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Women in Sports: Basketball

The first women's intercollegiate basketball game took place between Stanford and the University of California on April 4, 1896. Stanford won…

Notable Philosophers

René Descartes See also People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Philosophy Major Religions of the World Biographies by Category Abelard, Peter,…

Timeline of U.S. Spying and Surveillance

Key happenings in the history of domestic and international surveillance The need to protect citizens’ rights against “unreasonable searches and seizures” is as old as our country;…

April 2006

World Shiite Bloc Urges Prime Minister to Resign (April 2): Leaders of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq call on Ibrahim al-Jaafari to resign, citing his failure to form a…

DK Society & Beliefs: New World Order

WHAT IS THE NEW BALANCE OF POWER? IS THE NEW ORDER STABLE? WHAT TRENDS WILL AFFECT THE NEW ORDER? GLOBALIZATIONINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYSECURITYFIND OUT MOREAfter 1945, two powerful and opposing…

State Department Notes on Bahrain

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations PEOPLEBahrain is one of the most densely populated countries in the…

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de

(Encyclopedia) Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri deToulouse-Lautrec, Henri deäNrēˈ də t&oomacr;l&oomacr;zˈ lōtrĕkˈ [key], 1864–1901, French painter and lithographer, b. Albi. Son of a wealthy nobleman…

State Department Notes on Iceland

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Icelandic Relations GEOGRAPHYIceland is a volcanic…