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1997 NFL Season Touchdown Leaders

AFCTDRushRecRetPtsKarim Abdul-Jabbar, Mia.16151096Terrell Davis, Den.15150096†Joey Galloway, Sea.12012072James Jett, Oak.12012072Rod Smith, Den.12012072Marcus Allen, KC11110066Kordell Stewart…

Stuart, Arabella

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, Arabella, 1575–1615, cousin of James I of England (James VI of Scotland). She was the daughter of Charles Stuart, earl of Lennox, younger brother of Lord Darnley,…

Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia) Sholokhov, Mikhail AleksandrovichSholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovichmēkhəyĕlˈ əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch shôˈləkhŏf [key], 1905–84, Russian novelist. Sholokhov won international fame for an epic…

colorization, motion picture

(Encyclopedia) colorization, motion picture, electronic process that uses computers to add color to black-and-white movies, creating new colored videotape versions. Invented by Canadians Wilson…

Freud, Anna

(Encyclopedia) Freud, AnnaFreud, Annafroid [key], 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, b. Vienna, Austria. Continuing the work of her father, Sigmund Freud, she was a pioneer in the psychoanalysis of…

Fleming, Ian Lancaster

(Encyclopedia) Fleming, Ian Lancaster, 1908–64, English spy novelist, b. London. Son of a Conservative member of Parliament, Fleming was educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and Munich and Geneva…

fishing

(Encyclopedia) fishing, act of catching fish for consumption or display. Fishing—usually by hand, club, spear, net, and (at least as early as 23,000 years ago) by hook—was known to prehistoric people…

Stuart, John, duke of Albany

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, John, duke of AlbanyStuart or Stewart, John, duke of Albanyôlˈbənē [key], 1481–1536, regent of Scotland; son of Alexander Stuart, duke of Albany, and grandson of…

crucifixion

(Encyclopedia) crucifixion, hanging on a cross, in ancient times a method of capital punishment. It was practiced widely in the Middle East but not by the Greeks. The Romans, who may have borrowed it…

theremin

(Encyclopedia) thereminthereminthĕrˈəmən [key], one of the earliest electronic musical instruments, invented (1920) in the Soviet Union and named for its creator, Leon Theremin. A forerunner of the…