Howard Hawks: Early life and work: Tiger Shark (1932) starred Edward G. Robinson as a good-hearted Portuguese fisherman who helplessly watches his young bride fall in love with another man. Although The Crowd Roars was viewed by most critics as the first landmark film of Hawks’s career, Scarface: The Shame of…

tiger snake, (genus Notechis), Australian member of the cobra family, Elapidae. The snake’s venom, which contains a blood-clotting agent as well as a nerve paralyzer, is potentially fatal to humans. Before striking, the tiger snake flattens its head and neck, cobra fashion. Tiger snakes occur in

Detroit Tigers: …Navin Field (later known as Tiger Stadium), which would be home to the team for 88 seasons and become one of the most venerated ballparks in the game. The new home stadium was no guarantee of success, however, and the Tigers finished no higher than second place in the AL…

tiger swallowtail, any of several North American species of black-and-yellow swallowtail butterflies. The eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) is a large, widely distributed species. The yellow male has black margins and black stripes on the wings. The female is similarly marked in the

Bharati Mukherjee: Her first novel, The Tiger’s Daughter (1972), tells of a sheltered Indian woman shocked by her immersion in American culture and, on her return to India, by a changed Calcutta. Wife (1975) details an Indian woman’s descent into madness as she is pulled apart by the demands of…

Hubert Ogunde: …earlier play produced in 1946, The Tiger’s Empire, also marked the first instance in Yoruban theatre that women were billed to appear in a play as professional artists in their own right.

John Boorman: Later career and honors: …apartheid in South Africa, and The Tiger’s Tail (2006), with Gleeson well cast as a driven Irish businessman whose ruthless real-estate dealings begin to take a toll on his sanity. The drama Queen & Country (2014) is a sequel to Hope and Glory. Boorman also cowrote the drama The Professor…

tigereye, semiprecious quartz gem displaying chatoyancy, a vertical luminescent band like that of a cat’s eye. Veins of parallel, blue asbestos (crocidolite) fibres are first altered to iron oxides and then replaced by silica. The gem has a rich yellow to yellow-brown or brown colour and, when

Dick Tiger was a Nigerian professional boxer, world middleweight (160 pounds) and light heavyweight (175 pounds) champion during the 1960s. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Tiger learned to box from British military officers stationed in Nigeria. He began his professional

Kurt Tucholsky was a German satirical essayist, poet, and critic, best-known for his cabaret songs. After studying law and serving in World War I, Tucholsky left Germany in 1924 and lived first in Paris and after 1929 in Sweden. He contributed to Rote Signale (1931; “Red Signals”), a collection of

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

military aircraft: Supersonic flight: Other aircraft included the Grumman F11F Tigercat, the first supersonic carrier-based fighter; the North American F-100 Super Sabre; the Dassault Mystère B-2; the Saab 35, with a unique double-delta configuration; and the MiG-19.

tigereye, semiprecious quartz gem displaying chatoyancy, a vertical luminescent band like that of a cat’s eye. Veins of parallel, blue asbestos (crocidolite) fibres are first altered to iron oxides and then replaced by silica. The gem has a rich yellow to yellow-brown or brown colour and, when

tigerfish, any of several fishes so named on the basis of their pugnacity when caught, their fiercely predaceous habits, or their appearance. In African freshwaters, tigerfishes of the genus Hydrocynus (sometimes Hydrocyon) are admired game fishes of the characin family, Characidae (order

Stanley Tigerman was a prominent American architect and activist best known for his work in Chicago. Tigerman studied architecture at a variety of schools, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1948–49) in Cambridge, the IIT Institute of Design (1949–50) in Chicago, and Yale

Fleur Adcock: In that and subsequent volumes—including Tigers (1967), High Tide in the Garden (1971), The Incident Book (1986), Time Zones (1991), and Looking Back (1997)—Adcock brought a measured, Classical detachment to bear upon the vagaries of emotional experience. The Inner Harbour (1979) is

Detroit Tigers, American professional baseball team based in Detroit that plays in the American League (AL). The Tigers have won four World Series titles (1935, 1945, 1968, 1984) and 11 AL pennants. The Tigers were founded in 1894 as a minor league franchise, playing alongside organizations that

Jean Rhys: Tigers Are Better-Looking, with a Selection from the Left Bank (1968) and Sleep It Off Lady (1976), both short-story collections, followed. Smile Please, an unfinished autobiography, was published in 1979.

Peter Matthiessen: …in search of cranes, and Tigers in the Snow (2002), which chronicles the plight of the Siberian tiger. The Peter Matthiessen Reader: Nonfiction 1959–1991 was published in 2000.

Havergal Brian: …two cantatas and an opera, The Tigers (begun in 1916), considered a remarkably pointed satire on war.

Željko Ražnatović: …nationalist who headed the paramilitary Serbian Volunteer Guard (known as the Tigers), which was accused of committing atrocities during the conflicts that accompanied the breakup of Yugoslavia in the first half of the 1990s.

renin: …was discovered in 1898 by Robert Tigerstedt and Per Bergman, researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. See also renin-angiotensin system.

tigerware, 16th- and 17th-century German stoneware having a brown, mottled glaze, and made in the Rhenish centres of Cologne and Frechen, Ger. Tigerware was imported to England and imitated there in the different medium of delft, or tin-glazed earthenware; the imitations were also called tigerware.

