- Stiers, David Ogden (American actor)
M*A*S*H: Charles Emerson Winchester (David Ogden Stiers), their priggish foil from 1977 until the end of the series. The base was officially commanded by incompetent but genial Lieut. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) and later in the series (1975–83) by irascible Col. Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan). However, the base’s…
- Stif (Algeria)
Sétif, town, northeastern Algeria, near the Wadi Bou Sellam. As ancient Sitifis, it became important when the Roman emperor Nerva established a veterans’ colony there in 97 ce. Sitifis became the chief town of the province of Mauretania Sitifensis (created 297 ce) and remained so under Byzantine
- stifado (food)
stew: A Greek stifado of beef is flavoured with red wine, onions, tomatoes, bay leaf, and garlic, and it may contain cubes of feta cheese. Two American stews deserve mention: Brunswick stew (originating in Brunswick County, Virginia) combines squirrel, rabbit—more commonly today, chicken—sweet corn, lima beans,
- stiff neck (pathology)
torticollis, abnormality in which the neck is in a twisted, bent position such that the head is pulled to one side and the chin points to the other. In infants the most common causes of torticollis include congenital shortening of muscles on one side of the neck, malposition of the fetus in the
- Stiff Records (British company)
Stiff Records: Do-It-Yourself Daring: Independent labels have given voice to music otherwise ignored or rebuffed by the major labels. Stiff was set up to record pub rock, yet it prospered because of punk, the style that displaced the pub rock movement. This is but one of several paradoxes associated…
- Stiff Records: Do-It-Yourself Daring
Independent labels have given voice to music otherwise ignored or rebuffed by the major labels. Stiff was set up to record pub rock, yet it prospered because of punk, the style that displaced the pub rock movement. This is but one of several paradoxes associated with that label, which started in
- Stiff Upper Lip (album by AC/DC)
AC/DC: …produced by Rick Rubin, and Stiff Upper Lip (2000), an album that attempted to capture the stadium-filling sound of the Back in Black era. After more than 30 years of producing some of the roughest and loudest head-banging anthems in heavy metal history, AC/DC scored its first Billboard number one…
- stiff-mud process (clay)
brick and tile: Mixing and forming: In the stiff-mud process the clay is mixed with water to render it plastic, after which it is forced through a die that extrudes a column of clay like the toothpaste squeezed from a tube (see the Figure). The column gives two dimensions of the unit being…
- stiff-person syndrome (neurological disorder)
Céline Dion: Death of husband and stiff-person syndrome diagnosis: …she had been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome. The rare neurological disorder was causing spasms that affected her mobility and vocal cords. As she underwent treatment, Dion canceled or postponed various dates for her 2023 tour.
- stiff-tailed duck (bird)
stifftail, any of several small, round ducks with short wings and long, spiky tail feathers, of the tribe Oxyurini, family Anatidae (order Anseriformes). A common and typical stifftail is the ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) of North America. In most species the drake has shiny reddish plumage and a
- Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man (work by Faludi)
Susan Faludi: Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man, a controversial examination of working-class male consciousness, appeared in 1999. In The Terror Dream (2007), Faludi explored the American response to the September 11, 2001, attacks, arguing that the media promoted patriarchal views of gender. Her later works…
- Stiffman syndrome (pathology)
myositis ossificans, disorder of unknown cause in which connective tissue and muscle are replaced by bone. In the more common local type (myositis ossificans circumscripta), only one area is affected; ossification is usually observed to follow injury to the part. In the rare progressive type
- stifftail (bird)
stifftail, any of several small, round ducks with short wings and long, spiky tail feathers, of the tribe Oxyurini, family Anatidae (order Anseriformes). A common and typical stifftail is the ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) of North America. In most species the drake has shiny reddish plumage and a
- Stifter, Adalbert (Austrian writer)
Adalbert Stifter was an Austrian narrative writer whose novels of almost classical purity exalt the humble virtues of a simple life. He was the son of a linen weaver and flax merchant, and his childhood experiences in the country, surrounded by peasant craftsmen, provided the setting for his work.
