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Wedding Rituals

Most wedding traditions, like throwing rice and eating cake, started long ago. Here are some of the stories behind the rituals.Bridal dressWearing a new white dress to be used only for a wedding…

T – Z

telnetA way to communicate with a remote computer over a network.trackballtrackballInput device that controls the position of the cursor on the screen; the unit is mounted near the keyboard, and…

Finding Area

See below for helpful information about finding the area of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, circles, ellipses, trapezoids, and triangles.Square A = a2, in which a is one of the sides.Rectangle…

Atlanta, Ga.

Mayor: Kasim Reed (to Jan. 2018)2010 census population (rank): 420,003 (40); Male: 208,968 (49.8%); Female: 211,035 (50.2%); White: 161,115 (38.4%); Black: 226,894 (54.0%); American Indian and…

Pennsylvania

Capital: Harrisburg State abbreviation/Postal code: Pa./PA Governor: Tom Wolf, D (to Jan. 2019) Lieut. Governor: Michael J. Stack III,…

St. Louis, Mo.

Mayor: Francis G. Slay (to April 2017) 2010 census population (rank): 319,294 (58); Male: 154,171 (48.3%); Female: 165,123 (51.7%); White: 140,267 (43.9%); Black: 157,160 (49.2%); American Indian…

Washington

Capital: Olympia State abbreviation/Postal code: Wash./WA Governor: Jay Inslee, D (to Jan. 2019) Lieut. Governor: Cyrus Habib, D (to…

Detroit, Mich.

Mayor: Mike Duggan (to Jan. 2018) 2010 census population (rank): 713,777 (18); Male: 337,679 (47.3%);…

Finding Volume

Cube V = a3, in which a is the length of one of the sides.Rectangular Prism V = abc, in which a is the length, b is the width, and c is the depth.Sphere V = (4πr3)/3, in which π is about 3.1416 and…

Portland, Ore.

Mayor: Charlie Hales (to Dec. 2016)2010 census population (rank): 583,776 (29); Male: 289,211 (49.5%); Female: 294,565 (50.5%); White: 444,216 (76.1%); Black: 36,695 (6.3%); American Indian and…