post-and-lintel system, in building construction, a system in which two upright members, the posts, hold up a third member, the lintel, laid horizontally across their top surfaces. All structural openings have evolved from this system, which is seen in pure form only in colonnades and in framed

cottonseed: Linters, the short cellulose fibres left on the seed after the staple cotton is removed by ginning, are used to make coarse yarns and many cellulose products. The hulls, or outer seed coverings, are used in ruminant animal feed as roughage.

Linth River, river, a tributary of the Aare River in northern Switzerland. It begins its 87-mile (140-km) course 4 miles (6 km) south of Linthal at the junction of its two headstreams, which are fed by Alpine glaciers. Flowing northward, the river has eroded a deep bed that forms the Linth Valley

Delray Beach, city, Palm Beach county, southeastern Florida, U.S. It lies along the Atlantic Ocean about 20 miles (30 km) south of West Palm Beach. Settlers from Michigan arrived in 1894 and began farming. Soon after, Japanese settlers arrived and founded the Yamato Colony, where they grew

The Linton family is a group of fictional characters in English author Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights (1847). They are the neighbors of the Earnshaw family, who live in the remote Yorkshire estate that gives the book its title. The Lintons’ estate is called Thrushcross Grange. The family

Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist who had a marked influence on the development of cultural anthropology. As an undergraduate at Swarthmore College, Philadelphia, Linton pursued archaeological interests, taking part in expeditions to New Mexico, Colorado, and Guatemala (1912 and 1913).

William James Linton was a wood engraver, author, and active member of the British working-class movement called Chartism. From an early age Linton contributed engravings to the Royal Academy summer exhibitions and to books and periodicals. An ardent republican, Linton was politically active in the

history of publishing: England: …Alexander Pope, among others; and Barnaby Bernard Lintot, who also published Pope, paying him some £5,300 in all for his verse translation of the Iliad. Charles Rivington began publishing in 1711, and Longmans, Green & Co. was begun in 1724 by Thomas Longman when he bought the business of William…

Linaceae: The genus Linum includes flax, perhaps the most important member of the family, grown for linen fibre and linseed oil and as a garden ornamental. Reinwardtia species are primarily low shrubs, grown in greenhouses and outdoors in warm climates; R. indica, the yellow flax, is notable for…

community ecology: Gene-for-gene coevolution: …best-studied example is that of wild flax (Linum marginale) and flax rust (Melampsora lini) in Australia. Local populations of flax plants and flax rust harbour multiple matching genes for resistance and avirulence. The number of genes and their frequency within local populations fluctuate greatly over time as coevolution continues. In…

flax, (Linum usitatissimum), flowering plant cultivated both for its fiber, from which linen yarn and fabric are made, and for its nutritious seeds, called flaxseed or linseed, from which linseed oil is obtained. Though flax has lost some of its value as a commercial fiber crop owing to the

Peanuts: …sister to his blanket-toting friend Linus, offered psychiatric advice and presented a steely exterior, but she could not resist observing that “happiness is a warm puppy.” Snoopy, Charlie Brown’s beagle, made pithy observations and spent his time engaging in imagined aerial battles with a German World War I flying ace,…

Linus, in Greek mythology, the personification of lamentation; the name derives from the ritual cry ailinon, the refrain of a dirge. Two principal stories, associated with Argos and Thebes, respectively, arose to explain the origin of the lament. According to the Argive story, recounted by the

St. Linus ; feast day September 23) was the pope from about 67 to 76 or 79, who may have been the immediate successor to St. Peter. St. Irenaeus identified him with the Linus mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:21 and wrote that “the blessed Apostles passed on the sacred ministry of the episcopacy to Linus.”

Linux, computer operating system created in the early 1990s by Finnish software engineer Linus Torvalds and the Free Software Foundation (FSF). While still a student at the University of Helsinki, Torvalds started developing Linux to create a system similar to MINIX, a UNIX operating system. In

Linus Torvalds: …Standards Group to form the Linux Foundation. In 2012 Torvalds was awarded the Millennium Technology Prize by the foundation Technology Academy Finland.

sheet-web weaver, (family Linyphiidae), family of nearly 5,000 species of rather common small spiders. Most are less than 6 mm (0.25 inch) in length and are seldom seen. Their webs are flat and sheetlike and dome- or cup-shaped. The spider is usually found on the lower side of the web and often

