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Year in Review 2018

Top events for the nation and the world Slideshows News of the NationPhoto source: Office of the President The #MeToo movement, the Zuckerberg testimony, diplomatic talks with North…

diamond

(Encyclopedia) diamond, mineral, one of two crystalline forms of the element carbon (see allotropy), the hardest natural substance known, used as a gem and in industry. The discoveries of 1870–71…

glass

(Encyclopedia) glass, hard substance, usually brittle and transparent, composed chiefly of silicates and an alkali fused at high temperature. Glass has become invaluable in modern architecture,…

TIME Person of the Year

How “Lucky Lindy”—and a slow week for news—gave birth to a memorable annual tradition The founders of TIME Magazine, Henry Luce and Briton Haddon, were strong believers in the idea…

March 2021 Current Events: US News

Top of Page Disaster News | Science & Technology News | World News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the US…

1996-97 Season: NCAA Championship Game

Tennessee 68 Min FG M-A FT M-A Pts Reb O-T A F Tiffani Johnson304-40-081-322Chamique Holdsclaw3911-202-3240-732Pashen Thompson334-40-382-602Kyra Elzy221-30-120-312Kellie Jolly351-52-250-…

1998 U.S. Women's National Team Statistics

Individual records for entire 1998 season. Note that the column labeled “Career C/G” refers to career caps and goals.Forwards GP GS Mins G A Pts CareerC/GRobin Confer20460007/1Danielle…

Brewer's: Jew's-harp

called by Bacon jeutrompe, by Beaumont and Fletcher, jew-trump, by Hakluyt, jew's-harp. The best players on this instrument have been Koch, a Prussian soldier under Frederick the Great;…

Brewer's: Ruffe

(1 syl.). A game at cards, now called slamm; also playing a trump, when one cannot follow suit. “A swaggerer is one that plays at ruffre, from whence he took the denomination of ruffyn.” J…