• I Was a Communist for the FBI (film by Douglas [1951])

    Gordon Douglas: Warner Brothers: …Gig Young—and the red-baiting drama I Was a Communist for the FBI, with Frank Lovejoy as an undercover agent who infiltrates the Communist Party. Strangely, the latter film was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary.

  • I Was a Male War Bride (film by Hawks [1949])

    Howard Hawks: Films of the 1940s: …followed by the riotously funny I Was a Male War Bride (1949), set in the aftermath of World War II. It starred Grant as a French army officer who marries an American serving in the Women’s Army Corps (Ann Sheridan). The only that way he can accompany her to the…

  • I Was a Teenage Werewolf (film by Fowler [1957])

    Michael Landon: … debut in the cult classic I Was a Teenage Werewolf.

  • I Was an Adventuress (film by Ratoff [1940])

    Gregory Ratoff: Films of the 1930s and ’40s: …1940, helming only two films: I Was an Adventuress, a crime drama about three con artists (played by Vera Zorina, Erich von Stroheim, and Lorre), and Public Deb No. 1, about a debutante (Brenda Joyce) who finds herself in trouble for attending a communist rally. Departing Fox, Ratoff signed with…

  • I Was Better Last Night (memoir by Fierstein)

    Harvey Fierstein: His memoir, I Was Better Last Night, was published in 2022. In 2025 he was honored with a special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theater.

  • I Was Cicero (work by Bazna)

    Cicero: Ich war Cicero (1962; I Was Cicero) was written by Bazna himself (under his real name) in collaboration with Hans Nogly.

  • I Was Made to Love Her (song by Cosby and Wonder)

    Stevie Wonder: …Wonder had hits with ā€œI Was Made to Love Her,ā€ ā€œMy Cherie Amourā€ (both cowritten with producer Henry Cosby), and ā€œFor Once in My Life,ā€ songs that suited dancers as well as lovers. Where I’m Coming From, an album released in 1971, hinted not merely at an expanded musical…

  • I Went to a Marvellous Party (song by Coward)

    NoĆ«l Coward: …About the Boy,ā€ and ā€œI Went to a Marvellous Party.ā€

  • I Will Always Love You (song by Parton)

    Boyz II Men: II: …at number one with ā€œI Will Always Love You,ā€ Boyz II Men came back to tie her with ā€œI’ll Make Love to You.ā€ The release of their follow-up single, ā€œOn Bended Knee,ā€ put them with an elite group of artists (Presley and the Beatles) who succeeded themselves at the…

  • I Will Marry When I Want (work by Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Ngugi wa Mirii)

    Ngugi wa Thiong’o: …in Kikuyu, Ngaahika Ndeenda (1977; I Will Marry When I Want), the performance of which led to his detention for a year without trial by the Kenyan government. (His book Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary, which was published in 1981, describes his ordeal.) The play attacks capitalism, religious hypocrisy, and…

  • I Will Remember You (song by McLachlan)

    Sarah McLachlan: Honors: …2000 for the song ā€œI Will Remember Youā€ (1999), which garnered the award for best female pop vocal performance. She was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2017 and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2024.

  • I Will Stand (album by Chesney)

    Kenny Chesney: …Allā€ from the 1997 album I Will Stand was Chesney’s first number-one hit on Billboard’s country songs chart. Two years later Everywhere We Go, with its traditional country-music sound, sold more than two million copies and positioned Chesney solidly within the musical mainstream. Most of his subsequent albums, while still…

  • I Wish (song by Wonder)

    Stevie Wonder: ā€¦ā€œBoogie On Reggae Woman,ā€ ā€œI Wish,ā€ and ā€œSir Duke.ā€

  • I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now (film by Bacon [1947])

    Lloyd Bacon: Later years of Lloyd Bacon: That was followed by I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now (1947), a biography of vaudeville star Joseph E. Howard, starring Mark Stevens and June Haver. You Were Meant for Me featured Dan Dailey and Jeanne Crain as a bandleader and his wife, respectively, struggling through the Depression, and Dailey…

  • I Would Have Saved Them If I Could (short story by Michaels)

    Leonard Michaels: …short fiction—Going Places (1969) and I Would Have Saved Them if I Could (1975)—contain bizarre stories of hostile urban life, replete with fantasy, sexual incident, and violence. The tales often centre on Phillip Liebowitz, a young picaresque Jewish American man who finds himself in a series of absurd situations.

