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Tony Gwynn

Tony GwynnBorn: May 9, 1960Baseball OF 8-time NL batting champion (1984,87-89,94-97) with San Diego, 15-time All-Star; got 3,000th career hit Aug. 6, 1999 at Montreal; played basketball at…

Toni Sailer

Toni SailerBorn: Nov. 17, 1935Austrian skier 1st to win 3 alpine gold medals in Winter Olympics— taking downhill, slalom and giant slalom events in 1956.Samuel RyderR - TLenn Sakata

Tony Zale

Tony ZaleBorn: May 29, 1913Boxer 2-time world middleweight champion (1941-47,48); fought Rocky Graziano for title 3 times in 21 months in 1947-48, winning twice; pro record 67-18-2 with 44…

John Snow, 2003 News

public official, was confirmed as treasury secretary in February, replacing Paul H. O'Neill, whom the president felt had not been an effective spokesman for the administration's economic…

Snow-White and Rose-Red

Snow-White and Rose-Red There was once a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage. In front of the cottage was a garden wherein stood two rose-trees, one of which bore white and the other red…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Snow

by EmilyDickinsonNovemberThe Blue JayThe Snow The Snow It sifts from leaden sieves, It powders all the wood, It fills with alabaster wool The wrinkles of the road. It makes an even face…

Snow Mountain Bike Racing

YearMen's Downhill1997Shaun Palmer1998Andrew Shandro1999Event discontinuedYearWomen's Downhill1997Missy Giove1998Marla Streb1999Event discontinuedYearMen's Speed1997Phil Tintsman1998Jurgen…

Brewer's: White as Driven Snow

(See Similes.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894White in the EyeWhite Witch A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

Weather: Big-City Snows

Big-City SnowsWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe Great New England…

precipitation, in meteorology

(Encyclopedia) precipitation, in meteorology, condensed moisture that falls to the surface of the earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow, hail, frost, or dew.