tarsier: The South Sulawesi, or spectral, tarsier (T. tarsier, formerly called T. spectrum) is primitive, with smaller eyes, shorter feet, and a hairier tail. There are several species on Celebes and its offshore islands, but most have not yet been described scientifically. The most distinctive is the…

Alfred Tarski was a Polish-born American mathematician and logician who made important studies of general algebra, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, and metamathematics. Tarski completed his education at the University of Warsaw (Ph.D., 1923). He taught in Warsaw until 1939, when he

bird: Skeleton: …bones (proximal tarsals), and the tarsometatarsus, resulting from the fusion of metatarsals I through IV and the distal row of tarsals. Metatarsals II through IV contribute most to the tarsometatarsus. The basic number of phalanges (sections) on the toes is two, three, four, and five, respectively, one more than the…

psittaciform: Feet: …the characteristic short, thick tarsometatarsus—or tarsus, as the entire region is called—and the zygodactylous long, strong toes that enable parrots to climb and manipulate objects so ably. The entire foot is encased in tough skin covered with small scales.

Tarsus, city, south-central Turkey. It is located on the Tarsus River, about 12 miles (20 km) from the Mediterranean Sea coast. Tarsus is an ancient city on the alluvial plain of ancient Cilicia, the birthplace of St. Paul (Acts of the Apostles 22:3). Excavations by the American archaeologist Hetty

pie: Tarts are similar to pies and the names are often used interchangeably. Tarts are made with short rather than flaky pastry and are frequently baked “blind,” or empty, and filled after baking. A flan is a tart made in an open-bottom pan that is placed…

tart cherry, (Prunus cerasus), species of cherry cultivated for its acidic fruits. Tart cherries are one of three types of cherries grown commercially, the others being sweet cherries and a cross of sweet and tart cherries known as dukes. Generally considered too acidic to eat fresh, tart cherries

Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia was an Italian mathematician who originated the science of ballistics. During the French sack of Brescia (1512), his jaws and palate were cleft by a sabre. The resulting speech difficulty earned him the nickname Tartaglia (“Stammerer”), which he adopted. He settled in

Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia was an Italian mathematician who originated the science of ballistics. During the French sack of Brescia (1512), his jaws and palate were cleft by a sabre. The resulting speech difficulty earned him the nickname Tartaglia (“Stammerer”), which he adopted. He settled in

tartan, cross-checkered repeating pattern (or “sett”) of different coloured bands, stripes, or lines of definite width and sequence, woven into woolen cloth (sometimes with silk added). Although such patterns have existed for centuries in many cultures, they have come to be regarded as peculiarly

history of Mesopotamia: Ashurbanipal (668–627) and Shamash-shum-ukin (668–648): …servant carried the title of tartān, a Hurrian word. The tartāns also represented the king during his absence. In descending rank were the palace overseer, the main cupbearer, the palace administrator, and the governor of Assyria. The generals often held high official positions, particularly in the provinces. The civil service…

Carlo, Conte Gozzi: …first in a satirical poem, La tartana degli influssi (1747), and then in an exotic commedia dell’arte play, L’amore delle tre melarance (performed 1761; “The Love of the Three Oranges”), in which he personified Goldoni as a magician and Pietro Chiari as a wicked fairy.

rocket and missile system: Surface-to-air: …a radar-beam rider, and the Tartar, a semiactive radar homing missile. These were replaced in the late 1960s by the Standard semiactive radar homing system. The solid-fueled, Mach-2 Standard missiles were deployed in medium-range (MR) and two-stage extended-range (ER) versions capable, respectively, of about 15 miles and 35 miles. Within…

Tatar, any member of several Turkic-speaking peoples that collectively numbered more than 5 million in the late 20th century and lived mainly in west-central Russia along the central course of the Volga River and its tributary, the Kama, and thence east to the Ural Mountains. The Tatars are also

antimony poisoning: …antimony in medications, such as tartar emetic (antimony and potassium tartrate), used to induce vomiting and in treatment of helminthic and fungal infestations. The industrial use of antimony has not appeared to be associated with serious occupational poisoning. It is believed that the toxicity of antimony and of arsenic is…

steak tartare: …and basic recipe survive in tartar sauce, which is used to dress fish that, usually, has been breaded and fried.

steak tartare, dish made of chopped or minced raw beefsteak bound by raw egg yolk and seasoned with mustard, capers, and other ingredients. In French, tartare refers to the Tatar people of Central Asia, which was perceived as a place from which exotic foods came. One such food was the gherkin,

