Hebraic studies began in Muskingum College, New Concord, from which he graduated in 1870. In 1875, when only 19 years of

Rupert Murdoch: 20th Century Fox, Fox News, and The Wall Street Journal: … were merged in 1990 as HarperCollins Publishers. In Britain in 1989 Murdoch inaugurated Sky Television, a four-channel satellite service, which merged with the rival British Satellite Broadcasting in 1990 to become British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). In 2014 the company was renamed Sky after it acquired various sister companies in Europe.

Harpers Ferry, town, Jefferson county, in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland converge. When the town was part of Virginia, it was the site of the Harpers

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, national historical park, West Virginia, U.S., in the Blue Ridge at the point where West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland converge. Authorized as a national monument in 1944 and a historical park in 1963, it covers about 3.5 square miles (9 square km). It is

Harpers Ferry Raid, (October 16–18, 1859), assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armory located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia). It was a main precipitating incident to the American Civil War. The raid on Harpers Ferry was intended to be the

Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)This bird, which is considered to be the most powerful eagle in the world, lives in lowland tropical forests in the Americas.© Andreas Keil—imageBROKER/Getty Images harpy eagle, (Harpia harpyja), large, powerful, crested bird of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae.

gastropod: Classification: Volutacea Harp shells (Harpidae), olive shells (Olividae), mitre shells (Mitridae), volute shells (Volutidae), nutmeg shells (Cancellariidae), and marginellas (Marginellidae) generally have operculum reduced or lacking; most are tropical ocean dwellers, active predators or scavengers; many olive, volute, and marginella shells

Henri Harpignies was a French landscape painter and engraver whose finest works include watercolours showing the influence of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Harpignies turned to art at the age of 27, studying and painting in Italy and France and coming more and more under the influence of Corot.

Oprah Winfrey: …her own television production company, Harpo Productions, Inc., in 1986, and a film production company, Harpo Films, in 1990. The companies began buying film rights to literary works, including Connie May Fowler’s Before Women Had Wings, which appeared in 1997 with Winfrey as both star and producer, and Toni Morrison’s…

harpoon, barbed spear used to kill whales, tuna, swordfish, and other large sea creatures, formerly thrown by hand but now, in the case of whales, shot from especially constructed guns. The hand-thrown harpoon has two sets of sharp barbs and is made in two parts, the lily iron, about 5 inches (13

rocket and missile system: Antiship: antiship missile was the turbojet-powered Harpoon, which weighed about 1,200 pounds in its air-launched version and had a 420-pound warhead. Employing both active and passive radar homing, this missile could be programmed for sea-skimming attack or a “pop-up and dive” maneuver to evade a ship’s close-in defense systems. The turbojet-powered…

Michel Mayor: …the principal investigator of the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) project, which used a spectrometer at La Silla to observe radial velocity changes of 30 cm per second. HARPS began observations in 2003 and has found more than 100 extrasolar planet candidates, including several “super-Earths,” rocky planets that…

harpsichord, keyboard musical instrument in which strings are set in vibration by plucking. It was one of the most important keyboard instruments in European music from the 16th through the first half of the 18th century. A brief treatment of harpsichords follows. For full treatment, see keyboard

keyboard instrument: Keyboard size and range: …as on Flemish and Italian harpsichords of the 16th–18th centuries, whereas that of English keyboards was generally 6 3 8 inches (16.2 centimetres). On most French and German instruments of the 18th century, the octave span was even narrower (6 1 4 inches [15.9 centimetres]), permitting the playing of tenths—such…

Charles Harpur was an early Australian poet, best known for poems on Australian themes that use traditional English poetic forms. Harpur went to Sydney to work as a postal clerk. In 1842 he went to live with his brother on a farm and published his first volume of verse, Thoughts; A Series of

Harpy, in Greco-Roman classical mythology, a fabulous creature, probably a wind spirit. The presence of harpies as tomb figures, however, makes it possible that they were also conceived of as ghosts. In Homer’s Odyssey they were winds that carried people away. Elsewhere, they were sometimes

Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)This bird, which is considered to be the most powerful eagle in the world, lives in lowland tropical forests in the Americas.© Andreas Keil—imageBROKER/Getty Images harpy eagle, (Harpia harpyja), large, powerful, crested bird of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae.

