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All-Time Leading USA Medal Winners

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Unión, La

(Encyclopedia) Unión, La, town (1990 pop. 15,144), Murcia prov., SE Spain. It is a center for the rich lead, silver, iron, manganese, and zinc mines of the vicinity, which have been worked since…

intoxication

(Encyclopedia) intoxication, condition of body tissue affected by a poisonous substance. Poisonous materials, or toxins, are to be found in heavy metals such as lead and mercury, in drugs, in…

pencil

(Encyclopedia) pencil, pointed implement used in writing or drawing to apply graphite or a similar colored solid to any surface, especially paper. From prehistoric times lumps of colored earth or…

coffin

(Encyclopedia) coffin, closed receptacle for a corpse. Its purpose is usually to protect and to aid preservation of the body, although in the past some have believed that it may confine the spirit of…

Trail

(Encyclopedia) Trail, city (1991 pop. 7,919), SE British Columbia, Canada, on the Columbia River just N of the Wash. border. It is a metal-smelting center for a mining area that produces lead, zinc,…

Tsumeb

(Encyclopedia) TsumebTsumebts&oomacr;ˈmĕb [key], town (1991 pop. 16,211), N Namibia. It is the commercial and distribution center for a region where copper, lead, and zinc are mined.

Games Medaled In

MEN–Aamodt (1992,94,2002,2006); Alsgaard (1994,98,2002); Angerer (1980,84,88); Ballangrud (1928,32,36); Bjoerndalen (1998,2002,2006); Daehlie (1992,94,98); Feierabend (1936,48,52); Fischer (…