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April 2002

WorldFighting Escalates Between Israelis and Palestinians (April 2): Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon says he would allow Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat to leave his besieged Ramallah…

Entertainment News from June 2000

1Comedian Bob Hope, 97, is rushed to a California hospital and undergoes emergency intestinal surgery.2Willie Fulgear, the 61-year-old Los Angeles resident who was rewarded with $50,000 after…

amaryllis

(Encyclopedia) amaryllisamaryllisămˌərĭlˈĭs [key], common name for some members of the Amaryllidaceae, a family of mostly perennial plants with narrow, flat leaves and with lilylike flowers borne on…

Ehud Olmert, 2006 News

Israeli politician, was named Acting Prime Minister in January, after Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke. His party, Kadima, fared the best in March's parliamentary elections, and he…

May 2003

WorldBush Says Combat Over in Iraq (May 1): In a speech from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, president announces U.S. victorious in war in Iraq. Blair Postpones Northern Ireland…

Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), 2005 News

leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, breezed to victory in January’s election for president of the Palestinian Authority, winning 62% of the vote. Abbas succeeded former…

Ehud Barak, 2001 News

right-wing Israeli politician, won a landslide victory over Ehud Barak in the February special prime minister elections. He won 62.6% of the vote to Barak's 37.2%. Sharon said he would work…

Brewer's: Heion

in the satire of Absalom and Achitophel, by Dryden and Tate, is meant for the Earl of Feversham. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HelotHelmets A B C D E…

Light Middleweight (156 lbs)

Year Final Match1952 László Papp, HUN Decision, 3-01956 László Papp, HUN Decision1960 Skeeter McClure, USA Decision, 4-11964 Boris Lagutin, USSR Decision, 4-11968 Boris Lagutin, USSR…