Celeste Ng: …be another hit, and a television adaptation—produced by Ng and actors Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon, among others—was released in 2020. Ng’s third novel, Our Missing Hearts (2022), was also well received by critics. It reflects contemporary social issues in its dystopian vision of an America where the government censors…

St. Thérèse of Lisieux ; canonized May 17, 1925; feast day October 1) was a Carmelite nun whose service to her Roman Catholic order, although outwardly unremarkable, was later recognized for its exemplary spiritual accomplishments. She was named a doctor of the church by Pope John Paul II in 1997.

Italian literature: Religious and historical literature: …Fioretti di San Francesco (The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi).

Robert De Niro: Comedies and later work: …Meet the Fockers (2004) and Little Fockers (2010). In 2008 De Niro reteamed with Pacino in the police drama Righteous Kill, and the following year he starred in Everybody’s Fine, portraying a widower who discovers various truths about his adult children. He later took supporting roles in the thrillers Machete…

Waukegan, city, seat (1841) of Lake county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. It lies on a high bluff above Lake Michigan, about 40 miles (65 km) north of Chicago. One of the oldest communities in the state, it was originally a Potawatomi Indian settlement. It was visited by the French explorer Jacques

The Little Foxes, drama in three acts by Lillian Hellman, a chronicle of greed and hate in a ruthless family in the American South, produced and published in 1939. The play is set in the South at the turn of the 20th century and concerns the manipulative Regina Giddens and her two brothers, Ben and

William Wyler: Films of the 1940s of William Wyler: …having remarried) next collaborated on The Little Foxes (1941), a chronicle of greed and hate in a ruthless family that was based on Hellman’s Southern gothic play of the same name. A favourite with critics, the film was nominated for an Academy Award, as were Wyler (best director), Davis (best…

Donna Tartt: …her eagerly anticipated second work, The Little Friend (2002), which was set in the South and traced the attempt of a 12-year-old girl to avenge the death of her brother. In terms of tone, setting, and plot, the work was almost the antithesis of her first novel. The Little Friend…

Ruth Orkin: …Engel collaborated on the film Little Fugitive (1953), which follows a young boy who has run away from home to Coney Island under the false impression that he has killed his older brother. The film won the Silver Lion at the 1953 Venice Film Festival and was nominated for an…

Alfred Stieglitz: The Photo-Secession: …protégé Steichen, Stieglitz opened the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, a name soon shortened to 291, the gallery’s address on lower Fifth Avenue in New York City. During the gallery’s first four years it most often functioned as an exhibition space for the Photo-Secession photographers. By the 1909 season, however,…

Ghaghara River: Kuwana, the Rapti, and the Little Gandak rivers—all flow into the Ghaghara from the mountains to the north. Together with the Ganges and its tributaries, it has helped form the vast alluvial plain of northern Uttar Pradesh. Along its lower course it is also called the Sarju River (the Sarabos…

Rakahanga Atoll, one of the northern Cook Islands, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean. It is a sparsely populated rectangular coral atoll 3 miles (5 km) long comprising eight islets. Rakahanga has also been known as Grand Duke Alexander Island,

Roy Del Ruth: Early films: …five more films in 1933: The Little Giant, with Edward G. Robinson in good comic form as a beer baron who, after the repeal of Prohibition, tries to enter society and falls in love with a struggling socialite (Mary Astor); The Mind Reader, with William as a con man who…

Little Gidding, poem by T.S. Eliot, originally appearing in 1942, both in the New English Weekly and in pamphlet form. The next year, it was published in a volume with the previous three poems of The Four Quartets. “Little Gidding” is written in five sections in strong-stress metre; it concludes

chorus frog: …115 inches) long, but the little grass frog (P. ocularis) reaches a maximum of 1.9 cm (34 inch), and Strecker’s chorus frog (P. streckeri) may grow to 4.5 cm (145 inches).

Walter Mosley: …revealed to have survived in Little Green (2013), in which he becomes involved in locating a young man who has disappeared after visiting the Sunset Strip. Later books in the series included Rose Gold (2014), Charcoal Joe (2016), and Blood Grove (2021).

gull: …the smallest gull is the little gull (L. minutus), a black-headed species of Europe and occasionally North America.

