(Encyclopedia) squash racquets or squash, game played on a four-walled court, 16 ft (4.88 m) high by 181&fslsh;2 ft (5.64 m) wide by 32 ft (9.75 m) long. The back wall, shorter than the front…
(Encyclopedia) Brees, Drew (Andrew Christopher Brees)Brees, Drewbrēz [key], 1979–, American football player, b. Austin, Tex. At Purdue in 2000 he quarterbacked the Boilermakers to the Big 10…
(Encyclopedia) pointer, breed of large sporting dog developed in England more than 300 years ago. It stands between 23 and 26 in. (58.4–66.4 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 50 and 60 lb (…
(Encyclopedia) Botvinnik, Mikhail Moiseyevich, 1911–95, Soviet chess grandmaster, b. near St. Petersburg. He learned chess at the age of 12 and within a decade became the Soviet champion, a title he…
(Encyclopedia) Citadel, The–The Military College of South CarolinaCitadel, The–The Military College of South Carolinasĭtˈədəl, –dĕlˌ [key], at Charleston; state supported; chartered (1842) as The…
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Text1 of the Constitution of the United States
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We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic…
(Encyclopedia) sporting dog, classification used by breeders and kennel clubs to designate dogs bred for pointing, flushing, and retrieving game. These dogs hunt by air scent—as opposed to most…
(Encyclopedia) artificial intelligence (AI), the use of computers to model the behavioral aspects of human reasoning and learning. Research in AI is concentrated in some half-dozen areas. In problem…
