Louis de Durfort, 2nd earl of Feversham was a French-born soldier who played a notable role in military and diplomatic affairs in England under Charles II and James II. Durfort (known as the marquis de Blanquefort in France) met James, then duke of York, in 1650 and went to England in 1665, where

Asgard: …heroes slain in earthly battle; Thrudheim, the realm of Thor; and Breidablik, the home of Balder.

pollination: Structural: …the other half have “thrum” flowers, in which the style is short and the stamens are long, forming a “thrumhead” at the opening of the flower. Bees can hardly fail to deposit the pollen they receive from one type of flower onto the stigmas of the other type. The…

pollination: Structural: …are long, forming a “thrumhead” at the opening of the flower. Bees can hardly fail to deposit the pollen they receive from one type of flower onto the stigmas of the other type. The genetic system that regulates flower structure in these primroses is so constituted that cross-pollination automatically…

Annamese Cordillera, principal mountain range of Southeast Asia and the watershed between the Mekong River and the South China Sea. It extends parallel to the coast in a gentle curve generally northwest-southeast, forming the boundary between Laos and Vietnam. A fairly continuous range for about

thrush, fungus infection characterized by raised white patches on the tongue. When gently scraped off, these patches reveal inflamed tissue that tends to bleed easily. Beginning on the tongue, the creamy white spots can spread to the gums, palate, tonsils, throat, and elsewhere. The causative

thrush, any of the numerous species belonging to the songbird family Turdidae, treated by some authorities as a subfamily of the Old World insect eaters, family Muscicapidae. Thrushes are widely considered closely related to the Old World warblers (Sylviidae) and flycatchers (Muscicapidae), with

sprosser, species of nightingale

tanager: The thrush-tanager (Rhodinocichla rosea), found in lowlands from Mexico to Venezuela, may deserve family rank (Rhodinocichlidae). The swallow-tanager is of another subfamily entirely.

aerospace industry: Propulsion: There are three basic types of flight vehicle-propulsion systems: piston engines (or reciprocating engines), turbine engines (true-jet, turboprop, and turboshaft engines), and rocket engines (see airplane: Propulsion systems; rocket). At the low end of the performance spectrum are reciprocating engines. Although during

arch: …exert a diagonal force, called thrust, that will cause the arch to collapse if it is not properly buttressed. Hence, the vertical supports, or posts, upon which an arch rests must be massive enough to buttress the thrust and conduct it into the foundation (as in Roman triumphal arches). Arches…

rocket: General characteristics and principles of operation: …the turbojet and other “air-breathing” engines in that all of the exhaust jet consists of the gaseous combustion products of “propellants” carried on board. Like the turbojet engine, the rocket develops thrust by the rearward ejection of mass at very high velocity.

fault: Reverse dip-slip faults result from horizontal compressional forces caused by a shortening, or contraction, of Earth’s crust. The hanging wall moves up and over the footwall. Thrust faults are reverse faults that dip less than 45°. Thrust faults with a very low angle of dip…

horsepower: Thrust horsepower of jet engines and rockets is equal to the thrust in pounds force times the speed of the vehicle in miles per hour divided by 375 (which is equal to one horsepower measured in mile-pounds per hour).

nappe: …this is known as a klippe, or thrust outlier. Mythen Peak in the Alps in a typical example of a klippe.

open stage, theatrical stage without a proscenium, projecting into the audience and surrounded on three sides by the audience. The open stage was used in the corrales of Spain’s Golden Age of theatre (beginning about 1570) and in the traditional Noh theatre of Japan. It was also used in the first

Thor rocket: …first stage, resulting in the Thrust-Augmented Thor (TAT), nearly twice as powerful as the original Thor. Total thrust at lift-off was 330,000 pounds. Adding an Agena rocket as a second stage resulted in the two-stage Thor–Agena rocket, used to launch the Air Force’s Discoverer space satellites.

rocket and missile system: Design principles: …its engines is known as thrust-vector control.

expressway, major arterial divided highway that features two or more traffic lanes in each direction, with opposing traffic separated by a median strip; elimination of grade crossings; controlled entries and exits; and advanced designs eliminating steep grades, sharp curves, and other hazards and

Mjollnir: …was stolen by the giant Thrym, who asked as ransom the hand of the goddess Freyja. When Freyja refused to go to Thrym, Thor masqueraded as her and succeeded in grabbing the hammer, which had been brought out to consecrate him as Thrym’s bride. Thor then slaughtered Thrym and the…

Skadi: …home in the mountains (Thrymheim). In some sources, Skadi was known as the goddess of snowshoes. Another tradition relates that Skadi later married the god Odin and bore him sons.

