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Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of, 1593–1641, English statesman. Regularly elected to Parliament from 1614 on, he became one of the critics of George Villiers, 1st duke of…

Illyria and Illyricum

(Encyclopedia) IllyriaIllyriaĭlĭrˈēə [key] and IllyricumIllyricumĭlĭrˈĭkəm [key], ancient region of the Balkan Peninsula. In prehistoric times a group of tribes speaking dialects of an Indo-European…

Outstanding Jockey

Outstanding JockeyYear 1971 Laffit Pincay Jr.1972 Braulio Baeza1973 Laffit Pincay Jr.1974 Laffit Pincay Jr.1975 Braulio Baeza1976 Sandy Hawley1977 Steve Cauthen1978 Darrel McHargue1979…

1997-98 Figure Skating World Championships

World Championships at Minneapolis, Minn. (March 29-April 5) Men's — 1. Alexei Yagudin, Russia; 2. Todd Eldredge, USA; 3. Evgeni Plushenko, Russia Women's — 1. Michelle Kwan, USA; 2.…

World Championships

World Championships at Helsinki, Finland (March 21-28) Men's — 1. Alexei Yagudin, Russia; 2. Evgeny Plushenko, Russia; 3. Michael Weiss, USA Women's — 1. Maria Butyrskaya, Russia; 2.…

1996-97 Figure Skating World Championships

World Championships at Lausanne, Switzerland (Mar. 16–23) Men's — 1. Elivs Stojko, Canada; 2. Todd Eldredge, USA; 3. Alexei Yagudin, Russia Women's — 1. Tara Lipinski, USA; 2. Michelle…

2001-02 Figure Skating World Championships

World Championships at Nagano, Japan (March 15-24) Men's —1. Alexei Yagudin, Russia; 2. Tim Goebel, USA; 3. Honda Takeshi, Japan; 4. Alexander Abt, Russia; 5. Li Chengjiang, China. Women's…

2000-01 Figure Skating World Championships

World Championships at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (March 19-25) Men's —1. Evgeni Plushenko, Russia; 2. Alexei Yagudin, Russia; 3. Todd Eldredge, USA; 4. Tim Goebel, USA; 5. Honda…

1999-2000 Figure Skating World Championships

World Championships at Nice, France (March 26-April 2) Men's —1. Alexei Yagudin, Russia; 2. Elvis Stojko, Canada; 3. Michael Weiss, USA; 4. Evgeni Plushenko, Russia; 5. Chengjiang Li, China…