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Phillips, David Graham

(Encyclopedia) Phillips, David Graham, 1867–1911, American writer, b. Madison, Ind., grad. College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1887. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati and New York…

NFL Football Preview - NFC West

NFC West Could somebody tell this division that the '80s are over? Jerry Rice? Steve DeBerg? Dick Vermeil? Mike Ditka? The San Francisco 49ers dominated that decade and will do more of the same…

DK People & Places: Southeast Asia

HOW DOES DEFORESTATION AFFECT THE REGION? HOW IS RICE FARMING CHANGING IN THE REGION? WHICH COUNTRY IS MADE UP OF 13,677 ISLANDS? WHAT IS THE MAIN RELIGION ON THE MAINLAND? WHERE IS THE RING OF…

Baharampur

(Encyclopedia) Baharampur Baharampur bəhäˈrəmpôr [key], Berhampur, or Berhampore…

Sittwe

(Encyclopedia) SittweSittwesĭtˈwē [key] or AkyabSittweăk yăbˈ [key], city (1983 pop. 107,607), capital of Rakhine State, W Myanmar, at the mouth of the Kaladan River and on the Bay of Bengal. It is…

state flowers

(Encyclopedia) state flowers. Each state of the United States has designated, usually by legislative action, one flower as its floral emblem; the rose has been designated by Congress as the national…

Chronicles of Narnia--What Order?

    The Chronicles of Narnia     In what order should they be read? reported by Holly Hartman     In 1957 an American boy wrote C. S. Lewis to ask about the best order for reading…

Crowley

(Encyclopedia) Crowley Crowley krouˈlē [key]. <1> City (2020 pop. 11,710), seat of Acadia parish…

Dying to Be Thin

Distributor:WGBH Boston Video NOVA takes a disturbing look at the debilitating and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders that plague thousands of young American girls. Susan Sarandon narrates…

Akita, city, Japan

(Encyclopedia) Akita Akita äˈkētä [key], city, capital of Akita prefecture, NW Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan. A producer of petroleum products and chemicals, Akito…