Tigranes II The Great was the king of Armenia from 95 to 55 bc, under whom the country became for a short time the strongest state in the Roman East. Tigranes was the son or brother of Artavasdes I and a member of the dynasty founded in the early 2nd century by Artaxias. He was given as a hostage

Pompey the Great: Reorganization of the East: …talents he set up King Tigranes in Armenia as a friend and ally of Rome—and as his own protégé. Pompey rejected the Parthian king’s request to recognize the Euphrates as the limit of Roman control and extended the Roman chain of protectorates to include Colchis, on the Black Sea, and…

Tigranes II The Great was the king of Armenia from 95 to 55 bc, under whom the country became for a short time the strongest state in the Roman East. Tigranes was the son or brother of Artavasdes I and a member of the dynasty founded in the early 2nd century by Artaxias. He was given as a hostage

Tigranes II The Great: …built a new royal city, Tigranocerta, on the borders of Armenia and Mesopotamia (the actual site is disputed), where he accumulated all his wealth and to which he transplanted the inhabitants of 12 Greek towns of Cappadocia, Cilicia, and Syria.

Tigray, historical region, northern Ethiopia. Its western part rises in high-plateau country where elevations generally range between 5,000 and 11,000 feet (1,500 and 3,300 metres). The region is drained by the Tekeze and Gash (Mareb) rivers. To the east lies the Denakil Plain, including the Kobar

Tigray, people of central Eritrea and of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The Tigray speak Tigrinya, a Semitic language related to Geʿez and to Tigré, the language of a separate people (the Tigre) inhabiting northwestern Eritrea. In Eritrea the Tigray are also sometimes called Tigrinya,

Tigre, people inhabiting northwestern Eritrea and limited areas of neighbouring Sudan. The Tigre speak Tigré, a Semitic language related to ancient Geʿez and to modern Tigrinya, the language of the Tigray people. The largest federation of Tigre is that of the Amer (Beni Amer), a branch of the

Tigrinya language, a Semitic language of the Tigray people of northern Ethiopia and southern Eritrea. Written records include religious texts prepared by mission societies and an increasing number of textbooks and literary works. The language is closely related to Geʿez, the ancient language of

Tigray: In 1975 the Tigray (Tigrayan) People’s Liberation Front began a protracted rebellion against the military government. The conflict aggravated a disastrous drought and famine between 1984 and 1985, which the government tried to ameliorate by forcibly relocating hundreds of thousands of peasants to well-watered regions in the south…

Ethiopia: From prehistory to the Aksumite kingdom: …from its base on the Tigray Plateau, controlled the ivory trade into the Sudan, other trade routes leading farther inland to the south, and the port of Adulis on the Gulf of Zula. Aksum’s culture comprised Geʿez, written in a modified South Arabian alphabet, sculpture and architecture based on South…

Tigray: In 1975 the Tigray (Tigrayan) People’s Liberation Front began a protracted rebellion against the military government. The conflict aggravated a disastrous drought and famine between 1984 and 1985, which the government tried to ameliorate by forcibly relocating hundreds of thousands of peasants to well-watered regions in the south…

Tigray, historical region, northern Ethiopia. Its western part rises in high-plateau country where elevations generally range between 5,000 and 11,000 feet (1,500 and 3,300 metres). The region is drained by the Tekeze and Gash (Mareb) rivers. To the east lies the Denakil Plain, including the Kobar

Tigre, people inhabiting northwestern Eritrea and limited areas of neighbouring Sudan. The Tigre speak Tigré, a Semitic language related to ancient Geʿez and to modern Tigrinya, the language of the Tigray people. The largest federation of Tigre is that of the Amer (Beni Amer), a branch of the

Tigre, cabecera (county seat) and partido (county), on the outskirts of Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, eastern Argentina. It lies northwest of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires provincia (province), on the Río de la Plata estuary. An early settlement of the county was centred on a chapel

jaguar, (Panthera onca), largest New World member of the cat family (Felidae), found from northern Mexico southward to northern Argentina. Its preferred habitats are usually swamps and wooded regions, but jaguars also live in scrublands and deserts. The jaguar is virtually extinct in the northern

Ramón Cabrera was an influential Spanish Carlist general during the First and Second Carlist Wars (1833–39, 1846–49). Later he became one of the Carlist party’s most controversial figures. As a child, Cabrera was sent to the seminary in Tortosa, where he was advised to become a soldier rather than

