petroleum refining: Topping and hydroskimming refineries: The simplest refinery configuration, called a topping refinery, is designed to prepare feedstocks for petrochemical manufacture or for production of industrial fuels in remote oil-production areas. It consists of tankage, a distillation unit, recovery facilities for gases and light hydrocarbons, and…

landslide: Types of landslides: …steep slope face is called toppling. This type of movement can subsequently cause the mass to fall or slide.

wrestling: Early history: …championships in these games: a toppling event for the best two of three falls; and the pankration (Latin: pancratium), which combined wrestling and boxing and ended in the submission of one contestant. Upright wrestling was also a part of the pentathlon event in the Olympic Games, a bout being fought…

Toprakkale, ancient Urartian fortress located near modern Van in southeastern Turkey. The walls of Toprakkale, erected in the 8th century bc, were of cyclopean masonry and sloped slightly inward, perhaps as a defense against earthquakes. Excavations at the site, carried out primarily by British and

Toprakkala, site of a Khwārezmian walled city near modern Dashhowuz in Uzbekistan. The city was inhabited from about the 1st century bc until the 6th century ad, a period during which Khwārezm was an independent feudal state. A palace at Toprakkala, which may have been the capital of that state,

Toprakkala, site of a Khwārezmian walled city near modern Dashhowuz in Uzbekistan. The city was inhabited from about the 1st century bc until the 6th century ad, a period during which Khwārezm was an independent feudal state. A palace at Toprakkala, which may have been the capital of that state,

Toprakkale, ancient Urartian fortress located near modern Van in southeastern Turkey. The walls of Toprakkale, erected in the 8th century bc, were of cyclopean masonry and sloped slightly inward, perhaps as a defense against earthquakes. Excavations at the site, carried out primarily by British and

Toprakkala, site of a Khwārezmian walled city near modern Dashhowuz in Uzbekistan. The city was inhabited from about the 1st century bc until the 6th century ad, a period during which Khwārezm was an independent feudal state. A palace at Toprakkala, which may have been the capital of that state,

dice: Cheating with dice: Such dice, called busters or tops and bottoms, are used as a rule only by accomplished dice cheats, who introduce them into the game by sleight of hand (“switching”). Since it is impossible to see more than three sides of a cube at any one time, tops and bottoms are…

river: Deposits and stratigraphy: Topset beds are a complex of lithologic units deposited in various sub-environments of the subaerial delta plain. Layers in the topset unit are almost horizontal. Foreset deposits accumulate in the subaqueous delta front zone. The deposits are usually coarser at the river mouth and become…

Kate Moss: Other projects: …first collection for the retailer Topshop appeared in 2007—it reportedly sold out in one day—and in 2010 she debuted a line of handbags for Longchamp. She also launched a perfume line in 2007, and her first lipstick collection for Rimmel hit stores in 2011. In 2020 Moss’s jewelry collaboration with…

land reclamation: Reclamation of eroded, infertile, and new lands: …area may be denuded of topsoil and interlaced with a dendritic, or branched, system of steep-sided watercourses called gullies. These areas are generally devoid of vegetation, and sediment eroded from them may menace lower-lying lands or water retention structures.

Topsy, fictional character, a slave child in the antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher

Cozy Cole: …was the 1958 hit “Topsy,” the only recording featuring a drum solo to sell more than one million copies.

Mike Leigh: …roommates, Leigh wrote and directed Topsy-Turvy (1999). In a departure from his work to that point, which typically followed wholly fictional characters in present-day contexts, the film centres on the famous 19th-century partnership of light-opera librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan; it earned him another Oscar screenplay nomination.

polio: Treatment and vaccination: …are three types of OPV: trivalent (tOPV), which contains all three serotypes of live attenuated polioviruses; bivalent (bOPV), which contains two of the three serotypes; and monovalent (mOPV), which contains one of the three serotypes. Thus, trivalent vaccine is effective against all three serotypes (PV1, PV2, and PV3), bivalent vaccine…

toque, small, round, close-fitting hat, brimless or with a small brim, once worn by both men and women. In the 12th and 13th centuries, women wore embroidered toques, made of velvet, satin, or taffeta, on top of their head-veils. In the late 16th century, brimless, black velvet toques were popular

berimbau: …of discrete rhythms known as toques. These toques are built from a combination of three fundamental sounds: a low pitch produced by the open wire; a higher pitch produced by stopping the wire firmly with the dobrão; and a nonpitched buzz, generated by allowing the dobrão to rest lightly against…

macaque: Species: radiata) and the toque macaque (M. sinica), from southern India and Sri Lanka, respectively, have hair on the top of the head that grows from a central whorl, in contrast to the short hair of the forehead and temples.

