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Weep Show

Modern Melodramas Ah, some things never go away. In One True Thing, an ashen Meryl Streep gets walloped with both, as the cancer-stricken Martha Stewart-wannabe whose professor husband can't…

December Movie Round-Up

December Movie Quizzes Great treats for kids and adults alike A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket Movie Release Date: December 17 Try these quizzes, if you dare . . .…

Kids from Brazil

Continent: Northeastern South AmericaClimate: Tropical and subtropical; some areas have an annual rainfall of more than 6 feetSchool: The school year runs from February through December. Kids…

Kids from Egypt

Continent: North Africa/Middle EastClimate: Hot desert! In summer, temperatures average more than 100 degrees.School: School attendance is required for six years, generally beginning at age six or…

Langdon CHEVES, Congress, SC (1776-1857)

CHEVES, Langdon, a Representative from South Carolina; born September 17, 1776, in Bulltown Fort, near Rocky River, Ninety-sixth District (now Abbeville County), S.C., where the settlers had…

Robert Charles KRUEGER, Congress, TX (1935)

Senate Years of Service: 1993-1993Party: DemocratKRUEGER, Robert Charles, a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born in New Braunfels, Comal County, Tex., September 19, 1935; attended New…

All Made Up

Women and men have always used paints, powders, dyes, and perfumes to decorate their hair, faces, and bodies. From earliest times, colorful makeup was used to frighten enemies, to show social rank…

Chuncheon

(Encyclopedia) Chuncheon or Chunchon Chuncheon ch&oomacr;nˈchônˈ [key], city, capital…

Gyeonggi

(Encyclopedia) Gyeonggi or Kyonggi Gyeonggi gyŭngˈgēˈ [key], province, NW South Korea. Suwon is the capital. The…