Þrymskviða, one of several individual poems of Eddic literature preserved in the Codex Regius. Its ballad structure, end-stopped style, and excellent preservation have led scholars to suggest that it is one of the latest of the Eddic poems. It describes how the giant Þrym steals Mjǫllnir, the

Þrymskviða, one of several individual poems of Eddic literature preserved in the Codex Regius. Its ballad structure, end-stopped style, and excellent preservation have led scholars to suggest that it is one of the latest of the Eddic poems. It describes how the giant Þrym steals Mjǫllnir, the

Þrymskviða, one of several individual poems of Eddic literature preserved in the Codex Regius. Its ballad structure, end-stopped style, and excellent preservation have led scholars to suggest that it is one of the latest of the Eddic poems. It describes how the giant Þrym steals Mjǫllnir, the

cane rat, (genus Thryonomys), either of two species of large, stocky African rodent. Weighing up to 7 kg (more than 15 pounds), cane rats can grow to a length of 61 cm (24 inches), not including the scantily haired tail, which measures up to 26 cm. Cane rats have blunt muzzles and small ears, and

cane rat: …rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) and the lesser cane rat (T. gregorianus) both inhabit nonforested sub-Saharan Africa except for Namibia and most of South Africa and Botswana. The two species are found together in certain regions, but they occupy different habitats. The greater cane rat lives along rivers and lakes and in…

cane rat: The greater cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) and the lesser cane rat (T. gregorianus) both inhabit nonforested sub-Saharan Africa except for Namibia and most of South Africa and Botswana. The two species are found together in certain regions, but they occupy different habitats. The greater cane rat…

Thu Dau Mot, city, southern Vietnam. It is located on the Saigon River (Song Sai Gon) at the head of a branch of the Mekong River delta inland waterway and on a spur railway line from Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), 14 miles (23 km) to the south. There are clay pits, asbestos mines, and

Le Thanh Tong was the greatest ruler of the Later Le dynasty (q.v.; 1428–1788) in Vietnam. Though the early years of his reign were marked by a struggle for power, he eventually developed a governmental power base. He established a Chinese-style centralized administration and expanded dynastic

Le Loi was a Vietnamese general and emperor who won back independence for Vietnam from China in 1428, founded the Later Le dynasty, and became the most honoured Vietnamese hero of the medieval period. A wealthy upper-class landowner, Le Loi despised the Vietnamese aristocrats who collaborated with

Jacques-Auguste de Thou was a French statesman, bibliophile, and historiographer whose detached, impartial approach to the events of his own period made him a pioneer in the scientific approach to history. Born into a family noted for its statesmen and scholars, de Thou studied law at Orléans,

Dalai Lama: The 13th Dalai Lama, Thub-bstan-rgya-mtsho (1875–1933), ruled with great personal authority. The successful revolt within China against its ruling Manchu dynasty in 1912 gave the Tibetans the opportunity to dispel the disunited Chinese troops, and the Dalai Lama reigned as head of a sovereign state.

Misurata, town, northwestern Libya. It is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a band of sand dunes and occupies a coastal oasis above an underground water table. The town originated about the 7th century as a caravan supply centre. By the 12th century, as Thubactis, it was engaged in

polestar: …is Polaris (α Ursae Minoris); Thuban (α Draconis) was closest to the North Pole about 2700 bce, and the bright star Vega (α Lyrae) will be the star closest to the pole in 14,000 ce. The location of the northern polestar has made it a convenient object for navigators to…

Tibet, historic region and autonomous region of China that is often called “the roof of the world.” It occupies a vast area of plateaus and mountains in Central Asia, including Mount Everest (Qomolangma [or Zhumulangma] Feng; Tibetan: Chomolungma). It is bordered by the Chinese provinces of Qinghai

Colin Thubron is a British travel writer and novelist whose works, often set in foreign locales, explore love, memory, and the loss of faith as well as the differences between the ideal and the real. After attending Eton College, Thubron worked as an editor at publishing houses in London and New

