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2018 Winter Olympics: Speed Skating

Mass start brings a new twist to an old classic Source: AP Photo/Jens MeyerRelated Links 2018 Winter Olympics Speed Skating Through the Years Short Track Speed Skating Through the Years…

The Oscars

Oscars–Filmographies Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Suppporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Original Music or Comedy…

Liberty, Statue of

(Encyclopedia) Liberty, Statue of, statue on Liberty Island in Upper New York Bay, commanding the entrance to New York City. Liberty Island, c.10 acres (4 hectares), formerly Bedloe's Island (renamed…

Pre-Raphaelites

(Encyclopedia) Pre-RaphaelitesPre-Raphaelitesprēˌ-răfˈēəlītsˌ [key], brotherhood of English painters and poets formed in 1848 in protest against what they saw as the low standards and decadence of…

Illinois

Capital: Springfield State abbreviation/Postal code: Ill./IL Governor: Bruce Rauner, R (to Jan. 2019) Lieut. Governor: Evelyn Sanguinetti, R (to Jan. 2019) Senators:…

Doc Holliday

(John Henry Holliday)dentist, gambler, gun fighterBorn: 8/14/1851Birthplace: Griffin, Georgia An educated killer with a gambler's heart and a terminal illness, “Doc” Holliday is one of the best…

Mae Ella NOLAN, Congress, CA (1886-1973)

NOLAN, Mae Ella, (wife of John Ignatius Nolan), a Representative from California; born in San Francisco, Calif., September 20, 1886; attended the public schools, St. Vincent’s Convent and…

Samuel Clesson ALLEN, Congress, MA (1772-1842)

ALLEN, Samuel Clesson, (father of Elisha Hunt Allen), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Bernardston, Mass., January 5, 1772; attended the public schools of New Salem, and was…

Edward David CRIPPA, Congress, WY (1899-1960)

Senate Years of Service: 1954-1954Party: RepublicanCRIPPA, Edward David, a Senator from Wyoming; born in Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyo., April 8, 1899; attended the public schools;…

Montagnais and Naskapi

(Encyclopedia) MontagnaisMontagnaismŏntənyāˈ [key] and NaskapiNaskapinăsˈkəpē [key], aboriginal peoples originally from Labrador, Canada. Because they both spoke almost identical Algonquian languages…