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Origin of Athlete Nicknames

Do you have a nickname? How did you get it? Many athletes' nicknames have nothing to do with their sports. Nicolai “Old One Leg” Andrianov…

Nuclear and Chemical Accidents

Though nuclear power is a good source of energy and is generally not a threat, there have been instances when security measures have failed. Nuclear…

Fathers by the Numbers

Facts about dads from the U.S. Census Bureau Source: U.S. Census Bureau Related Links Father's Day Timeline Father's Day…

NFL Football Preview 2000: AFC Central

  NFL Preview: AFC CentralTennessee, Jacksonville, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Cleveland   by Mike Morrison   1. Tennessee—Last year's 13-3 record and Super Bowl appearance was no…

NFL Football Preview 2000: NFC Central

  NFL Preview: NFC CentralTampa Bay, Minnesota, Green Bay, Chicago, Detroit   by Mike Morrison   1. Tampa Bay—They missed the Super Bowl last year by just five points, but this could be the…

Fall Film Preview - Beloved

  Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey in Touchstone's adaptation of Toni Morrison's Beloved Several fall films take their cues from classics like It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and…

Comstock Lode

(Encyclopedia) Comstock Lode, richest known U.S. silver deposit, W Nevada, on Mt. Davidson in the Virginia Range. It is said to have been discovered in 1857 by Ethan Allen Grosh and Hosea Ballou…

chaos theory

(Encyclopedia) chaos theory, in mathematics, physics, and other fields, a set of ideas that attempts to reveal structure in aperiodic, unpredictable dynamic systems such as cloud formation or the…

Gothic romance

(Encyclopedia) Gothic romance, type of novel that flourished in the late 18th and early 19th cent. in England. Gothic romances were mysteries, often involving the supernatural and heavily tinged with…