(Encyclopedia) gorilla, an ape, genus Gorilla, native to the lowland and mountain forests of western and central equatorial Africa. The two gorilla species are the western, comprising the western…
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and daughter Harriet "In search of my mother's garden, I found my own."-Alice Walker
These women have followed in their mothers' footsteps:
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Sarah Goddard…
The World Cup is the biggest soccer tournament in the world. It is held every four years in a different country. Billions of people watch the televised games as the national teams from countries…
Sneakers go back a long way. In the late 18th century, people wore rubber soled shoes called plimsolls, but they were pretty crude—for one thing, there was no right foot or left foot. Around 1892…
by Mark Hughes Aliens have been invading the United States for centuries. A joke? Not at all. In fact, thousands of foreign plant and animal species have arrived on U.S. soil. Some…
1998 National Board of Review Awards The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review. Best…
(Encyclopedia) Eggers, Dave, 1970–, American writer, publisher, and educator, b. Boston. He began as an editor at Salon.com and a writer for several publications, founded a small magazine, and wrote…
(Encyclopedia) currant, northern shrub of the family Saxifragaceae (saxifrage family), of the same genus (Ribes) as the gooseberry bush. The tart berries of the currant may be black, white, or red;…
(Encyclopedia) chiclechiclechĭkˈəl [key], name for the gum obtained from the latex of the sapodilla tree (Manilkara zapota), a tropical American evergreen. The sapodilla (known also by many other…
(Encyclopedia) equine encephalitisequine encephalitisēˈkwīn ĕnsĕfˌəlīˈtĭs [key], infectious disease of horses caused by any of several viruses, three of which—the Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan…
