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2002 NHL All-Star Game: Score by Periods

123FinalWorld215— 8North America320— 5Power plays: World—0/0; North America—0/0. Officials: Dave Jackson and Don Van Massenhoven (referees), Andy McElman and Mark Pare (linesmen). Attendance…

2001 NHL All-Star Game: Score by Periods

123FinalNorth America365— 14World345— 12Power plays: North America—0/0; World—0/0. Officials: Michael McGeough and Richard Trottier (referees), Randy Mitton and Mark Wheler (linesmen).…

physical fitness

(Encyclopedia) physical fitness, combined good health and physical development. The object of any program of physical fitness is to maximize an individual's health, strength, endurance, and skill…

alternating current

(Encyclopedia) alternating current, abbr. AC, a flow of electric charge that undergoes periodic reverses in direction. In North America ordinary household current alternates at a frequency of 60…

atomic number

(Encyclopedia) atomic number, often represented by the symbol Z, the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, as well as the number of electrons in the neutral atom. Atoms with the same atomic…

Meyer, Julius Lothar

(Encyclopedia) Meyer, Julius Lothar, 1830–95, German chemist. He taught at Breslau, Karlsruhe, and Tübingen (from 1876) and is known especially for his work in the development of the periodic law,…

tartar, dental

(Encyclopedia) tartar, dental, precipitate of saliva that accumulates around teeth at the gum line. Composed primarily of calcium salts, tartar forms as a hard brownish substance that irritates gums…

Concert of Europe

(Encyclopedia) Concert of Europe, term used in the 19th cent. to designate a loose agreement by the major European powers to act together on European questions of common interest. The concert emerged…