horse racing: Match races: …horses, the owners providing the purse, a simple wager. An owner who withdrew commonly forfeited half the purse, later the whole purse, and bets also came under the same “play or pay” rule. Agreements were recorded by disinterested third parties, who came to be called keepers of the match book.…

fiscus, the Roman emperor’s treasury (where money was stored in baskets), as opposed to the public treasury (aerarium). It drew money primarily from revenues of the imperial provinces, forfeited property, and the produce of unclaimed lands. Vespasian created the fiscus Alexandrinus and fiscus

commercial fishing: Purse seines and lamparas: …nets and the more modern purse seines. Both are typical gear for pelagic fish schooling in large and dense shoals. When these nets are used, a shoal of fish is first surrounded with a curtain or wall of netting that is buoyed at the surface and weighted at the bottom.…

commercial fishing: Purse seiners: In purse seining, the fish shoal is surrounded by the net, which has a rope that seals the bottom of the net to trap the fish. Small fish may be pumped out of the net, or the net can be hauled on board…

purseweb spider, (family Atypidae), family of about 50 species and three genera of stout-bodied burrowing spiders. They are named for their webs, which are long tubes that protrude from their burrows in the shape of an old-fashioned pull-string purse or a stocking. Purseweb spiders inhabit damp

purseweb spider, (family Atypidae), family of about 50 species and three genera of stout-bodied burrowing spiders. They are named for their webs, which are long tubes that protrude from their burrows in the shape of an old-fashioned pull-string purse or a stocking. Purseweb spiders inhabit damp

purslane, any of certain small, fleshy annual plants of the genus Portulaca (40–100 species), of the family Portulacaceae. The plants have prostrate, often reddish stems, with spoon-shaped leaves and flowers that open in the sunlight. The common purslane (P. oleracea), or pusley, is a widespread

Portulacaceae, the purslane family of flowering plants, in the order Caryophyllales, with about 15 genera and 500 species of herbs or small shrubs, native primarily to the Pacific coast of North America and southern South America. Members of the family have leaves that often are fleshy and

purslane: The purslane tree (Portulacaria afra), native to South Africa, is a fleshy-leaved, soft-wooded tree up to 4 metres (13 feet) high. It is grown in California as a specimen plant for its succulent habit and its tiny pink flowers that grow in clusters; it is also…

Raoul Walsh: At Warner Brothers: The Roaring Twenties, High Sierra, and White Heat: Pursued (1947) was Walsh’s first western in many years, and it was a good one, with new star Robert Mitchum as an orphan haunted by disturbing dreams about his family’s murder. Cheyenne (1947) was a less-adventurous western with Dennis Morgan and Jane Wyman. Silver River…

Robert Mulligan: In 1971 Mulligan directed The Pursuit of Happiness, a drama about an alienated young man (Michael Sarrazin) who accidentally kills a woman with his car and accepts a prison sentence rather than prove it was an accident. The film drew criticism for its seemingly illogical turns, and it failed…

Chris Gardner: Memoir, film adaptation, and later career: …into a film of the same name released that year, with Will Smith portraying Gardner and Smith’s son, Jaden, playing young Christopher. The next year Smith received an Academy Award nomination for best actor for the role.

Chris Gardner: Memoir, film adaptation, and later career: …and path into finance in The Pursuit of Happyness, published in 2006. The memoir became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted into a film of the same name released that year, with Will Smith portraying Gardner and Smith’s son, Jaden, playing young Christopher. The next year Smith received…

Lily James: Pam & Tommy and other roles from the 2020s: …Linda Radlett in the miniseries The Pursuit of Love (2021), based on Nancy Mitford’s novel of the same name. In 2022 James starred as Pamela Anderson in the hit Hulu miniseries Pam & Tommy, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding lead actress in a limited…

The Pursuit of Love, novel written by the English author Nancy Mitford (1904–1973), published in 1945. The Pursuit of Love and its sequel, Love in a Cold Climate, are thinly disguised autobiographical novels based on Mitford’s life and her outlandish upper-class family. The narrator is sensible,

