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North Platte, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) North Platte, river, c.680 mi (1,090 km) long, rising in the Park Range, N Colo., and flowing in a great bend N through SE Wyo., then east across the plains of W central Nebr. to join…

Miami, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) MiamiMiamimīămˈē, –ə [key] or Great Miami, river, c.160 mi (260 km) long, formed in W Ohio near Indian Lake and flowing generally SW past Dayton to the Ohio River at the Ind. line. The…

Paraná, river, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina

(Encyclopedia) Paraná, river, c.2,000 mi (3,200 km) long, formed by the junction of the Paranaíba and the Rio Grande, SE Brazil. It has the second largest drainage system in South America. It flows…

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Everything you ever wanted to know about Major-League ballparks by Mike Morrison and Melissa Sogard Fenway Park was built in 1912 by Osborn Archietects & Engineers. Yankee Stadium was built…

SETI@home

Search for extraterrestrials with your desktop computer by Gerry Brown Related Links History of SETIRadio AstronomyArecibo ObservatoryEncyclopedia: SETIA teraflop is a measure of a computer's…

Gladiator

Director:Ridley ScottWriters:David Franzoni, John Logan, William NicholsonDreamWorks; R; 150 minutesRelease:5/00Cast:Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed Gladiator, director Ridley…

John Bertrand CONLAN, Congress, AZ (1930)

CONLAN John Bertrand , a Representative from Arizona; born in Oak Park, Cook County, Ill., September 17, 1930; attended Illinois public schools; B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.,…

Savannah, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Savannah, river, 314 mi (505 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca rivers and flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean; with the Tugaloo it forms the entire S.C.–Ga.…

James, rivers, United States

(Encyclopedia) James. 1 Unnavigable river, 710 mi (1,143 km) long, rising in central N.Dak. and flowing across S.Dak. to the Missouri River at Yankton, S.Dak. Jamestown Dam on the river is an…