Racine, city, seat (1836) of Racine county, southeastern Wisconsin, U.S. It lies along Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River, about 25 miles (40 km) south of Milwaukee. Miami and Potawatomi Indians were early inhabitants of the region. Founded in 1834 as Port Gilbert by Gilbert Knapp, a lake

Port Harcourt, port town and capital of Rivers state, southern Nigeria. It lies along the Bonny River (an eastern distributary of the Niger River) 41 miles (66 km) upstream from the Gulf of Guinea. Founded in 1912 in an area traditionally inhabited by the Ijo and Ikwere (Ikwerre, Ikwerri) people,

Port Harcourt: The University of Port Harcourt (1975) and Rivers State University of Science and Technology (1972, university status 1980) serve the town, and nearby Onne is the site of the Nigerian Naval College. Port Harcourt is the starting point of the eastern branch of the Nigerian Railways…

Port Hawkesbury, town, Inverness county, northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada. It lies along the Strait of Canso, at the southern end of Cape Breton Island, 36 miles (58 km) east of Antigonish. Originally called Ship Harbour, the town was renamed in 1860, possibly for Charles Jenkinson, Baron

Port Hedland, town and port, northwestern Western Australia. It lies on the Indian Ocean on the North West Coastal Highway. The port is built on a tidal island (8 miles by 1 mile [13 km by 1.6 km]) from which three causeways lead to the mainland and one to a jetty installation for loading iron ore

Nsanje, town, southern Malawi, along the west bank of the Shire River and north of the Ndindi Marsh. It is home to the Manganja and Sena peoples, and as the country’s southernmost town, it serves as a customs post on the Mozambique border. It is also a trade and transportation centre on the

Port Hueneme, city and seaport terminal, Ventura county, southwestern California, U.S. Lying about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Los Angeles and 40 miles (65 km) south of Santa Barbara, it is the only commercial deepwater port between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Founded in 1874 by Thomas R.

Port Huron, city, seat (1871) of St. Clair county, eastern Michigan, U.S. Situated at the lower end of Lake Huron, it lies on the St. Clair River, opposite Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. In 1814 Fort Gratiot was built on the site of the earlier French Fort St. Joseph (1686), and a village was

United Arab Emirates: Trade: The large free-trade zone of Port Jebel Ali was developed during the 1980s and has done much to attract foreign manufacturing industries interested in producing goods for export.

Port Jackson, inlet of the Pacific, 12 miles (19 km) long with a total area of 21 square miles (55 square km), which is one of the world’s finest natural harbours and the principal port of New South Wales, Australia. It has minimum and maximum depths of 30 feet (9 metres) and 155 feet at low water,

bullhead shark: 6 feet), and the Port Jackson shark (H. portusjacksoni), found in Australian Pacific waters, which can reach a length of 1.65 metres (5.4 feet) fully grown.

Guyana: Transportation: …mines at Matthews Ridge with Port Kaituma on the Kaituma River, and another transports bauxite between Ituni and Linden. Privately owned minibuses play an important role in transporting passengers and goods to and from Georgetown.

Port Kelang, the leading port of Malaysia, on the Strait of Malacca midway between the major ports of Pinang and Singapore. It is the port of Kuala Lumpur, the federal capital, 23 miles (37 km) east-northeast, with which it is connected by road and rail. At the mouth of the Sungai (River) Kelang,

New South Wales: Transportation: Jackson), Botany Bay, Newcastle, and Port Kembla. Congestion led to Sydney’s port function having largely moved to Botany Bay, located to the south of the city. Both Newcastle and Sydney are among the country’s top ports in terms of both cargo weight and value. Newcastle and Port Kembla concentrate on…

Waterford, city and port, eastern County Waterford, and the major town of southeastern Ireland. It is Ireland’s oldest city. Waterford city, administratively independent of the county, is situated on the south bank of the River Suir, 4 miles (6 km) above its junction with the Barrow and at the head

Waterford, county in the province of Munster, southern Ireland. It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the south and from west to east by Counties Cork, Tipperary, Kilkenny, and Wexford. The county’s northern boundary follows the River Suir through the city of Waterford. Dungarvan, on Dungarvan