Johann Klaj: …the Fortsetzung der Pegnitzschäferey (1645; The Pursuit of Pegnitz’s Meadows). He also specialized in religious oratorios and mystery plays, such as Die Auferstehung Jesu Christi (1644; The Resurrection of Jesus Christ), Freudengedicht auf die Geburt Christi (1645; Joyful Verses on the Birth of Christ), Trauerspiel vom leidenden Christus (1645; The…

pursuit racing, in bicycle racing, an event in which teams or individuals start on opposite sides of an oval track with the goal of overtaking the opponents. Because it is unusual, in skilled competition, for one individual or team to overtake the opposition, the winner is declared to be the one

psychomotor learning: Devices and tasks: The multidimensional pursuitmeter requires the learner to scan four dials and to keep the indicators steady by making corrections with four controls (similar to those found in an airplane cockpit). On a rotary pursuitmeter the learner must hold a flexible stylus in continuous electrical contact with a…

Kilimanjaro: …Meyer and the Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller. The Kilimanjaro region is one of Tanzania’s leading producers of mild coffee, barley, wheat, and sugar; other crops include sisal, corn (maize), beans, bananas, wattle bark (Acacia), cotton, pyrethrum, and potatoes. The region is populated by the Chaga (Chagga), Pare, Kahe, and Mbugu…

Puruhá, Ecuadorian Indians of the Andean highlands at the time of the Spanish conquest. Although the highlands are still inhabited by persons of Indian descent, their linguistic, cultural, and tribal identity has been lost, so that there is no longer an identifiable Puruhá people. The Puruhá

Purulia, city, west-central West Bengal state, northeastern India. It lies just north of the Kasai River The city is a major road and rail junction and the region’s major agricultural distribution centre. Oilseed milling, silk and cotton weaving, cane work, and shellac manufacture are the major

Purus River, river that rises in several headwaters in southern Ucayali department, Peru. It flows in a generally northeasterly direction through the rainforests of Peru and Acre state, Brazil. Entering Amazonas state, Brazil, the Purus meanders sluggishly northward, eastward, and northeastward to

nature worship: Heaven and earth deities as partners: >Purusha, an androgynous primal human, who separated through a primordial self-sacrifice into man and woman and from whom the world was created with all its contrasts. Another such creation myth is the cosmic egg, which was separated into the male sky and the female earth.

purusha, in Indian philosophy, and particularly in the dualistic system (darshan) of Samkhya, the eternal, authentic spirit. In Samkhya and also in Yoga, purusha (male) is opposed to prakriti (female), the basic matter constituting the phenomenal universe, as the two ontological realities. All

Peshawar, city, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northern Pakistan. The city lies just west of the Bara River, a tributary of the Kabul River, near the Khyber Pass. The Shahji-ki Dheri mounds, situated to the east, cover ruins of the largest Buddhist stupa in the subcontinent (2nd century

purusha, in Indian philosophy, and particularly in the dualistic system (darshan) of Samkhya, the eternal, authentic spirit. In Samkhya and also in Yoga, purusha (male) is opposed to prakriti (female), the basic matter constituting the phenomenal universe, as the two ontological realities. All

nature worship: Heaven and earth deities as partners: >Purusha, an androgynous primal human, who separated through a primordial self-sacrifice into man and woman and from whom the world was created with all its contrasts. Another such creation myth is the cosmic egg, which was separated into the male sky and the female earth.

Hinduism: Cosmogony and cosmology: …of the Cosmic Man” (Purushasukta) explains that the universe was created out of the parts of the body of a single cosmic man (Purusha) when his body was offered at the primordial sacrifice. The four classes (varnas) of Indian society also came from his body: the priest (Brahman) emerging…

Anatolia: Middle Bronze Age: …as Acemhöyük (probably the ancient Purushkhanda) and Hattusas (site of the later Hittite capital), which, together with a number of other cities in central Anatolia, were also violently destroyed. It is not clear who was responsible for the destruction. The Middle Bronze Age sites of western Anatolia were largely unaffected…

Indian philosophy: Vallabha: …which is commented upon by Purushottama in his Bhashya-prakasha (“Lights on the Commentary”). His philosophy is called pure nondualism—“pure” meaning “undefiled by maya.” His religious sect is known as the Rudra-sampradaya of Vaishnavism and also Pushtimarga, or the path of grace. Brahman, or Shri Krishna (the incarnation of Vishnu), is…

Gujarati literature: …Narasimha Mahata (or Mehta) and Bhalana (or Purushottama Maharaja). The latter cast the 10th book of the Bhagavata-purana into short lyrics.

Mimamsa, one of the six systems (darshans) of Indian philosophy. Mimamsa, probably the earliest of the six, is fundamental to Vedanta, another of the six systems, and has deeply influenced the formulation of Hindu law (see Indian law). The aim of Mimamsa is to give rules for the interpretation of

Indian philosophy: The prelogical period: …Buddhism; these works are the Mimamsa-sutras of Jaimini and the Vedanta-sutras of Badarayana (c. 500–200 bce).

