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Designer

What is this job like? Designers have a desire to create. They mix knowledge with artistic ability. Designers focus in a specific area of design such as cars or Web sites. The first step is to…

Abram Nicholas Pritzker

entrepreneurBorn: 1/6/1896Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Died: 2/8/1986 The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Pritzker lived the American Dream. He graduated from Harvard Law School and worked for a…

Top 10 Selling Digital Songs, 2006

Rank Title, ArtistUnits sold 1. Bad Day, Daniel Powter2,015,594 2. Promiscuous, Nelly Furtado1,709,274 3. Sexyback, Justin Timberlake1,657,798 4. Crazy, Gnarls Barkley1,…

Top 10 Selling Streamed Artists, 2012

The following table lists the rank, artist, and U.S. data for the top ten streamed artists of 2012. table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC;…

Family Trivia: Independence Day Quizzes

Try Infoplease's brain-busting quizzes for Independence Day   Related Links Independence Day Trivia Packet for KidsFourth of July by the NumbersFacts on FireworksHistory of Fourth…

Weather: Staying Safe in a Storm

Staying Safe in a StormWeatherThere's No Place Like HomeThunderstormsDoing the TwistThe ChaseStaying Safe in a Storm In a tornado, winds are so great that brick and concrete walls can collapse.…

E-H

Marian Wright EdelmanJohn EdwardsJohn EhrlichmanMamie Geneva Doud EisenhowerEleanor of AquitaineJoycelyn Jones EldersDaniel EllsbergOlaudah EquianoMarch Fong EuDonald EvansMedgar EversMyrlie Evers-…

Harry Potter: Busy Times

Busy Times for Harry Potter A Movie, a Lawsuit, and a Lot of Hungry Readers by Holly Hartman This article was posted on January 20, 2000. The deal is done. It was announced March 28 that…

San Francisco, Calif.

Mayor: Edwin M. Lee (to Jan. 2016) 2010 census population (rank): 805,235 (13); Male: 408,462 (50.7%);…

America's Most Endangered Places 2005

Finca Vigía, National Landscape Conservation System, King Island and “The Journey Through Hallowed Ground” Corridor Endangered In a report released in June 2005, the National Trust for Historic…