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1972 College Basketball Recap
Final AP Top 20Major Conference ChampionsNCAA Tournament (25 teams)NIT Tournament (16 teams)Player of the YearCoach of the YearConsensus All-America Only one man has been inducted into the Basketball…Olympic Interview: Peter Westbrook
Interview: Peter Westbrook A 20-year Olympian reflects on changes to the Games by John Gettings Olympic medallist Peter Westbrook (left) celebrates a winning match. (Source:Peter Westbrook)…The Struggle for Human Rights
by Eleanor Roosevelt I have come this evening to talk with you on one of the greatest issues of our time - that is the preservation of human freedom. I have chosen to discuss it here in…1956 Winter Olympics
Cortina d'Ampezzo Top 10 Standings Leading Medal Winners Alpine Skiing Bobsled Figure Skating Ice Hockey Nordic Skiing Speed Skating The Soviet Union emerged…Herriot, Édouard
(Encyclopedia) Herriot, ÉdouardHerriot, Édouardādwärˈ ĕryōˈ [key], 1872–1957, French statesman and man of letters. After beginning an academic career he turned to politics. A moderate leftist,…Marshall Plan
(Encyclopedia) Marshall Plan or European Recovery Program, project instituted at the Paris Economic Conference (July, 1947) to foster economic recovery in certain European countries after World War…Kissinger, Henry Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Kissinger, Henry Alfred Kissinger, Henry Alfred kĭsˈənjər [key], 1923–2023, American political…Tymoshenko, Yulia Volodymyrivna
(Encyclopedia) Tymoshenko, Yulia Volodymyrivna, 1960–, Ukrainian political leader, prime minister of Ukraine (2005, 2007–10), b. Dnipro (Dnipropetrovsk). She studied economics and cybernetics at…Northern Expedition
(Encyclopedia) Northern Expedition, in modern Chinese history, the military campaign by which the Kuomintang party overthrew the warlord-backed Beijing government and established a new government at…Baryshnikov, Mikhail
(Encyclopedia) Baryshnikov, MikhailBaryshnikov, Mikhailmĭˈkhail bərĭˌshnĭkävˈ [key], 1948–, Russian-American dancer and choreographer, b. Riga, Latvia (then in the USSR). He studied in Riga and…Trending
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