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2001 Intel Science Talent Search Winners

First Place: $100,000 scholarship, Viviana Risca, 17, Paul D.Schreiber Senior High School, Port Washington, N.Y., for her computer science project, “DNA-based Steganography,” which studied…

Turkmenistan Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments Date of Information: 9/27/22 According to the Turkmen Constitution, the president serves as de facto chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers…

2000 Olympics: Cycling

MEN Mountain Bike Cross Country (30.7 miles): 1. Miguel Martinez, FRA (2:09:03); 2. Filip Meirhaeghe, BEL (2:10:05); 3. Christoph Sauser, SWI (2:11:20). Road Individual Road Race (240 km): 1. Jan…

1998 World History

  1998 Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life for 1993 World Trade Center bombing (Jan. 9). Pope John Paul II visits Cuba (Jan. 21–25). President accused in White House sex scandal; denies…

NFL Football Preview 1999: NFC Central

NFC Central Minnesota Vikings - It will be difficult if not impossible for the Vikings to have as good a regular season as they did in 1998. The Vikings went 15-1 and looked like the…

Alien and Sedition Acts

(Encyclopedia) Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798, four laws enacted by the Federalist-controlled U.S. Congress, allegedly in response to the hostile actions of the French Revolutionary government on the…

evangelist

(Encyclopedia) evangelistevangelistĭvănˈjəlĭst [key] [Gr.,=Gospel], title given to saints Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the authors of the four Gospels. The four evangelists are often symbolized…

Tristram and Isolde

(Encyclopedia) Tristram and IsoldeTristram and Isoldetrĭsˈtrəm, ĭsōlˈdə, ĭzōlˈ– [key], medieval romance. The earliest extant version (incomplete) was written (c.1185) by Thomas of Britain in Anglo-…

Jesus (Jesus Christ)

(Encyclopedia) Jesus or Jesus ChristJesus Christjēˈzəs krīst, jēˈzəz [key], 1st-century Jewish teacher and prophet in whom Christians have traditionally seen the Messiah [Heb.,=annointed one, whence…

Fenway Park Turns One Hundred

In 2012, one of Major League Baseball's most beloved ballparks celebrates its centennial. Fenway Park Photo by Carol M. Highsmith Related Links Fenway Park 100 Years Official…