Vietnam: Legendary kingdoms: …bce by a neighbouring warlord, Thuc Phan, who invaded and conquered Van Lang, united it with his kingdom, and called the new state Au Lac, which he then ruled under the name An Duong. Au Lac existed only until 207 bce, when it was incorporated by a former Chinese general,…

Pericles: Restoring Athens’s preeminence: Thucydides, son of Melesias (not the historian) and a relative of Cimon, who had inherited some of his political support, denounced both the extravagance of the project and the immorality of using allied funds to finance it. Pericles argued that the allies were paying for…

Thucydides was the greatest of ancient Greek historians and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the struggle between Athens and Sparta in the 5th century bc. His work was the first recorded political and moral analysis of a nation’s war policies. All that is certainly

spam: …spam dates to 1978, when Gary Thuerk, a marketing manager for the now defunct computer company Digital Equipment Corporation, sent out an unsolicited mass e-mail promoting his firm’s computer products. Sent to hundreds of computers over ARPANET (a precursor to the Internet; see DARPA), Thuerk’s message immediately provoked ire among…

thug, member of a well-organized confederacy of professional assassins who traveled in gangs throughout India for several hundred years. (The earliest authenticated mention of the thugs is found in Ẓiyāʾ-ud-Dīn Baranī, History of Fīrūz Shāh, dated about 1356.) The thugs would insinuate themselves

Thugga, the best-preserved ancient Roman city in modern Tunisia, located near modern Tabursuq, west of the ancient road between Carthage and Theveste (modern Tébessa, Alg.), some 60 miles (100 km) west of Tunis. Thugga’s most notable pre-Roman ruin is a 2nd-century-bce mausoleum, built in honour of

thug, member of a well-organized confederacy of professional assassins who traveled in gangs throughout India for several hundred years. (The earliest authenticated mention of the thugs is found in Ẓiyāʾ-ud-Dīn Baranī, History of Fīrūz Shāh, dated about 1356.) The thugs would insinuate themselves

Austria: Conflicts with revolutionary France, 1790–1805: …Franz Maria, Freiherr (baron) von Thugut, the only commoner to reach the rank of minister of foreign affairs in the history of the Habsburg monarchy. Thugut was an experienced diplomat and knew France very well, and he was convinced that the French Revolution represented a threat to the traditional European…

thugyi, (Burmese: “headman”), in Myanmar (Burmese) history, the title of either of two local royal officials: the myothugyi, or township chief, most common in the south, and the thaikthugyi, or regional chief, exclusive to the north. A myothugyi performed as a government official within special

fern moss, (genus Thuidium), any of several species of plants (subclass Bryidae) that form mats in grassy areas and on soil, rocks, logs, and tree bases throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Fewer than 10 of the 73 species are native to North America. A fern moss has fernlike branches and curved,

arborvitae, (genus Thuja), (Latin: “tree of life”), any of the five species of the genus Thuja, resinous, evergreen ornamental and timber conifers of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), native to North America and eastern Asia. A closely related genus is false arborvitae. Arborvitae are trees or

American arborvitae, (Thuja occidentalis), ornamental and timber evergreen conifer of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), native to eastern North America. In the lumber trade it is called, among other names, white cedar, eastern white cedar, and New Brunswick cedar. Often 20 m (65 feet) tall, the

arborvitae: The oriental, or Chinese, arborvitae (T. orientalis), a popular ornamental native to Asia, is a gracefully symmetrical shrub about 10 metres (33 feet) tall. Some authorities have assigned it to a separate genus (Biota) because of distinctions such as its erect branches, vertically arranged, fanlike branchlet systems, and…

Western red cedar, (Thuja plicata), an ornamental and timber evergreenconifer of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), native to the Pacific coast of North America. Western red cedar trees and shrubs are pyramidal in form. The trees may grow up to 60 metres (about 200 feet) tall and 6 metres in

absinthe: …thought to be caused by thujone, a toxic chemical present in wormwood; that conjecture was disproved in the late 1990s. The production and sale of absinthe subsequently became legal in many countries, fueling a modern revival in absinthe consumption.

false arborvitae, (Thujopsis dolabrata), ornamental and timber evergreen tree or shrub of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), native to Japan. It is closely related to the arborvitae (q.v.) but has larger leaves, marked on the underside with depressed white bands. The trees are often 35 metres (115

