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Sports Teams with the Same Names

The Question: I need to know the seven professional sports teams that have the same names, i.e. the Cardinals (NFL Arizona, MLB St. Louis), Rangers (NHL New…

bollworm

(Encyclopedia) bollworm, name for the larvae of two different moths. The pink bollworm is a serious pest of cotton, and the corn earworm, or cotton bollworm, attacks cotton, corn, and other crops.

Edward Bullins

playwrightBorn: 7/2/1935Birthplace: Philadelphia After nearly dying from a stab wound, Bullins left high school in 1952 to join the navy. In 1964 he moved to San Francisco and began writing. He…

Maggie Kuhn Biography

activistBorn: 8/31/1905Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y.Died: 4/22/1995 (Philadelphia, Pa.) Maggie Kuhn attended the Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where she…

Geysers in the United States

Geysers are natural hot springs that intermittently eject a column of water and steam into the air. They exist in many parts of the volcanic regions of the world such as Japan and South America…

Women in Sports: Football

Pat Palinkas was the first woman to play in a professional football game. In 1970 she held the ball for the place kickers on the Orlando Panthers…

William Tandy SENTER, Congress, TN (1801-1848)

SENTER, William Tandy, a Representative from Tennessee; born at Bean Station, Grainger County, Tenn., May 12, 1801; attended the common schools; held several local offices; engaged in…

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Oz, Amos

(Encyclopedia) Oz, Amos, 1939–2018, Israeli writer, b. Jerusalem as Amos Klausner. As a teenager he changed his name to Oz [Heb.,=strength]. A former kibbutz member, Israeli soldier, and…

mountain laurel

(Encyclopedia) mountain laurel, evergreen shrub (Kalmia latifolia) of the family Ericaceae (heath family), closely related to the rhododendron and native to E North America. The state flower of…