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South Platte

(Encyclopedia) South PlatteSouth Platteplăt [key], river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts. in many branches, which then join in central Colorado. It flows in a narrow canyon E and NE…

The Bulldog Ant

An Australian hunter with excellent vision and a venomous sting by Catherine McNiff By Doug Beckers (Flickr) Related Links Bulldog…

Hampton Roads Peace Conference

(Encyclopedia) Hampton Roads Peace Conference, meeting held on Feb. 3, 1865, on board the Union transport River Queen in Hampton Roads, Va., with the object of ending the Civil War. President Lincoln…

Elion, Gertrude Belle

(Encyclopedia) Elion, Gertrude BelleElion, Gertrude Belleĕlˈēən [key], 1918–99, American pharmacologist, b. New York City, B.S. Hunter College, 1937. Unable to find research work (largely because she…

Taekwondo

MEN Flyweight (under 128 lbs): 1. Michail Mouroutsos, GRE def. 2. Gabriel Esparza, SPA (4-2); 3. Huang Chih-Hsiung, TPE def. Gabriel Alberto Taraburelli, ARG (3-0). Featherweight (under 148 lbs): 1…

2000 Olympics: Archery

(70 meters)MEN Individual: 1. Simon Fairweather, AUS def. 2. Victor Wunderle, USA (113-106); 3. Wietse van Alten, NED def. Magnus Petersson, SWE (114-109). Team: 1. South Korea (Jang Yong-Ho, Kim…

Kevin Patrick BRADY, Congress, TX (1955)

BRADY, Kevin Patrick, a Representative from Texas; born in Vermillion, Clay County, S. Dak., April 11, 1955; graduated from Rapid City Central High School, Rapid City, S. Dak; B.A., University…

Patricia Bath Biography

inventorBorn: November 4, 1942Birthplace: Harlem, New YorkBest Known as: African-American scientist and inventor Born in Harlem, New York, Bath holds a bachelor's degree…

Fort Collins

(Encyclopedia) Fort Collins, city (2020 pop. 169,810), seat of Larimer co., N Colo., on the Cache la Poudre River, at the foot of the Rocky Mts., inc.…