Miami: The contemporary city: The Little Havana district, just west of downtown, developed as a largely Cuban enclave within the city. Its annual Calle Ocho festival (March; part of the Carnaval Miami celebration) draws large crowds of visitors. Little Haiti, to the north of downtown, developed as a primarily Haitian…

history of flight: Turbine-powered helicopters: In 1947 the McDonnell “Little Henry” used a similar principle, using ramjets mounted at each end of the two-blade rotor for power. A Garrett Air Research gas turbine, normally used for auxiliary power units, supplied the motive air. The military was the primary market for early turbine-powered, or turboshaft,…

Lucinda Williams: It was followed by Little Honey (2008) and Blessed (2011), both of which also found acclaim. In 2014 Williams resolved her problems working with commercial record labels by founding her own label, Highway 20 Records, and that same year she released the double album Down Where the Spirit Meets…

Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan to c. 1700 ce: …the Aral Sea; and the Little Horde, between the Aral Sea and the Ural River. In each horde the authority of the khan tended to be curtailed by the power exercised by tribal chieftains, known as sultans, and perhaps even more by the beys and batyrs (the heads of the…

Aubrey Plaza: …following year she appeared in The Little Hours, a black comedy about medieval nuns based on a story from The Decameron, and starred in Ingrid Goes West, a comedy-drama about a young woman who travels to California to stalk her favourite social media influencer, played by Elizabeth Olsen. In 2019…

Ara: The Little House at Ara is a building that was defended by the British against Kunwar Singh during the Indian Mutiny in 1857–58. Ara was constituted a municipality in 1865. Pop. (2001) 203,380; (2011) 261,430.

Helen Moore Sewell: In 1932 she illustrated Little House in the Big Woods, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s first book. Others followed in the Little House series. She also illustrated classic works by American poet Emily Dickinson and British authors Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, and A.A. Milne.

Saint Giuseppe Cottolengo: …of the Societies of the Little House of Divine Providence and of 14 religious congregations.

Little House on the Prairie, American television family drama that aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) network for nine seasons (1974–83) and was loosely based on the series of “Little House” children’s books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The show consistently ranked among the top programs

children’s literature: Peaks and plateaus (1865–1940): Her Little House books, nine in all, started in 1932 with The Little House in the Big Woods. The entire series, painting an unforgettable picture of pioneer life, is a masterpiece of sensitive recollection and clean, effortless prose.

Arthur Saint-Léon: …series of ballets, most successfully The Little Hump-backed Horse (1864), which was notable for its injection of Russian folklore in both the plot and the dances. It remained in the Russian repertory for many years until being superseded, in Soviet times, by a version with new choreography and music.

Little Alfold, extensive basin occupying the northwestern part of Transdanubia in northwestern Hungary, and extending into Austria and Slovakia (where it is called Podunajská Lowland). It has an area of approximately 3,000 square miles (8,000 square km). It is bounded on the south and east by the

Mount Vernon: The estate, originally called Little Hunting Creek Plantation, consisted of about 5,000 acres (2,000 hectares). It descended by inheritance from John Washington, the first of the family in America, to his son Lawrence, who in turn devised it to his daughter Mildred. From Mildred it was purchased in 1726…

Little Ice Age (LIA), climate interval that occurred from the early 14th century through the mid-19th century, when mountain glaciers expanded at several locations, including the European Alps, New Zealand, Alaska, and the southern Andes, and mean annual temperatures across the Northern Hemisphere

Lee Krasner: In 1946 she began her Little Image paintings, a tightly focused series of works in which her use of dots and drips of paint were inspired by Pollock’s “drip paintings” of the period. In these and her collages of the early 1950s, Krasner often worked on a small scale, which…

Roy Eldridge was an American trumpeter, one of the great creative musicians of the 1930s. A child prodigy, Eldridge began his professional career in 1917 when, on New Year’s Eve, he played the drums in his elder brother’s band. He went to New York City in 1930 and played in the trumpet sections of

Antoine de La Sale: …writer chiefly remembered for his Petit Jehan de Saintré, a romance marked by a great gift for the observation of court manners and a keen sense of comic situation and dialogue.

