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2005 NCAA Championship Playoffs

DIVISION I-AAQuarterfinals(Dec. 3, 2005)Northern Iowa 24, New Hampshire 21Texas State 14, Cal Poly 7Furman 24, Richmond 20Appalachian State 38, Southern Ill. 24Semifinals(Dec. 9–10, 2005)Northern…

2006 NCAA Football Championship

DIVISION I-AAQuarterfinals(Dec. 2, 2006)Massachusetts 24, New Hampshire 17Appalachian State 38, Montana State 17Youngstown State 28, Illinois State 21Montana 20, Southern Illinois 3Semifinals(Dec…

Jeffersonville

(Encyclopedia) Jeffersonville, city (1990 pop. 21,841), seat of Clark co., S Ind., at the falls of the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Ky. (with which it is connected by two bridges); inc. 1817.…

Islington

(Encyclopedia) Islington Islington ĭzˈlĭngtən [key], inner borough of Greater London, SE England. Islington, in the…

Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur ThomasQuiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomaskwĭlˈər-k&oomacr;chˌ [key], pseud. Q, 1863–1944, English author. Among the novels of his native Cornwall are Dead…

Licking

(Encyclopedia) Licking, river, c.320 mi (515 km) long, rising in E Ky. and flowing NW to the Ohio River opposite Cincinnati; the North and South Forks are its chief tributaries. The Licking was an…

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Goddard, Robert Hutchings

(Encyclopedia) Goddard, Robert Hutchings, 1882–1945, American physicist and rocket expert, b. Worcester, Mass., grad. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 1908), Ph.D. Clark Univ., 1911. From 1914…

Roselle

(Encyclopedia) RoselleRosellerōzĕlˈ [key], borough (1990 pop. 20,314), Union co., NE N.J.; set off from Linden 1890 and inc. 1894. Chiefly residential, the borough has some industry. Thomas Edison…

Kilham, Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Kilham, AlexanderKilham, Alexanderkĭlˈəm [key], 1762–98, English Methodist minister, founder of the Methodist New Connection. He took a leading part in Methodist affairs after the…