Slov’yansk, city, eastern Ukraine. It lies at the confluence of the Kazenny Torets and Sukhyy Torets rivers. Founded in 1676 as Tor and renamed Slov’yansk in 1794, it is today the main centre of the northwestern part of the Donets Basin industrial area. The presence of saline and mud springs, rock

tor, exposed rock mass of jointed and broken blocks. Tors are seldom more than 15 metres (50 feet) high and often occur as residues at the summits of inselbergs and at the highest points of pediments. Tors usually overlie unaltered bedrock and are thought to be formed either by freeze–thaw

Tor (network), a free software platform designed to protect users’ identities while they are browsing the Internet and exchanging messages. Tor is widely called the largest anonymity network. The platform benefits members of the general public who strive for a higher level of privacy on the

Battle of Tora Bora, (December 3–17, 2001), a U.S.-led coalition attack on the cave complex of the White Mountains at Tora Bora, Afghanistan, on the country’s eastern border with Pakistan. One of the most important military engagements of the first phase of the Afghanistan War, it was believed that

Kurosawa Akira: First films: …no o fumu otokotachi (They Who Step on the Tiger’s Tail), a parody of a well-known Kabuki drama. The Allied occupation forces, however, prohibited the release of most films dealing with Japan’s feudal past, and this outstanding comedy was not distributed until 1952.

Richard Fleischer: Middle years: The big-budget Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), which Fleischer codirected, is a meticulous look at the events leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack, told from both the Japanese and the American vantage points.

Atsumi Kiyoshi: …Tora-jiro Kuruma (widely known as Tora-san) in the 48-film series Otoko wa tsurai yo (“It’s Tough Being a Man”). The series ran from 1968 to 1996 and was the longest-running film series in which the same actor portrayed the central character.

Atsumi Kiyoshi: …Tora-jiro Kuruma (widely known as Tora-san) in the 48-film series Otoko wa tsurai yo (“It’s Tough Being a Man”). The series ran from 1968 to 1996 and was the longest-running film series in which the same actor portrayed the central character.

Torah, in Judaism, in the broadest sense, the substance of divine revelation to Israel, the Jewish people: God’s revealed teaching or guidance for humankind. The meaning of “Torah” is often restricted to signify the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), also called the Law (or the

Toraja, group of peoples of central Celebes (Sulawesi), Indonesia. At the turn of the 21st century, they numbered roughly 750,000. Their language, with many dialects, belongs to the Austronesian language family. The Toraja are believed to be descendants of speakers of Austronesian languages who

India: The Guptas: …Huna king in India was Toramana (early 6th century), whose inscriptions have been found as far south as Eran (Madhya Pradesh). His son Mihirakula, a patron of Shaivism, is recorded in Buddhist tradition as uncouth and extremely cruel. The Gupta rulers, together with Yashodharman of Malava, seem to have confronted…

torana, Indian gateway, usually of stone, marking the entrance to a Buddhist shrine or stupa or to a Hindu temple. Toranas typically consist of two pillars carrying two or three transverse beams that extend beyond the pillars on either side. Strongly reminiscent of wooden construction, toranas are

torana, Indian gateway, usually of stone, marking the entrance to a Buddhist shrine or stupa or to a Hindu temple. Toranas typically consist of two pillars carrying two or three transverse beams that extend beyond the pillars on either side. Strongly reminiscent of wooden construction, toranas are

Salor rug: …of unusually long pieces in torba (storage-bag) form that seem to be intended as decorative trappings. Patches of pink silk are found in some examples, which also show structural differences setting them apart from other Turkmen rugs.

torbanite, mineral substance intermediate between oil shale and coal. Whereas destructive distillation of coals produces compounds of carbon and hydrogen with carbon atoms linked in six-membered rings, torbanite produces paraffinic and olefinic hydrocarbons (compounds with carbon linked in chains).