Television: With Television’s first single, “Little Johnny Jewel” (1975), and much-touted debut album, Marquee Moon (1977), the extended guitar solo found a place in a movement that generally rebelled against intricate musicianship. The principal members were Tom Verlaine (original name Thomas Miller; b. December 13, 1949, Mount Morris, New Jersey,…

Atlas Mountains: Climate of the Atlas Mountains: …of Mount Babor in the Little Kabylie region are covered with snow for four or five months, while the Moroccan High Atlas retains its snows until the height of summer. Winter in the Atlas is hard, imposing severe conditions upon the inhabitants.

Atlas Mountains: Climate of the Atlas Mountains: …of Mount Babor in the Little Kabylie region are covered with snow for four or five months, while the Moroccan High Atlas retains its snows until the height of summer. Winter in the Atlas is hard, imposing severe conditions upon the inhabitants.

Little Karoo, intermontane plateau basin in Western Cape province, South Africa, lying between the east-west oriented Groot-Swart Mountains (north), the Lange Mountains (southwest), and the Outeniqua Mountains (southeast), with the discontinuous Kammanassie Mountains running between those ranges.

Witi Ihimaera: The Little Kowhai Tree (2002) is an illustrated book for children about the growth of plants and the interdependence of the environment.

computer scripting language, a computer language intended to solve relatively small programming problems that do not require the overhead of data declarations and other features needed to make large programs manageable. Scripting languages are used for writing operating system utilities, for

Little League, international baseball organization for children and teenagers, started in 1939 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, by Carl E. Stotz and brothers Bert and George Bebble. The league originally included boys age 8 to 12. Girls have been admitted since 1974. Little League now includes a

Lycoming: …home of the Little League Baseball International Headquarters (founded 1939) and the site of its annual World Series. The principal boroughs are South Williamsport, Montoursville, Jersey Shore, Muncy, and Hughesville.

World Series: …professional minor leagues), and the Little League World Series, an annual event with international representation for teams of boys and girls 9 to 18 years old.

peppergrass: Major species: Lentejilla, or little lentil (L. armoracia), is native to Europe but has naturalized in Mexico, where it is used as a folk medicine. Pepperwort, or field pepper (L. campestre), is a widespread weed originally native to Europe. It has hairy arrowlike stem leaves and once…

Luis Aparicio is a Venezuelan baseball player who was known for his outstanding fielding, speed on the base paths, and durability. Aparicio appeared in 2,581 games at shortstop, a record in American professional baseball that stood for more than three decades. The son of a baseball player in Latin

John Cromwell: Early career: …company, hired Cromwell to direct Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), a tasteful treatment of the popular novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett; the family drama starred Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney. Later in 1936 Cromwell made two films for Twentieth Century-Fox: To Mary—with Love, a marital drama starring Myrna Loy and Warner

Little Lord Fauntleroy, sentimental novel for children written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, published serially in St. Nicholas magazine and in book form in 1886. The novel’s protagonist, Cedric, and his mother, Dearest, live in America until Cedric learns that he is to inherit the title and estate

Explore other Botanize! episodes and learn more about lichens. Melissa Petruzzello: Welcome listeners! You’ve tuned in to Encyclopædia Britannica’s Botanize!, and I’m your host, Melissa Petruzzello, plant and environmental science editor here at Britannica. This show is about highlighting some of

little magazine, any of various small periodicals devoted to serious literary writings, usually avant-garde and noncommercial. They were published from about 1880 through much of the 20th century and flourished in the United States and England, though French writers (especially the Symbolist poets

fortification: Other fort series: …what became known as the Little Maginot Line to oppose Germany; the Greeks built the Metaxas Line facing Bulgaria; and the Belgians erected a series of elaborate forts along the Albert Canal. German capture of the most elaborate and allegedly impregnable of the Belgian forts, Eben Emael, in a matter…

Great Malvern: Little Malvern, with the remains of a Benedictine priory (now the parish church), lies below Worcestershire Beacon, which is crowned by extensive and well-preserved Iron Age hill fortresses. Great Malvern is now an educational and cultural centre, with Malvern College for boys (founded 1862), a…

Jodie Foster: …directorial debut with the drama Little Man Tate (1991), in which she also costarred, and she later directed the ensemble film Home for the Holidays (1995). She also served as a producer for several of her films, including Nell (1994), for which she received another Oscar nomination for best actress.…