  • I Would Steal Horses (poetry by Alexie)

    Sherman Alexie: Literary career: …was a volume of poetry, I Would Steal Horses (1992). Shortly after its publication he quit drinking. The same year, he produced The Business of Fancydancing, a book combining prose and poetry. A prolific writer, he published in 1993 two more books of poetry—First Indian on the Moon and Old…

  • I’d Do Anything (television series)

    Jessie Buckley: Early life: …for the BBC talent show I’d Do Anything in 2008, with the goal of being cast as Nancy in the West End revival of Oliver!, a musical adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. Although Buckley finished as the runner-up to actress Jodie Prenger and later turned down…

  • I’ll Be Seeing You (film by Dieterle [1944])

    William Dieterle: Middle years of William Dieterle: Selznick, for whom he directed I’ll Be Seeing You (1944), starring Ginger Rogers as a woman convicted of manslaughter who, while on furlough during the holidays, falls in love with a shell-shocked soldier (Joseph Cotten). Love Letters (1945) was another glossy Selznick melodrama, with Jennifer Jones as an

  • I’ll Be There for You (recording by the Rembrandts)

    Friends: The Friends theme song, ā€œI’ll Be There for You,ā€ performed by the Rembrandts, was a minor pop hit in its own right. In 2021 the cast returned for Friends: The Reunion, a TV special in which they discussed the show.

  • I’ll Be Your Girl (album by The Decemberists)

    The Decemberists: As The Decemberists, they released I’ll Be Your Girl (2018), an eclectic collection ranging from the Russian folk tale ā€œRusalka, Rusalka/The Wild Rushesā€ to the arena rock stomp ā€œWe All Die Young.ā€

  • I’ll Buy You (film by Kobayashi Masaki)

    Kobayashi Masaki: …life, and Anata kaimasu (1956; I’ll Buy You), a film that exposed the commercialism of Japanese baseball.

  • I’ll Cry Tomorrow (film by Mann [1955])

    Daniel Mann: Mann’s success continued with I’ll Cry Tomorrow (1955), an effective drama based on the autobiography of troubled singer Lillian Roth, whose career was nearly destroyed by alcoholism and a series of bad marriages. Susan Hayward received an Oscar nomination for her performance as Roth. The Teahouse of the August…

  • I’ll Have Another (American racehorse)

    I’ll Have Another, (foaled 2009), American racehorse that in 2012 won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes but was scratched from the Belmont Stakes, ending his bid for the Triple Crown of American horse racing. The chestnut colt was foaled in Kentucky, though not by blue-blooded

  • I’ll Never Fall in Love Again (song by Bacharach and David)

    Dionne Warwick: Career peak: …two years later for ā€œI’ll Never Fall in Love Again.ā€

  • I’ll Never Get out of This World Alive (album by Earle)

    Steve Earle: Earle followed with I’ll Never Get out of This World Alive (2011), which took its title from the last single released by Hank Williams before he died. The album explores notions of mortality, and T Bone Burnett’s stripped-down production evoked the bygone era that Williams inhabited. Earle’s later…

  • I’ll Never Get out of This World Alive (novel by Earle)

    Steve Earle: Earle’s debut novel, I’ll Never Get out of This World Alive (2011), was published shortly after the release of the album of the same name.

  • I’ll See You Again (song by Coward)

    NoĆ«l Coward: ā€¦ā€œMad Dogs and Englishmen,ā€ ā€œI’ll See You Again,ā€ ā€œSome Day I’ll Find You,ā€ ā€œPoor Little Rich Girl,ā€ ā€œMad About the Boy,ā€ and ā€œI Went to a Marvellous Party.ā€

  • I’ll See You in My Dreams (film by Curtiz [1951])

    Michael Curtiz: Last films of Michael Curtiz: …American athlete Jim Thorpe; and I’ll See You in My Dreams, a biography of songwriter Gus Kahn (played by Danny Thomas). The Story of Will Rogers followed in 1952.