Torbay, unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Devon, southwestern England, on the English Channel coast. It comprises three old towns—Torquay, Paignton, and Brixham—grouped around Tor Bay. A village existed at Torre before the foundation of a Premonstratensian abbey in 1196.

torbernite, hydrated copper uranate phosphate mineral, Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8–12H2O, that is one of the principal uranium-bearing minerals. Usually associated with autunite, it occurs as green crystals or micalike masses that are weathering products of uraninite. Torbernite is abundant in Cornwall, Eng.,

Charles Lennox, 3rd duke of Richmond was one of the most progressive British politicians of the 18th century, being chiefly known for his advanced views on parliamentary reform. Richmond succeeded to the peerage in 1750 (his father, the 2nd duke, having added the Aubigny title to the Richmond and

Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond was the son of Charles II of England by his mistress Louise de Kéroualle, duchess of Portsmouth. He was aide-de-camp to William III from 1693 to 1702 and lord of the bedchamber to George I from 1714 to 1723. Charles II awarded a number of peerages (duchies,

Torcello, island-village in the Laguna Veneta (Venice Lagoon) and an eastern environ of Venice, Italy. Founded in ad 452 by refugees from Altino on the mainland, the bishopric of Altino was transferred there in the 7th century. The island, a flourishing city in ancient times, was the head of an

ceremonial object: Lighting devices: Torches have been used throughout history: in ancient Assyria and Babylonia they were used to carry a newly consecrated fire from torch to torch throughout the city three times a month; in ancient Rome they were sometimes placed in a hollow clay or metal shaft;…

azalea: Major species: yedoense), and the torch azalea (R. kaempferi).

torch cactus, any of several ribbed cylindrical cacti (family Cactaceae) native to South America. Many are cultivated as ornamentals. Several members of the genus Echinopsis are known as torch cacti. The golden torch (E. spachiana) has erect columnar stems, branching at the base and rising to about

Olympic Games: The flame and torch relay: Contrary to popular belief, the torch relay from the temple of Hera in Olympia to the host city has no predecessor or parallel in antiquity. No relay was needed to run the torch from Olympia to Olympia. A perpetual fire was indeed maintained…

Charles Walters: That year he also made Torch Song, a melodrama with Joan Crawford as a difficult Broadway star who falls for a blind pianist (Michael Wilding). Although Crawford earned praise for her performance, the film was not a success when first released. However, it later developed a cult following as a…

Matthew Broderick: Roles from the late 1980s and early ’90s and marriage to Sarah Jessica Parker: …of Biloxi Blues (1988) and Torch Song Trilogy (1988). The 1990s, he told The Guardian, were a struggle. “People associated me with younger roles, but I wanted them to come with me and get used to the fact that I’m wrinkly. And it was hard.” Broderick nonetheless worked steadily, lending…

Matthew Broderick: Early roles: >Torch Song Trilogy, in which he played the adopted gay son of a drag queen. In a review that year The New York Times wrote, “Matthew Broderick brings a naturalness and a spontaneity to the role of the teen-ager.” The next year he had a…

Alfred Noyes: …notable is the epic trilogy The Torch-Bearers (1922–30), which took as its theme the progress of science through the ages. His autobiography, Two Worlds for Memory, appeared in 1953.

Finnish literature: The early 20th century: …of young writers emerged called Tulenkantajat (“Torchbearers”), who took as their slogan “Open the windows to Europe!” Through them, Finns were introduced to free verse, exotic themes, and urban romanticism. The group’s original ideals were realized in the early verse of Katri Vala; at first a prophet of sensual joys,…

George Kelly: …first success on Broadway was The Torchbearers (performed 1922), a satire on the social and aesthetic pretensions of the Little Theatre movement then flourishing in the United States. His next play, The Show-Off (1924), became an American comedy classic, made three times as a film (1926, 1934, 1946) and often…

Torchon lace, coarse bobbin-made lace (see bobbin lace) made by peasants in most European countries in which simple geometric patterns are carried out. With other simple kinds of lace it was the mainstay of the lace makers of the Austrian Tirol. It is the type of lace on which apprentices generally

torchwood, (genus Amyris), genus comprising 40 species of large shrubs or trees of the citrus family (Rutaceae) found in tropical America. The plants burn well because of the high resin content of their wood. Incense and aromatic oils are derived from various torchwood species, and several are the