Dino Buzzati: …Il deserto dei Tartari (1940; The Tartar Steppe, also translated as The Stronghold), is a powerful and ironic tale of garrison troops at a frontier military post, poised in expectancy for an enemy who never comes and unable to go forward or retreat.

baking powder: containing tartaric acid or cream of tartar, release carbon dioxide at room temperature, and mixtures in which they are used must be baked immediately to avoid loss of most of the gas.

tartaric acid, a dicarboxylic acid, one of the most widely distributed of plant acids, with a number of food and industrial uses. Along with several of its salts, cream of tartar (potassium hydrogen tartrate) and Rochelle salt (potassium sodium tartrate), it is obtained from by-products of wine

Tartarus, the infernal regions of ancient Greek mythology. The name was originally used for the deepest region of the world, the lower of the two parts of the underworld, where the gods locked up their enemies. It gradually came to mean the entire underworld. As such it was the opposite of Elysium,

buckwheat: A related species known as green buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) is used similarly and is chiefly cultivated in East Asia.

Jill Tarter is an American astronomer known for her work in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Tarter traces her own fascination with outer space and the possibility of alien life back to time she spent with her father walking on the beaches of Florida and looking at the stars.

Tartessus, ancient region and town of the Guadalquivir River valley in southwestern Spain, probably identical with the Tarshish mentioned in the Bible. It prospered from trade with the Phoenicians and Carthaginians but was probably destroyed by the latter about 500 bc. The exact site of the town is

Tartessus, ancient region and town of the Guadalquivir River valley in southwestern Spain, probably identical with the Tarshish mentioned in the Bible. It prospered from trade with the Phoenicians and Carthaginians but was probably destroyed by the latter about 500 bc. The exact site of the town is

Miami Vice: Development: MTV cops meets modern-day American Casablanca: … claims that NBC chief programmer Brandon Tartikoff struck upon the idea of a crime show with a music-video aesthetic and scribbled “MTV cops” on a memo during a brainstorming session, and from that concept Miami Vice was born. In reality Anthony Yerkovich, a TV writer and producer who had worked…

Giuseppe Tartini: … by his discovery of the difference tone, also called the Tartini tone, a third note heard when two notes are played steadily and with intensity. He also devised a theory of harmony based on affinities with algebra and geometry, set forth in his Trattato di musica (1754; “Treatise on Music”)…

Giuseppe Tartini was an Italian violinist, composer, and theorist who helped establish the modern style of violin bowing and formulated principles of musical ornamentation and harmony. Tartini studied divinity and law at Padua and at the same time established a reputation as a fencer. Before the

hors d’oeuvre: Types of hors d’oeuvres: …miniature baked tarts (or “tartlets”) and skewered foods or kabobs, which are served hot, and charcuterie, which is an assortment of meats served cold, often on a board. Charcuterie has also come to mean a selection of meats, cheeses, fruits, vegetables, nuts, breads, crackers, or dips. Other popular hors…

jatropha: A garden curiosity is tartogo, or gouty jatropha (J. podagrica), from Guatemala and Honduras; it has a short trunk that is swollen at the base, erect red clusters of small flowers borne most of the year, and three- to five-lobed palmate (fanlike) leaves. The coral plant (J. multifida) from…

Ṭarṭūs, town, western Syria, situated on the Mediterranean coast opposite Arwād Island. It was founded in antiquity as Antaradus, a colony of Aradus (now Arwād Island). It was rebuilt in 346 ce by Emperor Constantine I and flourished during Roman and Byzantine times. Crusaders occupied Ṭarṭūs, then

azo dye: Tartrazine is a yellow acid azo dye discovered in 1884 and still in common use.

Donna Tartt is an American novelist especially noted for her debut novel, The Secret History (1992), and her third book, The Goldfinch (2013), winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Tartt grew up in the small town of Grenada, Mississippi. She was a bookish child. When she was only 5 years

Donna Tartt is an American novelist especially noted for her debut novel, The Secret History (1992), and her third book, The Goldfinch (2013), winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Tartt grew up in the small town of Grenada, Mississippi. She was a bookish child. When she was only 5 years

Tartu, old university city of southeastern Estonia, on the Ema River. The original settlement of Tarbatu dates from the 5th century; in 1030 the Russians built a fort there called Yuryev. From the 13th to the 16th century, the town was a prosperous member of the Hanseatic League. Then held in turn

Gustavus Adolphus: Resolution of internal problems: …and his foundation of the University of Tartu provided the first centre for higher learning in the Baltic provinces. During Gustavus’s reign many town charters were granted, among them that of Gothenburg (1619). He also promoted the Swedish economy through immigration and the infusion of foreign capital. Immigrants, such as…

Juho Kusti Paasikivi: 14, 1920, signed at Tartu, Estonia, the peace treaty with Russia, after warning his government against trying to take advantage of Russia’s temporary weakness. In independent postwar Finland he became prominent as a banker and businessman.