- Stig, Marsk (Danish outlaw)
ballad: Outlaws and badmen: …Marko Kraljević or the Danish Marsk Stig is exactly matched by the English Robin Hood, who is the hero of some 40 ballads, most of them of minstrel or broadside provenance. His chivalrous style and generosity to the poor was imitated by later ballad highwaymen in “Dick Turpin,” “Brennan on…
- Stigand (archbishop of Canterbury)
Stigand was the archbishop of Canterbury, probably the English king Canute’s priest of this name whom he placed over the minster of Ashingdon in Essex in 1020. Stigand was consecrated bishop of Elmham in 1043 but was deposed later in the year when Queen Emma, mother of Edward the Confessor, fell
- Stigar (poetry by Tranströmer)
Tomas Tranströmer: Tranströmer’s next volume, Stigar (1973; “Paths”), included translations into Swedish of some of Bly’s work. The Baltic coast, which captured Tranströmer’s imagination as a boy, is the setting for Östersjöar (1974; Baltics). His later works include Sanningsbarriären (1978; The Truth Barrier), Det vilda torget (1983; The Wild Marketplace),…
- Stigler, George J. (American economist)
George J. Stigler was an American economist whose incisive and unorthodox studies of marketplace behaviour and the effects of government regulation won him the 1982 Nobel Prize for Economics. After graduating from the University of Washington in 1931, Stigler took a business degree at Northwestern
- Stigler, George Joseph (American economist)
George J. Stigler was an American economist whose incisive and unorthodox studies of marketplace behaviour and the effects of government regulation won him the 1982 Nobel Prize for Economics. After graduating from the University of Washington in 1931, Stigler took a business degree at Northwestern
- Stiglitz, Joseph E. (American economist)
Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist who, with A. Michael Spence and George A. Akerlof, won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001 for laying the foundations for the theory of markets with asymmetric information. After studying at Amherst College (B.A., 1964) in Massachusetts and the
- Stiglitz, Joseph Eugene (American economist)
Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist who, with A. Michael Spence and George A. Akerlof, won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001 for laying the foundations for the theory of markets with asymmetric information. After studying at Amherst College (B.A., 1964) in Massachusetts and the
- Stiglitz, Natalya (Soviet-Israeli human-rights activist)
Anatoly Shcharansky: His wife, née Natalya Stiglitz, had also applied for a visa to go to Israel and was allowed to emigrate a day after their marriage in 1974. She adopted the Hebrew name Avital and, until his release, championed his cause from Jerusalem and in her travels abroad. Shcharansky’s…
- stigma (Christian mysticism)
stigmata, in Christian mysticism, bodily marks, scars, or pains corresponding to those of the crucified Jesus Christ—that is, on the hands, on the feet, near the heart, and sometimes on the head (from the crown of thorns) or shoulders and back (from carrying the cross and scourging). They are often
- stigma (plant)
angiosperm: Pollination: …grain lands on a receptive stigma. The surface of the stigma can be wet or dry and is often composed of specialized glandular tissue; the style is lined with secretory transmitting tissue. Their secretions provide an environment that nourishes the pollen tube as it elongates and grows down the style.…
- stigma (biology)
eyespot, a heavily pigmented region in certain one-celled organisms that apparently functions in light reception. The term is also applied to certain light-sensitive cells in the epidermis (skin) of some invertebrate animals (e.g., worms, starfishes). In the green one-celled organism Euglena, the
- stigmasterol (chemical compound)
steroid: Partial synthesis of steroids: Stigmasterol, which is readily obtainable from soybean oil, can be transformed easily to progesterone and to other hormones, and commercial processes based on this sterol have been developed.
- stigmata (Christian mysticism)
stigmata, in Christian mysticism, bodily marks, scars, or pains corresponding to those of the crucified Jesus Christ—that is, on the hands, on the feet, near the heart, and sometimes on the head (from the crown of thorns) or shoulders and back (from carrying the cross and scourging). They are often
- Stigmellidae (insect)
midget moth, any member of the approximately 300 species in the cosmopolitan family Nepticulidae (sometimes called Stigmellidae), containing some of the smallest members of the order Lepidoptera. Most have long and pointed wings generally covered with scales and spinelike hairs; the wingspan is
- Stigwood, Robert (Australian entrepreneur)
Saturday Night Fever: Background and production: Producer Robert Stigwood purchased the article’s film rights, and Travolta, mostly known for playing preening high-school student Vinnie Barbarino in the TV series Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–79), was cast in the lead role. John G. Avildsen was initially hired to direct, but he was replaced by…
- Stijl, De (art)
De Stijl, group of Dutch artists in Amsterdam in 1917, including the painters Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg, and Vilmos Huszár, the architect Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud, and the poet A. Kok; other early associates of De Stijl were Bart van der Leck, Georges Vantongerloo, Jan Wils, and Robert
- Stijl, De (art magazine)
De Stijl: …principles, launched the group’s periodical, De Stijl (1917–32), which set forth the theories of its members.
