Cold War on the Courts U.S. and Russian basketball teams play the most controversial game in Olympic history by Gerry Brown Russian Aleksander Belov scores the controversial winning basket…
SCALESDECIDUOUS NEEDLESFLATTENED NEEDLESCONESFIND OUT MOREThere are about 550 species of conifer, most of which are large, evergreen trees. Their leaves are often needle-shaped and usually have…
HYDROTHERMAL VENTSBIOGRAPHY: MARIE THARP American, 1920-FIND OUT MOREJust a century ago, the ocean floor was largely unknown. Now we know that the deep oceans have features such as mountains,…
First Olympic Appearance: 1900 (men); 1976 (women) by Gerry Brown and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 2008 Terminology: coxswain Encyclopedia: Rowing Did You Know?The coxswain…
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(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…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from South Dakota
Member Name Birth-Death ABDNOR, James 1923- ABOUREZK, James George 1931- BERRY, Ellis Yarnal 1902-1999…
(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…
civil rights activist and ministerBorn: Oct. 3, 1954Birthplace: New York, N.Y. A flamboyant and controversial African American political activist, Sharpton was fully ordained as a Pentocostal…
(Encyclopedia) miniature bull terrier, breed of small, muscular dog developed in England in the early 19th cent. It stands up to 14 in. (35.6 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 17 lb (7.7 kg…