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Dan Turk 2001 Deaths

Dan TurkAge: 38 half of the first brother-to-brother, long snapper-to-punter combination in NFL history; drafted by Pittsburgh in 1987; played 15 seasons at center with Tampa Bay, L.A./…

Dan Towler 2001 Deaths

Dan TowlerAge: 73 one of three bruising fullbacks on the dynamic LA Rams teams of the 1950s and dedicated student of theology; one of three 200-pound-plus backs in the Rams' “Bull Elephants”…

Dan DeCarlo 2001 Deaths

Dan DeCarloAge: 82 cartoonist who created Josie and the Pussycats and Sabrina the Teenage Witch for Archie Comics, who employed DeCarlo for more than 40 years. He was known for drawing women…

Dan Devine 2002 Deaths

Dan DevineAge: 77 longtime major college football coach; capped his career by leading Notre Dame to a national title in 1977; compiled 172-57-9 record in 26 seasons at Arizona State, Missouri…

Dan Rather, 2004 News

journalist, found himself at the center of a media storm in September, when he and his network, CBS, admitted that they could not definitively prove the authenticity of documents they used…

Dan Rather, 2005 News

broadcast journalist, signed off as anchor of CBS News in March, a year earlier than he originally planned. In Sept. 2004, CBS and Rather admitted that they could not definitively prove the…

Verner, Karl Adolf

(Encyclopedia) Verner, Karl AdolfVerner, Karl Adolfvûrˈnər, Dan. kärl äˈdôlf vĕrˈnər [key], 1846–96, Danish philologist. Verner was a librarian at the Univ. of Halle (now in E Germany) and a…

Dandong

(Encyclopedia) Dandong Dandong dän-d&oomacr;ng [key] or Andong Dandong…

Brown, John Carter

(Encyclopedia) Brown, John Carter, 1797–1874, American book collector and philanthropist, b. Providence, R.I.; son of Nicholas Brown. In about 1840 he began collecting books printed before 1800…

brown dwarf

(Encyclopedia) brown dwarf, in astronomy, celestial body that is larger than a planet but does not have sufficient mass to convert hydrogen into helium via nuclear fusion as stars do. Also called “…