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tengu ... Tenreiro, Francisco Jose

tengu in Japanese folklore, a type of mischievous supernatural being, sometimes considered the reincarnated spirit of one who was proud and arrogant in life. Tengu are renowned swordsmen and are said to have taught the military arts to the Minamoto hero Yoshitsune. They live in trees in mountainous areas. A group ... Teniers, David, The Elder Flemish Baroque painter of genre scenes, landscapes, and religious subjects. Teniers, David, the Younger prolific Flemish painter of the Baroque period known for his genre scenes of peasant life. Tenji 38th emperor of Japan, from 668 to 672, and the ruler who freed the Japanese court from the domination of the Soga family. Tenji implemented a series of reforms that strengthened the central government in accord with the Chinese model and restored power to the emperor. Tenjiku (Japanese: "Indian Style"), one of the three main styles of Japanese Buddhist architecture in the Kamakura period (1192-1333). The style is impressive for the size and multiplicity of its parts. Its unique and most characteristic feature is the elaborate bracketing of beams and blocks under the eaves. Tenkalai one of two Hindu subsects of the Shrivaishnava, the other being the Vadakalai. Though the two sects use both Sanskrit and Tamil scriptures and centre their worship on Vishnu, the Tenkalai places greater reliance on the Tamil language and the Nalayira Prabandham, a collection of hymns by the Azhvars, a ... Tennant Creek town, central Northern Territory, Australia, on Tennant Creek, which was explored in 1860 by the Scot John McDouall Stuart and named after a South Australian pastoralist. Earliest settlement of the site began in 1872 with the construction of a station on the Overland Telegraph Line. Although gold was discovered in ... Tennant, Frederick Robert English philosophical theologian, a powerful apologist with a wide range of interests who essayed a harmony of science and religion within an empirical approach to theology. Tennant, Kylie Australian novelist and playwright famed for her realistic yet affirmative depictions of the lives of the underprivileged in Australia. Tenneco Inc. diversified American industrial corporation, with major interests in natural-gas pipelines and the construction of heavy equipment. It was also formerly a large producer of petroleum. Headquarters are in Houston, Texas. Tennent, Gilbert Irish-born American Presbyterian clergyman, son and brother of three other Presbyterian clergymen. He was one of the leaders of the Great Awakening of religious feeling in colonial America, along with Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. Tennessee constituent state of the United States of America. It is located in the upper South of the eastern United States and became the 16th state of the Union in 1796. The geography of Tennessee is unique. Its extreme breadth of 432 miles (695 km) stretches from the Appalachian Mountain boundary ... Tennessee River central component of one of the world's greatest irrigation and hydropower systems and a major waterway of the southeastern United States. It is formed by the confluence of the Holston and French Broad rivers, just east of Knoxville, Tennessee, and flows south-southwest to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Turning west through the Cumberland ... Tennessee State University public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., part of the State University and Community College System of Tennessee. A historically black university, it still has a largely African American enrollment. Tennessee State is a land-grant school and consists of colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and ... Tennessee Titans American professional gridiron football team based in Nashville, Tenn. The Titans play in the American Football Conference (AFC) of the National Football League (NFL) and earned a berth in Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000. The franchise was located in Houston, Texas, and was known as the Oilers from 1960 to ... Tennessee Valley Authority U.S. government agency established in 1933 to control floods, improve navigation, improve the living standards of farmers, and produce electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries. The Tennessee River was subject to severe periodic flooding, and navigation along the river's middle course was interrupted by a series of ... Tennessee walking horse breed of horse that derives its name from the state of Tennessee and from its distinctive gait-the running walk. In a broad sense, it originated from all the ancestors that could do a running walk. Allan F-I (foaled 1886), a Standardbred stallion with several crosses of Morgan breeding, had the ... Tennessee, flag of U.S. state flag consisting of a red field (background) with a central white-bordered blue disk bearing three white stars; at the fly end are unequal vertical stripes of white and blue. Tennessee, University of state university system based in Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. It is a comprehensive, land-grant institution of higher education. In addition to the main campus, there are branch campuses at Chattanooga and Martin as well as a health science centre at Memphis. The university offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and ... Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway American waterway linking the Tennessee River in northeastern Mississippi with the Tombigbee River in western Alabama. The 234-mile (376-kilometre) system of locks and canals along the upper Tombigbee River south to Demopolis, Ala., gives access via the lower Tombigbee to the Gulf of Mexico at Mobile, Ala. The waterway was ... Tenniel, Sir John English illustrator and satirical artist, especially known for his work in Punch and his illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1872). Tennis: Year in Review 1994 A number of anniversaries were celebrated in 1993, including the 100th women's championships at Wimbledon. But the year was overshadowed by the stabbing of Monica Seles of Yugoslavia on the last day of April while she was competing in the Citizen Cup tournament in Hamburg, Germany. Seles, the world's number ... Tennis: Year in Review 1995 The major prizes in tennis were distributed more liberally in 1994 than had been anticipated. The most unexpected triumph was that of the unseeded Andre Agassi in the United States Open in September. While continuing to be one of the sport's leading attractions with his designer-tramp appearance, confident gait, and ... Tennis: Year in Review 1996 During a fascinating year on the courts, Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf were reaffirmed as the outstanding singles competitors at the major tennis championships. Sampras won the Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles, and Graf celebrated victories at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open. In addition, Mary Pierce, in ... Tennis: Year in Review 1997 Celebrating a season of intrigue and fluctuating fortunes, Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf were the sport's preeminent players in 1996, each for the fourth consecutive year. Sampras sealed his bid for continued supremacy with a triumph at the United States Open, while Graf replicated her astounding 1995 feat of sweeping ... Tennis: Year in Review 1998 Becoming only the second man in the modern era of "open tennis" to finish five consecutive years as the world's top-ranked player, Pete Sampras garnered two more Grand Slam titles in a stellar 1997 campaign. Sampras dominated the men's Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), winning his second consecutive and fourth ... Tennis: Year in Review 1999 Adding lustre to an already prodigious record, Pete Sampras of the U.S. reached two more landmarks in an arduous yet rewarding 1998 season. Victorious at Wimbledon for the fifth time in a six-year stretch, he tied Bjorn Borg's modern men's record for championships won at that shrine of the sport. ... Tennis: Year in Review 2000 In 1999, celebrating one of the most remarkable comebacks in the history of his sport, the enigmatic American Andre Agassi (see Biographies) finished a year ranked number one in the world by the official Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) computer for the first time. He captured two major titles-a feat ... Tennis: Year in Review 2001 In 2000, 24-year-old Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten came of age as a competitor of the highest order, becoming the first South American man ever to finish a season as the number one ranked player on the official Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) computer. Kuerten's 2000 campaign featured impressive triumphs at the ... Tennis: Year in Review 2002 Although the men produced four different champions at the illustrious Grand Slam events in 2001, the "man of the year" label was worn deservedly by a pugnacious 20-year-old from Australia named Lleyton Hewitt. He captured the first major title of his career at the U.S. Open; recorded an impressive six ... Tennis: Year in Review 2003 Tennis fans were rewarded on a multitude of levels in 2002. They witnessed the extraordinary ascendancy of Serena Williams, who captured three of the four major championships. They appreciated the style and grace of Venus Williams, who had the misfortune to be beaten by her sister in the finals of ... Tennis: Year in Review 2004 A pair of talented, purposeful, and tenacious individuals made immense strides across the 2003 season, moving past all of their chief adversaries to the top of the tennis world. American Andy Roddick-blessed with one of the game's most explosive serves, a maturing match-playing temperament, and a growing awareness of his ... Tennis: Year in Review 2005 A graceful all-court stylist with every essential tool in his trade, Roger Federer was in a class of his own in 2004. The fluid shotmaker from Switzerland raised his game to almost unimaginable levels, winning three of the four major tennis championships and rising incontestably to number one in the ... Tennis: Year in Review 2006 In 2005 Roger Federer (see Biographies) dominated men's tennis with grace, panache, and strategic acumen and was the game's top player for the second year in a row. The Swiss stylist captured 11 