The White House — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The White Man's Burden — is a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. It was originally published in the popular magazine McClure s in 1899, with the subtitle The United States and the Philippine Islands . The White Man s Burden. McClure s Magazine 12 (Feb. 1899).]… … Wikipedia
The White Haired Girl — (Chinese:白毛女; pinyin: Bái Máo Nǚ) is a Chinese opera and ballet by Yan Jinxuan to a Chinese libretto. The first opera performance was in 1945. The first ballet performance was by Shanghai Dance Academy, Shanghai in 1965.Along with Red Detachment… … Wikipedia
The White Bone — is a Canadian novel written by Barbara Gowdy and published by HarperCollins in 1999. Sometimes compared to Richard Adams s Watership Down , it is an adult fantasy story about animals in this case, African elephants in a realistic natural setting… … Wikipedia
The White Terror (France) — The name White Terror was applied to two similar movements against the French Revolution.First White TerrorThe first White Terror was started by a group in the south of France calling themselves The Companions of Jehu. They planned a double… … Wikipedia
The White Spider — (1959 with chapters added in 1964; original title: Die Weisse Spinne ) by Heinrich Harrer describes mountain climbing attempts of the Eiger Nordwand (Eiger North Face), including the first successful ascent. The White Spider tells the story of… … Wikipedia
The White Disease — ( Bílá nemoc in the original Czech) is a play written by Czech novelist Karel Čapek in 1937.cite book |author=Banham, Martin |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=The Cambridge guide to theatre |edition= |language= |publisher=Cambridge University … Wikipedia
The White Stag group — was a group of artists centered around the painters Basil Rakoczi and Kenneth Hall. Founded in London in 1935, the group moved to Ireland in 1939 and stayed until after the Second World War. Their group philosophy, which they called Subjectivist… … Wikipedia
The White Bull — is a fable written by Voltaire. The story takes place in Ancient Egypt where Princess Amasidia meets a white bull … Wikipedia
The White Night of St. Petersburg — is a novelised biography of Grand Duke Nicholas Kostantinovich Romanov set in Russia at the end of the 19th century and start of the 20th century. It tells the story of Nicholas, the elder brother of Olga, Queen of Greece, through the eyes of… … Wikipedia
The White Parade — is a 1934 film that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Rian James, Jesse Lasky Jr., Sonya Levien and Ernest Pascal, from the novel by Rian James. The film was directed by Irving Cummings.Dedicated to the… … Wikipedia