Tartuffe, comedy in five acts by Molière, produced in 1664 and published in French in 1669 as Le Tartuffe; ou, l’imposteur (“Tartuffe; or, The Imposter”). It was also published in English as The Imposter. Tartuffe is a sanctimonious scoundrel who, professing extreme piety, is taken into the

Tartuffe, comedy in five acts by Molière, produced in 1664 and published in French in 1669 as Le Tartuffe; ou, l’imposteur (“Tartuffe; or, The Imposter”). It was also published in English as The Imposter. Tartuffe is a sanctimonious scoundrel who, professing extreme piety, is taken into the

Ṭarṭūs, town, western Syria, situated on the Mediterranean coast opposite Arwād Island. It was founded in antiquity as Antaradus, a colony of Aradus (now Arwād Island). It was rebuilt in 346 ce by Emperor Constantine I and flourished during Roman and Byzantine times. Crusaders occupied Ṭarṭūs, then

Tarhun, ancient Anatolian weather god. His name appears in Hittite and Assyrian records (c. 1400–612 bc) and later as an element in Hellenistic personal names, primarily from Cilicia. Tarhunt was the Luwian form and Tarhun (Tarhunna) probably the Hittite, from the common root tarh-, “to conquer.”

Luis Taruc was a Philippine leader (1942–54) of the communist Huk (Hukbalahap) movement. The son of poor peasants, Taruc studied at the University of Manila for two years (1932–34) and then became involved in the cause of the Philippines’ landless peasants. Strongly drawn to Marxism, he joined the

Nyiri Desert, desert, south-central Kenya. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) east of Lake Magadi and near the northern border of Tanzania. The desert encompasses the Amboseli National Park, including the northern half of Lake Amboseli. Nairobi National Park lies at its northern extremity and Tsavo

Tarumanegara, the oldest recorded kingdom in western Java. It was established about the 5th century ad, but little is recorded about the kingdom except for a sketchy account by a Chinese traveler and several rock inscriptions discovered near Bogor and in extreme western Java. These sources agree

Tarumanegara, the oldest recorded kingdom in western Java. It was established about the 5th century ad, but little is recorded about the kingdom except for a sketchy account by a Chinese traveler and several rock inscriptions discovered near Bogor and in extreme western Java. These sources agree

Isabelle Huppert: Versatility in the 1990s and 2000s: In Tarŭn naraesŏ (2012; In Another Country), a series of related vignettes set in South Korea, Huppert starred as three different women dealing with romantic entanglements, and in Haneke’s Amour (2012) she had a supporting role as the daughter of an elderly couple facing mortality.

Sangihe Islands: Tahuna (Taruna), on Sangihe’s west coast, is the main town and lies in the shadow of Mount Awu (4,330 feet [1,320 metres]), an active volcano to the north. Most of the islands’ inhabitants profess Christianity. Manila hemp is grown, and its weaving is a major…

Roy Jones, Jr.: …to light heavyweight to face Antonio Tarver on November 8, 2003, in Las Vegas. Tarver gave Jones a surprisingly difficult fight, though Jones managed to win by a majority decision, capturing Tarver’s World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight belt. In their rematch on May 15, 2004, Jones suffered only his…

Roy Jones, Jr.: …to light heavyweight to face Antonio Tarver on November 8, 2003, in Las Vegas. Tarver gave Jones a surprisingly difficult fight, though Jones managed to win by a majority decision, capturing Tarver’s World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight belt. In their rematch on May 15, 2004, Jones suffered only his…

Treviso, city, Veneto regione, northeastern Italy, situated north of Venice in a fertile plain at the confluence of the Sile and Botteniga rivers and intersected by canals. Originating as the Celtic Tarvisium, it was a Roman municipality and had an important mint at the time of Charlemagne. As

