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2016 Academy Awards

The 2017 Academy Awards will be presented on Mar. 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below. Best Picture Moonlight Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High…

fur trade

(Encyclopedia) fur trade, in American history. Trade in animal skins and pelts had gone on since antiquity, but reached its height in the wilderness of North America from the 17th to the early 19th…

North America

(Encyclopedia) CE5 North America, third largest continent (2015 est. pop. 571,949,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. North…

2017 Emmy Nominations List and Predictions

The 2017 Emmy nominations are out! Did your favorite show make it onto the Emmy list? This year Westworld on HBO and Saturday Night Live on NBC tied for the title of most nominations. Both earned…

The Iliad of Homer: Introduction

Summary Pope's Preface to the Iliad of Homer Introduction. Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is…

Highlands

(Encyclopedia) Highlands, mountain region in the northern extremity of Scotland. It consists roughly of the Scottish area north of the imaginary line from Dumbarton to Stonehaven excluding the…

Other 2006 PGA Tour Winners

Tournament—winner Winnings Mercedes Championship—Stuart Appleby $1,080,000 Sony Open in Hawaii—David…

Principal Rivers of the World

The following table lists the principal rivers of the world including the name, source location, outflow, and approximate length. The Nile is the world's longest river stretching 6,690…

Bell, Alexander Graham

(Encyclopedia) Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847–1922, American scientist, inventor of the telephone, b. Edinburgh, Scotland, educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh and University College, London; son of…