eagle: The harpy eagles, named after the foul, malign creatures (part woman and part bird) of Greek mythology, are large, powerful, crested eagles of the tropical forests of South America and the South Pacific. They nest in the tops of the tallest trees and hunt macaws, monkeys,…

eagle: The New Guinea harpy eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) is about 75 cm (30 inches) long. It is gray-brown and has a long tail and a short but full crest. Very similar in appearance and habits is the Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi). It is about 90 cm (35…

harquebus, first gun fired from the shoulder, a smoothbore matchlock with a stock resembling that of a rifle. The harquebus was invented in Spain in the mid-15th century. It was often fired from a support, against which the recoil was transferred from a hook on the gun. Its name seems to derive

tactics: Adaptation of pike and cavalry tactics: …pikemen surrounded by “sleeves” of harquebusiers on each corner. Much like the light armed troops of antiquity and the crossbowmen who accompanied the Swiss Haufen, harquebusiers would open the action and then retreat behind the pikemen as the latter came to close quarters with the enemy. Hence, 16th- and early…

Harrah Independent School District v. Martin, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on February 26, 1979, ruled (9–0) that an Oklahoma school board did not deny a teacher her Fourteenth Amendment due process or equal protection rights when it fired her for refusing to take continuing-education

Harran, ancient city of strategic importance, now a village, in southeastern Turkey. It lies along the Balīkh River, 24 miles (38 km) southeast of Urfa. The town was located on the road that ran from Nineveh to Carchemish and was regarded as of considerable importance by the Assyrian kings. Its

The religious fervor of the First Crusade was over by 1104 as the new crusader lords attempted to secure their hold on the captured lands and to fend off further Muslim assaults. One of those lords, Count Baldwin of Edessa, joined forces with Prince Bohemond of Antioch to conquer the territory

astrology: Nature and significance: Some astrologers, such as the Harranians (from the ancient Mesopotamian city of Harran) and the Hindus, regard the planets themselves as potent deities whose decrees can be changed through supplication and liturgy or through theurgy, the science of persuading the gods or other supernatural powers. In still other interpretations—e.g., that…

Haratin, inhabitants of oases in the Sahara, especially in southern Morocco and Mauritania, who constitute a socially and ethnically distinct class of workers. In the 17th century they were forcibly recruited into the ʿAbīd al-Bukhārī, the elite army of the Moroccan ruler Ismāʿīl. In modern times

Tom Harrell is an American jazz trumpet player and composer who was recognized for his lyrical, vibratoless improvisations and for his facility in both traditional and experimental styles of jazz. Harrell spent most of his youth in the San Francisco Bay area, where he began playing in jazz groups

Woody Harrelson is an American actor who gained fame for his role as a dim-witted bartender on the classic sitcom Cheers and later earned respect as an accomplished and magnetic film actor. Following the collapse of his parents’ marriage when he was a child, Harrelson and his mother and siblings

Woody Harrelson is an American actor who gained fame for his role as a dim-witted bartender on the classic sitcom Cheers and later earned respect as an accomplished and magnetic film actor. Following the collapse of his parents’ marriage when he was a child, Harrelson and his mother and siblings

14th Dalai Lama: Early life in Tibet: …as from the Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer during the latter’s seven years in Tibet.

Harrier, single-engine, “jump-jet” fighter-bomber designed to fly from combat areas and aircraft carriers and to support ground forces. It was made by Hawker Siddeley Aviation and first flew on Aug. 31, 1966, after a long period of development. (Hawker Siddeley became part of British Aerospace in

harrier, any of about 11 species of hawks of the subfamily Circinae (family Accipitridae). They are plain-looking, long-legged, and long-tailed birds of slender build that cruise low over meadows and marshes looking for mice, snakes, frogs, small birds, and insects. Harriers are about 50 cm (20

eagle: The harrier eagles, six species of Circaetus (subfamily Circaetinae, serpent eagles), of Europe, Asia, and Africa, are about 60 cm (24 inches) long and have short unfeathered legs. They nest in the tops of trees and hunt snakes.

ozonolysis, a reaction used in organic chemistry to determine the position of a carbon-carbon double bond in unsaturated compounds. It involves the reaction of the compound with ozone leading to the formation of an ozonide, and the ozonide yields on hydrogenation or treatment with acid a mixture

Carl Dietrich Harries was a German chemist and industrialist who developed the ozonolysis process (Harries reaction) for determining the structure of natural rubber (polyisoprene) and who contributed to the early development of synthetic rubber. Harries studied chemistry at the University of Jena

Janelle Monáe: Acting career: Other film credits include Harriet (2019), a biopic about Harriet Tubman, a leading abolitionist who helped dozens of enslaved people escape to freedom in the North along the route of the Underground Railroad; the horror film Antebellum (2020); and Glass Onion (2022), the sequel to the Daniel Craig-led murder…

Vincent Sherman: Women’s pictures: …become a gangster’s moll, and Harriet Craig, a solid remake of Dorothy Arzner’s Craig’s Wife (1936), about a domineering woman who tries to control those around her, including her husband (Wendell Corey). Sherman and Crawford collaborated once more on Goodbye, My Fancy (1951), an adaptation of a Broadway romantic comedy…

Rebecca West: …novels include The Judge (1922), Harriet Hume (1929), The Thinking Reed (1936), The Fountain Overflows (1957), and The Birds Fall Down (1966).

