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Year in Review 1999 | Top Sports Personalities

Top Sports Personalities Lance Armstrong was victorious in the Tour de France, while Serena Williams won four tournaments and blasted her way to a U.S. Open title. by Gerry Brown, John…

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Crusades

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Crusader States (c.1140) CrusadesCrusadeskr&oomacr;ˈsādz [key], series of wars undertaken by European Christians between the 11th and 14th cent. to recover the Holy Land…

Ryder Cup Preview

This Cup Runneth Over?U.S. Ryder Cup team faces a tough European challenge by Gerry Brown & Mike Morrison Tiger Woods is the top-ranked player in the world. Fear him. (Source/AP)The Ryder…

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Members of Congress: Iowa, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Iowa Member Name Birth-Death AINSWORTH, Lucien Lester 1831-1902 ALLISON, William Boyd 1829-1908…

espionage

(Encyclopedia) espionageespionageĕsˈpēənäzhˌ [key], the act of obtaining information clandestinely. The term applies particularly to the act of collecting military, industrial, and political data…

Mary Queen of Scots

(Encyclopedia) Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart), 1542–87, only child of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Through her grandmother Margaret Tudor, Mary had the strongest claim to the throne of…

State Department Notes on Belgium

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography and People History Government and Political Conditions Economy U.S.-Belgian Relations GEOGRAPHY AND PEOPLEBelgium is located in…