- Stikhi o prekrasnoy dame (poetry cycle by Blok)
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok: …collection of poems, the cycle Stikhi o prekrasnoy dame (1904; “Verses About the Lady Beautiful”), focuses on personal, intimate themes that are presented on a mystical plane and lack any contemporaneity. The heroine of the poems is not only the beloved whom the poet treats with knightly chivalry but is…
- Stikine River (river, North America)
Stikine River, stream in northwestern British Columbia, Can., and southeastern Alaska, U.S. It rises in several headstreams in the Stikine Ranges of northern British Columbia and flows in a wide arc west and southwest through narrow valleys often backed by towering, snowcapped mountains, skirting
- Stiklestad, Battle of (Norwegian history)
Olaf II Haraldsson: …and Danish army in the Battle of Stiklestad (1030), one of the most celebrated battles in ancient Norse history. Olaf’s popularity, his church work, and the aura of legend that surrounded his death, which was supposedly accompanied by miracles, led to his canonization in 1031. His popularity spread rapidly; churches…
- Stil in den technischen und tektonischen Künsten, Der (work by Semper)
Gottfried Semper: In his influential writings, principally Der Stil in den technischen und tektonischen Künsten (1860–63; “Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts”) he stressed a rational interpretation of techniques as a source of style, and recommended the use of colour in decorative arts and architecture.
- stilbene molecule (chemistry)
photochemical reaction: Photoisomerization: …of optical radiation by a stilbene molecule converts the central double bond from trans to cis. As in photodissociation, this is caused by the electron distribution in the excited state being quite different from that in the ground state; hence, the structure of the initially created excited singlet (by absorption…
- stilbite (mineral)
stilbite, mineral similar to heulandite (q.v.), a member of the zeolite
- stile antico (music)
Western music: The Baroque era: One, the prima prattica (or stile antico), was the universal style of the 16th century, the culmination of two centuries of adherence to Flemish models. The other, called seconda prattica, or stile moderno, referred to the new theatrical style emanating from Italy.
- stile concertato (musical style)
concertato style, musical style characterized by the interaction of two or more groups of instruments or voices. The term is derived from the Italian concertare, “concerted,” which implies that a heterogeneous group of performers is brought together in a harmonious ensemble. The advent of the
- Stile Floreale (artistic style)
Art Nouveau, style of art that flourished between about 1890 and 1910 throughout Europe and the United States. Art Nouveau is characterized by its use of a long, sinuous, organic line and was employed most often in architecture, interior design, jewelry and glass design, posters, and illustration.
- Stile Liberty (artistic style)
Art Nouveau, style of art that flourished between about 1890 and 1910 throughout Europe and the United States. Art Nouveau is characterized by its use of a long, sinuous, organic line and was employed most often in architecture, interior design, jewelry and glass design, posters, and illustration.
