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Crossroads Birthday Girl Big Fat Liar Collateral Damage I Am Sam Starsailor Imposter Orange County Snow Dogs How…1998-99 Basketball Eastern Conference First Round (Best of 5)First Round <span class="rm" >(Best of 5)</span>
W-L Avg. Leading Scorer New York 3-2 83.0 Houston (15.2) Miami 2-3 79.0 Mourning (21.6) Date Winner Home Court May 8 Knicks, 95-75…Early 20th-Century Developments in Human Flight
Kitty Hawk to World War II The Wright brothers near Kitty Hawk, NC. Although there is some debate about who was the first to fly an airplane, credit for this feat is usually given to Wilbur (…Brewer's: Quarry
(A). The place where stone, marble, etc., are dug out and squared. (French, quarré, formed into square blocks.) (Tomlinson.) Quarry Prey. This is a term in falconry. When a hawk struck…Brewer's: Grey Mare
The Grey Mare is the better horse. The woman is paramount. It is said that a man wished to buy a horse, but his wife took a fancy to a grey mare, and so pertinaciously insisted that the…Schröder, Gerhard
(Encyclopedia) Schröder, GerhardSchröder, Gerhardgĕrˈhärt [key]Schröder, Gerhard shröˈdər [key], 1944–, chancellor of Germany (1998–2005), b. Mosenburg, Germany. A telegenic lawyer and Social…Williams, Tennessee
(Encyclopedia) Williams, Tennessee (Thomas Lanier Williams), 1911–83, American dramatist, b. Columbus, Miss., grad. State Univ. of Iowa, 1938. One of America's foremost 20th-century playwrights and…vaudeville
(Encyclopedia) vaudevillevaudevillevôdˈvĭl [key], originally a light song, derived from the drinking and love songs formerly attributed to Olivier Basselin and called Vau, or Vaux, de Vire. Similar…Kennan, George Frost
(Encyclopedia) Kennan, George Frost, 1904–2005, U.S. diplomat and historian, b. Milwaukee, Wis., grad. Princeton, 1925. A brilliant strategist and among the most influential and intellectual…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 7, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 6, 1806March 8, 1806March 7, 1806 Friday March 7th 1806. The wind was so high that Comowol did not leave us untill late this evening.…