Purvanchal, mountain ranges in eastern India. They extend over an area of about 37,900 square miles (98,000 square km) in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and eastern Assam states. The Patkai and other associated mountain ranges (including the Mishmi, Naga, Manipur, Tripura,

English literature: Religious prose: …the Bible to Wycliffe’s disciple John Purvey, but there are no firm grounds for these attributions. The Lollard Bible, which exists in a crude early form and in a more impressive later version (supposedly Purvey’s work), was widely read in spite of being under doctrinal suspicion. It later influenced William…

purveyance, in English history, the prerogative of the sovereign to compel the sale of goods at a reduced price to maintain himself and his household as they traveled through the country. It was a constant source of grievance from the European Middle Ages into the 17th century. King’s officers

Edna Purviance was an American movie actress of the silent film era, who played opposite Charlie Chaplin in more than 30 films, including such classic short works as The Tramp (1915), Easy Street (1917), and The Immigrant (1917). She also starred with Chaplin in the feature-length film The Kid

Edna Purviance was an American movie actress of the silent film era, who played opposite Charlie Chaplin in more than 30 films, including such classic short works as The Tramp (1915), Easy Street (1917), and The Immigrant (1917). She also starred with Chaplin in the feature-length film The Kid

Martin Puryear is an American sculptor whose streamlined and evocative sculptures made from materials such as wood and wire are associated with Postminimalism. Puryear grew up in Washington, D.C., and there attended Catholic University of America (B.A., 1963). After graduating, he joined the Peace

pus, thick, opaque, usually yellowish white fluid matter formed in association with inflammation caused by the invasion of the body by infective microorganisms (such as bacteria). It is composed of degenerating white blood cells (leukocytes), tissue debris, and living or dead microorganisms. See

Pusa, community development block, north-central Bihar state, northeastern India. It is located just west of the Burhi (“Old”) Gandak River (parallel to the Gandak River), a short distance northwest of Samastipur. In the late 18th century the estate site was acquired by the British East India

Caspian seal, (Pusa caspica), species of small earless seals that inhabits the waters, islands, and coastal areas of the Caspian Sea. It is the only mammal that lives in the Caspian Sea, which is a saltwater lake. Adults range in length from 1.4 to 1.8 meters (4.6 to 6 feet) and weigh about 55 kg

ringed seal, (Pusa, or Phoca, hispida), nonmigratory, earless seal (family Phocidae) of North Polar seas and a few freshwater lakes in Europe and on Baffin Island. Named for the characteristic pale rings on its grayish or yellowish coat, the ringed seal grows to about 1.5 m (5 feet) in length and

Baikal seal, (Pusa sibirica), species of small earless seals that inhabits the waters and coastline areas of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. It also occurs in some of the rivers that feed the lake, such as the Angara River, which serves the city of Irkutsk. The Baikal seal is the only living seal

Busan, metropolitan city and port, South Korea, located at the southeast tip of the Korean peninsula. It is bordered to the north and west by South Gyeongsang province (do); to the south and east lies the Korea Strait. During the Goryeo dynasty (935–1392) it was named Pusanp’o (Korean pu meaning

Busan: …several colleges and universities, including Busan National University (1946), Pukyong National University (1996), Dong-A University (1947), Silla University (1954), and Korea Maritime University (1945). Busan was the venue for some of the 2002 football (soccer) World Cup championship matches. The Busan International Film Festival, first held in 1996, has become…

Busan, metropolitan city and port, South Korea, located at the southeast tip of the Korean peninsula. It is bordered to the north and west by South Gyeongsang province (do); to the south and east lies the Korea Strait. During the Goryeo dynasty (935–1392) it was named Pusanp’o (Korean pu meaning

Indonesia: Japanese occupation: …March 1943 such an organization, Putera (Pusat Tenaga Rakjat; “Centre of the People’s Power”), was inaugurated under his chairmanship. While the new organization enabled Sukarno to establish himself more clearly as the leader of the emergent country, and while it enabled him to develop more-effective lines of communication with the…

Costa Rica: Political process: …often than not, and the Social Christian Unity Party (Partido Unidad Social Cristiana; PUSC). The former, founded by the moderate socialist José Figueres Ferrer in 1948, was largely responsible for establishing the health, education, and welfare reforms for which Costa Rica is noted. The PUSC, a four-party coalition formed in…

