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2002 Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Gold Medal Game
Preliminary Round Standings Group A Gm W-L-T Pts GF GA *Canada 3 3-0-0 6 25 0 *Sweden 3 2-1-0 4 10 13 Russia 3 1-2-0 2 6 11…1952 Men's and Women's Olympic Figure Skating Gold Medalists
Event Points Men Dick Button, USA 1730.3 Women Jeanette Altwegg, GBR 1455.8 Pairs Ria Falk & Paul Falk, GER 102.6 Bobsled 1952 Olympics Ice Hockey…Seward Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Seward Peninsula, W Alaska, projecting c.200 mi (320 km) into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound and Kotzebue Sound, just below the Arctic Circle. The region is mostly bleak tundra,…reliquary
(Encyclopedia) reliquaryreliquaryrĕlˌəkwĕrˈē [key], receptacle containing the relics of saints and other sacred objects of the Christian religion. Reliquaries were often designed in shapes that…Alice Springs
(Encyclopedia) Alice Springs, town, Northern Territory, Australia. It lies in a pastoral area surrounded by desert near the center of the continent and is a stop on the Adelaide Darwin…chryselephantine
(Encyclopedia) chryselephantinechryselephantinekrĭsˌĕləfănˈtĭn, –tīn [key], Greek sculptural technique developed in the 6th cent. b.c. Sculptures, especially temple colossi, were made with an inner…Medford
(Encyclopedia) Medford. 1 City (1990 pop. 57,407), Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential and industrial suburb of Boston, on the Mystic River; settled 1630, inc. as a city 1892. Wax, paper, clothing…Charles I, king of Hungary
(Encyclopedia) Charles I, 1288–1342, king of Hungary (1308–42), founder of the Angevin dynasty in Hungary; grandson of Charles II of Naples, who had married a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary. On the…Chibcha
(Encyclopedia) ChibchaChibchachĭbˈchə [key], indigenous people of the eastern cordillera of the Andes of Colombia. Although trade with neighboring tribes was common, the Chibcha seem to have evolved…Christina Rossetti: Goblin Market
Goblin MarketMorning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: 'Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges, Plump unpecked cherries, Melons and…Trending
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