Tom Bradley (author) — Tom Bradley is an American novelist, essayist and writer of short stories. He is the author of The Sam Edwine Pentateuch [ [http://s232745871.onlinehome.us/corpse/archives/issue 14/poetick kulchur/johan.html Exquisite Corpse A Journal of Letters… … Wikipedia
Hugo Friedhofer — Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 May 17, 1981) was a German American film music composer born in San Francisco [ [http://www.germanhollywood.com/abc index1.html] ...born in San Francisco. His father was a cellist trained in Dresden, Germany;… … Wikipedia
Mokele-mbembe — Mbembe redirects here. For the Cameroonian political theorist, see Achille Mbembe. Mokèlé mbèmbé, meaning one who stops the flow of rivers in the Lingala language,[1] is the name given to a large water dwelling cryptid found in legends and… … Wikipedia
congo — /kong goh/, n. congou. * * * Congo Congo:Geography Location: Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon Map references: Africa Area: total area: 342,000 sq km land area: 341,500 sq km comparative area: slightly… … Universalium
Congo — /kong goh/, n. 1. People s Republic of the, a republic in central Africa, W of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly an overseas territory in French Equatorial Africa; now an independent member of the French Community. 2,583,198; 132,046 … Universalium
Ituri Forest — ▪ forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo Introduction French Forêt de L Ituri dense tropical rainforest lying on the northeastern lip of the Congo River basin in the Central African nation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo).… … Universalium
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains … Universalium
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Olympic Games — 1. Also called Olympian Games. the greatest of the games or festivals of ancient Greece, held every four years in the plain of Olympia in Elis, in honor of Zeus. 2. a modern international sports competition, held once every four years. [1600 10]… … Universalium
Emela-ntouka — The Emela ntouka is an African legendary creature in the mythology of the Pygmy tribes, and a cryptid purported to live in Central Africa. Its name means killer of the elephants in the Lingala language. In other languages it is known as the Aseka … Wikipedia
