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Praesepe

(Encyclopedia) PraesepePraesepeprēsēˈpē [key] [Lat.,=manger], open star cluster in the constellation Cancer; cataloged as M44 or NGC 2632. It was first recorded by Hipparchus (c.150 b.c.). The…

snakeroot

(Encyclopedia) snakeroot, name for several plants, among them black snakeroot (see bugbane), button snakeroot or blazing star, senega snakeroot (see milkwort), and white snakeroot.

Belopolsky, Aristarkh Apollonovich

(Encyclopedia) Belopolsky, Aristarkh ApollonovichBelopolsky, Aristarkh Apollonovichərĭˈstärkh əpəlônˈəvĭch byələpôlˈskē [key], 1854–1934, Russian astrophysicist, grad. Moscow Univ. (1877). He worked…

Gable, Clark

(Encyclopedia) Gable, Clark, 1901–60, American film actor, b. Cadiz, Ohio. He began his career in films in 1930 and soon after became a star. He won an Academy Award in 1934 for his brilliant comic…

69th Baseball All-Star Game

By John Gettings This Tuesday night the stars of Major League Baseball will gather in Denver's Coors Field for the sport's traditional match-up of the American League's best versus the…

Walt Whitman: O Star of France [1870-71]

O Star of France [1870-71]O star of France, The brightness of thy hope and strength and fame, Like some proud ship that led the fleet so long, Beseems to-day a wreck driven by the gale, a…

1998 NHL All-Star Game: The World

StartersGAPtsPMWTeemu Selanne, Anaheim3030WJaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh1010CPeter Forsberg, Colorado0110DViacheslav Fetisov, Detroit0112DSandis Ozolinsh, Colorado0000 Reserves CSaku Koivu,…

1998 Minor League All-Star Team

As presented by Baseball America and covering all Minor League levels.Pos.Name, Team (Major Affiliate)CMichael Barrett, Harrisburg (Expos)1BCalvin Pickering, Bowie (Orioles)2BRon Belliard,…