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Baron Munchausen: A Second Trip to the Moon.

by Rudolph Erich Raspe Voyage eastward-The Baron i... The Baron crosses the Thame...A Second Trip to the Moon. A second visit (but an accidental one) to the moon-The ship driven…

An Overview of Avian Flu

Sources: The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus–also called H5N1 virus–is an influenza A virus subtype that occurs…

Top Sports Moments

From one of the worst black eyes in boxing history to Robin Ventura's stunning "Grand Slam Single." by John Gettings, Mike Morrison, & Gerry Brown Van de Velde Collapses | Gray vs. Rose |…

Brewer's: Fairies

good and bad. AFREET or EFREET, one of the Jinn tribe, of which there are five. (See Story of the Second Calendar.) APPARITION. A ghost. ARIEL. (See Ariel.) BANSHEE or BENSHEE, an Irish…

Senegal Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Senegal Index: Geography People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Senegalese Relations GEOGRAPHY…

Asian Food Primer: Singapore Food

by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaiiPapua New…

Brewer's: Done Brown

He was done brown. Completely bamboozled or made a fool of. This is a variety of the many expressions of a similar meaning connected with cooking, such as “I gave him a roasting,” “I…

Joyce Chen Biography

Joyce ChenchefBirthplace: China Chen and her husband Thomas fled China in 1949 when the Communists took over. They settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1958 Chen opened a Chinese…