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Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts actressBorn: 10/28/1967Birthplace: Smyrna, Georgia   Academy Award-winning film actress known for her Southern charm and her commercially successful romantic comedies, which include…

Speaking & Listening Skills

Subjects » Geography » History » Language Arts » Mathematics » Science » Social StudiesSkillsWriting | ResearchSpeaking & ListeningStudyingReference Sources Almanac Dictionary…

norovirus

(Encyclopedia) norovirus or Norwalk virus, highly contagious viral disease caused by infection with an RNA virus of the genus Norovirus. The virus causes acute gastroenteritis, usually one to two…

Croce, Benedetto

(Encyclopedia) Croce, BenedettoCroce, Benedettobānādĕtˈtō krôˈchā [key], 1866–1952, Italian philosopher, historian, and critic. He lived mostly in Naples, devoting himself to studying and writing. He…

Juneau

(Encyclopedia) JuneauJuneauj&oomacr;ˈnō [key], city (1990 pop. 26,751), state capital, SE Alaska, in the Alaska Panhandle; settled by gold miners 1880, inc. 1900. A port on Gastineau Channel,…

Rodriguez, Alex

(Encyclopedia) Rodriguez, Alex (Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez)Rodriguez, Alexrōdrēˈgəs [key], 1975–, American baseball player, b. New York City. Drafted (1993) out of high school by the Seattle…

Women's NCAA Championships, 2005

Division IFirst Round—ChattanoogaLouisiana State 70, Stetson 36Arizona 72, Oklahoma 69DePaul 79, Virginia Tech 78Liberty 78, Penn State 70Georgia 75, Rice 49Texas 64, Oral Roberts 47Boston…

Poetry

Rodin's The Thinker was conceived as part of his Gates of Hell, representing the poet Dante in the Inferno.Poetry is arguably the oldest written art form that we have records of, dating back…

Brewer's: Sonna

or Sunna. The Mishna or oral law of the Mahometans. Reland (De Relig. Mahom., p. 54) says these traditions were orally delivered by Mahomet, and subsequently committed to writing.…