Jomo Kenyatta: Early life: …an educated young Kikuyu named Harry Thuku. Kenyatta joined the following year. One of the EAA’s main purposes was to recover Kikuyu lands lost when Kenya became a British crown colony (1920). The Africans were dispossessed, leaseholds of land were restricted to white settlers, and native reservations were established. In…

Naguib Mahfouz: …Al-Thulāthiyyah (1956–57; “Trilogy”), known as The Cairo Trilogy. Its three novels—Bayn al-qaṣrayn (1956; Palace Walk), Qaṣr al-shawq (1957; Palace of Desire), and Al-Sukkariyyah (1957; Sugar Street)—depict the lives of three generations of different families in Cairo from World War I until after the 1952 military coup that overthrew King Farouk.…

ultima Thule, in literature, the furthest possible place in the world. Thule was the northernmost part of the habitable ancient world. (See Thule culture.) References to ultima Thule in modern literature appear in works by Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and the Australian writer Henry

Thule Air Base, U.S. air base and communications centre, northwestern Greenland. It lies on Cape Atholl and the southern shore of Wolstenholme Fjord, an inlet of Baffin Bay. Near the base is the former Greenlandic (Eskimo) settlement of Umanak (Danish: Dundas). The region was explored (1912–33) by

Thule culture, prehistoric culture that developed along the Arctic coast in northern Alaska, possibly as far east as the Amundsen Gulf. Starting about 900 ce, it spread eastward rapidly and reached Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) by the 12th century. It continued to develop in the central areas of

asteroid: Hungarias and outer-belt asteroids: groups—the Cybeles, the Hildas, and Thule—are named for the lowest-numbered asteroid in each group. Members of the fourth group are called Trojan asteroids (see below). By 2023 there were more than 2,000 Cybeles, almost 6,000 Hildas, 3 Thules, and more than 13,000 Trojans. Those groups should not be confused with…

thulite, pink, manganese-rich variety of the mineral zoisite (q.v.). This is the national stone of

thulium (Tm), chemical element, a rare-earth metal of the lanthanide series of the periodic table. Thulium is a moderately hard, silvery white metal that is stable in air but can easily be dissolved in diluted acids—except hydrofluoric acid (HF), in which an insoluble trifluoride (TmF3) layer forms

thulium: …composed of the stable isotope thulium-169. Thirty-five radioactive isotopes (excluding nuclear isomers) are known. They range in mass from 144 to 179, and their half-lives range from more than 300 nanoseconds (thulium-178) to 1.92 years (thulium-171). Bombarded by neutrons, natural thulium becomes radioactive thulium-170 (128.6-day half-life), which ejects soft

thulium: …neutrons, natural thulium becomes radioactive thulium-170 (128.6-day half-life), which ejects soft gamma radiation with wavelength commensurate with laboratory hard X-ray sources. Only one allotropic (structural) form is known for thulium. The element adopts a close-packed hexagonal structure with a = 3.5375 Å and c = 5.5540 Å at room temperature.

Nicobar Islands: The highest peak is Mount Thullier, rising to 2,106 feet (642 metres) on Great Nicobar. The islands are densely forested with coconut and betel-nut palms and pandanus, mango, margosa, and beefwood (Casuarina) trees. The population consists mostly of two ethnic groups, the Nicobarese and the Shompens. Agriculture is the…

thuluth script, in calligraphy, medieval Islamic style of handwritten alphabet. Thuluth (Arabic: “one-third”) is written on the principle that one-third of each letter slopes. It is a large and elegant, cursive script, used in medieval times on mosque decorations. It took on some of the functions

silver processing: From copper concentrates: …are employed, the Moebius and Thum Balbach systems. The chief difference between them is that the electrodes are disposed vertically in the Moebius system and horizontally in the Thum Balbach system. The silver obtained by electrolysis usually has a purity of three-nines fine; on occasion it may be four-nines fine,…

Armenian literature: Modern: Among eastern poets, Hovhannes Thumanian wrote lyric and narrative poems; and his masterpiece, a short epic, Anush, full of songs that have become traditional, was early adapted as an opera. The most outstanding Armenian dramatist was Gabriel Sundukian, whose comedies (Hullabaloo [also called Khatabala], Pepo, The Broken Hearth)…

thumb, short, thick first digit of the human hand and of the lower-primate hand and foot. It differs from other digits in having only two phalanges (tubular bones of the fingers and toes). The thumb also differs in having much freedom of movement and being opposable to tips of other digits. The

