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Matthew Cooper, 2005 News

reporter for TIME magazine, narrowly avoided jail time in July, when a source, later revealed to be Karl Rove, relieved him of his promise of confidentiality. Rove's move allowed Cooper to…

Houston Astros 2002 Roster By Statistics

Batting (135 AB)AvgABRHHRRBISBMark Loretta.30428333864271Jose Vizcaino.303406531235373Lance Berkman.292578106169421288Jeff Bagwell.2915719416631987Orlando Merced.28725135726304Geoff Blum.…

exobiology

(Encyclopedia) exobiology or astrobiology, search for extraterrestrial life within the solar system and throughout the universe. Philosophical speculation that there might be other worlds similar to…

Great Awakening

(Encyclopedia) Great Awakening, series of religious revivals that swept over the American colonies about the middle of the 18th cent. It resulted in doctrinal changes and influenced social and…

Commonwealth of Nations

(Encyclopedia) Commonwealth of Nations, voluntary association of Great Britain and its dependencies, certain former British dependencies that are now sovereign states and their dependencies, and the…

Williams, Roger

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Roger, c.1603–1683, clergyman, advocate of religious freedom, founder of Rhode Island, b. London. A protégé of Sir Edward Coke, he graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge…

Trebizond, empire of

(Encyclopedia) Trebizond, empire of, 1204–1461. When the army of the Fourth Crusade overthrew (1204) the Byzantine Empire and established the Latin Empire of Constantinople, several Greek successor…

Notable Winter Olympics Biographies, A-Z

  A-D | E-I | J-L | M-Z Anita DeFrantz Tenley Albright, American figure skater Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater Bonnie Blair, American speed skater Herb Brooks, American hockey coach…