Roberto Benigni: …tigre e la neve (2005; The Tiger and the Snow), which treats the Iraq War in much the same way as Life Is Beautiful treated the Holocaust, playing its absurdities for laughs and using it to frame a love story. This time, however, critics were less receptive to Benigni’s handling…

Osa Peninsula: …2,566 feet (782 metres) at Tigre Hill, is used for livestock raising. The principal town on the peninsula is the port of Jiménez, on the Gulf of Dulce. No major highways or railways lead onto Osa. The peninsula contains a complex of national parks and refuges. Corcovado National Park, the…

Tigré language, Semitic language of the Tigre people of northwestern Eritrea and smaller areas of neighbouring Sudan. It is closely related to the ancient Geʿez language and modern Tigrinya. A few religious texts prepared by mission societies are the only documents in the language. Tigré serves as

Tigray: In 1975 the Tigray (Tigrayan) People’s Liberation Front began a protracted rebellion against the military government. The conflict aggravated a disastrous drought and famine between 1984 and 1985, which the government tried to ameliorate by forcibly relocating hundreds of thousands of peasants to well-watered regions in the south…

El Tigre, city, central Anzoátegui estado (state), northeastern Venezuela. It is situated in the highlands east of the Barcelona gap. The city is a commercial centre in the Oficina oil fields. Oil is piped 100 miles (160 km) north-northeastward to Puerto La Cruz, which produces some of Venezuela’s

jaguar, (Panthera onca), largest New World member of the cat family (Felidae), found from northern Mexico southward to northern Argentina. Its preferred habitats are usually swamps and wooded regions, but jaguars also live in scrublands and deserts. The jaguar is virtually extinct in the northern

tiger-flower, (genus Tigridia), genus of about 35 species of flowering plants of the iris family (Iridaceae) native from Mexico to Chile. One tiger-flower, also known as Mexican shell flower (Tigridia pavonia), is cultivated for its attractive flowers and was once prized by the Aztecs for the

Tigrinya language, a Semitic language of the Tigray people of northern Ethiopia and southern Eritrea. Written records include religious texts prepared by mission societies and an increasing number of textbooks and literary works. The language is closely related to Geʿez, the ancient language of

margay, (Leopardus wiedii), small cat (family Felidae) that ranges from South through Central America and, rarely, into the extreme southern United States. Little is known about the habits of the margay. It lives in forests and presumably is nocturnal, feeding on small prey such as birds, frogs,

Eritrea, country of the Horn of Africa, located on the Red Sea. Eritrea’s coastal location has long been important in its history and culture—a fact reflected in its name, which is an Italianized version of Mare Erythraeum, Latin for “Red Sea.” The Red Sea was the route by which Christianity and

Tigray, people of central Eritrea and of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The Tigray speak Tigrinya, a Semitic language related to Geʿez and to Tigré, the language of a separate people (the Tigre) inhabiting northwestern Eritrea. In Eritrea the Tigray are also sometimes called Tigrinya,

Tigrinya language, a Semitic language of the Tigray people of northern Ethiopia and southern Eritrea. Written records include religious texts prepared by mission societies and an increasing number of textbooks and literary works. The language is closely related to Geʿez, the ancient language of

Thor Heyerdahl: Reed boat expeditions: …international crew embarked upon the Tigris expedition, a four-month 4,000-mile (6,400-km) voyage in a craft made of reeds. The expedition began on the Tigris River in Iraq, traveled down the Persian Gulf and across the Arabian Sea to Pakistan, and ended in the Red Sea. The goal of the Tigris…

Tigris-Euphrates river system: The Tigris (Sumerian: Idigna; Akkadian: Idiklat; biblical: Hiddekel; Arabic: Dijlah; Turkish: Dicle) is about 1,180 miles (1,900 km) in length.

