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Caribbean Community and Common Market

(Encyclopedia) Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), organization founded by the Treaty of Chaguaramas (Trinidad; 1973, revised 2001) and including Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados,…

vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

(Encyclopedia) vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOL), craft capable of rising and descending vertically from and to the ground, thus requiring no runway. While a balloon or an airship has…

Vienna, city and province, Austria

(Encyclopedia) ViennaViennavēĕnˈə [key], Ger. Wien, city and province (1991 pop. 1,539,848), 160 sq mi (414 sq km), capital and largest city of Austria and administrative seat of Lower Austria, NE…

Ursa Major and Ursa Minor

(Encyclopedia) Ursa MajorUrsa Majorûrˈsə [key] and Ursa Minor [Lat.,=the great bear; the little bear], two conspicuous northern constellations. Known to many peoples from ancient times, these…

waterproof and water-repellent fabrics

(Encyclopedia) waterproof and water-repellent fabrics, materials treated with various substances so as to make them impervious to water. Permanent waterproofing is achieved by first coating fabrics…

Television Hall of Fame

Each year, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences inducts up to seven people or programs to the Television Hall of Fame. Here are the past…

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John Naber Bronko Nagurski James Naismith Joe Namath Ilie Nastase Martina Navratilova Cosmas Ndeti Earle (Greasy) Neale Primo Nebiolo Byron Nelson Lindsey…

U.S. Open 2000

  Payne Stewart celebrates after sinking his 15-foot putt on the final hole to win the 1999 U.S. Open.The U.S. Open (held Thursday, June 15 through Sunday, June 18) turns 100 years old this…

People Who Died in 2007

See also 2006 Deaths 2005 Deaths 2004 Deaths 2003 Deaths 2002 Deaths 2001 Deaths 2000 Deaths 1999…