- stile moderno (music)
Baroque music: …for sacred music, while the stile moderno, or nuove musiche—with its emphasis on solo voice, polarity of the melody and the bass line, and interest in expressive harmony—developed for secular usage. The expanded vocabulary allowed for a clearer distinction between sacred and secular music as well as between vocal and…
- Stiletto (missile)
rocket and missile system: Multiple warheads: …10 500-kiloton warheads; and the SS-19 Stiletto, with six 550-kiloton warheads. Each of these Soviet systems had several versions that traded multiple warheads for higher yield. For instance, the SS-18, model 3, carried a single 20-megaton warhead. This giant missile, which replaced the SS-9 in the latter’s silos, had about…
- stiletto fly (insect)
stiletto fly, (family Therevidae), any of about 1,600 species of insects in the fly order, Diptera. Adults are hairy or bristly, with slender bodies. They are usually found in open areas, such as pastures. The larvae occur in soil and decaying matter, and both adults and larvae are predatory. The
- stiletto snake (reptile)
burrowing asp, (genus Atractaspis), any of 19 species of venomous, secretive snakes, also known as mole vipers and stiletto snakes, of tropical Africa and the Middle East. They belong to the family Atractaspididae, a group distinct from vipers and elapids. Atractaspidids are characterized by a
- Stilfser Joch (mountain pass, Italy)
Stelvio Pass, Alpine pass (9,042 feet [2,756 m]) at the northwest base of the Ortles mountain range in northern Italy near the Swiss border. One of the highest road passes in Europe, it connects the Venosta valley of the upper Adige River to the northeast with the Tellina valley of the upper Adda
- Stilicho, Flavius (Roman general)
Flavius Stilicho was the regent (394–408) for the Roman emperor Honorius and one of the last great Roman military commanders in the West. He fought in several campaigns against the barbarians, opposing the invading Visigoths under Alaric in the Balkans and Italy and repelling an Ostrogothic
- still (apparatus)
moonshine: The making of moonshine: …for the pot (called a still) as well as for all piping. The still was then heated to 172 °F (78 °C), at which point the alcohol evaporated and distilled through a pipe at the top of the still. As the mixture cooked, the sugar sometimes gave off a sweet…
- Still Alice (film by Glatzer and Westmoreland [2014])
Alec Baldwin: 30 Rock, SNL, and later films: In Still Alice (2014) he portrayed the husband of a woman (Julianne Moore) who is succumbing to early-onset Alzheimer disease.
- Still Crazy After All These Years (album by Simon)
Paul Simon: Solo career and world music: …success came in 1975 with Still Crazy After All These Years, a collection of wistful ruminations on approaching middle age.
- Still Dead (work by Knox)
Ronald Knox: …inventive and complex detective novels; Still Dead (1934) is generally considered the best among them. His version of the New Testament appeared in 1945. His Old Testament and On Englishing the Bible, a penetrating examination of the problems of a translator, were published in 1949. These were followed by his…
- Still Feels Good (album by Rascal Flatts)
Rascal Flatts: …Me and My Gang (2006), Still Feels Good (2007), and Unstoppable (2009)—each of which reached the top of Billboard’s all-genre album chart. The hit singles “What Hurts the Most” (2006), a rueful ballad, and “Life Is a Highway” (2006), a rollicking tune featured on the soundtrack to the animated film…
- still fishing (sport)
fishing: Methods: Bait fishing, also called still fishing or bottom fishing, is certainly the oldest and most universally used method. In British freshwater fishing it is used to catch what are called coarse (or rough) fish. These include bream, barb, tench, dace, and other nongame species. A…
- Still Life (play by Coward)
Still Life, one-act play by Noël Coward, produced and published in 1936, about a pair of middle-aged lovers doomed to part. Still Life was one of a group of one-act plays by Coward that were performed in various combinations, making up three shows titled Tonight at 8:30 (1936). Laura and Alec
- Still Life (novel by Byatt)
A.S. Byatt: …second volume of the series, Still Life (1985), concentrates on the art of painting, and it was followed by Babel Tower (1995) and A Whistling Woman (2002).
- Still Life (novel by Penny)
Louise Penny: Three Pines and Armand Gamache: Still Life was published in 2005. The book centers on the death of a beloved former teacher in Three Pines, a quaint village outside of Montreal. Gamache and his team—including his second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir—soon realize that what appears to be an accidental death is murder.…
- Still Life (painting by Le Corbusier)
Purism: Le Corbusier’s Still Life (1920) is a typical Purist painting. He purified the colour scheme to include only the neutrals—gray, black, and white—and monochromes of green. He applied the paint smoothly to enhance the sense of impersonal objectivity. He also repeated the rhythmic, curving contours of a…
- Still Life of Salmon (work by Takahashi Yuichi)
Japanese art: Western-style painting: His Still Life of Salmon (1877), one of seven known attempts by Takahashi at the subject, elevates this ordinary subject to a splendid study of form and colour.
