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Year in Review 2001 | Movies

By Beth Rowen Before Harry ShrekMementoNicole KidmanHedwig and the Angry InchA.I.Waking LifePearl HarborDavid LynchGhost WorldAfter Harry The Fellowship of the RingOcean's 11Vanilla SkyThe…

Ruth Biography

Ruth Biblical figure The Hebrew Bible Book of Ruth tells the story of Ruth, a young widow from Moab (east of the Dead Sea), and her devotion to her mother-in-law, Naomi. When Naomi, also a…

Ellison, Ralph

(Encyclopedia) Ellison, Ralph (Ralph Waldo Ellison), 1914–94, African-American author, b. Oklahoma City, studied Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee Univ.). Originally a trumpet player and aspiring…

Tennessee, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Tennessee, river, c.650 mi (1,050 km) long, the principal tributary of the Ohio River. It is formed by the confluence of the Holston and French Broad rivers near Knoxville, Tenn., and…

Ruth: 1

Ruth Chapter 1 1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of…

Rolling Stones

(Encyclopedia) Rolling Stones, English rock music group that rose to prominence in the mid-1960s and continues to exert great…

power, electric

(Encyclopedia) power, electric, energy dissipated in an electrical or electronic circuit or device per unit of time. The electrical energy supplied by a current to an appliance enables it to do work…

Ruth: 4

Ruth Chapter 4 1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down…