Anatolia: The neo-Hittite states from c. 1180 to 700 bce: …Hittite past, but one (tarwanas, conventionally translated as “judge” or “ruler”) is entirely new and may reflect a new political phenomenon. Neo-Hittite kings of the 9th century often bore the names of their imperial predecessors; an inscription at Boybeypınarı mentions both a Suppiluliumas and a Hattusilis; at Patina, kings…

tarweed, any sticky, hairy plant of the genus Madia of the family Asteraceae, consisting of about 18 species. They are native to western North and South America. A few species are grown as garden plants for their yellow or brownish yellow flowers and strong odour. The madia oil plant (M. sativa) is

Tarxien, town, eastern Malta, just southeast of Valletta and adjacent to Paola to the northwest. Tarxien (or Hal Tarxien; pronounced “Tar-shin”) is famous for its remarkably well-preserved complex of three Neolithic temples of different date but similar plan. The ruins were discovered by farmers in

Malta: Early history: …it was replaced by the Tarxien Cemetery culture, a metal-using civilization that practiced a cremation burial rite. This culture in turn was supplanted by the Borġ In-Nadur people (1450–800 bce), whose settlements were founded on naturally defensible hilltops. Between 900 and 800 bce, people settled at Baħrija and were known…

Turkish literature: Movements and poets: …style of poetry was termed tâze-gûʾî (“fresh speech”) or tarz-i nev (“new style”). (By the early 20th century it had come to be known as poetry of the Indian school, or Sabk-i Hindī.) In the late 16th century the two most important figures had been the Indian-born poet Fayzî and…

Phil Collins: Solo career: …released for the Walt Disney animated movie Tarzan.

Tarzan, one of the best-known and most durable figures of popular fiction, the hero of jungle adventures in nearly 30 novels and dozens of motion pictures. Tarzan, the creation of the American novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in a magazine story in 1912. His popularity led to the

James Bridges: … in Andy Warhol’s underground film Tarzan and Jane Regained…Sort of (1964). However, he eventually focused on working behind the camera. He wrote the well-received Marlon Brando vehicle The Appaloosa (1966), as well as numerous episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. In 1970 Bridges both scripted and directed The Baby Maker,…

Tarzan of the Apes, American silent film, released in 1918, that was the first of many screen adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s legendary adventure novel Tarzan of the Apes (1912), about a young orphan raised to maturity by apes. Burroughs’s novel was greatly condensed for this version, leaving

Tarzan: …the publication of a novel, Tarzan of the Apes (1914), and to a series of successful sequels reported to have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. Burroughs’s novels relate in colourful, rather extravagant prose how Tarzan, the son of an English nobleman, is abandoned in the jungles of Africa,…

W.S. Van Dyke: One Take Woody: With Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), Van Dyke returned to the African jungle setting, blending unused Trader Horn footage with studio-set work. The action adventure was the first sound film to star Edgar Rice Burrough’s fictional character, and it was a huge box-office success. Tarzan made…

Byron Haskin: Tarzan’s Peril (1951), with Lex Barker as the jungle king, was enhanced by Dorothy Dandridge in a supporting role.

Tasaday, small group of people living in the highland rain forest of Mindanao, in the Philippines. Before their existence was first reported by anthropological investigators in 1971, the Tasaday, numbering about 25 individuals, apparently had been living a virtually isolated, primitive (incorrectly

cholla: The desert Christmas cactus, or tasajillo (C. leptocaulis), holds its bright red fruits through the winter. Teddy bear cholla, or jumping cholla (C. bigelovii), is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States and is sometimes cultivated as a desert ornamental for its showy golden…

saturniid moth: Major species: yamamai) for tussah silk.

Daşoguz, city, northern Turkmenistan. It is located in the western Khorezm (Khwārezm) oasis. The Shavat Canal, which gets its water from the nearby Amu Darya (ancient Oxus River), divides the city into northern and southern sections. Originally a fort and the bazaar of the western Khwārezm region,

coin: Early modern minting: …led to an ingenious variation—the Taschenwerke. In this machine the rollers were replaced by rectangular shafts pierced in the middle to take a pair of dies with tapered extensions (tangs). The axis of the upper shaft could be raised or lowered a short distance to accommodate variations in the dies…

Joséphine was the consort of Napoleon Bonaparte and empress of the French. Joséphine, the eldest daughter of Joseph Tascher de La Pagerie, an impoverished aristocrat who had a commission in the navy, lived the first 15 years of her life on the island of Martinique. In 1779 she married a rich young

Cunobelinus: Cunobelinus succeeded his father, Tasciovanus, as chief of the Catuvellauni, a tribe centred north of what is now London. Tasciovanus’s capital was Verlamio, above the later Roman site of Verulamium (modern St. Albans). Either shortly before or shortly after his accession, Cunobelinus conquered the territory of the Trinovantes, in…