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy was a French diplomat and foreign minister who negotiated some of the most important treaties of Louis XIV’s reign. The son of Charles Colbert, minister of foreign affairs, Torcy was a brilliant student, earning a law degree (1683) at so young an age that he

Treaty of Tordesillas, (June 7, 1494), agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers. In 1493, after reports of Columbus’s discoveries had reached them, the Spanish rulers

bullfighting: Performers: Professional bullfighters, called toreros (they are famously called toreadors in Bizet’s opera Carmen, a word that harkens back to the days of mounted bullfighters), consist of the picadors, the mounted assistants with pike poles who lance the bull in the bullfight’s first act; the banderilleros, the assistants on…

Ögödei: His widow, Töregene, ruled as regent until 1246 when she handed over the throne to Güyük, her eldest son by Ögödei. Ögödei is described in contemporary sources as a stern, energetic man given to drinking and lasciviousness.

metalwork: England: They are the work of William Torel, goldsmith of London; and it is evident that they are the first English attempt to produce large figures in metal. Torel cast his large figures by the same process (lost-wax) he had employed for small shrines and images.

Majorca: …4,741 feet (1,445 metres) at Mayor Peak (Puig Major). Precipitous cliffs, often about 1,000 feet (300 metres) high, characterize much of the north coast. The island’s varied landscape includes pine forests, olive groves, steep gullies, intensively terraced slopes, and fertile valleys. The much less rugged hills in the southeast are…

Giacomo Torelli was an Italian stage designer and engineer whose innovative theatre machinery provided the basis for many modern stage devices. Nothing is known of Torelli’s early life. In 1641 he was a military engineer at Venice. Already known as an architect, he built two churches there. Having

Salinguerra Torelli was a 13th-century Italian ruler of Ferrara and brother-in-law and chief supporter of Ezzelino III da Romano, despot of Verona, a prominent leader of the Ghibelline (imperial) party. Torelli was born into a noble family of Bolognese origin whose members were rivals of the Este

bullfighting: Performers: …distaff side; female bullfighters (called matadoras or toreras, though some of them resent being called by the feminine form of the noun and would prefer to be called, like male bullfighters, toreros or matadors) have been around since antiquity, though very few have performed with distinction for very long. Should…

bullfighting: Performers: Professional bullfighters, called toreros (they are famously called toreadors in Bizet’s opera Carmen, a word that harkens back to the days of mounted bullfighters), consist of the picadors, the mounted assistants with pike poles who lance the bull in the bullfight’s first act; the banderilleros, the assistants on…

toreva block, landslide product consisting of a very large block of undisturbed material that has been tilted backward toward the parent cliff during movement down a gentle slope. In northeastern Arizona such blocks are thought to have formed during more humid periods of the last glacial advance of

Torez, city, southeastern Ukraine. The settlement was established as Oleksiyivka by runaway serfs in the 1770s and expanded with the growth of coal mining in the 1860s. In 1867 it was renamed Chystyakove; in 1964 it became Torez in honour of the recently deceased French Communist Party leader

Iceland: Relief: …total power output of the Torfajökull (Torfa Glacier) area, the largest of the 19 high-temperature solfatara regions, is estimated to equal about 1,000 megawatts.

Torfaen, county borough, historic county of Monmouthshire, southeastern Wales. Torfaen is centerd on the urbanized and industrialized valley of the Afon Lywd (formerly called the River Torfaen), and it encompasses the surrounding wooded hills and moorlands. Pontypool, the county borough’s

Iceland: Relief: …total power output of the Torfajökull (Torfa Glacier) area, the largest of the 19 high-temperature solfatara regions, is estimated to equal about 1,000 megawatts.

Miguel Torga was a poet and diarist whose forceful and highly individual literary style and treatment of universal themes make him one of the most important writers in 20th-century Portuguese literature. Torga embarked on his literary career while a medical student at the University of Coimbra.

Torgau, city, Saxony Land (state), eastern Germany. It is a port on the Elbe River, northeast of Leipzig. First mentioned in 973, Torgau was chartered in 1255–67. After 1456 it was a frequent residence of the electors of Saxony, who built the Hartenfels Castle (1533–44 and 1616–23; now a museum).