  • I’ll Stand by You (recording by Underwood)

    Carrie Underwood: Carnival Ride, Cry Pretty, and Denim & Rhinestones: …cover of the Pretenders’ ā€œI’ll Stand by You.ā€ Made available as a single on Apple’s iTunes service, the song was downloaded more than 300,000 times and became the first digital-only release to crack the top 10 of the Billboard singles chart. At the 2007 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards,…

  • I’ll Take My Stand (symposium)

    agrarianism: Agrarianism since the mid-20th century: …defense of their views in I’ll Take My Stand (1930). Among the work’s authors were John Crowe Ransom, Robert Penn Warren, Allen Tate, Andrew Lytle, and Donald Davidson, who defended a mode of life that they believed was

  • I’ll Take You There (song by Bell)

    the Staple Singers: …paved the way for ā€œI’ll Take You Thereā€ (1972), a number one single on both the pop and rhythm-and-blues charts. The group had a modest hit with a cover of Talking Heads’ ā€œSlippery Peopleā€ in 1984, and Roebuck had a small role in True Stories (1986), a film by…

  • I’m a Believer (song by Diamond)

    Neil Diamond: Songwriting superstar: …he wrote the song ā€œI’m a Believerā€ (1966), recorded and made famous by the Monkees. In 1967 Diamond signed a new recording contract with Uni Records, with whom he recorded such hits as ā€œBrother Love’s Traveling Salvation Showā€ (1969), ā€œCracklin’ Rosieā€ (1970; his first record to reach number one…

  • I’m a Boy (song by Townshend)

    the Who: …Spiderā€), and gender confusion (ā€œI’m a Boyā€). As one instrument after another ended in splinters, the Who firmly declared themselves proponents of making violent rage a form of rock catharsis.

  • I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can (film by Hofsiss [1982])

    David Rabe: …contributed screenplays for the movies I’m Dancing As Fast As I Can (1982), starring Jill Clayburgh, whom he had married in 1979 (she died in 2010); Casualties of War (1989), a Vietnam War drama; and The Firm (1993), a legal thriller based on the John Grisham novel. His other works…

  • I’m Dying Up Here (American television series)

    Melissa Leo: …she starred in the series I’m Dying up Here (2017–18), about the 1970s stand-up comedy scene in Los Angeles. She later appeared in the miniseries I Know This Much Is True (2020), an adaptation of Wally Lamb’s 1998 novel.

  • I’m Gonna Be Strong (song)

    Gene Pitney: …in Loveā€ (1964), and ā€œI’m Gonna Be Strongā€ (1964). As his career waned in the United States, Pitney enjoyed continued popularity in Europe. An Italian-language country album sold well in 1966, and he appeared regularly on the British pop charts through 1970. In 1989 a rerecording of ā€œSomething’s Gotten…

  • I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (film by Wayans [1988])

    Chris Rock: …and director Keenen Ivory Wayans’s I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), Rock got his big break by earning a spot in 1990 as a cast member of Saturday Night Live. He left the show in 1993 to join the Fox network’s In Living Color, which was taken off the air…

  • (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again (song by John and Taupin)

    Elton John: Later career and albums: …Taupin wrote the single ā€œ(I’m Gonna) Love Me Againā€ for the biopic, and it won an Academy Award for best original song.

  • I’m Just Wild About Harry (song by Blake and Sissle)

    Eubie Blake: Shuffle Along: …and Blake’s best-known song, ā€œI’m Just Wild About Harry,ā€ as well as the romantic ballad ā€œLove Will Find a Way,ā€ the performance of which was revolutionary in that it allowed African Americans to express feelings of love on the American stage in a context other than that of caricature.

  • I’m Late: The Story of LaNeese and Moonlight and Alisha Who Didn’t Have Anyone of Her Own (work by Evans)

    Mari Evans: …1999) and adolescent relationships (I’m Late: The Story of LaNeese and Moonlight and Alisha Who Didn’t Have Anyone of Her Own, 2005). Evans’s plays include River of My Song (produced 1977) and the musical Eyes (produced 1979), an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. She…

  • I’m New Here (album by Scott-Heron)

    Gil Scott-Heron: Later releases and books: His final studio album, I’m New Here, in which he addresses his fraught later years, was released in 2010 and received critical acclaim.

