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by Shirley Chisholm Mr. Speaker, when a young woman graduates from college and starts looking for a job, she is likely to have a frustrating and even demeaning experience ahead of her…Top 5 Roller Coasters
Here's the Information Please list of the top 5 roller coasters: Alpengeist, Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, VA. Hold on to your bratwurst. The Alpengeist is the world's fastest (67 mph) and tallest (…Information Please Press and Awards
Awards Since Our Debut The Information Please family of almanacs has a reputation for accuracy, proven in print for more than fifty years. Since its debut in February 1998, infoplease.com has…Bombers: Boeing B-52
More than fifty years later, it's still flying by David Noland Boeing B-52H Specs Length: 156 ft Wingspan: 185 ft Empty weight: 172,740 lbs Max takeoff weight: 488,000…Brewer's: Bayard
(Chevalier), Pierre du Terrail, a celebrated French knight (1476-1524). Le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche. The British Bayard. Sir Philip Sidney. (1554-1584.) The Polish Bayard.…Brewer's: Liberty
The Goddess of Liberty. On December 10th, 1793, Mlle, Malliard, an actress, was selected to personify the “Goddess of Liberty.” Being brought to Notre Dame, Paris, she was seated on the…All-Time Top Ten Grossing Animated Films
All-Time Top Ten Grossing Animated FilmsRankTitleStudioDomestic gross1Date opened1.Shrek 2DreamWorks$436,471,0365/19/042. Finding NemoDisney/Pixar339,714,9785/30/033.The Lion KingBuena…Brewer's: Constantine's Cross
In Latin, vinces in hoc; in English, By this conquer. It is said that Constantine, on his march to Rome, saw a luminous cross in the sky, in the shape and with the motto here given. In the…Brewer's: Fiasco
A failure, a mull. In Italy they cry Olà, olà, fiasco! to an unpopular singer. This word, common in France and Germany, is employed as the opposite of furore. The history of the word is as…1976 Academy Awards
The 1976 Academy Awards were presented March 28, 1977 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureAll the President's Men, Walter Coblenz, producer (Warner Bros.)Bound for…Trending
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