Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Superlatives Biggest, Fastest, Smallest, Richest, Highest, Driest, Deadliest . . . What is the tallest building in the world? Where are the…
(Encyclopedia) Alvarez, Luis Walter, 1911–88, American physicist, b. San Francisco, grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1932, Ph.D. 1936. He was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of a…
(Encyclopedia) Rabe, DavidRabe, Davidrāb [key], 1940–, American playwright, b. Dubuque, Iowa; grad. Loras College (B.A., 1962), Villanova Univ. (M.A., 1968). Rabe served in Vietnam (1965–67) and his…
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Fair Play by Alicia Potter In State Fair, the 1933 movie musical, the mother aims to win the bake-off; the father, the hog competition; and as for the teens, they're looking for love. Sixty…
(Encyclopedia) Jurassic periodJurassic periodjərăsˈĭk [key] [from the Jura Mts.], second period of the Mesozoic era of geologic time, lasting from 213 to 144 million years ago. At the start of the…
Although these words sound scientific, they are commonly used to describe animal families or behavior.Herbivores are animals, such as deer, who eat plants.Carnivores are flesh-eating animals, like…
(Encyclopedia) DeccanDeccandĕˈkänˌ [key], region of India. Sometimes defined as all India S of the Narmada River, it is in a more limited sense the plateau of central peninsular India, including…
(Encyclopedia) TyrannosaurusTyrannosaurustīrănˌōsôrˈəs, tĭr– [key] [Gr.,=tyrant lizard], member of a family, Tyrannosauridae, of bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs characterized by having…
