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Animal Arsenal

Animals' lives are not peaceful! They must be able to find food for themselves and their young (which often includes tracking and killing it), and avoid becoming food themselves. Sometimes they…

Jefferson DAVIS, Congress, MS (1808-1889)

Senate Years of Service: 1847-1851; 1857-1861Party: Democrat; DemocratDAVIS, Jefferson, (son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor), a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in what…

2004 Teens' Favorite Young Adult Books

Teen readers across the country vote for the best from the American Library Association Harry Potter #1 on Teens' Top Ten Related Links Teen Read Week from the ALA…

Biographies of the Presidents

  Read bios on all of the U.S. presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant to Barack Obama. George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe…

The Economist's Toolbox: Watch Out!

Watch Out!The Economist's ToolboxIntroductionNumbers Please: Economic DataWatch Out! When you are considering economic data and other numbers, for example financial data, watch out for the…

Women on Pedestals

Sojourner Truth These are monumental women! Because of their achievements, their likenesses have been carved in stone for all to see and remember.Who: Katharine Lee Bates, author of “America the…

Coward, Noël

(Encyclopedia) Coward, Noël (Sir Noël Pierce Coward)Coward, Noëlnōˈəl [key], 1899–1973, English playwright, actor, composer, and director, b. Teddington, England. Coward first gained wide prominence…

cluster munitions

(Encyclopedia) cluster munitions or cluster bombs, air-dropped or ground-launched weapons that open in mid-air and scatter dozens, hundreds, or thousands of smaller submunitions (or bomblets) over a…

George Herbert Walker Bush

Born: 6/12/1924Birthplace: Milton, Mass. George Herbert Walker Bush was born June 12, 1924, in Milton, Mass., to Prescott and Dorothy Bush. The family later moved to Connecticut. The youth studied…