Ternifine, site of paleoanthropological excavations located about 20 km (12 miles) east of Mascara, Algeria, known for its remains of Homo erectus. Ternifine was quarried for sand in the 19th century, and numerous fossilized animal bones and stone artifacts were recovered. Realizing the potential

Tighina, city, Moldova. Tighina lies along the right bank of the Dniester River below its confluence with the Bâcu (Byk). A settlement has existed on the site since the 2nd century bce. It came successively under the rule of Kiev, Moldavia, Genoa, Turkey, and, in 1818, after frequent attacks,

natural gas: Tight gas: Tight gas occurs in either blanket or lenticular sandstones that have an effective permeability of less than one millidarcy (or 0.001 darcy, which is the standard unit of permeability of a substance to fluid flow). These relatively impermeable sandstones are reservoirs for considerable…

nervous system: Evolution and development of the nervous system: …may well have been via tight junctions, in which the plasma membranes of adjacent cells fuse to form cellular sheets. Tight junctions have low electrical resistance and high permeability to molecules. They also occur in large numbers in embryos, suggesting that the electrical potentials of cells joined in this manner…

nervous system: Neuroglial functions: …whether there is loose or tight myelination of the axon. In tight myelination a glial cell wraps itself like a rolled sheet around a length of axon until the fibre is covered by several layers. Between segments of myelin wrapping are exposed sections called nodes of Ranvier, which are important…

petroleum: Unconventional oil: Tight oil is often light-gravity oil which is trapped in formations characterized by very low porosity and permeability. Tight oil production requires technologically complex drilling and completion methods, such as hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and other processes. (Completion is the practice of preparing the well and…

economic regionalism: So-called “tight” regionalism is characterized by a high level of institutional integration through shared norms, principles, rules, and decision-making procedures that limit the autonomy of individual members. The EU is an example of tight regionalism, having evolved from a limited free-trade area to a customs union,…

Lena Dunham: …launched a Web series titled Tight Shots (2007) on the sex and culture Web site Nerve.com. The series documented the farcical, hormonally charged efforts of a group of student filmmakers to depict the sexual awakening of a young Southern woman.

Phil Karlson: Film noirs: …returned to crime dramas with Tight Spot (1955), which marked the first time the director had a top-name cast: Ginger Rogers portrayed a former moll serving a prison term, and Edward G. Robinson was the attorney offering her freedom in exchange for her testimony against a gangster. Even better was…

syncope: Carotid sinus syncope, sometimes called the tight-collar syndrome, also causes brief unconsciousness from impaired blood flow to the brain. Unlike the ordinary faint, this syncope is not preceded by pallor, nausea, and sweating. (The carotid sinus is a widened portion of the carotid artery where…

film noir: The legacy of film noir: Richard Tuggle’s Tightrope (1984) features film noir’s theme of disillusionment in a police officer who discovers he is as much an outsider as the criminal he is pursuing. Perhaps the best contemporary examples of the genre are Curtis Hanson’s L.A. Confidential (1997), a bleak story of corrupt…

circus: Acts of skill: …crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope. These events excited public interest in the work of the aerial gymnast and acrobat. By the turn of the 20th century, acrobatic acts had grown in popularity, although they never usurped the supreme position of the horse in the circus.

Tighina, city, Moldova. Tighina lies along the right bank of the Dniester River below its confluence with the Bâcu (Byk). A settlement has existed on the site since the 2nd century bce. It came successively under the rule of Kiev, Moldavia, Genoa, Turkey, and, in 1818, after frequent attacks,

Tiglath-pileser I was one of the greatest of the early kings of Assyria, reigning c. 1115–c. 1077 bc. Tiglath-pileser ascended the throne at the time when a people known as the Mushki, or Mushku (Meshech of the Old Testament), probably Phrygians, were thrusting into Asia Minor (now Turkey). Their

Tiglath-pileser II was the king of Assyria (c. 965–c. 932 bc). He apparently ruled effectively, as a successor addressed him by a title reserved for mighty monarchs. Otherwise, little is known of the period other than that Assyria was beginning to emerge from its collapse of a century

Tiglath-pileser III was the king of Assyria (745–727 bc) who inaugurated the last and greatest phase of Assyrian expansion. He subjected Syria and Palestine to his rule, and later (729 or 728) he merged the kingdoms of Assyria and Babylonia. Since the days of Adad-nirari III (reigned 810–783 bc)

carboxylic acid: Unsaturated aliphatic acids: Angelic and tiglic acids are a pair of cis-trans isomers. Angelic acid is found as an ester in angelica root, whereas tiglic acid occurs in croton oil and in several other natural products.

tigon, offspring of a tiger and a lioness. The tigon, or tiglon, is a zoo-bred hybrid, as is the liger, the product of the reverse mating of a lion with a

tigon, offspring of a tiger and a lioness. The tigon, or tiglon, is a zoo-bred hybrid, as is the liger, the product of the reverse mating of a lion with a

Rockville: …Resources and Services Administration, the Institute for Genomic Research, and the Rockville campus of Montgomery College (1946). Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, are buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Inc. city, 1860. Pop. (2000) 47,388; Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick Metro Division, 1,068,618; (2010) 61,209; Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick Metro Division, 1,205,162.

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.

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,

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

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

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, 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

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

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…

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

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

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: …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…