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LATE 1996DateEventLocationWinner (Pos.)Avg.mphEarningsPoleQual.mphNov. 10NAPA 500AtlantaBobby Labonte (1)134.661$274,900B. Labonte185.887Winning cars (for entire season): CHEVY MONTE CARLO (…

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1999 SEASONDateEventLocationWinner (Pos.)Avg.mphEarningsPoleQual.mphFeb. 7@Bud ShootoutDaytonaMark Martin (13)181.745$108,000M. Skinner179.140Feb. 14Daytona 500DaytonaJeff Gordon (1) 161.5512…

100 Years of Girl Scouts

In 2012, the Girls Scouts of the USA celebrated their 100th anniversary. by Jennie Wood Two Girl Scouts with Juliette Gordon Low (center) Related Links Girl Scouts Official…

One Man Shows

Still tired from a night of partying in anticipation of the season's final race, thousands of Formula One racing fans in Finland mobbed around televisions at 6 a.m. to catch a glimpse of…

Burns, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Burns, Robert, 1759–96, Scottish poet. Burns's art is at its best in songs such as “Flow Gently, Sweet Afton,” “My Heart's in the Highlands,” and “John Anderson My Jo.” Two…

Lange, Dorothea

(Encyclopedia) Lange, Dorothea, 1895–1965, American photographer, b. Hoboken, N.J. as Dorothea Nutzhorn, adopted her mother's maiden name in her twenties. From 1916 until 1932, Lange operated a…

Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig

(Encyclopedia) Kirchner, Ernst LudwigKirchner, Ernst Ludwigĕrnst l&oobreve;tˈvĭkh kĭrkhˈnər [key], 1880–1938, German expressionist painter and graphic artist. He studied art in Munich and was…

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

(Encyclopedia) Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815–1902, American reformer, a leader of the woman-suffrage movement, b. Johnstown, N.Y. She was educated at the Troy Female Seminary (now Emma Willard School…