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The Ordeal
Recommended Reading: Ordeal by Hunger, George R. Stewart (Donner Party) Alive, Piers Paul Read (Plane Crash) Related Links: Encyclopedia: Donner PartyNew Light on the Donner PartyDaniel M. Rosen's…coast protection
(Encyclopedia) coast protection, methods used to protect coastal lands from erosion. Beaches can exist only where a delicate dynamic equilibrium exists between the amount of sand supplied to the…Gates, Horatio
(Encyclopedia) Gates, Horatio, c.1727–1806, American Revolutionary general, b. Maldon, Essex, England. Entering the British army at an early age, he fought in America in the French and Indian War and…Harriman, Edward Henry
(Encyclopedia) Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848–1909, American railroad executive, b. Hempstead, N.Y.; father of William Averell Harriman. He became a stockbroker in New York City and soon entered the…americium
(Encyclopedia) americiumamericiumămərĭˈshēəm [key], artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Am; at. no. 95; mass no. of most stable isotope 243; m.p. about 1,175℃; b.p. about 2,600…beat generation
(Encyclopedia) beat generation, term applied to certain American artists and writers who were popular during the 1950s. Essentially anarchic, members of the beat generation rejected traditional…William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act III
Act IIIPrologueEnter ChorusChorusThus with imagined wing our swift scene flies In motion of no less celerity Than that of thought. Suppose that you have seen The well-appointed king at…America's Top Ten Green Buildings
Green (and aesthetic) innovation Related Links Building Green Earth Day A Warming Ocean Cleanest U.S. Cities for Ozone Air Pollution World's Tallest Buildings The American Institute of Architects…The First Modern Olympics: Athens, 1896
The birth of the modern Olympic Games by John Gettings Marathon runners, Greece 1896 Related Links Olympics Overview 2012 Memorable Olympic Moments Encyclopedia: Ancient Olympics…Minority Oscar Winners in Major Acting Categories: Jamie Foxx and Morgan Freeman
Jennie Wood 1. Hattie McDaniel 2. José Ferrer 3. Anthony Quinn 4. Rita Moreno 5. Sidney Poitier 6. Sacheen Littlefeather 7. Louis Gossett, Jr. 8. Whoopi Goldberg 9. Mercedes Ruehl 10. Cuba Gooding…Trending
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