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Back to School at the Movies

Lights! Camera! Learning!History lesson: Real heroes on film by Beth Rowen PattonGeorge C. Scott as Old Blood and Guts This unforgettable biopic explores the hot-headed military genius…

Biographies of the Presidents

  Read bios on all of the U.S. presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant to Barack Obama. George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe…

Maclaine, Shirley

(Encyclopedia) Maclaine, Shirley, 1934- , American actress and author, b. Richmond, Va., as Shirley MacLean Beaty. Maclaine’s father held various…

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

(Encyclopedia) Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), sometimes called Campbellites, a Protestant religious body founded early in the 19th cent. in the United States. Its primary thesis is that the…

Celtic Church

(Encyclopedia) Celtic Church, name given to the Christian Church of the British Isles before the mission (597) of St. Augustine of Canterbury from Rome. Founded in the 2d or 3d cent. by missionaries…

Best-Selling Books, 2006

Source: Publishers Weekly. Hardcover Fiction For One More Day, Mitch Albom Cross, James Patterson Dear John, Nicholas Sparks…

Gerald Rudolph Ford

Born: 7/14/1913Birthplace: Omaha, Neb. Gerald Rudolph Ford was born Leslie King Jr. in Omaha, Neb., on July 14, 1913, the only child of Leslie and Dorothy Gardner King. His parents were divorced in…

Olympic Preview: Fencing

First Olympic Appearance: 1896 by John Gettings and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 2008 Encyclopedia: FencingOne of the four sports that has been featured at every modern Summer…

India: Rulers

Maurya, ancient Indian dynasty (c.325–c.183 B.C.) Asoka, Indian emperor (c.273–c.232 B.C.) of the Maurya dynasty Harsha, Indian emperor (606–47) Prithvi Raj, ruler of the Chauan dynasty of N.…