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2006 Olympics: Nordic Combined, Men's 4x5km

Two jumps off normal hill for each team's four skiers followed the next day by a 4 x 5-km cross-country relay race.  4x5-km1Austria49:52.62Germany50:07.93Finland50:19.4AUT—Gottwald,…

Stephen Marlowe Biography

fiction novelistDied: February 22, 2008 (Williamsburg, Virginia) Best Known as: popular novelist best known for his international detective thrillers…

Being Transgender Today

After years of struggling for visibility and acceptance, transgender individuals and the issues they face came into the national spotlight in 2015.   Caitlyn Jenner Photo Credit:…

Got a Yen...To Learn About Foreign Exchange?

Source: FDIC Consumer News, Spring 1995. The value of the U.S. dollar has an impact on all our lives, not just those of us who travel abroad. So what does it mean when the dollar is “up” against…

Newark, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Newark. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,861), Alameda co., W Calif., on the east side of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1955. There is food processing and the manufacture of plastics, furniture, feeds,…

Noel-Baker, Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Noel-Baker, Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron, 1889–1982, British statesman, b. Philip John Baker. After helping to draft (1919) the Covenant of the League of Nations, he served (1929–31,…

Meager, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Meager, Mount, volcano, 8,793 ft (2,680 m) high, SW British Columbia, Canada, 90 mi (150 km) N of Vancouver. It is the northernmost of the Cascade Range volcanoes and the second…

Meunier, Constantin

(Encyclopedia) Meunier, ConstantinMeunier, ConstantinkôNstäNtăNˈ mönyāˈ [key], 1831–1905, Belgian sculptor and painter. In paintings of monastic life and of factory workers and miners, his work…