Diyarbakır: Tigris University in Diyarbakır was founded in 1966 as a branch of Ankara University and acquired independent status in 1973. Diyarbakır is linked by air and railroad with Ankara, and the region has a well-developed road network. The region is part of upper Mesopotamia, comprising…

Tigris-Euphrates river system, great river system of southwestern Asia. It comprises the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which follow roughly parallel courses through the heart of the Middle East. The lower portion of the region that they define, known as Mesopotamia (Greek: “Land Between the

heron: …or banded, tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum), 75 cm (30 inches) long, of central and northern South America, is a well-known example. Another is the Mexican, or bare-throated, tiger heron (T. mexicanum) of Mexico and Central America.

heron: Another is the Mexican, or bare-throated, tiger heron (T. mexicanum) of Mexico and Central America.

heron: …are the six species of tiger herons (formerly called tiger bitterns), shy, solitary birds with cryptic, often barred, plumage. The lined, or banded, tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum), 75 cm (30 inches) long, of central and northern South America, is a well-known example. Another is the Mexican, or bare-throated, tiger heron…

Albuquerque: The early period: …the area in 1540, the Tiwa people were living in pueblos along the Rio Grande and its tributary streams, cultivating extensive gardens in the river’s floodplain. Distance from other settlements had not kept the Tiwa from participating in a trade network that extended as far east as the Great Plains…

Shamāl Sīnāʾ: …dominated by the broad Al-Tīh Plateau, which extends from the governorate’s southern boundary downward to the north until it meets the Mediterranean coastal plain. At the northern edge of the governorate, the Mediterranean coastal plain widens out westward toward the Suez Canal, where it gives way to large expanses…

Arabia: The Hejaz and Asir: The name Tihāmah, used for the whole plain, is sometimes subdivided into Tihāmat Al-Ḥijāz and Tihāmat ʿAsīr. There are no natural harbours adequate for large vessels, but the many inlets are well suited for sailing craft. Islands are particularly numerous along the southern part of the coast,…

Tihāmat al-Yaman, coastal plain in western Yemen, fronting the Red Sea. A 260-mile (420-km) southern extension of the Arabian Tihāmah (coastal plain), it consists of a strip of arid coastal land stretching between Mīdī, on the northern border with Saudi Arabia, and the Bab El-Mandeb (Arabic: Bāb

Tihāmat ʿAsīr, coastal plain of the Asir region, southwestern Saudi Arabia. It is the central southern section of the great Tihāmah (coastal plain), running down the west coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is situated between the mountains of western Saudi Arabia and the Red Sea and is immediately

Jīzān, town and port, southwestern Saudi Arabia, on the Red Sea opposite the Farasān Islands. Defined by the 1934 Treaty of Al-Ṭāʾif as belonging to Saudi Arabia, the town has been claimed by Yemen since the 1960s. Jīzān is the principal town of the Tihāmah coastal plain and the exporting and

Lake Balaton: In the Tihany Narrows, the water currents flow with a speed of up to 5 feet (1.5 metres) per second.

Lake Balaton: …Lake Balaton today, and the Tihany Peninsula—which projects from the northern shore, narrowing the lake to a width of 1 mile (1.6 km)—is the remnant of one of the dividing ridges.

Kiran Bedi: …largest prisons in the world—the Tihar prison complex, in Delhi—by addressing the corruption and human rights abuses she found there. She targeted sanitation and nutrition problems at Tihar and also implemented new literacy and drug treatment programs there.

Tiaret, city, northern Algeria. It lies at the southern end of Ouarsenis Massif (in the Tell Atlas Mountains) on the slopes of Mount Guezoul (4,510 feet [1,375 metres]) at the edge of the High Plateau (Hauts Plateaux). Wadi Tiaret flows through the city to join Wadi Mîna. Tiaret’s citadel stands on

Tijāniyyah, an especially proselytizing order (tariqa) of Islamic mystics (Sufis) widespread in northern and western Africa and the Sudan. Founded by Aḥmad al-Tijānī (1737–1815), formerly of the Khalwatī order, about 1781 in Fez, Morocco, it places great emphasis on good intentions and actions

Tijāniyyah, an especially proselytizing order (tariqa) of Islamic mystics (Sufis) widespread in northern and western Africa and the Sudan. Founded by Aḥmad al-Tijānī (1737–1815), formerly of the Khalwatī order, about 1781 in Fez, Morocco, it places great emphasis on good intentions and actions

Reies Tijerina was an American radical and civil rights activist who led a land-grant movement in northern New Mexico from 1956 to 1976. Dubbed “King Tiger” and “the Malcolm X of the Chicano Movement,” Tijerina organized hundreds of Chicanos to demand repatriation of land confiscated by Anglo

