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Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia - New York City
New York City, officially the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated major city...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Last Samurai: Encyclopedia Ii - The Last Samurai - Plot
Captain Nathan Algren, a disenchanted army captain (once under the command of George Armstrong Custer), travels to Japan to help the new ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Weir: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Weir - Early Life And Career
After leaving university in the mid-1960s he joined Sydney television station ATN-7, where he worked as a production assistant on the gro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Last Samurai: Encyclopedia Ii - The Last Samurai - Plot
Algren, a disenchanted army captain (once under the command of George Armstrong Custer), travels to Japan to help the new Meiji Restorati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - History Of New York City
Prehistory in the area began with the geological formation of the peculiar territory of what is today New York City. The area was long in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Geography, Climate And Environmental Issues
New York City - Geography. 40°42′51″N, 74°0′23″W New York City is located in the middle of the BosWash megalopolis, 218 mi ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Media And The Arts
Because of its sheer size and cultural influence, New York City has been the subject of many different, and often contradictory, portraya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Cultural Institutions
New York is a city of great museums with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's assemblage of historic art, the Museum of Modern Art and Guggen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Weir: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Weir - Themes And Celebrity
Although Peter Weir's films are extremely varied in subject and locale, all are linked by Weir's enduring thematic interest, that of expl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Weir: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Weir - Filmmaking In The United States
Weir's first American film was the highly successful thriller Witness (1985), which was set in an Amish community. It was followed by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Transportation
Unlike most of America's car-oriented urban areas, public transportation is the main form of travel for New York City residents. Data fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Media And Broadcasting
New York is the nation’s number-one media market with nearly 7 percent of the country’s television-viewing households. Three of the B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Arts And Cultural Institutions
New York is a city of great museums with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's assemblage of historic art, the Museum of Modern Art and Guggen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Professional Sports
Although in much of the rest of the country American football has become the most popular professional sport, in New York City baseball a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Skyline
New York City has one of the most famous skylines in the world; because of both its high residential density, and the extremely high real...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Education And Scientific Research
New York City - Colleges and universities. New York City is served by the publicly-run City University of New York (CUNY), the largest ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Tourism And Recreation
Tourism is a major local industry, with hundreds of attractions and 39 million tourists visiting the city each year on average. Many visi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Culture Of New Yorkers
New York City, sometimes called "The City That Never Sleeps," is famously fast-paced and active, and the American idiom "in a New York mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - New York City Government
New York City is governed pursuant to the New York City Charter, as amended. The charter is enacted and amended by the New York State leg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Geography Climate And Environmental Issues
New York City - Geography. 40°42′51″N, 74°0′23″W New York City is located in the middle of the BosWash megalopolis, 218 mi ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Economy
Historically, the city developed because of New York Harbor, widely considered one of the finest natural ports in the world. The value of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 8,008,278 people, 3,021,588 households, and 1,852,233 families residing in the city. The populatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Media And Broadcasting
New York is the nation’s number-one media market with nearly 7 percent of the country’s television-viewing households. Three of the B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Arts And Cultural Institutions
New York is a city of great museums with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's assemblage of historic art, the Museum of Modern Art and Guggen...   » Read the article