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Brown, Jim

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Jim (James Nathaniel Brown), 1936–2023, American football player, b. St. Simon Island, Ga. A football and lacrosse All-American…

Prince George

(Encyclopedia) Prince George, city (1991 pop. 69,653), central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. It is a railroad division point and a distribution center…

The All-American Soap Box Derby

The Question: How do you build a soap box derby car from scratch without buying a kit? Can you tell me where to go for directions or pictures showing how? The…

Loan Officer

What is this job like? Loan officers help people apply for loans. This lets people do things like buy a house or a car, or pay for college. Loan officers help businesses by loaning them money to…

The Supreme Court: Collecting Evidence

Collecting EvidenceThe Supreme CourtCollecting EvidenceSearching Your Car When You're Stopped for SpeedingUsing the Right Not to KnockFinding Marijuana with Thermal-Imaging DevicesGetting…

DK Science & Technology: Manufacturing

WHERE DO NEW PRODUCTS COME FROM? WHAT IS MASS PRODUCTION? BIOGRAPHY: HENRY FORD American, 1863–1947 PRODUCTION LINEFIND OUT MOREFrom ankle socks to aircraft, almost everything we use has been…

DK Science & Technology: Nanotechnology

WHAT IS A NANOMACHINE? WHAT IS SELF-ASSEMBLY? ARE THERE ANY DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH NANOTECHNOLOGY? CARBON COMPUTERFIND OUT MOREA nanometer is one billionth of a meter. This is about a million…

Yves Montand

(Ivo Livi)actor, singerBorn: 10/13/1921Birthplace: Monsummano Alto, Italy A protege of singer Edith Piaf, Montand gained international recognition for his role in the thriller The Wages of Fear (…

Wilmot, David

(Encyclopedia) Wilmot, David, 1814–68, American legislator, b. Bethany, Pa. As a Democratic Congressman (1845–51) he became widely known as the author of the famous Wilmot Proviso, which helped build…