E.B. Pusey was an English Anglican theologian, scholar, and a leader of the Oxford movement, which sought to revive in Anglicanism the High Church ideals of the later 17th-century church. In 1823 Pusey was elected to a fellowship at Oriel College, where he met the churchmen John Keble and John

E.B. Pusey was an English Anglican theologian, scholar, and a leader of the Oxford movement, which sought to revive in Anglicanism the High Church ideals of the later 17th-century church. In 1823 Pusey was elected to a fellowship at Oriel College, where he met the churchmen John Keble and John

Nathan Pusey was an American educator, president of Harvard University (1953–71), who greatly enhanced the school’s endowment and educational facilities and revitalized its teaching of the humanities. From 1971 until his retirement in 1975 he was president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Pusey

Nathan Pusey was an American educator, president of Harvard University (1953–71), who greatly enhanced the school’s endowment and educational facilities and revitalized its teaching of the humanities. From 1971 until his retirement in 1975 he was president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Pusey

Sapphire: Her 1996 novel Push, for which she was best known, tells the harrowing story of Claireece Jones, called Precious, an obese, illiterate African American teenager living in Harlem who, having been raped by her father, is both HIV-positive and the mother of two children. Styled as a journal…

Gwen Stefani: …bandmates for the 2012 album Push and Shove. Stefani’s third solo album, This Is What the Truth Feels Like, appeared in 2016, and from 2018 to 2020 she had a Las Vegas residency titled Just a Girl. During this time she also appeared as a coach on the singing competition…

motivation: ” Push motives concern internal changes that have the effect of triggering specific motive states. Pull motives represent external goals that influence one’s behaviour toward them. Most motivational situations are in reality a combination of push and pull conditions. For example, hunger, in part, may be signaled by internal…

graphic design: Postwar graphic design in the United States: …the 1954 founders of the Push Pin Studio in New York. Their work combined a fascination with the graphic simplicity and directness of comic books with a sophisticated understanding of modern art, especially of Surrealism and Cubism. The Push Pin artists’ unabashedly eclectic interest in art and design history led…

gasoline engine: Valves, pushrods, and rocker arms: Valves for controlling intake and exhaust may be located overhead, on one side, on one side and overhead, or on opposite sides of the cylinder. These are all the so-called poppet, or mushroom, valves, consisting of a stem with one end…

the Chemical Brothers: Nonetheless, Push the Button (2005) and We Are the Night (2007) earned Grammy Awards for best dance/electronic albums. Later releases included Further (2010), Don’t Think (2012), and Born in the Echoes (2015). In addition, the Chemical Brothers created the soundtrack for the 2011 thriller movie

Mississippi River: Modern commercial activity: …world record for size of tow. Its raft of 60 coal barges weighed 67,307 tons and covered an area of 6.5 acres (2.6 hectares).

canals and inland waterways: Inland waterway craft: …the power unit as a push tug. While these assemblies operate most advantageously on natural rivers, their development has justified heavy capital expenditure for enlarging lock chambers on some canalized rivers to avoid delays and increased operational costs arising from multiple lockage. In Europe, push tows normally operate with fewer…

telephone: Push-button dialing: In the 1950s, after conducting extensive studies, AT&T concluded that push-button dialing was about twice as efficient as rotary dialing. Trials had already been conducted of special telephone instruments that incorporated mechanically vibrating reeds, but in 1963 an electronic push-button system, known as…

locomotive: Traction operating methods: An alternative, known as push-pull, has a normal locomotive at one end and, at the other, a nonpowered passenger or baggage car, known as the driving or control trailer, with a driving cab at its extremity. In one direction the locomotive pulls the train; in the other, unmanned, it…

Belarus: Literature: …the poets Vladimir Dubovka and Yazep Pushcha, the novelist Kuzma Chorny, and the satirist and playwright Kandrat Krapiva. Pushcha’s literary polemics with the poet Andrey Aleksandrovich at the end of the 1920s led to tighter political control over Belarusian cultural activities. Literature in the part of Belarus that was under…