- Still Life with a Burning Candle (painting by Claesz)
Pieter Claesz: His Still Life with a Burning Candle (1627) and the Breakfast Still Life (1647) show a subtle variation of closely related monochrome colors, which in his later, more Baroque work became stronger. Claesz’s increasingly decorative work after 1640 includes lavish still-life displays. His son, Nicolaes Berchem,…
- Still Life with Chair Caning (work by Picasso)
assemblage: …the earliest examples is Picasso’s “Still Life with Chair Caning” (1911–12), in which a piece of oilcloth with an imitation chair caning design was pasted onto the painting, and a rope was used to frame the picture. Subsequent art movements such as Dada and Surrealism explored the possibilities of assemblage.…
- Still Life with Fish (painting by Peeters)
Clara Peeters: …a series of paintings, including Still Life with Fish, a Candle, Artichokes, Crab, and Prawns (1611). The well-known painting—which depicts recently caught fish, shrimp, and crabs, among other items on a banquet table—showcases the artist’s meticulous and painstaking technique. Every scale on the fish is rendered in a highly detailed…
- Still Life with Meadow Flowers and Roses (painting)
Kröller-Müller State Museum: The painting, Still Life with Meadow Flowers and Roses (1886), had been executed on top of a rendering of two wrestlers, visible in high-definition X-rays taken of the work. Though the wrestlers had been detected by X-ray before, a new technique called macro scanning X-ray fluorescence spectrometry…
- Still Life with Woodpecker (novel by Robbins)
Tom Robbins: Robbins’s later novels include Still Life with Woodpecker (1980); Jitterbug Perfume (1984), which centers on a medieval king who lives for 1,000 years before becoming a janitor in Albert Einstein’s laboratory; Skinny Legs and All (1990), a fantastical novel that follows five inanimate objects on a journey to Jerusalem…
- Still of the Night (film by Benton [1982])
Robert Benton: The 1980s: …to release his next project, Still of the Night (1982). A derivative thriller (written by Benton and Newman), the film miscast Streep as a woman suspected of murder, and Roy Scheider was less than compelling as the Manhattan psychologist who tries to determine whether she is the actual killer or…
- still rings (gymnastics)
rings, gymnastics apparatus consisting of two small circles that are suspended by straps from an overhead support and grasped by the gymnast while performing various exercises. They were invented in the early 19th century by the German Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, known as the “father of gymnastics.”
- Still Singing Her Heart Out
She is the streetwise sound of heartache, pain, and resilience. Her lived-in mezzo-soprano voice paired perfectly with her flair for the dramatic—the tight spotlight on her pale face and her expressive hands—as well as her admittedly harrowing life. Many details of Edith Piaf’s life are well known,
- Still to Mow (work by Kumin)
Maxine Kumin: …and Other New Poems (2005), Still to Mow (2007), and Where I Live (2010) continue to mine Kumin’s abiding interests in country life and family while expanding to encompass seemingly disparate topics, from the Iraq War to the deaths of beloved pets.
- Still Water (The River Thames, for Example) (photo-lithographs by Horn)
Roni Horn: Notable examples include Still Water (The River Thames, for Example) (1999), in which images of the River Thames include numbers related to footnotes that provide a context and the artist’s insight, and the Key and Cue series (1990s), which features aluminum columns printed with lines of poetry by…
- Still’s disease (pathology)
Still’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis in children. The major difference between this illness and rheumatoid arthritis in adults is its effect on the rate of bone growth. Deformities of the spine are typical in Still’s disease. Medication and physical therapy coupled with rest and orthopedic
- Still, Alexander William (newspaper editor)
The Straits Times: Under Alexander William Still, editor in the early 1900s, The Straits Times promoted local causes, including higher education for Singapore’s large Chinese, Indian, and Malay population.
