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Hodgkin's disease

(Encyclopedia) Hodgkin's disease, a type of cancer of the lymphatic system. First identified in 1832 in England by Thomas Hodgkin, it is a type of malignant lymphoma. Incidence peaks in young adults…

yellow fever

(Encyclopedia) yellow fever, acute infectious disease endemic in tropical Africa and many areas of South and Central America. Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of the female…

Common Core

The debate intensifies over standards in education   Related Links Common Core State Standards Initiative New Evaluations Are Raising the Stakes for Teachers School Daze: Find…

NFL Football Preview 2000: NFC West

  NFL Preview: NFC WestSt. Louis, Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, San Francisco   by Mike Morrison   1. St. Louis—Even if Kurt Warner's production drops 25 percent from last year, we're…

Heyerdahl, Thor

(Encyclopedia) Heyerdahl, ThorHeyerdahl, Thorhāˈərdälˌ, hīˈ– [key], 1914–2002, Norwegian explorer and anthropologist, b. Larvik. He carried out research in the Marquesas Islands in 1937–38 and…

Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr., 1935–2021, African-American civil-rights leader and lawyer, b. Atlanta, Ga., DePauw Univ. (BA, 1957), Howard…

Christian Coalition

(Encyclopedia) Christian Coalition, organization founded to advance the agenda of political and social conservatives, mostly comprised of evangelical Protestant Republicans, and to preserve what it…

Rowlandson, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Rowlandson, ThomasRowlandson, Thomasrōˈləndsən [key], 1756–1827, English caricaturist, b. London. He studied at the Royal Academy and in Paris, but his passion for gambling prevented…

Longest Celebrity Marriages

Catherine McNiff 1. Kirk Douglas and Anne Buydens  2. Bob and Ginny Newhart  3. Bill and Camille Cosby  4. Don and Barbara Rickles  5. Dolly Parton and Carl Dean  6.…