Teshekpuk Lake, large freshwater lake located in northern Alaska some 6 miles (10 km) from the Beaufort Sea, within the lands allocated to the National Petroleum Reserve. Teshekpuk Lake is well known for its dense concentration of wildlife, especially geese and caribou (Rangifer tarandus). The name

Taser, handheld device that incapacitates a person by transmitting a 50,000-volt electric shock. The Taser fires two small darts, connected to the device with thin wires, up to a distance of approximately 11 metres (35 feet). The darts can penetrate clothing and, once they make contact with the

Taser, handheld device that incapacitates a person by transmitting a 50,000-volt electric shock. The Taser fires two small darts, connected to the device with thin wires, up to a distance of approximately 11 metres (35 feet). The darts can penetrate clothing and, once they make contact with the

Tasermiut, fjord in southern Greenland, extending northeasterly from its mouth and the nearby town of Nanortalik on the Atlantic Ocean to the inland ice cap. It is 45 miles (70 km) long and 1–3 miles wide. In the 10th century, Tasermiut (Ketilsfjord) was the site of Norse settlements, notably

Daşoguz, city, northern Turkmenistan. It is located in the western Khorezm (Khwārezm) oasis. The Shavat Canal, which gets its water from the nearby Amu Darya (ancient Oxus River), divides the city into northern and southern sections. Originally a fort and the bazaar of the western Khwārezm region,

tashbīh, (Arabic: “assimilating”), in Islām, anthropomorphism, comparing God to created things. Both tashbīh and its opposite, taʿṭīl (divesting God of all attributes), are regarded as sins in Islāmic theology. The difficulty in dealing with the nature of God in Islām arises from the seemingly

Berber languages: …languages include Tashelhit (Tashelhiyt, Tashelhait, Shilha), Tarifit, Kabyle, Tamazight, and Tamahaq. The family may also include extinct languages such as the Guanche languages of the Canary Islands, Old Libyan (Numidian), and Old Mauretanian, which are known from inscriptions but have not yet been studied thoroughly enough to make any affirmative

Berber languages: …languages include Tashelhit (Tashelhiyt, Tashelhait, Shilha), Tarifit, Kabyle, Tamazight, and Tamahaq. The family may also include extinct languages such as the Guanche languages of the Canary Islands, Old Libyan (Numidian), and Old Mauretanian, which are known from inscriptions but have not yet been studied thoroughly enough to make any affirmative

Peter Serkin: …performing in 1973 and cofounded Tashi, a chamber group unique for its instrumentation (piano, clarinet, violin, cello) and for its repertoire, which was largely centred on contemporary composers. His public performances and recordings, infrequent in the 1970s, became frequent after 1980 in solo, chamber, and symphonic contexts, and, though he…

Thimphu: Tashi Chho dzong (fortress, or castle), the traditional fortified monastery that has been remodeled and extended to house the offices of the royal government, is one of the finest specimens of traditional Bhutanese architecture. Terraced fields around the royal palace indicate the high priority given…

Teshekpuk Lake, large freshwater lake located in northern Alaska some 6 miles (10 km) from the Beaufort Sea, within the lands allocated to the National Petroleum Reserve. Teshekpuk Lake is well known for its dense concentration of wildlife, especially geese and caribou (Rangifer tarandus). The name

Dalai Lama: History of Dalai Lamas: …1391–1474), founder and abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery (central Tibet). In accordance with the belief in reincarnate lamas, his successors were conceived as his rebirths and came to be regarded as physical manifestations of the compassionate bodhisattva (“buddha-to-be”), Avalokiteshvara.

Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan and the largest city in Central Asia. Tashkent lies in the northeastern part of the country. It is situated at an elevation of 1,475 to 1,575 feet (450 to 480 metres) in the Chirchiq River valley west of the Chatkal Mountains and is intersected by a series of canals

Tashkent Declaration, accord signed on January 10, 1966, by India’s Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri (who died the next day) and Pakistan’s Pres. Mohammad Ayub Khan, ending the war between Pakistan and India that occurred from August 1965 to September 1965. A cease-fire had been secured by the