Edgar G. Ulmer: Detour: …set designer for Frank Borzage’s Little Man, What Now? (1934), Ulmer initially directed a number of low-profile projects. Using the pseudonym John Warner, he made the western Thunder over Texas (1934). He later helmed several Yiddish-language dramas shot in and around New York City and a variety of public-health documentaries,…

Sunil Gavaskar is an Indian cricket player who is considered one of the sport’s greatest opening batsmen of all time. Gavaskar skillfully captained the Indian team in 47 Test (international) matches and dominated the game during a career that spanned 16 years and 125 total Test contests. Gavaskar

Martin Short: Career: …roles in the 1999 musical Little Me after being nominated for best actor in a musical for his performance in The Goodbye Girl (1993). However, he turned down a chance to play Leo Bloom in The Producers, Mel Brooks’s hit Broadway musical based on his earlier film. Matthew Broderick wound…

Louisa May Alcott: …Women’s success with two sequels, Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys (1871) and Jo’s Boys and How They Turned Out (1886). Little Women also inspired numerous movies, including the 1933 classic, starring Katharine Hepburn as Jo, and Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation. Alcott also wrote other domestic narratives drawn…

Louisa May Alcott: …Women’s success with two sequels, Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys (1871) and Jo’s Boys and How They Turned Out (1886). Little Women also inspired numerous movies, including the 1933 classic, starring Katharine Hepburn as Jo, and Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation. Alcott also wrote other domestic narratives drawn…

Copenhagen: …at Langelinie Pier is the Little Mermaid statue (1913), which is based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen. A Danish national symbol, it is one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions.

Shirley MacLaine: Her subsequent movies included The Little Mermaid (2018), based on the Hans Christian Andersen story.

Awkwafina: Nora from Queens, The Little Mermaid, and films from the 2020s: …in Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. In addition, she portrayed a feisty police officer and the love interest to Dracula’s henchman (played by Nicholas Hoult) in the romantic comedy horror spoof Renfield (2023).

Alan Menken: …Hans Christian Andersen story “The Little Mermaid,” which was released in 1989. The resulting collaboration earned Menken two Academy Awards and his first of numerous Grammy Awards, among other accolades. The team’s next Disney project, Beauty and the Beast (1991), was nominated for best picture and earned Menken another…

panicum: …proso millet (Panicum miliaceum) and little millet (P. sumatrense), are important food crops in Asia and Africa. See also millet.

The Minch: The Little Minch, its southerly extension, lies between the island groups of the Outer and Inner Hebrides, separating the islands of Harris and North Uist in the west from the island of Skye in the east.

The Little Minister, popular sentimental novel by J.M. Barrie, published in 1891 and dramatized in 1897. The Little Minister is set in Thrums, a Scottish weaving village based on Barrie’s birthplace, and concerns Gavin Dishart, a young impoverished minister with his first congregation. The weavers

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon: …in the Miquelons (Miquelon and Langlade, sometimes known as Great and Little Miquelon, connected by the slim, sandy Isthmus of Langlade). But the island of Saint-Pierre, only 10 square miles (26 square km) in area, has almost 90 percent of the total population and is the administrative and commercial centre.

Irving Cummings: …Cummings reteamed with Temple on Little Miss Broadway (1938), a typically sentimental outing for the young actress, enlivened by her duets with Jimmy Durante. The film was a box-office success, and the director and actress then made the Depression-era comedy Just Around the Corner (1938), which also starred Bill Robinson.…

Alexander Hall: Early work: …of Shirley Temple’s best showcases, Little Miss Marker (1934). Other films released in 1934 were The Pursuit of Happiness, a period piece starring Joan Bennett, and the melodrama Limehouse Blues, with Raft and Anna May Wong. In 1935 Hall directed Goin’ to Town, a comedy starring Mae West as a…

Alan Arkin: …blunt, cantankerous, heroin-sniffing grandfather in Little Miss Sunshine (2006), a comedy about a dysfunctional family driving cross-country to attend a child beauty pageant, earned him the Academy Award for best supporting actor. His subsequent films included The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), the thriller Rendition (2007), the 2008…

