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2007 People in the News

See also 2006 People in the News 2005 People in the News 2004 People in the News 2003 People in the News 2002 People in the News 2001 People in the News 2000 People in the News 1999 People…

madrigal

(Encyclopedia) madrigal, name for two different forms of Italian music, one related to the poetic madrigal in the 14th cent., the other the most common form of secular vocal music in the 16th cent.…

2000 Olympics: Cycling

MEN Mountain Bike Cross Country (30.7 miles): 1. Miguel Martinez, FRA (2:09:03); 2. Filip Meirhaeghe, BEL (2:10:05); 3. Christoph Sauser, SWI (2:11:20). Road Individual Road Race (240 km): 1. Jan…

Video Game Rating System

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) system for rating video games and computer software by Mark Hughes Related Links Top 10 Video Game Titles Video Games Timeline…

Robert Augustus TOOMBS, Congress, GA (1810-1885)

Senate Years of Service: 1853-1855; 1855-1861Party: Whig; DemocratTOOMBS, Robert Augustus, a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Wilkes County, Ga., July 2, 1810; attended the…

Slipknot

alternative rock band Chart-topping rock band Slipknot is one of the prominent examples of alternative heavy metal. Exploding on the scene with a horror-movie image complete with nuclear-reactor…

John William HARRELD, Congress, OK (1872-1950)

Senate Years of Service: 1921-1927Party: RepublicanHARRELD, John William, a Representative and a Senator from Oklahoma; born near Morgantown, Butler County, Ky., January 24, 1872; attended the…

2007 Intel Science Talent Search Winners

First Place: $100,000 scholarship, Mary Masterman, 17, Oklahoma City, for developing an accurate spectrograph that identifies the specific characteristics-or "…