Girls Across America by Holly Hartman From Tracy, California, to Chelsea, Vermont, the map of the United States is dotted with girls' names. Here are a few. Allison, Iowa Amy, Kansas…
East Favorite Tennessee (28-2) returns with almost the entire squad that went a perfect 39-0 last season, culminating in a 93-75 trouncing of Louisiana Tech in the National Championship game.…
Twenty-five-year-old Tony Bui is another young filmmaker sure to win a fair share of attention this fall. His debut, Three Seasons, makes outsider filmmaking history — it's…
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Alt, Carol, model Alves, Michelle, model Ambrosio, Alessandra, model Anderson, Pamela, model, actress Banks, Tyra, model Barros…
(Encyclopedia) idealism, the attitude that places special value on ideas and ideals as products of the mind, in comparison with the world as perceived through the senses. In art idealism is the…
(Encyclopedia) Alvarado, Pedro deAlvarado, Pedro depāˈᵺrō dā [key]Alvarado, Pedro de älväräˈᵺō [key], 1486–1541, Spanish conquistador. He went to Hispaniola (1510), sailed in the expedition (1518) of…
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(Encyclopedia) Johnstown. 1 City (1990 pop. 9,058), seat of Fulton co., E central N.Y.; founded 1772, inc. 1895. Its leather-glove industry dates back to 1800; other leather and knitted goods are…
(Encyclopedia) Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'lwē fēlēpˈ zhôzĕfˈ [key]Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d' dük dôrlāäNˈ [key], known as Philippe…