USB flash drive, small portable data storage device that uses flash memory and has an integrated universal serial bus (USB) interface. Most flash drives have between 2 and 64 gigabytes (GB) of memory, but some drives can store as much as 2 terabytes (TB). A flash drive consists of a small printed

knot: The overhand knot is the simplest type of knot and is used to make a knob in a rope, string, or cord. It is used for tying packages, to keep rope ends from fraying, and as a first step in making more complex knots such as…

molding: Compound or composite: (3) A bird’s beak, or thumb, molding is essentially similar to the cyma reversa, except that the upper convexity is separated from the lower concavity by a sharp edge. (4) A keel molding is a projection, which resembles the keel of a ship, consisting of a pointed…

mbira, plucked idiophone (instrument whose sounding parts are resonant solids belonging to the body of the instrument itself)—or more specifically, a lamellaphone—that is unique to Africa and widely distributed throughout the continent. The mbira consists of a series of tuned metal or bamboo

General Tom Thumb was an American showman noted for his small stature. He was the first major attraction promoted by the circus impresario P.T. Barnum. Born to parents of normal stature, Charles Stratton ceased growing at the age of six months and remained 25 inches (0.6 metre) tall, weighing 15

smoky bat: … is also commonly called the thumbless bat. Small and delicately built, both species range in size from about 3.7 to 5.8 cm (1.5 to 2.3 inches), have tails about 2.4 to 3.6 cm (1 to 1.4 inches) in length, and weigh about 3 to 5 grams (0.1 to 0.16 ounce).…

Vincent D’Onofrio: …of the title character in Thumbsucker (2005), a Mississippi disc jockey (uncredited) in Cadillac Records (2008), and a criminal killed by a cop for the money he is holding in Brooklyn’s Finest (2009). In 2004 he wrote, directed, and starred in a short film, Five Minutes, Mr. Welles, an effort…

religious dress: Early sacerdotal dress: …which the divinatory devices of Urim and Thummim were kept. The book of Exodus specifies that it was to be woven of golden and linen threads dyed blue, purple, and scarlet (28:15). Because of its oracular function, it was called the “breastpiece of judgment.” On the face of the breastplate…

Shobha Gurtu: …was considered the “queen of thumri,” a light classical Hindustani style.

Franz Anton, prince zu Thun und Hohenstein was an Austrian administrator, prime minister, and governor of Bohemia, who favoured compromise with Czech nationalists but was defeated by extremist Czech and German opposition. Franz Anton was the son of Friedrich, Count von Thun und Hohenstein, and he

Friedrich, count von Thun und Hohenstein was an Austrian diplomat and administrator who served as president of the German federal diet at Frankfurt in 1850, where he repeatedly clashed with Prussia’s representative Otto von Bismarck. After the suppression of the 1848–49 revolutions in Germany and

Leo, count von Thun und Hohenstein was a pro-Czech Austrian statesman and administrator who improved the educational establishments of the Austrian Empire, sought to resolve the antagonisms between Czechs and Germans in Bohemia, and favoured the conversion of the Habsburg monarchy into a federal

Thor, deity common to all the early Germanic peoples, a great warrior represented as a red-bearded, middle-aged man of enormous strength, an implacable foe to the harmful race of giants but benevolent toward mankind. His figure was generally secondary to that of the god Odin, who in some traditions

Clas Thunberg was a Finnish speed skater who, with Ivar Ballangrud of Norway, dominated the sport in the 1920s and ’30s. He won five Olympic gold medals, a record for male speed skaters that was matched by Eric Heiden in 1980. Thunberg began competing on the international level at the age of 28,

Clas Thunberg was a Finnish speed skater who, with Ivar Ballangrud of Norway, dominated the sport in the 1920s and ’30s. He won five Olympic gold medals, a record for male speed skaters that was matched by Eric Heiden in 1980. Thunberg began competing on the international level at the age of 28,

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist who worked to address the problem of climate change, founding (2018) a movement known as Fridays for Future (also called School Strike for Climate). Thunberg’s mother was an opera singer, and her father was an actor. Greta was diagnosed with

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist who worked to address the problem of climate change, founding (2018) a movement known as Fridays for Future (also called School Strike for Climate). Thunberg’s mother was an opera singer, and her father was an actor. Greta was diagnosed with