Linz, city, capital of Bundesland (federal state) Oberösterreich (Upper Austria), north-central Austria. Linz lies along the Danube River 100 miles (160 km) west of Vienna. It originated as the Roman fortress of Lentia and became an important medieval trading centre. By the 13th century it had all

Linz program, expression of German nationalist radicalism within Austria-Hungary, named after its town of origin in Upper Austria (Oberösterreich). It was drafted in 1882 by the extreme nationalist Georg Ritter von Schönerer and subsequently by Victor Adler, Engelbert Pernerstorfer, Robert Pattai,

Juan Linz was a Spanish American political scientist who was especially known for his examination of democratic and authoritarian governments. Linz was born in Germany to Spanish parents. He obtained a law degree from the University of Madrid and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He taught in Spain

Juan Linz was a Spanish American political scientist who was especially known for his examination of democratic and authoritarian governments. Linz was born in Germany to Spanish parents. He obtained a law degree from the University of Madrid and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He taught in Spain

Austria: Manufacturing: …the basic oxygen process, or LD process, originally named for the cities of Linz and Donawitz (the latter now part of Leoben); it is used under license by steelworks throughout the world. A considerable portion of Austria’s iron and steel industry is involved with construction abroad. Iron and steel firms…

Linzi, former town, central Shandong sheng (province), eastern China. Since 1955 it has been a part of the city of Zibo, becoming a district of that city in 1969. Linzi district is situated on the west bank of the Zi River, a tributary of the Xiaoqing River, some 19 miles (30 km) east of Zhangdian

Christianity: Papal mission: From England he recruited Lioba (died 782) and entrusted her with developing Benedictine monasteries for women. Despite her outstanding and unique achievements, the movement ended with her death, and Roman Catholic women reentered mission service only in the 19th century. But the Christian wives of pagan kings, who led…

scorpion: Annotated classification: Family Liochelidae (rock scorpions) 56 species absent from North America; formerly called Ischnuridae. Family Iuridae 21 species found in arid regions of the Americas as well as Turkey and Greece. Female reproductive system includes an ovariuterus, with yolk-poor ova developing within. Hadrurus the largest in the…

animal behaviour: Behavioral genetics: …the calling behaviour that male crickets (Gryllus integer) use to attract females has been measured. In any one population, some males chirp away for many hours each night, others call for just a few hours, and still others almost never call. The heritability of calling duration for one Canadian population…

lithium: Chemical properties: Lithium hydroxide (LiOH), commonly obtained by the reaction of lithium carbonate with lime, is used in making lithium salts (soaps) of stearic and other fatty acids; these soaps are widely used as thickeners in lubricating greases. Lithium hydroxide is also used as an additive in…

lizard: Thermoregulation: For example, Liolaemus multiformis, a small lizard that lives high in the Andes, has the ability to raise its body temperature to 35 °C (95 °F) while air temperatures are at 10 °C (50 °F) or lower.

Italian literature: Popular literature and romances: …Gherardino, Donna del Vergiù, and Liombruno were written in a popular style combining irony and common sense.

pocket mouse: Natural history: The five species of spiny pocket mice (genus Liomys) are found in extreme southern Texas, but they live mostly in Mexico southward to Panama in semiarid brushy and rocky habitats. These pocket mice weigh 34 to 50 grams and have a body length of 10 to 14 cm and…

Mithraism: Worship, practices, and institutions: Bridegroom; miles, Soldier; leo, Lion; Perses, Persian; heliodromus, Courier of (and to) the Sun; pater, Father. To each rank belonged a particular mask (Raven, Persian, Lion) or dress (Bridegroom). The rising of the Mithraist in grade prefigured the ascent of the soul after death. The series of the…

The Bear, novelette by William Faulkner, early versions of which first appeared as “Lion” in Harper’s Magazine of December 1935 and as “The Bear” in The Saturday Evening Post in 1942 before it was published that same year as one of the seven chapters in the novel Go Down, Moses. Critical

lion, (Panthera leo), large, powerfully built cat (family Felidae) that is second in size only to the tiger; it is a famous apex predator (meaning without a natural predator or enemy). The proverbial “king of beasts,” the lion has been one of the best-known wild animals since earliest times. Lions

Leo, in astronomy, zodiacal constellation lying in the northern sky between Cancer and Virgo, at about 10 hours 30 minutes right ascension and 15° north declination. Regulus (Latin for “little king”; also called Alpha Leonis), the brightest star, is of magnitude 1.35. The November meteor shower

