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Winter Olympics: Freestyle Skiing

A breathtaking and creative sport by Mike Morrison and Christine Frantz Related Links 2006 Winter Olympics2006 Freestyle Skiing Medal StandingsFreestyle Skiing Through the YearsEncyclopedia:…

Winter Olympics: Freestyle Skiing

A breathtaking and creative sport by Mike Morrison and Christine Frantz Related Links 2006 Winter Olympics2006 Freestyle Skiing Medal StandingsFreestyle Skiing Through the YearsEncyclopedia:…

Posner, Richard Allen

(Encyclopedia) Posner, Richard AllenPosner, Richard Allenpōzˈnər [key], 1939–, American jurist and author, b. New York City, grad. Yale (A.B., 1959), Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1962). He clerked for…

habeas corpus

(Encyclopedia) habeas corpushabeas corpushāˈbēəs kôrˈpəs [key] [Lat.,=you should have the body], writ directed by a judge to some person who is detaining another, commanding him to bring the body of…

1999–2000 Broadcast Premieres

ActionAllyAngelBattery ParkThe BeatCity of AngelsCold FeetDaddioFalconeFamily LawFreaks and GeeksGet RealGod, the Devil, and BobGrapevineGreedGrown UpsHarsh RealmJack & JillJudging AmyLadies…

Hepburn, Katharine

(Encyclopedia) Hepburn, Katharine, 1907–2003, American actress, b. Hartford, Conn. She made periodic stage appearances from 1928 on and debuted in the first of her 43 films in 1932; in her early…

Black Lives Matter

(Encyclopedia) Black Lives Matter, a global political movement. Founded in 2013 by organizers Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, the #…

1998-99 Season Recap

No Goal Things were going so well. Finally, after four consecutive years of Stanley Cup Finals sweeps, the NHL got what it wanted - a competitive championship series. But of course, something had…

probate

(Encyclopedia) probateprobateprōˈbāt [key], in law, the certification by a court that a will is valid. Probate, which is governed by various statutes in the several states of the United States, is…

Hooks, Benjamin Lawson

(Encyclopedia) Hooks, Benjamin Lawson, 1925–2010, African-American civil-rights leader, b. Memphis, Tenn. In 1972 President Nixon named Hooks, a lawyer, Baptist minister, and former Tennessee county…