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2006 Academy Awards

The 2006 Academy Awards were presented February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre. Best Picture Babel   The Departed   Letters from Iwo Jima   Little Miss Sunshine   The Queen…

Year in Review 2001 | Sports Moments

  By John Gettings, Mike Morrison, and Gerry Brown A TRAGIC FINAL LAP NASCAR's Winston Cup series didn't just lose a seven-time champion when Dale Earnhardt, 49, died in a last-lap crash at…

Paraguay, country, South America

(Encyclopedia) CE5 ParaguayParaguaypârˈəgwā, –gwī, Span. pärägwīˈ [key], officially Republic of Paraguay, republic (2015 est. pop. 6,639,000), 157,047 sq mi (406,752 sq km), S central South…

State Department Notes on Peru

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Peruvian Relations PEOPLE When the Spanish landed in 1531, Peru's territory was the nucleus of the…

State Department Notes on Spain

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Spanish Relations PEOPLE Spain's population density, lower…

George W. Bush | Presidential Cabinet Members

2001-2009 by Beth Rowen Related Links Inaugural FactfileBiography: George W. BushPresidential Inaugural AddressesHow the President Gets Elected President George W. Bush wasted no…

2000 Olympics: Event Results - J

/**/ MEDAL STANDINGS // Choose a sport: Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics…

Spanish civil war

(Encyclopedia) Spanish civil war, 1936–39, conflict in which the conservative and traditionalist forces in Spain rose against and finally overthrew the second Spanish republic. For Germany and…

Olympic Highlights: 2004

Day-to-day news from Athens by Shmuel Ross and Erin Teare Martin Sunday, August 29 Highlights of the Day A man with a history of disrupting sporting events runs onto the marathon course,…