Are you posh enough for Centre Court? With another victory at Wimbledon, 16-year-old Martina Hingis would capture her fifth Grand Slam title in the last two years.Source:Wide World Photos…
musicianBorn: September 28, 1928Died: June 3, 2009 (Chicago, Illinois, USA) Best Known as: blues singer Born in Tennessee, the daughter of a sharecropper, Koko…
(Encyclopedia) jasper, opaque, impure cryptocrystalline quartz, usually red, but also yellow, green, and grayish blue. It is used as a gem. Ribbon jasper has the colors in stripes.
food scientistDied: June 5, 2007 (Madison, Wisconsin) Best Known as: creator of Kraft Cheez Wiz and McDonald's French fries Food scientist whose research helped…
Warm colors are made with red, orange, yellow, or some combination of these. Warm colors tend to make you think of sunlight and warmth.The Fighting Temeraire by William Turner In The Fighting…
actressBorn: 9/13/1944Birthplace: Weybridge, Surrey, England A former model, she is noted especially for her work in Francois Truffaut's Day for Night (1973), about an actress recovering from a…
actorBorn: 12/9/1952Birthplace: Luling, Texas Character actor whose recurring role as the Klingon Lt. Cmdr. Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–94) and Star Trek:Deep Space Nine (1995–1999…
(Encyclopedia) Raung, active volcano, East Java prov., Indonesia, rising to 10,932 ft (3,332 m), with a steep-sided, 1.2-mi (2-km) wide caldera that is 1,600 ft (500 m) deep. It is located SW of Ijen…
The Question: What do the colors red, white, and blue stand for in the American Flag? The Answer: Writers and speakers often attribute meaning to the colors of…
