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Nobel Prize Week

The Prize The winnings, the winners by Beth Rowen The WinningsEach winner of a Nobel Prize, which can go to individuals and institutions, takes home a medal, a diploma, and cash, which varies…

Wagner, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Wagner, RichardWagner, Richardrĭkhˈärt [key]Wagner, Richard vägˈnər [key], 1813–83, German composer, b. Leipzig. Wagner's second wife, Cosima Wagner, 1837–1930, was the daughter of…

Presidents' Day

Air Force One (1997)Director: Wolfgang Petersen. Cast: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Glenn Close Air Force One Harrison Ford's President James Marshall is the chief executive that…

minnesinger

(Encyclopedia) minnesingerminnesingermĭnˈĭsĭngˌər [key], a medieval German knight, poet, and singer of Minne, or courtly love. Originally imitators of Provençal troubadours, minnesingers developed…

Saxe-Weimar

(Encyclopedia) Saxe-WeimarSaxe-Weimarsăks-vīˈmär [key], Ger. Sachsen-Weimar, former duchy, Thuringia, central Germany. The area passed in the division of 1485 to the Ernestine branch of the Wettin…

Summer Olympics Through the Years: 1960

RomeTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTeam SportsBoxingCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingGymnasticsModern PentathlonRowingShootingWeightliftingFreestyle…

Gabelentz, Hans Conon von der

(Encyclopedia) Gabelentz, Hans Conon von derGabelentz, Hans Conon von derhäns kōˈnôn fən dĕr gäˈbəlĕnts [key], 1807–74, German linguist. Gabelentz showed the broad relationships among Pacific…

Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig, Graf von

(Encyclopedia) Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig, Graf vonMoltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig, Graf vonhĕlˈm&oomacr;t yōhäˈnəs l&oomacr;tˈvĭkh gräf fən môltˈkə [key], 1848–1916, German army officer…

Cornell, Eric Allin

(Encyclopedia) Cornell, Eric Allin, 1961–, American physicist, b. Palo Alto, Calif., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. Since 1990, he has been a researcher at the Joint Institute for…