Little Missouri National Grassland, prairie grassland region of western North Dakota, U.S. Created in 1960, it is one of four grassland areas included within the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. It covers an area of more than 1,600 square miles (4,140 square km), making it the largest of the country’s

Little Missouri River, river, northwestern United States. It rises along the western slopes of the Missouri Buttes formation (just west of Devils Tower National Monument) in northeastern Wyoming. The river then flows northeast across the southeastern corner of Montana and, after entering the

Little Missouri River, river rising in southwestern Arkansas, U.S., in the Ouachita Mountains. It flows about 150 miles (240 km) southeast into the Ouachita River, 27 miles (43 km) above Camden. Narrows Dam, 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Murfreesboro, impounds Lake Greeson for flood control and

Maureen Connolly was an American tennis player who in 1953 became the first woman to win the Grand Slam of tennis: the British (Wimbledon), United States, Australian, and French singles championships. Connolly began playing tennis at the age of 10. After a few months of training under a

Lupita Nyong’o: …doppelgängers, and the zombie comedy Little Monsters. Also that year she reprised her role as Maz Kanata in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. In the espionage thriller The 355 (2022), Nyong’o was part of an all-star cast that included Jessica Chastain and Penélope Cruz.

Williston, city, seat (1891) of Williams county, northwestern North Dakota, U.S. It lies on the Missouri River, 20 miles (30 km) east of the Montana state line and 65 miles (105 km) south of the Canadian border. The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through the area in 1804–05. Assiniboin, Crow,

Alan Arkin: …and acted in the film Little Murders (1971), having earlier (1969) directed an Off-Broadway revival of that play, written by Jules Feiffer. He later received a Tony Award (1973) for his staging of Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys (1972–74). He also appeared in the 1972 film adaptation of the Simon’s…

ballad: Crime: …sweetheart poisons “Lord Randal”; “Little Musgrave” is killed by Lord Barnard when he is discovered in bed with Lady Barnard, and the lady, too, is gorily dispatched. The murders of “Jim Fisk,” Johnny of “Frankie and Johnny,” and many other ballad victims are prompted by sexual jealousy. One particular…

Namaqualand: …by the Orange River into Little Namaqualand in South Africa and Great Namaqualand in Namibia. The region is primarily desert, with annual precipitation averaging between 2 and 8 inches (50 and 200 mm).

John McGraw was an American professional baseball player and manager who led the New York Giants to 10 National League championships. During the 1890s McGraw was a star infielder for the Baltimore National League club. (Both the American and the National League Baltimore teams of this era were

Little Nell, fictional character, a frail child who is a major figure in Charles Dickens’s novel The Old Curiosity Shop (1840–41). Dickens’s account of her death after many vicissitudes is often considered the apotheosis of Victorian

animation: Early history: Winsor McCay, whose elegant, surreal Little Nemo in Slumberland and Dream of the Rarebit Fiend remain pinnacles of comic-strip art. McCay created a hand-coloured short film of Little Nemo for use during his vaudeville act in 1911, but it was Gertie the Dinosaur, created for McCay’s 1914 tour, that transformed…

Stephen Sondheim: …that includes many pastiche songs; A Little Night Music (1973; film 1977), based on Ingmar Bergman’s film Smiles of a Summer Night (1955); and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979; film 2007), a macabre tale set in Victorian-era London. All were either produced or directed by Harold…

River Phoenix: Career: …he starred in the thriller Little Nikita opposite Sidney Poitier. Later that year Phoenix played Danny Pope, the teenage son of a fugitive family, in the drama Running on Empty. His sensitive performance in Running on Empty drew praise from critics, and he was nominated for an Academy Award for…

Enid Blyton: …and in the 1950s her Little Noddy series, featuring the adventures of Little Noddy, Mr. Plod the policeman, Big Ears, and other characters of Toyland Village, enjoyed enormous popularity and made her a household name. Blyton’s books feature clearly delineated good and bad characters and have exciting plots that illustrate…

Northern Dvina River, river formed by the junction of the Sukhona and Yug rivers at the city of Velikiy Ustyug, in Vologod oblast (province) of Russia. The Northern Dvina is one of the largest and most important waterways of the northern European portion of Russia. It flows 462 miles (744 km) in a