Reies Tijerina was an American radical and civil rights activist who led a land-grant movement in northern New Mexico from 1956 to 1976. Dubbed “King Tiger” and “the Malcolm X of the Chicano Movement,” Tijerina organized hundreds of Chicanos to demand repatriation of land confiscated by Anglo

Saint Paul’s Cathedral: …were the French Huguenot ironworker Jean Tijou, who wrought the grillwork of the choir and the iron balustrade of the southwest tower; the sculptor and carver Grinling Gibbons, who produced the wooden choir stalls, the organ case, and the bishop’s throne; the mason-contractors (and brothers) Thomas and Edward Strong; the…

Tijuana, city, northwestern Baja California estado (state), northwestern Mexico. The city lies along the Tecate River near the Pacific Ocean and is 12 miles (19 km) south of San Diego, California, U.S. It originated as a ranch settlement on part of a land grant (1862) and developed as a border

Rio de Janeiro: North Zone: The generally middle-class district of Tijuca in the North Zone has its commercial centre at the Praça Saéz Peña, from which the subway begins its long horseshoe-shaped trajectory east to and through the Centre, then back south and southwest via Botafogo to its western terminus. To the west and north…

tsetse fly, (genus Glossina), any of about two to three dozen species of bloodsucking flies in the housefly family, Muscidae (order Diptera), that occur only in Africa and transmit sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) in humans and a similar disease called nagana in domestic animals. Tsetse

Indian philosophy: Forms of argument and presentation: …the bhashyas and write a tika (subcommentary). The usual order is sutra–bhashya–varttika (collection of critical notes)–tika. At any stage a person may introduce a new and original point of view, but at no stage can one claim originality for oneself. Not even authors of sutras could do that, for they…

Tikal, city and ceremonial center of the ancient Maya civilization. The largest urban center in the southern Maya lowlands, it stood 19 miles (30 km) north of Lake Petén Itzá in what is now the northern part of the region of Petén, Guatemala, in a tropical rainforest. Uaxactún, a smaller Maya city,

Guatemala: Services: …of departure for visits to Tikal National Park, which was designated a World Heritage site in 1979. Antigua Guatemala (also made a World Heritage site in 1979), the old colonial capital, has a wealth of ruins and “earthquake baroque” architecture. It has been revived as a tourist and cultural centre…

Guatemala: Services: …of departure for visits to Tikal National Park, which was designated a World Heritage site in 1979. Antigua Guatemala (also made a World Heritage site in 1979), the old colonial capital, has a wealth of ruins and “earthquake baroque” architecture. It has been revived as a tourist and cultural centre…

Tecumseh was a Shawnee Indian chief, orator, military leader, and advocate of intertribal Indian alliance who directed Indian resistance to white rule in the Ohio River valley. In the War of 1812 he joined British forces for the capture of Detroit and the invasion of Ohio. A decisive battle against

Cameroon: Ethnic and linguistic composition: …western Semi-Bantu-speaking groups include the Tikar, who live in the Bamenda region and in the western high plateau.

Ludlow Massacre: …striking leaders, including labour organizer Louis Tikas, were captured and killed by the National Guard; anecdotal evidence suggests that Tikas had been lured out to discuss a truce. As the strikers ran out of ammunition, they retreated from the camp into the surrounding countryside. Women and children, hiding from the…

Vasily Dmitrievich Tikhomirov was a ballet dancer and influential teacher who helped develop the vigorous style and technical virtuosity of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. He trained such dancers as Mikhail Mordkin, Alexandre Volinine, and Yekaterina Geltzer, his first wife and frequent dance

Saint Tikhon ; canonized Oct. 9, 1989) was the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox church following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. At first sharply resisting the new Soviet state’s antiecclesiastical legislation, he refused to cooperate with a schismatic, state-supported, and politically oriented

Birobidzhan, city and administrative centre of Yevreyskaya autonomous oblast (region), Khabarovsk kray (territory), far southeastern Siberia, Russia. The city is situated on the Bira River, a tributary of the Amur River, and on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. It was founded in 1928 as a railway

Nikolay Aleksandrovich Tikhonov was the premier of the Soviet Union from 1980 to 1985, a staunch Communist Party member closely associated with the former Soviet president and Communist Party chairman Leonid Brezhnev. Born into a middle-class Ukrainian family, Tikhonov graduated from the

Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov was a Soviet poet and prose writer, notable for his heroic war ballads and for his originality and poetic experimentation. Tikhonov was born into a middle-class family and received a rather poor formal education. He fought in a hussar regiment during World War I, later

