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The Top Ten: America's Best Beaches, 2006

 December 10 - 17     America's Best Beaches, 2006 Released since 1991, 650 major public recreational beaches in the U.S. are rated according to 50 criteria. Rank Name Location1. Fleming…

Philippines Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign GovernmentsDate of Information: 10/30/2022[source] Pres. Bongbong Marcos Vice Pres. Sara Duterte Executive Sec. Lucas P. Bersamin Chief…

2006 United States Medalists

Alpine SkiingMen's Combined—GOLD—Ted LigetyLadies' Giant Slalom—GOLD—Julia MancusoBobsleighWomen—SILVER—Shauna Rohbok, Valerie FlemingCurlingMen—BRONZE—Pete Fenson, Scott Baird, Shawn Rojeski, John…

John Alexander LOGAN, Congress, IL (1826-1886)

Senate Years of Service: 1871-1877; 1879-1886Party: Republican; RepublicanLOGAN, John Alexander, a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Ill., on…

Victor Luitpold BERGER, Congress, WI (1860-1929)

BERGER, Victor Luitpold, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Nieder Rebbach, Austria-Hungary, February 28, 1860; attended the Gymnasia at Leutschau and the universities at Budapest and…

Gissing, George

(Encyclopedia) Gissing, GeorgeGissing, Georgegĭsˈĭng [key], 1857–1903, English novelist. His promising future as a scholar was curtailed by his expulsion from Owens College (later the Univ. of…

Heizer, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Heizer, Michael, 1944–, American sculptor and painter, b. Berkeley, Calif., studied San Francisco Art Institute (1963–64). Heizer was one of the artists who developed land art in the…

streptomycin

(Encyclopedia) streptomycinstreptomycinstrĕpˌtōmīˈsĭn [key], antibiotic produced by soil bacteria of the genus Streptomyces and active against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria (see Gram'…