of the 15 tournaments in which he played, made it to the quarterfinals or beyond in every ... Tennis: Year in Review 2007 Elevating his multifaceted game to almost unimaginable heights, Roger Federer in 2006 celebrated a third consecutive year as the best tennis player in the world. The gifted Swiss shotmaker was victorious in 12 of the 17 tournaments in which he played, winning 92 of 97 matches and securing three of ... Tennis: Year in Review 2008 Off-court controversies sometimes overshadowed what happened on the tennis court in 2007. Russia's Nikolay Davydenko, who finished the year ranked number four in the world, was under investigation by the ATP for allegedly having deliberately lost a match in Poland in August. Subsequently, a number of lower-ranked players came forward ... Tennis: Year in Review 2009 The 2008 season in tennis was likely to be remembered as one of the sport's most captivating years. Spain's charismatic Rafael Nadal celebrated a spectacular campaign, becoming the first man since Sweden's Bjorn Borg in 1980 to capture the French Open and All-England (Wimbledon) titles in the same year and ... Tennis: Year in Review 2010 Across the board, on innumerable levels, Roger Federer of Switzerland was the 2009 Player of the Year in tennis, becoming only the sixth man in history to win all four Grand Slam events. The champion whom many experts considered the best player ever set an all-time record for men when ... Tennis: Year in Review 2011 Spain's indefatigable tennis star Rafael Nadal stood in a class by himself in 2010 as he captured the French Open, All-England (Wimbledon), and U.S. Open titles in succession, becoming the first man to realize that considerable feat since Australia's Rod Laver secured his second Grand Slam in 1969. Moreover, Nadal ... tennis game in which two opposing players (singles) or pairs of players (doubles) use tautly strung rackets to hit a ball of specified size, weight, and bounce over a net on a rectangular court. Points are awarded to a player or team whenever the opponent fails to correctly return the ball ... Tennis Court Oath (June 20, 1789), dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the nonprivileged classes of the French nation (the Third Estate) during the meeting of the Estates-General (traditional assembly) at the beginning of the French Revolution. The deputies of the Third Estate, realizing that in any attempt at reform they would ... tenno (Japanese: "heavenly emperor"), the title of Japan's chief of state, bestowed posthumously together with the reign name chosen by the emperor (e.g., Meiji Tenno, the emperor Meiji). The term was first used at the beginning of the Nara period (710-784) as a translation of the Chinese t'ien-huang, or "heavenly emperor," ... Tennsift River river in west-central Morocco. The Tennsift River rises from several headstreams in the High Atlas (Haut Atlas) mountains and flows westward for 160 miles (260 km) to the Atlantic Ocean, south of Safi. The Tennsift's river valley, the Haouz lowland, has been transformed from an arid wasteland into a fertile ... Tenochtitlan Ancient capital of the Aztec empire. Located at the site of modern Mexico City, it was founded c. 1325 in the marshes of Lake Texcoco. It formed a confederacy with Texcoco and Tlacopan and was the Aztec capital by the late 15th century. Originally located on two small islands in ... tenor highest male vocal range, normally extending approximately from the second B below middle C to the G above; an extremely high voice, extending into the alto range, is usually termed a countertenor (q.v.). In instrument families, tenor refers to the instrument of more or less comparable range (e.g., tenor horn). tenor and vehicle the components of a metaphor, with the tenor referring to the concept, object, or person meant, and the vehicle being the image that carries the weight of the comparison. The words were first used in this sense by the critic I.A. Richards. In the first stanza of Abraham Cowley's poem ... tenor drum cylindrical drum larger and deeper toned than the closely related snare drum and lacking snares. It is usually about 18 inches (45 cm) in diameter and 14 inches (35 cm) in height and is normally beaten with two soft-headed sticks. The heads are tensioned by rope lacings or metal rods. ... tenor horn brass wind instrument derived from the cornet and the valved bugle, or flugelhorn. A saxhorn of tenor range and a tenor bugle are also sometimes called tenor horns. tenorite copper oxide mineral (CuO) found as gray-to-black metallic crystals as a sublimation product on lavas. Melaconite, the massive variety, is common as earthy deposits in the oxidized zone of copper lodes. Crystals of tenorite have been identified at Mount Vesuvius and Mount Etna, Italy, and at Lostwithiel, Cornwall, Eng. Melaconite ... tenrec any of 29 species of shrewlike and hedgehoglike mammals. Most are endemic to Madagascar and nearby islands, but the otter shrews (subfamily Potamogalinae) are native to the African mainland. Tenreiro, Francisco Jose African poet writing in Portuguese, whose verse expresses the sufferings caused by colonialist exploitation of the indentured labourers of the island of Sao Tome.