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1976 Winter Olympics

Innsbruck Top 10 Standings Leading Medal Winners Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsled Figure Skating Ice Hockey Luge Nordic Skiing Speed Skating The IOC…

Getting Into College Is Easier than You Think

  You have a learning disability and you want to go to college. Your parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, teachers, and tutors are all sweaty over what you're going to do,…

Malcolm III

(Encyclopedia) Malcolm III (Malcolm Canmore), d. 1093, king of Scotland (1057–93), son of Duncan I; successor to Macbeth (d. 1057). It took him some years after Macbeth's death to regain the…

Reich, Steve

(Encyclopedia) Reich, Steve (Stephen Michael Reich), 1936–, American composer, b. New York City. A well-known exponent of minimalism, he attended Cornell (B.A., 1957), Juilliard (1958–61), and Mills…

Fitzpatrick, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Fitzpatrick, Thomas, c.1799–1854, American trapper, fur trader, and guide, one of the greatest of the mountain men, b. Co. Cavan, Ireland. He emigrated early to the United States, and…

Friel, Brian

(Encyclopedia) Friel, BrianFriel, Brianfrēl [key], 1929–2015, Irish playwright, b. Killyglogher, Northern Ireland. Treating themes that enmesh both Irelands, he became the most acclaimed Irish…