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Dennis Conner
Dennis ConnerBorn: Sept. 16, 1942Sailing 3-time America's Cup-winning skipper aboard Freedom (1980), Stars & Stripes (1987) and the Stars & Stripes catamaran (1988); only American…2003 Grammy Awards
The 46th Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 8, 2004. Record: “Clocks,” Coldplay Album: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Outkast Song: “Dance…Bichon Frise
(Encyclopedia) Bichon FriseBichon FrisebēshôNˈ frēs [key], breed of small dog developed in France after World War I. It stands from 8 to 12 in. (20–30 cm) high at the shoulder and has a profuse,…Miers, Harriet Ellan
(Encyclopedia) Miers, Harriet EllanMiers, Harriet Ellanmīˈərz [key], 1945–, American lawyer and government official, b. Dallas, Tex., grad. Southern Methodist Univ. (B.S., 1967; J.D., 1970). A…Franconia Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Franconia MountainsFranconia Mountainsfrăngkōˈnēə [key], range in the White Mts., N N.H., rising to 5,249 ft (1,600 m) at Mt. Lafayette; part of White Mts. National Forest. Franconia…Courrèges, André
(Encyclopedia) Courrèges, AndréCourrèges, AndréäNdrāˈ k&oomacr;r-rĕzhˈ [key], 1923–2016, French fashion designer whose designs were especially popular and influential during the 1960s. He worked…Thibodaux
(Encyclopedia) ThibodauxThibodauxtĭbˈədō [key], city (1990 pop. 14,035), seat of Lafourche parish, SE La., on Bayou Lafourche; inc. 1838. It is the commercial center of an oil, gas, sugarcane, and…baneberry
(Encyclopedia) baneberry, any plant of the small genus Actaea, north temperate perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family) sometimes cultivated for the handsome (though poisonous)…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: February 26, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark February 25, 1806February 27, 1806February 26, 1806 Wednesday February 26th 1806. This morning we dispatched Drewyer and two men in our Indian…German wirehaired pointer
(Encyclopedia) German wirehaired pointer, breed of large sporting dog developed in Germany in the mid-19th cent. It stands about 24 in. (61 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 60 lb (27 kg).…Trending
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