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(Encyclopedia) euchreeuchrey&oomacr;ˈkər [key], card game, played usually by four persons (two sets of partners). The game originated among the Amish and was a popular card game in America in the…Naismith, James
(Encyclopedia) Naismith, JamesNaismith, Jamesnāˈsmĭth [key], 1861–1939, American athletic director, inventor (1891) of basketball, b. Almonte, Ontario. While an instructor of physical education at…poker
(Encyclopedia) poker, card game, believed to have originated in Asia and first played in the United States in the 19th cent. A traditional cutthroat gambling game at first, it is now also an…water polo
(Encyclopedia) water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to…Aumann, Robert John
(Encyclopedia) Aumann, Robert John, American-Israeli mathematician, b. Frankfurt, Germany, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955. He immigrated with his family to the United States in…football
(Encyclopedia) CE5 A professional football field. College teams use a similar field except that the inbound lines are 53 ft 4 in. (16.25 m) from the sidelines. football, any of a number of games…softball
(Encyclopedia) softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball,…Kruger National Park
(Encyclopedia) Kruger National Park, game reserve, c.8,000 sq mi (20,720 sq km), Limpopo and Mpumalanga, NE South Africa. One of the world's largest wildlife sanctuaries, it has almost every species…American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(Encyclopedia) American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (A.S.P.C.A.), chartered in 1866 in New York by Henry Bergh to shelter homeless animals, to assist farmers in caring for their…Alekhine, Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Alekhine, AlexanderAlekhine, Alexanderəlyĕkhˈēn [key], 1892–1946, Russian-French chess player, b. Moscow. He became a naturalized French citizen after the Russian Revolution. At the…Trending
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