Nicole Kidman: Resurgence: …from 2016 included the biopic Lion, about an Indian boy (played by Dev Patel) who becomes separated from his family, is adopted by an Australian couple, and later, as an adult, searches for his lost relatives. The drama received critical acclaim, and Kidman earned her fourth Oscar nomination. Kidman was…

Gregory Maguire: …Son of a Witch (2005), A Lion Among Men (2008), and Out of Oz (2011), the final book in the Wicked Years series. His later books include After Alice (2015), which was inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker (2017);…

Why Are Iranian Protesters Using the Prerevolution Lion and Sun Flag?: …commonly referred to as the Lion and Sun, or the prerevolution or pre-1979 flag, is being used as a symbol of resistance to the country’s current government.

Wole Soyinka: Notable plays: …of pompous, Westernized schoolteachers in The Lion and the Jewel (first performed in Ibadan, 1959; published 1963) and mocking the clever preachers of upstart prayer-churches who grow fat on the credulity of their parishioners in The Trials of Brother Jero (performed 1960; published 1963) and Jero’s Metamorphosis (1973). But his…

Catherine Bowen: …Elizabethan jurist Sir Edward Coke, The Lion and The Throne (1957), won her the National Book Award in 1958. Her many other books include Beloved Friend (1937), about the relationship of Tchaikovsky and Nadezhda von Meck; Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family (1944); John Adams and the American…

George Orwell: From The Road to Wigan Pier to World War II: …of books about England (notably The Lion and the Unicorn, 1941) that combined patriotic sentiment with the advocacy of a libertarian, decentralist socialism very much unlike that practiced by the British Labour Party.

Harry Mark Petrakis: …usually set in Chicago, included Lion at My Heart (1959); The Odyssey of Kostas Volakis (1963); A Dream of Kings (1966) and its sequel, Ghost of the Sun (1990); The Hour of the Bell (1976) and its sequel, The Shepherds of Shadows (2008); Nick the Greek (1979); Days of Vengeance…

Singapore, city, capital of the Republic of Singapore. It occupies the southern part of Singapore Island. Its strategic position on the strait between the Indian Ocean and South China Sea, complemented by its deepwater harbour, has made it the largest port in Southeast Asia and one of the world’s

West Palm Beach: To the west is Lion Country Safari, a 500-acre (200-hectare) preserve where African animals roam freely amid surroundings similar to their native habitats. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, in the northern Everglades, is about 15 miles (25 km) southwest of the city. Inc. 1894. Pop. (2000) 82,103; West Palm Beach–Boca…

Japanese music: Biwa, vocal, and folk music: Lion dance (shishi mai) ensembles often use a trio consisting of a bamboo flutist, a gong player, and a drummer who plays a taiko and a small odeko barrel drum. Cymbals (chappa) and samisen may appear in other folk pantomimes or dances. The most common…

Antoine-Louis Barye: …a second prize for his Lion Devouring a Gavial. He withdrew from exhibiting in the Salon in the 1830s after a celebrated small-scale project was rejected as goldsmithery (i.e., not “high art”), but he returned in 1850, to great acclaim.

Pekingese, breed of toy dog developed in ancient China, where it was held sacred and kept as a palace dog by members of the imperial family. It was introduced to the West by English forces that looted the Imperial Palace at Peking (Beijing) in 1860. The Pekingese has been known, both in the East

Jean-Pierre Léaud: …est mort ce soir (2017; The Lion Sleeps Tonight).

zoo: Design and architecture: …modern zoo parks, sometimes called safari parks or lion farms, the animals are confined in very large paddocks through which visitors drive in their cars. While this practice is based on that observed in African nature reserves, it can prove dangerous when the density of traffic is high and when…

lionfish, (Pterois), any of several species of showy Indo-Pacific fishes of the scorpion fish family, Scorpaenidae (order Scorpaeniformes). Lionfish are noted for their venomous fin spines, which are capable of producing painful, though rarely fatal, puncture wounds. The fishes have enlarged

According to legend, Prince Vijaya, founder of Sri Lanka, arrived in the 5th century bc from Sinhapura (“Lion City”) in India. Since that time the Lion Flag has been the chief flag of the island’s Sinhalese majority, except in those years when Sri Lanka was conquered by foreign invaders. Britain

Western architecture: Fortification: …Tiryns and the strategically placed Lion Gate at Mycenae were constructed in this period. The latter consists of two colossal doorjambs that support a monolithic lintel. The wall above the gate is constructed to form a relieving triangle over the lintel, and this space is blocked with the famous relief…

