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Guide to New Nations: Eastern Europe

by David Johnson Belarus When it was part of the Soviet Union, Belarus was the Belarussian Soviet Socialist Republic. After it declared its independence in August 1991, it was…

Brewer's: Cistercians

A religious order, so called from the monastery of Cistercium, near Dijon, in France. The abbey of Cistercium or Citeaux was founded by Robert, abbot of Molême, in Burgundy, at the close…

2008 Winter Extreme Games

(Aspen, Colo., Jan. 23–27, 2008) These are the winners of the men's and women's Winter Extreme Games at Aspen, Colorado in 2008. Snowboard: Nate Holland (men's X…

Brewer's: Hal

A familiar contraction of Harry (for Henry). Similarly, Dol is a contraction of Dorothy; Mol, of Mary, etc. The substitution of P for M as the initial letter of proper names is seen in…

Violet Carlson Biography

Violet Carlsonactress played the soubrette in several Broadway productions in the 1920s and 1930s, including Gretchen in The Student PrinceBorn: 1900Died: 1997Brenda Carlin1997…

US Gold Medal Hockey Teams: 1998

Forwards: Laurie Baker, Alana Blahoski, Lisa Brown-Miller, Karen Bye, Tricia Dunn, Cammi Granato, Katie King, Shelley Looney, A.J. Mleczko, Jenny Schmidgall, Gretchen Ulion, Sandra Whyte.…

Loretta Young Biography

Loretta Young(Gretchen Young)actressBorn: 1/6/1913Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah Academy and Emmy Award-winning film and television actress who tirelessly made almost 100 films in the 1930s and…

Snowboarding Winter X Games Through the Years

The following tables list the Winter X Games snowboarding winners for men's and women's events, including Big Air, Boarder X, Halfpipe, Superpipe, and Slopestyle. Year Men's Big Air 1997…

I Got the Hook-up

Directors:Michael Martin IIIWriters:Master P., Leroy Douglas and Carrie MingoEditor:T. Davis BinnsMusic:Tommy Coster and Brad FairmanProduction Designer:Michael PearceProducer:Jonathan…