- Still, Andrew Taylor (American osteopath)
Andrew Taylor Still was an American founder of osteopathy, who believed that remedies for disease are available in the correctly adjusted body, obtained through manipulative techniques and concomitant medical and surgical therapy. Still acquired some medical training from his father and a college
- Still, Clyfford (American artist)
Clyfford Still was an American artist, associated with the New York school, whose large-scale abstract paintings belong to the tradition of the romantic sublime. Still painted large abstract canvases meant to evoke the mystery of human existence through pure colour and form. Like many other
- Still, William Grant (American composer and conductor)
William Grant Still was an American composer and conductor and the first African American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States. Though a prolific composer of operas, ballets, symphonies, and other works, he was best known for his Afro-American Symphony (1931). Still was
- still-frame videophone
videophone: Digital videophone systems: …began to develop and sell still-frame videophones that could operate directly over the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The still-frame videophone employs a video camera and a frame-capture system to capture a single video frame for transmission. Since still-frames exhibit no time dependency, they do not have to be transmitted…
- still-hunting (sport)
hunting: Hunting methods: …alert, in what is called still-hunting, although deer hunters using this method speak of “jumping” a deer.
- still-life painting
still-life painting, depiction of inanimate objects for the sake of their qualities of form, colour, texture, and composition. Although decorative fresco murals and mosaics with still-life subjects occasionally appeared in antiquity, it was not until the Renaissance that still life emerged as an
- Still-life with Fruit, Flowers, and Insects (painting by Rachel Ruysch)
Fruit and Insects, oil painting by Dutch artist Rachel Ruysch, that, together with Basket of Flowers, was commissioned by her patron, Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, and was created in 1711. The paintings were a gift for Cosimo III, grand duke of Tuscany, and hang in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence,
- still-water bending moment (physics)
ship: Structural integrity: …become one of finding a still-water (i.e., level sea surface) bending moment, then adding to it a wave-bending moment found by an empirical formula and based only on the size and proportions of the ship. Coefficients in the formula are based on data obtained from at-sea measurements and from tests…
- Stillbay industry (archaeology)
Stillbay industry, assemblage of Late Paleolithic stone tools, found first in Cape Province, S.Af., and dating from about 30,000 to 50,000 years ago. The stone flake culture reached from Ethiopia in the north to South Africa along the eastern coast and produced a variety of stone tools that are
- stillbirth (pathology)
fetus: …fetus thereafter is considered a stillbirth and of a living fetus a premature birth. Postmature birth is one occurring more than three weeks beyond the expected date of delivery.
- Stillding (ancient German law)
fehmic court: …and ordinary misdemeanours; and the Stillding, or secret assembly, attended only by the judge, the Schöffen (aldermen), and parties to the case. The Stillding had entirely superseded the offenes Ding by 1500. After 1422 royal authority in Westphalia was supposedly delegated to the archbishop of Cologne, but the fehmic courts…
- Stille existenser (short stories by Bang)
Herman Bang: …a collection of short stories, Stille existenser (1886; “Quiet Existences”), and the novels Stuk (1887; “Stucco”) and Tine (1889)—is considered to be his best. Bang died while on a lecture tour of the United States.
- stille pige, Den (novel by Høeg)
Peter Høeg: …published Den stille pige (2006; The Quiet Girl), a complex thriller about a circus clown who uses his heightened sense of hearing to search for a young girl gone missing. The novel’s poor reviews compelled Høeg to retreat further from the literary spotlight. Despite the positive reception for his 2010…
- Stille Zeile Sechs (novel by Maron)
German literature: After reunification: …novel Stille Zeile Sechs (1991; Silent Close No. Six), set in the 1980s and ostensibly a story about the discovery of guilt incurred by an important East German party functionary during the Third Reich. By exploring the rift between actions and desires, the novel becomes an inquiry into the responsibility…
- Stiller (novel by Frisch)
Max Frisch: Frisch’s early novels Stiller (1954; I’m Not Stiller), Homo Faber (1957), and Mein Name sei Gantenbein (1964; A Wilderness of Mirrors) portray aspects of modern intellectual life and examine the theme of identity. His autobiographical works included two noteworthy diaries, Tagebuch 1946–1949 (1950; Sketchbook 1946–1949) and Tagebuch 1966–1971
- Stiller, Ben (American actor, writer, and director)
Ben Stiller is an American actor, writer, and director, one of the leading movie stars of the early 21st century, known for his comic portrayal of neurotic or aggrieved characters. Stiller was the son of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, who for many years were a celebrated comedy team. While growing
- Stiller, Benjamin Edward Meara (American actor, writer, and director)
Ben Stiller is an American actor, writer, and director, one of the leading movie stars of the early 21st century, known for his comic portrayal of neurotic or aggrieved characters. Stiller was the son of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, who for many years were a celebrated comedy team. While growing
- Stiller, Gerald Isaac (American actor and comedian)
Jerry Stiller was an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Frank Costanza on the popular television sitcom Seinfeld. He and his wife, Anne Meara, were a successful comedy duo in the 1960s. In later years, he also acted in projects produced and directed by their son, Ben Stiller.