Port Laoise, county town (seat) of County Laoighis, Ireland, on the River Triogue. Established as Fort Protector during the reign of Mary I (1533–58), it was granted a charter in 1570. The main industries of the town are flour milling and the manufacture of worsteds and sports equipment. The Rock

Port Lavaca, city, seat (1886) of Calhoun county, on Lavaca Bay of the Gulf of Mexico, southern Texas, U.S., some 70 miles (115 km) northeast of Corpus Christi. The site was settled by Spaniards in 1815. Some refugees from a Comanche raid (1840) on nearby Linnville sought sanctuary there and helped

Toledo, city, seat (1835) of Lucas county, northwestern Ohio, U.S., at the mouth of the Maumee River (bridged). It lies along Maumee Bay (southwestern tip of Lake Erie), about 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Detroit, Mich., and is a principal Great Lakes port, being the hub of a metropolitan complex

Port Lincoln, city, south-central South Australia. It lies on a protected embayment of Spencer Gulf on the east shore of Eyre Peninsula, about 150 miles (240 km) west of Adelaide. Visited in 1802 by the explorer Matthew Flinders, this fine natural harbour with deepwater anchorage was named by him

Port Louis, city, capital, and main port of the island of Mauritius in the western Indian Ocean. It lies between a well-sheltered, deepwater harbor, accessible to ships through a break in the coral reef, and a semicircle of mountains. Port Louis was founded about 1736 by the French as a calling

Port Macquarie, town and seaside resort of northeastern New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the Pacific Ocean coast, at the mouth of the Hastings River. The location of what is now the port was sighted by the explorer John Oxley and named by him for the colonial governor Lachlan Macquarie. A

cypress pine: Major species: …pine, and scrub pine; the Port Macquarie pine, or stringybark (C. macleayana), of southeastern Australia; and the common cypress pine (C. preissii) of southern Australia, often shrubby near the seacoast, with one subspecies called slender pine and another known as turpentine pine. Most of these timber trees are about 25…

Venice: The port of Venice: …of commercial shipping today is Port Marghera, developed next to the suburb of Mestre on the mainland shore west of Venice. Marco Polo International Airport (1960) was built on reclaimed land at Tessera, to the northwest of the city. Although these areas are incorporated into the administration of Venice, the…

Port Maria, town and Caribbean port, northern Jamaica, northwest of Kingston. Its harbour is well sheltered and has a small wooded island at its centre. Bananas are exported, and Port Maria serves as a market for surrounding areas producing logwood, coffee, coconuts, allspice (pimento), and

Rodrigues Island: Port Mathurin, the main town, has a small harbour with regular steamer service to Mauritius. Pop. (2005 est.) 36,907.

Port Morant, town and Caribbean port, southeastern Jamaica, situated approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of Morant Point on Jamaica’s eastern tip. The town is the trade centre for an area producing bananas, sugarcane, coconuts, vegetables, and livestock. Bananas are exported. Pop. (2011) urban

Port Moresby, city and capital of Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. The city is situated on the eastern shore of Port Moresby Harbour of the Gulf of Papua. Before the arrival of Europeans, the area around the harbour was inhabited by the Motu and Koitabu people, fishermen and yam

Pakistan: Manufacturing: A new port, Port Qāsim (officially Port Muḥammad Bin Qāsim), was built to bring iron ore and coal for the mill.

Durban, largest city of KwaZulu-Natal province and chief seaport of South Africa, located on Natal Bay of the Indian Ocean. European settlement began with a band of Cape Colony traders led by Francis G. Farewell, who charted the port in 1824 and named the site Port Natal. Land was ceded to the

Wellington Harbour, inlet of Cook Strait indenting southern North Island, New Zealand. The almost circular harbour measures 7 miles (11 km) by 6 miles and covers a total of some 31 square miles (80 square km). At least 60 feet (18 metres) deep over most of its extent, the bay is one of the world’s

Port Nolloth, town and Atlantic port, Northern Cape province, South Africa, in the hot, arid Namaqualand south of the Namibia border. It was founded in 1855 to serve as a harbour for the copper mines in the vicinity, especially those at Okiep, to which it was connected first by rail and later by

David Lloyd George: Early life: …of British inventions; and the Port of London Act (1908), setting up the Port of London Authority. He also earned a high reputation by his patient work in settling strikes. He suffered a cruel bereavement in November 1907, when his daughter Mair died of appendicitis at the age of 17.…

