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AIDS Timeline

Key events, important people, activism and breakthroughs by David Johnson and Shmuel Ross 1981-1983 1985-1988 1991-1995 1996-Present…

Government Releases New Food Pyramid

The Department of Agriculture has introduced a new food pyramid-pyramids to be precise. Instead of a one-size fits all pyramid, there are now 12 different versions,…

Food-Borne Diseases: Salmonella

SalmonellaFood-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosis The Salmonella bacterium was first isolated from a pig's intestine by American…

Great Migration

(Encyclopedia) Great Migration, in U.S. history. 1 The migration of Puritans to New England from England, 1620–40, prior to the English civil war. As a result of the increasingly tyrannical rule of…

Women in Media

  Oprah Winfrey Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and…

Peter Sellers

actorBorn: 9/8/1925Birthplace: Southsea, England Inimitable, eccentric film actor who starred in the British comic radio series The Goon Show before making his mark as the bemused Inspector…

Thomas J. Fogarty

Born: 1934Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Embolectomy balloon catheter—Dr. Fogarty's embolectomy catheter, which is used to remove blood clots, consists of a small hollow tube (catheter) with a…

Julie Christie

actressBorn: 4/14/1941Birthplace: Chukua, Assam, India Academy Award-winning actress (Darling, 1965) who was a leading star of the 1960s and 1970s. Her films include Dr. Zhivago (1965), Shampoo (…

All About Books

  2013 Notable Books for Children Books Inside and Out Types of Literature A Guide to Library Books: The Dewey Decimal System Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books Teachers' Top 100 Books for…

Cable, George Washington

(Encyclopedia) Cable, George Washington, 1844–1925, American author, b. New Orleans. He is remembered primarily for his early sketches and novels of creole life, which established his reputation as…