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Reading, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Reading.Readingrĕdˈĭng [key] 1 Town (1990 pop. 22,539), Middlesex co., NE Mass., a suburb of Boston; settled 1639, set off from Lynn and inc. 1644. Printing is the major industry. A…

Women in the 112th Congress

This table provides the name and state of the women serving in the 112th Congress, which began in 2011. There are 80 women in the House of Representatives and 17 women in the Senate. State…

Women in the 113th Congress

This table provides the name and state of the women serving in the 113th Congress, which began in 2013. There are 81 women in the House of Representatives and 20 women in the Senate. State…

Best-Selling Children's Books, 2004

Source: Publishers Weekly.HardcoverThe Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events #11),Lemony Snicket; illustrated by Brett HelquistsantaKid, James Patterson; illustrated by Michael GarlandMister…

Entertainment Bios — R

Francisco RabalDorothy RabinowitzRadioheadGilda RadnerBen RaeburnRage Against the MachineSam M. RaimiMa RaineyClaude RainsBonnie RaittHarold RamisJoey RamoneMichael RapaportBasil RathboneDan…

Roundup of Recent Science Discoveries, 1997

Was Three Company? Past evidence uncovered in Israel and France has shown that Neanderthals lived on Earth at the same time as modern Homo sapiens. Neanderthals were found to have lived about 34,…

Year in Review 1999 | People

People in the News Whether taking the helm of a newly-independent South Africa or simply living "La Vida Loca," these were the ones who made the headlines in 1999. by Beth Rowen…

Women in Sports: Mountain Climbing

In 1906, at age 47, Fanny Bullock Workman set a world climbing record for women of 22,815 feet when she reached the top of Pinnacle Peak in Nun…