London: Shipping: The Port of London Authority, founded in 1909, supervised seven systems of enclosed docks with a combined water area of 720 acres (290 hectares). It had some 35 miles (55 km) of dock quays and as many again of riverside moorings, wharfage, shipyards, and heavy industry…

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, self-supporting corporate agency formed in 1921 by agreement between the states of New York and New Jersey for the purpose of developing and operating trade and transportation facilities in the northern New Jersey–New York City region. Twelve nonsalaried

James Whale: Films of the later 1930s: Port of Seven Seas (1938), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s attempt to film French author Maurice Pagnol’s Marseilles trilogy of plays with Wallace Beery and Maureen O’Sullivan, failed in spite of Preston Sturges’s script. Whale finally was given a first-rate property to work on at United Artists, where he…

History of film: France: …Carné’s Quai des brumes (Port of Shadows, 1938) and Le Jour se lève (Daybreak, 1939). Darkly poetic, these films were characterized by a brooding pessimism that reflected the French public’s despair over the failure of the Popular Front movement of 1935–37 and the seeming inevitability of war.

Port of Spain, capital city and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago, southeastern West Indies. It is on the west coast of the island of Trinidad, below the northern peninsula on the Gulf of Paria, which separates the island from the northeastern coast of Venezuela. The city is laid out in geometric

Newport Beach, city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. It lies along Newport Bay (Pacific inlet), south of Long Beach. Captain Samuel S. Dunnells sailed into the bay in 1870 looking for “new port” facilities; he developed Newport Landing, which in 1873 became a lumber terminal. Known as

Port Orford, city, Curry county, southwestern Oregon, U.S., on the Pacific Coast. The coastal area was sighted in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver, the English navigator, who named it in honour of the earl of Orford. Established by gold prospectors in 1851, it was the first American town site on

false cypress: …species of false cypress, the Lawson cypress, Port Orford cedar, or ginger pine (C. lawsoniana), may be more than 60 metres (200 feet) tall and 6 metres (about 20 feet) in diameter. It is a very hardy tree; over 200 forms are cultivated as ornamentals in North America and Great…

Port Phillip Association, (1836–39), organization of settlers from Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) formed to purchase and develop the grazing land of the unsettled Port Phillip District (later the colony of Victoria) of southeastern Australia; its efforts precipitated the large-scale colonization of

Port Phillip Bay, inlet of Bass Strait on the south-central coast of Victoria, Australia, extending approximately 30 miles (50 km) north-south and 25 miles (40 km) east-west. The large metropolitan area of Melbourne, the state capital, is located at the head of the bay. Rivers emptying into the bay

Port Phillip District, (1802–51), the original name of the area of the Australian colony and present commonwealth state of Victoria. It was discovered in 1802 by Lieutenant John Murray of the Royal Navy and soon afterward named for Governor Arthur Phillip of New South Wales, of which the area

Port Pirie, city, second most important seaport of South Australia (after Port Adelaide Enfield), located on the eastern shore and near the head of Spencer Gulf. Founded in 1848, it is named after the John Pirie, a vessel which had brought settlers there three years before. Incorporated as a

Oman: Transportation and telecommunication: …has several ports, most notably Port Qaboos in Maṭraḥ, Ṣalālah (formerly known as Port Raysūt), and Al-Faḥl, all of which were built after 1970; in the late 1990s work was begun to upgrade and expand the industrial port at Ṣuḥār. Ṣalālah underwent major renovations and in 1998 opened as one…

Pakistan: Manufacturing: A new port, Port Qāsim (officially Port Muḥammad Bin Qāsim), was built to bring iron ore and coal for the mill.

public health: National developments in the 18th and 19th centuries: …years later, the service enforced port quarantine for the first time. (Port quarantine was the isolation of a ship at port for a limited period to allow time for the manifestation of disease.)

