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First Ladies Gallery

An illustrated guide to the first ladies of the United States Please note: Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Hoes Van Buren, and Ellen Arthur all died before their husbands became president…

A Dangerous Edge

For almost as long as athletes have been taking drugs, they have been trying to hide or mask their use from officials. Masking techniques have advanced as quickly as testing techniques, and it is…

South America

Argentina Juan Facundo Quiroga, Argentine caudillo (1790–1835) Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Argentine general, supreme director of the United Provinces of La Plata (1816–19) Bernardino Rivadavia,…

Welcoming the World

The East met West in February 1998 as Nagano, Japan played host to 72 nations and regions participating in the final Olympic Games of the 20th century. The country's raw enthusiasm for the games…

Hole

rock group The tumultuous off-stage life of lead singer and guitarist Courtney Love > her 1992 marriage to Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and the couple's well publicized drug problems—has sometimes…

Women in Sports Bios

  Martina Hingis Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and…

Selected Golfers

Tiger Woods See also Tiger Woods Timeline People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Golf Summary Biographies by CategoryCotton, Henry, golfer Daly, John,…

Notable Ice Skaters

Katarina Witt See also Bonnie Blair Dan Jansen Dorothy Hamill Eric Heiden Katarina Witt Sonja Henie Tonya and Nancy People in the NewsRecent Obituaries…

1998 MTV Video Awards

Though there is plenty of diversity within the categories, many of the same artists appear repeatedly throughout the list of nominees. Sure, you can fault the Grammys for honoring commercial…

1996 Olympics: Cycling

Men Mountain Bike Cross Country (47.7 km): 1. Bart Jan Brentjens, NET (2:17:38); 2. Thomas Frischknecht, SWI (2:20:14); 3. Miguel Martinez, FRA (2:20:36). Road Individual Road Race (225 km): 1.…