  • I’m No Angel (film by Ruggles [1933])

    Wesley Ruggles: The sound era: George Burns, and Gracie Allen—and I’m No Angel. The latter was one of Mae West’s best films, and it helped make Cary Grant a star. West, who wrote the screenplay, portrayed a circus performer who falls in love with a wealthy man (Grant). Also popular was Bolero (1934), an effective…

  • I’m Not Dead (album by Pink)

    Pink: Other albums and releases: Other Pink albums include I’m Not Dead (2006) and Funhouse (2008). The popular ā€œRaise Your Glassā€ appeared as a previously unreleased song on Greatest Hits…So Far!!! (2010). Pink’s sixth studio album, The Truth About Love (2012), included the hit singles ā€œBlow Me (One Last Kiss)ā€ and ā€œTry.ā€ Also on…

  • I’m Not Gonna Miss You (song by Campbell)

    Glen Campbell: …last song he recorded, ā€œI’m Not Gonna Miss You,ā€ won the Grammy Award for best country song and was nominated for an Academy Award as the theme song to the aforementioned documentary.

  • I’m Not Rappaport (play by Gardner)

    Ossie Davis: …in 1986 to star in I’m Not Rappaport. He later played a coach in School Daze (1988), the first of several Spike Lee movies, including Do the Right Thing (1989); Jungle Fever (1991), in which Dee also appeared; and Malcolm X (1992), in which he reenacted the real-life eulogy

  • I’m Not Stiller (novel by Frisch)

    Max Frisch: Frisch’s early novels Stiller (1954; I’m Not Stiller), Homo Faber (1957), and Mein Name sei Gantenbein (1964; A Wilderness of Mirrors) portray aspects of modern intellectual life and examine the theme of identity. His autobiographical works included two noteworthy diaries, Tagebuch 1946–1949 (1950; Sketchbook 1946–1949) and Tagebuch 1966–1971

  • I’m Not There (film by Haynes [2007])

    Christian Bale: … (2007), and Bob Dylan in I’m Not There (2007). In 2008 he reprised his role as Wayne and Batman in The Dark Knight. The film—which was released shortly after the accidental death of costar Heath Ledger, who played the Joker—set box-office records amid critical acclaim.

  • I’m So Excited! (film by Almodóvar [2013])

    Pedro Almodóvar: All About My Mother and Talk to Her: …comedy Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited!), set aboard an airplane preparing for an emergency landing, followed in 2013. Three years later he helmed and wrote Julieta, a drama about an estranged mother and daughter; it was based on several short stories by Alice Munro. Almodóvar then worked with…

  • I’m So Tired (song by Lennon and McCartney)

    Behind the Scenes: 7 Historical Figures in Beatles Lyrics: Sir Walter Raleigh - I’m So Tired (1968):

  • I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue (British radio program)

    Humphrey Lyttelton: …Corporation) weekly radio comedy titled I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. The program, which was a send-up of panel shows, was noted for its word play, ribaldry, and plain silliness.

  • I’m Still Here (film by Affleck [2010])

    Casey Affleck: …acted in the much-reviled mockumentary I’m Still Here (2010), starring Joaquin Phoenix. Affleck’s subsequent films included the action comedy Tower Heist (2011), the period romance Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013), and the science fiction film Interstellar (2014).

  • I’m Thinking of Ending Things (film by Kaufman [2020])

    Charlie Kaufman: I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020), which he adapted from a novel by Iain Reed, is ostensibly about a couple who visit the man’s parents. The unconventional thriller drew both praise and criticism for its complexity.

