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2010 Olympics: Skeleton

Face first down an icy track by Gerry Brown and Christine Frantz Related Links 2010 Winter Olympics2006 Skeleton Medal ResultsSkeleton Through the YearsOlympic Preview: Luge Did You Know…

treaty port

(Encyclopedia) treaty port, port opened to foreign trade by a treaty. The term is usually confined to ports in those countries that formerly strongly objected to foreign trade or attempted altogether…

William BIGLER, Congress, PA (1814-1880)

Senate Years of Service: 1856-1861Party: DemocratBIGLER, William, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Cumberland County (now Spring Township, Perry County), Pa., on January 1, 1814; attended…

Jacob Hale SYPHER, Congress, LA (1837-1905)

SYPHER, Jacob Hale, a Representative from Louisiana; born near Millerstown, Perry County, Pa., June 22, 1837; received a liberal education, and was graduated from Alfred (N.Y.) University in…

Fannie Lou (Townsend) Hamer

civil rights activistBorn: 10/6/1917Birthplace: Ruleville, Miss. Hamer was the youngest of 20 children and began working with her sharecropper parents at age 6. She left school after the sixth grade…

LZR Racer

The world's fastest swim suit by Elizabeth Olson The LZR © SpeedoIt uses NASA technology, is ultrasonically fused together, and is called the Laser. A new type of weapon? The latest…