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Falkland Islands

(Encyclopedia) Falkland IslandsFalkland Islandsfôkˈlənd [key], Span. Islas Malvinas, group of islands (2015 est. pop. 3,000), 4,618 sq mi (11,961 sq km), S Atlantic, c.300 mi (480 km) E of the Strait…

Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley

(Encyclopedia) Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley, 1882–1944, British astronomer and physicist. He was chief assistant (1906–13) at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and was from 1913 Plumian professor of…

Jackson, Shirley

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Shirley, 1916–65, American writer, b. San Francisco. She is best known for her stories and novels of horror and the occult, rendered more terrifying because they are set…

Wilson, Colin

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Colin, 1931–2013, English writer, b. Leicester. Born into a working-class family and largely self-educated, Wilson in many of his books exhorts humankind to expand its powers…

2001-02 Stanley Cup Final Box Scores

Game 1 Tuesday, June 4, at Detroit Carolina 0 2 0 1 — 3 Detroit 1 1 0 0 — 2 1st Period: DET—Fedorov 5 (Yzerman), 15:21 (pp). 2nd Period: CAR—Hill 4 (Kapanen,…

1999-2000 Stanley Cup Final Box Scores

Game 1 Tuesday, May 30, at New Jersey Dallas 1 0 2 — 3 New Jersey 1 3 3 — 7 1st Period: NJ— Arnott 5 (Sykora, Elias) 7:22; DAL— Sydor 1 (Lehtinen, Keane) 13:13. 2nd…