Smarty Jones: …catch up to the pacemaker, Lion Heart, and ultimately pulled ahead and won by two and three-quarters lengths.

number game: The lion in the well: …on for the 64 squares? This is typical of many problems dealing with the time required to cover a certain distance at a constant rate while at the same time progress is hindered by a constant retrograde motion. There is a lion in a well…

The Lion in Winter, British dramatic film, released in 1968, that is noted for its brilliant, biting dialogue and the stellar performances of Katharine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole as Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II, respectively. Based on a Broadway play, the witty film drama recounts the troubled

Raoul Walsh: Last films: …thinly disguised Huey Long drama A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) did not deliver on its promise, it offered mesmerizing performances by Cagney as the demagogue and Anne Francis as the temptress Flamingo McManamee. Gun Fury (also 1953) was originally shot in 3-D, but even without that novelty, its…

Ladysmith Black Mambazo: …the Beloved Country (1995), and The Lion King II (1998). Ladysmith Black Mambazo performed in Steppenwolf Theater Company of Chicago’s staging of The Song of Jacob Zulu, a play about the apartheid era in South Africa. The production premiered in Chicago in 1992, opened on Broadway in 1993, and was…

Beyoncé: Acting career and soundtracks: …the 2019 remake of Disney’s The Lion King, Beyoncé voiced the character of Nala and performed several songs on the soundtrack, including “Spirit,” an original song she cowrote, and a rendition of “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.” She also concurrently released an album inspired by the movie, The Lion…

Matthew Broderick: Roles from the late 1980s and early ’90s and marriage to Sarah Jessica Parker: …in Disney’s popular animated feature The Lion King (1994), starring alongside Jim Carrey in the dark comedy The Cable Guy (1996), and opposite Meg Ryan in the rom-com Addicted to Love (1997). He also played Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman in Infinity (1996), for which his mother cowrote the

The Lion King, award-winning stage musical directed by Julie Taymor and adapted from the 1994 Disney animated film of the same name. The enormously popular, visually stunning musical is known for its inventive use of African- and Asian-inspired masks and beautiful, larger-than-life puppets that are

Beyoncé: Acting career and soundtracks: …album inspired by the movie, The Lion King: The Gift. Songs from that record were later featured in the visual album Black Is King (2020), which aired on the streaming service Disney+. For the single “Black Parade,” Beyoncé earned the Grammy for best R&B performance in 2021. That year she…

Milid, ancient city near the upper Euphrates River in east-central Turkey, 4 miles (6.5 km) northeast of the town of Malatya. The site was first inhabited in the 4th millennium bc and later became an important city of the Hittites until the dissolution of their empire early in the 12th century bc.

Sigiriya, site in central Sri Lanka consisting of the ruins of an ancient stronghold that was built in the late 5th century ce on a remarkable monolithic rock pillar. The rock, which is so steep that its top overhangs the sides, rises to an elevation of 1,144 feet (349 metres) above sea level and

Desmond Haynes is a West Indian cricketer considered one of the greatest opening batsmen in the history of the game. Haynes played in 116 Test matches and 238 one-day internationals, scoring more than 16,000 runs in both formats combined. Haynes had a brilliant record in both the Test

Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi: …among monumental projects is the Lion of Belfort (completed 1880), which is carved out of the red sandstone of a hill that towers over the city of Belfort in eastern France. Once a macabre collective tomb for the National Guard of Colmar (1872), this is the best known of Bartholdi’s…

Lion of Fo, in Chinese art, stylized figure of a snarling lion. Its original significance was as a guardian presence in a Buddhist temple. Lions of Fo are often created in pairs, with the male playing with a ball and the female with a cub. They occur in many types of Chinese pottery and in Western

Hendrik Conscience: …De leeuw van Vlaanderen (1838; The Lion of Flanders), the passionate epic of the revolt of the Flemish towns against France and the victory of the Flemish militia at the Battle of the Golden Spurs (1302), he not only created the Flemish novel but wrote an outstanding historical novel in…

Lion of Fo, in Chinese art, stylized figure of a snarling lion. Its original significance was as a guardian presence in a Buddhist temple. Lions of Fo are often created in pairs, with the male playing with a ball and the female with a cub. They occur in many types of Chinese pottery and in Western

