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Guide to Spelling: Hooked on Phonics: Introduction

IntroductionGuide to Spelling: Hooked on PhonicsIntroductionIf U Cn Reed This …Quick and Dirty Tricks of the TradeAttaching Prefixes and Suffixes: Bits and PiecesContractions: Suck It InFollow the…

The Oscars

Oscars–Filmographies Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Suppporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Original Music or Comedy…

2008 Intel Science Talent Search Winners

First Place: $100,000 scholarship, Shivani Sud, 17, of Durham, North Carolina for a bioinformatics and genomics project that focused on identifying stage II colon…

Orville Wright

Born: 1871Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio Flying machine—The Wright brothers achieved the first powered, sustained and controlled flight of a heavier than air machine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903…

Wilbur Wright

Born: 1867Birthplace: Millville, Ind. Flying machine—The Wright brothers achieved the first powered, sustained and controlled flight of a heavier than air machine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in…

Paul Kollsman

Born: 1900 Altimeter. Prior to 1928, there was no reliable or accurate way for airplane pilots to know how far above the ground they were. The barometric altimeter, accurate within 20 feet,…

Eddie Rickenbacker

Born: Oct. 8, 1890Mechanic and auto racer became America's top flying ace (22 kills) in World War I; owned Indianapolis Speedway (1927-45) and ran Eastern Air Lines (1938-59).Died: July 23, 1973

Robin Yount

Born: Sept. 16, 1955Baseball SS-OF AL MVP at 2 positions— as SS in 1982 and OF in '89; retired after 1993 season with 3,142 hits, 251 HRs and a major-league-record 123 sacrifice flies after 20…

Elmer Ambrose Sperry

Born: 1860Birthplace: Cortland, N.Y. Gyroscopic compass—The gyroscope was the basis of Sperry's inventions of an autopilot and an airplane turn indicator that allowed flying without visual…

Harry Potter Haiku

The Harry Potter Haiku Archive, Part III Wizardry poetry from our readers! On to the Haiku Archive, Parts I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, and other kinds of Harry poems! All About Harry Haikus   His…