United Arab Emirates: Transportation and telecommunications: …including the facilities at Dubai’s Port Rāshid, which is serviced by a vast shipyard, and Port Jebel Ali, situated in one of the largest man-made harbors in the world and one of the busiest ports in the gulf. Of the smaller harbors on the Gulf of Oman, Sharjah has a…

Portrush, town, Causeway Coast and Glens district, northern Northern Ireland, lying at the northwestern end of the Antrim Coast Road, on the basaltic peninsula of Ramore Head. Offshore in the Atlantic Ocean are the Skerries, a rocky group of islets forming a natural breakwater. The headland, or

Sir Samuel Argall: …parallel, including Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia), which he captured in 1614. He returned in that year to England, where he was cleared of charges of wrongdoing in his actions against the French.

Port Royal, historic harbour town on the southern coast of Jamaica, once the busiest trading centre of the British West Indies and infamous for general debauchery. The town was founded on a natural harbour at the end of a 10-mile (16-km) sand spit between what is now Kingston Harbour and the

Port Royal, island and town, Beaufort county, southern South Carolina, U.S., at the head of Port Royal Sound on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The island of Port Royal is one of the Sea Islands, and its principal town is Beaufort. The town of Port Royal is on the southern tip of the island,

Port Royal: The town of Port Royal is on the southern tip of the island, which is about 13 miles (21 km) long and 7 miles (11 km) wide.

grammar: Ancient and medieval grammars: …a group of grammarians from Port-Royal were also interested in the idea of universal grammar. They claimed that common elements of thought could be discerned in grammatical categories of all languages. Unlike their Greek and Latin counterparts, the Port-Royal grammarians did not study literary language but claimed instead that usage…

Port Said, port city located in northeastern Egypt, at the northern end of the Suez Canal. It also constitutes the bulk of the urban muḥāfaẓah (governorate) of Būr Saʿīd. Situated largely on reclaimed land, the city was founded in 1859 on a low sandy strip separating the Mediterranean from Lake

Port Salut cheese, semisoft cow’s-milk cheese first made by Trappist monks on the west coast of France in the mid-1800s. The name later became the registered trademark of the Société Anonyme des Fermiers Réunis for Saint-Paulin, a generic cheese type similar to the original Port Salut, with a mild,

Fort Pierce: The city of Port St. Lucie, about 15 miles (25 km) south of Fort Pierce, was created and incorporated in 1961. A fast-growing residential city, it reached a population of more than 80,000 by the end of the 1990s. It was originally planned as a retirement community but…

Stanley, only town and, since 1842, capital of the Falkland Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean. It lies on the northeast coast of East Falkland, along the southern shore of Port William inlet. Its fine inner and outer harbours attracted the early

Port Sudan, city, principal seaport of Sudan, located on the Red Sea coast 295 miles (475 km) by rail northeast of the Nile River valley at ʿAṭbarah. Built between 1905 and 1909 to replace Sawākin (Suakin)—the historic, coral-choked Arab port—Port Sudan has a petroleum refinery, an international

Port Kelang, the leading port of Malaysia, on the Strait of Malacca midway between the major ports of Pinang and Singapore. It is the port of Kuala Lumpur, the federal capital, 23 miles (37 km) east-northeast, with which it is connected by road and rail. At the mouth of the Sungai (River) Kelang,

Port Talbot, town, port, and urban area (from 2011 built-up area), Neath Port Talbot county borough, historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), southern Wales. It is situated at the mouth of the River Afon on Swansea Bay (an embayment of the Bristol Channel) and adjoins the locality of Margam to the

Charles: …county seat from 1727 was Port Tobacco, one of the oldest extant English settlements in North America.

Lyttelton, town and port, eastern South Island, New Zealand. It is situated within the Christchurch urban area and on Lyttelton Harbour, an inlet of the southwestern Pacific Ocean extending 8 miles (13 km) into the north shore of Banks Peninsula. The harbour’s entrance is flanked by Godley Head on

Port Washington, unincorporated community in the town (township) of North Hempstead, Nassau county, New York, U.S. It lies on the north shore of Long Island overlooking Manhasset Bay, a summer yachting centre. The Delaware Indians inhabited the area at the time of settlement. In 1643 they sold the

Stanley, only town and, since 1842, capital of the Falkland Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean. It lies on the northeast coast of East Falkland, along the southern shore of Port William inlet. Its fine inner and outer harbours attracted the early

Adrien Duport was a French magistrate who was a leading constitutional monarchist during the early stages of the French Revolution of 1789. A prominent member of the Parlement of Paris (one of the high courts of justice), Duport was elected for the nobility to the Estates-General of 1789. On June

Port-au-Prince, capital, chief port, and commercial centre of the West Indian republic of Haiti. It is situated on a magnificent bay at the apex of the Gulf of Gonâve (Gonaïves), which is protected from the open sea by the island of La Gonâve. The city was laid out in a grid pattern in 1749 by the

Kerguelen Islands: …permanent base and scientific centre, Port-aux-Français, was established on the main island.

