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Fenway Park Turns One Hundred
In 2012, one of Major League Baseball's most beloved ballparks celebrates its centennial. Fenway Park Photo by Carol M. Highsmith Related Links Fenway Park 100 Years Official…gem, ornamental mineral or organic substance
(Encyclopedia) gem, commonly, a mineral or organic substance, cut and polished and used as an ornament. Gems also are used as seals (items of assurance) and as talismans (good-luck charms). For…Mortensen, Dale Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Mortensen, Dale Thomas, 1939–2014, American economist, b. Enterprise, Oreg., Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon Univ., 1967. Mortensen a professor at Northwestern Univ. for his entire academic…Neil Young: Silver & Gold
Silver & GoldReprise For a guy once known as "the godfather of grunge," Neil Young can be quite a perfectionist. He's been fine-tuning Silver & Gold since 1997, and previewed it out…Neil Young: Are You Passionate?
Are You Passionate?Reprise “Let's Roll,” Neil Young's well intentioned if somewhat plodding tribute to Todd Beamer and the other passengers of Flight 93, who attacked their hijackers on Sept…Alexander Bay
(Encyclopedia) Alexander Bay, town, part of the Richtersveld local municipality, Northern Cape prov., NW South Africa, where the Orange River enters the Atlantic Ocean. Especially rich alluvial…Mirny
(Encyclopedia) MirnyMirnymērˈnē [key], town, NE Siberian Russia, in Sakha Republic. Founded in 1956, when diamonds were discovered, Mirny grew rapidly and is now the center of the Russian diamond-…Diamond Necklace, Affair of the
(Encyclopedia) Diamond Necklace, Affair of the, scandal that took place at the court of King Louis XVI of France just before the French Revolution. An adventuress who called herself the comtesse de…Mazaruni
(Encyclopedia) MazaruniMazarunimäzər&oomacr;ˈnē [key], river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, rising in the Guiana Highlands, NW Guyana, and flowing generally E to the Essequibo River at Bartica. The…Caguas
(Encyclopedia) Caguas Caguas käˈgwäs, käˈwäs [key], city, E central Puerto Rico. Largest of Puerto Rico's inland…Trending
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