Ali Paşa Tepelenë was an Albanian brigand who, by murder and intrigue, became pasha, or provincial governor, of Janina from 1788. He extended his capricious rule within the Ottoman Empire over much of Albania and Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, and the Morea. His father, Veli, bey of Tepelenë, died a

Lucerne: …landmarks are Bertel Thorvaldsen’s “Lion of Lucerne” monument (1819–21), in memory of the Swiss guards slain while defending the Tuileries in Paris in 1792; the Glacier Garden, a relic of the Ice Age excavated in 1872–75; and the comprehensive Swiss Transport Museum (1959). On the left bank are the…

Emiliano Chamorro Vargas was a prominent diplomat and politician, president of Nicaragua (1917–21). Born to a distinguished Nicaraguan family, Chamorro early became an opponent of the regime of José Santos Zelaya. From 1893 on, Chamorro organized and was active in many of the revolts against this

Cipriano Castro was a Venezuelan soldier and dictator, called the Lion of the Andes, who was the first man from the mountains to rule a nation that until the 20th century had been dominated by plainsmen and city dwellers from Caracas. He ruled for nine remarkably corrupt years (1899–1908),

Ranjit Singh was the founder and maharaja (1801–39) of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab. Ranjit Singh was the first Indian in a millennium to turn the tide of invasion back into the homelands of the traditional conquerors of India, the Pashtuns (Afghans), and he thus became known as the Lion of the

James Kirke Paulding: His popular play, The Lion of the West (first performed 1831; first published 1954), introduced frontier humour to the stage by depicting a character resembling Davy Crockett and helped during the 1830s to contribute to the growing legend of Crockett. His Life of Washington (1835) illustrates Paulding’s Americanism.…

Sigiriya, site in central Sri Lanka consisting of the ruins of an ancient stronghold that was built in the late 5th century ce on a remarkable monolithic rock pillar. The rock, which is so steep that its top overhangs the sides, rises to an elevation of 1,144 feet (349 metres) above sea level and

Jean-Pierre Léaud: …est mort ce soir (2017; The Lion Sleeps Tonight).

marmoset: Lion tamarins (genus Leontopithecus) are named for their thick manes, and all four species are classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. The black-faced lion tamarin (L. caissara), which was first discovered in 1990, is classified as a…

Lamiaceae: Major genera and species: …of the African genus Leonotis, klip dagga, or lion’s ear (L. nepetifolia), is naturalized throughout the tropics; it has red-orange globe clusters of profuse flowers at the top of the 1- to 2-metre plants. See also Coleus; Mentha; Monarda.

children’s literature: The 20th century: …his now-classic comic animal tale Les Lunettes du lion won immediate success (Eng. trans., The Lion’s Eyeglasses, 1969). On a high literary level, not accessible to all children, was Le Petit Prince (1943, both French and English, The Little Prince) by the famous aviator-author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The very vagueness…

Jerusalem: Architecture: …gates to the north, the St. Stephen’s (or Lion’s) Gate to the east, the Dung and Zion gates to the south, and the Jaffa Gate to the west. An eighth gate, the Golden Gate, to the east, remains sealed, however, for it is through this portal that Jewish legend states…

Cape Town: The city site: …by the ridges known as Lion’s Head and Lion’s Rump (later called Signal Hill), on the north by Table Bay, on the south by Devil’s Peak, and on the east by marshlands and the sandy Cape Flats beyond. The nearest tillable land was on the lower eastern slopes of Devil’s…

lion’s mane jellyfish, (Cyanea capillata), marine jellyfish of the class Scyphozoa (phylum Cnidaria) found in the waters of the colder oceans of the Northern Hemisphere. Some populations, however, occur as far south as the Gulf of Mexico. It is the largest known jellyfish in the world. The body of

lion’s mane mushroom, (Hericium erinaceus), edible mushroom with medicinal properties that belongs to the order Russulales and the family Hericiaceae. It is widely found in the wild in the Northern Hemisphere, where the species prefers to grow on older beech and oak trees in temperate forests. This

arak, triple-distilled alcoholic beverage traditionally made in the Levant region from white grapes of the Obaideh (Obeidy) or Merwah varieties and anise seeds. It belongs to a class of anise-flavored liquors known as anisettes, which also includes ouzo, raki, and sambuca. Ingredients such as

Cape Town: The city site: … and Lion’s Rump (later called Signal Hill), on the north by Table Bay, on the south by Devil’s Peak, and on the east by marshlands and the sandy Cape Flats beyond. The nearest tillable land was on the lower eastern slopes of Devil’s Peak and Table Mountain and, farther to…

Adolfo Aristarain: …La parte del león (1978; The Lion’s Share). This was the first of a series of films that came to be known as Aristarain’s “thriller trilogy,” filmed during Argentina’s military dictatorship. These films earned him the respect of the critics and a growing audience.

