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1996 Olympics: Shooting

Men 50m Free Pistol: 1. Boris Kokorev, RUS (666.40 pts); 2. Igor Basinski, BLR (662.00); 3. Roberto DiDonna, ITA (661.80). 50m Free Rifle/3 Positions: 1. Jean Pierre Amat, FRA (1273.90 pts); 2.…

U.S. Cities

Chicago skyline, 2014 Source: AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato San Francisco Chicago New York City Boston Houston Washington, D.C. Cherry Blossoms of Washington, D.C. Statues of Washington, D…

DK Science: Big Bang

TIMELINE OF THE UNIVERSETHE MOMENT OF EXPLOSIONTHE FIRST THREE MINUTESATOMSTHE UNIVERSE TAKES SHAPETHE EVOLVING UNIVERSEREDSHIFTDARK MATTERFIND OUT MOREAstronomers believe that the Universe came…

DK Science: Non Metal Elements

SULPHUR CRYSTALSMAKING SULPHURIC ACIDTRANSPORTING SULPHURIC ACIDSEMI-METALSHALOGENNOBLE GASESFIND OUT MOREThe metal elements in the periodic table have easily defined properties. The remaining…

Japanese Internment in World War II

During World War II, nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans were under lock and key by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco and Shmuel Ross On February 19, 1942, soon after the beginning of World War II,…

Malay Peninsula

(Encyclopedia) Malay PeninsulaMalay Peninsulaməlāˈ, māˈlā [key], southern extremity (c.70,000 sq mi/181,300 sq km) of the continent of Asia, lying between the Andaman Sea of the Indian Ocean and the…

antique collecting

(Encyclopedia) antique collecting, the assembling of items of aesthetic, historical, and often monetary value from earlier eras. The term antique initially referred only to the preclassical and…

Indiana Jones: Fact or Fiction

Are the Indiana Jones films historically accurate? by Mark Hughes Related Links Special Effects Archaeology Ancient History World War II The Holocaust   In…

Corwin, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Corwin, Thomas, 1794–1865, American politician, b. Bourbon co., Ky. A lawyer, he was an Ohio legislator in the 1820s, a U.S. Representative (1831–40), and governor of Ohio (1840–42).…

Heyse, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Heyse, PaulHeyse, Paulpoul hīˈzə [key], 1830–1914, German realistic writer. Besides the 120 novellas on which his reputation rests, he wrote some 50 plays, 6 novels, and many fine…