Uzbekistan: Education: …such newer educational institutions as Tashkent State University and, after 1942, to the Uzbek S.S.R. branch of Moscow’s Academy of Sciences. At its zenith, the latter academic complex supported some 200 scholarly institutes and centres. After independence, and to some extent starting even earlier, the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan…

tashlik, (Hebrew: “you will cast”), traditional Jewish religious ceremony, still observed by Orthodox Jews, that entails visiting a body of water following the afternoon service on Rosh Hashana (or, if this falls on the Sabbath, the following day) and reciting biblical verses expressing repentance

tashlik, (Hebrew: “you will cast”), traditional Jewish religious ceremony, still observed by Orthodox Jews, that entails visiting a body of water following the afternoon service on Rosh Hashana (or, if this falls on the Sabbath, the following day) and reciting biblical verses expressing repentance

tashlik, (Hebrew: “you will cast”), traditional Jewish religious ceremony, still observed by Orthodox Jews, that entails visiting a body of water following the afternoon service on Rosh Hashana (or, if this falls on the Sabbath, the following day) and reciting biblical verses expressing repentance

Frank Tashlin was an American cartoonist, writer, animator, and film director who specialized in broad satirical comedies. Tashlin directed his animated cartoons like live-action films—employing a wide range of cinematic techniques—and transposed the elastic composition, loud color, boisterous

Nabu: …Assyrian Nissaba; and the Akkadian Tashmetum, queen of Borsippa, stepdaughter of Marduk, and, as her abstract Akkadian name indicates, Lady of Hearing and of Favour. She was rarely invoked apart from her husband, Nabu, whose name means “speaking.” Thus, while Nabu speaks, Tashmetum listens.

Nabu: …Assyrian Nissaba; and the Akkadian Tashmetum, queen of Borsippa, stepdaughter of Marduk, and, as her abstract Akkadian name indicates, Lady of Hearing and of Favour. She was rarely invoked apart from her husband, Nabu, whose name means “speaking.” Thus, while Nabu speaks, Tashmetum listens.

Central Asian arts: Tashtyk tribe: On the Yenisey River the Bronze Age Tagar culture was replaced by the Tashtyk culture, dating from the 1st to the 4th century ce. The physical appearance of the Tashtyk people has been preserved by a series of masks, some of them modeled,…

telephone: Undersea cable: …voice data reduction known as time assignment speech interpolation, or TASI, was introduced. In TASI the natural pauses occurring in speech were used to carry other speech conversations. In this way a coaxial cable system designed for 4,200 two-way voice circuits could support 10,500 circuits.

Tasian culture, possibly the oldest-known cultural phase in Upper Egypt (c. 4500 bce). The Tasian culture is best known from evidence found on the east bank of the Nile River at al-Badārī and at Deir Tasa. Tasian remains are somewhat intermingled with the materials of the subsequent Badarian

Tasiilaq, town, southeastern Greenland, on the south coast of Ammassalik Island. The island is 25 miles (40 km) long and 12–20 miles (19–32 km) wide, with a high point of 4,336 feet (1,322 metres). Although Europeans landed as early as 1472, the region was not explored until 1884, when Gustav Holm,

Tasikmalaya, city, southeastern West Java (Jawa Barat) propinsi (or provinsi; province), western Java, west-central Indonesia. The city is located in the mountainous Preanger region at an elevation of 1,151 feet (351 metres), about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Bandung. Roads and railway link it

Tasikmalaya, city, southeastern West Java (Jawa Barat) propinsi (or provinsi; province), western Java, west-central Indonesia. The city is located in the mountainous Preanger region at an elevation of 1,151 feet (351 metres), about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Bandung. Roads and railway link it

Épi, island of Vanuatu, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is volcanic in origin and is 27 miles (43 km) long and 11 miles (18 km) wide, with an area of 171 square miles (444 square km). It rises to 2,733 feet (833 metres). Although Épi is fertile, its copra plantations have deteriorated through

Mark Ruffalo: Smashing as the Hulk, Oscar-nominated turn in Spotlight, and other works: In the TV series Task (2025– ) he plays an FBI agent tormented by a recent family tragedy who returns to field duty to probe a spate of robberies and killings. In Crime 101 (2026) he played an upright detective who is set on apprehending a notorious jewel thief,…

military unit: …or battle groups (4–10 ships), task forces (2–5 task groups), and fleets (several task forces).

Battle of the Chosin Reservoir: The Chinese strike: Task Force Drysdale, commanded by Lieut. Col. Douglas B. Drysdale, 41 Independent Commando, Royal Marines, in addition to service and headquarters troops, included a Marine infantry company, an army infantry company, and Drysdale’s British raiding battalion. The task force was ambushed en route. One-third of…