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stall

(Encyclopedia) stall, small division of a larger space, sometimes partly partitioned. The term is used for a booth for display and selling at an exhibition, for a compartment in a stable or kennel,…

Balboa, Vasco Núñez de

(Encyclopedia) Balboa, Vasco Núñez deBalboa, Vasco Núñez debălbōˈə, Span. väˈskō n&oomacr;ˈnyāth dā bälbōˈä [key], c.1475–1519, Spanish conquistador, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean. After…

Father's Day — Dads on TV

  Father Grows UpA history of TV's most famous dads   by Beth Rowen   The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Dear old dad has come a long way on the small screen, from television's early…

Chemistry: Getting Our Ingredients

Getting Our IngredientsChemistryChemical EquationsLet's Make Chili!Getting Our IngredientsHow Much of Each Ingredient Do We Need?Writing Complete EquationsAdding Variety to Our MenuPredicting…

Dante Alighieri

(Encyclopedia) Dante AlighieriDante Alighieridănˈtē, Ital. dänˈtā älēgyĕˈrē [key], 1265–1321, Italian poet, b. Florence. Dante was the author of the Divine Comedy, one of the greatest of literary…

short story

(Encyclopedia) short story, brief prose fiction. The term covers a wide variety of narratives—from stories in which the main focus is on the course of events to studies of character, from the “short…

NFL Football Preview 2000: NFC West

  NFL Preview: NFC WestSt. Louis, Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, San Francisco   by Mike Morrison   1. St. Louis—Even if Kurt Warner's production drops 25 percent from last year, we're…

NFL Football Preview 1999: NFC West

NFC West Atlanta Falcons - The team is still searching for someone to replace free agent WR Tony Martin, who led the team with 66 receptions. The performance of running back Jamal…

Chemistry: Colloids: Somewhere in Between

Colloids: Somewhere in BetweenChemistryElements, Compounds, and MixturesPure SubstancesShake It Up: MixturesColloids: Somewhere in BetweenSeparating Mixtures Earlier, I said that something was…

Chemistry: Formation of Multiple Covalent Bonds

Formation of Multiple Covalent BondsChemistryGetting to Know Covalent CompoundsWhat Are Covalent Compounds?Formation of Multiple Covalent BondsProperties of Covalent CompoundsWhat's in a Name?…