CHITA

chētäˈ, city (1989 pop. 366,000), capital of Chita region, SE Siberian Russia, at the confluence of the Chita and Ingoda rivers and on the Trans-Siberian RR. Railroad and food-processing equipment are manufactured. Founded in 1653, Chita was a place of exile of the 19th-century Decembrist rebels.

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books on: Chita  - 558 results

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Chita: A Memory of Last Island
Book by Lafcadio Hearn; Harper, 1898
Subjects: Fiction
...answered, with the timid gravity of surprise:-- --" Chita Viosca." He still watched her face, and repeated...reiterated it in a tone of wonderment:--"Chita Viosca?--Chita Viosca!" --" Cest a dire . . ." she said, looking...
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Nuevos Pasos: Chicano and Puerto Rican Drama
Book by Nicol¡s Kanellos, Jorge A. Huerta; Arte Publico Press, 1989
Subjects: American Drama--Mexican American Authors, American Drama--Puerto Rican Authors, Mexican Americans--Drama, Puerto Ricans--Drama
...your own grandmother. You understand? CHITA: The moustache! Ill get a razor. DON...sit him roughly in the rocking chair. Chita comes back with the razor and a shaving...hold him down. He struggles to escape. CHITA lathers his face. He struggles again and...
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The Gay Nineties in America: A Cultural Dictionary of the 1890s
Book by Robert L. Gale; Greenwood Press, 1992
Subjects: Eighteen Nineties--Dictionaries, United States--Civilization--1865-1918--Dictionaries
Chita: A Memory of Last Island 1889 . Novel by Lafcadio Hearn.* Chita has three parts: "The Legend of LIle Derniere...dreadfully, he takes up his life again. In the third part, Chita, as Carmen and Feliu call the girl, grows, plays...
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A Lafcadio Hearn Companion
Book by Robert L. Gale; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Americans--Japan--History--19th Century--Encyclopedias, Authors, American--19th Century--Biography--Encyclopedias, Hearn, Lafcadio--1850-1904--Encyclopedias, Journalists--United States--Biography--Encyclopedias
...for expertly by Carmen. Suddenly he sees Chita, with singularly splendid brown eyes peeping...Carmen recognizes the malady, orders Chita away, and does what she can for Julien...evolutionary thought, much reflected in Chita , while talking with his New Orleans physician...
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The Problem of China
Book by Bertrand Russell; Century, 1922
Subjects: China--Civilization, China--Foreign Relations, China--Politics And Government
...been sent home. Japan therefore intimated to Chita that should the basis agreement be concluded...division might be dispensed with. Thereupon Chita not only proposed the immediate despatch of Chita troops to Vladivostok without waiting for the...
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journal articles on: Chita  - 36 results