Acanthaceae: …ornamentals as bear’s-breech (Acanthus mollis), clockvine (Thunbergia), shrimp plant (Justicia brandegeana), and caricature-plant (Graptophyllum pictum). The largest genera include Justicia (600 species; now comprising former segregate genera such as Jacobinia and Beloperone), Reullia (355),

thunder, sound caused by a lightning discharge. Lightning heats the air in its path and causes a large over-pressure of the air within its channel. The channel expands supersonically into the surrounding air as a shock wave and creates an acoustic signal that is heard as thunder. The loudest

Ed Asner: …driver in the TV series Thunder Alley (1994–95). He also voiced several animated characters during the ’90s, in shows such as Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–96; in the first five seasons), Batman: The Animated Series (1992–95; in the 1992 and 1994 seasons), and many others.

Anthony Mann: The 1950s: westerns of Anthony Mann: …standard Wild West venue for Thunder Bay (1953), a contemporary adventure starring Stewart and Dan Duryea as oil drillers who understandably upset the local shrimp fishermen when they start blasting off the Louisiana coast. The biopic The Glenn Miller Story (1954) was a well-mounted production that dramatized the late bandleader’s…

Thunder Bay, inlet of northwestern Lake Superior, indenting the coast of west-central Ontario, Canada. The bay is 35 miles (55 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide; it receives the Kaministiquia and Current rivers. Pie Island lies at the entrance to the bay, and Sibley Provincial Park, 94 square

Thunder Bay, city, seat of Thunder Bay district, west-central Ontario, Canada, on Lake Superior’s Thunder Bay, at the mouth of the Kaministiquia River. Probably first occupied by French fur traders as early as 1678, its site was permanently settled only after the birth of the towns Port Arthur and

thunder cult, prehistoric beliefs and practices that at times seem directed toward one aspect of the supreme sky god and at other times appear to be concerned with a separate thunder deity. Although beginning perhaps much earlier, the thunder cult became especially prominent in western Europe

Melissa McCarthy: …from 2021 included the action-comedy Thunder Force, which centers on two friends who become superheroes and battle genetic mutants, and The Starling, a drama about a woman grieving the death of an infant. That year she also appeared in the miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers, which was based on a novel…

D. Wayne Lukas: … races in a single year: Thunder Gulch claimed victory in both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont, and Timber Country took the Preakness. After his Grindstone won the 1996 Kentucky Derby, Lukas became the first trainer to win six consecutive Triple Crown races.

Gary Stevens: Riding Thunder Gultch, he won both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes in 1995. Two years later, aboard Silver Charm, he captured his third Kentucky Derby and his first Preakness. In 1998 he and Victory Gallop ended Real Quiet’s bid for the Triple Crown by…

Charles Vidor: Later films: Thunder in the East (1952) was an adventure movie starring Alan Ladd as a gunrunner in India and Deborah Kerr as the blind daughter of a missionary. With Rhapsody (1954), Vidor returned to the world of romance and music, but Elizabeth Taylor could not elevate…

Susan Hayward: Her later films included Thunder in the Sun (1959), The Marriage-Go-Round (1961), Where Love Has Gone (1964), and Valley of the Dolls (1967). Her last appearance was in the title role of the television movie Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (1972). Hayward’s death from cancer was attributed by several writers…

Sergei Eisenstein: …United States as the films Thunder over Mexico, Eisenstein in Mexico, and Death Day (1933–34). In 1940 a fourth film, entitled Time in the Sun, was made from the footage. A series of educational films about Mexico were also compiled by using extracts from the reels. None of those efforts…

bittern: The American bittern (B. lentiginosus), known locally as “stake driver” or “thunder pumper,” is slightly smaller. Other forms are the Australian bittern (B. poiciloptilus) and the South American, or pinnated, bittern (B. pinnatus).

Thunder Road, American crime-drama film, released in 1958, that is a cult classic notable for its numerous car chases and Robert Mitchum’s performance. Mitchum played a Korean War veteran who returns to the Tennessee hills to run his family’s moonshine business. Soon, however, he becomes embroiled

Thunderball, British spy film, released in 1965, that is the fourth James Bond movie and one of the highest-grossing installments in the series. The crime organization SPECTRE hijacks two atomic bombs from a NATO training flight and threatens to destroy a major city unless its exorbitant financial