  • I’m With You (album by Red Hot Chili Peppers)

    Red Hot Chili Peppers: …to the studio and released I’m with You in 2011. The band exchanged longtime producer Rick Rubin for Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) for the group’s 11th studio album, The Getaway (2016). Its lead single, ā€œDark Necessities,ā€ topped Billboard’s alternative, adult alternative, and mainstream rock music charts, the fourth song in…

  • I’m Your Man (album by Cohen)

    Leonard Cohen: …favour, but his 1988 album, I’m Your Man, included the club hits ā€œFirst We Take Manhattanā€ and ā€œEverybody Knowsā€ and introduced his songwriting to a new generation. In addition, Various Positions (1984) included what became Cohen’s best-known song, ā€œHallelujah.ā€ Although it did not initially receive much attention, the single gained…

  • I’ve Always Loved You (film by Borzage [1946])

    Frank Borzage: Later work: I’ve Always Loved You (1946) brought him to lowly Republic Studios, but, surprisingly, its love triangle between a young pianist (Catherine McLeod), her demanding teacher (Philip Dorn), and the farmer (Bill Carter) who has always loved her was an effective vehicle that highlighted Borzage’s technical…

  • I’ve Been to the Mountaintop (speech by King)

    assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Mountaintop Speech: On April 3 King was back in Memphis, where the city government had sought an injunction to prevent him from leading another march. The departure of his flight from Atlanta that morning had been delayed to allow a search of the luggage and…

  • I’ve Got a Secret (American television show)

    Mark Goodson: …shows in television history, including I’ve Got a Secret (1952–67), The Price Is Right (1956–65, 1972– ), To Tell the Truth (1956–68, 2016– ), Concentration (1958–73), Password (1961–75), and The Match Game (1962–69, 1973–90, 2016– ). He was honoured in 1990 with an Emmy Award for

  • I’ve got a trip coming up. Do I need travel insurance?

    Taking out travel insurance is akin to a doomsday scenario: You’re hoping for the best but planning for the worst. Sometimes, however, that’s just what you should be doing, especially if it’s an international or once-in-a-lifetime trip you’ve been looking forward to—and saving for—for years. What

  • I’ve Got My Eyes on You (novel by Clark)

    Mary Higgins Clark: …Gone a Hunting (2013), and I’ve Got My Eyes on You (2018). Several of Clark’s novels and stories were adapted into films.

  • I’ve Got You Under My Skin (song by Porter)

    Cole Porter: …You,ā€ ā€œBegin the Beguine,ā€ ā€œI’ve Got You Under My Skin,ā€ ā€œIn the Still of the Night,ā€ ā€œJust One of Those Things,ā€ ā€œLove for Sale,ā€ ā€œMy Heart Belongs to Daddy,ā€ ā€œToo Darn Hot,ā€ ā€œIt’s Delovely,ā€ ā€œI Concentrate on You,ā€ ā€œAlways True to You in My Fashion,ā€ and ā€œI Love Paris.ā€ā€¦

  • I, Claudius (novel by Graves)

    I, Claudius, historical novel by Robert Graves set in 1st-century-ce Rome, published in 1934. The book is written as an autobiographical memoir by the Roman emperor Claudius, who is a son of a Roman general, a nephew of the emperor Tiberius, and a great-nephew of the emperor Augustus. Physically

  • I, Culture Orchestra (musical ensemble)

    Neville Marriner: …appointed honorary conductor of the I, Culture Orchestra, an ensemble that brought together young musicians from across the eastern European region both to promote cross-cultural understanding and to celebrate the first time Poland would preside over the Council of the European Union.

  • I, Daniel Blake (film by Loach [2016])

    Ken Loach: Loach’s film I, Daniel Blake (2016), about a man who survives a heart attack only to deal with government and medical bureaucracies, also won the Palme d’Or. In Sorry We Missed You (2019), a family’s attempt to use the gig economy to get ahead leaves them increasingly…

  • I, Rigoberta MenchĆŗ (work by MenchĆŗ)

    Rigoberta MenchĆŗ: …with her widely translated book I, Rigoberta MenchĆŗ, in which she tells the story of her impoverished youth and recounts in horrifying detail the torture-murders of her brother and mother. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her continuing efforts to achieve social justice and mutual reconciliation in…

  • I, Robot (work by Asimov)

    I, Robot, a collection of nine short stories by science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov that imagines the development of ā€œpositronicā€ (humanlike, with a form of artificial intelligence) robots and wrestles with the moral implications of the technology. The stories originally appeared in science-fiction

  • I, Robot (film by Proyas [2004])

    Will Smith: Movie stardom: Bad Boys, Independence Day, and Ali: …from the near future in I, Robot (2004); and a ā€œdate doctorā€ helping a romantically inept man find love in Hitch (2005). The next year he starred in The Pursuit of Happyness, and his performance as a single father who overcomes adversity earned him a second Oscar nomination for best…

  • I, The Jury (novel by Spillane)

    Mike Hammer: hard-boiled mystery books (beginning with I, the Jury, 1947) by Mickey Spillane and of subsequent films and television series.