Torgau: In 1526 the Torgauer Bund (Torgau League), a league of evangelical princes against the Roman Catholic princes, was formed there. During that period the religious reformer Martin Luther was active in Torgau, where he wrote the league’s constitution (the Torgau Articles, 1530). His wife, Katherina von Bora, is…

Turgay Valley, depression in western Kazakhstan. Some 12–125 miles (20–200 km) wide, it runs roughly north-south for about 375 miles (600 km) through the middle of the Torghay Plateau. It was formed by a caving-in of the ancient foundation, and in the Ice Age, water flowed along it from the West

Sweden: Civil wars: …magnates, especially by the marsk, Torgils Knutsson; even after Birger’s coronation in 1302, Torgils retained much of his power. The king’s younger brothers Erik and Valdemar, who were made dukes, attempted to establish their own policies and were forced to flee to Norway (1304), where they received support from the…

Reichstag fire: …connection with the fire were Ernst Torgler, the chairman of the German Communist Party in the Reichstag, and three Bulgarian communists—Simon Popov, Vassili Tanev, and Georgi Dimitrov. Dimitrov in particular won international fame for his fearless and skilled defense against Nazi prosecutors. All four of the accused communists were acquitted…

vulture: Old World vultures: The lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotus), sometimes called the eared, or Nubian, vulture, is a huge Old World vulture of arid Africa. Being 1 metre (3.3 feet) tall, with a 2.7-metre (8.9-foot) wingspan, it dominates all other vultures when feeding. It is black and brown above and…

Kalmyk, Mongol people residing chiefly in Kalmykiya republic, in southwestern Russia. Their language belongs to the Oirat, or western, branch of the Mongolian language group. The Oirat dialects are also spoken in western Mongolia, and in Xinjiang and neighbouring provinces of China. The home of the

Kuratsukuri Tori was the first great Japanese sculptor of the Asuka period (552–645). Tori belonged to the hereditary kuratsukuri-be (“saddlemakers’ guild”), and, as an ardent Buddhist, he applied his technique of making gilt bronze ornaments for saddle trappings to the making of bronze Buddhas.

Tori style, in Japanese art, style of sculpture that emerged during the Asuka period (552–645 ce) and lasted into the Nara period (710–784). It was derived from the Chinese Northern Wei style (386–534/535 ce). It is called Tori style after the sculptor Kuratsukuri Tori, who was of Chinese descent.

Il Bronzino was a Florentine painter whose polished and elegant portraits are outstanding examples of the Mannerist style. Classic embodiments of the courtly ideal under the Medici dukes of the mid-16th century, they influenced European court portraiture for the next century. Bronzino studied

Il Bronzino was a Florentine painter whose polished and elegant portraits are outstanding examples of the Mannerist style. Classic embodiments of the courtly ideal under the Medici dukes of the mid-16th century, they influenced European court portraiture for the next century. Bronzino studied

Kuratsukuri Tori was the first great Japanese sculptor of the Asuka period (552–645). Tori belonged to the hereditary kuratsukuri-be (“saddlemakers’ guild”), and, as an ardent Buddhist, he applied his technique of making gilt bronze ornaments for saddle trappings to the making of bronze Buddhas.

John Jones: …“A Star Under Cloud”) and “Toriad y Dydd” (1797; “The Break of Day”).

Latin American architecture: The new institutions of government: …in Montevideo, Uruguay, designed by Tomás Toribio. The Neoclassical academic architecture of the cabildo applies the language of Renaissance architecture (i.e., columns, arches, friezes) to large-scale buildings adjusted to accommodate new typologies and freed from a proportional system, lending a new form to the institutions of government.

Conservative Party, in the United Kingdom, a political party whose guiding principles include the promotion of private property and enterprise, the maintenance of a strong military, and the preservation of traditional cultural values and institutions. Since World War I the Conservative Party and

torii, symbolic gateway marking the entrance to the sacred precincts of a Shintō shrine in Japan. The torii, which has many variations, characteristically consists of two cylindrical vertical posts topped by a crosswise rectangular beam extending beyond the posts on either side and a second

Torii Kiyomasu was a painter of Ukiyo-e (scenes from Japanese daily life). He is thought to have been a relative of Torii Kiyonobu, the first Japanese to paint actors. He made hand-coloured prints of the kind called tan-e (in which the dominant colour is supplied by tan, or red lead, a method used

