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X-File: A Guide to the Summer X Games

by John Gettings The street luge is speeding towards a TV near you, as one of nine "alternative" sports to be featured at the fifth Summer X Games. Related Links Summer X Games Medal Winners (…

Cabinet Members Under T. Roosevelt

Secretary of State John Hay (Cont.)Elihu Root, 1905Robert Bacon, 1909Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage (Cont.)Leslie M. Shaw, 1902George B. Cortelyou, 1907Secretary of War Elihu Root (…

Peter Davi Biography

surferDied: Dec. 4, 2007 (California) Best Known as: surfer renowned for his fearlessness Davi was a California surfer renowned for his fearlessness who…

Aesop's Fables: The Lion and the Three Bulls

by Aesop The Sheep, the Wolf, and the StagThe Horse and His RiderThe Lion and the Three Bulls Three Bulls were grazing in a meadow, and were watched by a Lion, who longed to capture and…

Dennis Hopper Biography

Dennis Hopperactor, director, producerBorn: 5/17/1936Birthplace: Dodge City, Kansas Film actor, director and producer known for his swaggering screen persona and colorful personal life.…

Verga, Giovanni

(Encyclopedia) Verga, GiovanniVerga, Giovannijōvänˈnē vĕrˈgä [key], 1840–1922, Italian novelist, b. Sicily. He abandoned the study of law for literature and wrote several novels of passion in the…

O'Connor, Thomas Power

(Encyclopedia) O'Connor, Thomas Power, 1848–1929, Irish journalist and politician, known as Tay Pay [i.e., T. P.] O'Connor. In 1879 he won public notice for his hostile biography of Benjamin Disraeli…

Henryson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Henryson, Robert, c.1425–c.1506, Scottish poet. It is thought that he was a schoolmaster at Dunfermline Abbey. His principal poem is The Testament of Cresseid, which was written as a…