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Gordon, Ruth

(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Ruth, 1896–1985, American actress and playwright, b. Wollaston, Mass. From her debut as Nibs in Peter Pan (1915), Gordon's career encompassed broad stage and film experience.…

DK Science: Reproductive System

MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM JOURNEY OF SPERM AND EGG FERTILIZATION READY TO BE BORN FROM FERTILIZED EGG TO NEWBORN BABY FIND OUT MORE The male and female parts…

telephone

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Hand telephone telephone, device for communicating sound, especially speech, usually by means of wires in an electric circuit. The telephones now in general use evolved from…

Head, Edith

(Encyclopedia) Head, Edith, 1907–81, American costume designer, b. Los Angeles, Calif. She began to design costumes for the motion pictures in the early 1930s, working at Paramount for most of her…

Waterloo, cities, Canada

(Encyclopedia) WaterlooWaterloowôtərl&oomacr;ˈ [key]. 1 City (1991 pop. 71,181), SE Ont., Canada. It adjoins Kitchener. Several large insurance companies have their main offices there, and the…

DK Human Body: Growth

HOW DOES A BABY GROW? WHAT HAPPENS AS CHILDREN GROW? HOW DO GIRLS CHANGE AT PUBERTY? HOW DO BOYS CHANGE AT PUBERTY? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE GROW OLD? BRAIN AND SKULL DEVELOPMENTFIND OUT MOREIt…

John Benedict STEELE, Congress, NY (1814-1866)

STEELE, John Benedict, a Representative from New York; born in Delhi, N.Y., March 28, 1814; attended Delaware Academy at Delhi and was graduated in law from Williams College, Williamstown,…

Grant, Cary

(Encyclopedia) Grant, Cary, 1904–86, British movie actor, b. Bristol as Archibald Alexander Leach. He began on stage in 1923 and made his first film in 1932. An almost immediate hit, Grant was a…

Strand, Mark

(Encyclopedia) Strand, Mark, 1934–2014, American poet, b. Prince Edward Island, Canada, grad. Antioch College (B.A., 1957), Yale (B.F.A., 1959), Iowa Writers' Workshop (M.A., 1962). Meditative and…

Were dinosaurs social animals?

Some dinosaurs were social creatures. Recently discovered evidence indicates that they travelled together and that some may even have migrated (because dinosaur fossils have been found above the…