Torii Kiyonaga was one of the most important Japanese artists of the Ukiyo-e movement (paintings and wood-block prints of the “floating world”). He was the pupil of Torii Kiyomitsu and for a time headed the Torii school. So great, however, was his loyalty to the Torii family that he made his own

Torii Kiyonobu was a Japanese painter who founded the Torii school, the only Ukiyo-e school to have survived to this day. (Ukiyo-e is a popular style of painting and woodblock printing utilizing colour and based on themes of the “floating world.”) Torii learned painting from his actor-painter

crabapple: Major species: baccata), Toringo crabapple (M. sieboldii), and Japanese flowering crabapple (M. floribunda). Among notable American species are the garland, or sweet crab (M. coronaria), Oregon crabapple (M. fusca), prairie crabapple (M. ioensis), and southern crabapple (M. angustifolia).

Turin, city, capital of Torino provincia and of Piemonte (Piedmont) regione, northwestern Italy. It is located on the Po River near its junction with the Sangone, Dora Riparia, and Stura di Lanzo rivers. The original settlement of Taurisia, founded by the Taurini, was partly destroyed by the

Turin 2006 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Turin, Italy, that took place February 10–26, 2006. The Turin Games were the 20th occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games. In 2006 the Winter Games returned to Italy after a 50-year absence. Unlike the 1956 Games, which were held in the

Earth impact hazard: Determining the hazard potential of an NEO: …potential is described by the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, an indicator named after the city of Turin (Italian: Torino), Italy, where it was presented at an international NEO conference in 1999. The purpose of the scale is to quantify the level of public concern warranted. The scale’s values, which are…

Earth impact hazard: Determining the hazard potential of an NEO: …potential is described by the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, an indicator named after the city of Turin (Italian: Torino), Italy, where it was presented at an international NEO conference in 1999. The purpose of the scale is to quantify the level of public concern warranted. The scale’s values, which are…

University of Turin, autonomous coeducational state institution of higher learning in Turin, Italy, that was founded in 1404. Erasmus was a graduate of the school in 1506. The university was reorganized and reestablished in 1713. An Institute of Business and Economics was added in 1906, a

Konkō-kyō: …act as a mediator (toritsugi) between god and mankind. The mediator takes on the pain and sufferings of his followers and transmits them to god. Succession to the mediatorship is reserved for descendants of the founder in the male line. Konkō-kyō emphasizes the interdependence of god and man, which…

the Monkees: …2021, Carmel Valley, California), and Peter Tork (byname of Peter Thorkelson; b. February 13, 1942, Washington, D.C., U.S.—d. February 21, 2019, Connecticut).

Azerbaijan: Russian suzerainty: …of Golestān (Gulistan; 1813) and Turkmenchay (Torkmānchāy; 1828) established a new border between the empires. Russia acquired Baku, Shirvan, Ganja, Nakhichevan (Naxçıvan), and Yerevan. Henceforth the Azerbaijani Turks of Caucasia were separated from the majority of their linguistic and religious compatriots, who remained in Iran. Azerbaijanis on both sides of…

major industrial polymers: Polyimides: Related commercial products are polyamideimide (PAI; trademarked as Torlon by Amoco Corporation) and polyetherimide (PEI; trademark Ultem); these two compounds combine the imide function with amide and ether groups, respectively.

Torlonia Collection, an assemblage of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures that formerly made up the collection of the Torlonia Museum, a private archaeological museum in Rome founded in the 18th century by Giovanni Torlonia. With his son, Torlonia acquired pieces for the museum through the purchase

Torlonia Collection, an assemblage of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures that formerly made up the collection of the Torlonia Museum, a private archaeological museum in Rome founded in the 18th century by Giovanni Torlonia. With his son, Torlonia acquired pieces for the museum through the purchase

Mel Tormé was an American singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, drummer, actor, and author. He was one of the 20th century’s most versatile, respected, and influential jazz vocalists. Tormé began singing professionally when he was just 4 years old. At age 6 he was in vaudeville, at 8 he

Mel Tormé was an American singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, drummer, actor, and author. He was one of the 20th century’s most versatile, respected, and influential jazz vocalists. Tormé began singing professionally when he was just 4 years old. At age 6 he was in vaudeville, at 8 he