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Masterov Kliuch and the Early Upper Palaeolithic of the Transbaikal, Siberia
Journal article by Ted Goebel, Michael R. Waters, Mikhail N. Meshcherin; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, 2000
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology)--Russia, Hunting and gathering societies--Russia, Paleolithic period--Russia, Siberia--History
...located along the Khilok River, 250 km west of the city of Chita, Chita Oblast, Russia (latitude 52 degrees 26N, longitude...Vek Vostochnogo Regiona Baikalskoi Azii. Ulan-Ude-Chita: Rossiiskaia Akademiia Nauk, Sibirskoe Otdelenie. KUHN...
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Is Siberian Reindeer Herding in Crisis? Living with Reindeer Fifteen Years after the End of State Socialism
Journal article by David G. Anderson; Nomadic Peoples, Vol. 10, 2006
Subjects: Animal culture--Management, Animal husbandry--Management, Globalization--Economic aspects, Globalization--Social aspects, Reindeer breeding--Analysis, Reindeer breeding--Methods, Reindeer herding--Analysis, Reindeer herding--Methods, Shepherds--Planning, Siberia--Economic aspects, Siberia--Social aspects
...is quite limited. The northern part of Chita oblast suffers from severe forest fires...is during the bi-annual arrival of the Chita veterinarians who use the herd as an experimental...centralised state farming. Evenkiia, like Chita province, was an enthusiastic participant...
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Defending the People's Railway in the Era of Liberalization: TAZARA in Southern Tanzania
Journal article by Jamie Monson; Africa, Vol. 76, 2006
Subjects: Deregulation--Analysis, Deregulation--Tanzania, Railroad construction--Finance, Railroad construction--Political aspects, Railroads--Design and construction, Railroads--Economic aspects, Railroads--Finance, Railroads--Political aspects, Tanzania--Economic aspects, Tanzania--Political aspects
...decision to eliminate passenger services to Chita station, for reasons that are not entirely clear from the records. The clerk of Chita ward wrote in wonderment that the railway...stations at Idete village, Idete prison, Chita JKT camp/Ikule village, and Chisano...
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An Interview with Alice Hoffman
Journal article by Charles Hardy; The Oral History Review, Vol. 28, 2001
Subjects: Career development--Personal narratives, Family--Personal narratives, Historical research--Personal narratives, Hoffman, Alice--Interviews, Women authors--Interviews
...House meeting? AH: I talked a lot with Chita Amelia Fry. She knew an awful lot more...of a 24-hour seminar that I had with Chita. We talked as I say, late into the night...held at Lake Arrowhead in California. So Chita was very much involved in trying to think...
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'Fenomèn Derilis La' Osnon Ki Jan Siksto Wè Rapò Ant Lang Yo?
Journal article by Wozvèl Jan-Batis; Journal of Haitian Studies, Vol. 16, 2010
...Minis, m remesye ou, wi!" Le m chita m ap koute teks la pou m transkri pawol...lwa se boujwa piske Ii ba yo dodin pou yo chita pou yo pale 1 mal an franse. Se sa, se...on izin moun sa a gen anba lakay yo ! Yo chita sou tchwi pou y ap pale bef mal. Men wi...
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magazine articles on: Chita  - 150 results

