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by Karen Barss The Chrysler Building, in New York City, once the tallest building in the world Skyscrapers & Buildings Skyscraper Facts…
(Encyclopedia) Sino-Tibetan languages, family of languages spoken by over a billion people in central and SE Asia. This linguistic family is second only to the Indo-European stock in the number of…
(Encyclopedia) Trump, Donald John, 1946–, 45th President of the United States (2017–21), b. New York City. Prior to his election as president in 2016,…
These books were chosen by a committee of librarians, educators, and other professionals for the Association for Library Service to Children. Younger Readers…
Because hurricanes often occur at the same time, officials assign short, distinctive names to the storms to avoid confusion among weather stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea. Since 1953…
See Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism at Infoplease.com for the full list of winners.Meritorious Public Service1918New York Times; also special award to Minna Kewinson and Henry Beetle Hough1991Des…
Below is a list of the governors from all fifty states as well as the dates of their terms. State Governor Current term1 Ala. Robert Bentley (R) 2011–2015…