- Stiller, Jerry (American actor and comedian)
Jerry Stiller was an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Frank Costanza on the popular television sitcom Seinfeld. He and his wife, Anne Meara, were a successful comedy duo in the 1960s. In later years, he also acted in projects produced and directed by their son, Ben Stiller.
- Stiller, Mauritz (Swedish director)
Mauritz Stiller was a motion-picture director who during the early 1920s was a leader in the internationally preeminent Swedish cinema. He was influenced by D.W. Griffith’s epic style and Thomas Harper Ince’s integral use of landscape but most of all by the typically Swedish mysticism and
- Stilling, Heinrich (German author)
Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling was a German writer best known for his autobiography, Heinrich Stillings Leben, 5 vol. (1806), the first two volumes of which give a vividly realistic picture of village life in an 18th-century pietistic family. Jung-Stilling worked as a schoolteacher at age 15 and
- Stillman’s Run, Battle of (American history)
Black Hawk War: The war begins: …warriors—were killed in the so-called Battle of Stillman’s Run. This first encounter of the Black Hawk War destroyed any hope of peace. Governor Reynolds responded by calling out another 2,000 militiamen. Despite his amazement at how easily a few of his warriors had driven off nearly 10 times as many…
- Stillman, James (American financier and banker)
James Stillman was an American financier and banker whose presidency of New York’s National City Bank (now Citibank) made it one of the most powerful financial institutions in the United States. Beginning his career in a New York City mercantile house, Stillman became a protégé of Moses Taylor,
- Stillmatic (album by Nas)
Nas: The schism inspired Stillmatic (2001), which many fans considered a return to form, and was referred to on the more personal God’s Son (2002), which was also a response to the death of Nas’s mother. The two rappers publicly settled their differences in 2005, and shortly thereafter Nas…
- Stillness at Appomattox, A (work by Catton)
Bruce Catton: … (1951), Glory Road (1952), and A Stillness at Appomattox (1953). The latter earned him both a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award in 1954.
- Stills, Stephen (American musician)
Neil Young: Early career: Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: Fuzztone guitar duels with Stephen Stills offset Young’s high-pitched, nasal vocals; his lyrics veered from skewed romanticism to metaphoric social commentary, but his voice’s naked, quavering vulnerability remained the constant in Young’s turbulent, shape-shifting explorations.
- stillson wrench (tool)
wrench: The adjustable pipe, or Stillson, wrench is used to hold or turn pipes or circular bars. This wrench has serrated jaws, one of which is pivoted on the handle to create a strong gripping action on the work.
- Stillwater (Minnesota, United States)
Stillwater, city, seat (1851) of Washington county, eastern Minnesota, U.S. It lies on the St. Croix River (bridged to Wisconsin), at the head of Lake St. Croix, about 20 miles (30 km) northeast of St. Paul. Sioux and Ojibwa Indians were early inhabitants of the area, which was originally part of
- Stillwater (Oklahoma, United States)
Stillwater, city, seat (1907) of Payne county, north-central Oklahoma, U.S. It was first recorded in 1884 as a colony of “boomers” (illegal homesteaders from Kansas) on Stillwater Creek, near its confluence with the Cimarron River; the colony was led by Civil War veteran Captain David L. Payne, to
- Stillwater (film by McCarthy [2021])
Matt Damon: Later credits: In the crime thriller Stillwater (2021), Damon played an American father who travels to France to uncover the truth after his daughter is accused of murdering her girlfriend, a charge she denies. Also in 2021 he costarred in Scott’s The Last Duel, portraying a medieval knight whose wife (Jodie…