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2002 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing

Men Women Medal breakdown (10 events): Nine medals—Austria (2-2-5); Four—Croatia (3-1-0); France (2-2-0); Norway (2-1-1); Three—Italy (1-1-1); Two—United States (0-2-0) and Sweden (0-1…

2006 Winter Olympics Skeleton Medalists

Men Women   Held for the first time since 1948 Winter Games, the event's name is derived from the prototype of today's sleds, which resembled human skeletons. Women's event made…

2006 Winter Olympics Snowboarding Medalists

Men Women   The halfpipe is a U-shaped course dug into a snow-covered hill. Each finalist makes two runs, with the higher score determining their final standing. The parallel giant…

Robinson, Edwin Arlington

(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869–1935, American poet, b. Head Tide, Maine, attended Harvard (1891–93). At his death, many critics considered Robinson the greatest poet in the United…

Shepard, Sam

(Encyclopedia) Shepard, Sam, 1943–2017, one of the major American playwrights and actors of his era, b. Fort Sheridan, Ill., as Samuel Shepard Rogers 3d. A product of the 1960s counterculture and an…