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Olympic Preview: Diving

First Olympic Appearance: 1904 (platform), 1908 (springboard) by John Gettings and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 20082008 Summer Games: Diving ResultsEncyclopedia: Diving  Did…

Chemistry: What Have I Gotten Myself Into?

What Have I Gotten Myself Into?ChemistryWhy Study Chemistry?Why Do We Need Chemistry?What Have I Gotten Myself Into?This Stuff Is Really Fun!Who Invented Chemistry?Succeeding Where Others Have Failed…

Princeton University

(Encyclopedia) Princeton University, at Princeton, N.J.; coeducational; chartered 1746, opened 1747, rechartered 1748, called the College of New Jersey until 1896. Established by the “New Light” (…

Staunton

(Encyclopedia) StauntonStauntonstănˈtən [key], city (1990 pop. 24,461), seat of Augusta co., W central Va., in the Shenandoah Valley; settled 1732, inc. as a city 1871. It is a trade and industrial…