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Jackie Chan

(Kong Sung Chan)actor, directorBorn: 4/7/1954Birthplace: Hong Kong Film actor and director best known for his hyperkinetic action films that combine slapstick comedy with skillful martial arts.…

Paiute

(Encyclopedia) PaiutePaiutepī&oomacr;tˈ [key], two distinct groups of Native North Americans speaking languages belonging to the Shoshonean group of the Uto-Aztecan branch of the Aztec-Tanoan…

Berry, Wendell Erdman

(Encyclopedia) Berry, Wendell Erdman, 1934–, American farmer, environmentalist, and writer, b. Henry co., Ky., grad. Univ of Kentucky (B.A., 1956; M.A., 1957). He taught at various colleges including…

NFL Football Preview 1999: AFC East

AFC East New York Jets - Well that didn't take long, did it? In just two seasons, coach Bill Parcells took a team that was 1-15, the laughingstock of the NFL, and transformed it into a…

NFL Football Preview 1999: NFC East

NFC East Dallas Cowboys - Put away your shovels because the Cowboys aren't dead yet. The Cowboys were humiliated by their 20-7 playoff loss to Arizona last season and would love nothing…

American Fur Company

(Encyclopedia) American Fur Company, chartered by John Jacob Astor (1763–1848) in 1808 to compete with the great fur-trading companies in Canada—the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company.…

DK History: World War I

WHY DID WAR BREAK OUT? WHAT NEW WEAPONS WERE USED IN ACTION? WHAT WAS TOTAL WAR? BIOGRAPHY: WILFRED OWEN 1893–1918 TRENCH WARFAREARMISTICEFIND OUT MOREWorld War I (1914–1918) was the first war in…

Olympics: Beijing 2008

      Marathon runners, Greece 1896 Summer Olympics History Olympic Athletes A-Z Through The Years By Country: All-Time Medal Standings By Athlete: All-Time Leading…

Andrew HUMPHREYS, Congress, IN (1821-1904)

HUMPHREYS, Andrew, a Representative from Indiana; born near Knoxville, Tenn., March 30, 1821; moved with his parents to Owen County, Ind., in 1829; afterwards moved to Putnam County and…