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American Law | Civics: Links to History

Links to History: American Law 1775 1788 The U.S. Constitution is formally ratified. 1791 The Bill of Rights is ratified. 1800 1803 Marbury v. Madison is the first instance in…

The Supreme Court: Desegregating Schools

Desegregating SchoolsThe Supreme CourtWarren CourtA Court DividedDesegregating SchoolsMandating Criminal RightsFocusing on Personal RightsLeaving the Court Let's take a close look at Warren'…

Hawking, Stephen William

(Encyclopedia) Hawking, Stephen William, 1942–2018, British theoretical physicist, b. Oxford, England, grad. University College, Oxford, 1962, Ph.D. Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1966. In 1962 Hawking was…

International Monetary Fund

(Encyclopedia) International Monetary Fund (IMF), specialized agency of the United Nations, established in 1945. It was planned at the Bretton Woods Conference (1944), and its headquarters are in…

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.

(Encyclopedia) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954. Linda Brown was denied admission to her local elementary school in Topeka because she was…

Rothschild

(Encyclopedia) RothschildRothschildrŏthˈchīld, Ger. rōtˈshĭlt [key], prominent family of European bankers. The first important member was Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1743–1812), son of a money changer…

1997-98 AHL Scoring Leaders

  G A Pts PM Peter White, Phi 27 78 105 28 Steve Guolla, Kent 37 63 100 45 Bob Wren, Cin 42 56 98 149 Daniel Briere, Spr. 36 56 92…