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cast-iron architecture

(Encyclopedia) cast-iron architecture, a term used to designate buildings that incorporate cast iron for structural and/or decorative purposes. After 1800 cast-iron supports were exploited as an…

Barry Bonds Cast of Characters

Those who surrounded Bonds during his most successful seasons by Mark Zurlo Related Links Barry Bonds Biography Bond's Homerun Record Discredited by Many Steroids Allegedly Used by…

Harry Potter Casting Call

Looking for Harry Potter Wanted: young British Muggle with a lightning-bolt scar by Holly Hartman This article was posted on January 20, 2000.Production on the film version of Harry Potter and…

Harry Potter, Cast at Last

Harry Potter, Cast at Last A young actor gets ready to enroll in Hogwarts by Holly Hartman   Visit our Harry Potter Page for more news! This article was posted on January 20, 2000…

Writing Well: Cast a Critical Eye

Cast a Critical EyeWriting WellCast a Critical EyeAn Embarrassment of RichesOn the Right Track Four guys went on a cross-country road trip. They were from Idaho, Iowa, New York, and Florida. Two…

Harry Potter: Quotes from Cast

Quotes from the Cast of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone What the actors have to say about their roles * Visit our Harry Potter Page for more news! *Dan Radcliffe on winning the part…

DK Science: Turning To Stone

Fossil filmsPetrified woodFossil casts Perfect mouldsSurvivor toothMost fossils are more than 10,000 years old, but many date back to the beginnings of life on Earth. Fossils are formed when animal…

Abd ar-Rahman I, emir of Córdoba

(Encyclopedia) Abd ar-Rahman I, d. 788, first Umayyad emir of Córdoba (756–88). The only survivor of the Abbasid massacre (750) of his family in Damascus, he fled from Syria and eventually went to…