Helen Hamilton Gardener: …You, Sir, Whose Daughter? (1892), Pushed by Unseen Hands (1892), and An Unofficial Patriot (1894), a fictionalized biography of her father that was later successfully dramatized by James A. Herne as Griffith Davenport, Circuit Rider. Many of her articles on social questions were collected in Facts and Fictions of Life…

pusher lace, lace made in the 19th century at Nottingham, Eng., on the “pusher” machine, patented in 1812 by S. Clark and J. Mart. Modified by J. Synyer in 1825, the pusher machine was the first to produce a twisted patterned lace. In 1839, when combined with the Jacquard apparatus, the pusher

pusher lace: , on the “pusher” machine, patented in 1812 by S. Clark and J. Mart. Modified by J. Synyer in 1825, the pusher machine was the first to produce a twisted patterned lace. In 1839, when combined with the Jacquard apparatus, the pusher machine could copy convincingly such handmade…

Cate Blanchett: Films: Elizabeth and the Lord of the Rings series: She took supporting parts in Pushing Tin (1999), a comedy about air traffic controllers, and in the dramatic thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). As the lead character in The Gift (2000), she played a psychic whose visions involve her in the investigation of a local woman’s murder. In 2001…

Pushkar, town, central Rajasthan state, northwestern India. It lies in the Aravalli Range about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Ajmer. The town is a pilgrimage centre that contains five temples, all of modern construction because the earlier buildings were destroyed by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb

Pushkar: The principal temple and Pushkar Lake are dedicated to the god Brahma. Bathing ghats (stairways descending to the water) surround the lake, to which great sanctity is attached, and religious fairs there are attended annually by thousands of pilgrims. The Pushkar Camel Fair is one of India’s largest and…

Pushkin, suburban town and administrative raion (district) of St. Petersburg, northwestern European Russia, 14 miles (22 km) south of the city of St. Petersburg. Tsarskoye Selo grew up around one of the main summer palaces of the Russian royal family. Catherine I commissioned the palace (1717–23);

Pushkin Fine Arts Museum, collection in Moscow, Russia, of ancient and medieval art and western European painting, sculpture, and graphic arts. It was founded in the 1770s at Moscow University. Especially noteworthy are its holdings of French art from the late 19th and early 20th centuries gathered

Amber Room: …lavishly decorated chamber of the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), Russia, installed there in 1755. It was initially crafted for Prussian King Frederick I’s chamber at the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin. Symbolizing an alliance between Prussia and Russia against Sweden in 1716, the room contained ornate panels formed

Pushkin Prize, Russian literary prize established in 1881 in honour of Aleksandr Pushkin, one of Russia’s greatest writers. The prize was awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences to Russian authors who achieved the highest standard of literary excellence, as exemplified by the prize’s namesake.

Aleksandr Pushkin was a Russian poet, novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; he has often been considered his country’s greatest poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin’s father came of an old boyar family; his mother was a granddaughter of Abram Hannibal, who, according to

Aleksandr Pushkin was a Russian poet, novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; he has often been considered his country’s greatest poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin’s father came of an old boyar family; his mother was a granddaughter of Abram Hannibal, who, according to

Pushmataha was a Choctaw Indian chief whose compliance facilitated U.S. occupation of Indian land in the early 19th century. In 1805, shortly after being elected chief, he signed the Treaty of Mount Dexter, ceding much of his people’s land in Alabama and Mississippi for white occupancy. His

Pushmataha was a Choctaw Indian chief whose compliance facilitated U.S. occupation of Indian land in the early 19th century. In 1805, shortly after being elected chief, he signed the Treaty of Mount Dexter, ceding much of his people’s land in Alabama and Mississippi for white occupancy. His

Richard Quine: …films, Quine garnered attention for Pushover (1954), a film noir starring Fred MacMurray and new discovery Kim Novak, who soon became Columbia’s premier glamour girl.

List of Highest-Grossing Indian Films: …Krishnan 1,788 (about $277 million) Pushpa 2: The Rule 2024 Sukumar Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, and Fahadh Faasil 1,742 (about $206 million) Dhurandhar 2025 Aditya Dhar Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, R. Madhavan, and Sara Arjun 1,304 (about $155 million) RRR 2022 S.S. Rajamouli Ram

Rashmika Mandanna: Rise to stardom: …actresses when the action drama Pushpa: The Rise (2021) magnified her fame and thrust her into the national spotlight. Mandanna was praised for her performance as Srivalli, the love interest of the titular Pushpa (played by Allu Arjun), a laborer who rises through the ranks of a criminal organization to…

