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2006 Year in Review

Top events for the nation and the world   Refugees in Menawashi, Darfur. Quizzes Incendiary Political Remarks, 2006 While addressing the United Nations General Assembly, who referred…

Juvenile Fillies

Juvenile Fillies Distances: one mile (1984-85, 87); 11/16 miles (1986, 1988-2001, 2003); 11/8 miles (2002).Year Winner (Margin)Time Jockey Trainer 2nd place 3rd place1984 Outstandingly*1:374…

Field Events

Field EventsEvent Mark Date Set LocationHigh Jump: World 8-01/2 Javier Sotomayor, Cuba July 27, 1993 Salamanca, SPA Olympic 7- 10Charles Austin, USAJuly 28, 1996Atlanta American 7-101/…

housing

(Encyclopedia) housing, in general, living accommodations available for the inhabitants of a community. Throughout the 19th cent., with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, housing as a problem…

diamond

(Encyclopedia) diamond, mineral, one of two crystalline forms of the element carbon (see allotropy), the hardest natural substance known, used as a gem and in industry. The discoveries of 1870–71…

Wagner, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Wagner, RichardWagner, Richardrĭkhˈärt [key]Wagner, Richard vägˈnər [key], 1813–83, German composer, b. Leipzig. Wagner's second wife, Cosima Wagner, 1837–1930, was the daughter of…

Beethoven, Ludwig van

(Encyclopedia) Beethoven, Ludwig vanBeethoven, Ludwig vanlŭdˈwĭg văn bāˈtōvən, Ger. l&oobreve;tˈvĭkh fän bātˈhōfən [key], 1770–1827, German composer. He is universally recognized as one of the…

1936 Academy Awards

The 1936 Academy Awards were presented March 4, 1937 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.Outstanding ProductionAnthony Adverse (Warner Bros.)Dodsworth (Goldwyn; United Artists)The Great…