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cryptography

(Encyclopedia) cryptographycryptographykrĭptŏgˈrəfē [key] [Gr.,=hidden writing], science of secret writing. There are many devices by which a message can be concealed from the casual reader, e.g.,…

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese

(Encyclopedia) Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791–1872, American inventor and artist, b. Charlestown, Mass., grad. Yale, 1810. He studied painting in England under Washington Allston and achieved some…

Art (Play)

By:Yasmina RezaTranslated by:Christopher HamptonDirector:Matthew WarchusSets:Mark ThompsonLighting:Hugh VanstoneMusic: Gary YershonSound:Mic PoolOpened:3/98 at the Royale TheaterCast:Alan…

John Keats: To Kosciusko

by JohnKeatsOn the Grasshopper and CricketHappy is England! I could be contentTo Kosciusko Good Kosciusko, thy great name alone Is a full harvest whence to reap high feeling; It comes…

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

(Encyclopedia) Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis, Mo. Founded in 1880, it is the country's second-oldest orchestra (the New York Philharmonic is the oldest). It performed in the Kiel Opera…