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World's Most Expensive Cities, 2007

The survey measures the comparative cost of over 200 items in each location, including housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods, and entertainment. Produced by Mercer, a global human…

Weather: What Should I Wear?

What Should I Wear?WeatherWhat Should I Wear?Playing the OddsGetting Down to BasicsForecasting from the Beginning Books on weather often save the best for last. Before you finally get to weather…

Singles in the United States

(The ratio of unmarried men per 100 unmarried women in U.S. Metro Areas, 2000 and 2010) The following tables show the highest and lowest ratio of unmarried men and women living in cities in the…

January 2007

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World Former Communist Countries Admitted…

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–68, American clergyman and civil-rights leader, b. Atlanta, Ga., grad. Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., 1951), Boston…

Chauncey Judd: Rescue and Flight

Negro Patriotism Capture Rescue and Flight The robbers, who had been waiting for Henry in Wooster's barn, became impatient at his failure to give the signal which had been agreed upon…

Brewer's: Hand

A measure of length = four inches. Horses are measured up the fore leg to the shoulder, and are called 14, 15, 16 (as it may be), hands high. i. Hand (A). A symbol of fortitude in Egypt,…

Traffic Congestion in U.S. Cities, 2002

RankUrban areaAnnual delay per personin hours1.Los Angeles, Calif.1362.San Francisco-Oakland, Calif.923.Washington, DC-Md.-Va.844.Seattle-Everett, Wash.825.Houston, Tex.756.San Jose, Calif.746.Dallas…