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Wild Card Playoff Game
On September 28, 1998, the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants, each with a regular-season record of 89-73, staged a playoff game to determine the winner of the National League wild card…Santa Barbara
(Encyclopedia) Santa BarbaraSanta Barbarasănˌtə bärˈbrə, –bərə [key], city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. A beautiful residential and resort…onager
(Encyclopedia) onageronagerŏnˈəjər [key] or Persian wild ass, wild ass of central Asia, Equus hemonius onager. Formerly classified as a separate species, it is one of the several subspecies of Asian…Magnoliophyta
(Encyclopedia) MagnoliophytaMagnoliophytamăgˌnōlēŏfˈətə [key], division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have…goose
(Encyclopedia) goose, common name for large wild and domesticated swimming birds related to the duck and the swan. Strictly speaking, the term goose is applied to the female and gander to the male.…gaur, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) gaur, large wild ox of Southeast Asia, having a humplike ridge on the back. The gaur, Bos gaurus, is thought to be the largest of the wild cattle; the bulls may measure more than 6 ft…Rexroth, Kenneth
(Encyclopedia) Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905–82, American poet, critic, and translator, b. South Bend, Ind. A resident of San Francisco, he was briefly associated with the beat generation, although he…swine
(Encyclopedia) swine, name for any of the cloven-hoofed mammals of the family Suidae, native to the Old World. A swine has a rather long, mobile snout, a heavy, relatively short-legged body, a thick…Aesop's Fables: The Lion and the Wild Ass
by Aesop The Two Soldiers and the RobberThe Man and the SatyrThe Lion and the Wild Ass A Lion and a Wild Ass went out hunting together: the latter was to run down the prey by his superior…Stat Abstract: A Walk on the Wild Side
by Borgna Brunner Since 1878 the U.S. government has published The Statistical Abstract of the United States, an annual compendium of facts and figures covering demographics, vital statistics,…Trending
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