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Binghamton

(Encyclopedia) Binghamton Binghamton bĭngˈəmtən [key], industrial city (2020 pop. 47,969), seat of Broome co., S…

Bancroft, George

(Encyclopedia) Bancroft, George, 1800–1891, American historian and public official, b. Worcester, Mass. He taught briefly at Harvard and then at the Round Hill School in Northampton, Mass., of which…

spiritual

(Encyclopedia) spiritual, a religious folk song of American origin, particularly associated with African-American Protestants of the southern United States. The African-American spiritual,…

Team Statistics

Thursday, Jan. 1, 1998 at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.#8 Washington St. (Pac-10)7063—16#1 Michigan (Big Ten)0777—211st; 03:17; Washington St.— Kevin McKenzie 15-yd pass from Ryan Leaf (Rian…

Scoring: Football Players, Sports

Non-Kickers ClTDPtsP/GmRicky Williams, TexasJr.25152*13.82Skip Hicks, UCLASr.2515013.64Travis Prentice, Miami-OHSo.2515013.64Randy Moss, MarshallSo.25152*12.67Curtis Enis, Penn St.Jr.20122*11…

2002 NFL Top Kickers by Points

AFCPATFGLongPtsMike Vanderjagt, Ind.41/4228/3452125Kris Brown, Pit.34/3730/4455124Jason Elam, Den.31/3131/3650124Matt Stover, Bal.25/2530/3549115Adam Vinatieri, NE41/4224/3054113Sebastien…

Mudd, Samuel Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Mudd, Samuel Alexander, 1833–83, Maryland physician and Confederate sympathizer who on April 15, 1865, set the broken left leg of Lincoln's fleeing assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Mudd…

Ascham, Roger

(Encyclopedia) Ascham, RogerAscham, Rogerăsˈkəm [key], 1515–68, English humanist and scholar, b. Yorkshire. Ascham was a major intellectual figure of the early Tudor period. His Toxophilus (1545), an…

Heller, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Heller, Walter, 1915–87, American economist, b. Buffalo, N.Y., grad. Oberlin College (A.B., 1935), Univ. of Wisconsin (M.A. 1938, Ph.D. 1941). He worked for the U.S. Treasury before…

Lane, James Henry

(Encyclopedia) Lane, James Henry, 1814–66, American politician, called the “liberator of Kansas.” He was probably born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., where he practiced law. Lane commanded an Indiana…