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Summer Olympics Biographies, A-Z

Abebe Bikila Related Links All-Time Leading Medal Winners Quiz: Memorable Ceremonies Olympics Timeline Summer Olympics Through The Years A-D | E-J | K-P | R-Z…

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Bobby Rahal Jack Ramsay Bill Rassmussen Willis Reed Pee Wee Reese Mary Lou Retton Butch Reynolds Manon Rheaume Grantland Rice Jerry Rice Henri…

African Americans in the 113th Congress

A list of the African-Americans currently serving in the 113th Congress. There are 43 black members in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate. State House…

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Russell SageYves Saint-LaurentHaym SalomonSir Titus SaltPaul A. SamuelsonWilliam SaveryJean Baptiste SayMarjorie ScardinoHjalmar Horace Greeley SchachtAlbert SchäffleElsa SchiaparelliJacob Henry…

World Series Single Game and Single Series Records

(through 2005)Most hits game—5, Paul Molitor, Milwaukee A.L., first game vs. St. Louis N.L., 1982.Most 4-hit games, series—2, Robin Yount, Milwaukee A.L., first and fifth games vs. St. Louis N.L.,…

Summer Olympics Through the Years: 1984

Los AngelesTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTeam SportsArcheryCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingJudoGymnasticsModern PentathlonRowingShootingSynchronized…

Five Great Female Characters: Comic Books

There's a whole world of comic books beyond Superman and the Peanuts. In recent years, more women have been working in this literary form and, not coincidentally, there are more interesting female…

Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia) Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, British mathematician and physicist, b. Belfast. He was professor of natural philosophy at the Univ. of Glasgow (1846–99). He is known…

Mantel, Dame Hilary

(Encyclopedia) Mantel, Dame Hilary, 1952–, English novelist, b. Hilary Mary Thompson. After working as a social worker, she moved to Botswana with her geologist husband and later to Jiddah, Saudi…