  • I, The Supreme (book by Roa Bastos)

    Augusto Roa Bastos: …novel Yo, el supremo (1974; I, the Supreme, in bilingual edition), is based on the life of Francia and covers more than a hundred years of Paraguayan history.

  • I, Tina (work by Turner and Loder)

    Tina Turner: She wrote the autobiographies I, Tina (1986; written with Kurt Loder and adapted in 1993 as the film What’s Love Got to Do with It) and My Love Story (2018) as well as the self-help book Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good (2020; written…

  • I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (novel by CondĆ©)

    Maryse CondĆ©: …sorciĆØre—: noire de Salem (1986; I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem) is based on the story of an enslaved woman who was tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1986 CondĆ© returned to live in Guadeloupe, where La Vie scĆ©lĆ©rate (1987; Tree of Life) is set.

  • I, Tonya (film by Gillespie [2017])

    Attack on Nancy Kerrigan: Timeline: The assault of Nancy Kerrigan: The 2017 mockumentary I, Tonya, starring Margot Robbie as Harding, emphasizes her relationships with her allegedly abusive mother (played by Allison Janney, who wins an Academy Award for the role) and Jeff Gillooly (played by Sebastian Stan). It also digs into the difficulties Harding faced as an athlete…

  • I, Too, Have Lived in Arcadia (autobiography by Lowndes)

    Marie Adelaide Lowndes: …Popeau and an autobiography, ā€œI, Too, Have Lived in Arcadiaā€ (1941).

  • I-16 (Soviet aircraft)

    military aircraft: Fighters: …operational service was the Soviet I-16, designed by Nikolay Polikarpov. The I-16 first flew in 1933 and enjoyed considerable success against German and Italian biplanes in the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39. It was powered by a radial engine derived from the Wright Cyclone and had manually retracted landing gear…

  • I-201 (submarine class)

    submarine: World War II: The Japanese I-201 class was a high-speed submarine, of 259 feet and 1,291 tons displacement, that had diesel propulsion for 15 knots on the surface; while underwater, large batteries and electric motors could drive the vessel at a speed of 19 knots for almost one hour. Each…

  • I-ch’ang (China)

    Yichang, city, western Hubei sheng (province), China. It extends along the left bank of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), at a point marking the division between the river’s middle and lower courses. A number of hills rise directly behind the city, and the small island of Xiba forms a harbour in the

  • I-ch’un (China)

    Yichun, city, north-central Heilongjiang sheng (province), far northeastern China. It is situated in the densely forested area of the Xiao Hinggan (Lesser Khingan) Range, at the confluence of the Yichun River (from which the city takes its name) and the Tangwang River, a tributary of the Sungari

  • I-ching (Chinese pilgrim)

    Indonesia: The Malay kingdom of Srivijaya-Palembang: …of the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim I-ching, who visited it in 671 after a voyage of less than 20 days from Canton. He was on the first stage of his journey to the great teaching centre of Nalanda in northeastern India. The ruler of Srivijaya assisted I-ching on his journey.

  • I-Ching (ancient Chinese text)

    Yijing, an ancient Chinese text, one of the Five Classics (Wujing) of Confucianism. The main body of the work, traditionally attributed to Wenwang (flourished 12th century bc), contains a discussion of the divinatory system used by the Zhou dynasty wizards. A supplementary section of ā€œcommentariesā€

  • i-go (board game)

    go, board game for two players. Of East Asian origin, it is popular in China, Korea, and especially Japan, the country with which it is most closely identified. Go, probably the world’s oldest board game, is thought to have originated in China some 4,000 years ago. According to some sources, this

  • I-ho ch’üan (Chinese secret society)

    Boxer Rebellion: ā€œBoxersā€ was a name that foreigners gave to a Chinese secret society known as the Yihequan (ā€œRighteous and Harmonious Fistsā€). The group practiced certain boxing and calisthenic rituals in the belief that this made them invulnerable. It was thought to be an offshoot of the…