Beryl Bainbridge: Harriet Said (1972) deals with two teenage girls who seduce a man and murder his wife. Other novels in this vein are The Bottle Factory Outing (1974), Sweet William (1975), A Quiet Life (1976), and Injury Time (1977). In Young Adolf (1978), Bainbridge imagines a…

children’s literature: Contemporary times: Nevertheless such original works as Harriet the Spy (1964) and The Long Secret (1965), by Louise Fitzhugh, showed how a writer adequately equipped with humour and understanding could incorporate into books for 11-year-olds subjects—even menstruation—ordinarily reserved for adult fiction. Similarly trailblazing were the semidocumentary novels of Joseph Krumgold: . .…

Edward Harrigan was an American actor, producer, and playwright, half of the comedy team of Harrigan and Hart. Harrigan—whose year of birth has been identified variously as 1843, 1844, and 1845—began his theatrical career in San Francisco, where in 1861 he was singing with Lotta Crabtree. After

Edward Harrigan was an American actor, producer, and playwright, half of the comedy team of Harrigan and Hart. Harrigan—whose year of birth has been identified variously as 1843, 1844, and 1845—began his theatrical career in San Francisco, where in 1861 he was singing with Lotta Crabtree. After

Sparks, city, Washoe county, in northwestern Nevada, U.S., on the Truckee River. Adjacent to Reno and part of the Reno-Sparks distribution centre, it is mainly residential. Originally named Harriman for the railroad company’s president, Sparks was founded in 1904 as a switching yard and repair

Edward Henry Harriman was an American financier and railroad magnate, one of the leading builders and organizers in the era of great railroad expansion and development of the West during the late 19th century. Harriman became a broker’s clerk in New York at an early age and in 1870 was able to buy

Florence Jaffray Harriman was a U.S. diplomat, noted for her service as U.S. minister to Norway during World War II. Florence Hurst married J. Borden Harriman, a New York banker, in 1889, and for many years she led the life of a young society matron interested in charitable and civic activities.

Los Angeles: Inventing a city: …Angeles seemed poised to elect Job Harriman, the Socialist Labor candidate for mayor, two indicted unionists, John and James McNamara, confessed to the dynamite attacks. It dealt a mortal blow to Harriman’s campaign and put unions on the defensive for a generation.

Pamela Harriman was a British-born socialite and American political figure who made a name for herself first as the wife or lover of a succession of prominent wealthy and powerful men and later, in the United States, as a doyenne of the Democratic Party. She was a successful fund-raiser for the

Pamela Harriman was a British-born socialite and American political figure who made a name for herself first as the wife or lover of a succession of prominent wealthy and powerful men and later, in the United States, as a doyenne of the Democratic Party. She was a successful fund-raiser for the

W. Averell Harriman was a statesman who was a leading U.S. diplomat in relations with the Soviet Union during World War II and the subsequent Cold War. He also served as the governor of New York (1954–58). The son of the railroad magnate Edward Henry Harriman, he began his employment with the Union

W. Averell Harriman was a statesman who was a leading U.S. diplomat in relations with the Soviet Union during World War II and the subsequent Cold War. He also served as the governor of New York (1954–58). The son of the railroad magnate Edward Henry Harriman, he began his employment with the Union

Mulholland Drive: Drive, which stars Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, and Justin Theroux, received widespread critical acclaim and was named the best film of the 21st century in a poll of critics commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 2015. In 2022 it was ranked eighth in the Greatest Films of All…

Augusta, capital (1831) of Maine, U.S., seat (1799) of Kennebec county, at the head of navigation on the Kennebec River, 57 miles (92 km) northeast of Portland. The city’s establishment and early prosperity, which began with the arrival of traders from the Plymouth colony of Massachusetts in 1628,

coin: Gold coinage: …English copper coins, the “Harrington” farthings, which were struck under contract. From 1649, copper tokens, mainly of farthing value, were produced in large numbers by many municipalities and private traders. The coinage of the Commonwealth (1649–60) is remarkable for the simplicity of its types, and this is the only…