Tikhoretsk, city and administrative centre of Tikhoretsk raion (sector), Krasnodar kray (territory), southwestern Russia. It is a railway junction and grain centre with flour mills and locomotive repair shops. An oil pipeline was opened in 1969 from the northern Caucasus to join an existing

And Quiet Flows the Don: …first part of the novel Tikhy Don by Mikhail Sholokhov. The Russian novel was published between 1928 and 1940; the English translation of the first part appeared in 1934. The Don Flows Home to the Sea, part two of the original novel, was published in English translation in 1940.

tikkun olam, concept in Judaism that has been reinterpreted with multiple shades of meaning over the past 2,000 years. It is often translated as “healing the world,” however, the implications for what is healed and what is envisioned as the world have varied. Although absent from the Hebrew Bible,

tikkun olam, concept in Judaism that has been reinterpreted with multiple shades of meaning over the past 2,000 years. It is often translated as “healing the world,” however, the implications for what is healed and what is envisioned as the world have varied. Although absent from the Hebrew Bible,

Tiko, town and port located in southwestern Cameroon. It is situated along the Bimbia River at the Gulf of Guinea, 12 miles (19 km) east of Limbe (formerly Victoria). The port’s activity declined in the face of increasing competition from Douala and Limbe, but it remains significant as a

Marc Ravalomanana: Early life and political career: His company, TIKO, would become the largest domestically owned business in Madagascar.

Tikrīt, city, capital of Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn muḥāfaẓah (governorate), north-central Iraq. It lies on the west bank of the Tigris River about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Baghdad. In the 10th century Tikrīt had a noted fortress and was home to a large Christian monastery. Its wealth at that time derived

Tiktaalik roseae, an extinct fishlike aquatic animal that lived about 380–385 million years ago (during the earliest late Devonian Period) and was a very close relative of the direct ancestors of tetrapods (four-legged land vertebrates). The genus name, Tiktaalik, comes from the Inuktitut language

According to Encyclopædia Britannica, TikTok is a “social media platform designed for creating, editing, and sharing short videos between 15 seconds and three minutes in length. TikTok provides songs and sounds as well as filters and special effects that users can add to their videos.” The app,

TikTok, social media platform designed for creating, editing, and sharing short videos between 15 seconds and three minutes in length. TikTok provides songs and sounds as well as filters and special effects that users can add to their videos. Users also have the option to upload videos from their

Tucuna, a South American Indian people living in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia, around the Amazon-Solimões and Putomayo-Içá rivers. They numbered about 25,000 in the late 1980s. The Tucunan language does not appear to be related to any of the other languages spoken in the region. The Tucuna live in

Mesopotamian art and architecture: Painting and decorative arts: …bce), a country palace at Til Barsip (modern Tall al-Ahmar) was decorated in this way, with the conventional motifs of relief designs rather clumsily adapted to this very different medium. A few years later, such paintings were extensively used to decorate both wall faces and ceilings in Sargon II’s palace…

Mesopotamian art and architecture: Painting and decorative arts: …bce), a country palace at Til Barsip (modern Tall al-Ahmar) was decorated in this way, with the conventional motifs of relief designs rather clumsily adapted to this very different medium. A few years later, such paintings were extensively used to decorate both wall faces and ceilings in Sargon II’s palace…

Makar Sankranti, Hindu festival in January celebrating the entrance of the Sun into the astrological sign of makara (corresponding to Capricorn) and the beginning of the Sun’s uttarayana (northward journey). Makar Sankranti occurs on January 14 (or 15 during a leap year). Unlike most other Hindu

the Orioles: The members were Sonny Til (byname of Earlington Carl Tilghman; b. August 18, 1925, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—d. December 9, 1981, Washington, D.C.), Alexander Sharp (b. December 1919, Baltimore—d. January 1970), George Nelson (b. 1925, Baltimore—d. 1959), Johnny Reed (b. c. 1929, Baltimore—d. June 18, 2005, Lakewood, New Jersey),…

consumer credit: In the United States the Truth in Lending Act (part of the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968) requires lenders to state finance charges in ways that allow borrowers to compare the terms being offered by the lending companies.