  • I-ho t’uan (Chinese secret society)

    Boxer Rebellion: ā€œBoxersā€ was a name that foreigners gave to a Chinese secret society known as the Yihequan (ā€œRighteous and Harmonious Fistsā€). The group practiced certain boxing and calisthenic rituals in the belief that this made them invulnerable. It was thought to be an offshoot of the…

  • i-hong (lacquerwork)

    lacquerwork: Chinese carved lacquer: The red lacquer (tihong), so well known and justly appreciated, was coloured with cinnabar (red mercuric sulfide). Other colours include a deep and a lighter olive green, buff, brown, black, and purple (aubergine).

  • I-hsing ware (Chinese pottery)

    pottery: Provincial and export wares: The stoneware of Yixing in Jiangsu province was known in the West as Buccaro, or Boccaro, ware and was copied and imitated at Meissen, Germany; at Staffordshire, England; and in the Netherlands by Ary de Milde and others. Its teapots were much valued in 17th-century Europe, where tea…

  • I-It (philosophy)

    Martin Buber: From mysticism to dialogue.: …possible and settles for an I–It relation whenever necessary—e.g., for the purpose of human survival.

  • I-Lab (research laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)

    Charles Stark Draper: The Instruments Laboratory (I-Lab), which he founded in 1934, became a centre for both academic and commercial research, a combination that was not unusual at the time. It was through the I-Lab that Draper established a relationship with the Sperry Gyroscope Company (now part of Unisys…

  • I-lan (county, Taiwan)

    I-lan, county (hsien, or xian), northeastern Taiwan. It is bordered by New Taipei City special municipality to the north, T’ao-yüan (Taiyuan) special municipality and Hsin-chu (Xinzhu) county to the west, T’ai-chung (Taizhong) special municipality and Hua-lien (Hualian) county to the south, and the

  • I-lan (Taiwan)

    I-lan, shih (municipality) and seat of I-lan hsien (county), northeastern Taiwan, the centre of the only sizable alluvial basin on the island’s mountainous eastern coast. The basin itself was largely formed as the delta of the Cho-Shui River and is about 30 miles (50 km) from north to south. I-lan

  • I-lan River (river, Taiwan)

    I-lan: In the northeast, the I-lan River has formed a fertile triangular basin where paddy rice, sugarcane, peanuts (groundnuts), and sweet potatoes are grown. Sulfur, manganese, mica, copper, talc, marble, and iron ore are worked or mined. The major industries include rice, sugar, and sawmilling; fish processing; and fertilizer, cement,…

  • I-language (linguistics)

    Noam Chomsky: Rule systems in Chomskyan theories of language: …what Chomsky calls an ā€œI-languageā€ā€”ā€œIā€ for internal, individual, and intensional (that is, described by a grammar). But they also speak to other desiderata of a natural science: they are much simpler, and they are much more easily accommodated to another science, namely biology.

  • I-li (Chinese ritual text)

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    Ili River, river in western Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China, and southeastern Kazakhstan. It is 870 miles (1,400 km) long and drains the basin between the Tien Shan range to the south and the Borohoro (Poluokenu) Mountains to the north. Both ranges are extremely high. The drainage basin

  • i-Limb (prosthetic device)

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  • I-lou (people)

    Manchu: …it is evident that the Yilou, the Tungus ancestors of the Manchu, were essentially hunters, fishers, and food gatherers, though in later times they and their descendants, the Juchen and Manchu, developed a primitive form of agriculture and animal husbandry. The Juchen-Manchu were accustomed to braid their hair into a…

  • I-n-Salah (Algeria)

    I-n-Salah, oasis town, central Algeria, in the Sahara on the southern edge of the arid TademaĆÆt Plateau. At the crossing of ancient trans-Saharan caravan routes, it was once an important trade link between northern and central Africa but has declined in modern times owing to high transportation

  • I-ning (China)

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  • I-pin (China)

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  • I-Thou (philosophical doctrine)

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  • I-type granite (geology)

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  • I-type granitoid (geology)

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  • I-voting (politics)

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