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2002 NHL All-Star Game

World 8, North America 5WorldNorth AmericaScore by Periods2002 NHL Skills Competition 52nd NHL All-Star Game. Date: Feb. 2 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles; Coaches: Scotty Bowman,…

1997 NHL All-Star Game

East,11-7Eastern ConferenceWestern ConferenceScore by Periods1997 NHL Skills Competition 47th NHL All-Star Game. Date: Jan. 18 at San Jose Arena in San Jose; Coaches: Doug MacLean, Florida (East)…

2000 NHL All-Star Game

The World 9, North America 4The WorldNorth AmericaScore by Periods2000 NHL Skills Competition 50th NHL All-Star Game. Date: Feb. 6 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto; Coaches: Scotty Bowman,…

Arcturus

(Encyclopedia) ArcturusArcturusärkt&oobreve;rˈəs [key], brightest star in the constellation Boötes and 4th-brightest star in the entire sky; Bayer designation Alpha Boötis; 1992 position R.A.…

planet

(Encyclopedia) planet [Gr.,=wanderer], a large nonluminous body of rock, gas, or ice that orbits the sun or another star, has a rounded shape due to gravity, and has cleared its orbit of smaller…

Hathor

(Encyclopedia) HathorHathorhăthˈôr [key], in Egyptian religion, celestial goddess of love and festivity. The personification of the sky, she was represented as a star-studded cow or as a woman with…

Hubbell, Carl Owen

(Encyclopedia) Hubbell, Carl Owen, 1903–88, American baseball player, b. Carthage, Mo. A left-handed pitcher, Hubbell played his entire major league career (1928–43) with the New York Giants. Hubbell…

Borg, Björn

(Encyclopedia) Borg, BjörnBorg, Björnbyörn bôrg, bôrˈyə [key], 1956–, Swedish tennis player. As a teenage star he led (1975) Sweden to its first Davis Cup victory. One of the most successful modern…

Roddenberry, Gene

(Encyclopedia) Roddenberry, Gene (Eugene Wesley Roddenberry), 1921–91, American television writer and producer, b. El Paso, Tex. After being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal…

Star of Bethlehem, in the Gospels

(Encyclopedia) Star of Bethlehem, name given to the luminous celestial object rising in the sky that, as related in the Gospel of Matthew, led the Wise Men of the East to the manger in Bethlehem…