Port-Cartier, town, Côte-Nord region, eastern Quebec province, Canada. It lies on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River estuary, at the mouth of the Rochers River. Originating in 1918 as a small sawmilling community known as Shelter Bay, it was transformed into a modern ocean port 26 miles (42

Nouméa, city, port, and capital of the French overseas country of New Caledonia, southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the southwestern corner of the main island of New Caledonia. It was founded in 1854 as Port-de-France. It is situated on an excellent deepwater harbor protected by Nou Island and a reef.

Port-de-Paix, port, northwestern Haiti, situated on the Atlantic coast opposite Tortue Island. It was founded in 1665 by French filibusters, fomenters of insurrection who had been driven from Tortue Island by the British. The original settlement was located near Môle Saint-Nicolas, where

Nouâdhibou, town located in northwestern Mauritania, on Cape Nouâdhibou (Cape Blanco) peninsula facing a protective bay on the Atlantic coast. It has developed as a fishing centre, and fishing continues to be important; but, since 1964, with the completion of a special pier and a 419-mile (674-km)

Ilebo, town, south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town lies along the Kasai River near its junction with the Sankuru River. Ilebo is a river port and has rail connections with Kananga and Lubumbashi. It is an important transshipment point in the transport of copper and other minerals

Port-Gentil, city, western Gabon. It is located on Lopez Island (in the mouth of the navigable Ogooué River) and on a bay sheltered by Cape Lopez, which juts into the Atlantic Ocean. The nation’s chief port and industrial centre, it is linked by air with Paris and major West African centres as well

Kenitra, port city, northern Morocco. It is situated 10 miles (16 km) above the mouth of the Sebou River. Before the French protectorate was established, Kenitra (Arabic: Al-Qunayṭirah, “Little Bridge”) was a fort; the settlement and port, built by order of Marshal L.-H.-G. Lyautey, date from 1913.

Port of Spain, capital city and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago, southeastern West Indies. It is on the west coast of the island of Trinidad, below the northern peninsula on the Gulf of Paria, which separates the island from the northeastern coast of Venezuela. The city is laid out in geometric

Port-Royal, critical work by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, published in three volumes in 1840–48. It was based on a series of lectures he gave at the University of Lausanne in 1837–38. This monumental assemblage of scholarship, insights, and historical acumen—a unique work of its kind—chronicles

Port-Royal, celebrated abbey of Cistercian nuns that was the centre of Jansenism and of literary activity in 17th-century France. It was founded about 1204 as a Benedictine house by Mathilde de Garlande on a low, marshy site in the valley of Chevreuse, south of Versailles. Its church was built in

Port-Royal, celebrated abbey of Cistercian nuns that was the centre of Jansenism and of literary activity in 17th-century France. It was founded about 1204 as a Benedictine house by Mathilde de Garlande on a low, marshy site in the valley of Chevreuse, south of Versailles. Its church was built in

Pierre Nicole: Nicole was an influential spokesman from 1655 to 1668 through his writing or editing of most of the Jansenist pamphlets. He was probably the source of the celebrated distinction between the two “questions of fact,” an adroit device allowing him to separate into two parts…

Port-Vila, capital and largest town of the republic of Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Port-Vila is located on Mélé Bay, on the southwest coast of Éfaté, and is the commercial centre of the island group. Although the town is French in appearance, the population is multinational, including

Gates of Paradise, the pair of gilded bronze doors (1425–52) designed by the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti for the north entrance of the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence. Upon their completion, they were installed at the east entrance. Each wing of the Gates of Paradise contains five large

Campina Grande, city, eastern Paraíba estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It is situated in the Bacamarte Mountains at 1,804 feet (550 metres) above sea level. Located on the site of an Ariú Indian village, it was originally called Porta do Sertão (“Gateway to the Desert”). Made a village in 1766,

