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Australian Open, 2007

(Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 15-28, 2007) Men's singles—Roger Federer defeats Fernando Gonzalez 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4 Women's singles—Serena Williams defeats…

Australian Open, 2009

(Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 18-31, 2009) Men's singles—Novak Djokovic defeats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(2) Women's singles— Maria Sharapova…

French Open, 2008

(Paris, France, May 25-June. 8, 2008) Men's singles—Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 Women's singles—Ana Ivanovic defeats Dinara Safina 6-4…

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

Opened: 1/97 at the Gershwin TheaterWith: John Gray It might have been preferable to fight with your lover than attend Gray's flinchingly embarrassing stage version of his best-selling guide…

Plath, Sylvia

(Encyclopedia) Plath, Sylvia, 1932–63, American poet, b. Boston. Educated at Smith College and Cambridge, Plath published poems even as a child and won many academic and literary awards. Her first…

koala

(Encyclopedia) koalakoalakōäˈlə [key], arboreal marsupial, or pouched mammal, Phascolarctos cinereus, native to Australia. Although it is sometimes called koala bear, or Australian bear, and is…

Cocos Islands

(Encyclopedia) Cocos Islands Cocos Islands kōˈkōs [key] or Keeling Islands, officially Territory of Cocos…

Vancouver Island

(Encyclopedia) Vancouver Island (1991 pop. 579,921), 12,408 sq mi (32,137 sq km), SW British Columbia, Canada, in the Pacific Ocean; largest island off W North America. It is c.285 mi (460 km) long…

Carol Shields 2003 Deaths

Carol ShieldsAge: 68 novelist and poet who frequently and eloquently wrote about ordinary women facing ordinary lives. She won a 1995 Pulitzer Prize for The Stone Diaries. Died: Victoria,…