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Golden Gate Bridge
(Encyclopedia) Golden Gate Bridge, across the Golden Gate from San Francisco to Marin Co., W Calif.; built 1933–37. Its overall length is 9,266 ft (2,824 m); its main span across the strait, 4,200 ft…Johnson, Cave
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Cave, 1793–1866, American political leader, b. Robertson co., Tenn. He practiced law in his native state and served (1829–37, 1839–45) in the U.S. House of Representatives.…Foote, Arthur William
(Encyclopedia) Foote, Arthur William, 1853–1937, American organist, teacher, and composer, b. Salem, Mass.; pupil of J. K. Paine at Harvard. He was organist (1878–1910) at the First Unitarian Church…tie-dyeing
(Encyclopedia) tie-dyeing, dyeing method used by hand-loom weavers of ancient times. It became popular during the craft revival of the 1960s. The fabric to be colored is tied or knotted at intervals…Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
(Encyclopedia) Nietzsche, Friedrich WilhelmNietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelmfrēˈdrĭkh vĭlˈhĕlm nēˈchə [key], 1844–1900, German philosopher, b. Röcken, Prussia. The son of a clergyman, Nietzsche studied…2008 Summer Games Freestyle Wrestling
Men Under 55 kg Henry Cejudo, USA Tomohiro Matsunaga, JPN Besik Kudukhov, RUS / Radoslav…1972 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Results
Class Light-Flyweight (-105 3/4 lb) Gheorg Berceanu, ROM Rahim Ahabadi, IRI Stefan Anghelov, BUL Flyweight (-114 1/2 lb) Petar Kirov, BUL Koichiro Hirayama, JPN…Flyweight (112 lbs)
Year Final Match1904George Finnegan, USAStopped, 1st1920Frank Di Gennara, USADecision1924Fidel LaBarba, USADecision1928Antal Kocsis, HUNDecision1932István Énekes, HUNDecision1936Willi Kaiser…The Best-Selling Children's Books of All Time
The world's most beloved children's stories Harry Potter, and how. It's very difficult to get exact sales figures for books; doing so requires combining the sales information from thousands of…MacKenzie, Sir Compton
(Encyclopedia) MacKenzie, Sir Compton, 1883–1972, English author, b. West Hartelpool, Durham, educated at Oxford. In Apr., 1923, he founded the Gramophone, a periodical devoted to reviewing…Trending
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