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2005 NCAA Championship Playoffs

DIVISION I-AAQuarterfinals(Dec. 3, 2005)Northern Iowa 24, New Hampshire 21Texas State 14, Cal Poly 7Furman 24, Richmond 20Appalachian State 38, Southern Ill. 24Semifinals(Dec. 9–10, 2005)…

2000 PGA Tour Results

2000 PGA Tour Last Rd Tournament Winner Earnings Runner-Up Jan. 2@ Williams World Challenge Tom Lehman (267) $1,000,000 D. Duval (270) Jan. 9 Mercedes Championship…

2002 Deaths: M - Q

John MabeeHarold (Mush) MarchPrincess MargaretStanley MarcusNed MartinHarvey MatusowLee MayeNobu McCarthyKathleen McGrathBill McCutcheonArthur MelinCésar MilsteinJoshua MinerPatsy MinkReggie…

Brewer's: Methodists

A name given (1729) by a student of Christ Church to the brothers Wesley and their friends, who used to assemble on given evenings for religious conversation. This word was in use many…

2006 NCAA Championship Playoffs

  DIVISION I-AA Quarterfinals (Dec. 2, 2006)   Massachusetts 24, New Hampshire 17   Appalachian State 38, Montana State 17   Youngstown State 28, Illinois State 21  …

Humboldt Glacier

(Encyclopedia) Humboldt Glacier, NW Greenland. The largest known glacier of the Northern Hemisphere, it debouches into Kane Basin along a front c.60 mi (100 km) wide and 300 ft (91 m) high. U.S.…

Oates, Joyce Carol

(Encyclopedia) Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938–, American author, b. Lockport, N.Y., B.A. Syracuse Univ., 1960, M.A. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1961. She taught English at the Univ. of Detroit and the Univ. of…

Grand Canyon

(Encyclopedia) Grand Canyon, great gorge of the Colorado River, one of the natural wonders of the world; c.1 mi (1.6 km) deep, from 4 to 18 mi (6.4–29 km) wide, and 217 mi (349 km) long, NW Ariz. The…

Klein, Yves

(Encyclopedia) Klein, Yves, 1928–62, French painter. With critic Pierre Restany, he was a leader of the avant-garde movement called Nouveau Réalisme (founded 1960). In the 1950s Klein began to work…