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Water Polo

First Olympic Appearance: 1900 by John Gettings and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? Water polo players swim up to one and a half miles during the course of a water polo game. Related Links…

Water, Water Everywhere

The Question: Do you know the percentage of the earth's surface covered by water? The Answer: About 70.8% of the Earth's surface is covered by…

Head Above Water

Director: Jim WilsonWriter: Theresa MarieDirector of Photography:Richard BowenEditor:Michael R. MillerMusic:Christopher YoungProduction Designer:Jeffrey BeecroftProducers:Jim Wilson and John…

Fitch, John

(Encyclopedia) Fitch, John, 1743–98, American inventor, b. Windsor, Conn. Fitch began (1785) work on the invention of the steam engine and steamboat and secured soon afterward the exclusive right to…

On (and Under) the Water

Most people think Robert Fulton invented the steamboat. But in fact, John Fitch, an American, built and operated a steamboat on the Delaware River in 1787, but his passenger business failed. Fulton's…

Brewer's: Water-Poet

John Taylor, the Thames waterman. (1580-1654.) I must confess I do want eloquence, And never scarce did learn my accidence, For having got from `…

Waters, Alice

(Encyclopedia) Waters, Alice, 1944–, American chef and author whose advocacy of organically grown, locally produced seasonal food and of sustainable agriculture has influenced America's approach to…

Waters, Ethel

(Encyclopedia) Waters, Ethel, 1896?–1977, African-American singer and actress, b. Chester, Pa. As a singer, she is noted for her sultry, sophisticated, and dramatic version of the blues, evinced in…

Waters, Muddy

(Encyclopedia) Waters, Muddy, 1915–83, African-American blues singer and guitarist, b. Rolling Fork, Miss., as McKinley Morganfield. As a teenager he began singing and playing traditional country…