tilak, in Hinduism, a mark, generally made on the forehead, indicating a person’s sectarian affiliation. The marks are made by hand or with a metal stamp, using ash from a sacrificial fire, sandalwood paste, turmeric, cow dung, clay, charcoal, or red lead. Among some sects the mark is made on 2, 5,

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a scholar, mathematician, philosopher, and ardent nationalist who helped lay the foundation for India’s independence by building his own defiance of British rule into a national movement. He founded (1914) and served as president of the Indian Home Rule League. In 1916 he

tilak, in Hinduism, a mark, generally made on the forehead, indicating a person’s sectarian affiliation. The marks are made by hand or with a metal stamp, using ash from a sacrificial fire, sandalwood paste, turmeric, cow dung, clay, charcoal, or red lead. Among some sects the mark is made on 2, 5,

tilapia, common name used for certain species of fishes belonging to the family Cichlidae (order Perciformes), represented by numerous, mostly freshwater species native to Africa. Tilapias are perhaps best known because of their potential as an easily raised and harvested food fish. Their

cichlid: …many species of the genus Tilapia and also to certain other Old World genera.

perciform: Use as food: The African mouthbreeder (Tilapia macrocephala; Cichlidae) has been successfully introduced in many areas and is valued for its rapid rate of reproduction and growth, providing a source of low-cost protein.

cichlid: A notable cichlid is Tilapia mossambica, a prolific African species that is now cultivated in many regions as a source of food.

Costa Rica: Relief: …the Cordillera de Guanacaste, the Cordillera de Tilarán, and the Cordillera Central. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983, the Cordillera de Talamanca is a massive granite batholith, quite different geologically from the volcanically active northern ranges. Costa Rica’s highest point, Mount Chirripó (12,530 feet [3,819 metres]), is in…

Tilburg, gemeente (municipality), southern Netherlands, on the Wilhelmina Canal. A small village until 1800, it grew rapidly into one of the chief industrial centres of the south, specializing in woolen textiles. However, textiles have been severely eclipsed, and the town’s main industries are now

Tilbury, port in Thurrock unitary authority, historic county of Essex, eastern England. It lies along the north bank of the River Thames estuary opposite Gravesend, 26 miles (42 km) downstream of London Bridge. It is famous for its docks; constructed in 1884–86, they have been extensively

Edwin Arlington Robinson: …a small New England village, Tilbury Town, very much like the Gardiner, Maine, in which he grew up.

Bill Tilden was an American tennis player who dominated the game for more than a decade, winning seven U.S. championships (now the U.S. Open), three Wimbledon Championships, and two professional titles. His overpowering play and temperamental personality made him one of the most colourful sports

Samuel J. Tilden was a lawyer, governor of New York, and Democratic presidential candidate in the disputed election of 1876. Tilden attended Yale College and the University of the City of New York for brief periods and studied law. He began to practice law in New York City in 1841. Despite frequent

Samuel J. Tilden was a lawyer, governor of New York, and Democratic presidential candidate in the disputed election of 1876. Tilden attended Yale College and the University of the City of New York for brief periods and studied law. He began to practice law in New York City in 1841. Despite frequent

rubber: The rise of synthetic rubber: …and in 1882 another Briton, W.A. Tilden, produced isoprene by the destructive distillation of turpentine. Tilden also assigned isoprene the structural formula CH2=C(CH3)―CH=CH2.

Bill Tilden was an American tennis player who dominated the game for more than a decade, winning seven U.S. championships (now the U.S. Open), three Wimbledon Championships, and two professional titles. His overpowering play and temperamental personality made him one of the most colourful sports

United States: The Ulysses S. Grant administrations, 1869–77: The circumstances surrounding the disputed election of 1876 strengthened Hayes’s intention to work with the Southern whites, even if it meant abandoning the few Radical regimes that remained in the South. In an election marked by widespread fraud and many irregularities, the Democratic candidate, Samuel J. Tilden, received the…

Zoltán Tildy was a non-Communist statesman who was president of Hungary for a short time after World War II and a member of the 1956 anti-Soviet revolutionary government. Trained as a Protestant reformed minister, Tildy studied theology in Belfast, Ire. After his return to Hungary, he taught at a

tile, thin, flat slab or block used structurally or decoratively in building. Traditionally, tiles have been made of glazed or unglazed fired clay, but modern tiles are also made of plastic, glass, asphalt, or asbestos cement. Acoustical tiles are manufactured from fibreboard or other