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Fighter Planes: Lockheed Martin F-16
The world's most popular fighter plane by David Noland Lockheed Martin F-16 Specs Length: 49 ft, 5 in. Span: 32 ft, 8 in. Takeoff weight: 37,500 lbs Max speed: 1,500 mph…Information Please Haiku Contest
// Cite Tributes to Seinfeld A selection of haikus from some of the editors at Information Please: How could you cancel? Hey Jerry, the jerk store called They're all out of…Fighter Planes: MiG-15
The air power of the Evil Empire by David Noland MiG-15 Specs Length: 35 ft, 7 in. Wingspan: 33 ft, 1 in. Empty weight: 8,100 lbs Max weight: 13,300 lbs Max speed: 670…Notable Artists
Painters, sculptors, and photographers Read the brief and informative biographies of notable artists, from Pablo Picasso and Mary Cassatt to Vincent Van Gogh and Georgia O'Keeffe…Geometry: Taxi-Cab Geometry
Taxi-Cab GeometryGeometryWhose Geometry Is It Anyway?Non-Euclidean GeometryHyperbolic Geometry: Saddle Up!Spherical GeometryTaxi-Cab GeometryMax GeometryHow Many Shapes Can a Circle Have? Taxi-cab…Hispanic American Musicians and Visual Artists
// Cite Jean-Michel Basquiat Christina Aguilera, pop singer Judy Baca, artist Joan Baez, folk singer and activist Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist Ruben Blades, musician, composer,…Professional Football 1996-97 Season Annual Awards
The NFL does not sanction any of the major postseason awards for player and coaches, but many are given out. Among the presenters for the 1996 regular season were AP, UPI, The Maxwell Football Club…computer music
(Encyclopedia) computer music, term used to describe music composed or performed with the aid of a computer. The first substantial piece of music composed on a computer was the Illiac Suite (1956) by…folklore
(Encyclopedia) folklore, the body of customs, legends, beliefs, and superstitions passed on by oral tradition. It includes folk dances, folk songs, folk medicine (the use of magical charms and herbs…bureaucracy
(Encyclopedia) bureaucracybureaucracyby&oobreve;rŏkˈrəsē [key], the administrative structure of any large organization, public or private. Ideally bureaucracy is characterized by hierarchical…Trending
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