Gulf of Lion, gulf of the Mediterranean Sea, extending along the coast of southern France from the Spanish border (west) to Toulon (east). The gulf receives the Tech, Têt, Aude, Orb, Hérault, Vidourle, and Petit and Grand Rhône rivers. When cold-air masses flow past the Alps and sweep southward

Gulf of Lion, gulf of the Mediterranean Sea, extending along the coast of southern France from the Spanish border (west) to Toulon (east). The gulf receives the Tech, Têt, Aude, Orb, Hérault, Vidourle, and Petit and Grand Rhône rivers. When cold-air masses flow past the Alps and sweep southward

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, fantasy novel for children by C.S. Lewis, published in 1950. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy have been sent to a house in the English countryside during World War II to avoid the air raids. The house is owned by the bewhiskered Professor, who allows them to

macaque: Species: Liontail macaques, or wanderoos (M. silenus), are black with gray ruffs and tufted tails; an endangered species, they are found only in a small area of southern India. Closely related to liontails are the pigtail macaques (M. nemestrina), which carry their short tails curved over…

circus: Wild animal acts: …first man to stick his head into a lion’s mouth, who in 1838 took his act to England and so fascinated the young Queen Victoria that she commissioned the artist Sir Edwin Landseer to paint a portrait of the brawny American with his “big cats.” In addition to exhibiting at…

Nicole Kidman: Later work: Kidman returned to television with Lioness (2023– ) and the miniseries The Perfect Couple (2024). In the mystery-drama, which was adapted from the book by Elin Hilderbrand, she was cast as a mother planning her son’s lavish wedding until one of the guests dies. Her other credits from 2024 include…

Trois Frères: …small chamber, known as the Chapel of the Lioness, that contains a large engraving of a lioness on a natural “altar,” with numerous special objects (animal teeth, shells, flint tools) carefully placed in crevices below it and around the walls. These are most plausibly seen as votive objects.

Amy Winehouse: Posthumous releases and legacy: …followed later that year by Lioness: Hidden Treasures, a collection that included previously unreleased original songs, covers, and demos. The collection reached number five on the Billboard 200 chart. The 2015 film Amy chronicled her career through the use of documentary footage and interviews with her colleagues and intimates. It…

lionfish, (Pterois), any of several species of showy Indo-Pacific fishes of the scorpion fish family, Scorpaenidae (order Scorpaeniformes). Lionfish are noted for their venomous fin spines, which are capable of producing painful, though rarely fatal, puncture wounds. The fishes have enlarged

Franklin J. Schaffner: Lionheart (1987), an offbeat Crusades adventure with Eric Stolz and Gabriel Byrne, was given only a limited release, and moviegoers largely ignored Welcome Home (1989), a drama about a soldier (Kris Kristofferson) who is mistakenly thought to have been killed during the Vietnam War. Schaffner…

Kate Bush: The Kick Inside and Lionheart: …early success with another album, Lionheart (1978), after which she embarked on a European tour. The performance schedule exhausted Bush, however, and she subsequently focused primarily on recording.

Hugues de Lionne was the French secretary of state for foreign affairs from 1663 to 1671 who laid the diplomatic groundwork that enabled King Louis XIV to initiate wars of conquest against the Spanish (War of Devolution, 1667–68) and the Dutch (1672–78). Born into the lower nobility, Lionne was the

Christopher Isherwood: In 1938 Isherwood published Lions and Shadows, an amusing and sensitive account of his early life and friendships while a student at the University of Cambridge.

International Association of Lions Clubs, civilian service organization established by a Chicago insurance broker, Melvin Jones, in Dallas, Texas, in 1917 to foster a spirit of “generous consideration” among peoples of the world and to promote good government, good citizenship, and an active

Robert Redford: Directing: Ordinary People and A River Runs Through It: …of Bagger Vance (2000), and Lions for Lambs (2007) garnered lukewarm reviews, but Ordinary People, A River Runs Through It (1992), and Quiz Show (1994) are regarded as minor masterpieces. The latter film, which dramatized a 1950s quiz-show scandal, earned four Oscar nominations, including best picture and best director.