Omar Vizquel is considered one of the greatest fielding infielders in the history of baseball. The Venezuelan shortstop won 11 Gold Glove awards (1993–2001, 2005–06) during his 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was also named to three All-Star teams (1998–99, 2002). After playing

Ob River: Physiography: …from the right, and the Little (Malaya) Ob, which receives the Northern (Severnaya) Sosva, the Vogulka, and the Synya rivers from the left. These main channels are reunited below Shuryshkary into a single stream that is up to 12 miles (19 km) wide and 130 feet (40 metres) deep; but…

Little Octobrist, member of a Communist organization for children aged nine and under, closely associated with the Komsomol (q.v.) for youth aged 14 to

Brooklyn: The contemporary city: Little Odessa in Brighton Beach is the locus for expatriates from Russia and other countries of the former Soviet bloc. Indeed, Brooklyn is home for immigrant communities from Latin America, the Caribbean, China, Korea, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Despite its 21st-century renaissance, however, Brooklyn…

puppetry: Styles of puppet theatre: …in this tradition was the Theatre of the Little Ones of Vittorio Podrecca, which introduced the marionette pianist and the soprano with heaving bosom that have been widely copied ever since.

Oratorian: Associated with it is the Brotherhood of the Little Oratory, a confraternity of clerics and laymen. Although the seat of government is in Rome, there are other foundations elsewhere, notably in Italy, in Spain, and in England.

radio: Juvenile action and adventure series: …adventures for youngsters began with Little Orphan Annie, first broadcast over WGN radio in Chicago in 1930. Annie was first a comic strip, created in 1924 by Harold Gray for the Chicago Tribune, which owned WGN. The radio series graduated to NBC-Blue in April 1931. The show’s format set the…

Little Orphan Annie, American newspaper comic strip depicting the adventures of a plucky street urchin. Little Orphan Annie enjoyed an extraordinarily long life in newspapers, on stage, and in film. Making her first appearance on Aug. 5, 1924, Annie—who was conceived as an 11-year-old escapee from

Little Orphant Annie, one of the best-known poems of James Whitcomb Riley, first published under the pseudonym “Benj. F. Johnson, of Boone” in the popular collection The Old Swimmin’ Hole and ’Leven More Poems (1883). “Little Orphant Annie” was written in the Hoosier dialect of Riley’s native

Jan Švankmajer: …example, his film Otesánek (2000; Little Otik) is a dark comedy based on “The Wooden Baby” (1865) by Czech folklorist Karel Erben. The premise of the film follows that of the tale, which is about a wooden baby who comes to life and devours his parents. However, Švankmajer put a…

little owl, (Athene noctua), Old World burrowing owl about 20 cm (about 8 inches) long, belonging to the owl family Strigidae (order Strigiformes). Little owls occur in Europe, central Asia, and northern Africa and have been introduced into New Zealand and the United Kingdom. They are active during

Barebones Parliament, (July 4–Dec. 12, 1653), a hand-picked legislative group of “godly” men convened by Oliver Cromwell following the Puritan victory in the English Civil Wars. Its name was derived from one of its obscure members, Praise-God Barbon. After Cromwell expelled the Rump Parliament

surf music: Australian surf musicians included “Little Pattie” Amphlett (“He’s My Blonde-Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy” [1963]), the Delltones (“Hangin’ Five” [1963]), the Denvermen (“Surfside” [1963]) and, most prominently, the Atlantics (“Bombora” [1963]).

blue penguin, (Eudyptula minor), species of penguin (order Sphenisciformes) characterized by its diminutive stature and pale blue to dark gray plumage. It is the smallest of all known penguin species, and it is the only species of the genus Eudyptula. There are, however, six subspecies: E. minor

midget, in human anatomy, a person of very small stature whose bodily proportions, intelligence, and sexual development are within the normal range. Diminutive stature occurs sporadically in families the rest of whose members are of ordinary size. The children of midgets are usually of ordinary

Mary Lou Williams was a jazz pianist who performed with and composed for many of the great jazz artists of the 1940s and ’50s. Williams received early instruction from her mother, a classically trained pianist. Picking out simple tunes at age two, Mary Lou was a prodigy with perfect pitch and a