Jundiaí, city, in the highlands of southern São Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies at 2,460 feet (750 metres) above sea level along the Jundiaí River. Formerly called Porta do Sertão, Mato Grosso de Jundiaí, and Vila Formosa de Nossa Senhora do Destêrro de Jundiaí, it was given town status and

human digestive system: Gross anatomy: …centrally placed groove called the porta hepatis, which anatomically separates the quadrate and caudate lobes. The liver has two sources of blood supply: fully oxygenated blood from the hepatic artery, which is a major branch of the celiac axis (the main artery that crosses the abdomen) after its emergence from…

Pforzheim, city, Baden-Württemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies on the northern edge of the Black Forest (Schwarzwald), where the Nagold and Würm rivers join the Enz, northwest of Stuttgart. Originally the site of a Roman settlement (Porta Hercyniae), it was chartered about 1195. The

Italian literature: Experimentalism and the new avant-garde: …“We Want It All”); and Antonio Porta (pseudonym of Leo Paolazzi), whose untimely death at age 54 cut short the career of one of the less abstractly theoretical of these poets. At a subsequent meeting held near Palermo in 1963 this group was joined by, among others, aesthetic philosopher Luciano…

Italian literature: Opposing movements: …to the great Romantic poet Carlo Porta, who lampooned the aristocracy and clergy and expressed sympathy with the humble and wretched in narrative poems composed not in Italian but in a lively Milanese dialect. All Italy took part in the disputes about language, literature, and politics.

Giacomo della Porta was an Italian architect whose work represents the development in style from late Mannerism to early Baroque. He was the chief Roman architect during the latter third of the 16th century and contributed to most of the major architectural projects undertaken in Rome during that

Giambattista della Porta was an Italian natural philosopher whose experimental research in optics and other fields was undermined by his credulous preoccupation with magic and the miraculous. Della Porta founded the Accademia dei Segreti, which was later suppressed by the Inquisition, and in 1610

Giambattista della Porta was an Italian natural philosopher whose experimental research in optics and other fields was undermined by his credulous preoccupation with magic and the miraculous. Della Porta founded the Accademia dei Segreti, which was later suppressed by the Inquisition, and in 1610

Hugo Porta is an Argentine rugby union football player who was the sport’s top fly half during the 1970s and early ’80s and arguably the best ever. He was indisputably Argentina’s most celebrated player, lifting the standard of rugby there in dozens of Test (international) matches (he also played

Herman Wildenvey was a Norwegian poet whose sunny songs of simple sensual pleasure are unusual in the sombre history of Norwegian verse. When in 1904 the steamer Norge wrecked on a trip to the United States, with 600 or more passengers aboard, Wildenvey was among the few who survived. After

portobello mushroom, (Agaricus bisporus), widely cultivated edible mushroom. One of the most commonly consumed mushrooms in the world, the fungus is sold under a variety of names and at various stages of maturity in brown, white, and off-white forms. It is found naturally in grasslands around the

portobello mushroom, (Agaricus bisporus), widely cultivated edible mushroom. One of the most commonly consumed mushrooms in the world, the fungus is sold under a variety of names and at various stages of maturity in brown, white, and off-white forms. It is found naturally in grasslands around the

coin collecting: Modern collecting: The British Treasure Act and Portable Antiquities Scheme (both enacted in the mid-1990s) are widely advocated by collector groups as a viable system for the preservation of cultural property and the protection of individual freedoms.

PDF, universally readable format for electronic documents. PDF files (generally called PDFs) are widely used because documents converted into PDFs retain all their features, regardless of the application originally used to create them. PDFs can be viewed on any operating system with a PDF-viewer

William Faulkner: Later life and works of William Faulkner: …reputation in Europe—was boosted by The Portable Faulkner (1946), an anthology skillfully edited by Malcolm Cowley in accordance with the arresting if questionable thesis that Faulkner was deliberately constructing a historically based “legend” of the South. Faulkner’s Collected Stories (1950), impressive in both quantity and quality, was also well received,…

Tess Gallagher: In 1978 Gallagher published Portable Kisses, On Your Own, and Under Stars; the last volume contains a section based on her 1976 trip to Ireland. Several poems in Willingly (1984) eulogize her late father, and the collections Amplitude (1987) and Moon Crossing Bridge (1992) examine her relationship