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Impeachment History

High crimes and misdemeanors by Borgna Brunner The Facts Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, but acquitted by the Senate. Richard…

DK Society & Beliefs: Religions

HOLY RIVER ARE THERE MANY RELIGIONS? WHO DOES NOT HAVE FAITH HOW DO WE LEARN A RELIGION? DO RELIGIONS HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS? WHY DO PEOPLE BECOME RELIGIOUS? GOD CREATION FIND OUT MORE…

Classical Mythology: The End of Heroes

The End of HeroesClassical MythologyAll's Not Fair in Love and War: The Fall of TroyThe Face That Launched a Thousand ShipsThe Final Battles: The Tenth Year of the WarThe End of Heroes The war cost…

Tilly, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Tilly, Charles, 1929–2008, American sociologist, b. Lombard, Ill. Educated at Harvard and Oxford, Tilly taught at the Univ. of Michigan, the New School for Social Research, and…

Roanoke, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) RoanokeRoanokerōˈənōk [key], city (1990 pop. 96,397), independent and in no co., SW Va., on the Roanoke River; settled c.1740, inc. 1882, as a city, 1884. It is situated between the…

Ozark National Scenic Riverways

(Encyclopedia) Ozark National Scenic Riverways, 80,786 acres (32,707 hectares), along the Current and Jacks Fork rivers, SE Mo.; authorized 1964 as the first national scenic river; est. 1972. Many…

Wilson, Robert Woodrow

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936–, American radio astronomer, b. Houston, Tex., Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1962. In 1964 he and co-researcher Arno Penzias began monitoring…

Cassiopeia, in astronomy

(Encyclopedia) Cassiopeia, in astronomy, prominent northern constellation located almost directly opposite the Big Dipper across the north celestial pole. Five bright stars in the constellation form…