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Oxon Hill

(Encyclopedia) Oxon Hill, village (1990 pop. 35,794), Prince Georges co., central Md., a suburb S of Washington, D.C. Oxon Hill was dominated by large estates until the 1950s. National Harbor, a…

Hill, A. P.

(Encyclopedia) Hill, A. P. (Ambrose Powell Hill), 1825–65, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Culpeper, Va. He served briefly in the Mexican War and had a varied army career until he…

Breed's Hill

(Encyclopedia) Breed's Hill: see Bunker Hill, battle of.

Hill, Arthur

actorBirthplace: Melfort, CanadaBorn: 1922Died: 2006

Notting Hill

Director:Roger MichellWriter:Richard CurtisUniversal; PG-13; 123 minutesRelease:5/99Cast:Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans Julia Roberts playing a famous Hollywood actress putting the…

Mission Hill

WBFriday 8:00–8:30 p.m.; canceledVoices of:Wallace Langham, Vicki Lewis, and Scott Menville The only new animated series this season satirizes the slacker generation. Cartoonist Andy French (…

Lauryn Hill

The Miseducation of Lauryn HillRuffhouse/Columbia In a year when rap and hip-hop crossed over ever more to the mainstream, no one brought old school and new school together more brilliantly…

Brewer's: Hill

(Sir John), M. D., botanist (1716-1775). He wrote some farces, which called forth from Garrick the following couplet: For physic and farces his equal there scarce is. His farces are physic…

Brewer's: Hills

Prayers were offered on the tops of high hills, and temples built on “high places,” from the notion that the gods, could better hear prayers on such places, as they were nearer heaven. As…