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Best Actor Nominees, 2011
The 83rd Academy Award Best Actor Nominees Read biographies of the Best Actor nominees. Find out about all the nominees, from last year's winner Jeff Bridges to front-runner Colin Firth…Childhood Diseases: Deadly Diphtheria
Deadly DiphtheriaChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of Childhood…Mid-Term Election Issues
—Borgna Brunner Polls released shortly before the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks revealed how divided the public was in its assessment of the nation's vulnerability to terrorism. A Pew…Theories of the Universe: The Accelerating Universe
The Accelerating UniverseTheories of the UniverseScientific Origins of the UniverseBang That DrumA Big Bang AlternativeThe Accelerating UniversePlasma CosmologyThe Standard ModelThe Alpha and the…degree-day
(Encyclopedia) degree-day, a unit of measure used to estimate the fuel and power requirements in heating and cooling a building; it is equal to a difference of 1 degree between the outdoor daily…Tsin
(Encyclopedia) Tsin or ChinTsinboth: jhĭn [key], dynasty of China that ruled from 265 to 420, after the period of the Three Kingdoms. It was divided into two phases: the Western Tsin (265–317) and…Catalan art
(Encyclopedia) Catalan artCatalan artkătˈəlăn, –lən [key]. In Catalonia and the territories of the counts of Barcelona, art flowered in the early Middle Ages and continued to flourish through the…jeep
(Encyclopedia) jeep, small, durable automotive vehicle intended for heavy-duty applications and sometimes provided with the capability of delivering driving power to all four wheels. The last feature…Port Republic
(Encyclopedia) Port Republic, village, NW Va., on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. During the Civil War, on June 8–9, 1862, the last battle of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson's successful…Fielding, Antony Vandyke Copley
(Encyclopedia) Fielding, Antony Vandyke Copley, 1787–1855, English landscape painter in watercolor. For the last 24 years of his life he was president of the Water Colour Society, where he exhibited…Trending
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