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1.
The Performer: Chita Rivera
Magazine article by Scott Hocker; Out, Vol. 19, April 2011
Subjects: Actors, Careers, Rivera, Chita, Role models, Theater
The Performer: Chita Rivera by Scott Hocker The hypnotizing...breathtaking kicks: Let us now celebrate Chita Rivera. At birth, she was christened...shortened her given Puerto Rican name to Chita Rivera by the time she originated the role...
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Chita: "Once a Dancer, Always a Dancer." after a Fifty-Plus-Year Career on Broadway That Took Her from the Chorus Line to the Tony for Kiss of the Spider Woman, That's How Chita Rivera Sees Herself. and That's Why She Says Winning This Year's Dance Magazine Award Means So Much to Her: "It's like Going Back Home, and Your Parents Tell You, 'You Done Good, Kid.'"
Magazine article by Sylviane Gold; Dance Magazine, Vol. 78, February 2004
Subjects: Dancers, Rivera, Chita--Appreciation, Rivera, Chita--Performances, Rivera, Chita--Quotations
Chita: "Once a Dancer, Always a Dancer." after...for Kiss of the Spider Woman, Thats How Chita Rivera Sees Herself. and Thats Why She Says...by Sylviane Gold Theres no question that Chita Rivera done good. And its not just because...
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Chita Rivera
Magazine article by Michael Giltz; The Advocate, February 14, 2006
Subjects: Actors--Behavior, Actors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Actresses--Behavior, Actresses--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Rivera, Chita--Behavior, Rivera, Chita--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Chita Rivera. by Michael Giltz Shes been nominated for eight Tony awards (winning...Rivera spent her 73rd birthday right where she belongs: on Broadway, in Chita Rivera: The Dancers Life, with its book by Terrence McNally. Rivera scoffs...
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Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life
Magazine article by Sylviane Gold; Dance Magazine, Vol. 79, September 2005
Subjects: Chita Rivera (Dance)--Dance reviews, Dancing--Dance reviews
Chita Rivera: The Dancers Life. by Sylviane Gold The plot: talented...but the subject is that one-and-only Broadway icon, Chita Rivera, who won a DM award in 2003. In Chita Rivera: The Dancers Life, writer Terrence McNally and director...
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Chita Rivera
Magazine article by Wendy Perron; Dance Magazine, Vol. 81, April 2007
Subjects: Dancers--Interviews, Rivera, Chita--Interviews
Chita Rivera. by Wendy Perron Broadway legend Chita Rivera is such a vortex of energy onstage that its hard to...singing, or just standing there. Her biographical musical, Chita Rivera: The Dancers Life, which ran for 72 performances on...
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Chita Rivera: D.C. Native a Broadway Legend
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 7, 2002
Subjects: Rivera, Chita
Chita Rivera: D.C. native a Broadway legend...Geracimos, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Triple threat Chita Rivera - the dancer-singer-actress forever...singer. That is what a genius she is." Chita Rivera won a Tony award, her second, for...
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West Side Glory; STREET OF FAME: New York's Broadway and the Winter Garden, Currently Showing Mamma Mia! MODERN CLASSIC: Chita Rivera, Left, in the 1957 Broadway Production and George Chakiris in the 1961 Film
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), July 29, 2007
Subjects: West Side Story (Musical work), West Side Story (Play)
...West Side Glory; STREET OF FAME: New Yorks Broadway and the Winter Garden, Currently Showing Mamma Mia! MODERN CLASSIC: Chita Rivera, Left, in the 1957 Broadway Production and George Chakiris in the 1961 Film. Byline: FRANK BARRETT NEW Yorks Winter...
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ANGEL THOUGHTS; "True Persons Are like Diamonds. Dear and Rare. False Persons Are like Stones. Scattered and Everywhere!" - Supreme Court Justice Chita Morales
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 14, 2007
...Persons Are like Diamonds. Dear and Rare. False Persons Are like Stones. Scattered and Everywhere!" - Supreme Court Justice Chita Morales. This coming Tuesday is the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and her Brown Scapular devotees are expected to flock...
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ANGEL THOUGHTS; "God Sometimes Delays His Help to Test Our Faith and Energize Our Prayers. Our Boat May Be Tossed as He Sleeps, but He Wakes Up before It Sinks!" -- Supreme Court Justice Chita C. Morales
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 5, 2007
Subjects: Amino acids, Boats, Boats and boating, Cigarette boats
...and Energize Our Prayers. Our Boat May Be Tossed as He Sleeps, but He Wakes Up before It Sinks!" -- Supreme Court Justice Chita C. Morales. Today, First Saturday of May, meditate on this and pray... Mexico, where Our Lady appeared to a poor, uneducated...
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Music, Film Stars Feted in Weekend Honors Gala Held at Kennedy Center
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 9, 2002
Subjects: Jones, James Earl, Levine, James, Powell, Colin L., Rivera, Chita, Taylor, Elizabeth
...conductor James Levine and dancer-actress Chita Rivera. The gala performance, held in...nobody who can dance, sing and act like Chita Rivera," said Harold Prince, the producer...actor James Earl Jones, dancer-actress Chita Rivera, conductor James Levine, songwriter...
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encyclopedia articles on: Chita  - 11 results

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Chita
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHITA cheta , city (1989 pop. 366,000), capital of Chita region, SE Siberian Russia, at the confluence of the Chita and Ingoda rivers and on the Trans-Siberian RR. Railroad and food-processing equipment are manufactured. Founded in...
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Shilka
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SHILKA shel k , river, c.345 mi (560 km) long, formed E of Chita, Chita oblast, SE Siberian Russia, by the confluence of the Onon and Ingoda rivers, both of which rise along the Mongolian...
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Handa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HANDA han da, city (1990 pop. 99,330), Aichi prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan, on the Chita Peninsula and Chita Bay. Handa, known for its cotton textiles, brewing, and food processing industries, was a commercial port...
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Trans-Siberian Railroad
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...east through Omsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, and Chita; it traversed Manchuria and reentered Russian territory before...present Trans-Siberian RR branches off from the original line at Chita to follow, roughly, the Amur and Ussuri rivers and reaches...
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Agin-Buryat Autonomous Area
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...descendants of the Mongols, made up about 54% of the areas population. In 2008 the autonomous area was merged with the surrounding Chita region to form the Transbaykal Territory. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press...
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