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Summer Olympics Through the Years: 1960

RomeTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTeam SportsBoxingCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingGymnasticsModern PentathlonRowingShootingWeightliftingFreestyle…

Athabasca, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Athabasca, Lake, fourth largest lake of Canada, c.3,120 sq mi (8,100 sq km), c.200 mi (320 km) long and from 5 to 35 mi (8–56 km) wide, NE Alta., and SW Sask., at the edge of the…

Schadow, Johann Gottfried

(Encyclopedia) Schadow, Johann GottfriedSchadow, Johann Gottfriedyōˈhän gôtˈfrēt shäˈdôf [key], 1764–1850, German sculptor of the neoclassical school. He studied in Rome. In 1788 he returned to…

Shirley Temple Black

actressBorn: 4/23/1928Birthplace: Santa Monica, California Actress famous for her childhood roles. Her curly hair, dimples and charm captivated America in the films Little Miss Marker (1934),…

Longest running comic

The Question: What is the longest-running comic strip still in print? The Answer: That would be The Katzenjammer Kids, which has been running…

Davis, Chuck

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Chuck (Charles Rudolph Davis), 1937–2017), American dancer, choreographer, and proponent of African dance, b. Raleigh, N.C. After serving in the navy, Davis studied with Martha…

Finnmark

(Encyclopedia) Finnmark Finnmark fĭnˈmärk [key], county, 18,783 sq mi (46,648 sq km), N Norway, bordering on the…

Nuuk

(Encyclopedia) NuukNuukn&oomacr;k [key], formerly GodthåbGodthåbgôtˈhôp [key], town (1996 pop. 12,882), Nuuk dist., W Greenland, on the Godthåbfjord. The largest town and capital of Greenland, it…

Badillo, Herman

(Encyclopedia) Badillo, HermanBadillo, Hermanbädēˈyō [key], 1929–2014, U.S. politician, b. Caguas, Puerto Rico, grad. City College (now part of the City Univ. of New York), 1951, Brooklyn Law School…

Samoyed

(Encyclopedia) SamoyedSamoyedsămˈəyĕd [key], breed of hardy, muscular working dog developed in N Siberia many centuries ago. It stands from 19 to 23.5 in. (48.3–59.7 cm) high at the shoulder and…