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Soult, Nicolas Jean de Dieu

(Encyclopedia) Soult, Nicolas Jean de DieuSoult, Nicolas Jean de Dieunēkôläˈ zhäN də dyö s&oomacr;lt [key], 1769–1851, marshal of France. Having won distinction in the Napoleonic Wars, especially…

copernicium

(Encyclopedia) copernicium, artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Cn; at. no. 112; mass number of most stable isotope 285; m.p., b.p., sp. gr., and valence unknown. Situated in…

2004 Olympics: Tennis

MenSingles: Nicolas Massu, CHI, def. Mardy Fish, USA, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Fernando Gonzalez, CHIDoubles: Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu, CHI, def. Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schuettler,…

Planet Mercury with Video Clip

There are eight planets in our solar system including Earth. So far, no life as we know it exists on any planet other than our own. Mercury Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, has almost no…

Planet Mercury with Video Clip

There are eight planets in our solar system including Earth. So far, no life as we know it exists on any planet other than our own. Mercury Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, has almost no…

Patricia Arquette

actressBorn: 4/8/1968Birthplace: Chicago Granddaughter of the late television star Cliff Arquette, it is little surprise that both Patricia and her sister Rosanna Arquette both became actresses.…

Gary Sinise

actor; directorBorn: 3/17/1955Birthplace: Chicago A founding member of Chicago's influential Steppenwolf Theatre Company, he is an award-winning stage actor and director who conquered film and…

Talia Shire

(Talia Coppola)actress, producerBorn: 4/25/1946Birthplace: Lake Success, New York Shire came to notice in The Godfather (1972) and was nominated for an Oscar for her role in The Godfather: Part II…

Holly Hunter

actressBorn: 3/20/1958Birthplace: Conyers, Georgia Academy- and Emmy Award-winning film and television actress. Often thought of as a Southern bundle of energy who can talk, talk, talk, she proved…

Eudoxus of Cnidus

(Encyclopedia) Eudoxus of CnidusEudoxus of Cnidusy&oomacr;dŏkˈsəs, nīˈdəs [key], 408?–355? b.c., Greek astronomer, mathematician, and physician. From the accounts of various ancient writers, he…