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2002 Men's Olympic Cross Country Skiing Medalists
1.5–km Sprint Time 1 Tor Arne Hetland, NOR 2:56.9 2 Peter Schlickenrieder, GER 2:57.0 3 Cristian Zorzi, ITA 2:57.2 Best USA: No American skier qualified for the…Biographies: Selected Anthropologists and Archaeologists
Selected Anthropologists and Archaeologists Margaret Mead See also People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Anthropology Archaeology Some Ancient…Jefferson's Secret Message to Congress Regarding the Lewis & Clark Expedition
In this secret message of January 18, 1803, President Jefferson asked Congress for $2,500 to explore the West--all the way to the Pacific Ocean. At the time, the territory did not belong to…Biographies: D - F
David DaleMarcus DalyThomas DanforthHerbert Joseph DavenportEdward DavyCharles Gates DawesGerard DebreuJohn DeereAmasa DelanoOscar de la RentaWarren de la RueMichael DellWilliam Edwards…Brewer's: Cicero
So called from the Latin, cicer (a wart or vetch). Plutarch says “a flat excrescence on the tip of his nose gave him this name.” His real name was (Tullius) Tully. La Bouche de Ciceron.…Bach
(Encyclopedia) BachBachbäkh [key], German family of distinguished musicians who flourished from the 16th through the 18th cent., its most renowned member being Johann Sebastian Bach (see separate…Biographies: Selected Jurists
Selected Jurists Henri La Fontaine See also U.S. Supreme Court Justices People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Supreme Court Facts Milestone Cases in…How to Use The Columbia Encyclopedia
The Columbia Encyclopedia is easy to use. All articles are arranged alphabetically with each article heading in boldface type. The headings of biographical articles are inverted and alphabetized by…Africa: Rulers
Congo: Rulers Theophile Theodore Joseph Antoine Baron Wahis, governor-general of the Belgian Congo (1900–12) Felix Alexandre Fuch, governor-general of the Belgian Congo (1912–16) Eugene Joseph…Astronomical Terms
The Milky Way, the galaxy containing our solar system, is about 100,000 light-years in diameter and about 10,000 light-years thick. Aphelion: see Orbit. Apogee: see Orbit. Black hole…Trending
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