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écarté

(Encyclopedia) écartéécartéāˌkärtāˈ [key], card game similar to euchre, played by two persons. The pack has 32 cards, seven through ace in each suit; the king is the highest card, and the ace ranks…

Donald Keck

Donald KeckBorn: 1941Birthplace: Lansing, Mich. Fused silica optical waveguide—The inventors, Maurer, Keck, and Schultz. designed and produced the first optical fiber with light loss during…

The 2005 Class of Inductees

Matthias Baldwin, 1795–1866, Steam Locomotive. Baldwin was the first American to build steam locomotives of the same quality as were made in Europe. His “Old Ironsides” was the first…

The National Inventors Hall of Fame

The Inventors Hall of Fame, located in Akron, Ohio, was established in 1973 by the National Council of Patent Law Associations, now the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations,…

Anaconda, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Anaconda Anaconda ănəkŏnˈdə [key], city (2020 pop. 9,162), seat of Deer Lodge co., SW Mont.; inc. 1887. Marcus Daly chose this place (1883) for the Anaconda Copper…

giant

(Encyclopedia) giant, in mythology, manlike being of great size and strength. The giant has been the symbol for the expression of certain recurring beliefs in the mythologies of all races. He is…

Oakland

(Encyclopedia) Oakland, city (1990 pop. 372,242), seat of Alameda co., W Calif., on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1852. Together with San Francisco and San Jose, the city comprises the…

Deloney, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Deloney, ThomasDeloney, Thomasdəlōˈnē [key], c.1543–c.1600, English ballad writer, fiction writer, and pamphleteer. He was a silk weaver. Deloney's chief works are three prose…

Jack Hartman 1998 Deaths

Jack HartmanAge: 73 former Kansas St. men's basketball coach who won more games than any other coach in school history; won National Coach of the Year Award from basketball coaches after the…

Jack Bowman 1998 Deaths

Jack BowmanAge: 61 Buffalo Sabres director of scouting since 1996 and a member of the organization since 1980; after a brief illnessDied: London, Ontario, Canada, June 22, 1998Gene BossardA…