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DK Arts & Entertainment: Sculpture

WHAT DOES “THREE-DIMENSIONAL” MEAN? IS SCULPTURE ALWAYS VIEWED FROM ALL SIDES? HOW IS SCULPTURE MADE? FIND OUT MORESculpture is three-dimensional art. Traditionally, there are two main methods:…

Olympic Preview: Triathlon

First Olympic Appearance: 2000 by Gerry Brown and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 2008 Triathlon, the sport of ironmen and ironwomen, made its Olympic debut at the 2000…

2010 Olympics: Freestyle Skiing

Ski Cross added to freestyle mix by Mike Morrison and Christine Frantz Related Links 2010 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia…

Wacky Town Names

  Wacky Town Names   Taking a road trip to Monkey's Eyebrow? compiled by Holly Hartman   America's a big country. From the easternmost reaches of Maine…

1972 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Roberta FlackAlbum of the YearThe Concert for Bangla Desh, George Harrison, Ravi Shanker, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Billy…

X Games Summer 1999

by John Gettings After two years in San Diego, the world's largest "alternative" sports competition is moving north to San Francisco for more biking, blading and boarding under the…

Algebra: Climb Aboard the Coordinate Plane

Climb Aboard the Coordinate Plane Algebra Graphing Linear Equations Climb Aboard the Coordinate Plane Sketching Line Graphs It's a Slippery Slope Kinky Absolute Value Graphs Thanks to a fun-…

Leopold II, king of the Belgians

(Encyclopedia) Leopold II, 1835–1909, king of the Belgians (1865–1909), son and successor of Leopold I. His reign saw great industrial and colonial expansion. In 1876 he organized, with the help of H…

ray, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) ray, extremely flat-bodied cartilaginous marine fish, related to the shark. The pectoral fins of most rays are developed into broad, flat, winglike appendages, attached all along the…