Kamal Haasan: Superstardom: …identity in the silent film Pushpaka Vimana (1987; “The Flower Chariot”). Haasan won a second National Film Award for best actor for Nayakan. He played twins, one of whom is a dwarf, in Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989; “Unique Brothers”). He was cast in a dual role again in the Telugu-language black…

graphic design: Postwar graphic design in the United States: …the 1954 founders of the Push Pin Studio in New York. Their work combined a fascination with the graphic simplicity and directness of comic books with a sophisticated understanding of modern art, especially of Surrealism and Cubism. The Push Pin artists’ unabashedly eclectic interest in art and design history led…

Vallabhacharya, school of Hinduism prominent among the merchant class of northern and western India. Its members are worshippers of Krishna and followers of the Pushtimarg (“Way of Flourishing”) group, founded by the 16th-century teacher Vallabha and his son Vitthala (also known as Gosainji). The

Pashtun, ethnolinguistic group residing primarily in the region that lies between the Hindu Kush in northeastern Afghanistan and the northern stretch of the Indus River in Pakistan. The Pashtun constitute the largest ethnic group of the population of Afghanistan and bore the exclusive name of

Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian professional football (soccer) player who became the sport’s first international superstar. Puskás scored 83 goals in 84 games with the Hungarian national team and was a member of three European Cup-winning teams (1959, 1960, 1966) with the Spanish club Real Madrid.

purslane: The common purslane (P. oleracea), or pusley, is a widespread weed, recognizable by its small yellow flowers. P. oleracea sativa, known as kitchen garden pusley, is grown to some extent as a potherb, mostly in Europe. Rose moss (P. grandiflora), a trailing fleshy species, is cultivated…

Korean architecture: Koryŏ period (918–1392): … (Hall of Eternal Life) of Pusŏk Temple. Dating from the 13th century, this is believed to be one of the oldest wooden structures in Korea.

India: Successor states: …the Maukharis and the rising Puspabhuti (Pushyabhuti) dynasty of Thanesar (north of Delhi).

kimkhwāb, Indian brocade woven of silk and gold or silver thread. The word kimkhwāb, derived from the Persian, means “a little dream,” a reference perhaps to the intricate patterns employed; kimkhwāb also means “woven flower,” an interpretation that appears more applicable to the brocade, in view

Győr: The Püspökvár (fortified bishop’s palace), built in the 13th century and remodeled in the 16th century, stands atop the Káptalan Hill, adjacent to an impressive cathedral (12th–17th century). Several other churches are of historical and architectural significance. The Xantus János Museum presents an interesting array of…

Puss in Boots, fictional character, the cat in the fairy tale of the same name (in French, “Le Maître Chat ou le chat botté”), as retold by Charles Perrault in Contes de ma mère l’oye (1697; Tales of Mother Goose). The brash Puss in Boots tricks an ogre into transforming himself into a mouse, which

Antonio Banderas: Hollywood success: Philadelphia and Interview with the Vampire: …and in a spin-off film, Puss in Boots (2011).

Olivia Colman: Films: The Lobster, The Favourite, and The Lost Daughter: …vs the Machines (2021) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), and to the TV miniseries Watership Down (2018). In 2023 she appeared with Timothée Chalamet in the film Wonka, an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s popular children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that imagines chocolatier Willy Wonka’s life…

Pusur River, distributary of the Padma River (Ganges [Ganga] River), southwestern Bangladesh. It leaves the Madhumati River (there called the Baleswar) northeast of Khulna city and flows some 110 miles (177 km) southward past the port at Mongla and through the swampy Sundarbans region to the Bay of

Harry Nilsson: Later career and death: …separation), with whom he recorded Pussy Cats (1974), an album of pop classics. Throughout the 1970s Nilsson continued to record, but he experienced only occasional hits. During the 1980s he retreated from the music scene to start a family (his third marriage) and develop businesses, including a Hollywood film distribution…

Russia: The second Putin presidency: …of the feminist punk collective Pussy Riot drew far wider condemnation. Three members of the band were arrested for an anti-Putin performance staged within the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow in February 2012. In August 2012 the trio was sentenced to two years in prison for “hooliganism.” Later…

pussy willow, any willow having large, cylindrical, silky catkins, specifically the species Salix caprea. See

pussy-toes, any of several species of low-growing, gray-white, wooly plants of a genus (Antennaria) in the aster family (Asteraceae), native to North and South America, northern Europe, and Asia. Typically the basal leaves are large, with smaller and fewer leaves along the upright stem. Some

Kathy Acker: Literary works and other projects: Her 1996 novel, Pussy, King of the Pirates, was adapted for the stage by the seminal punk band the Mekons. The band and Acker released a CD under the same title.